# 1985–86 Greek Football Cup

The 1985–86 Greek Football Cup was the 44th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

## Tournament details

Totally 76 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 20 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 6 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32.
It was an interesting edition, with the eternal enemies, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, to contest the final after 11 years. Olympiacos had eliminated "big three of Thessaloniki" (PAOK, Aris, and Iraklis), while Panathinaikos only one Alpha Ethniki team, AEK Athens, in semi-finals. In the final, that was held in Olympic Stadium, the common home of all three teams of former P.O.K. that year, Panathinaikos achieved an impressive 4–0 victory against their opponent, completing one successful season with the win of the double.
There were nevertheless many unusual events. Cup holders, AEL, were eliminated by Panseraikos in the first round. Panionios were eliminated by Naoussa, as well. PAOK struggled to qualify against Anagennisi Giannitsa, with score 6–5 in penalty shoot-out. Eventually, a memorable fact took place, as HFF allocated the 1/5 of crude income of the final in favour of the aims of UNICEF.

## Calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries |
| First Round | 10, 17, 24 October & 6, 7 November 1985 | 38 | 76 → 38 | 76 |
| Additional Round | 21 November 1985 | 6 | 38 → 32 | none |
| Round of 32 | 4, 5, 12, 29, 30 December 1985 | 32 | 32 → 16 | none |
| Round of 16 | 21 January, 12 February 1986 | 16 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 12 March, 9 April 1986 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 11, 19, 21 May 1986 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 28 May 1986 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |

## Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the first two rounds and 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 first two rounds and 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:
* There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

## First round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Lamia | 1–0 | Apollon Kalamarias |
| Kastoria | 3–0 | Ionikos |
| Odysseas Kordelio | 0–1 | Kavala |
| Proodeftiki | 0–2 | Athinaikos |
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | 1–1 (5–6 p) | PAOK |
| Eordaikos | 2–0 | Polykastro |
| Veria | 4–1 | Xanthi |
| Rodos | 0–1 | Irodotos |
| Almopos Aridea | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Kilkisiakos |
| Paniliakos | 2–0 | Vyzas Megara |
| Pannafpliakos | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Thiva |
| OFI | 1–0 | Charavgiakos |
| Aiolikos | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Panetolikos |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | Pierikos |
| Chalkida | 6–1 | Neapoli Piraeus |
| Atromitos | 3–0 | Achilleas Farsala |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | 1–0 | PAS Giannina |
| Panthrakikos | 1–0 | Agrotikos Asteras |
| Ethnikos Alexandroupoli | 3–1 | Acharnaikos |
| Kerkyra | 1–2 | Doxa Drama |
| Ethnikos Asteras | 1–4 | Iraklis |
| Thriamvos Athens | 1–2 | Olympiacos Volos |
| Ergotelis | 4–1 | Niki Volos |
| Fostiras | 1–2 | Trikala |
| Levadiakos | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Panachaiki |
| Makedonikos | 2–1 | Alexandreia |
| Iraklis Kavala | 1–0 | Panarkadikos |
| Agrinio | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Apollon Athens |
| Edessaikos | 2–0 | Kalamata |
| APE Langadas | 0–2 | Aris |
| Korinthos | 0–2 | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Panserraikos | 1–0 | AEL |
| Kallithea | 4–1 | Kozani |
| Naoussa | 2–1 | Panionios |
| Anagennisi Arta | 2–4 | Egaleo |
| Diagoras | 4–1 | Panelefsiniakos |
| Panathinaikos | 5–0 | Poseidon Michaniona |
| AEK Athens | 10–0 | Ilioupoli |

## Additional round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Veria | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Doxa Drama |
| OFI | 3–0 | Edessaikos |
| Kastoria | 3–0 | Naoussa |
| Olympiacos | 0–0 (4–3 p) | PAOK |
| Trikala | 4–0 | Atromitos |
| Makedonikos | 3–1 | Panthrakikos |

## Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Chalkida (p) | 1 | 0 | 1(3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Iraklis Kavala | 0 | 1 | 1(0) | Chalkida | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| AEK Athens | 1 | 1 | 2 | AEK Athens | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kallithea | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | AEK Athens | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Panachaiki | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | Panachaiki | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Diagoras | 0 | 1 | 1 | Panachaiki | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Egaleo | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kavala | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kavala | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | AEK Athens | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |
| Trikala | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Panathinaikos | 2 | 2 | 4 | | |
| Olympiacos Volos | 2 | 0 | 2 | Olympiacos Volos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ergotelis | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ergotelis | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Panserraikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Ergotelis | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Makedonikos | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | Panathinaikos | 3 | 7 | 10 | | | | | | |
| Panathinaikos | 2 | 2 | 4 | Panathinaikos | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aiolikos | 3 | 3 | 6 | Aiolikos | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paniliakos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Panathinaikos | 4 |
| Irodotos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Olympiacos | 0 |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | 3 | 1 | 4 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| OFI | 2 | 1 | 3 | OFI | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Doxa Drama | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | OFI | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Aris (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Aris | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Kastoria | 0 | 1 | 1 | Aris | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eordaikos | 0 | 2 | 2 | Eordaikos | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ethnikos Alexandroupoli | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Aris | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Olympiacos | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Olympiacos | 1 | 2 | 3 | | |
| Lamia | 1 | 0 | 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Iraklis | 7 | 1 | 8 | Iraklis | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thiva | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Olympiacos | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Almopos Aridea | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Ethnikos Piraeus | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 3 | 3 | 6 | Ethnikos Piraeus (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Apollon Athens | 1 | 2 | 3 | Apollon Athens | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Athinaikos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Panachaiki | 4–1 | Diagoras | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Trikala | 1–2 | Olympiacos Volos | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Irodotos | 2–4 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| AEK Athens | 2–1 | Kallithea | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Makedonikos | 2–4 | Panathinaikos | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Iraklis | 8–0 | Thiva | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Apollon Athens | 3–2 | Athinaikos | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| OFI | 3–1 | Doxa Drama | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Aris | (a) 1–1 | Kastoria | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Egaleo | 0–1 | Kavala | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Aiolikos | 6–1 | Paniliakos | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Almopos Aridea | 0–6 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Eordaikos | 2–1 | Ethnikos Alexandroupoli | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chalkida | 1–1 (3–0 p) | Iraklis Kavala | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | Lamia | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ergotelis | 1–0 | Panserraikos | 1–0 | 0–0 |

## Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Aris | 6–1 | Eordaikos | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | (a) 2–2 | Apollon Athens | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | 4–6 | OFI | 1–1 | 3–5 |
| Olympiacos Volos | 1–2 | Ergotelis | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Olympiacos | 3–2 | Iraklis | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Panathinaikos | 6–0 | Aiolikos | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Panachaiki | 4–2 | Kavala | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Chalkida | 1–4 | AEK Athens | 1–2 | 0–2 |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| AEK Athens | 3–1 | Panachaiki | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| OFI | 3–5 | Aris | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Ergotelis | 3–10 | Panathinaikos | 2–3 | 1–7 |
| Olympiacos | 4–1 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 3–1 | 1–0 |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Aris | 2–3 | Olympiacos | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| AEK Athens | 3–4 | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | 1–2 |