1956–57 Greek Football Cup

1956–57 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Defending champions	AEK Athens
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (6th title)
Runner-up	Iraklis
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Andreas Stamatiadis (8 goals)

The 1956–57 Greek Football Cup was the 15th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 29 July 1957. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Iraklis, with Olympiacos winning by 2–0.

Calendar

From Round of 32 onwards:

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Round of 32	23 June 1957	14	32 → 16	none
Round of 16	21 July 1957	9	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	25 August 1957	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	1957	2	4 → 2	none
Final	8 September 1957	1	2 → 1	none

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. If a winner doesn't occur after the replay match the winner emerges by a flip of a coin.

Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Olympiacos Chalkida	1
	AEK Athens	2
					AEK Athens		2
					Aris		1
	Aris	3
	Makedonikos	1
										AEK Athens	0
										Olympiacos	1
	Panargiakos	1
	Olympiacos	7
					Olympiacos		3
					Panionios		1
	Neos Asteras Rethymno	1
	Panionios	7
														Olympiacos	1
														Panathinaikos	0
	Panathinaikos	1
	Asteras Athens	0
					Panathinaikos		2
					Athinaikos		0
	Anagennisi Karditsa	0
	Athinaikos	3
										Panathinaikos	2
										Fostiras	1
	Asteras Patras	1
	Panachaiki	0
					Asteras Patras	1	1
					Fostiras (a.e.t.)	1	2
	OFI	0
	Fostiras	2
																		Olympiacos	2
																		Iraklis	0
	Iraklis (w/o)	2
	Ethnikos Piraeus	0
					Iraklis		5
					Doxa Drama		2
	Doxa Drama	3
	Ermis Veria	0
										Iraklis	3
										Aspida Xanthi	0
	Aspida Xanthi (a.e.t.)	4
	Orfeas Xanthi	1
					Aspida Xanthi		3
					Diagoras		1
	Diagoras	1
	PAOK	0
														Iraklis	2
														Apollon Athens	1
	Niki Volos	4
	Olympiacos Volos	2
					Niki Volos (a.e.t.)		3
					Apollon Kalamarias		2
	Iraklis Kavala	1
	Apollon Kalamarias	2
										Niki Volos	1
										Apollon Athens	2
	Apollon Athens	7
	Ethnikos Asteras	1
					Apollon Athens		5
					Atromitos Piraeus		0
	Olympiacos Loutraki	0
	Atromitos Piraeus (w/o)	2

Round of 32

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Aris	3–1	Makedonikos
Asteras Patras	1–0	Panachaiki
Olympiacos Chalkida	1–2	AEK Athens
Olympiacos Loutraki	0–2 (w/o)	Atromitos Piraeus
Niki Volos	4–2	Olympiacos Volos
Iraklis Kavala	1–2	Apollon Kalamarias
OFI	0–2	Fostiras
Diagoras	1–0	PAOK
Aspida Xanthi	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Orfeas Xanthi
Iraklis	2–0 (w/o)	Ethnikos Piraeus
Apollon Athens	7–1	Ethnikos Asteras
Neos Asteras Rethymno	1–7	Panionios
Doxa Drama	3–0	Ermis Veria
Anagennisi Karditsa	0–3	Athinaikos
Panargiakos	1–7	Olympiacos
Panathinaikos	1–0	Asteras Athens

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aspida Xanthi	3–1	Diagoras
Iraklis	5–2	Doxa Drama
Olympiacos	3–1	Panionios
Apollon Athens	5–0	Atromitos Piraeus
Asteras Patras	2–3	Fostiras	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Panathinaikos	2–0	Athinaikos
AEK Athens	2–1	Aris
Niki Volos	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Apollon Kalamarias

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Iraklis	3–0	Aspida Xanthi
AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos
Panathinaikos	2–1	Fostiras
Niki Volos	1–2	Apollon Athens

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	2–1	Panathinaikos
Iraklis	2–1	Apollon Athens

Final

Main article: 1957 Greek Football Cup final

29 July 1957^*

Olympiacos	2–0	Iraklis
Kotridis 38' Yfantis 73'	Report (page 3)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

*According to the Greek FA's official site, the match was played on 30 July.

External links

• Greek Cup 1956-57 at RSSSF