2015–16 Greek Football Cup

2015–16 Greek Cup

Country	Greece
Teams	34
Matches played	79
Goals scored	205 (2.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Diego Buonanotte (AEK) (5 goals)
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The 2015–16 Greek Football Cup is the 74th season 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.

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]

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary Round	34	4	none	4	Football League
Group Stage	32	32	2	30	Super League
Round of 16	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-Finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-Finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary Round	9, 10 September & 16 September 2015	2	34 → 32	4
Group Stage	27, 28, 29 October, 1, 2, 3 December & 15, 16, 17 December 2015	48	32 → 16	30
Round of 16	5, 6, 7 January & 12, 13, 14 January 2016	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-Finals	27, 28 January & 3, 4, 10, 11 February 2016	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-Finals	2 March, 20 April & 26, 27 April 2016	2	4 → 2	none
Final	7 May 2016	1	2 → 1	none

Source:^[5]

Participating clubs

2015–16 Super League	2015–16 Football League
AEK Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Iraklis Kalloni Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios Panthrakikos PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Skoda Xanthi Veria	Acharnaikos Agrotikos Asteras Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Smyrni Chania Ergotelis Kallithea Kerkyra Kissamikos Lamia Larissa Olympiacos Volos Panachaiki Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Panserraikos Trikala Zakynthos

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.

Pot 1 (Super League) Team Olympiacos Panathinaikos Asteras Tripoli Atromitos PAOK PAS Giannina Panetolikos Skoda Xanthi

Pot 2 (Super League) Team Platanias Kalloni Panthrakikos Panionios Veria Levadiakos AEK Iraklis

Pot 3 (Football League) Team Larissa Panegialios Ergotelis Kissamikos Lamia Acharnaikos Panachaiki Chania

Pot 4 (Football League) Team Panelefsiniakos Apollon Smyrni Zakynthos Panserraikos Kallithea Anagennisi Karditsa Kerkyra Olympiacos Volos

Group A

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. Iraklis 3 2 1 0 7–1 7 2. PAS Giannina 3 1 2 0 3–2 5 3. Acharnaikos 3 1 0 2 2–4 3 4. Anagennisi Karditsa 3 0 1 2 0–5 1

PAS IRA ACH KRD PAS Giannina — 1–1 — — Iraklis — — — 4–0 Acharnaikos 1–2 0–2 — — Anagennisi Karditsa 0–0 — 0–1 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. Panionios 3 3 0 0 5–2 9 2. Ergotelis 3 1 1 1 6–6 4 3. Zakynthos 3 1 1 1 3–3 4 4. Panetolikos 3 0 0 3 3–6 0

PNT PIO ERG ZAK Panetolikos — 1–2 — — Panionios — — — 1–0 Ergotelis 3–2 1–2 — — Zakynthos 1–0 — 2–2 —

Group C

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. PAOK 3 2 1 0 9–3 7 2. Chania 3 1 1 1 6–9 4 3. Panthrakikos 3 1 1 1 3–4 4 4. Olympiacos Volos 3 0 1 2 2–4 1

TSP PTH CHA OLV PAOK — 2–0 — — Panthrakikos — — — 1–0 Chania 2–6 2–2 — — Olympiacos Volos 1–1 — 1–2 —

Group D

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. Panathinaikos 3 2 1 0 6–2 7 2. Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 6–4 6 3. Kerkyra 3 0 2 1 2–4 2 4. Panachaiki 3 0 1 2 3–7 1

PAT LEV PCK KER Panathinaikos — 3–0 — — Levadiakos — — — 2–0 Panachaiki 1–2 1–4 — — Kerkyra 1–1 — 1–1 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. Olympiacos 3 2 1 0 8–3 7 2. Platanias 3 1 1 1 5–4 4 3. Apollon Smyrni 3 1 0 2 5–6 3 4. Panegialios 3 1 0 2 2–7 3

OLY PLA PEG APS Olympiacos — 2–2 — — Platanias — — — 3–1 Panegialios 0–4 1–0 — — Apollon Smyrni 1–2 — 3–1 —

Group F

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. Atromitos 3 2 1 0 8–4 7 2. Veria 3 2 1 0 4–2 7 3. Kallithea 3 1 0 2 4–6 3 4. Lamia 3 0 0 3 1–5 0

ATR VER LAM KLT Atromitos — 2–2 — — Veria — — — 1–0 Lamia 0–2 0–1 — — Kallithea 2–4 — 2–1 —

Group G

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. AEK 3 3 0 0 12–0 9 2. Larissa 3 2 0 1 5–6 6 3. Skoda Xanthi 3 1 0 2 5–2 3 4. Panelefsiniakos 3 0 0 3 1–15 0

SKO AEK LAR PNF Skoda Xanthi — 0–1 — — AEK — — — 6–0 Larissa 1–0 0–5 — — Panelefsiniakos 0–5 — 1–4 —

Group H

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts 1. Asteras Tripoli 3 3 0 0 8–1 9 2. Kalloni 3 2 0 1 4–6 6 3. Kissamikos 3 0 1 2 2–5 1 4. Panserraikos 3 0 1 2 1–3 1

AST KAL KIS PSE Asteras Tripoli — 4–0 — — Kalloni — — — 2–1 Kissamikos 1–3 1–2 — — Panserraikos 0–1 — 0–0 —

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 remaining first leg match will be played on 20 April and the second leg matches 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	0–3^1	0–3 (w/o)^2

¹ Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2.^[6] It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.^[7]
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 will be played on 7 May 2016.^[4]

Olympiacos v AEK

7 May 2016 20:30

Olympiacos	v	AEK

Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

External links

• 2015–16 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site (Greek)

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. "Ημερομηνίες αγώνων Κυπέλλου επαγγελματικών ομάδων περιόδου 2015-2016" (pdf). 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
6. "Violence sees Greek Cup semi-final abandoned". BBC Sport. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
7. "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.