The 2008–09 Greek Football Cup was the 67th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition started on 30 August 2008 with the first round and concluded on 2 May 2009 with the final, held at Olympic Stadium.

Olympiacos claimed that season's Greek Cup, after a 4–4 draw and a 15–14 victory on penalties over AEK Athens and was considered by fans as the most entertaining final in the tournament.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Leagues entering First Round 30, 31 August & 7 September 2008 18 70 → 52 36 Gamma Ethniki Second Round 16–18 September 2008 18 52 → 34 18 Beta Ethniki Additional Round 24 September 2008 2 34 → 32 none none Round of 32 28–30 October, 11–13 November 2008 16 32 → 16 16 Super League Round of 16 13–15, 20–22, 28 January 2009 12 16 → 8 none none Quarter-finals 4, 18, 25 February & 4 March 2009 8 8 → 4 Semi-finals 18 March & 8, 9 April 2009 4 4 → 2 Final 2 May 2009 1 2 → 1

Knockout phase Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was played by 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. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were 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 round of 16, if the score was level at the end of normal time the two-legged rule was applied.The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: In the draw for the second round, the teams from the second division are seeded and the winners from the first round were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. In the draw for the Round of 32 onwards, the teams from the first division are seeded and the winners from the previous rounds were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. In the draws for the Round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the different group can be drawn against each other.

First round The draw took place on 18 August 2008.

Summary

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Matches

Second round The draw took place on 18 August 2008, after the first-round draw.

Summary

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Matches

Additional round

Summary

Matches

Bracket

Round of 32 The draw took place on 18 August 2008.

Summary

Matches

Round of 16 The draw took place on 19 November 2008.

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Matches

Replay

Quarter-finals The draw took place on 26 January 2009.

Summary

Matches

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won on away goals.

Asteras Tripolis won 2–0 on aggregate.

Panserraikos won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals The draw took place on 26 January 2009, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

Matches

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ismael Blanco AEK Athens5 Diogo Olympiacos3 Michalis Klokidis Makedonikos4 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos Panathinaikos5 Emanuel Perrone Atromitos3 Gilvan Carlos Zakynthos Matt Derbyshire Olympiacos Ante Rukavina Panathinaikos Ignacio Scocco AEK Athens10 Pavlos Leptokaridis Anagennisi Giannitsa2 Fabian Gerber OFI Marko Markovski Kallithea Nastja Čeh Panserraikos Anastasios Triantafyllou Diagoras Christos Kanellopoulos Niki Volos Ilias Siokos Korinthos Rogério Martins Ergotelis Facundo Parra AEL Vasilios Chatzivasiliadis Kastoria Danijel Cesarec Asteras Tripolis Stavros Tsoukalas Doxa Drama Victor Agali Skoda Xanthi Amr El Halwani Veria Petros Dimitriadis Makedonikos Ilias Manikas Panetolikos Ibrahima Bakayoko PAOK Israel Silva Kerkyra Bennard Yao Kumordzi Panionios Luciano Galletti Olympiacos Lucio Filomeno Asteras Tripolis Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens Vangelis Kaounos Kalamata / Asteras Tripolis Dudu Cearense Olympiacos

References

External links Greek Cup 2008-2009 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site