1997–98 Greek Cup

1997–98 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams66
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPanionios (2nd title)
Runners-upPanathinaikos

The Greek Cup 1997–98 was the 56th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 66 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 30 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. The teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the Third Round.

Panionios made the surprise overcoming Panathinaikos in the Final[1] and won the second Cup in their history, after 1979. Also, they were neophyte in Alpha Ethniki that year, while the previous season they had participated in Beta Ethniki Championship. In semi-finals they eliminated PAOK. Panathinaikos in the Fourth Round eliminated Panserraikos, achieving an impressive victory in Serres, with extraordinary 4–6, and while in half time they were behind in the score, 3–1.

First round

First legs were held on August 17, 1997. Second legs on 24th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Edessaikos 4-1 Preveza 2-0 2-1
Marko 1-0 Doxa Drama 4-0 0-0
Tyrnavos 1-5 Orestis Orestiada 0-3 1-2
Ethnikos Asteras 5-3 Panegialios 3-1 2-2
Apollon Kalamaria 2-0 Pamisos 2-0 0-0
Trikala 1-3 ILTEX Lykoi 0-2 1-1
Agios Nikolaos 6-7 Panserraikos 5-2 1-5
Agrotikos Asteras 4-3 Kozani 4-1 0-2
Kallithea 2-3 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 2-1 0-2
Apollon Larissa 1-0 PAS Giannina 1-0 0-0
Panargiakos 1-2 Agia Eleousa 1-1 0-1
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 2-1 Keratsini 0-0 2-1
Panelefsiniakos 6-1 Korinthos 5-0 1-1
Kerkyra 3-1 Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 3-0 0-1
Naoussa 1-5 Aetos Skydra 0-2 1-3
Pyrgos 0-5 Panetolikos 0-4 0-1
Ialysos 5-1 Larissa 2-0 3-1
Anagennisi Arta 0-5 Aris 0-0 0-5
Egaleo 2-1 Ambelokipi Thessaloniki 2-1 0-0
EAR Rethymno 1-2 Pierikos 1-1 0-1
Niki Volos 2-0 Levadiakos 2-0 0-0
Ergotelis 4-2 Kastoria 3-2 1-0
Anagennisi Karditsa 5-2 Doxa Vyronas 3-0 2-2
Poseidon Michaniona 3-2 Aiolikos 0-1 3-1

Second round

First legs were held on September 10, 1997, and second on 24th-25th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 4-1 Aetos Skydra 4-0 0-1
Agia Eleousa 2-3 Edessaikos 2-1 0-2
Poseidon Michaniona 3-3 Orestis Orestiada (4-3 PSO) 2-1 1-2
Ergotelis 2-3 Apollon Larissa 1-1 1-2
Pierikos 2-5 Panserraikos 1-2 1-3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli (3-0 PSO) 1-1 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1-0 0-1
Ethnikos Asteras 0-5 Apollon Kalamaria 0-2 0-3
Panelefsiniakos 2-1 ILTEX Lykoi 2-1 0-0
Panetolikos 4-2 Marko 1-1 3-1
Niki Volos 2-0 Kerkyra 1-0 1-0
Egaleo bye - -
Ialysos bye - -
Anagennisi Karditsa bye - -
Agrotikos Asteras bye - -

Third round

First legs were held on November 19, 1997, while second legs were held on December 3-4-24th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo (a.g.) 2-2 Paniliakos 1-0 1-2
Orestis Orestiada 0-6 Panathinaikos 0-2 0-4
Skoda Xanthi 4-1 AEK Athens 2-1 2-0
Apollon Larissa (a.g.) 2-2 Panachaiki 1-0 1-2
Apollon Kalamaria 5-3 Kavala 3-0 2-3
Agrotikos Asteras 2-3 Anagennisi Karditsa 1-0 1-3
Apollon Athens 0-2 Orfeas Alexandroupoli 0-2 0-0
OFI 2-0 Kalamata 1-0 1-0
Aris (a.g.) 3-3 Ialysos 2-0 1-3
Panelefsiniakos 3-4 Panionios 3-1 0-3
Edessaikos 3-2 Athinaikos 1-0 2-2
Iraklis 4-2 Olympiacos 2-0 2-2
Ethnikos Piraeus 0-3 Ionikos 0-0 0-3
Veria 3-2 Panetolikos 0-0 3-2
Panserraikos 4-3 Niki Volos 2-1 2-2
PAOK 3-2 Proodeftiki 3-1 0-1

Fourth round

First legs were held on January 7–8-9th 1998 and second were held on 28th-29th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Veria 3-4 Skoda Xanthi 2-1 1-3
Panathinaikos 10-5 Panserraikos 4-1 6-4
OFI 3-5 Aris 2-1 1-4
Egaleo 1-5 Apollon Kalamaria 0-0 1-5
Apollon Larissa 4-0 Anagennisi Karditsa 3-0 1-0
PAOK 4-1 Ionikos 2-0 2-1
Iraklis 6-3 Edessaikos 5-0 1-3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 0-1 Panionios 0-0 0-1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on February 11, 1998. Second legs on 25th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 1-3 Panathinaikos 1-1 0-2
PAOK 2-1 Skoda Xanthi 2-0 0-1
Iraklis 4-1 Apollon Larissa 4-0 0-1
Panionios 6-2 Apollon Kalamaria 4-2 2-0

Semi-finals

First legs were held on March 4, 1998, and second legs on 18th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 2-1 PAOK 1-0 1-1
Iraklis 2-4 Panathinaikos 2-1 0-3

Final

The 54th Greek Cup Final was played at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.

Panionios Rosso e Blu (Diagonale).png1 – 0Verde con trifoglio Verde su cerchio Bianco.png Panathinaikos
Nalitzis Goal 53'
Attendance: 21,436
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Panionios
Panathinaikos
PANIONIOS
GK 12 Albania Foto Strakosha
DF 6 Greece Dimitris Bougas Yellow card 13'
DF 24 Greece Vasilis Ioannidis Yellow card 52'Red card 72'
DF 8 Greece Tasos Katsambis Substituted off 78'
DF 5 Greece Leonidas Vokolos (c)
DF 21 Greece Apostolos Mantzios
MF 9 Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Medan Substituted off 66'
MF 23 Greece Giannis Kamitsis Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 58'
FW 17 Greece Dimitris Nalitzis Substituted off 73'
MF 10 Greece Antonis Sapountzis Yellow card 77'
MF 20 Greece Takis Fyssas
Substitutes:
MF 18 Greece Kostas Kafalis Substituted in 66'
DF 4 Norway Roy Wassberg Substituted in 73'
MF 26 Greece Theofilos Karasavvidis Substituted in 78'
Manager:
Greece Christos Emvoliadis
PANATHINAIKOS:
GK 1 Poland Józef Wandzik Yellow card 54'
DF 2 Greece Stratos Apostolakis Substituted off 65'
DF 23 Greece Theofilaktos Nikolaidis
DF 8 Greece Giannis Goumas
DF 17 Greece Giorgos S. Georgiadis Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 46'
DF 6 Greece Thanasis Kolitsidakis
MF 11 Greece Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis
MF 18 Greece Kostas Konstantinidis
MF 9 Poland Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
MF 12 Norway Erik Mykland Yellow card 42' Substituted off 48'
FW 10 Greece Alexis Alexoudis Substituted off 54'
Substitutes:
MF 15 Greece Angelos Basinas Substituted in 48'
MF 13 Greece Nikos Liberopoulos Substituted in 54'
FW 28 Poland Igor Sypniewski Substituted in 65'
Manager:
Greece Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. ^ "Πανιώνιος-Παναθηναϊκός 1-0". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.

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