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2020–21 Greek Football Cup

The 2020–21 Greek Football Cup was the 79th edition of the Greek Football Cup. It took place with the participation of the 14 clubs from the Super League 1, as there was no competitive action in the lower divisions (Super League 2, Football League and Gamma Ethniki) until early January due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hellenic Football Federation decided that the Cup would be held with the participation of teams only from the Super League, which was running normally.[1] The winner of the Cup qualified for the next season's Europa Conference League third qualifying round.

Calendar

Bracket

First round

The draw for this round took place on 5 January 2021.[2]

Summary

Matches

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
AEL FC Arena, Larissa
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Chalkidiki)

PAOK won 7–1 on aggregate.

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria)
Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Argolida)

Volos won 3–1 on aggregate.

Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)

PAS Giannina won 5–4 on aggregate.

Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Aris won 4–0 on aggregate.

Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Chalkidiki)
Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Rizoupoli
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

Panetolikos Stadium, Agrinio
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas (Grevena)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)

Olympiacos won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 5 February 2021.[3] Shortly afterwards, Olympiacos vice-president Kostas Karapapas and Aris president Theodoros Karypidis both implied that the draw was fixed and claimed that some of the balls used during the procedure by the HFF representative and chairman of the Greek Cup Committee Manos Gavrielidis were previously heated.[4] Gavrielidis stated that there was a livestream of the draw and everything was performed according to the restrictions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic which forbade the presence of club representatives, a rule that was also applied in the previous round's draw.[5] The HFF issued a statement later that day denouncing the accusation as ridiculous and absurd.[6] Olympiacos issued a statement in response, insisting that the draw was fixed by the Federation and accusing the HFF representatives of being corrupt and responsible for the total degradation of the competition and of Greek football in general.[7]

Summary

Matches

Toumba, Thessaloniki
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Lamia Municipal Stadium, Lamia
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos (Argolida)

PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia)
Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.

Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panetolikos Stadium, Agrinio
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

The match was held at Panetolikos Stadium due to the inappropriateness of the Zosimades Stadium.[8]

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

PAS Giannina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 16 March 2021.[9]

Summary

Matches

Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Olympiacos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)

PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Top scorers

References

  1. ^ "Αποφάσεις Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής" [Decisions of the Executive Committee]. EPO - Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Κύπελλο Ελλάδος: αποτελέσματα κλήρωσης". EPO - Hellenic Football Federation. 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Κύπελλο Ελλάδος: Τα ζευγάρια της προημιτελικής φάσης". EPO - Hellenic Football Federation. 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος: Αντιδράσεις Ολυμπιακού και Αρη, η απάντηση του ΠΑΟΚ" [Greek Football Cup draw: Olympiacos and Aris reactions, PAOK response]. iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Κλήρωση 7ης φάσης Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος 2020–21 (video)" [2020–21 Greek Football Cup quarter-finals draw (video)]. EPO - Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Ανακοίνωση της Ελληνικής Ποδοσφαιρικής Ομοσπονδίας" [Statement of the Hellenic Football Federation]. EPO - Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός" [PAE Olympiacos statement]. olympiacos.org (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Στο Αγρίνιο ο πρώτος προημιτελικός Κυπέλλου μεταξύ ΠΑΣ και Παναθηναϊκού".
  9. ^ "Κλήρωση ημιτελικής φάσης Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος 2020–21 (video)" [2020–21 Greek Football Cup semi-finals draw (video)]. EPO - Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.