The 1994–95 Greek Football Cup was the 53rd edition of the Greek Football Cup.

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.

The final was contested for second consecutive year by Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. The "greens" via fire and iron, while in their course they eliminated, inter alia, Skoda Xanthi, with a goal in the last minute of extra time, and Olympiacos, with a goal in the last minute of the match with away goals rule.

Contrary to the sensational final of 1994, the final of that season was marked by incidents on and off the pitch, by the moment that the referee, Filippos Bakas awarded a penalty in favour of Panathinaikos a few minutes before the end of extra time. This event caused protests, expulsions and riots between fans of both teams (with 21 arrests in total), while certain footballers of AEK Athens denied to attend in the title ceremony. Few days later, Bakas was attacked and wounded from an unknown person in a street near to the airport of Elliniko.

Calendar Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Group stage 20, 31 August, 21 September & 11 October 1994 56 72 → 32 72 Round of 32 12, 30 November 1994 32 32 → 16 none Round of 16 21 December 1994 & 18 January 1995 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 22 February, 1 March 1995 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 15,22 March 1995 4 4 → 2 none Final 19 April 1995 1 2 → 1 none

Group stage

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 PosTeamPts 1 AEK Athens12 2 Panargiakos7 3 Atromitos6 4 Kastoria2 5 Ethnikos Asteras1

Group 2 PosTeamPts 1 Apollon Athens9 2 Panserraikos7 3 Proodeftiki6 4 Olympiacos Volos6 5 Pandramaikos1

Group 3 PosTeamPts 1 Panionios10 2 Agios Nikolaos9 3 Kallithea7 4 Chaidari3 5 Velissario0

Group 4 PosTeamPts 1 Ethnikos Piraeus6 2 Panetolikos5 3 Athinaikos5 4 Chalkida5 5 Niki Volos4

Group 5 PosTeamPts 1 Panathinaikos12 2 Anagennisi Giannitsa9 3 Aiolikos6 4 Sparti3 5 Acharnaikos0

Group 6 PosTeamPts 1 Iraklis10 2 Lamia7 3 Apollon Kalamarias7 4 Paniliakos3 5 Kalamata1

Group 7 PosTeamPts 1 AEL8 2 Korinthos6 3 Iraklis Ptolemaida5 4 Panachaiki5 5 PAS Giannina2

Group 8 PosTeamPts 1 Edessaikos10 2 Pontioi Veria6 3 Egaleo6 4 Fostiras4 5 Anagennisi Kolindros3

Group 9 PosTeamPts 1 Ionikos9 2 Tyrnavos3 3 Varvasiakos3 4 Orestis Orestiada3

Group 10 PosTeamPts 1 PAOK9 2 Acheron Kanalaki4 3 Eordaikos2 4 Apollon Krya Vrysi1

Group 11 PosTeamPts 1 Kavala9 2 Trikala6 3 AO Chania1 4 Almopos Aridea1

Group 12 PosTeamPts 1 Anagennisi Karditsa6 2 Panelefsiniakos6 3 Levadiakos3 4 Pannafpliakos3

Group 13 PosTeamPts 1 Pierikos6 2 Aris6 3 Kilkisiakos4 4 Apollon Larissa1

Group 14 PosTeamPts 1 Skoda Xanthi9 2 Ialysos6 3 Veria3 4 Charavgiakos0

Group 15 PosTeamPts 1 Naoussa6 2 Doxa Vyronas4 3 OFI4 4 AE Mesolongi3

Group 16 PosTeamPts 1 Olympiacos7 2 Doxa Drama6 3 EAR4 4 Agrotikos Asteras0

Knockout phase 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.

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links Greek Cup 1994-95 at RSSSF