1975–76 Greek Football Cup

1975–76 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	56
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	Iraklis (1st title)
Runner-up	Olympiacos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	169 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Christos Ardizoglou Dimitrios Gesios Maik Galakos (5 goals each)

The 1975–76 Greek Football Cup was the 34th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at AEK Stadium, on 9 June 1976. The match was contested by Iraklis and Olympiacos, with Iraklis winning by 6–5 on penalty shoot-out, after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	2 November 1975	27	56 → 28	56
Second Round	8 February 1976	12	28 → 16	none
Round of 16	10 March 1976	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	21 April 1976	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	12 May 1976	2	4 → 2	none
Final	9 June 1976	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. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time the winner emerges by 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.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kastoria	0–3	Aris
Kavala	2–0 (w/o)	Panelefsiniakos
Panathinaikos	3–2	Almopos Aridea
AEL	2–1	Amfiali
Veria	2–2 (6–7 p)	Iraklis
Olympiacos Liosia	1–0	Panserraikos
Naoussa	2–1	Rodos
Xanthi	0–3	Doxa Drama
Chalkida	1–0	Korinthos
AEK Athens	7–0	PAO Agios Dimitrios
Panachaiki	3–1	Kalamata
Orfeas Egaleo	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Chania
Kozani	2–0	Egaleo
PAOK	4–0	Levadiakos
Anagennisi Karditsa	1–0	Atromitos Piraeus
Olympiacos Volos	4–0	Rigas Feraios
Fostiras	0–0 (6–5 p)	Apollon Athens
Trikala	3–1	Ethnikos Asteras
Ilisiakos	0–3	PAS Giannina
Atromitos	5–1	Panthrakikos
Olympiacos	3–0	Proodeftiki
Koropi	0–1	Panionios
Ionikos	3–2	Panarkadikos
Kampaniakos	0–0 (4–3 p)	Anagennisi Epanomi
Akrites Sykies	1–3	Ethnikos Piraeus
Panetolikos	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Pandramaikos
OFI	2–1	Lamia
A.F.C. Patra	0–1	Pierikos

Bracket

	Second round					Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Panetolikos (bye)
						Panetolikos (a.e.t.)	2
						OFI	1
	OFI		2
	Atromitos		0
										Panetolikos	1
										Iraklis	7
	Trikala (bye)
						Trikala	0
						Iraklis	1
	Iraklis		1
	Pierikos		0
														Iraklis	3
														Panathinaikos	2
	Panathinaikos		2
	Kavala		1
						Panathinaikos	1
						Chania	0
	Chania (a.e.t.)		1
	Kozani		0
										Panathinaikos	3
										Aris	1
	Ionikos		0
	Aris		2
						Aris	3
						AEL	1
	Kampaniakos		1
	AEL		4
																		Iraklis (p)	4(6)
																		Olympiacos	4(5)
	Fostiras (bye)
						Fostiras	2
						Doxa Drama	1
	Doxa Drama		2
	Panachaiki		0
										Fostiras	0
										AEK Athens	1
	AEK Athens		2
	Anagennisi Karditsa		1
						AEK Athens	6
						Olympiacos Liosia	0
	Naoussa		0
	Olympiacos Liosia		1
														AEK Athens	2
														Olympiacos	3
	Olympiacos		1
	Ethnikos Piraeus		0
						Olympiacos (p)	1(6)
						PAOK	1(5)
	PAOK		2
	PAS Giannina		0
										Olympiacos	3
										Panionios	1
	Chalkida (bye)
						Chalkida	1
						Panionios	2
	Panionios (a.e.t.)		4
	Olympiacos Volos		1

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
PAOK	2–0	PAS Giannina
Ionikos	0–2	Aris
Kampaniakos	1–4	AEL
AEK Athens	2–1	Anagennisi Karditsa
Chania	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kozani
Olympiacos	1–0	Ethnikos Piraeus
OFI	2–0	Atromitos
Doxa Drama	2–0	Panachaiki
Panionios	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos Volos
Iraklis	1–0	Pierikos
Panathinaikos	2–1	Kavala
Naoussa	0–1	Olympiacos Liosia
Panetolikos	bye
Fostiras	bye
Trikala	bye
Chalkida	bye

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Trikala	0–1	Iraklis
Olympiacos	1–1 (6–5 p)	PAOK
Aris	3–1	AEL
Fostiras	2–1	Doxa Drama
Panetolikos	2–1 (a.e.t.)	OFI
Panathinaikos	1–0	Chania
AEK Athens	6–0	Olympiakos Neon Liosion
Chalkida	1–2	Panionios

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	3–1	Aris
Olympiacos	3–1	Panionios
Fostiras	0–1	AEK Athens
Panetolikos	1–7	Iraklis

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Iraklis	3–2	Panathinaikos
AEK Athens	2–3	Olympiacos

Final

Main article: 1976 Greek Football Cup final

9 June 1976

21:00 EEST

Iraklis	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos
Hatzipanagis 25', 102' Kousoulakis 72' Gesios 111'	Report	Siokos 60' Viera 81' Karavitis 115' Glezos 119'
Penalties
Sentelidis Antonijević Christoforidis Pontikis Hatzipanagis Kousoulakis Touboglou	6–5	Kyrastas Karavitis Stavropoulos Vasilopoulos Synetopoulos Glezos Siokos

AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia

Attendance: 24,871

Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

External links

• Greek Cup 1975-76 at RSSSF