The 2010–11 Greek Football Cup was the 69th 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 ...

. A total of 67 clubs had been accepted to enter, after the withdrawal of

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and Pyrsos Grevena and their relegation to

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. The competition commenced on 4 September 2010 with the First Round and concluded on 30 April 2011 with the

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, held at

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. The final was contested by Atromitos and

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, with AEK winning 3–0.

Teams

Calendar

Participating clubs

The following 67 teams competed in First Round:

Knockout phase

Each tie in the

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, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was played by 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. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were 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

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

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 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 ...

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 The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

. In the round of 16, if the score was level at the end of normal time the two-legged rule was applied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the second round, the teams from the second division are seeded and the winners from the first round were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *In the draw for the Round of 32, the teams from the first division are seeded and the winners from the previous rounds were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams. *In the draws for the Round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the different group can be drawn against each other.

First round

The draw for this round took place on 18 August 2010.

Summary

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Matches

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Second round

The draw for this round took place on 18 August 2010, after the First Round draw.

Summary

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Matches

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Additional round

The draw for this round took place on 18 August 2010.

Summary

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Matches

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Bracket

Round of 32

The draw for this round took place on 18 August 2010.

Summary

Matches

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Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 1 November 2010.

Summary

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Matches

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Replay

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Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 29 December 2010.

Summary

Matches

''Atromitos won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiakos Volos won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 29 December 2010, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

Matches

''AEK Athens won 1–0 aggregate.'' ---- ''Atromitos won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

Greek Cup 2010-2011
at Hellenic Football Federation's official site
First, Second, Third and Fourth Round Draw (Greek)
{{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seasons

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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 ...