The 2016–17 Greek Football Cup was the 75th edition of the Greek Football Cup. Just as last year's edition, a total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 14 September 2016 with the preliminary round and concluded on 6 May 2017 with the Final. The winner of the competition was PAOK for fifth time.
Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners from previous round New entries Leagues entering Preliminary round 34 4 none 4 Football League Group stage 32 32 2 30 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 Preliminary round 14, 17, 18 September 2016 4 34 → 32 4 Group stage 25–27 October, 29, 30 November & 1, 13–15 December 2016 48 32 → 16 30 Round of 16 10–12, 24–26, 31 January, 1, 2 February 2017 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 8, 9 February & 1, 2 March 2017 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 12, 13, 26, 27 April 2017 4 4 → 2 none Final 6 May 2017 1 2 → 1 none
Participating clubs 2016–17 Super League 2016–17 Football League AEK Athens AEL Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Iraklis Kerkyra Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Veria Xanthi Acharnaikos AEL Kalloni Agrotikos Asteras Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Smyrnis Aris Chania Kallithea Kissamikos Lamia OFI Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Sparta Trikala
Preliminary round The draw for this round took place on 24 August 2016.
Summary
Matches
Sparta won 5–1 on aggregate.
OFI won 2–0 on aggregate.
Group stage The draw for this round took place on 29 September 2016.
+Pot 1(Super League)TeamOlympiacosPAOKPanathinaikosAEK AthensPanioniosPAS GianninaAsteras TripolisAtromitos
+Pot 2(Super League)TeamPlataniasLevadiakosPanetolikosIraklisXanthiVeriaAELKerkyra
+Pot 3(Football League)TeamAgrotikos AsterasTrikalaAnagennisi KarditsaOFIChaniaKissamikosKallitheaAris
+Pot 4(Football League)TeamAiginiakosApollon SmyrnisAEL KalloniLamiaPanelefsiniakosPanthrakikosPanserraikosSparta
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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: In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded.The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.
Bracket
Round of 16 The draw for this round took place on 20 December 2016.
Seeding +Seeded teamsTeamPAOKOlympiacosOFIPAS GianninaAsteras TripolisAEK AthensAtromitosKissamikos+Unseeded teamsTeamTrikalaPlataniasPanathinaikosXanthiArisLamiaPanetolikosLevadiakos
Summary
Matches
Xanthi won on away goals.
Platanias won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 7–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
PAOK won 6–1 on aggregate.
Asteras Tripolis won 3–0 on aggregate.
Atromitos won 4–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 7–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals The draw for this round took place on 27 January 2017.
Summary
Matches
AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.
PAOK won on away goals.
Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals The draw for this round took place on 21 March 2017.
Summary
Matches
PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won on away goals.
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Abiola Dauda Atromitos52 Sebastian Leto Panathinaikos4 Sergio Araujo AEK Athens4 Felipe Pardo Olympiacos3 Savvas Siatravanis Apollon Smyrnis Ilias Anastasakos Sparta Giorgos Bountopoulos Tomáš Pekhart AEK Athens Aleksandar Prijović PAOK Dijilly Vouho OFI Lazaros Christodoulopoulos AEK Athens Marcus Berg Panathinaikos Giannis Mystakidis PAOK Dimitrios Pelkas Yevhen Shakhov
References
External links 2016–17 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site (Greek)