2018–19 Greek Football Cup


The 2018–19 Greek Cup was the 77th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 73 clubs were accepted to enter, 16 from the Super League, 16 from the Football League and the 41 previous season local FCA Cup Winners.. PAOK won the competition for third consecutive year beating AEK Athens 1–0 in the final held at Athens Olympic Stadium.

Teams

Notes:
  1. Originally, 85 clubs were accepted to enter.
  2. Originally, 53 clubs were meant to be involved.
  3. Originally, 52 clubs would play in this Round.

    Calendar

Participating clubs

Notes:

Qualifying rounds

First round

The draw for this round took place on 13 August 2018. 12 teams out of the original 53 did not participate in the draw. The majority of the games were held on 26 August 2018, with the exception of matches 12 and 16, which will take place on 2 September.
Megas Alexandros Trikala advanced on walkover.
Notes:
  1. AO Kardia won 3–4 on penalties.
  2. Niki Volos won 2–3 on penalties.
  3. Korinthos 2006 won 5–4 on penalties.
  4. Aiolikos won 5–4 on penalties.

    Second round

The draw for this round took place on 27 August 2018. All Games were held between 5-12 September 2018.
AO Kardia, Apollon Paralimnio, Aris Avato, Niki Volos, Tilikratis, O.F. Ierapetra, Ermionida, Korinthos 2006, Thyella Kamari, Ethnikos Piraeus and PAS Cithaeron Kaparelli advanced on walkover.

Third round

The draw for this took take place on 7 September 2018.
A total of 32 teams are involved in the Round 3 draw: The 16 2018−19 Football League teams entering in this round, and the sixteen winners of the previous round.
16 single-match fixtures will be determined, of which the winners will qualify to the competition Group Stage. All Games will be held between 15-16 September 2018.
Notes:
  1. Apollon Paralimnio won 5–4 on penalties.
  2. Iraklis Thessaloniki won 10–9 on penalties.
  3. Aris Avato won 5–4 on penalties.

    Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 September 2018, 12:00 EEST, at the headquarters of the Hellenic Football Federation in Goudi, Athens. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles:
Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the [|knockout stage]. Match-day 1 matches will be held between 25-27 September, Match-day 2 matches will be held between 30 October and 1 November, while Match-day 3 will be held between 4-6 December 2018.

Seeding

Team
AEK Athens
PAOK
Olympiacos
Atromitos
Asteras Tripolis
Xanthi
Panionios
Panetolikos

Team
PAS Giannina
Levadiakos
Panathinaikos
AEL
Lamia
Apollon Smyrnis
OFI
Aris Thessaloniki

Team
Kerkyra
Panachaiki
AO Chania−Kissamikos
Trikala
Apollon Pontus
Ergotelis
Apollon Larissa
Iraklis Thessaloniki

Team
Irodotos
Volos
OF Ierapetra
Apollon Paralimnio
Aittitos Spata
Thyella Kamari
Niki Volos
Aris Avato

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis,
except for the one-match final.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

Round of 16

Seeding

Summary

Notes:
  1. Lamia won 4–2 on penalties.
  2. Ergotelis won 4–3 on penalties.

    Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Man of the Match:

Chuba Akpom
Assistant referees:

Mark Borsch

Marco Achmüller

Fourth official:

Thorsten Schiffner

Video assistant referee:

Sascha Stegemann

Assistant video assistant referee:

Sven Jablonski
Match rules