1999–2000 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	56
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	AEK Athens (12th title)
Runner-up	Ionikos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	160
Top goal scorer(s)	Demis Nikolaidis (11 goals)
←  1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup was the 58th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details

Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 20 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.

This year came back the Group stage, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second, after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.

Final was contested by AEK Athens, who previously eliminated rivals Olympiacos and Ionikos, for their first and only time in history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from the Group stage in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.

AEK Athens easily won the game 3-0 ^{[1] [2]} and earned their 12th cup in club's history. A remarkable moment of the final was at 32nd minute while score was at 0–0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the field, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what happened. As a result, the referee changed his decision, canceled the goal and gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final. ^[3]

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Group stage	7, 21, 29 August & 13, 27 October 1999	135	56 → 20	54
Additional Round	10 November, 19 December 1999	4	20 → 16	2
Round of 16	12, 13 January 2000	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	9, 10, 16, 17 February & 1, 2, 8, 9 March 2000	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	5, 12, 19 April 2000	4	4 → 2	none
Final	10 May 2000	1	2 → 1	none

Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win gained 3 points, each draw gained 1 point, and each loss did not gain any points.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAO	ION	LEO	PNT	KER	IAL
1	Panathinaikos	5	5	0	0	18	1	+17	15	Round of 16			1–0	4–0	5–1	—	—
2	Ionikos	5	3	0	2	13	5	+8	9	Additional Round		—		—	3–0	3–2	6–0
3	Leonidio	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9			—	2–1		—	1–0	3–0
4	Panetolikos	5	3	0	2	6	8	−2	9			—	—	1–0		2–0	—
5	Keratsini	5	1	0	4	5	10	−5	3			0–3	—	—	—		3–1
6	Ialysos	5	0	0	5	1	19	−18	0			0–5	—	—	0–2	—

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAOK	AGE	OLV	VER	POS	PNC
1	PAOK	5	5	0	0	13	0	+13	15	Round of 16			2–0	—	1–0	—	5–0
2	Agersani	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7			—		1–0	—	3–1	2–2
3	Olympiacos Volos	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	7			0–2	—		2–1	—	—
4	Veria	5	2	0	3	8	6	+2	6			—	1–0	—		4–0	—
5	Poseidon Michaniona	5	1	1	3	4	11	−7	4			0–3	—	1–1	—		—
6	Panachaiki	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	4			—	—	0–1	3–2	0–1

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OFI	PRO	NIK	AOAN	DOX	ASA
1	OFI	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9	13	Round of 16			—	4–1	2–0	—	3–0
2	Proodeftiki	5	2	3	0	5	2	+3	9			0–0		—	—	1–0	2–0
3	Niki Volos	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	7			—	1–1		4–0	—	—
4	Agios Nikolaos	5	2	1	2	7	10	−3	7			—	1–1	—		—	2–1
5	Doxa Vyronas	5	1	0	4	3	9	−6	3			0–1	—	0–3	2–4		—
6	Anagennisi Karditsa	5	1	0	4	4	10	−6	3			—	—	3–2	—	0–1

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARIS	PGSS	PNG	APK	KIL	THE
1	Aris	5	3	1	1	11	2	+9	10	Round of 16			—	5–1	0–0	1–0	—
2	Panionios	5	3	1	1	14	8	+6	10	Additional Round		1–0		—	2–2	—	5–0
3	Panegialios	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7			—	3–4		2–1	—	—
4	Apollon Kalamarias	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6			—	—	—		1–0	1–1
5	Kilkisiakos	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5			—	3–2	0–0	—		—
6	Thesprotos	5	0	2	3	4	15	−11	2			0–5	—	2–3	—	1–1

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ETA	PNI	ATR	KLT	CHL	ETP
1	Ethnikos Asteras	5	4	0	1	13	10	+3	12	Round of 16			4–3	—	—	3–1	4–3
2	Paniliakos	5	3	1	1	15	4	+11	10	Additional Round		—		1–0	5–0	—	6–0
3	Atromitos	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	10			2–0	—		1–1	—	—
4	Kallithea	5	1	2	2	10	11	−1	5			1–2	—	—		—	7–2
5	Chalkidona	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	3			—	0–0	0–1	1–1		—
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	5	0	1	4	9	22	−13	1			—	—	0–1	—	4–4

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAV	IRA	AEL	PNS	ETK	KOZ
1	Kavala	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7	13	Additional Round			0–0	—	4–1	1–0	—
2	Iraklis	5	3	2	0	14	4	+10	11	Round of 16		—		3–1	3–1	—	7–1
3	AEL	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5			0–1	—		0–0	—	—
4	Panserraikos	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5			—	—	—		3–0	1–1
5	Ethnikos Katerini	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4			—	1–1	1–3	—		1–1
6	Kozani	5	0	2	3	4	15	−11	2			0–2	—	2–2	—	—

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	PAS	XAN	NAO	EDE	AKV
1	Olympiacos	5	5	0	0	16	2	+14	15	Additional Round			2–1	—	5–0	—	2–0
2	PAS Giannina	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12			—		2–0	5–0	—	—
3	Skoda Xanthi	5	2	0	3	10	9	+1	6			1–5	—		3–0	5–0	—
4	Naoussa	5	2	0	3	4	14	−10	6			—	—	—		3–1	1–0
5	Edessaikos	5	1	0	4	4	14	−10	3			0–2	1–3	—	—		2–1
6	Apollon Krya Vrysi	5	1	0	4	3	9	−6	3			—	0–3	2–1	—	—

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	TRI	EGA	ATH	AKR	KAR
1	AEK Athens	5	5	0	0	20	3	+17	15	Round of 16			—	6–1	3–0	3–0	—
2	Trikala	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12			1–2		1–0	—	—	2–0
3	Egaleo	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6			—	—		—	4–1	2–0
4	Athinaikos	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5			—	2–3	2–1		—	—
5	Akratitos	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4			—	1–2	—	1–1		—
6	A.O.Karditsa	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1			1–6	—	—	1–1	1–2

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KLM	NFP	APA	PNE	LYK	PIE
1	Kalamata	5	4	0	1	10	2	+8	12	Round of 16			4–0	1–2	—	—	1–0
2	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	5	3	1	1	9	8	+1	10			—		2–1	3–1	1–1	—
3	Apollon Athens	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10			—	—		2–2	1–0	1–0
4	Panelefsiniakos	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5			0–1	—	—		—	1–1
5	ILTEX Lykoi	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4			0–2	—	—	0–2		—
6	Pierikos	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1			—	1–3	—	—	2–4

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• Marko and A.S. Neapoli qualified to the additional round without matches.

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the first three rounds and the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the first three rounds and the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
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.

Additional round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
A.S. Neapoli	2–1	PAS Giannina
Paniliakos	0–1	Olympiacos
Kavala	1–2	Panionios
Ionikos	4–1	Marko

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	AEK Athens	6
	Trikala	0
					Olympiacos	1	0	1
					AEK Athens	1	3	4
	Olympiacos	2
	PAOK	1
											AEK Athens	4	1	5
											Panionios	1	2	3
	Aris ( p)	1(4)
	Panathinaikos	1(2)
					Aris	0	0	0
					Panionios	0	2	2
	Ethnikos Asteras	3(4)
	Panionios ( p)	3(5)
																	AEK Athens	3
																	Ionikos	0
	OFI	3
	Agersani	0
					OFI	1	0	1
					Kalamata	0	3	3
	Kalamata	3
	Proodeftiki	0
											Kalamata	0	2	2
											Ionikos	2	4	6
	Ionikos	4
	Iraklis	2
					Ionikos	8	1	9
					Nafpaktiakos Asteras	0	2	2
	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	1
	A.S. Neapoli	0

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AEK Athens	6–0	Trikala
Nafpaktiakos Asteras	1–0	A.S. Neapoli
OFI	3–0	Agersani
Ethnikos Asteras	3–3 (4–5 p)	Panionios
Kalamata	3–0	Proodeftiki
Ionikos	4–2	Iraklis
Olympiacos	2–1	PAOK
Aris	1–1 (4–2 p)	Panathinaikos

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ionikos	9–2	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	8–0	1–2
Aris	0–2	Panionios	0–0	0–2
Olympiacos	1–4	AEK Athens	1–1	0–3
OFI	1–3	Kalamata	1–0	0–3

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	5–3	Panionios	4–1	1–2
Kalamata	2–6	Ionikos	0–2	2–4

Matches

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Ionikos won 6–2 on aggregate.

Final

The 56th Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.

AEK Athens

Ionikos

GK  1 Ilias Atmatsidis ( c) DF  2 Traianos Dellas DF 32 Michalis Kapsis DF 25 Ioannis Kalitzakis  85' MF 14 Akis Zikos  25' MF 28 Milen Petkov MF 23 Vasilis Lakis MF 17 Michalis Kasapis MF 10 Dragan Ćirić  70' FW 20 Sotiris Konstantinidis  81' FW 11 Demis Nikolaidis  35' Substitutes: GK 15 Chrisostomos Michailidis DF 12 Charis Kopitsis DF 21 Vaios Karagiannis  70' MF  6 Dimitris Markos MF  7 Christos Maladenis  81' MF  8 Toni Savevski  85' MF 18 Evripidis Katsavos Manager: Giannis Pathiakakis

GK 15 Foto Strakosha DF  3 Theodoros Pahatouridis   70' DF  7 Giorgos Daraklitsas DF  2 Trond Inge Haugland   11' DF  5 Giannis Xanthopoulos ( c)   65' MF 21 Dimitris Deligiannis MF  8 Mohammad Nasser Afash   32' MF 17 Sokratis Ofrydopoulos   70'   75' MF 10 Paulinho Kobayashi   35'   59' FW  9 Craig Brewster FW 23 Zizi Roberts Substitutes: GK 32 Chrysostomos Veniamin DF 12 Apostolos Tsoptsis DF 14 Giannis Gyrichidis   70' MF 16 Giorgos Staboulis MF 20 Martín Rodríguez MF 37 Marcelo Leopaldi   88'   75' FW 29 Darío Muchotrigo   59' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Groutsis Kourkounas

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Demis Nikolaidis	AEK Athens	11
2	Paulinho Kobayashi	Ionikos	5
	Darío Muchotrigo
4	Srđan Cerović	Kallithea	4
	Isaak Almanidis	Paniliakos
	Takis Gonias
	Christos Maladenis	AEK Athens
	Slobodan Krčmarević	Panionios
	Dragan Ćirić	AEK Athens
10	Stavros Labriakos	Apollon Athens	3
	Giovanni	Olympiacos
	Milan Pavlović	Ethnikos Asteras
	Nikolaos Frousos	PAOK
	Kelvin Sebwe	Iraklis
	Michalis Konstantinou
	Dimitrios Nalitzis	Panionios
	Craig Brewster	Ionikos
	Trond Inge Haugland
	Stelios Giannakopoulos	Olympiacos
	Alexis Alexandris
	Vasilios Lakis	AEK Athens
	Dimitris Markos

References

External links

• Greek Cup 1999–2000 at RSSSF
• Greek Cup 1999–2000 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site