# 2016–17 Greek Football Cup

The 2016–17 Greek Football Cup was the 75th edition of the Greek Football Cup. Just as last year's edition, a total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 14 September 2016 with the preliminary round and concluded on 6 May 2017 with the Final. The winner of the competition was PAOK for fifth time.

## Teams

| Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries | Leagues entering |
| Preliminary round | 34 | 4 | none | 4 | Football League |
| Group stage | 32 | 32 | 2 | 30 | Super League |
| Round of 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | none | none |
| Quarter-finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none |
| Semi-finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none |
| Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |

## Calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries |
| Preliminary round | 14, 17, 18 September 2016 | 4 | 34 → 32 | 4 |
| Group stage | 25–27 October, 29, 30 November & 1, 13–15 December 2016 | 48 | 32 → 16 | 30 |
| Round of 16 | 10–12, 24–26, 31 January, 1, 2 February 2017 | 16 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 8, 9 February & 1, 2 March 2017 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 12, 13, 26, 27 April 2017 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 6 May 2017 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |

## Participating clubs

| 2016–17 Super League | 2016–17 Football League |
| AEK Athens AEL Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Iraklis Kerkyra Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Veria Xanthi | Acharnaikos AEL Kalloni Agrotikos Asteras Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Smyrnis Aris Chania Kallithea Kissamikos Lamia OFI Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Sparta Trikala |

## Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place on 24 August 2016.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Panegialios | 1–5 | Sparta | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| OFI | 2–0 | Acharnaikos | 0–0 | 2–0 |

### Matches

Sparta won 5–1 on aggregate.
OFI won 2–0 on aggregate.

## Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 29 September 2016.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | TRI | AEL | PNE |
| 1 | PAOK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 7 | Round of 16 | | — | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Trikala | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Round of 16 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | AEL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Panelefsiniakos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | | 0–7 | 0–5 | — | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLY | PLA | SPA | CHA |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Round of 16 | | 3–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Platanias | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | Round of 16 | — | | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Sparta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | | 4–0 |
| 4 | Chania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OFI | PAO | IRA | APS |
| 1 | OFI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Round of 16 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Round of 16 | — | | 0–0 | — |
| 3 | Iraklis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | | — | — | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Apollon Smyrnis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | | 1–0 | 3–4 | — | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAS | XAN | AGR | KAL |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Round of 16 | | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Xanthi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Round of 16 | — | | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Agrotikos Asteras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | — |
| 4 | Kalloni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AST | ARIS | AIG | VER |
| 1 | Asteras Tripolis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Round of 16 | | — | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Aris | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Round of 16 | 3–3 | | — | 0–0 |
| 3 | Aiginiakos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | | — |
| 4 | Veria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | | — | — | 0–1 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AEK | LAM | KER | ASA |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Round of 16 | | — | 4–0 | — |
| 2 | Lamia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Round of 16 | 0–0 | | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Kerkyra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | | — | 2–2 | | — |
| 4 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | | 2–2 | — | 0–6 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATR | PNT | PTH | KLT |
| 1 | Atromitos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Round of 16 | | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Panetolikos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Round of 16 | — | | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Panthrakikos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | 0–3 | — | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Kallithea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | | 1–0 | 1–5 | — | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KIS | LEV | PGSS | PNS |
| 1 | Kissamikos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Round of 16 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Levadiakos | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Round of 16 | — | | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Panionios | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | 0–0 | | — |
| 4 | Panserraikos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | |

## 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 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 | 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 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Kissamikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Kissamikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Asteras Tripolis | Asteras Tripolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Trikala | 0 | 0 | 0 | Asteras Tripolis | Asteras Tripolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | PAOK | PAOK | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Xanthi (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | PAOK | PAOK | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| 12 | OFI | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | OFI | 0 | 2 | 2 | Xanthi | Xanthi | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | PAOK (a) | PAOK (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Panetolikos | 0 | 1 | 1 | PAOK (a) | PAOK (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | PAOK | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | PAOK | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | PAOK | PAOK | 2 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | 1 | |
| 6 | Aris | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | 1 |
| 11 | Olympiacos | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Olympiacos | 1 | 2 | 3 | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Atromitos | Atromitos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Lamia | 2 | 0 | 2 | Atromitos | Atromitos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Atromitos | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Atromitos | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens (a) | AEK Athens (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Platanias (a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens (a) | AEK Athens (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 0 | 1 | 1 | Platanias | Platanias | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Levadiakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | AEK Athens | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 20 December 2016.

### Seeding

Seeded teams :
| Seeded teams Team PAOK Olympiacos OFI PAS Giannina Asteras Tripolis AEK Athens Atromitos Kissamikos | Unseeded teams Team Trikala Platanias Panathinaikos Xanthi Aris Lamia Panetolikos Levadiakos |

### Summary

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

### Matches

Xanthi won on away goals.
Platanias won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 7–0 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
PAOK won 6–1 on aggregate.
Asteras Tripolis won 3–0 on aggregate.
Atromitos won 4–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 7–0 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 27 January 2017.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Platanias | 0–3 | AEK Athens | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Xanthi | 2–2 (a) | PAOK | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Olympiacos | 2–1 | Atromitos | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 5–0 | Asteras Tripolis | 4–0 | 1–0 |

### Matches

AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.
PAOK won on away goals.
Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–0 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 21 March 2017.

### Summary

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

### Matches

PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won on away goals.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abiola Dauda | Atromitos | 5 |
| 2 | Sebastian Leto | Panathinaikos | 4 |
| 2 | Sergio Araujo | AEK Athens | 4 |
| 4 | Felipe Pardo | Olympiacos | 3 |
| 4 | Savvas Siatravanis | Apollon Smyrnis | 3 |
| 4 | Ilias Anastasakos | Sparta | 3 |
| 4 | Giorgos Bountopoulos | Sparta | 3 |
| 4 | Tomáš Pekhart | AEK Athens | 3 |
| 4 | Aleksandar Prijović | PAOK | 3 |
| 4 | Dijilly Vouho | OFI | 3 |
| 4 | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | AEK Athens | 3 |
| 4 | Marcus Berg | Panathinaikos | 3 |
| 4 | Giannis Mystakidis | PAOK | 3 |
| 4 | Dimitris Pelkas | PAOK | 3 |
| 4 | Yevhen Shakhov | PAOK | 3 |