1939–40 Greek Football Cup

1939–40 Greek Cup
Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	73
Defending champions	AEK Athens
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (1st title)
Runner-up	Aris
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	296 (3.79 per match)
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939–40 Greek Football Cup was the fourth edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 2 June 1940. The match was contested by Panathinaikos and Aris, with Panathinaikos winning by 3–1.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	19 November 1939	20	73 → 53	65
Second Round		14	53 → 39	none
Third Round		12	39 → 27	none
Fourth Round		7	27 → 20	none
Fifth Round		4	20 → 17	none
Sixth Round		1	17 → 16	none
Round of 16		9	16 → 8	8
Quarter-finals		6	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals		4	4 → 2	none
Final	2 June 1940	1	2 → 1	none

Qualification round

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athens Football Clubs Association
Olympias Athens	2–1	Olympiacos Athens
Arion Kolonaki	1–0	Attikos
AO Kifisia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Panerythraikos
Ilisiakos	3–8	Mirkasiatiki Athens
Atlas Thymarakia	1–5	AE Ierapolis
Dapfni Athens	bye
Atromitos	bye
Asteras Athens	bye
Athinaikos	bye
AE Pangrati	bye
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Panelefsiniakos	3–2	Atromitos Piraeus
AEK Piraeus	3–7	Amyna Piraeus
Keramikos	bye
E.F. Neapoli	bye
Argonaftis Piraeus	bye
Aris Piraeus	bye
Thiseas Piraeus	bye
Proodeftiki	bye
Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Aetos Papafi	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos Terpsithea
Armeniki Enosi	2–6	Ethnikos Kamaras
Makedonikos	bye
MENT	bye
Hellas Florina	bye
Patras Football Clubs Association
Panegialios	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Apollon Patras
Iraklis Patra	2–4	Ethnikos Patra
Achilleus Patra	1–2	Aris Patra
Panachaiki	bye
Olympiakos Patras	bye
Ethnikos Aigio	bye
Asteras Patra	bye
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Iraklis Volos	5–1	Odysseus Volos
PAEK	0–2^*	Kentavros Volos
Olympiacos Volos	bye
Niki Volos	bye
Apollon Volos	bye
Crete Football Clubs Association
Ergotelis	3–2	OFI
EGOH	bye
Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Apollon Serres	1–5	Ethnikos Sidirokastro
AEK Kavala	5–1	Aris Drama
Doxa Drama	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Elpis Drama
Iraklis Serres	bye
Iraklis Kavalas	bye
Filipi Kavala	bye
Thrace Football Clubs Association
AE Komotini	5–1	AE Alexandroupoli
Aspida Xanthi	3–2	AE Xanthi

^*The match was suspended at the 70th minute due to player incidends. That remained as the final score

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athens Football Clubs Association
AE Ierapolis	1–0	Mirkasiatiki Athens
Arion Kolonaki	?	AO Kifisia
Olympias Athens	bye
Dapfni Athens	bye
Atromitos	bye
Asteras Athens	bye
Athinaikos	bye
AE Pangrati	bye
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Panelefsiniakos	2–1	Amyna Piraeus
Keramikos	7–3	E.F. Neapoli
Argonaftis Piraeus	bye
Aris Piraeus	bye
Thiseas Piraeus	bye
Proodeftiki	bye
Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Olympiacos Terpsithea	2–3	Ethnikos Kamaras
Makedonikos	bye
MENT	bye
Hellas Florina	bye
Patras Football Clubs Association
Panachaiki	2–1	Apollon Patras
Olympiakos Patras	1–0	Aris Patra
Ethnikos Aigio	1–5	Ethnikos Patra
Asteras Patra	bye
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Niki Volos	2–0^* (w/o)	Apollon Volos
Olympiacos Volos	bye
Kentavros Volos	bye
Iraklis Volos	bye
Crete Football Clubs Association
Ergotelis	?	EGOH
Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Iraklis Serres	9–0	Ethnikos Sidirokastro
AEK Kavala	?	Iraklis Kavalas
Doxa Drama	1–0	Filipi Kavala
Thrace Football Clubs Association
Aspida Xanthi	1–0	AE Komotini

^*Apollon Volos won 1–2 after extra time but Niki Volos put an objection for illegal use of a player of Apollon and was awarded the match.

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athens Football Clubs Association
Olympias Athens	0–1	Arion Kolonaki
AE Ierapolis	bye
Dapfni Athens	bye
Atromitos	bye
Asteras Athens	bye
Athinaikos	bye
AE Pangrati	bye
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Panelefsiniakos	7–0	Argonaftis Piraeus
Keramikos	4–3	Aris Piraeus
Thiseas Piraeus	?	Proodeftiki
Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Makedonikos	3–1	Ethnikos Kamaras
MENT	3–0	Hellas Florina
Patras Football Clubs Association
Panachaiki	4–1	Ethnikos Patra
Olympiakos Patras	2–1	Asteras Patra
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Olympiacos Volos	9–1	Iraklis Volos
Niki Volos	6–3	Kentavros Volos
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Iraklis Serres	?	Iraklis Kavalas
Doxa Drama	3–0	Aspida Xanthi

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athens Football Clubs Association
Dapfni Athens	1–0	AE Ierapolis
Atromitos	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Arion Kolonaki
Athinaikos	2–1	Asteras Athens
AE Pangrati	bye
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Keramikos	3–2	Panelefsiniakos
Proodeftiki	bye
Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Makedonikos	0–1	MENT
Patras Football Clubs Association
Panachaiki	1–2	Olympiakos Patras
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Niki Volos	0–2	Olympiacos Volos

Fifth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athens Football Clubs Association
AE Pangrati	5–2	Athinaikos
Dapfni Athens	1–0	Atromitos
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
Keramikos	1–4	Proodeftiki	0–0 (a.e.t.)	1–4

Sixth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athens Football Clubs Association
AE Pangrati	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dapfni Athens

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. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
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			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

Panathinaikos		6

Iraklis Serres		1
			Panathinaikos	1	4

			Apollon Athens	1	1
Ethnikos Heraklion		0

Apollon Athens (w/o)		2
						Panathinaikos		1

						Ethnikos Piraeus		0
Olympiacos Patra		1

Ethnikos Piraeus		2
			Ethnikos Piraeus		1

			Olympiacos		0
Olympiacos		4

MENT		2
									Panathinaikos	3

									Aris	1
PAOK		3

AE Pangrati		0
			PAOK	1	1

			Aris	1	2
Doxa Drama	1	2

Aris	1	4
						Aris	2	3

						AEK Athens	2	0
AEK Athens		5

Proodeftiki		1
			AEK Athens		5

			Olympiacos Volos		1
Olympiacos Volos		3

Iraklis		1

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	4–2	MENT
Panathinaikos	6–1	Iraklis Serres
Doxa Drama	3–5	Aris	1–1 (a.e.t.)	2–4
AEK Athens	5–1	Proodeftiki
PAOK	3–0	AE Pangrati
Olympiacos Volos	3–1	Iraklis
Olympiacos Patra	1–2	Ethnikos Piraeus
Ethnikos Heraklion	0–2 (w/o)	Apollon Athens

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	2–3	Aris	1–1 (a.e.t.)	1–2
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0	Olympiacos
Panathinaikos	5–2	Apollon Athens	1–1 (a.e.t.)	4–1
AEK Athens	5–1	Olympiacos Volos