The 2017–18 Greek Football Cup was the 76th 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 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced in September 2017 with the preliminary round and concluded on 12 May 2018 with the Final.
PAOK
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
won the competition for second consecutive year beating
AEK Athens
A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens.
Establishe ...
2–0 in the final held at the
Olympic Stadium
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.
Teams
Calendar
Participating clubs
Preliminary round
The draw for this round took place in August 2017.
Summary
Matches
''Aiginiakos won on away goals.''
Group stage
The draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.
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
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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
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
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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
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 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 4 December 2017.
Seeding
Summary
Matches
''Olympiacos won 4–0 aggregate.''
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''Atromitos won 2–0 aggregate.''
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''PAS Giannina won 4–1 aggregate.''
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''Lamia won 4–2 aggregate.''
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''AEK Athens won 5–0 aggregate.''
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''PAOK won 7–2 aggregate.''
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''Panionios won 3–0 aggregate.''
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''AEL won 3–2 aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.
Summary
Matches
''PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Panionios won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''AEL won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
The draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.
Summary
Matches
''PAOK won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''AEK Athens won on away goals.''
Final
Top scorers
References
External links
2017–18 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site(Greek)
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Greek Football Cup seasons
Cup
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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 ...