1995–96_Greek_Football_Cup
1995–96 Greek Football Cup
Football tournament season
The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th edition of the Greek Football Cup.
| Tournament details | |
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| Country |  Greece |
| Teams | 72 |
| Defending champions | Panathinaikos |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | AEK Athens (10th title) |
| Runner-up | Apollon Athens |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 117 |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Demis Nikolaidis (10 goals) |
Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.
After the group stage, AEK Athens eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon Athens 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. In the final, Demis Nikolaidis played his last match as footballer of Apollon Athens, a few days before his transfer to AEK Athens.[1]
AEK Athens won the cup after 13 years, shattering with 7–1 Apollon Athens, that reached for first and only time a Greek Cup final. AEK won the last title, after 4 championships, with Dušan Bajević as their coach.[2]
| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries |
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| Group stage | 20 August, 5, 25 October & 9 November 1995 | 56 | 72 → 32 | 72 |
| Round of 32 | 29 November, 20 December 1995 | 32 | 32 → 16 | none |
| Round of 16 | 3, 17 January 1996 | 16 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 31 January, 14 February 1996 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 28 February, 13 March 1996 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 15 May 1996 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |
The phase was played in a single round-robin format.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Group 9
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Group 10
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Group 11
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Group 12
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Group 13
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Group 14
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Group 15
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Group 16
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Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
- There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Niki Volos | 1–3 | OFI | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Ialysos | 5–4 | Agios Nikolaos | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| AO Pyrgos | 1–2 | Veria | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Apollon Athens | 5–4 | Paniliakos | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| AO Chania | 2–4 | Trikala | 2–0 | 0–4 (a.e.t.) |
| Athinaikos | 7–1 | Pontioi Veria | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Panachaiki | 2–5 | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| AEK Athens | 3–0 | Iraklis | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 4–3 | Kavala | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Panetolikos | 4–0 | Varvasiakos | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Nigrita | 2–7 | Olympiacos | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Ionikos | 8–2 | Panelefsiniakos | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| Agrotikos Asteras | 1–1 (a) | Skoda Xanthi | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Fokikos | 0–6 | PAOK | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Doxa Vyronas | 3–1 | AEL | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | 2–3 | Aris | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Doxa Vyronas | 1–5 | Panathinaikos | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Panetolikos | 3–4 | Apollon Athens | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| OFI | 1–2 | Aris | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| PAOK | 5–1 | Ionikos | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 2–4 | AEK Athens | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Trikala | 4–0 | Ialysos | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 5–0 | Apollon Kalamarias | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Athinaikos | 7–3 | Veria | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEK Athens | 5–3 | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| PAOK | 5–1 | Trikala | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Aris | 2–3 | Athinaikos | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Apollon Athens | 5–2 | Skoda Xanthi | 4–0 | 1–2 |
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| AEK Athens | 6–0 | Athinaikos | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 4–2 | PAOK | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Matches
AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Apollon Athens | 1–1 | PAOK |
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| PAOK | 1–3 | Apollon Athens |
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Apollon Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
The final was played at the Olympic Stadium.
| Apollon Athens | 1–7 | AEK Athens |
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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- "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
- "Η "επτάρα" της ΑΕΚ στο τελικό κυπέλλου με τον Απόλλωνα". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018.
- Greek Cup 1995-96 at RSSSF