1961–62 Greek Football Cup


The 1961–62 Greek Football Cup was the 20th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details

The competition began normally, but however was not completed: although the Final was held, it was abandoned in extra time, and it was determined no Cup would be awarded that year.
In the Round of 32, the teams that had qualified to Round of 16 of previous season qualified without matches. By Alpha Ethniki teams of that year, 6 teams were entered in qualifying matches. They were PAOK, Ethnikos Piraeus, Egaleo, Niki Volos, Panelefsiniakos and Fostiras. The last two did not qualify for the Round of 32, after they were eliminated by Ethnikos and Egaleo respectively.
In the Round of 32, the teams of Central and Southern Greece were drawn against each other, as were the teams of Northern Greece, with the exception of the tie between Atromitos and Olympiakos Kozani. From the Round of 16 and afterwards, there was a draw between teams that had qualified. In two cases the winners were determined by draw, after both matches ended in a draw after extra time. Olympiacos won 9-0 against a subpar OFI Crete team.
Finalists that year were the eternal enemies, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. The match was played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium. It was an eventful and very hard match that was marked by three red cards in a first half, which in fact lasted 66 minutes because of continuous interruptions due to crowd behaviour. The intermission lasted 30 minutes, and spectators became suspicious that both teams had arranged for a draw in order to make more money from the replay, hurled objects on to the pitch.
The second half went more smoothly despite the reactions of disgruntled spectators unhappy with proceedings. The scores remained tied and the match went to extra time. However, with the 21 minutes of delays at the beginning of the match, darkness set in, so the Swiss referee abandoned the game.
The Hellenic Football Federation, fearful of reactions, declined to arrange a replay, so while there was a Cup Final, there was no Cup winner. In the European Cup Winners' Cup of next season Olympiacos were entered, while Panathinaikos were the champions of that year, and therefore entered the European Cup competition.

Round of 32

Home teamScoreAway team
Panathinaikos2–0Egaleo
Ethnikos Piraeus5–1Kalogreza
Apollon Athens4–0Ergotelis
Olympiacos7–1Olympiakos Chalkida
Chalkida1–6Panionios
AEK Athens2–0 Kalamata
Panelefsiniakos0–1Pankorinthiakos
Rodiakos0–2 OFI
Niki Volos2–0Ilisiakos
Averov Ioannina3–0Proodeftiki
Olympiakos Kozani3–1Atromitos
Olympos Katerini0–1Aris
Doxa Drama1–1 Pierikos
Pierikos3–1Doxa Drama
PAOK1–0Makedonikos Kozani
Iraklis Kavala1–1 Apollon Kalamaria
Apollon Kalamaria3–1Iraklis Kavala
Iraklis5–1Apollon Serres

Round of 16

Home teamScoreAway team
Pankorinthiakos0–1Apollon Kalamaria
Niki Volos2–5Panionios
PAOK1–1 Aris
Aris+1–1 PAOK
Panathinaikos3–0Averov Ioannina
Olympiakos Kozani1–1 Iraklis
Iraklis2–2 Olympiakos Kozani+
Olympiacos9–0OFI
Ethnikos Piraeus0–1Pierikos
AEK Athens1–2Apollon Athens

+Qualified after draw.

Quarter-finals

Home teamScoreAway team
Panathinaikos6–1Apollon Kalamaria
Olympiacos3–2Aris
Panionios2–1 Olympiakos Kozani
Pierikos1–4 Apollon Athens

Semi-finals

Home teamScoreAway team
Panathinaikos5–3Apollon Athens
Olympiacos1–1 Panionios
Panionios2–3Olympiacos

Final

For more information about the 20th Greek Cup Final, see prologue.