The 1938–39 Greek Football Cup was the 3rd edition of the

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

. 73 teams contested in 75 matches. Ethnikos Piraeus unsuccessfully defended its 1933 title losing in the Round of 16 to AEK Athens. AEK Athens would continue on its tournament streak until defeated in the finals, 2-1, on 28 May at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium against

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

Calendar

Qualification round

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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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 Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

^*Match suspended at 40th minute while the score was 1–2. Awarded 0–2 to AEK Athens.

Final

References

External links

Greek Cup 1938-39
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1938-39 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

1938–39 in Greek football