1975–76 Greek Football Cup

The 1975–76 Greek Football Cup was the 34th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at AEK Stadium, on 9 June 1976. The match was contested by Iraklis and Olympiacos, with Iraklis winning by 6–5[1] on penalty shoot-out, after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.[2]

1975–76 Greek Cup
Tournament details
CountryGreece Greece
Teams56
Defending championsOlympiacos
Final positions
ChampionsIraklis (1st title)
Runner-upOlympiacos
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Top goal scorer(s)Christos Ardizoglou
Dimitrios Gesios
Maik Galakos
(5 goals each)

Calendar

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Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
First Round 2 November 1975 27 56 → 28 56
Second Round 8 February 1976 12 28 → 16 none
Round of 16 10 March 1976 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 21 April 1976 4 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 12 May 1976 2 4 → 2 none
Final 9 June 1976 1 2 → 1 none

Knockout phase

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In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time the winner emerges by penalty shoot-out.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

First round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kastoria 0–3 Aris
Kavala 2–0 (w/o) Panelefsiniakos
Panathinaikos 3–2 Almopos Aridea
AEL 2–1 Amfiali
Veria 2–2 (6–7 p) Iraklis
Olympiacos Liosia 1–0 Panserraikos
Naoussa 2–1 Rodos
Xanthi 0–3 Doxa Drama
Chalkida 1–0 Korinthos
AEK Athens 7–0 PAO Agios Dimitrios
Panachaiki 3–1 Kalamata
Orfeas Egaleo 2–3 (a.e.t.) Chania
Kozani 2–0 Egaleo
PAOK 4–0 Levadiakos
Anagennisi Karditsa 1–0 Atromitos Piraeus
Olympiacos Volos 4–0 Rigas Feraios
Fostiras 0–0 (6–5 p) Apollon Athens
Trikala 3–1 Ethnikos Asteras
Ilisiakos 0–3 PAS Giannina
Atromitos 5–1 Panthrakikos
Olympiacos 3–0 Proodeftiki
Koropi 0–1 Panionios
Ionikos 3–2 Panarkadikos
Kampaniakos 0–0 (4–3 p) Anagennisi Epanomi
Akrites Sykies 1–3 Ethnikos Piraeus
Panetolikos 2–1 (a.e.t.) Pandramaikos
OFI 2–1 Lamia
A.F.C. Patra 0–1 Pierikos

Bracket

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Second round Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
           
Panetolikos (bye)
Panetolikos (a.e.t.) 2
OFI 1
OFI 2
Atromitos 0
Panetolikos 1
Iraklis 7
Trikala (bye)
Trikala 0
Iraklis 1
Iraklis 1
Pierikos 0
Iraklis 3
Panathinaikos 2
Panathinaikos 2
Kavala 1
Panathinaikos 1
Chania 0
Chania (a.e.t.) 1
Kozani 0
Panathinaikos 3
Aris 1
Ionikos 0
Aris 2
Aris 3
AEL 1
Kampaniakos 1
AEL 4
Iraklis (p) 4(6)
Olympiacos 4(5)
Fostiras (bye)
Fostiras 2
Doxa Drama 1
Doxa Drama 2
Panachaiki 0
Fostiras 0
AEK Athens 1
AEK Athens 2
Anagennisi Karditsa 1
AEK Athens 6
Olympiacos Liosia 0
Naoussa 0
Olympiacos Liosia 1
AEK Athens 2
Olympiacos 3
Olympiacos 1
Ethnikos Piraeus 0
Olympiacos (p) 1(6)
PAOK 1(5)
PAOK 2
PAS Giannina 0
Olympiacos 3
Panionios 1
Chalkida (bye)
Chalkida 1
Panionios 2
Panionios (a.e.t.) 4
Olympiacos Volos 1

Second round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
PAOK 2–0 PAS Giannina
Ionikos 0–2 Aris
Kampaniakos 1–4 AEL
AEK Athens 2–1 Anagennisi Karditsa
Chania 1–0 (a.e.t.) Kozani
Olympiacos 1–0 Ethnikos Piraeus
OFI 2–0 Atromitos
Doxa Drama 2–0 Panachaiki
Panionios 4–1 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos Volos
Iraklis 1–0 Pierikos
Panathinaikos 2–1 Kavala
Naoussa 0–1 Olympiacos Liosia
Panetolikos bye
Fostiras bye
Trikala bye
Chalkida bye

Round of 16

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Trikala 0–1 Iraklis
Olympiacos 1–1 (6–5 p) PAOK
Aris 3–1 AEL
Fostiras 2–1 Doxa Drama
Panetolikos 2–1 (a.e.t.) OFI
Panathinaikos 1–0 Chania
AEK Athens 6–0 Olympiakos Neon Liosion
Chalkida 1–2 Panionios

Quarter-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panathinaikos 3–1 Aris
Olympiacos 3–1 Panionios
Fostiras 0–1 AEK Athens
Panetolikos 1–7 Iraklis

Semi-finals

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Iraklis 3–2 Panathinaikos
AEK Athens 2–3 Olympiacos

Final

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The 32nd Greek Cup Final was played at the AEK Stadium.

Iraklis4–4 (a.e.t.)Olympiacos
Report
Penalties
6–5
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)
GK Greece  Grigoris Fanaras (c)
DF Greece  Manolis Toumboglou
DF Greece  Makis Sentelidis
DF Greece  Charalambos Xanthopoulos
DF Greece  Lazaros Kalaitzidis
MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  Zoran Antonijević
MF Greece  Vangelis Kousoulakis
MF Greece Soviet Union  Vasilis Hatzipanagis
FW Greece  Thanasis Christoforidis
FW Greece  Dimitrios Gesios downward-facing red arrow  113'
FW Greece  Nikos Pantazis downward-facing red arrow  80'
Substitutes:
Greece  Giorgos Matsoukatidis upward-facing green arrow  80'
Greece  Nikos Pontikis upward-facing green arrow  113'
Manager:
England  Les Shannon
GK Greece  Panagiotis Kelesidis
DF Greece  Ioannis Kyrastas
DF Greece  Thanasis Aggelis
DF Greece  Vasilis Siokos (c)
DF Greece  Lakis Glezos
MF Greece  Petros Karavitis
MF Uruguay  Milton Viera downward-facing red arrow  91'
MF Greece  Kostas Davourlis Red card  112'
FW Greece  Michalis Kritikopoulos downward-facing red arrow  46'
FW Greece West Germany  Maik Galakos
FW Greece  Charalambos Stavropoulos
Substitutes:
DF Greece  Takis Synetopoulos upward-facing green arrow  46'
Greece  Giorgos Vasilopoulos upward-facing green arrow  91'
Manager:
Greece  Georgios Darivas

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Protonotarios
    • Kalamidis

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two substitutes.

References

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  1. ^ "Όταν ο Χατζηπαναγής απογείωνε τον Ηρακλή!". onsports.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2018.
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