The 2018–19 Greek Football Cup was the 77th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 73 clubs were accepted to enter, 16 from the Super League, 16 from the Football League and the 41 previous season local FCA Cup winners. PAOK won the competition for third consecutive year beating AEK Athens 1–0 in the final held at the Olympic Stadium.

Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners from previous round New entries Leagues entering First Round 73 41 none 40 Greek Local FCA Cup winners Second Round 53 21 20 1 none Third Round 47 31 5 16 Football League Group Stage 32 32 16 16 Super League Round of 16 16 16 16 none none Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none Final 2 2 2 none none

Calendar Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries First Round 26 August 2018 20 73 → 53 40 Second Round 5 September 2018 5 53 → 47 1 Third Round 16 September 2018 16 47 → 32 16 Group Stage 5–27 September, 30, 31 October,1 November & 4–6 December 2018 48 32 → 16 16 Round of 16 8-10, 23, 24 January 2019 16 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 6, 7, 26, 27 February 2019 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 3, 25 April 2019 4 4 → 2 none Final 11 May 2019 1 2 → 1 none

Participating clubs 2018–19 Super League 2018–19 Football League 2017−18 FCA Cup winners AEK Athens AEL Apollon Smyrnis Aris Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Lamia Levadiakos OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Xanthi Aiginiakos Aittitos Spata AO Chania−Kissamikos Apollon Pontus Apollon Larissa Doxa Drama Ergotelis Iraklis Irodotos Karaiskakis Kerkyra Panachaiki Platanias Sparta Trikala Volos AO Kardia Thraki Feres Doxa Neo Sidirochori2 Aris Avato Kavala A.E. Kalampaki Apollon Paralimnio Anagennisi Plagia PO Nea Kallikrateia1 Giannitsa Megas Alexandros Trikala Ethnikos Neo Keramidi3 Ermis Amyntaio Iraklis Polykarpi Makedonikos Foufas Pyrsos Grevena1 Digenis Neochori1 AO Sellana Oikonomos Tsaritsani Niki Volos Thesprotos Thriamvos Serviana1 AE Xyrovouni Tilikratis OF Agios Matthaios1 AO Kalapodi1 APOK Velouchi1 AE Messolonghi4 Asteras Itea PAS Cithaeron Kaparelli5 Chalkida Kifisia Ethnikos Piraeus6 Iraklis Elefsina Thyella Rafina Pallixouriakos Korinthos 20067 Diagoras Vrachnaiika Asteras Amaliada1 Panarkadikos1 Ermionida Kalamata Olympiakos Gytheio1 AO Tsilivi1 Aiolikos Dafni Dafnona Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos Thyella Kamari Antimachos Paleochora Episkopi8 PANO Malia1 OF Ierapetra

Qualifying rounds

First round The draw for this round took place on 13 August 2018. 12 teams out of the original 53 did not participate in the draw. The majority of the games were held on 26 August 2018, with the exception of matches 12 and 16, which took place on 2 September.

Megas Alexandros Trikala advanced on walkover.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|26 August 2018

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|2 September 2018

Matches

Second round The draw for this round took place on 27 August 2018. All Games were held between 5–12 September 2018.

AO Kardia, Apollon Paralimnio, Aris Avato, Niki Volos, Tilikratis, O.F. Ierapetra, Ermionida, Korinthos 2006, Thyella Kamari, Ethnikos Piraeus and PAS Cithaeron Kaparelli advanced on walkover.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|5 September 2018

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|9 September 2018

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|12 September 2018

Matches

Third round The draw for this round took place on 7 September 2018.

A total of 32 teams were involved in the Round 3 draw: The 16 2018−19 Football League teams that entered in this round, and the sixteen winners of the previous round. 16 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners qualified to the competition Group Stage. All Games were held between 15 and 16 September 2018.

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|15 September 2018

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|16 September 2018

Matches

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 September 2018, 12:00 EEST, at the headquarters of the Hellenic Football Federation in Goudi, Athens. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles: Pot 1 contained the clubs finishing 1st through 8th in the Super League. Pot 1 contained the clubs finishing 9th through 14th in the Super League, along with the two cubs promoted from the Football League. Pot 3 and 4 contained the remaining teams, seeded based on their current league and placement during the 2017−18 season

Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the knockout stage. Match-day 1 matches will be held between 25–27 September, Match-day 2 matches will be held between 30 October and 1 November, while Match-day 3 will be held between 4–6 December 2018.

Seeding

+Pot 1(Super League)Team AEK Athens PAOK Olympiacos Atromitos Asteras Tripolis Xanthi Panionios Panetolikos

+Pot 2(Super League)Team PAS Giannina Levadiakos PanathinaikosAEL Lamia Apollon Smyrnis OFI Aris

+Pot 3(third round winners)Team Kerkyra Panachaiki AO Chania−Kissamikos Trikala Apollon Pontus Ergotelis Apollon Larissa Iraklis

+Pot 4(third round winners)Team Irodotos Volos OF Ierapetra Apollon Paralimnio Aittitos Spata Thyella Kamari Niki Volos Aris Avato

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout phase Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from 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 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: In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded.The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. 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 The draw for this round took place on 21 December 2018.

Seeding GroupWinners(seeded in round of 16 draw)Runners-up(unseeded in round of 16 draw)A Atromitos PAS GianninaBAEK Athens Lamia C Panathinaikos AO Chania−KissamikosD PAOK ErgotelisE Olympiacos PanachaikiF Asteras Tripolis Apollon Smyrnis G OFI XanthiH PanioniosAEL

Summary

Matches

Lamia won 4–2 on penalties.

Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.

PAOK won 6–2 on aggregate.

Atromitos won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ergotelis won 4–3 on penalties.

AEK Athens won 6–1 on aggregate.

Asteras Tripolis won 7–6 on aggregate.

Panionios won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals The draw for this round took place on 25 January 2019.

Summary

Matches

PAOK won 5–4 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won 4–0 on aggregate.

Asteras Tripolis won 5–1 on aggregate.

Lamia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary The draw for this round took place on 8 March 2019.

Matches

AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.

PAOK won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Giannis Iatroudis Ergotelis62 Efthimis Koulouris Atromitos5 Fiorin Durmishaj Panionios Ezequiel Ponce AEK Athens5 Giannis Loukinas PAS Gannina4 Konstantinos Kotsopoulos Atromitos Christos Aravidis OFI / Asteras Tripolis Marko Livaja AEK Athens9 Aleksandar Prijović PAOK3 Thomás Bedinelli Apollon Smyrnis Vasilios Mantzis Volos Lucão Apollon Larissa Nikola Žižić AEL Nikos Tsoukalos Lamia Nikos Karelis PAOK Armin Mujakic Atromitos Roope Riski AO Chania−Kissamikos Petros Mantalos AEK Athens Alexandros Arnarellis AO Chania−Kissamikos Léo Matos PAOK José Luis Valiente Asteras Tripolis Marc Fernández

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