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Greek Football Cup
Organising body	Hellenic Football Federation
Founded	1931; 93 years ago
Region	Greece
Number of teams	119 (2021–22)
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Panathinaikos; (20th title)
Most successful club(s)	Olympiacos; (28 titles)
Television broadcasters	Cosmote Sport
Website	www.epo.gr
	2024–25 Greek Cup

The Greek Football Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation.^[1]

The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's football event, after the championship of Super League. The organizing authority of the institution is the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO). Since its inception in 1931 it has been held 80 times, with a cup winner being crowned on 79 occasions.^[2] The final in 1962 being the only occasion when no champion was crowned.^[3]

Olympiacos is the most successful club, having reached the final 42 times and earning 28 trophies.

History

The Greek Cup under EPO began in 1931. In its early years, entry was optional. Teams were paired against each other by the football associations, without a draw taking place. Later on, for many years, a proper draw took place and also two-legged matches were added.^{[citation needed]}

The participation of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in the 1962 final is counted for both as the presence of a finalist, since the match was stopped due to darkness in overtime (0-0). Due to the incidents between the players of the two teams, the incidents in the stands, the excessive delays and the suspicion that all this was intentional for the match to be repeated and for the teams to make bigger profits, the GGA council decided to punish the EPO with a reprimand and banned the replay of the match as a penalty for both teams^[4]^[5]^[2]

Until 1964, if the final score was a draw (including extra time), the two teams played a replay match, while penalties didn't exist. That year, in the semi-final^[6] between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos (1–1 at the time),fans of both teams stormed the pitch, damaged the football field and virtually stopped the game, believing that it was fixed to end in a draw, in order to be replayed for financial reasons. Both teams were ejected from the competition and therefore, in 1964 AEK won the title but the final match was not held. AEK also won in similar fashion in 1966 when Olympiacos did not show up in the final.^[7]

In 1965, a new rule was applied, to determine that, if the game was undecided even after extra time, the winner would be determined by the toss of a coin. Panathinaikos won this way in the 1969 final against Olympiacos^[8] . Afterwards the penalty shootout was applied. Until 1971, teams from all over the country, professional and amateur, had been taking part. Each team first played against clubs from its own association and the winners continued in a nationwide competition. Due to this, strong professional sides met amateur neighbourhood teams, sometimes beating them with high scores; a 23–0 win in an Apollon Athens vs. PAO Neas Melandias match on 23 September 1959 remains a record win for the Greek Cup until today. Since 1971, only teams from professional divisions are allowed to participate, while amateur clubs take part in the Amateur Cup.

In 1991 and 1992 the finals were two-legged matches.^[9]

One important match in the history of the competition was the 2009 final^[10] between Olympiacos and AEK (3–3 full time, 4–4 after extra time and 15–14 on penalties).

Cup Winners

11 clubs have won the Greek Cup.^[11]

1931–32: AEK (1)
1932–33: Ethnikos (1)
1938–39: AEK (2)
1939–40: Panathinaikos (1)
1946–47: Olympiacos (1)
1947–48: Panathinaikos (2)
1948–49: AEK (3)
1949–50: AEK (4)
1950–51: Olympiacos (2)
1951–52: Olympiacos (3)
1952–53: Olympiacos (4)
1953–54: Olympiacos (5)
1954–55: Panathinaikos (3)
1955–56: AEK (5)
1956–57: Olympiacos (6)
1957–58: Olympiacos (7)
1958–59: Olympiacos (8)
1959–60: Olympiacos (9)
1960–61: Olympiacos (10)
1961–62: –
1962–63: Olympiacos (11)
1963–64: AEK (6)
1964–65: Olympiacos (12)
1965–66: AEK (7)
1966–67: Panathinaikos (4)
1967–68: Olympiacos (13)
1968–69: Panathinaikos (5)
1969–70: Aris (1)
1970–71: Olympiacos (14)
1971–72: PAOK (1)
1972–73: Olympiacos (15)
1973–74: PAOK (2)
1974–75: Olympiacos (16)
1975–76: Iraklis (1)
1976–77: Panathinaikos (6)
1977–78: AEK (8)
1978–79: Panionios (1)
1979–80: Kastoria (1)
1980–81: Olympiacos (17)
1981–82: Panathinaikos (7)
1982–83: AEK (9)
1983–84: Panathinaikos (8)
1984–85: AEL (1)
1985–86: Panathinaikos (9)
1986–87: OFI (1)
1987–88: Panathinaikos (10)
1988–89: Panathinaikos (11)
1989–90: Olympiacos (18)
1990–91: Panathinaikos (12)
1991–92: Olympiacos (19)
1992–93: Panathinaikos (13)
1993–94: Panathinaikos (14)
1994–95: Panathinaikos (15)
1995–96: AEK (10)
1996–97: AEK (11)
1997–98: Panionios (2)
1998–99: Olympiacos (20)
1999–00: AEK (12)
2000–01: PAOK (3)
2001–02: AEK (13)
2002–03: PAOK (4)
2003–04: Panathinaikos (16)
2004–05: Olympiacos (21)
2005–06: Olympiacos (22)
2006–07: AEL (2)
2007–08: Olympiacos (23)
2008–09: Olympiacos (24)
2009–10: Panathinaikos (17)
2010–11: AEK (14)
2011–12: Olympiacos (25)
2012–13: Olympiacos (26)
2013–14: Panathinaikos (18)
2014–15: Olympiacos (27)
2015–16: AEK (15)
2016–17: PAOK (5)
2017–18: PAOK (6)
2018–19: PAOK (7)
2019–20: Olympiacos (28)
2020–21: PAOK (8)
2021–22: Panathinaikos (19)
2022–23: AEK (16)
2023–24: Panathinaikos (20)

Notes:
• In 1933–38 and 1940–46, the competition was not held (in 1940–41, only the first round was played).
• In 1961–62, the final match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos was abandoned and the Cup withheld.
• In 1963–64 and 1965–66, the Final was scratched.
• In 82 editions of the competition, 81 have concluded with a Cup winner, and 80 finals have been played (one was abandoned).

Performance by club

19 clubs have reached the Greek Cup final.^[12]

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runners-up years
Olympiacos	28	13^[a]	1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020	1956, 1966,^[b] 1969, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2021
Panathinaikos	20	10^[a]	1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969,^[c] 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2022, 2024	1949, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007
AEK	16	11	1932, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964,^[c] 1966,^[c] 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2023	1948, 1953, 1979, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
PAOK	8	15	1972, 1974, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021	1939, 1951, 1955, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2014, 2022, 2023
Panionios	2	4	1979, 1998	1952, 1961, 1967, 1989
AEL	2	2	1985, 2007	1982, 1984
Aris	1	9	1970	1932, 1933, 1940, 1950, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2024
Iraklis	1	4	1976	1947, 1957, 1980, 1987
OFI	1	1	1987	1990
Ethnikos	1	0	1933
Kastoria	1	0	1980
Doxa Drama	0	3		1954, 1958, 1959
Atromitos	0	2		2011, 2012
Pierikos	0	1		1963
Athinaikos	0	1		1991
Apollon Smyrni	0	1		1996
Ionikos	0	1		2000
Asteras Tripolis	0	1		2013
Xanthi	0	1		2015

^ ^a ^b In addition to this total, the 1962 final between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos was interrupted in overtime. The match was not replayed and no team was declared a cup winner. Both teams are considered finalists.^[5]
^ Qualified for the final but did not take part, with opponents AEK awarded the trophy.
^ ^a ^b ^c Awarded trophy with no final played.

Total titles won by city

11 clubs have won the Greek Football Cup, from a total of 6 cities.

City	Number of Titles	Clubs
Athens	38	Panathinaikos (20), AEK (16), Panionios (2)
Piraeus	29	Olympiacos (28), Ethnikos (1)
Thessaloniki	10	PAOK (8), Aris (1), Iraklis (1)
Larissa	2	AEL (2)
Heraklion	1	OFI (1)
Kastoria	1	Kastoria (1)