1979–80 Cypriot Cup

The 1979–80 Cypriot Cup was the 38th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 41 clubs entered the competition. It began on 10 November 1979 with the preliminary round and concluded on 29 June 1980 with the replay final which was held at Makario Stadium. Omonia won their 4th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Alki Larnaca 3–1 in the final.

1979–80 Cypriot Cup
CountryCyprus
Dates10 November 1979 – 29 June 1980
Teams41
ChampionsOmonia
(4th title)
Runners-upAlki Larnaca

Format

In the 1979–80 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division.

The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.

The cup winner secured a place in the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Preliminary round

In the first preliminary draw, participated all the 12 teams of the Cypriot Third Division and 6 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Second Division (last six of the league table of each group at the day of the draw).

Team 1 Result Team 2
(B) Akritas Chlorakas3 - 2Olimpiada Neapolis (C)
(C) Doxa Katokopias2 - 3Neos Aionas Trikomou (B)
(C) ENAD Ayiou Dometiou1 - 1, 0 - 1Adonis Idaliou (B)
(C) Iraklis Gerolakkou2 - 2, 0 - 2ASIL Lysi (B)
(C) Enosis Neon THOI Lakatamia2 - 0Faros Acropoleos (C)
(C) Poseidon Larnacas1 - 5Kentro Neotitas Maroniton (C)
(C) AEK Kythreas1 - 2Anagennisi Deryneia (C)
(C) Digenis Akritas Ipsona1 - 0AEK Ammochostos (C)
(B) Chalkanoras Idaliou1 - 2Ermis Aradippou (B)

First round

15 clubs from the Cypriot First Division and the rest clubs from the Cypriot Second Division met the winners of the preliminary round ties:

Team 1 Result Team 2
(B) Adonis Idaliou3 - 0Anagennisi Deryneia (C)
(A) AEL Limassol7 - 1Akritas Chlorakas (B)
(A) APOEL4 - 2Othellos Athienou (B)
(A) Aris Limassol4 - 0Digenis Akritas Morphou (B)
(B) ASIL Lysi0 - 2Nea Salamis Famagusta (B)
(B) Ethnikos Achna1 - 1, 2 - 4Alki Larnaca (A)
(B) Ermis Aradippou0 - 0, 0 - 5EPA Larnaca (A)
(A) Evagoras Paphos1 - 0Olympiakos Nicosia (A)
(C) Enosis Neon THOI Lakatamia1 - 3AEM Morphou (B)
(C) Kentro Neotitas Maroniton1 - 0APOP Paphos (A)
(A) AC Omonia4 - 0Omonia Aradippou (A)
(B) Orfeas Nicosia1 - 3Apollon Limassol (A)
(B) PAEEK1 - 3Anorthosis Famagusta (A)
(A) Enosis Neon Paralimni5 - 0Neos Aionas Trikomou (B)
(A) Pezoporikos Larnaca6 - 0Ethnikos Assia (B)
(C) Digenis Akritas Ipsona1 - 2Keravnos Strovolou (A)

Second round
Team 1 Result Team 2
(B) Adonis Idaliou3 - 9AC Omonia (A)
(A) AEL Limassol1 - 0Nea Salamis Famagusta (B)
(B) AEM Morphou1 - 5APOEL (A)
(A) Alki Larnaca1 - 0Enosis Neon Paralimni (A)
(A) Apollon Limassol2 - 0Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)
(A) Evagoras Paphos2 - 1Aris Limassol (A)
(A) Keravnos Strovolou3 - 2EPA Larnaca (A)
(C) Kentro Neotitas Maroniton0 - 2Anorthosis Famagusta (A)

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Alki Larnaca1 - 0Keravnos Strovolou (A)
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta2 - 3AEL Limassol (A)
(A) Apollon Limassol3 - 0APOEL (A)
(A) AC Omonia3 - 0Evagoras Paphos (A)

Semi-finals
Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Apollon Limassol0 - 2Alki Larnaca (A)
(A) AC Omonia0 - 0, 1 - 0AEL Limassol (A)

Final
Omonia3–1Alki Larnaca
Kaiafas  43'
Mavris  55'
Kaiafas  76'		  89' M. Panayiotou
Cypriot Cup 1979–80 Winners
Omonia
4th title

Sources
  • "1979/80 Cyprus Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-08.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

See also
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