1995–96 Greek Football Cup


The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.
AEK Athens were awarded the cup after 13 years, shattering in the Final 7-1 Apollon Athens, that were presented for first and unique until now time in a Greek Cup Final. It was also the last title, after 4 championships, that was gained by AEK Athens, with Dušan Bajević coaching.
After the First Round, AEK eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon qualified in semi-finals against PAOK, with 3-1 in Toumba Stadium. For one more time, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos were drawn as opponents in the groups round, in order to be balloted again confronted in quarter-finals.
Demis Nikolaidis played in the Final as footballer of Apollon, a few days before
his transfer in AEK Athens. Also remarkable was that Giannis Pathiakakis, coach of Apollon then, would coach AEK Athens 4 years later and would win the Cup.

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.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Second round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Niki Volos1–3OFI1–30–0
Ialysos5–4Agios Nikolaos3–12–3
Pyrgos1–2Veria0–01–2
Apollon Athens5–4Paniliakos2–13–3
Chania2–4Trikala2–00–4
Athinaikos7–1Pontioi Veria4–03–1
Panachaiki2–5Panathinaikos2–20–3
AEK Athens3–0Iraklis1–02–0
Apollon Kalamaria4–3Kavala3–01–3
Panetolikos4–0Varvasiakos3–01–0
Nigrita2–7Olympiacos1–41–3
Ionikos8–2Panelefsiniakos4–04–2
Agrotikos Asteras1–1Skoda Xanthi 1–10–0
Fokikos0–6PAOK0–10–5
Doxa Vyronas3–1Larissa1–02–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa2–3Aris1–01–3

Third round

First legs were held on January 3, 1995. Second on January 17, 1996.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Doxa Vyronas1–5Panathinaikos0–21–3
Panetolikos3–4Apollon Athens1–22–2
OFI1–2Aris1–00–2
PAOK5–1Ionikos4–11–0
Olympiacos2–4AEK Athens1–31–1
Trikala4–0Ialysos2–02–0
Skoda Xanthi5–0Apollon Kalamaria2–03–0
Athinaikos7–3Veria5–22–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on January 31, 1996, while second legs on February 14.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
AEK Athens5–3Panathinaikos3–12–2
PAOK5–1Trikala3–02–1
Aris2–3Athinaikos2–10–2
Apollon Athens5–2Skoda Xanthi4–01–2

Semi-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
AEK Athens6–0Athinaikos5–01–0
Apollon Athens4–2PAOK1–13–1

Final

The 52nd Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".