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
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="9"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="7"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Macedonia Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="4"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace Football Clubs Association
||colspan="2" |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="6"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thessaly Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="4"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Patras Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="4"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Crete Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="3"
Second round
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="5"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="4"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Macedonia Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="2"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="2"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thessaly Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="2"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Patras Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="2"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Crete Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="2"
Third round
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="3"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association
||colspan="2" |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Macedonia Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" rowspan="3"
|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thessaly Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Patras Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2" |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Crete Football Clubs Association ||colspan="2"
Fourth round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Fifth round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association
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
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
*Match suspended at 40th minute while the score was 1–2. Awarded 0–2 to AEK Athens.
Final
References
External links Greek Cup 1938-39 at RSSSF