1997–98 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 199798 was the 56th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 66 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 30 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. The teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the Third Round.

Panionios made the surprise overcoming Panathinaikos in the Final and won the second Cup in their history, after 1979. Also, they were neophyte in Alpha Ethniki that year, while the previous season they had participated in Beta Ethniki Championship. In semi-finals they eliminated PAOK. Panathinaikos in the Fourth Round eliminated Panserraikos, achieving an impressive victory in Serres, with extraordinary 46, and while in half time they were behind in the score, 31.

It is remarkable that captain of Panionios, Leonidas Vokolos, played later in Panathinaikos.

First round

First legs were held on August 17, 1997. Second legs on 24th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Edessaikos 4-1 Preveza 2-0 2-1
Marko 1-0 Doxa Drama 4-0 0-0
Tyrnavos 1-5 Orestis Orestiada 0-3 1-2
Ethnikos Asteras 5-3 Panegialios 3-1 2-2
Apollon Kalamaria 2-0 Pamisos 2-0 0-0
Trikala 1-3 ILTEX Lykoi 0-2 1-1
Agios Nikolaos 6-7 Panserraikos 5-2 1-5
Agrotikos Asteras 4-3 Kozani 4-1 0-2
Kallithea 2-3 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 2-1 0-2
Apollon Larissa 1-0 PAS Giannina 1-0 0-0
Panargiakos 1-2 Agia Eleousa 1-1 0-1
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 2-1 Keratsini 0-0 2-1
Panelefsiniakos 6-1 Korinthos 5-0 1-1
Kerkyra 3-1 Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 3-0 0-1
Naoussa 1-5 Aetos Skydra 0-2 1-3
Pyrgos 0-5 Panetolikos 0-4 0-1
Ialysos 5-1 Larissa 2-0 3-1
Anagennisi Arta 0-5 Aris 0-0 0-5
Egaleo 2-1 Ambelokipi Thessaloniki 2-1 0-0
EAR Rethymno 1-2 Pierikos 1-1 0-1
Niki Volos 2-0 Levadiakos 2-0 0-0
Ergotelis 4-2 Kastoria 3-2 1-0
Anagennisi Karditsa 5-2 Doxa Vyronas 3-0 2-2
Poseidon Michaniona 3-2 Aiolikos 0-1 3-1

Second round

First legs were held on September 10, 1997, and second on 24th-25th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 4-1 Aetos Skydra 4-0 0-1
Agia Eleousa 2-3 Edessaikos 2-1 0-2
Poseidon Michaniona 3-3 Orestis Orestiada (4-3 PSO) 2-1 1-2
Ergotelis 2-3 Apollon Larissa 1-1 1-2
Pierikos 2-5 Panserraikos 1-2 1-3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli (3-0 PSO) 1-1 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1-0 0-1
Ethnikos Asteras 0-5 Apollon Kalamaria 0-2 0-3
Panelefsiniakos 2-1 ILTEX Lykoi 2-1 0-0
Panetolikos 4-2 Marko 1-1 3-1
Niki Volos 2-0 Kerkyra 1-0 1-0
Egaleo bye - -
Ialysos bye - -
Anagennisi Karditsa bye - -
Agrotikos Asteras bye - -

Third round

First legs were held on November 19, 1997, while second legs were held on December 3-4-24th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo (a.g.) 2-2 Paniliakos 1-0 1-2
Orestis Orestiada 0-6 Panathinaikos 0-2 0-4
Skoda Xanthi 4-1 AEK Athens 2-1 2-0
Apollon Larissa (a.g.) 2-2 Panachaiki 1-0 1-2
Apollon Kalamaria 5-3 Kavala 3-0 2-3
Agrotikos Asteras 2-3 Anagennisi Karditsa 1-0 1-3
Apollon Athens 0-2 Orfeas Alexandroupoli 0-2 0-0
OFI 2-0 Kalamata 1-0 1-0
Aris (a.g.) 3-3 Ialysos 2-0 1-3
Panelefsiniakos 3-4 Panionios 3-1 0-3
Edessaikos 3-2 Athinaikos 1-0 2-2
Iraklis 4-2 Olympiacos 2-0 2-2
Ethnikos Piraeus 0-3 Ionikos 0-0 0-3
Veria 3-2 Panetolikos 0-0 3-2
Panserraikos 4-3 Niki Volos 2-1 2-2
PAOK 3-2 Proodeftiki 3-1 0-1

Fourth round

First legs were held on January 7–8-9th 1998 and second were held on 28th-29th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Veria 3-4 Skoda Xanthi 2-1 1-3
Panathinaikos 10-5 Panserraikos 4-1 6-4
OFI 3-5 Aris 2-1 1-4
Egaleo 1-5 Apollon Kalamaria 0-0 1-5
Apollon Larissa 4-0 Anagennisi Karditsa 3-0 1-0
PAOK 4-1 Ionikos 2-0 2-1
Iraklis 6-3 Edessaikos 5-0 1-3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 0-1 Panionios 0-0 0-1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on February 11, 1998. Second legs on 25th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 1-3 Panathinaikos 1-1 0-2
PAOK 2-1 Skoda Xanthi 2-0 0-1
Iraklis 4-1 Apollon Larissa 4-0 0-1
Panionios 6-2 Apollon Kalamaria 4-2 2-0

Semi-finals

First legs were held on March 4, 1998, and second legs on 18th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 2-1 PAOK 1-0 1-1
Iraklis 2-4 Panathinaikos 2-1 0-3

Final

The 56th Greek Cup Final was played at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.

April 29, 1998
Panionios 1 0 Panathinaikos
Nalitzis  53'
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 21,436
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Panionios
Panathinaikos
PANIONIOS
AlbaniaGreece Foto Strakosha
Greece Dimitris Bougas  ???'
Greece Vasilis Ioannidis Yellow cardRed card ???', 72'
Greece Tasos Katsambis  78'
Greece Leonidas Vokolos (c)  ???'
Greece Apostolos Mantzios
Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Mendan  66'
Greece Giannis Kamitsis Yellow cardYellow cardRed card ???', 58'
Greece Dimitris Nalitzis  73'
Greece Antonis Sapountzis  ???'
Greece Takis Fyssas
Substitutes:
Greece Kostas Kafalis  66'
Norway Roy Wassberg  73'
Greece Theofilos Karasavvidis  78'
Manager:
Greece Christos Emvoliadis
PANATHINAIKOS:
Poland Józef Wandzik  ???'
Greece Stratos Apostolakis  65'
Greece Theofylaktos Nikolaidis
Greece Giannis Goumas
Greece Giorgos S. Georgiadis
Greece Thanasis Kolitsidakis
Greece Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis Yellow cardYellow cardRed card ???', 46'
Greece Kostas Konstantinidis
Poland Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
Norway Erik Mykland  ???'  48'
Greece Alexis Alexoudis  54'
Substitutes:
Greece Angelos Basinas  48'
Greece Nikos Liberopoulos  54'
Poland Igor Sibnievsky  65'
Manager:
Greece Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

MATCH RULES

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

References

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