The 2014–15 Greek Football Cup was the 73rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 46 clubs, just as the last edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 28 August 2014 with the preliminary round and concluded on 23 May 2015 with the final, at the Olympic Stadium. The winner of the competition was Olympiacos for 27th time.
Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners from previous round New entries Leagues entering Preliminary round 46 28 none 28 Football League Group Stage 32 32 14 18 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 28–30 August, 1, 12–14 September 2014 24 46 → 32 28 Group Stage 23–25 September, 28–30 October 2014 & 7, 8 January 2015 46 32 → 16 18 Round of 16 20–22, 27–29 January 2015 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 11, 12 February & 4, 5, 11 March 2015 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 8, 9, 29 April 2015 4 4 → 2 none Final 23 May 2015 1 2 → 1 none
Participating clubs 2014–15 Super League 2014–15 Football LeagueSouth Group 2014–15 Football LeagueNorth Group AEL Kalloni Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Ergotelis Kerkyra Levadiakos Niki Volos OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios Panthrakikos PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Skoda Xanthi Veria Acharnaikos AEK Athens Apollon Smyrnis Chania Episkopi Ermionida Fokikos Fostiras Iraklis Psachna Kallithea Panachaiki Panegialios Paniliakos Trachones AEL Agrotikos Asteras Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Kalamarias Aris (withdrawn) Doxa Drama (withdrawn) Ethnikos Gazoros Iraklis Lamia Olympiacos Volos Pierikos Tyrnavos Zakynthos
Preliminary round The draw for this round took place on 18 August 2014.
South Group
Summary
Matches
Panachaiki won 4–1 on aggregate.
Chania won 7–2 on aggregate.
Apollon Smyrnis won 3–2 on aggregate.
Fostiras won 1–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 5–0 on aggregate.
Ermionida won on away goals.
Iraklis Psachna won 3–1 on aggregate.
North Group
Matches
Matches
Apollon Kalamarias won 6–0 on aggregate.
Iraklis won on away goals.
Aiginiakos won on away goals.
Tyrnavos won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zakynthos won 6–0 on aggregate.
Ethnikos Gazoros won on away goals.
Olympiacos Volos won 1–0 on aggregate.
Group stage The draw for this round took place on 15 September 2014.
+Pot 1TeamOlympiacosPanathinaikosPAOKAtromitosAsteras TripolisOFIErgotelisLevadiakos
+Pot 2TeamPanetolikosPanthrakikosPAS GianninaKalloniPanioniosPlataniasVeriaSkoda Xanthi
+Pot 3TeamNiki VolosKerkyraErmionidaFostirasEthnikos GazorosAEK AthensTyrnavosChania
+Pot 4TeamApollon SmyrnisOlympiacos VolosAiginiakosIraklis PsachnaPanachaikiIraklisZakynthosApollon Kamalarias
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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 The draw for this round took place on 9 January 2015.
Seeding +Seeded teamsTeamOlympiacosPAS GianninaOFILevadiakosAEK AthensVeriaAsteras TripolisPanathinaikos +Unseeded teamsTeamPanioniosKerkyraSkoda XanthiIraklisPanthrakikosApollon SmyrnisTyrnavosChania
Summary
Matches
Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.
OFI won 5–0 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 2–1 on aggregate.
Apollon Smyrnis won 5–2 on aggregate.
Chania won 5–3 on penalties.
Olympiacos won 11–0 on aggregate.
Skoda Xanthi won 2–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals The draw for this round took place on 30 January 2015.
Summary
Matches
Apollon Smyrnis won 4–2 on aggregate.
Skoda Xanthi won 4–1 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 4–3 on penalties.
Match suspended at 90th minute while the score was 0–1.
Olympiacos won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals The draw for this round took place on 17 March 2015.
Summary
Matches
Olympiacos won 4–1 on aggregate.
Skoda Xanthi won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Igor Angulo Apollon Smyrnis62 Stelios Kritikos Chania53 Dimitris Kolovos Panionios4 Luka Milivojević Olympiacos Karim Soltani Skoda Xanthi6 Mayron George OFI3 Franco Jara Olympiacos Jorge Benítez Mattheos Maroukakis Panachaiki Jimmy Durmaz Olympiacos Christos Aravidis AEK Athens Konstantinos Pangalos Chania Kostas Fortounis Olympiacos
References
External links 2014–15 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site (Greek)