1997–98 Greek Football Cup

The Greek Cup 1997–98 was the 56th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

1997–98 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams66
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPanionios (2nd title)
Runners-upPanathinaikos
← 1996–97
1998–99 →

Tournament details

Totally 66 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 30 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. The teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the Third Round.

Panionios made the surprise overcoming Panathinaikos in the Final[1] and won the second Cup in their history, after 1979. Also, they were neophyte in Alpha Ethniki that year, while the previous season they had participated in Beta Ethniki Championship. In semi-finals they eliminated PAOK. Panathinaikos in the Fourth Round eliminated Panserraikos, achieving an impressive victory in Serres, with extraordinary 4–6, and while in half time they were behind in the score, 3–1.

First round

First legs were held on August 17, 1997. Second legs on 24th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Edessaikos4–1Preveza2–02–1
Marko1–0Doxa Drama4–00–0
Tyrnavos1–5Orestis Orestiada0–31–2
Ethnikos Asteras5–3Panegialios3–12–2
Apollon Kalamaria2–0Pamisos2–00–0
Trikala1–3ILTEX Lykoi0–21–1
Agios Nikolaos6–7Panserraikos5–21–5
Agrotikos Asteras4–3Kozani4–10–2
Kallithea2–3Nafpaktiakos Asteras2–10–2
Apollon Larissa1–0PAS Giannina1–00–0
Panargiakos1–2Agia Eleousa1–10–1
Orfeas Alexandroupoli2–1Keratsini0–02–1
Panelefsiniakos6–1Korinthos5–01–1
Kerkyra3–1Olympiacos Volos3–00–1
Naoussa1–5Aetos Skydra0–21–3
Pyrgos0–5Panetolikos0–40–1
Ialysos5–1Larissa2–03–1
Anagennisi Arta0–5Aris0–00–5
Egaleo2–1Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki2–10–0
EAR1–2Pierikos1–10–1
Niki Volos2–0Levadiakos2–00–0
Ergotelis4–2Kastoria3–21–0
Anagennisi Karditsa5–2Doxa Vyronas3–02–2
Poseidon Michaniona3–2Aiolikos0–13–1

Second round

First legs were held on September 10, 1997, and second on 24th-25th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris4–1Aetos Skydra4–00–1
Agia Eleousa2–3Edessaikos2–10–2
Poseidon Michaniona3–3Orestis Orestiada (4–3 pen.)2–11–2
Ergotelis2–3Apollon Larissa1–11–2
Pierikos2–5Panserraikos1–21–3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli (3–0 p.)1–1Nafpaktiakos Asteras1–00–1
Ethnikos Asteras0–5Apollon Kalamaria0–20–3
Panelefsiniakos2–1ILTEX Lykoi2–10–0
Panetolikos4–2Marko1–13–1
Niki Volos2–0Kerkyra1–01–0
Egaleobye--
Ialysosbye--
Anagennisi Karditsabye--
Agrotikos Asterasbye--

Third round

First legs were held on November 19, 1997, while second legs were held on December 3-4-24th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo (a.g.)2–2Paniliakos1–01–2
Orestis Orestiada0–6Panathinaikos0–20–4
Skoda Xanthi4–1AEK Athens2–12–0
Apollon Larissa (a.g.)2–2Panachaiki1–01–2
Apollon Kalamaria5–3Kavala3–02–3
Agrotikos Asteras2–3Anagennisi Karditsa1–01–3
Apollon Athens0–2Orfeas Alexandroupoli0–20–0
OFI2–0Kalamata1–01–0
Aris (a.g.)3–3Ialysos2–01–3
Panelefsiniakos3–4Panionios3–10–3
Edessaikos3–2Athinaikos1–02–2
Iraklis4–2Olympiacos2–02–2
Ethnikos Piraeus0–3Ionikos0–00–3
Veria3–2Panetolikos0–03–2
Panserraikos4–3Niki Volos2–12–2
PAOK3–2Proodeftiki3–10–1

Fourth round

First legs were held on January 7–8-9th 1998 and second were held on 28th-29th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Veria3–4Skoda Xanthi2–11–3
Panathinaikos10–5Panserraikos4–16–4
OFI3–5Aris2–11–4
Egaleo1–5Apollon Kalamaria0–01–5
Apollon Larissa4–0Anagennisi Karditsa3–01–0
PAOK4–1Ionikos2–02–1
Iraklis6–3Edessaikos5–01–3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli0–1Panionios0–00–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on February 11, 1998. Second legs on 25th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris1–3Panathinaikos1–10–2
PAOK2–1Skoda Xanthi2–00–1
Iraklis4–1Apollon Larissa4–00–1
Panionios6–2Apollon Kalamaria4–22–0

Semi-finals

First legs were held on March 4, 1998, and second legs on 18th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios2–1PAOK1–01–1
Iraklis2–4Panathinaikos2–10–3

Final

The 54th Greek Cup Final was played at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.

Panionios 1 – 0 Panathinaikos
Nalitzis  53'
Attendance: 21,436
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Panionios
Panathinaikos
PANIONIOS
GK12 Foto Strakosha
DF6 Dimitris Bougas 13'
DF24 Vasilis Ioannidis 52' 72'
DF8 Tasos Katsambis 78'
DF5 Leonidas Vokolos (c)
DF21 Apostolos Mantzios
MF9 Miodrag Medan 66'
MF23 Giannis Kamitsis 54'  58'
FW17 Dimitris Nalitzis 73'
MF10 Antonis Sapountzis 77'
MF20 Takis Fyssas
Substitutes:
MF18 Kostas Kafalis 66'
DF4 Roy Wassberg 73'
MF26 Theofilos Karasavvidis 78'
Manager:
Christos Emvoliadis
PANATHINAIKOS:
GK1 Józef Wandzik 54'
DF2 Stratos Apostolakis 65'
DF23 Theofilaktos Nikolaidis
DF8 Giannis Goumas
DF17 Giorgos S. Georgiadis 28'  46'
DF6 Thanasis Kolitsidakis
MF11 Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis
MF18 Kostas Konstantinidis
MF9 Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
MF12 Erik Mykland 42' 48'
FW10 Alexis Alexoudis 54'
Substitutes:
MF15 Angelos Basinas 48'
MF13 Nikos Liberopoulos 54'
FW28 Igor Sypniewski 65'
Manager:
Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Kostas Romanos
    • Theodoros Kostidis (Thessaloniki)
  • Fourth official: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

MATCH RULES

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

References
  1. "Πανιώνιος-Παναθηναϊκός 1-0". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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