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1978–79 Greek Football Cup

The 1978–79 Greek Football Cup was the 37th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

1978–79 Greek Cup
Tournament details
CountryGreece
Teams58
Final positions
ChampionsPanionios (1st title)
Runners-upAEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored195 (3.15 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Dušan Bajević
(9 goals)

Tournament details

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Totally 58 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki and 40 from Beta Ethniki. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. That year was established for first time the two-legged tie on a home and away basis, for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, according to the model of European cups.

Up to those matches, the most exciting games were on the third round. From the 8 matches, only 2 were decided after 90 minutes. In matches between Aris and Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and PAOK, the home teams qualified on penalty shoot-out. Aris had earlier eliminated Iraklis in similar fashion.

The final was contested by the champion of that season, AEK Athens and Panionios, who qualified for a Greek Cup final after 12 years. Panionios advanced by eliminating both Aris, in quarter-finals, with a 5–1 home victory after their 5–2 away defeat, and Olympiacos, in semi-finals, with away goals rule. The surprise of the underdog was completed in the final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 9 June 1979, where Panionios won 3–1,[1] claiming their first title in history.[2]

Calendar

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RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round8, 9, 16 November 19782858 → 2958
Second Round31 January & 1 February 19791329 → 16none
Round of 1621, 22 February 1979816 → 8none
Quarter-finals14 March, 18 April 197988 → 4none
Semi-finals16, 30 May 197944 → 2none
Final9 June 197912 → 1none

Knockout phase

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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.

First round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panachaiki 3–0 Veria
Aris 3–2 Makedonikos
Korinthos 1–0 Irodotos
Kallithea 3–1 PAS Giannina
Agrotikos Asteras 1–0 Chania
Xanthi 2–0 (w/o) Anagennisi Arta
PAOK 2–1 Panelefsiniakos
Ilisiakos 0–1 Olympiacos
Anagennisi Karditsa 0–2 Rodos
Atromitos 4–1 Apollon Kalamarias
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos Liosia
AEK Athens 5–2 Kavala
Panarkadikos 0–1 OFI
Ethnikos Asteras 0–2 Niki Volos
Fostiras 2–0 Ionikos
Panionios 3–1 Olympiakos Loutraki
Egaleo 3–2 AEL
Trikala 4–3 Makedonikos Siatista
Edessaikos 3–2 (a.e.t.) Anagennisi Giannitsa
Almopos Aridea 3–0 Olympiacos Volos
Apollon Athens 2–0 Panserraikos
Drapetsona 0–2 Iraklis
Chalkida 2–0 Lamia
Kilkisiakos 2–3 (a.e.t.) Acharnaikos
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 Panetolikos
Naoussa 1–2 Doxa Drama
Panathinaikos 3–1 Pierikos
Proodeftiki 4–1 Kastoria
A.O. Karditsa 1–0 Levadiakos

Bracket

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Second round Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Iraklis 1(4)
Aris (p) 1(5)
Aris (p) 0(5)
Panathinaikos 0(4)
OFI 2
Panathinaikos 3
Aris 5 1 6
Panionios 2 5 7
Panionios (a.e.t.) 3
Edessaikos 2
Panionios 1
Almopos Aridea 0
Almopos Aridea 2
Agrotikos Asteras 1
Panionios (a) 2 2 4
Olympiacos 1 3 4
Fostiras (a.e.t.) 2
Rodos 1
Fostiras (p) 0(3)
Doxa Drama 0(1)
Korinthos 1
Doxa Drama 2
Fostiras 2 2 4
Olympiacos (a.e.t.) 2 3 5
Ethnikos Piraeus 0
Olympiacos 1
Olympiacos (p) 2(6)
PAOK 2(5)
PAOK (bye)
Panionios 3
AEK Athens 1
Kallithea 6
Xanthi 1
Kallithea (a.e.t.) 1
Apollon Athens 0
Apollon Athens 2
Egaleo 0
Kallithea 2 0 2
Panachaiki (a) 1 1 2
A.O. Karditsa (a.e.t.) 1
Chalkida 0
A.O. Karditsa 1
Panachaiki (a.e.t.) 2
Panachaiki (bye)
Panachaiki 3 1 4
AEK Athens 2 5 7
Anagennisi Epanomi 1
Niki Volos 0
Anagennisi Epanomi (a.e.t.) 1
Trikala 0
Trikala 1
Atromitos 0
Anagennisi Epanomi 1 0 1
AEK Athens 1 2 3
AEK Athens 4
Proodeftiki 0
AEK Athens 4
Acharnaikos 0
Acharnaikos (bye)

Second round

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Round of 16

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Aris 0–0 (5–4 p) Panathinaikos
A.O. Karditsa 1–2 (a.e.t.) Panachaiki
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 (a.e.t.) Trikala
AEK Athens 4–0 Acharnaikos
Olympiacos 2–2 (6–5 p) PAOK
Kallithea 1–0 (a.e.t.) Apollon Athens
Panionios 1–0 Almopos Aridea
Fostiras 0–0 (3–1 p) Doxa Drama

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fostiras 4–5 Olympiacos 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–3 AEK Athens 1–1 0–2
Kallithea 2–2 (a) Panachaiki 2–1 0–1
Aris 6–7 Panionios 5–2 1–5

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panachaiki 4–7 AEK Athens 3–2 1–5
Panionios (a) 4–4 Olympiacos 2–1 2–3

Final

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Panionios3–1AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 20,299
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

References

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  1. ↑ "Το πρώτο Κύπελλο του Πανιωνίου". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2018.
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