2008–09 Greek Football Cup

2008-2009 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Dates	30 August 2008 - 2 May 2009
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos
Runner-up	AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ismael Blanco

Greek Cup 2008–09 was the 67th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

The competition started on 30 August 2008 with the First Round and concluded on 2 May 2009 with the Final, held at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Olympiacos claimed this season's Greek Cup with a 15–14 victory on penalties over AEK after a 4–4 draw.

Calendar

Round	Date
First Round	30, 31 August & 7 September 2008
Second Round	16, 17 & 18 September 2008
Third Round	24 September 2008
Fourth Round	28, 29, 30 October, 11, 12 & 13 November 2008
Fifth Round	13, 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22 January 2009 Replays 28 January 2009
Quarter-finals	4 & 18 February 2009 (1st leg) 25 February & 4 March 2009 (2nd leg)
Semi-finals	18 March 2009 (1st leg) 8 & 9 April 2009 (2nd leg)
Final	2 May 2009

First round

Chersonissos v Zakynthos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Chersonissos	1 – 2	Zakynthos	Chersonissos
				Stadium: Chersonissos Municipal Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Pyrsos v Agios Dimitrios

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Pyrsos	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Agios Dimitrios	Grevena
				Stadium: Grevena Municipal Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Korinthos v Ethnikos Katerini

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Korinthos	3 – 0	Ethnikos Katerini	Corinth
				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Corinth Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Anagennisi Arta v Rodos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Anagennisi Arta	0 – 1	Rodos	Arta
				Stadium: Arta Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Doxa Drama v Alexandroupoli Enosi

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Doxa Drama	3 – 0	Alexandroupoli Enosi	Drama
				Stadium: Drama Municipal Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Koropi v Eordaïkos 2007

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Koropi	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Eordaïkos 2007	Koropi
				Stadium: Antonis Priftis Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Neos Asteras Rethymno v Neoi Epivates

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Neos Asteras Rethymno	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Neoi Epivates	Rethymno
				Stadium: Sochora Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Niki Volos v Preveza

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Niki Volos	2 – 0	Preveza	Volos
				Stadium: Pantelis Magoulas Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Aiolikos v Lamia

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Aiolikos	0 – 1	Lamia	Mytilene
				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Mytilene Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Chaïdari v Thermaïkos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Chaïdari	1 – 0	Thermaïkos	Chaïdari, Athens
				Stadium: Dasos Chaïdariou Municipal Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Odysseas Anagennisi v Keravnos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Odysseas Anagennisi	3 – 2	Keravnos	Anagennisi, Mitrousi, Serres
				Stadium: Anagennisi Municipal Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Aias Salamina v Ilioupoli

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Aias Salamina	0 – 1	Ilioupoli	Salamina
				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Salamina Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Agia Paraskevi v Fokikos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Agia Paraskevi	0 – 1	Fokikos	Agia Paraskevi, Athens
				Stadium: Agia Paraskevi Municipal Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Makedonikos v Anagennisi Giannitsa

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Makedonikos	4 – 2	Anagennisi Giannitsa	Neapoli, Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Panetolikos v Atsalenios

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Panetolikos	3 – 0	Atsalenios	Agrinio
				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Egaleo v Panachaïki 2005

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Egaleo	0 – 3	Panachaïki 2005	Egaleo, Athens
				Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Fostiras v Panargiakos

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Fostiras	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 p)	Panargiakos	Tavros, Athens
				Stadium: Tavros Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Vyzas v Ethnikos Filippiada

31 August 2008 (2008-08-31)	Vyzas	1 – 0	Ethnikos Filippiada	Megara
				Stadium: Megara Stadium Attendance: n/a Referee: n/a

Second round

Zakynthos v Pierikos

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Zakynthos	2 – 1	Pierikos	Zakynthos
				Stadium: Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground

Pyrsos v Kallithea

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Pyrsos	1 – 4	Kallithea	Grevena
				Stadium: Grevena Municipal Stadium

Korinthos v Ethnikos Piraeus

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Korinthos	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Ethnikos Piraeus	Corinth
				Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Corinth

Rodos v Kavala

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Rodos	0 – 1	Kavala	Rhodes
				Stadium: Diagoras Stadium

Doxa Drama v Agrotikos Asteras

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Doxa Drama	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Agrotikos Asteras	Drama
				Stadium: Drama Municipal Stadium

Koropi v Ionikos

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Koropi	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 2 p)	Ionikos	Koropi
				Stadium: Antonis Priftis

Neoi Epivates v Ilisiakos

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Neoi Epivates	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	Ilisiakos	Neoi Epivates
				Stadium: Neoi Epivates Stadium

Niki Volos v PAS Giannina

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Niki Volos	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	PAS Giannina	Volos
				Stadium: Pantelis Magoulas

Lamia v Kalamata

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Lamia	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Kalamata	Lamia
				Stadium: Lamia Stadium

Chaïdari v Veria

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Chaïdari	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (1 – 4 p)	Veria	Chaïdari, Athens
				Stadium: Dasos Chaïdariou Municipal Stadium

Odysseas Anagennisi v Ethnikos Asteras

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Odysseas Anagennisi	0 – 2	Ethnikos Asteras	Anagennisi, Mitrousi, Serres
				Stadium: Anagennisi Municipal Stadium

Ilioupoli v Apollon Kalamarias

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Ilioupoli	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Apollon Kalamarias	Ilioupoli, Athens
				Stadium: Ilioupoli Municipal Stadium

Fokikos v Kerkyra

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Fokikos	0 – 1	Kerkyra	Amfissa
				Stadium: Amfissa Municipal Stadium

Makedonikos v Anagennisi Karditsa

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Makedonikos	2 – 1	Anagennisi Karditsa	Neapoli, Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium

Panetolikos v Olympiacos Volos

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Panetolikos	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Olympiacos Volos	Agrinio
				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

Panachaïki 2005 v Kastoria

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Panachaïki 2005	0 – 4	Kastoria	Agyia, Patras
				Stadium: Kostas Davourlis

Fostiras v Atromitos

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Fostiras	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Atromitos	Tavros, Athens
				Stadium: Tavros Stadium

Vyzas v Diagoras

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Vyzas	0 – 1	Diagoras	Megara
				Stadium: Megara Stadium

Third round

Koropi v Atromitos

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Koropi	1 – 2	Atromitos	Koropi
				Stadium: Antonis Priftis

Kerkyra v PAS Giannina

17 September 2008 (2008-09-17)	Kerkyra	3 – 0	PAS Giannina	Kerkyra
				Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium

Fourth round

Zakynthos v Panthrakikos

28 October 2008 (2008-10-28)	Zakynthos	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Panthrakikos	Zakynthos
14:15 EET		Report	Bevacqua 96' Ponce 104' (pen.)	Stadium: Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground

Makedonikos v PAOK

28 October 2008 (2008-10-28)	Makedonikos	1 – 2	PAOK	Neapoli, Thessaloniki
17:45 EET	Klokidis 6'	Report	Bakayoko 3', 45'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium

Panetolikos v Larissa

29 October 2008 (2008-10-29)	Panetolikos	0 – 2	Larissa	Agrinio
14:15 EET		Report	Parra 77', 80'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium

Ethnikos Piraeus v Panionios

29 October 2008 (2008-10-29)	Ethnikos Piraeus	0 – 2	Panionios	Ellinikon, Athens
14:45 EET		Report	Kumordzi 41' Barkoglou 75'	Stadium: Elliniko Stadium

Diagoras v Olympiacos

29 October 2008 (2008-10-29)	Diagoras	2 – 3	Olympiacos	Rhodes
16:50 EET	Triantafyllou 30', 67'	Report	Óscar 14' Diogo 68' Kovačeviċ 84'	Stadium: Diagoras Stadium

Apollon Kalamarias v Asteras Tripolis

30 October 2008 (2008-10-30)	Apollon Kalamarias	0 – 1	Asteras Tripolis	Kalamaria, Thessaloniki
15:00 EET		Report	Cesarec 77'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium

Ilisiakos v AEK Athens

11 November 2008 (2008-11-11)	Ilisiakos	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens	Zografou, Athens
17:45 EET	Tsitsomitsos 99'	Report	Blanco 94' Kafes 106'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis

Agrotikos Asteras v OFI

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Agrotikos Asteras	1 – 2	OFI	Evosmos, Thessaloniki
14:15 EET	Ador 28'	Report	Gerber 14', 59'	Stadium: Agrotikos Asteras Ground

Kallithea v Skoda Xanthi

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Kallithea	1 – 3	Skoda Xanthi	Kallithea, Athens
14:45 EET	Rizogiannis 44' (o.g.)	Report	Quintana 16' Poy 36' Agali 85'	Stadium: Gregoris Lambrakis

Lamia v Panserraïkos

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Lamia	1 – 2	Panserraïkos	Lamia
15:00 EET	Papoulis 77'	Report	Badea 57' Georgiadis 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Lamia Stadium

Veria v Thrasyvoulos

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Veria	3 – 1	Thrasyvoulos	Veria
15:00 EET	Halwani 46', 54' Gelson 69'	Report	Chloros 34'	Stadium: Veria Stadium

Kerkyra v Levadiakos

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Kerkyra	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Levadiakos	Kerkyra
16:30 EET		Report		Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium

Atromitos v Aris

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Atromitos	1 – 2	Aris	Peristeri, Athens
16:45 EET	Kripintiris 89'	Report	Calvo 56' Javito 80'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

Ethnikos Asteras v Ergotelis

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Ethnikos Asteras	0 – 2	Ergotelis	Kaisariani, Athens
17:00 EET		Report	Rogério 61' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos

Kavala v Panathinaïkos

12 November 2008 (2008-11-12)	Kavala	0 – 3	Panathinaïkos	Kavala
19:00 EET		Report	Rukavina 9', 70' Christodoulopoulos 89'	Stadium: Anthi Karagianni

Kastoria v Iraklis

13 November 2008 (2008-11-13)	Kastoria	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Iraklis	Kastoria
15:00 EET	Papadopoulos 82' Chatzivasiliadis 89'	Report	Papasterianos 42' Giantsis 71' Ioannidis 93'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kastoria

Fifth round

1st leg

Veria v Panionios

13 January 2009 (2009-01-13)	Veria	0 – 0	Panionios	Veroia
16:45 EET		Report		Stadium: Veria Stadium

Panthrakikos v Panathinaïkos

14 January 2009 (2009-01-14)	Panthrakikos	0 – 4	Panathinaïkos	Komotini
18:45 EET		Report	Rukavina 18' Gabriel 57' Cleyton 74' Christodoulopoulos 77'	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium

PAOK v Aris

14 January 2009 (2009-01-14)	PAOK	0 – 0	Aris	Toumba, Thessaloniki
21:10 EET		Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium

Ergotelis v Skoda Xanthi

15 January 2009 (2009-01-15)	Ergotelis	0 – 3	Skoda Xanthi	Heraklion
16:45 EET		Report	Júnior 51' (o.g.) Agali 69' Taïder 90'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

Asteras Tripolis v Iraklis

20 January 2009 (2009-01-20)	Asteras Tripolis	2 – 0	Iraklis	Tripoli
16:45 EET	Stratakis 71' Argyropoulos 90'	Report		Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium

Panserraïkos v Larissa

21 January 2009 (2009-01-21)	Panserraïkos	1 – 0	Larissa	Serres
16:45 EET	Gourtsas 79'	Report		Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium

OFI v Olympiacos

21 January 2009 (2009-01-21)	OFI	0 – 2	Olympiacos	Heraklion
20:00 EET		Report	Belluschi 69' Galetti 85'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis

AEK v Kerkyra

22 January 2009 (2009-01-22)	AEK	1 – 0	Kerkyra	Marousi, Athens
16:45 EET	Scocco 89'	Report		Stadium: Spiros Louis

Replay

Panionios v Veria

28 January 2009 (2009-01-28)	Panionios	2 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Veria	Nea Smyrni, Athens
17:30 EET	Kumordzi 41' Recoba 77'	Report		Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

Aris v PAOK

28 January 2009 (2009-01-28)	Aris	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (0 – 0 agg.) (8 – 9 p)	PAOK	Charilaou, Thessaloniki
21:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis

Quarterfinals

1st leg

4 February 2009

19:00 EET

Panserraïkos	0 – 0	Panathinaïkos

Serres Stadium, Serres

Attendance: 2,319

Referee: Ch. Zografos (Athens)

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4 February 2009

21:15 EET

PAOK	1 – 0	Olympiacos
Sérgio Conceição 30'

Toumba Stadium,, Toumba, Thessaloniki

Referee: T. Kakos (Corfu)

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18 February 2009

16:45 EET

Panionios	0 – 1	Asteras Tripolis
		Kaounos 86'

Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni, Athens

Referee: M. Lambropoulos (Ilia)

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18 February 2009

21:30 EET

Skoda Xanthi	2 – 1	AEK Athens
Abraham 43' Došek 68'		Blanco 5' (pen.)

Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi

Referee: S. Stathopoulos (Achaea)

2nd leg

25 February 2009

19:00 EET

AEK Athens	1 – 0	Skoda Xanthi
Blanco 83'

Spyros Louis, Marousi, Athens

Referee: I. Stavridis (Pieria)

2–2 on aggregate. AEK won on away goals.

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4 March 2009

16:00 EET

Asteras Tripolis	1 – 0	Panionios
Bastía 35'

Asteras Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: D. Kyrkos (Epirus)

Asteras Tripolis won 2–0 on aggregate.

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4 March 2009

19:00 EET

Panathinaikos	2 – 3	Panserraikos
Christodoulopoulos 74' Papazoglou 93' (o.g.)		Baykara 23' Čeh 56' (pen.), 71'

Spyros Louis, Marousi, Athens

Attendance: 6,354

Referee: G. Giannopoulos (Athens)

Panserraikos won 2–3 on aggregate.

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4 March 2009

21:15 EET

Olympiacos	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	PAOK
Diogo 46' Derbyshire 110'

Georgios Karaïskakis, Neo Faliro, Piraeus

Referee: M. Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

1st leg

18 March 2009

19:00 EET

AEK Athens	3 – 1	Panserraikos
Djebbour 20', 40' Majstorović 38'		Marco Aurélio 24'

Spiros Louis, Marousi, Athens

Referee: N. Charalambidis (Kavala)

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18 March 2009

21:15 EET

Asteras Tripoli	2 – 2	Olympiacos
Filomeno 30', 35'		Diogo 43', 73'

Asteras Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: D. Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

2nd leg

8 April 2009

17:00 EEST

Panserraikos	0 – 0	AEK Athens

Serres Stadium, Serres

Referee: G. Kastanidis (Thessaloniki)

AEK won 3–1 on aggregate.

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9 April 2009

18:00 EEST

Olympiacos	2 – 1	Asteras Tripoli
Leto 47' Diogo 62'		Cesarec 39'

Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Referee: G. Daloukas (Thessaly)

Olympiacos won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

The 67th Greek Cup Final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

2009-05-02

20.30 EEST

AEK Athens	4 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos
Blanco 4', 8' Scocco 90', 107'	Report Template:El icon Report	Derbyshire 47', 90+6' Dudu Cearense 72' Galletti 102'
Penalties
Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri Georgeas Kafes Blanco Scocco Edinho Majstorović Nsaliwa Saja Pelletieri	14 – 15	Óscar Dudu Cearense Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis Antzas Óscar Dudu Cearense Diogo Domi Đorđević Torosidis Belluschi Nikopolidis

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"

Attendance: 48,594

Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

AEK Athens

Olympiacos

ΑΕΚ ATHENS: GK 23 Sebastián Saja DF 31 Nikolaos Georgeas DF 5 Daniel Majstorović DF 25 Sotirios Kyrgiakos (c)  34'  90'  62' DF 4 Geraldo Alves  74' MF 8 Tamandani Nsaliwa  43' MF 1 Pantelis Kafes  28' MF 11 Gustavo Manduca  68' MF 32 Ignacio Scocco FW 10 Rafik Djebbour  77' FW 18 Ismael Blanco Substitutes: GK 77 Jürgen Macho DF 6 Georgios Alexopoulos  62' MF 16 Vassilios Pliatsikas MF 24 Agustín Pelletieri  68' MF 56 Perparim Hetemaj FW 9 Edinho  111'  77' FW 83 Michalis Pavlis Manager: Dušan Bajević

OLYMPIACOS: GK 71 Antonis Nikopolidis (c) DF 35 Vasilis Torosidis DF 18 Paraskevas Antzas DF 21 Avraam Papadopoulos  34'  107' DF 3 Didier Domi MF 2 Christos Patsatzoglou  46' MF 20 Dudu Cearense MF 7 Luciano Galletti  68'  102' MF 23 Sebastián Leto  62' MF 25 Fernando Belluschi FW 10 Diogo Substitutes: GK 1 Leonidas Panagopoulos DF 30 Anastasios Pantos DF 14 Michał Żewłakow MF 33 Giannis Papadopoulos MF 11 Predrag Đorđević  62' MF 8 Óscar  97' FW 27 Matt Derbyshire  46'  97' Manager: Ernesto Valverde

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: A. Thanasakoudis D. Bozatzidis Fourth official: M. Koukoulakis

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Ismael Blanco	5	AEK Athens
Diogo	4	Olympiacos
Michalis Klokidis	3	Makedonikos
Tzivan Carlos	3	Zakynthos
Ante Rukavina	3	Panathinaikos
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	3	Panathinaikos
Matt Derbyshire	3	Olympiacos

External links

• Greek Cup at EPO.gr