The 1990–91 Greek Football Cup was the 49th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

After the group stage, there were interesting confrontations and many "protagonists" were eliminated by the competition continue. In the second round, Olympiacos were eliminated by PAOK, Aris by Athinaikos and Iraklis by Xanthi, while in the third round AEK Athens were eliminated by OFI. In the same round, Edessaikos, a Beta Ethniki team, reversed their loss 4–0 by Ionikos, achieving a draw with the same score in the second leg, in order however to be eliminated in penalty shoot-out.

The final was contested by Panathinaikos, for sixth time in the last 10 years, after the qualify against PAOK in semi-finals and the newly-promoted in Alpha Ethniki, Athinaikos, for first and unique until now time in their history. That year, HFF decided the establishment of a two-legged final match, according to the model of Coppa Italia. Athinaikos selected as home of first match Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, instead of their neutral home, Municipal Stadium of Vyronas, while the second match became in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Panathinaikos won both matches and at the same time The Double.

Athinaikos, as finalist of competition, participated in the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, for the first and only time in their history. Nikos Sarganis, the goalkeeper of Athinaikos, that had played in the first match of final, failed to win the Cup with a fourth club, after Kastoria, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. The second match was the last for the referee, Meletis Voutsaras. For the fourth consecutive season, Dimitris Saravakos was the competition's top scorer with 10 goals.

Calendar Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Group stage 26, 29 August & 2 September 1990 56 72 → 32 72 Round of 32 5, 12 December 1990 & 9 January 1991 32 32 → 16 none Round of 16 30 January, 20 February 1991 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 13, 21 March 1991 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 4, 24 April 1991 4 4 → 2 none Final 15, 22 May 1991 2 2 → 1 none

Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1 PosTeamPts 1 Panathinaikos7 2 Apollon Kalamarias5 3 Diagoras5 4 Aris Nikaias2 5 Paniliakos1

Group 2 PosTeamPts 1 Panionios8 2 Ethnikos Asteras4 3 Anagennisi Kolindros3 4 Lamia3 5 Odysseas Kordelio2

Group 3 PosTeamPts 1 Charavgiakos6 2 Proodeftiki5 3 Pierikos4 4 Ethnikos Piraeus4 5 PAS Giannina1

Group 4 PosTeamPts 1 Doxa Vyronas6 2 Aris6 3 Olympiacos Volos5 4 Korinthos3 5 Aspida Xanthi0

Group 5 PosTeamPts 1 Athinaikos8 2 Panargiakos6 3 Kastoria3 4 Anagennisi Giannitsa2 5 Atromitos1

Group 6 PosTeamPts 1 Naoussa7 2 Iraklis6 3 Trikala3 4 Acharnaikos2 5 Niki Volos2

Group 7 PosTeamPts 1 Anagennisi Karditsa5 2 Ionikos5 3 Veria5 4 Panetolikos3 5 Kallithea2

Group 8 PosTeamPts 1 Olympiacos8 2 Panelefsiniakos4 3 Kozani4 4 Chaidari3 5 A.F.C. Kyriakio1

Group 9 PosTeamPts 1 AEK Athens6 2 Panarkadikos3 3 AE Mesolongi2 4 Preveza1

Group 10 PosTeamPts 1 AEL5 2 Eordaikos4 3 Asteras Ambelokipoi2 4 Pontioi Veria1

Group 11 PosTeamPts 1 PAOK6 2 OFI4 3 Makedonikos2 4 Kalamata0

Group 12 PosTeamPts 1 Panserraikos5 2 Edessaikos3 3 Panachaiki2 4 Sparta2

Group 13 PosTeamPts 1 Apollon Athens6 2 Ilisiakos4 3 Neoi Epivates2 4 Thriamvos Athens0

Group 14 PosTeamPts 1 Xanthi5 2 Kilkisiakos4 3 Egaleo2 4 Nigrita1

Group 15 PosTeamPts 1 EAR4 2 Doxa Drama3 3 Kavala3 4 Chalkidona2

Group 16 PosTeamPts 1 Levadiakos4 2 Olympiakos Loutraki4 3 Irodotos3 4 Anagennisi Neapoli1

Knockout phase Each tie in the knockout phase, 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. 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.

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg

Panathinaikos won 5–1 on aggregate.

References

External links Greek Cup 1990–91 at RSSSF