1988–89 Greek Football Cup


The 1988–89 Greek Football Cup was the 47th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details

Totally 52 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 18 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.
This season, for first time was established qualifying groups in the First Round, with Alpha Ethniki teams to be placed in the first pot. The groups would be supplemented by teams of lower divisions and the qualification would be gained by the two winners of each group. The inspiration for this process was taken by Coppa Italia and its main objective was the teams to play certain official matches before the beginning of European championships and Cups.
With various forms, the initial round of groups took place globally in 11 editions, until 2001-02 season. The unique Alpha Ethniki team that was eliminated this year by the round was Doxa Drama.
Afterwards, the competition was marked by eventful matches and false note, initially in Second Round and afterwards the elimination of Olympiacos by OFI and AEK Athens by Levadiakos, but mainly in the quarter-finals, when OFI were eliminated by Larissa, while after the end of second match there were clashes in the ground by footballers of both teams. Riots of lower intensity became after the end of match between Panionios and PAOK, in the same round.
Final was contested by Panathinaikos and Panionios. The two clubs were met again in a Greek Cup Final after 32 years. Panathinaikos, after First Round of groups, eliminated Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos, Panachaiki, PAS Giannina and Ethnikos Piraeus, while Panionios Sparti, Aris, PAOK and Larissa. The Greens repeated the success of 1967, overcoming this time 3-1. For a second consecutive year, Dimitris Saravakos was the first scorer of the competition, with 7 goals.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Second round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
OFI3–1Olympiacos2–01–1
Levadiakos3–2AEK Athens3–10–1
Panathinaikos5–2Olympiacos Volos3–12–1
Ethnikos Piraeus5–3Apollon Kalamaria4–21–1
Apollon Athens 2–2Korinthos1–01–2
Larissa5–0Niki Volos4–01–0
PAOK6–1Naoussa3–03–1
Proodeftiki1–3Iraklis0–11–2
Xanthi1–1Aris 1–10–0
Diagoras2–1Panarkadikos1–01–1
Panachaiki8–4EAR6–22–2
Panserraikos2–4PAS Giannina1–11–3
Achilleas Farsala2–6Kozani0–32–3
Irodotos2–1Kastoria1–01–1
Anagennisi Arta0–1Kalamata0–00–1
Panionios4–1Sparti4–00–1

Third round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Irodotos2–4OFI0–12–3
Diagoras2–2Ethnikos Piraeus 2–10–1
Larissa2–0Apollon Athens2–00–0
Panionios3–2Aris3–00–2
Panachaiki3–9Panathinaikos2–11–8
PAOK4–2Levadiakos2–22–0
Kozani2–7Iraklis1–21–5
PAS Giannina1–0Kalamata1–00–0

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 1, 1989. Second legs were played on 15th.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Larissa3–2OFI2–11–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–2Iraklis0–02–2
PAOK2–3Panionios2–00–3
PAS Giannina1–3Panathinaikos0–31–0

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 22, 1989, and second on April 12.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Panathinaikos4–0Ethnikos Piraeus2–02–0
Panionios2–0Larissa2–00–0

Final

The 45th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".