The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th 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.

After the group stage, AEK Athens eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon Athens 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. In the final, Demis Nikolaidis played his last match as footballer of Apollon Athens, a few days before his transfer to AEK Athens.

AEK Athens won the cup after 13 years, shattering with 7–1 Apollon Athens, that reached for first and only time a Greek Cup final. AEK won the last title, after 4 championships, with Dušan Bajević as their coach.

Calendar Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Group stage 20 August, 5, 25 October & 9 November 1995 56 72 → 32 72 Round of 32 29 November, 20 December 1995 32 32 → 16 none Round of 16 3, 17 January 1996 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 31 January, 14 February 1996 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 28 February, 13 March 1996 4 4 → 2 none Final 15 May 1996 1 2 → 1 none

Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format.

Group 1 PosTeamPts 1 Panathinaikos12 2 AEK Athens9 3 Panegialios6 4 Olympiacos Volos1 5 Almopos Aridea1

Group 2 PosTeamPts 1 Panachaiki10 2 AO Pyrgos9 3 Chaidari4 4 Anagennisi Karditsa3 5 Kallithea3

Group 3 PosTeamPts 1 Apollon Athens12 2 Panelfsiniakos5 3 Atromitos4 4 Kalamata4 5 Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki2

Group 4 PosTeamPts 1 Agios Nikolaos10 2 Anagennisi Giannitsa8 3 Ethnikos Piraeus7 4 Chalkida3 5 Doxa Drama0

Group 5 PosTeamPts 1 Aris10 2 Ialysos7 3 EAR6 4 Lamia3 5 Charavgiakos3

Group 6 PosTeamPts 1 Iraklis10 2 Doxa Vyronas7 3 Ethnikos Asteras6 4 Aiolkos4 5 Eordaikos1

Group 7 PosTeamPts 1 PAOK12 2 AO Chania7 3 Korinthos4 4 Pierikos4 5 Kozani1

Group 8 PosTeamPts 1 Trikala9 2 Athinaikos9 3 Proodeftiki7 4 PAS Giannina4 5 Tyrnavos0

Group 9 PosTeamPts 1 Fokikos6 2 OFI5 3 Kastoria4 4 Apollon Krya Vrysi1

Group 10 PosTeamPts 1 Pontioi Veria9 2 Paniliakos4 3 Apollon Larissa2 4 Diagoras – Rodos Enosis1

Group 11 PosTeamPts 1 Apollon Kalamarias6 2 AEL6 3 Anagennisi Kolindros4 4 Orestis Orestiada1

Group 12 PosTeamPts 1 Olympiacos9 2 Veria2 3 Panserraikos2 4 Pannafpliakos2

Group 13 PosTeamPts 1 Ionikos7 2 Agrotikos Asteras5 3 Fostiras2 4 Marko1

Group 14 PosTeamPts 1 Kavala7 2 Varvasiakos6 3 Edessaikos4 4 Panargiakos0

Group 15 PosTeamPts 1 Nigrita7 2 Panetolikos6 3 Panionios2 4 Velissario1

Group 16 PosTeamPts 1 Skoda Xanthi7 2 Niki Volos4 3 Levadiakos4 4 Naoussa1

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

Summary

Matches

AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.

Apollon Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

References

External links Greek Cup 1995-96 at RSSSF