# 2019–20 Greek Football Cup

The 2019–20 Greek Football Cup is the 78th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 84 clubs are accepted to enter. 14 from the Super League 1 (1st tier), 12 from the Super League 2 (2nd tier), 14 from the Football League (3rd tier) and 44 previous season local Cup winners. The Second Leg Semi-Final matches and the Final were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece until June.
The Final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the no of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The Final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because Olympiacos' player Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. The Final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos.

## Calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries | Leagues entering |
| First Round | 24, 25, 28 August & 17 September 2019 | 21 | 84 → 62 | 44 | Local Cup Winners |
| Second Round | 31 August, 1, 4, 8, 15 September & 2 October 2019 | 11 | 62 → 51 | none | none |
| Third Round | 14, 15, 18, 25 September & 16 October 2019 | 12 | 51 → 39 | 14 | Football League |
| Fourth Round | 24–26 September, 2, 9, 23 October 2019 | 12 | 39 → 27 | 12 | Super League 2 |
| Fifth Round | 29–31 October & 3–5 December 2019 | 22 | 27 → 16 | 9 | Super League 1, places 6–14 |
| Round of 16 | 7–9, 14–16 January 2020 | 16 | 16 → 8 | 5 | Super League 1, places 1–5 |
| Quarter-finals | 4–6, 11–13 February 2020 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none | none |
| Semi-finals | 4 March & 24 June 2020 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none | none |
| Final | 12 September 2020 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | none |

## Participating clubs

| Super League 1 | Super League 2 | Football League | 2018−19 Local Cup Winners | 2018−19 Local Cup Winners | 2018−19 Local Cup Winners |
| AEK Athens AEL Aris Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Lamia OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK Volos Xanthi | Apollon Larissa Apollon Pontus Apollon Smyrnis Chania Doxa Drama Ergotelis Karaiskakis Kerkyra Levadiakos Panachaiki PAS Giannina Platanias | Diagoras Egaleo Enosis Aspropyrgos Ialysos Ierapetra Ionikos Kavala Kalamata Niki Volos Olympiacos Volos Thesprotos Triglia Trikala Veria | Acharnaikos AEEK SYNKA Aetos Orfano Aiolikos Apollon Efpalio$^2$ APO Atalanti Atromitos Agios Georgios Atromitos Patras Atsalenios Doxa Arta Edessaikos PO Elassona Episkopi Ethnikos Alexandroupoli Ethnikos Piraeus Grevena Aerata$^1$ | Ilisiakos Karitsa Korinthos Leonidio Makedonikos Foufas Megas Alexandros Iasmos Megas Alexandros Kallithea Meliteas Meliti$^1$ Meteora Nea Artaki Omiros Neochori Orfeas Xanthi Pallixouriakos Panargiakos | Pandramaikos Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos Panserraikos Panthiraikos PAONE Eptalofos$^3$ Pellana Potamia Sellana Souli Paramythia Thermaikos Thinaliakos Thriamvos Serviana$^1$ Tilikratis Xenophon Krestena Ypato Zakynthos$^4$ |
    1.^ Grevena Aerata, Meliteas Meliti and Thriamvos Serviana withdrew from the competition. Their respective FCA Cup finalists were invited instead, but in each case, did not accept the bid to enter either.
    2.^ Asteras Itea, winners of the 2018−19 Phocis FCA Cup, withdrew from the competition and their spot was filled by 2018−19 finalists Apollon Efpalio.
    3.^ Alexandros Kilkis, winners of the 2018−19 Kilkis FCA Cup, withdrew from the competition and their spot was filled by 2018−19 finalists PAONE Eptalofos.
    4.^ Katastari, winners of the 2018−19 Zakynthos FCA Cup, withdrew from the competition and their spot was filled by 2018−19 finalists Zakynthos.

## Qualifying rounds
### First round

The draw for this round took place on 9 August 2019. The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 28 August 2019.
Two of the fixtures, Kalamata–Atromitos Patras and Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos–Aiolikos were postponed in light the bids of Kalamata and Aiolikos to enter the Football League. Kalamata were eventually greenlighted to play in the Football League by decision of the HFF, taking the place of Nestos Chrysoupoli, who withdrew their participation. As such, despite being drawn against Atromitos Patras, they advanced to the Third Round draw on walkover. Likewise, Atromitos advanced to the next round on walkover.

#### Summary

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 24 August 2019 |||
| Tilikratis | 3–1 | Sellana |
| 25 August 2019 |||
| Pellana | 2–0 | Atromitos Agios Georgios |
| Pallixouriakos | 0–1 | Xenophon Krestena |
| Thinaliakos | 2–1 | Potamia |
| Megas Alexandros Iasmos | 0–3 (w/o) | Pandramaikos |
| Ethnikos Alexandroupoli | 0–7 | Aetos Orfano |
| Panserraikos | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Orfeas Xanthi |
| PAONE Eptalofos | 0–4 | Karitsa |
| Makedonikos Foufas | 3–2 | Megas Alexandros Kallithea |
| Edessaikos | 1–2 | Thermaikos |
| PO Elassona | 0–0 (4–2 p) | Souli Paramythia |
| APO Atalanti | 2–0 | Meteora |
| Apollon Efpalio | 3–0 | Omiros Neochori |
| Korinthos | 2–0 | Leonidio |
| Nea Artaki | 2–2 (2–3 p) | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Episkopi | 1–0 | Atsalenios |
| Acharnaikos | 0–3 | AEEK SYNKA |
| 28 August 2019 |||
| Doxa Arta | 2–0 | Zakynthos |
| Ypato | 5–0 | Panargiakos |
| Panthiraikos | 3–0 | Ilisiakos |
| 17 September 2019 |||
| Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos | 0–0 (2–4 p) | Aiolikos |
| N/A |||
| Kalamata | bye | |
| Atromitos Patras | bye | |
* ^ Megas Alexandros Iasmos withdrew from the competition.

#### Matches
### Second round

The draw for this round took place on 27 August 2018.

#### Summary

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 31 August 2019 |||
| PO Elassona | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Tilikratis |
| 1 September 2019 |||
| Thinaliakos | 1–0 | Apollon Efpalio |
| Aetos Orfano | 4–2 | Thermaikos |
| Pellana | 1–0 | AO Ypato |
| Pandramaikos | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Makedonikos Foufas |
| Xenophon Krestena | 2–1 | Doxa Arta |
| AE Karitsa | 1–2 | Panserraikos |
| 4 September 2019 |||
| Episkopi | 2–0 | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| 8 September 2019 |||
| Panthiraikos | 1–0 | AEEK SYNKA |
| 15 September 2019 |||
| APO Atalanti | 1–0 | Atromitos Patras |
| 2 October 2019 |||
| Aiolikos | 2–0 | Korinthos |

#### Matches
### Third round

The draw for this round took place on 9 September 2019. A total of 24 teams are involved in the Round 3 draw: The 12 2019−20 Football League teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round. 12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 14, 15 and 18 September.

#### Summary

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 September 2019 |||
| Aetos Orfano | 2–1 | Thesprotos |
| PO Elassona | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Enosis Aspropyrgos |
| 15 September 2019 |||
| Episkopi | 1–2 | Trikala |
| Panthiraikos | 0–0 (5–4 p) | OF Ierapetra |
| Thinaliakos | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Kavala |
| Pandramaikos | 0–3 | Ionikos |
| Xenophon Krestena | 1–2 | Egaleo |
| Panserraikos | 2–0 | Triglia |
| 18 September 2019 |||
| Pellana | 0–2 | Ialysos |
| Veria | 2–0 | Diagoras |
| 25 September 2019 |||
| APO Atalanti | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Olympiacos Volos |
| 16 October 2019 |||
| Aiolikos | 1–0 | Niki Volos |
| N/A |||
| Kalamata | bye | |

#### Matches
### Fourth round

The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2019. A total of 24 teams were involved in the Round 4 draw: The 12 2019−20 Super League 2 teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round. 12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners qualified to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 26 September.

#### Summary

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 24 September 2019 |||
| Ionikos | 1–2 | Panachaiki |
| Veria | 3–0 | Levadiakos |
| Trikala | 1–0 | Doxa Drama |
| 25 September 2019 |||
| Egaleo | 0–2 | Ergotelis |
| Kavala | 2–0 | Chania |
| Kalamata | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Karaiskakis |
| 26 September 2019 |||
| Panthiraikos | 1–2 | Platanias |
| 2 October 2019 |||
| Ialysos | 1–0 | Kerkyra |
| Aetos Orfano | 0–1 | Apollon Larissa |
| Enosis Aspropyrgos | 0–2 | PAS Giannina |
| 9 October 2019 |||
| Olympiacos Volos | 1–0 | Apollon Pontus |
| 23 October 2019 |||
| Aiolikos | 1–0 | Apollon Smyrnis |
| N/A |||
| Panserraikos | bye | |

#### Matches
### Fifth round

The draw for this round took place on 16 October 2019. A total of 22 teams are involved in the Round 5 draw: The 8 2019−20 Super League teams, who finished in places 6–13 in the 2018−19 season entering the competition in this round, the twelve winners of the previous round, the champion of the 2018–19 Football League (Volos), and the single club advancing on walkover in Round 4 (Panserraikos).
As of this phase onward, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
In the draw for Round 5, the nine Super League teams are seeded, and the 13 clubs advancing from previous Rounds are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 4 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last hosting the second leg.
A total of 11 fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the Round of 16. The first leg matches will be held on 29, 30 and 31 October, while the 2nd leg matches will be held 3, 4 and 5 December 2019.

#### Seeding

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| Panionios | Panserraikos |
| Lamia | Panachaiki |
| Panathinaikos | Veria |
| Panetolikos | Trikala |
| AEL | Ergotelis |
| Asteras Tripolis | Kavala |
| Xanthi | Kalamata |
| OFI | Platanias |
| Volos | Ialysos |
| | Apollon Larissa |
| | PAS Giannina |
| | Olympiacos Volos |
| | Aiolikos |

#### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Apollon Larissa | 2–4 | Xanthi | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Panserraikos | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Volos | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| PAS Giannina | 3–1 | Veria | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 0–9 | Panionios | 0–3 | 0–6 |
| Kalamata | 3–1 | AEL | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Kavala | 2–4 | OFI | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Panachaiki | 1–5 | Panathinaikos | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Platanias | 2–4 | Asteras Tripolis | 0–1 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Ialysos | 1–9 | Panetolikos | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| Aiolikos | 0–6 | Lamia | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Trikala | 4–2 | Ergotelis | 3–2 | 1–0 |

#### Matches

Xanthi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Volos won 4–2 on penalties.
PAS Giannina won 3–1 on aggregate.
Panionios won 9–0 on aggregate.
Kalamata won 3–1 on aggregate.
OFI won 4–2 on aggregate.
Asteras Tripolis won 4–2 on aggregate.
Panetolikos won 9–1 on aggregate.
Lamia won 6–0 on aggregate.
Trikala won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, 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 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 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 five Super League clubs finishing in places 1–5 in the previous season are seeded, while the clubs advancing from the Fifth Round are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 6 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last 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 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final | |
| 1 | Volos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Atromitos | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Atromitos | 3 | 0 | 3 | Atromitos | Atromitos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Aris | Aris | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Xanthi | 0 | 1 | 1 | Aris | Aris | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Aris | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Aris | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Aris | Aris | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens (a.e.t.) | AEK Athens (a.e.t.) | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens (a.e.t.) | AEK Athens (a.e.t.) | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 1 | 2 | 3 | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Panetolikos | Panetolikos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Panetolikos (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Panetolikos | Panetolikos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Panionios | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Panionios | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | 0 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 1 | |
| 6 | OFI | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 11 | PAOK | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | PAOK | 3 | 4 | 7 | PAOK | PAOK | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | PAS Giannina | 1 | 1 | 2 | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Panathinaikos | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Panathinaikos | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | PAOK | PAOK | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | Trikala | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 10 | Lamia | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lamia | 1 | 1 | 2 | Lamia | Lamia | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Kalamata | 0 | 1 | 1 | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Olympiacos | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Round of 16

The draw took place on 16 December 2019.

### Seeding

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| PAOK | Panetolikos |
| Olympiacos | Asteras Tripolis |
| AEK Athens | Xanthi |
| Atromitos | OFI |
| Aris | Volos |
| Panionios | PAS Giannina |
| Lamia | Trikala |
| Panathinaikos | Kalamata |

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Volos | 2–3 | Atromitos | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| PAS Giannina | 2–3 | Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 1–3 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Kalamata | 1–6 | Olympiacos | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| OFI | 1–7 | PAOK | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| Trikala | 1–2 | Lamia | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Xanthi | 1–3 | Aris | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Panetolikos | 1–1 (a) | Panionios | 0–0 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

Atromitos won 3–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.
PAOK won 7–1 on aggregate.
Lamia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Aris won 3–1 on aggregate.
Panetolikos won on away goals.

## Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 23 January 2020.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Aris | 1–0 | Atromitos | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Panetolikos | 1–5 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| PAOK | 3–0 | Panathinaikos | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lamia | 2–3 | Olympiacos | 0–0 | 2–3 |

### Matches

Aris won 1–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.
PAOK won 3–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

The draw took place on 20 February 2020.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| PAOK | 3–4 | Olympiacos | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| AEK Athens | 4–3 | Aris | 2–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |

### Matches

Olympiacos won 4–3 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dimitrios Pelkas | PAOK | 4 |
| 1 | Georgios Pamlidis | PAS Giannina | 4 |
| 3 | Christos Alexiou | Karitsa | 3 |
| 3 | Alberto Simoni | Veria | 3 |
| 3 | Giannis Loukinas | Platanias | 3 |
| 3 | Gavriil Apostolidis | Aetos Orfano | 3 |
| 3 | Sotiris Tsiloulis | Panionios | 3 |
| 3 | Dimitris Gourtsas | Panserraikos | 3 |
| 3 | Georgios Papavasiliou | Panserraikos | 3 |
| 3 | Admir Bajrovic | Panetolikos | 3 |
| 3 | Vangelis Alexopoulos | Kalamata | 3 |
| 3 | Marko Livaja | AEK Athens | 3 |