1977–78 Greek Football Cup

The 1977–78 Greek Football Cup was the 36th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 4 June 1978. The match was contested by AEK Athens and PAOK, with AEK Athens winning by 2–0.[1][2]

1977–78 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams58
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsAEK Athens (8th title)
Runners-upPAOK
Matches played57
Best playerDušan Bajević (9)

Calendar
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round21, 22 December 1977
12 January 1978		2958 → 2958
Second Round1, 2 February 19781329 → 16none
Round of 168, 9 March 1978816 → 8none
Quarter-finals19, 20 April 197848 → 4none
Semi-finals17, 18 May 197824 → 2none
Final4 June 197812 → 1none

Knockout phase

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
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kavala 1–0 Proodeftiki
Panathinaikos 9–0 Thyella Serres
Panthrakikos 4–2 Chalkida
Olympiacos Volos 6–0 Atromitos Piraeus
Fostiras 0–1 Olympiacos
PAO Agios Dimitrios 2–1 Niki Volos
Panionios 0–0 (4–2 p) Irodotos
AEL 2–1 Almopos Aridea
PAS Giannina 1–0 Panarkadikos
Iraklis 1–0 Olympiacos Liosia
Edessaikos 1–1 (1–2 p) Rodos
Pandramaikos 3–0 Ilisiakos
Ethnikos Asteras 1–2 Aris
PAOK 6–1 Levadiakos
Panserraikos 0–0 (4–1 p) Atromitos
Panachaiki 3–1 Makedonikos
Veria 1–0 Kastoria
A.F.C. Patra 1–1 (3–4 p) Apollon Athens
Korinthos 5–0 Egaleo
Naoussa 0–2 Kallithea
Panetolikos 4–2 Elassona
Ethnikos 4–0 Anagennisi Karditsa
AE Mesolongi 0–1 Trikala
Xanthi 1–0 Doxa Drama
Anagennisi Epanomi 2–1 Kilkisiakos
Panelefsiniakos 4–2 (a.e.t.) Ionikos
AEK Athens 6–1 Chania
OFI 5–0 Pierikos
Apollon Kalamarias 3–0 Lamia

Bracket
Second round Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
           
Panelefsiniakos (bye)
Panelefsiniakos (a.e.t.) 4
AEL 2
PAO Agios Dimitrios 0
AEL 1
Panelefsiniakos 2
AEK Athens 4
Panathinaikos 0
AEK Athens 1
AEK Athens 3
Panionios 0
Panionios (bye)
AEK Athens 6
Olympiacos 1
Panachaiki (bye)
Panachaiki 0(3)
Olympiacos (p) 0(4)
Trikala 2
Olympiacos 5
Olympiacos (a.e.t.) 2
PAS Giannina 1
PAS Giannina 3
Rodos 2
PAS Giannina 5
Xanthi 0
Xanthi 1
Panserraikos 0
AEK Athens 2
PAOK 0
Pandramaikos 1
Apollon Athens 0
Pandramaikos 0
Kavala 1
Kavala (a.e.t.) 1
OFI 0
Kavala 2
Aris 3
Ethnikos Piraeus 1
Panetolikos 0
Ethnikos Piraeus 2
Aris 5
Anagennisi Epanomi 0
Aris 1
Aris 0
PAOK (a.e.t.) 1
Iraklis 1
Kallithea 0
Iraklis 0
PAOK 1
PAOK 4
Olympiacos Volos 1
PAOK 5
Veria 0
Korinthos 0
Veria 2
Veria 4
Panthrakikos 1
Panthrakikos (p) 0(4)
Apollon Kalamarias 0(3)

Second round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–0 Panetolikos
Korinthos 0–2 Veria
Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens
PAS Giannina 3–2 Rodos
Iraklis 1–0 Kallithea
Trikala 2–5 Olympiacos
Kavala 1–0 (a.e.t.) OFI
Pandramaikos 1–0 Apollon Athens
PAO Agios Dimitrios 0–1 AEL
PAOK 4–1 Olympiacos Volos
Xanthi 1–0 Panserraikos
Panthrakikos 0–0 (4–3 p) Apollon Kalamarias
Anagennisi Epanomi 0–1 Aris
Panionios bye
Panachaiki bye
Panelefsiniakos bye

Round of 16
Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK Athens 3–0 Panionios
Panelefsiniakos 4–2 (a.e.t.) AEL
PAS Giannina 5–0 Xanthi
Panachaiki 0–0 (3–4 p) Olympiacos
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–5 Aris
Iraklis 0–1 PAOK
Pandramaikos 0–1 Kavala
Veria 4–1 Panthrakikos

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
PAOK 5–0 Veria
Olympiacos 2–1 (a.e.t.) PAS Giannina
Panelefsiniakos 2–4 AEK Athens
Kavala 2–3 Aris

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK Athens 6–1 Olympiacos
Aris 0–1 (a.e.t.) PAOK

Final

The 34th Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

AEK Athens2–0PAOK
  • Bajević 50'
  • Mavros 80'
 Report (pages 4,5)
Attendance: 23,483
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
GK Nikos Christidis
DF Giannis Mousouris
DF Charalampos Intzoglou
DF Petros Ravousis
DF Lakis Nikolaou
MF Milton Viera 26'
MF Tasos Konstantinou 79'
MF Takis Nikoloudis
FW Dušan Bajević
FW Mimis Papaioannou (c) 65'
FW Thomas Mavros
Substitutes:
DF Apostolos Toskas 65'
MF Lazaros Papadopoulos 79'
Manager:
Zlatko Čajkovski
GK Mladen Furtula
DF Giannis Gounaris 72'
DF Konstantinos Iosifidis
DF Koulis Apostolidis (c)
MF Angelos Anastasiadis
MF Giorgos Koudas
FW Panagiotis Kermanidis
FW Neto Guerino
FW Stavros Sarafis
FW Kostas Orfanos
FW Georgios Kostikos 79'
Substitutes:
DF Nikos Alavantas 79'
MF Ioannis Damanakis 72'
Manager:
Lakis Petropoulos


Assistant referees:
Tsokalidis
Moschopoulos

Match rules

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

References
  1. "ΑΕΚ-ΠΑΟΚ 2-0". ertopen.com (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1971-1980.pdf
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