2017–18 Greek Football Cup

2017–18 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	33
Defending champions	PAOK
Final positions
Champions	PAOK (6th title)
Runner-up	AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	199 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Aleksandar Prijović (5) Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (5) Pedro Conde (5)

The 2017–18 Greek Cup was the 76th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on September 2017 with the Preliminary Round and concluded on the 12th of May 2018 with the Final. PAOK won the competition for second consecutive year (thus defending the title) beating AEK Athens 2–0 in the final held at Athens Olympic Stadium.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
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	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary Round	20 August & 30 August 2017	2	33 → 32	2
Group Stage	19, 20, 21 September, 24, 25, 26 October & 28, 29, 30 November 2017	48	32 → 16	31
Round of 16	19, 20, 21 December 2017 & 9, 10, 11 January 2018	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-Finals	24, 25 January & 7, 8 February 2018	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-Finals	27, 28 February, 1 March & 17, 18, 19 April 2018	2	4 → 2	none
Final	12 May 2018	1	2 → 1	none

Participating clubs

2017–18 Super League	2017–18 Football League
AEK Apollon Smyrni Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Kerkyra Lamia AEL Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Xanthi	Acharnaikos Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Larissa Aris Chania−Kissamikos Ergotelis Iraklis (withdrawn) Kallithea OFI Panachaiki Panegialios Panserraikos Sparta Trikala Veria

Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place on August 2017.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aiginiakos	2–2 (a)	Veria	1–0	1–2

Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OFI	PLA	APO	IRA
1	OFI	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6			1–0	2–1	—
2	Platanias	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3		—		1–0	—
3	Apollon Smyrni	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0		—	—		—
4	Iraklis (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		—	—	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense
(W) Withdrew
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAO	LEV	APO	EGN
1	PAOK	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9			2–1	—	—
2	Levadiakos	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6		—		—	5–0
3	Apollon Pontou	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3		0–1	1–2		—
4	Aiginiakos	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0		0–5	—	0–1

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AEK	LAM	APO	KAL
1	AEK Athens	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9			2–0	—	—
2	Lamia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6		—		—	1–0
3	Apollon Larissa	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3		0–7	0–2		—
4	Kallithea	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0		2–3	—	1–2

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ATR	TRI	KER	SPA
1	Atromitos	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7			—	1–0	—
2	Trikala	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5		1–1		0–0	—
3	Kerkyra	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4		—	—		6–1
4	Sparta	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0		0–4	1–3	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		OLY	AST	AOC	ACH
1	Olympiacos	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7			2–1	—	—
2	Asteras Tripoli	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6		—		2–1	—
3	Kissamikos	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4		1–1	—		1–0
4	Acharnaikos	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0		0–3	0–3	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense
Notes:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		XAN	PTK	PSR	ERG
1	Xanthi	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9			2–0	—	—
2	Panetolikos	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6		—		2–0	—
3	Panserraikos	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3		1–2	—		2–0
4	Ergotelis	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0		2–4	0–5	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAG	PNI	ARI	PGL
1	PAS Giannina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5			—	—	3–0
2	Panionios	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4		1–1		—	—
3	Aris	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4		1–1	1–2		—
4	Panegialios	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3		—	1–0	0–1

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAN	AEL	PNC	ANK
1	Panathinaikos	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7			2–0	—	—
2	AEL	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4		—		3–0	—
3	Panachaiki	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4		1–1	—		1–0
4	Anagennisi Karditsa	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1		1–2	0–0	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense.

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 4 December 2017.

Seeded teams Team OFI PAOK AEK Atromitos Olympiacos Xanthi PAS Giannina Panathinaikos

Unseeded teams Team Platanias Levadiakos Lamia Trikala Asteras Tripoli Panetolikos Panionios AEL

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Platanias	0–4	Olympiacos	0–2	0–2
Asteras Tripoli	0–2	Atromitos	0–1	0–1
Levadiakos	1–4	PAS Giannina	1–0	0–4
Lamia	4–2	Panathinaikos	4–1	0–1
Panetolikos	0–5	AEK	0–4	0–1
Trikala	2–7	PAOK	1–5	1–2
Panionios	3–0	OFI	2–0	1–0
AEL	3–2	Xanthi	3–0	0–2

Quarter-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	5–1	Atromitos	2–0	3–1
Panionios	5–1	Lamia	1–0	4–1
Olympiacos	1–2	AEK	0–0	1–2
PAS Giannina	3–5	AEL	1–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)

Semi-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	2–6	PAOK	1–3	1–3
AEL	2–2 (a)	AEK	2–1	0–1

Final

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)

20:30 (UTC+3)

AEK	0–2	PAOK
	Report (in Greek)	Vieirinha 65' Pelkas 90+2'

Athens Olympic Stadium

Attendance: 35,545

Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

AEK

PAOK

GK  1 Vasilis Barkas DF  2 Michalis Bakakis DF  4 Ognjen Vranješ  64'  80' DF 19 Dmytro Chygrynskiy DF 23 Niklas Hult  53' MF  8 André Simões MF 20 Petros Mantalos (c)  67' MF 25 Kostas Galanopoulos  90' MF 14 Anastasios Bakasetas  71'  73' MF 10 Marko Livaja  46' FW 11 Sergio Araujo Substitutes: GK 16 Panagiotis Tsintotas DF 12 Rodrigo Galo  53' DF  5 Vasilis Lampropoulos DF 33 Giorgos Giannoutsos MF 77 Christos Giousis MF  7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  67' FW  9 Giorgos Giakoumakis  73' Manager: Manolo Jiménez

GK 31 Alexandros Paschalakis DF  3 Léo Matos  21' DF 15 José Ángel Crespo  45+1' DF  5 Fernando Varela  80'  90+4' DF 88 Vieirinha (c)  82' MF 87 José Cañas MF  8 Maurício  80' MF 77 Dimitris Pelkas  90+3' MF 10 Djalma Campos  6'  52' MF 21 Diego Biseswar  75' FW  9 Aleksandar Prijović Substitutes: GK 99 Marios Siampanis DF 13 Stelios Malezas  82' MF 28 Yevhen Shakhov  75' MF  7 Omar El Kaddouri MF 29 Róbert Mak  52' MF 18 Dimitris Limnios FW 20 Efthymis Koulouris Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match: Vieirinha (PAOK) Match officials Assistant referees: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (Spain) José Manuel Matías Caballero (Spain) Additional assistant referees: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

References

External links

• 2017–18 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site (Greek)