The 2011–12 Greek Football Cup was the 70th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 57 clubs, ten less than in the last edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 9 November 2011 with the first round and concluded in April 2012 with the final between Olympiacos and Atromitos, with Olympiacos winning 2–1 in extra time. The delay of the start of the tournament was due to judicial decisions after the Koriopolis scandal.

Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners from previous round New entries Leagues entering First round 57 10 none 10 Football League 2 Second round 52 36 5 31 Football League Additional round 34 4 4 none none Round of 32 32 32 14 from second round & 2 from additional round 16 Super League Round of 16 16 16 16 none none Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none Final 2 2 2 none none

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries First round 9, 13 November 2011 5 57 → 52 10 Second round 22–24 November 2011 18 52 → 34 31 Additional round 7 December 2011 2 34 → 32 none Round of 32 20–22 December 2011 16 32 → 16 16 Round of 16 11–12, 17–19 January 2012 8 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 25 January, 22 February 2012 4 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 21 March, 4 April 2012 2 4 → 2 none Final 25 April 2012 1 2 → 1 none

Participating clubs The following 57 teams competed in the first round:

2011–12 Super League 2011–12 Football League 2011–12 Football League 2 AEK Athens Aris Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Doxa Drama Ergotelis Kerkyra Levadiakos OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Skoda Xanthi AEL AEL Kalloni Agrotikos Asteras Anagennisi Epanomi Anagennisi Giannitsa Diagoras Ethnikos Asteras Fokikos Iraklis Psachna Kallithea Panachaiki Panserraikos Panthrakikos Platanias Pierikos Thrasyvoulos Veria Vyzas Megara Aetos Skydra Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Athens Asteras Magoula Chania Doxa Kranoula Ethnikos Gazoros Glyfada Ilisiakos Kalamata Megas Alexandros Irakleia Niki Volos Odysseas Anagennisi Oikonomos Tsaritsani Paniliakos Pontioi Katerini Proodeftiki PAO Rouf Rouvas Tilikratis Tyrnavos 2005 Vataniakos Zakynthos

Knockout phase Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was 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 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, the teams from the first division are seeded and the winners from the second round 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 for this round took place on 2 November 2011.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|9 November 2011

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|13 November 2011

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Matches

Second round The draw for took place on 10 November 2011.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|22 November 2011

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|23 November 2011

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Matches

Additional round The draw took place on 10 November 2011.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|7 December 2011

Matches

Bracket

Round of 32 The draw took place on 10 November 2011.

Summary

Matches

The match had been suspended in the 15th minute after an assistant referee had been hit by a seat thrown from the stands of Ethnikos Asteras' fans, while the score was at 0–0. With 29 December 2011 decision, the match was awarded to PAOK.

Round of 16 The draw for this round took place on 23 December 2011.

Summary

Matches

Quarter-finals The draw took place on 18 January 2012.

Summary

Matches

Semi-finals The draw took place on 18 January 2012, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

Matches

Atromitos won on away goals.

Olympiacos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marko Pantelić Olympiacos62 Filipe da Costa Panserraikos3 Rubén Rayos Asteras Tripolis Ilias Solakis5 Nikos Soultanidis Panthrakikos2 Giorgos Barkoglou Kerkyra Vangelis Platellas Kallithea Kostas Tsoupros Asteras Magoula Giannis Gesios Anagennisi Epanomi Dimitris Diamantis Apollon Athens Lino PAOK Thanasis Karagounis Atromitos Kostas Mitroglou Brito Sokratis Fytanidis Djamel Abdoun Olympiacos David Fuster

References

External links Greek Cup 2011-2012 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site