2015–16 Greek Cup
Tournament details
Country Greece
Teams34
Defending championsOlympiacos
Final positions
ChampionsAEK Athens (15th title)
Runner-upOlympiacos
Tournament statistics
Matches played80
Goals scored208 (2.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Diego Buonanotte
(5 goals)

The 2015–16 Greek Football Cup was the 74th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 9 September 2015 with the preliminary round and was planned to conclude on 23 April 2016 with the final, at the Olympic Stadium.

The cup was cancelled by the Greek government on 3 March 2016, following crowd violence.[1] On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the Hellenic Football Federation would face an automatic suspension.[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and Hellenic Football Federation.[3]

A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,[4] but the final was later postponed to 17 May 2016.[5][6]AEK Athens earned the trophy with a 2–1[7][8] win over Olympiacos.

Teams

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entriesLeagues entering
Preliminary round344none4Football League
Group Stage3232230Super League
Round of 16161616nonenone
Quarter-finals888nonenone
Semi-finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Calendar

RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
Preliminary round9, 10, 16 September 2015434 → 324
Group Stage27–29 October, 1–3 & 15–17 December 20154832 → 1630
Round of 165–7, 12–14 January 20161616 → 8none
Quarter-finals27, 28 January & 3, 4, 10, 11 February 201688 → 4none
Semi-finals2 March, 20, 26, 27 April 201634 → 2none
Final17 May 201612 → 1none

Source:[9]

Participating clubs

2015–16 Super League 2015–16 Football League

Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place on 4 September 2015.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Agrotikos Asteras 0–2 Kallithea 0–0 0–2
Acharnaikos 1–0 Trikala 1–0 0–0

Matches

Agrotikos Asteras0–0Kallithea
Report
Referee: Dionysis Zougras (Kozani)
Kallithea2–0Agrotikos Asteras
  • Arnarellis 43'
  • Frangos 60'
 Report
Referee: Georgios Foukakis (Heraklion)

Kallithea won 2–0 on aggregate.

Acharnaikos1–0Trikala
 Report
Acharnes Stadium, Acharnes
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Trikala0–0Acharnaikos
Report
Referee: Nikolaos Poulimas (Corfu)

Acharnaikos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2015.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IRA PAS ACH KRD
1 Iraklis 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Round of 16 — — 4–0
2 PAS Giannina 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 1–1 — —
3 Acharnaikos 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 0–2 1–2 —
4 Anagennisi Karditsa 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1 — 0–0 0–1
Source: epo.gr
Anagennisi Karditsa0–1Acharnaikos
Report
  • Ioannidis 77'
Referee: Konstantinos Balatsoukas (Thesprotia)
PAS Giannina1–1Iraklis
 Report
Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia)
Acharnaikos1–2PAS Giannina
  • Kostopoulos 65'
 Report
Acharnes Stadium, Acharnes
Referee: Vangelis Kiotzenis (Thrace)
Iraklis4–0Anagennisi Karditsa
 Report
Referee: Ananias Fotiadis (Serres)
Acharnaikos0–2Iraklis
Report
Acharnes Stadium, Acharnes
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
Anagennisi Karditsa0–0PAS Giannina
Report
Referee: Giorgos Kyzas (Drama)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PGSS ERG ZAK PNE
1 Panionios 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Round of 16 — 1–0 —
2 Ergotelis 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 1–2 — 3–2
3 Zakynthos 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — 2–2 1–0
4 Panetolikos 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0 1–2 — —
Source: epo.gr
Zakynthos2–2Ergotelis
  • Vythoulkas 28', 49'
 Report
Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground, Zakynthos
Referee: Giorgos Michailidis (Boeotia)
Panetolikos1–2Panionios
 Report
Referee: Giorgos Kyzas (Drama)
Panionios1–0Zakynthos
 Report
Referee: Spyros Stathopoulos (West Attica)
Ergotelis1–2Panionios
 Report
Referee: Ioannis Neofytiadis (Corinthia)
Zakynthos1–0Ergotelis
  • Kardasis 84'
 Report
Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground, Zakynthos
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK CHA PTH OLV
1 PAOK 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Round of 16 — 2–0 —
2 Chania 3 1 1 1 6 9 −3 4 2–6 2–2 —
3 Panthrakikos 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 — — 1–0
4 Olympiacos Volos 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 1–1 1–2 —
Source: epo.gr
PAOK2–0Panthrakikos
 Report
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Olympiacos Volos1–2Chania
 Report
Referee: Alexandros Tsamouris (Piraeus)
Panthrakikos1–0Olympiacos Volos
 Report
Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia)
Chania2–6PAOK
 Report
Chania2–2Panthrakikos
 Report
Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)
Olympiacos Volos1–1PAOK
  • Alamanis 32'
 Report
Referee: Spyros Stathopoulos (West Attica)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAO LEV KER PNA
1 Panathinaikos 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Round of 16 3–0 — —
2 Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 — 2–0 —
3 Kerkyra 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Panachaiki 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1 1–2 1–4 —
Source: epo.gr
Kerkyra1–1Panachaiki
 Report
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)
Panathinaikos3–0Levadiakos
 Report
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)
Levadiakos2–0Kerkyra
 Report
Referee: Triantafyllos Tikas (Karditsa)
Panachaiki1–2Panathinaikos
 Report
Referee: Spyros Selimos (Laconia)
Panachaiki1–4Levadiakos
  • Stamatakos 58'
 Report
Referee: Michalis Voskakis (Rethymno)
Kerkyra1–1Panathinaikos
  • Vlachos 4'
 Report
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY PLA APS PEG
1 Olympiacos 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Round of 16 2–2 — —
2 Platanias 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 — 3–1 —
3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 1–2 — 3–1
4 Panegialios 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3 0–4 1–0 —
Source: epo.gr
Apollon Smyrnis3–1Panegialios
 Report
Referee: Manolis Skoulas (Thessaly)
Olympiacos2–2Platanias
 Report
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
Platanias3–1Apollon Smyrnis
 Report
Referee: Apostolos Simaiakis (Chalkidiki)
Panegialios0–4Olympiacos
Report
Aigio National Stadium, Aigio
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)
Panegialios1–0Platanias
 Report
Aigio National Stadium, Aigio
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
Apollon Smyrnis1–2Olympiacos
 Report
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Athens)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATR VER KLT LAM
1 Atromitos 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Round of 16 2–2 — —
2 Veria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 — 1–0 —
3 Kallithea 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 2–4 — 2–1
4 Lamia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0 0–2 0–1 —
Source: epo.gr


Kallithea2–1Lamia
 Report
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
Atromitos2–2Veria
 Report
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Lamia0–2Atromitos
Report
Referee: Georgios Foukakis (Heraklion)
Veria1–0Kallithea
 Report
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
Lamia0–1Veria
Report
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)
Kallithea2–4Atromitos
 Report
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Athens)

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK AEL SKO PNF
1 AEK Athens 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Round of 16 — — 6–0
2 AEL 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6 0–5 1–0 —
3 Skoda Xanthi 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3 0–1 — —
4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0 — 1–4 0–5
Source: epo.gr
Skoda Xanthi0–1AEK Athens
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)
Panelefsiniakos1–4AEL
  • Kakaras 48'
 Report
Municipal Stadium of Elefsina, Elefsina
Referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens)
AEL1–0Skoda Xanthi
 Report
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
AEK Athens6–0Panelefsiniakos
 Report
Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
AEL0–5AEK Athens
Report
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Panelefsiniakos0–5Skoda Xanthi
Report
Municipal Stadium of Elefsina, Elefsina
Referee: Ioannis Mourtzakis (Heraklion)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AST KAL KIS PSE
1 Asteras Tripolis 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Round of 16 4–0 — —
2 Kalloni 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6 — — 2–1
3 Kissamikos 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 1–3 1–2 —
4 Panserraikos 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 0–1 — 0–0
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1. Points 2. Head-to-head points 3. Goals scored 4. Goals against 5. Play-offs (neutral ground).
Panserraikos0–0Kissamikos
Report
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
Asteras Tripolis4–0Kalloni
 Report
Referee: Marios Lampropoulos (Elis)
Kissamikos1–3Asteras Tripolis
 Report
Gallos Stadium, Lappa
Referee: Aristeidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Kalloni2–1Panserraikos
 Report
Referee: Christos Granas (Xanthi)
Kissamikos1–2Kalloni
 Report
Maleme Stadium, Chania
Panserraikos0–1Asteras Tripolis
Report
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)

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 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
1 Ergotelis 0 0 0
16 Panionios 1 1 2
Panionios 1 0 1
PAOK (a) 1 0 1
8 Kalloni 2 0 2
9 PAOK 1 3 4
PAOK 0 0 0
Olympiacos (w/o) 3 3 6
5 Chania 1 0 1
12 Olympiacos 4 6 10
Olympiacos 5 1 6
Asteras Tripolis 0 1 1
4 AEL 0 0 0
13 Asteras Tripolis 3 3 6
Olympiacos 1
AEK Athens 2
6 Levadiakos 0 0 0
11 AEK Athens 1 2 3
AEK Athens 4 1 5
Iraklis 1 0 1
3 Veria 0 0 0
14 Iraklis 1 1 2
AEK Athens 1 1 2
Atromitos 0 1 1
7 PAS Giannina 1 1 2
10 Panathinaikos (a) 2 0 2
Panathinaikos 0 0 0
Atromitos 0 1 1
2 Platanias 0 1 1
15 Atromitos 0 2 2

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 18 December 2015.[10]

Seeding

Seeded teams
Team
Iraklis
Panionios
PAOK
Panathinaikos
Olympiacos
Atromitos
AEK Athens
Asteras Tripolis
Unseeded teams
Team
PAS Giannina
Ergotelis
Chania
Levadiakos
Platanias
Veria
AEL
Kalloni

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ergotelis 0–2 Panionios 0–1 0–1
Platanias 1–2 Atromitos 0–0 1–2
Chania 1–10 Olympiacos 1–4 0–6
PAS Giannina 2–2 (a) Panathinaikos 1–2 1–0
Levadiakos 0–3 AEK Athens 0–1 0–2
AEL 0–6 Asteras Tripolis 0–3 0–3
Kalloni 2–4 PAOK 2–1 0–3
Veria 0–2 Iraklis 0–1 0–1

Matches

Ergotelis0–1Panionios
Report
Referee: Spyros Selimos (Laconia)
Panionios1–0Ergotelis
 Report
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)

Panionios won 2–0 on aggregate.

Platanias0–0Atromitos
Report
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Atromitos2–1Platanias
Report
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)

Atromitos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Chania1–4Olympiacos
 Report
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Olympiacos6–0Chania
 Report
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)

Olympiacos won 10–1 on aggregate.

PAS Giannina1–2Panathinaikos
 Report
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Athens)
Panathinaikos0–1PAS Giannina
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)

Panathinaikos won on away goals.

Levadiakos0–1AEK Athens
Report
Referee: Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
AEK Athens2–0Levadiakos
 Report
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.

AEL0–3Asteras Tripolis
Report
Referee: Triantafyllos Tikas (Karditsa)
Asteras Tripolis3–0AEL
 Report
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)

Asteras Tripolis won 6–0 on aggregate.

Kalloni2–1PAOK
 Report
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
PAOK3–0Kalloni
 Report
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.

Veria0–1Iraklis
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena)
Iraklis1–0Veria
 Report
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Iraklis won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2016.[11]

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 1–1 (a) PAOK 1–1 0–0
Olympiacos 6–1 Asteras Tripolis 5–0 1–1
AEK Athens 5–1 Iraklis 4–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 0–1 Atromitos 0–0 0–1

Matches

Panionios1–1PAOK
 Report
Referee: Michalis Voskakis (Rethymnο)
PAOK0–0Panionios
Report
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

PAOK won on away goals.

Olympiacos5–0Asteras Tripolis
 Report
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)
Asteras Tripolis1–1Olympiacos
 Report
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)

Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens4–1Iraklis
 Report
Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)
Iraklis0–1AEK Athens
Report
Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos0–0Atromitos
Report
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Atromitos1–0Panathinaikos
 Report
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)

Atromitos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 19 February 2016. After the PAOK–Olympiacos match on 2 March being abandoned due to crowd violence, the Cup was cancelled,[1] before being resumed on 15 April 2016.[3] New dates for the competition were announced by Hellenic Football Federation and the other first leg match was played on 20 April while the second leg matches were played on 26 and 27 April 2016.[4]

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 2–1 Atromitos 1–0 1–1
PAOK 0–6 Olympiacos 0–3 (w/o) 0–3 (w/o)

Matches

AEK Athens1–0Atromitos
 Report
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexis Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Atromitos1–1AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Kyzas (Drama)

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

PAOK0–3
(Awarded)		Olympiacos
 Report
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Athens)

Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2.[12] It was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.[13]

Olympiacos3–0
(Awarded)		PAOK
Report
Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)

PAOK didn't show up to the match.[14]

Olympiacos won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

After the cup was resumed the Hellenic Football Federation announced that the final would be played on 7 May 2016,[4] but it was later postponed to 15 May 2016.[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.[15]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Diego Buonanotte AEK Athens 5
2 Portugal Hernâni Olympiacos 4
Italy Stefano Napoleoni Atromitos
Belgium Viktor Klonaridis Panathinaikos
Slovakia Róbert Mak PAOK
Greece Petros Mantalos AEK Athens
Spain David Fuster Olympiacos
8 Argentina Emanuel Perrone Iraklis 3
Argentina Leonardo Ramos Platanias
Slovakia Erik Sabo PAOK
Greece Taxiarchis Fountas Asteras Tripolis
Greece Dimitris Pelkas PAOK
Algeria Rafik Djebbour AEK Athens

References

  1. 1 2 "Greek Cup cancelled by government following crowd violence". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Emergency Committee provides Greece a new deadline to resume Cup competition". FIFA. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Επανέναρξη του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στο ποδόσφαιρο [Reopening of Greek Cup Football] (in Greek). Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι ημερομηνίες ημιτελικών-τελικού [Greece Cup: The semi-final dates] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 Ανακοίνωση Ε.Π.Ο. (6/5/2016) [Announcement of the AEC (6/5/2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εκτάκτων Θεμάτων (7/5/2016) [Commission Decisions of Extraordinary Affairs (05.07.2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. ↑ ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2–1. cnn.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "AEK winner of Greek cup 2016". neoskosmos.com. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ημερομηνίες αγώνων Κυπέλλου επαγγελματικών ομάδων περιόδου 2015-2016" (PDF). 14 September 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Τα ζευγάρια της φάσης των «16» του Κυπέλλου" [Greek Cup Round of 16 draw results]. in.gr (in Greek). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Τα ζευγάρια των προημιτελικών του κυπέλλου Ελλάδας" [Greek Cup Quarter-finals draw results]. tovima.gr (in Greek). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Violence sees Greek Cup semi-final abandoned". BBC Sport. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016 [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. epo.gr (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Δεν κατέβηκε στο Καραϊσκάκη ο ΠΑΟΚ – Στον τελικό ο Ολυμπιακός". news.gr.
  15. ↑ "ΕΠΟ: Στις 17 Μαΐου ο τελικός Κυπέλλου με τους ίδιους οργανωτικούς όρους - Press Publica - Δημοσιογραφία για το δημόσιο συμφέρον". presspublica.gr. 11 May 2016.
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