2015–16 Greek Football Cup

The 2015–16 Greek Football Cup was the 74th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 9 September 2015 with the Preliminary Round and was planned to conclude on 23 April 2016 with the Final, at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

2015–16 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams34
Defending championsOlympiacos
ChampionsAEK Athens (15th title)
Runners-upOlympiacos
Matches played80
Goals scored208 (2.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Diego Buonanotte (AEK)
(5 goals)

The cup was cancelled by the Greek government on 3 March 2016, following crowd violence.[1] On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the Hellenic Football Federation would face an automatic suspension.[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and Hellenic Football Federation.[3]

A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,[4] but the final was later postponed to 17 May 2016.[5][6]AEK Athens earned the trophy with a 2-1[7][8] win over Olympiacos.

Teams
RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering
at this round
Preliminary Round344none4Football League
Group Stage3232230Super League
Round of 16161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Calendar
RoundMain dateNumber
of fixtures		ClubsNew entries
this round
Preliminary Round9, 10 September & 16 September 2015234 → 324
Group Stage27, 28, 29 October, 1, 2, 3 December & 15, 16, 17 December 20154832 → 1630
Round of 165, 6, 7 January & 12, 13, 14 January 2016816 → 8none
Quarter-Finals27, 28 January & 3, 4, 10, 11 February 201648 → 4none
Semi-Finals2 March, 20 April & 26, 27 April 201624 → 2none
Final17 May 201612 → 1none

Source:[9]

Participating clubs
2015–16 Super League 2015–16 Football League

Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place on 4 September 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Agrotikos Asteras 0–2 Kallithea 0–0 0–2
Acharnaikos 1–0 Trikala 1–0 0–0

Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2015.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts IRA PAS ACH KRD
1 Iraklis 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 — — 4–0
2 PAS Giannina 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 1–1 — —
3 Acharnaikos 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 0–2 1–2 —
4 Anagennisi Karditsa 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1 — 0–0 0–1
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PIO ERG ZAK PNT
1 Panionios 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 — 1–0 —
2 Ergotelis 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 1–2 — 3–2
3 Zakynthos 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — 2–2 1–0
4 Panetolikos 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0 1–2 — —
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TSP CHA PTH OLV
1 PAOK 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 — 2–0 —
2 Chania 3 1 1 1 6 9 −3 4 2–6 2–2 —
3 Panthrakikos 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 — — 1–0
4 Olympiacos Volos 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 1–1 1–2 —
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PAT LEV KER PCK
1 Panathinaikos 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 3–0 — —
2 Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 — 2–0 —
3 Kerkyra 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Panachaiki 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1 1–2 1–4 —
Source:

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts OLY PLA APS PEG
1 Olympiacos 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 2–2 — —
2 Platanias 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 — 3–1 —
3 Apollon Smyrni 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 1–2 — 3–1
4 Panegialios 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3 0–4 1–0 —
Source:

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ATR VER KLT LAM
1 Atromitos 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 2–2 — —
2 Veria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 — 1–0 —
3 Kallithea 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 2–4 — 2–1
4 Lamia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0 0–2 0–1 —
Source:

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AEK LAR SKO PNF
1 AEK 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 — — 6–0
2 Larissa 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6 0–5 1–0 —
3 Skoda Xanthi 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3 0–1 — —
4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0 — 1–4 0–5
Source:

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AST KAL KIS PSE
1 Asteras Tripoli 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 4–0 — —
2 Kalloni 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6 — — 2–1
3 Kissamikos 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 1–3 1–2 —
4 Panserraikos 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 0–1 — 0–0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1. Points 2. Head-to-head points 3. Goals scored 4. Goals against 5. Play-offs (neutral ground).

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 18 December 2015.

Seeded teams
Team
Iraklis
Panionios
PAOK
Panathinaikos
Olympiacos
Atromitos
AEK
Asteras Tripoli
Unseeded teams
Team
PAS Giannina
Ergotelis
Chania
Levadiakos
Platanias
Veria
Larissa
Kalloni
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ergotelis 0–2 Panionios 0–1 0–1
Veria 0–2 Iraklis 0–1 0–1
Chania 1–10 Olympiacos 1–4 0–6
Larissa 0–6 Asteras Tripoli 0–3 0–3
Platanias 1–2 Atromitos 0–0 1–2
PAS Giannina 2–2 (a) Panathinaikos 1–2 1–0
Levadiakos 0–3 AEK 0–1 0–2
Kalloni 2–4 PAOK 2–1 0–3

Quarter-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2016.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 1–1 (a) PAOK 1–1 0–0
Olympiacos 6–1 Asteras Tripoli 5–0 1–1
AEK 5–1 Iraklis 4–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 0–1 Atromitos 0–0 0–1

Semi-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 19 February 2016. After the first match on 2 March being abandoned due to crowd violence, the cup was cancelled,[1] before being resumed on 15 April 2016.[3] New dates for the competition were announced by Hellenic Football Federation and the other first leg match was played on 20 April while the second leg matches were played on 26 and 27 April 2016.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK 2–1 Atromitos 1–0 1–1
PAOK 0–6 Olympiacos 0–31 0–3 (w/o)2

1 Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2.[10] It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.[11]
2 PAOK didn't show up to the match, so Olympiacos was awarded a 3–0 walkover.

Final

After the cup was resumed the Hellenic Football Federation announced that the final would be played on 7 May 2016,[4] but it was later postponed to 15 May 2016.[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.[12]

AEK 2–1 Olympiacos
Mantalos  38'
Djebbour  51'		 Report
(in Greek)		 Domínguez  84'
AEK
Οlympiacos
GK22 Giannis Anestis
DF12 Rodrigo Galo
DF23 Dídac Vilà 62'
DF 4 César Arzo
DF26 Dimitrios Kolovetsios
MF 8 André Simões 41'
MF18 Jakob Johansson
MF 9 Ronald Vargas 58'
FW21 Christos Aravidis 43' 90+1'
MF20 Petros Mantalos (c) 81'
FW19 Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK13 Panagiotis Dounis
DF27 Michalis Bakakis 90+5' 58'
DF 5 Vasilis Lampropoulos
DF55 Adam Tzanetopoulos 81'
MF25 Konstantinos Galanopoulos
MF30 Diego Buonanotte
FW14 Tomáš Pekhart 90+1'
Manager:
Stelios Manolas
GK16 Roberto
DF30 Leandro Salino
DF26 Arthur Masuaku
DF 3 Alberto Botía 77'
DF 6 Manuel da Costa
MF 5 Luka Milivojević 32'
MF11 Pajtim Kasami 53'
MF19 David Fuster (c) 65'
MF77 Hernâni 53'
MF 7 Kostas Fortounis
FW17 Alan Pulido
Substitutes:
GK48 Dimitrios Katsimitros
DF41 Konstantinos Tsimikas
DF23 Dimitris Siovas
MF91 Esteban Cambiasso
MF10 Alejandro Domínguez 65'
MF90 Felipe Pardo 53'
FW99 Brown Ideye 53'
Manager:
Marco Silva

Man of the Match:

Match officials

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References
  1. "Greek Cup cancelled by government following crowd violence". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. "FIFA Emergency Committee provides Greece a new deadline to resume Cup competition". FIFA. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. Επανέναρξη του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στο ποδόσφαιρο [Reopening of Greek Cup Football] (in Greek). Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι ημερομηνίες ημιτελικών-τελικού [Greece Cup: The semi-final dates] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. Ανακοίνωση Ε.Π.Ο. (6/5/2016) [Announcement of the AEC (6/5/2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εκτάκτων Θεμάτων (7/5/2016) [Commission Decisions of Extraordinary Affairs (05.07.2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2-1. cnn.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  8. "AEK winner of Greek cup 2016". neoskosmos.com. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  9. "Ημερομηνίες αγώνων Κυπέλλου επαγγελματικών ομάδων περιόδου 2015-2016" (PDF). 14 September 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  10. "Violence sees Greek Cup semi-final abandoned". BBC Sport. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  11. Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016 [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  12. "ΕΠΟ: Στις 17 Μαΐου ο τελικός Κυπέλλου με τους ίδιους οργανωτικούς όρους - Press Publica - Δημοσιογραφία για το δημόσιο συμφέρον". presspublica.gr. 11 May 2016.
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