2007–08 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	69
Defending champions	AEL
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (23rd title)
Runner-up	Aris
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Top goal scorer(s)	Giorgos Zacharopoulos (5 goals)
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The 2007–08 Greek Football Cup was the 66th edition of the Greek Football Cup. 69 club entries were accepted for the competition. The competition culminated with the Greek Football Cup Final, held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, on 17 May 2008. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Aris, with Olympiacos winning by 2–0. ^{[1] [2]}

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries	Leagues entering
First Round	1, 2, 5 September 2007	17	69 → 52	35	Gamma Ethniki
Second Round	8, 9 September 2007	18	52 → 34	18	Beta Ethniki
Additional Round	26 September 2007	2	34 → 32	none	none
Round of 32	9–11, 30, 31 October, 1 November & 5 December 2007	16	32 → 16	16	Super League
Round of 16	9, 16 January 2008	9	16 → 8	none	none
Quarter-finals	27, 28 February & 5, 19, 20 March 2008	8	8 → 4
Semi-finals	2, 16 April 2008	4	4 → 2
Final	17 May 2008	1	2 → 1

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was played by 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. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were 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 round of 16, if the score was level at the end of normal time the two-legged rule was applied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the second round, the teams from the second division are seeded and the winners from the first round were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
• In the draw for the Round of 32 onwards, the teams from the first division are seeded and the winners from the previous rounds were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
• In the draws for the Round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the different group can be drawn against each other.

First round

The draw took place on 20 August 2007. ^[3]

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 September 2007
Niki Volos	2–1	Acharnaikos
Anagennisi Giannitsa	0–0 (2–4 p)	Preveza
Aiolikos	0–0 (4–5 p)	Ilioupoli
Atsalenios	1–0	Doxa Drama
Fostiras	5–1	Thiva
Neos Asteras Rethymno	0–2	Messiniakos
Diagoras	3–0	Thyella Patra
2 September 2007
Eordaikos 2007	2–1	Anagennisi Karditsa
Lamia	1–1 (3–4 p)	PAONE
Thraki Enosi	1–0	AE Giannena
Polykastro	1–0 ( a.e.t.)	Vyzas Megara
Olympiacos Volos	2–0 ( a.e.t.)	Panachaiki 2005
Anagennisi Arta	4–0	Panegialios
Korinthos	0–0 (4–1 p)	Koropi
Ethnikos Katerini	0–0 (4–1 p)	Kavala
Prosotsani	1–2	Thermaikos Thermis
5 September 2007
Aias Salamina	2–1	Rodos
N/A
Panetolikos	bye

Matches

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Second round

The draw took place on 20 August 2007, after the First Round draw. ^[3]

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 September 2007
Atsalenios	1–0	Panthrakikos
Messiniakos	0–0 (4–3 p)	Panserraikos
Diagoras	2–0	Chaidari
Ethnikos Katerini	1–0	Kerkyra
Niki Volos	0–2	Egaleo
PAONE	1–2 ( a.e.t.)	Thrasyvoulos
9 September 2007
Ilioupoli	1–0	Pierikos
Thraki Enosi	1–2	ASK Olympiacos
Fostiras	2–1	PAS Giannena
Polykastro	2–4 ( a.e.t.)	Agrotikos Asteras
Olympiacos Volos	3–1 ( a.e.t.)	Ilisiakos
Anagennisi Arta	3–4	Ethnikos Asteras
Korinthos	1–2	Agios Dimitrios
Thermaikos Thermis	1–2 ( a.e.t.)	Kastoria
Panetolikos	4–0	Ionikos
Eordaikos 2007	0–2	Kallithea
Aias Salamina	0–2	Ethnikos Piraeus
Preveza	0–0 (4–2 p)	Kalamata

Matches

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Additional round

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 September 2007
Panetolikos	1–2	Fostiras
Messiniakos	3–0	Atsalenios

Matches

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Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Thrasyvoulos	4
	PAOK	2
					Thrasyvoulos			3
					Preveza			0
	Preveza ( w/o)	3
	Veria	0
											Thrasyvoulos	1	3	4
											AEL	0	1	1
	Kallithea	1
	Apollon Kalamarias	2
					Apollon Kalamarias			1
					AEL			2
	Ilioupoli	0
	AEL	4
																	Thrasyvoulos	2	1	3
																	Olympiacos	3	3	6
	Diagoras	1
	Olympiacos	2
					Olympiacos			4
					Panathinaikos			0
	Ethnikos Asteras	1
	Panathinaikos	3
											Olympiacos	2	2	4
											Iraklis	0	2	2
	Olympiacos Volos	0
	Iraklis	1
					Iraklis			1
					Panionios			0
	Kastoria	2
	Panionios	3
																							Olympiacos	2
																							Aris	0
	Egaleo	1
	Skoda Xanthi	2
					Skoda Xanthi			2
					AEK Athens			0
	Fostiras	0
	AEK Athens	2
											Skoda Xanthi	0	0	0
											Aris	0	1	1
	Ethnikos Katerini	1
	Levadiakos	0
					Ethnikos Katerini			0
					Aris			3
	Agios Dimitrios	0
	Aris ( a.e.t.)	1
																	Aris	1	2	3
																	Atromitos	0	1	1
	Messiniakos	0
	Asteras Tripolis	2
					Asteras Tripolis			0
					Atromitos			1
	ASK Olympiacos	1(5)
	Atromitos ( p)	1(6)
											Atromitos	3	1	4
											OFI	1	2	3
	Agrotikos Asteras	1
	Ergotelis	0
					Agrotikos Asteras	1	0	1
					OFI	1	5	6
	Ethnikos Piraeus	1
	OFI ( a.e.t.)	2

Round of 32

The draw took place on 20 August 2007. ^[3]

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–2 ( a.e.t.)	OFI
Preveza	3–0 ( w/o)	Veria
Ilioupoli	0–4	AEL
Olympiacos Volos	0–1	Iraklis
Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	Panathinaikos
Agios Dimitrios	0–1 ( a.e.t.)	Aris
Ethnikos Katerini	1–0	Levadiakos
Kastoria	2–3	Panionios
Kallithea	1–2	Apollon Kalamarias
Egaleo	1–2	Skoda Xanthi
Thrasyvoulos	4–2	PAOK
ASK Olympiacos	1–1 (5–6 p)	Atromitos
Agrotikos Asteras	1–0	Ergotelis
Diagoras	1–2	Olympiacos
Fostiras	0–2	AEK Athens
Messiniakos	0–2	Asteras Tripolis

Matches

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Veria won the match by 1–2, but eventually forfeited due to breaching of the rules.

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Round of 16

The draw took place on 13 December 2007. ^[4]

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thrasyvoulos	3–0	Preveza
Ethnikos Katerini	0–3	Aris
Iraklis	1–0	Panionios
Apollon Kalamarias	1–2	AEL
Olympiacos	4–0	Panathinaikos
Asteras Tripolis	0–1	Atromitos
Agrotikos Asteras	1–6	OFI	1–1	0–5
Skoda Xanthi	2–0	AEK Athens

Matches

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Replay

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 24 January 2008. ^[5]

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thrasyvoulos	4–1	AEL	1–0	3–1
Olympiacos	4–2	Iraklis	2–0	2–2
Atromitos	4–3	OFI	3–1	1–2
Skoda Xanthi	0–1	Aris	0–0	0–1

Matches

Thrasyvoulos won 4–1 on aggregate

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Olympiacos won 4–2 on aggregate

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Atromitos won 4–3 on aggregate

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Aris won 1–0 on aggregate

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 24 January 2008, after the quarter-final draw. ^[5]

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thrasyvoulos	3–6	Olympiacos	2–3	1–3
Aris	3–1	Atromitos	1–0	2–1

Matches

Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Aris won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giorgos Zacharopoulos	Fostiras	5
2	Darko Kovačević	Olympiacos	4
	Zdravko Popović	OFI
	Juan Manuel Barrientos	Thrasyvoulos
	Leonel Núñez	Olympiacos
6	Nestoras Stefanidis	Kastoria	3
	Ioakim Beniskos	Ethnikos Asteras
	Saša Jelovac	Olympiacos Volos
	Nikos Soultanidis	Agrotikos Asteras
	Kostas Mitroglou	Olympiacos
	Kostas Mendrinos
	Vladimir Ivić	Aris

References

External links

• Greek Cup 2007-08 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site