2024–25 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:2024–25
Other Title:Betsson Greek Cup
Country:Greece
Num Teams:80
Defending Champions:Panathinaikos
Continentalcup1:Europa League
Top Goal Scorer:Georgios Manalis
Moritz Heinrich
(5 goals each)
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024-25 Greek Football Cup, also named Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] will be the 83rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. Panathinaikos are the current defending champions having won the 2023–24 edition of this cup. The winner of this year's Cup will earn the right to participate in the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.[2]

Calendar

Round Main date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Leagues entering
First Round 31 August, 1, 4 September 2024 10 80 → 70 48 Local Cup Winners
Second Round 7, 8 September 2024 26 70 → 42 18 Super League 2
Third Round 14, 15 September 2024 14 42 → 28 none none
Fourth Round 25, 26 September 2024 12 28 → 16 10 Super League 1, places 5-14
Round of 16 29 October–31 October & 3–5 December 2024 16 16 → 8 4 Super League 1, places 1–4
Quarter-finals 17–18 December 2024, 7–9 January 2025 8 8 → 4 none none
Semi-finals 4–5, 25–27 February 2025 4 4 → 2
Final 27 May 2025 1 2 → 1

Source: epo.gr

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the first, second and third round took place on 23 August 2024.[3]

First round

In the first round of the Competition, the winners of the cup events of the local FCAs participate, while in case of non-participation, the finalists have the right to declare participation. From the FCA of Evrytania, FCA of Arcadia, FCA of Boeotia, FCA of Grevena and FCA of Heraklion, no team declared participation. Last year's finalist from Larissa and Aetoloacarnania declared participation, while from Kavala, Argolis and Pieria the finalists due to the participation of the cup winners in Super League 2.[4]

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|31 August 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|1 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|4 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|N/A|}

Matches

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Second round

The 10 teams that qualified from the previous round, the 28 teams that qualified via bye and the 20 teams of Super League 2 participated in the third round.Ionikos withdrew from Super League 2 and then declared withdrawal from the cup as well.[5]

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|7 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|8 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|9 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|11 September 2024|}

Matches

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Third round

The winners of the 2nd round participate in the 3rd round. According to the announcement, in the event that a Super League 2 team is drawn with a Cup winner of the local FCA championships then the match will be held at the home ground of the local FCA Cup winner.[6]

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|14 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|15 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|2 October 2024|}

Matches

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Fourth round

The winners of the third round and the Super League 1 teams, that enter at this stage, will participate in the fourth round, apart from the 4 teams participating in the European competitions (PAOK, AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos). The draw was held on 17 September 2024 at the Federation's offices.

Advanced from the third round

Entering in this round

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|25 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|26 September 2024|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|9 October 2024|}

Matches

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Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, 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 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 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. 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:

Round of 16

The 12 winners of the fourth round and the 4 teams participating in the European competitions (PAOK, AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos) participate in the round of 16.The draw took place on 2 October 2024.

Summary

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Matches

----OFI won 3–2 on aggregate.--------PAOK won 10–1 on aggregate.----Panachaiki won 2–1 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.----

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Georgios ManalisA.E. Kifisia5
Moritz HeinrichPAS Giannina
3 Federico Gino4
Wilson ChimeliAnagennisi Arta
5 Iván Federico MüllerA.E. Kifisia3
Carles SoriaPAS Giannina
Vangelis MakrisZakynthos
Athanasios-Daniel Gousetis
Themistoklis PotouridisEthnikos Piraeus
Stathis KarabelasApollon Krya Vrysi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Η Betsson και επισήμως μεγάλος χορηγός της διοργάνωσης. Greek. sport24.gr. 9 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Οριστικά αυτό είναι το νέο φορμάτ του πρωταθλήματος. monobala.gr. 10 July 2024. el.
  3. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας Betsson: Τα ζευγάρια της 1ης, της 2ης και 3ης φάσης. 23 August 2024. el.
  4. https://www.epo.gr/media/files/KYPELLO_ELLADAS/2024-25/klirwsi_1h_fash.pdf
  5. https://www.epo.gr/media/files/KYPELLO_ELLADAS/2024-25/klirwsi_2h_fash.pdf
  6. https://www.epo.gr/media/files/KYPELLO_ELLADAS/2024-25/klirwsi_3h_fash.pdf