1995–96 Greek Cup

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

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 (phase of groups), 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

Team	Pts
Panathinaikos	12
AEK Athens	9
Panegialios	6
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	1
Almopos Aridea	1

Group 2

Team	Pts
Panachaiki	10
Pyrgos	9
Chaidari	4
Anagennisi Karditsa	3
Kallithea	3

Group 3

Team	Pts
Apollon Athens	12
Panelefsiniakos F.C.	5
Atromitos	4
Kalamata	4
Ambelokipi Thessaloniki	2

Group 4

Team	Pts
Agios Nikolaos	10
Anagennisi Giannitsa	8
Ethnikos Piraeus	7
Chalkida	3
Doxa Drama	0

Group 5

Team	Pts
Aris	10
Ialysos	7
EAR Rethymno	6
Lamia	3
Charavgiakos	3

Group 6

Team	Pts
Iraklis	10
Doxa Vyronas	7
Ethnikos Asteras	6
Aiolkos	4
Eordaikos	1

Group 7

Team	Pts
PAOK	12
Chania	7
Korinthos	4
Pierikos	4
Kozani	1

Group 8

Team	Pts
Trikala	9
Athinaikos	9
Proodeftiki	7
PAS Giannina	4
Tyrnavos	0

Group 9

Team	Pts
Fokikos	6
OFI	5
Kastoria	4
Apollon Krya Vrysi	1

Group 10

Team	Pts
Pontioi Veria	9
Paniliakos	4
Apollon Larissa	2
Diagoras - Rodos Enosis	1

Group 11

Team	Pts
Apollon Kalamaria	6
Larissa	6
Anagennisi Kolindros	4
Orestis Orestiada	1

Group 12

Team	Pts
Olympiacos	9
Veria	2
Panserraikos	2
Pannafpliakos	2

Group 13

Team	Pts
Ionikos	7
Agrotikos Asteras	5
Fostiras	2
Marko	1

Group 14

Team	Pts
Kavala	7
Varvasiakos	6
Edessaikos	4
Panargiakos	0

Group 15

Team	Pts
Nigrita	7
Panetolikos	6
Panionios	2
Velissario	1

Group 16

Team	Pts
Skoda Xanthi	7
Niki Volos	4
Levadiakos	4
Naousa	1

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niki Volos	1-3	OFI	1-3	0-0
Ialysos	5-4	Agios Nikolaos	3-1	2-3
Pyrgos	1-2	Veria	0-0	1-2
Apollon Athens	5-4	Paniliakos	2-1	3-3
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 Kalamaria	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	Skoda Xanthi (a.g.)	1-1	0-0
Fokikos	0-6	PAOK	0-1	0-5
Doxa Vyronas	3-1	Larissa	1-0	2-1
Anagennisi Giannitsa	2-3	Aris	1-0	1-3

Third round

First legs were held on January 3, 1995. Second on January 17, 1996.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
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 Kalamaria	2-0	3-0
Athinaikos	7-3	Veria	5-2	2-1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on January 31, 1996, while second legs on February 14.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
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

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	6-0	Athinaikos	5-0	1-0
Apollon Athens	4-2	PAOK	1-1	3-1

Final

The 54th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Apollon Athens v AEK Athens

May 15, 1996

Apollon Athens	1 – 7	AEK Athens
Barniak 78'		Batista 11' 34' Tsartas 22' 48' (pen.) 76' Ketsbaia 60' Kostis 89'

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)

Apollon

ΑΕΚ


APOLLON ATHENS:
	Dimitris Raptis
	Kostas Ioannou
	Kostas Mavridis		55'
	Andreas Theodoropoulos		35'
	Giannis Apostolou		46'
	Giannis Tatsis
	Lefteris Velentzas (c)
	Predrag Erak	???'
	Predrag Barniak
	Bledar Kola
	Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
	Theodoros Alexis		35'
	Vangelis Kefalas	???'	46'
	Panagiotis Lachanas		55'
Manager:
Giannis Pathiakakis


AEK ATHENS:
	Ilias Atmatsidis
	Vassilis Borbokis	???'	66'
	Nikos Kostenoglou
	Stelios Manolas (c)	???'
	Refik Šabanadžović
	Michalis Vlachos	???'	66'
	Temuri Ketsbaia
	Toni Savevski
	Daniel Batista	52'
	Vasilis Tsartas		82'
	Michalis Kasapis	???'
Substitutes:
	Christos Maladenis		66'
	Christos Kostis		66'
	Vaios Karagiannis		82'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Antonis Toyias (Piraeus)
- Nikos Vergis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Three named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References

Greek Cup 1995-96 at RSSSF

Greek Cup seasons

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