The 1997–98 Greek Football Cup was the 56th edition of the

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Tournament details

Totally 66 teams participated, 18 from

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, 18 from

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, and 30 from

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. It was held in 7 rounds, including the final. The teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the round of 32. Panionios made the surprise overcoming Panathinaikos in the final and won the second Cup in their history, after

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. They were also newly-promoted in first division of that year, since in the previous season they had competed in second division. In semi-finals they eliminated

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

. Panathinaikos in the round of 16 eliminated

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, achieving an impressive victory in

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, with extraordinary 4–6, and while in half time they were behind in the score, 3–1.

Calendar

Knockout phase

Each tie in the

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, apart from the final, 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

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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

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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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. 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: *There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

First round

Summary

Matches

''Edessaikos won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Marko won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Orestis Orestiada won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ethnikos Asteras won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Kalamarias won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''ILTEX Lykoi won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panserraikos won 7–6 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kozani won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nafpaktiakos Asteras won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Larissa won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Agia Eleousa won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Orfeas Alexandroupoli won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panelefsiniakos won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kerkyra won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aetos Skydra won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panetolikos won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ialysos won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aris won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Egaleo won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Pierikos won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Niki Volos won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anagennisi Karditsa won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ergotelis won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Poseidon Michaniona won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Second round

Summary

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Matches

''Aris won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Edessaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Orestis Orestiada won 4–3 on penalties.'' ---- ''Apollon Larissa won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panserraikos won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Orfeas Alexandroupoli won 3–0 on penalties.'' ---- ''Apollon Kalamarias won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panelefsiniakos won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panetolikos won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Niki Volos won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Bracket

Round of 32

Summary

Matches

''Paniliakos won on away goals.'' ---- ''Panathinaikos won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Skoda Xanthi won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Larissa won on away goals.'' ---- ''Apollon Kalamarias won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anagennisi Karditsa won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Orfeas Alexandroupoli won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''OFI won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aris won on away goals.'' ---- ''Panionios won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Edessaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Iraklis won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ionikos won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Veria won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panserraikos won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Round of 16

Summary

Matches

''Skoda Xanthi won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panathinaikos won 10–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Aris won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Kalamarias won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Larissa won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Iraklis won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panionios won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

Summary

Matches

''Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Iraklis won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panionios won 6–2 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

''Panionios won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

References

External links

Greek Cup 1997–98
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1997-98 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

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