The 2016–17 Greek Football Cup was the 75th edition of the
Greek Football Cup. Just as last year's edition, a total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 14 September 2016 with the Preliminary Round and concluded on 6 May 2017 with the Final.
The winner of the competition was
PAOK for fifth time.
Teams
Calendar
Participating clubs
Preliminary round
The draw for this round took place on 24 August 2016.
Summary
Matches
''Sparta won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''OFI won 2–0 on aggregate.''
Group stage
The draw for this round took place on 29 September 2016.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Knockout phase
Each tie in the
knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over
two legs
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, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the
away goals rule
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was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then
extra time
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was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a
penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
*In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded.
The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.
*In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.
Bracket
Round of 16
The draw for this round took place on 20 December 2016.
Seeding
Summary
Matches
''Asteras Tripolis won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''PAOK won 6–1 on aggregate.''
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''Panathinaikos won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''Xanthi won on away goals.''
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''AEK Athens won 7–0 on aggregate.''
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''Atromitos won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Platanias won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
The draw for this round took place on 27 January 2017.
Summary
Matches
''Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''PAOK won on away goals.''
Semi-finals
The draw for this round took place on 21 March 2017.
Summary
Matches
''PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''AEK Athens won on away goals.''
Final
References
External links
2016–17 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site(Greek)
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Greek Football Cup
Greek Football Cup seasons
Cup
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