The 2017–18 Greek Football Cup was the 76th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced in September 2017 with the preliminary round and concluded on 12 May 2018 with the Final. PAOK won the competition for second consecutive year beating AEK Athens 2–0 in the final held at the Olympic Stadium.
Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners from previous round New entries Leagues entering Preliminary Round 33 2 none 2 Football League Group Stage 32 32 1 31 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 20 & 30 August 2017 2 33 → 32 2 Group Stage 19–21 September, 24–26 October & 28–30 November 2017 45 32 → 16 31 Round of 16 19–21 December 2017 & 9–11 January 2018 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 24, 25 January & 7, 8 February 2018 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 27, 28 February, 1 March & 17–19 April 2018 4 4 → 2 none Final 12 May 2018 1 2 → 1 none
Participating clubs 2017–18 Super League 2017–18 Football League AEK Athens AEL Apollon Smyrnis Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Kerkyra Lamia Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Xanthi Acharnaikos Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa AO Chania−Kissamikos Apollon Pontus Apollon Larissa Aris Ergotelis Iraklis (withdrawn) Kallithea OFI Panachaiki Panegialios Panserraikos Sparta Trikala Veria
Preliminary round The draw for this round took place in August 2017.
Summary
Matches
Aiginiakos won on away goals.
Group stage The draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.
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 4 December 2017.
Seeding +Seeded teamsTeamOFIPAOKAEK AthensAtromitosOlympiacosXanthiPAS GianninaPanathinaikos+Unseeded teamsTeamPlataniasLevadiakosLamiaTrikalaAsteras TripolisPanetolikosPanioniosAEL
Summary
Matches
Olympiacos won 4–0 aggregate.
Atromitos won 2–0 aggregate.
PAS Giannina won 4–1 aggregate.
Lamia won 4–2 aggregate.
AEK Athens won 5–0 aggregate.
PAOK won 7–2 aggregate.
Panionios won 3–0 aggregate.
AEL won 3–2 aggregate.
Quarter-finals The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.
Summary
Matches
PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.
Panionios won 5–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.
AEL won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals The draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.
Summary
Matches
PAOK won 6–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won on away goals.
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Pedro Conde PAS Giannina6 Aleksandar Prijović PAOK Lazaros Christodoulopoulos AEK Athens4 Yevhen Shakhov PAOK55 Dimitrios Pelkas46 Emmanuel Emenike Olympiacos3 Panagiotis Triadis Xanthi Guillermo Molins Panathinaikos Amr Warda Atromitos Uroš Đurđević Olympiacos Giannis Masouras AEL Sandi Križman Thomas Nazlidis Georgios Masouras Olympiacos
References
External links 2017–18 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site (Greek)