The 1991–92 Greek Football Cup was the 50th edition of the

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Tournament details

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from

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, 18 from

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, and 36 from

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. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. Until quarter-finals, there were not surprises but also big confrontations, minus the qualification of Iraklis against Aris and the elimination of AEL from the group stage by teams of lower divisions. Most remarkable result of second round was the elimination of

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

by Atromitos. Even if Panionios won 5–0 in the

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, it was changed in 0–2 without match, because of outlaw use of a footballer by home team side, while they did not accomplish to reverse the score in the second leg. In quarter-finals,

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eliminated Panathinaikos with

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, with a penalty in last minutes of second match. In semi-finals,

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

eliminated with an impressive 3–0 home victory after extra time (3–2 on aggregate)

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, the champions of the season. In the final (two-legged matches for second and last time) Olympiacos eventlually won the cup for 19th time in their history, after a 1–1 draw away and a 2–0 win in their home. Michalis Iordanidis of Doxa Drama emerged as the top scorer with 9 goals.

Calendar

Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Knockout phase

Each tie in the

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, was played over two legs, 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

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

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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

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.
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.

Bracket

Round of 32

^*The match originally ended 5–0 for Panionios but later it was awarded 0–2 to Atromitos.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg

''Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.''

References

External links

Greek Cup 1991-92
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1991-92 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

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