# 1938–39 Greek Football Cup

The 1938–39 Greek Football Cup was the 3rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. 73 teams contested in 75 matches. Ethnikos Piraeus unsuccessfully defended its 1933 title losing in the Round of 16 to AEK Athens. AEK Athens would continue on its tournament streak until defeated in the finals, 2-1, on 28 May at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium against PAOK.

## Calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries |
| First Round | 26 October 1938 | 27 | 73 → 47 | 65 |
| Second Round | | 19 | 47 → 29 | none |
| Third Round | | 9 | 29 → 20 | none |
| Fourth Round | | 3 | 20 → 17 | none |
| Fifth Round | | 1 | 17 → 16 | none |
| Round of 16 | 19 February 1939 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 30 April 1939 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 14 May 1939 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 28 May 1939 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |

## Qualification round
### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Athens Football Clubs Association |||||
| Arion Kolonaki | 3–4 | Apollon Nea Ionia | | |
| Olympiacos Athens | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Attikos | | |
| Athinaikos | 5–1 | Olympias Athens | | |
| Panerythraikos | 0–1 | Mikrasiatiki Athens | | |
| Atlas Thymarakia | 5–3 | AE Ierapoli | | |
| AE Pangrati | 6–2 | Fostiras | | |
| Dapfni Athens | bye | | | |
| Asteras Athens | bye | | | |
| Atromitos | bye | | | |
| Piraeus Football Clubs Association |||||
| Argonaftis Piraeus | 4–1 | AEK Piraeus | | |
| Aris Piraeus | 3–0 | Amyna Piraeus | | |
| Keramikos Kaminia | 3–0 | Atromitos Piraeus | | |
| Panelefsiniakos | 4–1 | Faliriki Enosis | | |
| Thiseas Piraeus | bye | | | |
| Proodeftiki | bye | | | |
| E.F. Neapoli | bye | | | |
| Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||||
| Olympiacos Terpsithea | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Apollon Thessaloniki | | |
| MENT | 5–0 | Prosfygiki Enosis Thessaloniki | | |
| Ethnikos Kamaras | 0–1 | Olympiacos Thessaloniki | | |
| Hellas Florina | 2–1 | AE Kozani | | |
| Thrace Football Clubs Association |||||
| AE Xanthi | 5–7 | AE Komotini | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | 2–5 |
| Aspida Xanthi | bye | | | |
| Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||||
| Apollon Serres | 1–5 | Orfeas Serres | | |
| Elpis Drama | 6–1 | Aris Drama | | |
| Iraklis Kavalas | 1–0 | Iraklis Serres | | |
| Filipi Kavala | bye | | | |
| Doxa Drama | bye | | | |
| AEK Kavala | bye | | | |
| Thessaly Football Clubs Association |||||
| PAEK | 1–2 | Odysseus Volos | | |
| Olympiacos Volos | 5–1 | Kentavros Volos | | |
| Niki Volos | bye | | | |
| Keravnos Volos | bye | | | |
| Patras Football Clubs Association |||||
| Panachaiki | 6–2 | Aris Patra | | |
| Panegialios | 5–0 | Achilleus Patra | | |
| Panetolikos | 4–3 | Apollon Patras | | |
| Olympiakos Patras | 4–0 | Ethnikos Patra | | |
| Crete Football Clubs Association |||||
| Olympiacos Heraklion | 5–1 | Ergotelis | | |
| OFI | 1–2 | Iraklis Heraklion | | |
| EGOH | bye | | | |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Athens Football Clubs Association |||||
| Dapfni Athens | ? | Atromitos | | |
| Athinaikos | 3–1 | Apollon Nea Ionia | | |
| Attikos | ? | Atlas Thymarakia | | |
| AE Pangrati | 6–2 | Mikrasiatiki Athens | | |
| Asteras Athens | bye | | | |
| Piraeus Football Clubs Association |||||
| Thiseas Piraeus | 3–6 | Proodeftiki | | |
| Panelefsiniakos | 2–1 | E.F. Neapoli | | |
| Argonaftis Piraeus | 2–6 | Keramikos Kaminia | | |
| Aris Piraeus | bye | | | |
| Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||||
| Olympiacos Terpsithea | 3–1 | Olympiacos Thessaloniki | | |
| Hellas Florina | 3–0 | MENT | | |
| Thrace Football Clubs Association |||||
| AE Komotini | ? | Aspida Xanthi | | |
| Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||||
| Orfeas Serres | 3–1 | Iraklis Kavalas | | |
| Filipi Kavala | 7–1 | Doxa Drama | | |
| Elpis Drama | 3–2 | AEK Kavala | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | 1–0 |
| Thessaly Football Clubs Association |||||
| Niki Volos | 3–1 | Keravnos Volos | | |
| Olympiacos Volos | 3–0 | Odysseus Volos | | |
| Patras Football Clubs Association |||||
| Panetolikos | 1–0 | Panegialios | | |
| Panachaiki | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Olympiakos Patras | | |
| Crete Football Clubs Association |||||
| Iraklis Heraklion | ? | ? | | |
| ? | bye | | | |

### Third round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Athens Football Clubs Association |||||
| Dapfni Athens | 1–3 | AE Pangrati | | |
| Athinaikos | 4–7 | Atlas Thymarakia | | |
| Asteras Athens | bye | | | |
| Piraeus Football Clubs Association |||||
| Aris Piraeus | 4–2 | Panelefsiniakos | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | 2–0 |
| Proodeftiki | 3–4 | Keramikos Kaminia | | |
| Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||||
| Hellas Florina | 5–3 | Olympiacos Terpsithea | | |
| Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||||
| Orfeas Serres | 0–3 | Filipi Kavala | | |
| Aspida Xanthi | bye | | | |
| Elpis Drama | bye | | | |
| Thessaly Football Clubs Association |||||
| Niki Volos | 4–1 | Olympiacos Volos | | |
| Patras Football Clubs Association |||||
| Olympiakos Patras | 3–2 | Panetolikos | | |
| Crete Football Clubs Association |||||
| EGOH | 2–1 | Olympiacos Heraklion | | |

### Fourth round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Athens Football Clubs Association |||
| Asteras Athens | 5–1 (a.e.t.) | AE Pangrati |
| Atlas Thymarakia | bye | |
| Piraeus Football Clubs Association |||
| Aris Piraeus | 1–0 | Keramikos Kaminia |
| Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association |||
| Filipi Kavala | 2–3 | Aspida Xanthi |
| Elpis Drama | bye | |

### Fifth round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Athens Football Clubs Association |||
| Asteras Athens | 2–1 | Atlas Thymarakia |

## Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
* In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
* 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 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Olympiacos | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Ethnikos Heraklion | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Ethnikos Heraklion | 0 | Olympiacos (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | |
| | | Panathinaikos | 0 | | | | | |
| Panathinaikos | 4 | Panathinaikos | 0 | | | | | |
| Elpida Drama | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Elpida Drama | 1 | | | Olympiacos | 0 | | | |
| | | | | AEK Athens (w/o) | 2 | | | |
| Olympiacos Patra | 1 | | | | | AEK Athens (w/o) | 2 | | | |
| Apollon Athens | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Apollon Athens | 5 | Apollon Athens | 1 | | | | | |
| | | AEK Athens | 3 | | | | | |
| AEK Athens | 7 | AEK Athens | 3 | | | | | |
| Aris Piraeus | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Aris Piraeus | 0 | | | | | | AEK Athens | 2 |
| | | | | | | | PAOK | 1 |
| Hellas Florina | 1 | | | | | | | | PAOK | 1 |
| PAOK | 6 | | | | | | | |
| PAOK | 6 | PAOK | 3 | | | | | |
| | | Iraklis | 2 | | | | | |
| Aspida Xanthi | 1 | Iraklis | 2 | | | | | |
| Iraklis | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Iraklis | 2 | | | PAOK | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Ethnikos Piraeus | 0 | | | |
| Niki Volos | 1 | | | | | Ethnikos Piraeus | 0 | | | |
| Ethnikos Piraeus (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Ethnikos Piraeus (a.e.t.) | 2 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 2 | | | | | |
| | | Aris | 0 | | | | | |
| Aris | 8 | Aris | 0 | | | | | |
| Asteras Athens | 1 | | | | | | | |

## Round of 16

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| AEK Athens | 7–0 | Aris Piraeus |
| Niki Volos | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Hellas Florina | 1–6 | PAOK |
| Olympiacos | 13–0 | Ethnikos Heraklion |
| Aris | 8–1 | Asteras Athens |
| Aspida Xanthi | 1–2 | Iraklis |
| Olympiacos Patra | 1–5 | Apollon Athens |
| Panathinaikos | 4–1 | Elpida Drama |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| PAOK | 3–2 | Iraklis |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Panathinaikos |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–0 | Aris |
| Apollon Athens | 1–3 | AEK Athens |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| PAOK | 4–0 | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Olympiacos | 0–2 (w/o)$^*$ | AEK Athens |
$^*$Match suspended at 40th minute while the score was 1–2. Awarded 0–2 to AEK Athens.