1999–2000 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 1999–2000 was the 58th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 20 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.

This year came back the phase of groups in the First round, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second (Round of 16), after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.

Final was contested by AEK Athens, that had eliminated inter alia Olympiacos, and Ionikos, for first and unique until now time in their history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from First round in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.

AEK Athens were awarded easy and rightly in their 12th win of competition. In remarkables of the Final was a goal of Demis Nikolaidis with hand, and while the result was still 0–0, that finally cancelled. Referee Giorgos Douros did not see that and allocated it, in order to correct afterwards his decision, after an indication of himself Nikolaidis.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 3 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Marko and Neapoli qualified without matches in the Additional Round.

Additional Round

Home team Score Away team
Neapoli 2–1 PAS Giannina
Paniliakos 0–1 Olympiacos
Kavala 1–2 Panionios
Ionikos 4–1 Marko

Second round

Matches were held on 12 January 2000.

Home team Score Away team
AEK Athens 6–0 Trikala
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1–0 Neapoli
OFI 3–0 Agersani
Ethnikos Asteras 3–3 Panionios
Panionios won 5–4 on penalties
Kalamata 3–0 Proodeftiki
Ionikos 4–2 Iraklis
Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK
Aris 1–1 Panathinaikos
Aris won 4–2 on penalties

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on 9–10 February–16th-17th 2000. Second legs on 1st-2 March-8th-9th.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ionikos9–2Nafpaktiakos Asteras8–01–2
Aris0–2Panionios0–00–2
Olympiacos1–4AEK Athens1–10–3
OFI1–3Kalamata1–00–3

Semi-finals

First legs were held on 12 April 2000 and second were held on 19th.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens5–3Panionios4–11–2
Kalamata2–6Ionikos0–22–4

Final

The 58th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

AEK Athens 3–0 Ionikos
Nikolaidis  37'
Petkov  76'
Maladenis  81'
Attendance: 25,471
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
AEK
Ionikos
AEK ATHENS:
GK1Greece Ilias Atmatsidis (c)
DF2Greece Traianos Dellas
DF17Greece Michalis Kasapis
DF32Greece Michalis Kapsis
DF25Greece Giannis Kalitzakis 85'
MF28Bulgaria Milen Petkov
MF23Greece Vasilis Lakis
MF14Greece Akis ZikosYellow card 25'
MF20Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 81'
FW10Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Ćirić 70'
FW11Greece Demis NikolaidisYellow card 35'
Substitutes:
GK15Greece Chrisostomos Michailidis
DF21Greece Vaios Karagiannis 70'
MF12Greece Charis Kopitsis
MF6Greece Dimitris Markos
MF18Greece Evripidis Katsavos
MF8Republic of Macedonia Toni Savevski 85'
FW7Greece Christos Maladenis 81'
Manager:
Greece Giannis Pathiakakis
IONIKOS:
GK15Albania Foto Strakosha
DF3Greece Theodoros Pahatouridis 70'
DF7Greece Giorgos Daraklitsas
DF2Norway Trond Inge HauglandYellow card 11'
DF5Greece Giannis Xanthopoulos (c)Yellow card 65'
MF21Greece Dimitris Deligiannis
MF8Syria Mohammad Nasser AfashYellow card 32'
MF17Greece Sokratis OfrydopoulosYellow card 70' 75'
MF10Brazil Paulinho KobayashiYellow card 35' 59'
FW9Scotland Craig Brewster
FW23Liberia Zizi Roberts
Substitutes:
GK32Greece Makis Veniamin
DF12Greece Apostolos Tsoptsis
DF14Greece Giannis Gyrichidis 70'
MF16Greece Giorgos Staboulis
MF20Peru Martín Rodríguez
MF37Argentina Marcelo LeopaldiYellow card 88' 75'
FW29Peru Darío Muchotrigo 59'
Manager:
Ukraine Oleg Blokhin

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Groutsis
    • Kourkounas

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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