The Greek Cup 1999–2000 was the 58th edition of The Greek Football Cup , or Greek Cup for short.
Tournament details
Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki , 18 from Beta , and 20 from Gamma . It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.
This year came back the phase of groups in the First round, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second (Round of 16 ), after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.
Final was contested by AEK Athens, that had eliminated inter alia Olympiacos, and Ionikos, for first and unique until now time in their history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from First round in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.
AEK Athens were awarded easy and rightly in their 12th win of competition. In remarkables of the Final was a goal of Demis Nikolaidis with hand, and while the result was still 0–0, that finally cancelled. Referee Giorgos Douros did not see that and allocated it, in order to correct afterwards his decision, after an indication of himself Nikolaidis.
First round
The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 3 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.
Group 1
MATCHDAY 1
Keratsini
3–1
Ialysos
Ionikos
3–0
Panetolikos
Panathinaikos
4–0
Leonidio
MATCHDAY 2
Ialysos
0–5
Panathinaikos
Leonidio
2–1
Ionikos
Panetolikos
2–0
Keratsini
MATCHDAY 3
Ialysos
0–2
Panetolikos
Leonidio
1–0
Keratsini
Panathinaikos
1–0
Ionikos
MATCHDAY 4
Panetolikos
1–0
Leonidio
Keratsini
0–3
Panathinaikos
Ionikos
6–0
Ialysos
MATCHDAY 5
Leonidio
3–0
Ialysos
Panathinaikos
5–1
Panetolikos
Ionikos
3–2
Keratsini
Group 2
MATCHDAY 1
Poseidon
1–1
Ethnikos Olympiakos
Panachaiki
3–2
Veria
PAOK
2–0
Agersani
MATCHDAY 2
Ethnikos Olympiakos
0–2
PAOK
Agersani
2–2
Panachaiki
Veria
4–0
Poseidon
MATCHDAY 3
Ethnikos Olympiakos
2–1
Veria
Agersani
3–1
Poseidon
PAOK
5–0
Panachaiki
MATCHDAY 4
Veria
1–0
Agersani
Poseidon
0–3
PAOK
Panachaiki
0–1
Ethnikos Olympiakos
MATCHDAY 5
Agersani
1–0
Ethnikos Olympiakos
PAOK
1–0
Veria
Panachaiki
0–2
Poseidon
Group 3
MATCHDAY 1
Niki
4–0
Agios Nikolaos
Proodeftiki
1–0
Doxa
OFI
3–0
Anagennisi
MATCHDAY 2
Doxa
0–1
OFI
Agios Nikolaos
1–1
Proodeftiki
Anagennisi
3–2
Niki
MATCHDAY 3
Agios Nikolaos
2–1
Anagennisi
Doxa
0–3
Niki
Proodeftiki
0–0
OFI
MATCHDAY 4
Anagennisi
0–1
Doxa
Niki
1–1
Proodeftiki
OFI
2–0
Agios Nikolaos
MATCHDAY 5
Doxa
2–4
Agios Nikolaos
Proodeftiki
2–0
Anagennisi
OFI
4–1
Niki
Group 4
MATCHDAY 1
Kilkisiakos
0–0
Panegialios
Panionios
5–0
Thesprotos
Aris
0–0
Apollon
MATCHDAY 2
Thesprotos
0–5
Aris
Panegialios
3–4
Panionios
Apollon
1–0
Kilkisiakos
MATCHDAY 3
Panegialios
2–1
Apollon
Thesprotos
1–1
Kilkisiakos
Panionios
1–0
Aris
MATCHDAY 4
Apollon
1–1
Thesprotos
Kilkisiakos
3–2
Panionios
Aris
5–1
Panegialios
MATCHDAY 5
Thesprotos
2–3
Panegialios
Panionios
2–2
Apollon
Aris
1–0
Kilkisiakos
Group 5
MATCHDAY 1
Ethnikos Asteras
3–1
Chalkidon Near East
Paniliakos
6–0
Ethnikos Piraeus
Atromitos
1–1
Kallithea
MATCHDAY 2
Kallithea
1–2
Ethnikos Asteras
Ethnikos Piraeus
0–1
Atromitos
Chalkidon Near East
0–0
Paniliakos
MATCHDAY 3
Kallithea
7–2
Ethnikos Piraeus
Chalkidon Near East
0–1
Atromitos
Ethnikos Asteras
4–3
Paniliakos
MATCHDAY 4
Ethnikos Piraeus
4–4
Chalkidon Near East
Atromitos
2–0
Ethnikos Asteras
Paniliakos
5–0
Kallithea
MATCHDAY 5
Chalkidon Near East
1–1
Kallithea
Ethnikos Asteras
4–3
Ethnikos Piraeus
Paniliakos
1–0
Atromitos
Group 6
MATCHDAY 1
Kozani
2–2
Larissa
Kavala
1–0
Ethnikos
Iraklis
3–1
Panserraikos
MATCHDAY 2
Panserraikos
1–1
Kozani
Larissa
0–1
Kavala
Ethnikos
1–1
Iraklis
MATCHDAY 3
Larissa
0–0
Panserraikos
Ethnikos
3–0
Kozani
Kavala
0–0
Iraklis
MATCHDAY 4
Panserraikos
3–0
Ethnikos
Kozani
0–2
Kavala
Iraklis
3–1
Larissa
MATCHDAY 5
Ethnikos
1–3
Larissa
Kavala
4–1
Panserraikos
Iraklis
7–1
Kozani
Group 7
MATCHDAY 1
Skoda Xanthi
5–0
Edessaikos
Apollon
0–3
PAS Giannina
Olympiacos
5–0
Naousa
MATCHDAY 2
Naousa
1–0
Apollon
Edessaikos
0–2
Olympiacos
PAS Giannina
2–0
Skoda Xanthi
MATCHDAY 3
PAS Giannina
5–0
Naousa
Edessaikos
2–1
Apollon
Skoda Xanthi
1–5
Olympiacos
MATCHDAY 4
Naousa
3–1
Edessaikos
Apollon
2–1
Skoda Xanthi
Olympiacos
2–1
PAS Giannina
MATCHDAY 5
Edessaikos
1–3
PAS Giannina
Skoda Xanthi
3–0
Naousa
Olympiacos
2–0
Apollon
Group 8
MATCHDAY 1
Akratitos
1–1
Athinaikos
Trikala
2–0
Karditsa
AEK Athens
6–1
Egaleo
MATCHDAY 2
Karditsa
1–6
AEK Athens
Egaleo
4–1
Akratitos
Athinaikos
2–3
Trikala
MATCHDAY 3
Athinaikos
2–1
Egaleo
Karditsa
1–2
Akratitos
Trikala
1–2
AEK Athens
MATCHDAY 4
Egaleo
2–0
Karditsa
Akratitos
1–2
Trikala
AEK Athens
3–0
Athinaikos
MATCHDAY 5
Karditsa
1–1
Athinaikos
Trikala
1–0
Egaleo
AEK Athens
3–0
Akratitos
Group 9
MATCHDAY 1
Apollon
1–0
Pierikos
Kalamata
4–0
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
ILTEX Lykoi
0–2
Panelefsiniakos
MATCHDAY 2
Pierikos
2–4
ILTEX Lykoi
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
2–1
Apollon
Panelefsiniakos
0–1
Kalamata
MATCHDAY 3
Panelefsiniakos
1–1
Pierikos
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
1–1
ILTEX Lykoi
Kalamata
1–2
Apollon
MATCHDAY 4
Pierikos
1–3
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
ILTEX Lykoi
0–2
Kalamata
Apollon
2–2
Panelefsiniakos
MATCHDAY 5
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
3–1
Panelefsiniakos
Kalamata
2–0
Pierikos
Apollon
1–0
ILTEX Lykoi
Marko and Neapoli qualified without matches in the Additional Round.
Additional Round
Home team
Score
Away team
Neapoli
2–1
PAS Giannina
Paniliakos
0–1
Olympiacos
Kavala
1–2
Panionios
Ionikos
4–1
Marko
Second round
Matches were held on 12 January 2000.
Home team
Score
Away team
AEK Athens
6–0
Trikala
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
1–0
Neapoli
OFI
3–0
Agersani
Ethnikos Asteras
3–3
Panionios
Panionios won 5–4 on penalties
Kalamata
3–0
Proodeftiki
Ionikos
4–2
Iraklis
Olympiacos
2–1
PAOK
Aris
1–1
Panathinaikos
Aris won 4–2 on penalties
Quarter-finals
First legs were held on 9–10 February–16th-17th 2000. Second legs on 1st-2 March-8th-9th.
Team No. 1
Agg.
Team No. 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Ionikos
9–2
Nafpaktiakos Asteras
8–0
1–2
Aris
0–2
Panionios
0–0
0–2
Olympiacos
1–4
AEK Athens
1–1
0–3
OFI
1–3
Kalamata
1–0
0–3
Semi-finals
First legs were held on 12 April 2000 and second were held on 19th.
Team No. 1
Agg.
Team No. 2
1st leg
2nd leg
AEK Athens
5–3
Panionios
4–1
1–2
Kalamata
2–6
Ionikos
0–2
2–4
Final
The 58th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" .
MATCH OFFICIALS
MATCH RULES
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.
References
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups UEFA competitions