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2008–09 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Dates	30 August 2008 – 2 May 2009
Teams	70
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (24th title)
Runner-up	AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	181 (2.29 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ismael Blanco (5 goals)
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The 2008–09 Greek Football Cup was the 67th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition started on 30 August 2008 with the first round and concluded on 2 May 2009 with the final, held at Olympic Stadium.

Olympiacos claimed that season's Greek Cup, after a 4–4 draw and a 15–14 victory on penalties over AEK Athens, and was considered by fans as the most entertaining final in the tournament.

Calendar

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 18 August 2008.

Summary

Matches

Second round

The draw took place on 18 August 2008, after the first-round draw.

Summary

Matches

Additional round

Summary

Matches

Bracket

Round of 32

The draw took place on 18 August 2008.

Summary

Matches

Round of 16

The draw took place on 19 November 2008.

Summary

Matches

Replay

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 26 January 2009.

Summary

Matches

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens won on away goals.

Asteras Tripolis won 2–0 on aggregate.

Panserraikos won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 26 January 2009, after the quarter-final draw.

Summary

Matches

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

Olympiacos won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ismael Blanco	AEK Athens	5
	Diogo	Olympiacos
3	Michalis Klokidis	Makedonikos	4
	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Panathinaikos
5	Emanuel Perrone	Atromitos	3
	Gilvan Carlos	Zakynthos
	Matt Derbyshire	Olympiacos
	Ante Rukavina	Panathinaikos
	Ignacio Scocco	AEK Athens
10	Pavlos Leptokaridis	Anagennisi Giannitsa	2
	Fabian Gerber	OFI
	Marko Markovski	Kallithea
	Nastja Čeh	Panserraikos
	Anastasios Triantafyllou	Diagoras
	Christos Kanellopoulos	Niki Volos
	Ilias Siokos	Korinthos
	Rogério Martins	Ergotelis
	Facundo Parra	AEL
	Vasilios Chatzivasiliadis	Kastoria
	Danijel Cesarec	Asteras Tripolis
	Stavros Tsoukalas	Doxa Drama
	Victor Agali	Skoda Xanthi
	Amr El Halwani	Veria
	Petros Dimitriadis	Makedonikos
	Ilias Manikas	Panetolikos
	Ibrahima Bakayoko	PAOK
	Israel Silva	Kerkyra
	Bennard Yao Kumordzi	Panionios
	Luciano Galletti	Olympiacos
	Lucio Filomeno	Asteras Tripolis
	Rafik Djebbour	AEK Athens
	Vangelis Kaounos	Kalamata / Asteras Tripolis
	Dudu Cearense	Olympiacos

References

1. ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.). sport24.gr (in Greek). 21 May 2016.
2. "Olympiakos Beat AEK Athens In Historic Greek Cup Final". goal.com.
3. ^ "Η κλήρωση των τεσσάρων πρώτων γύρων του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας" [Greek Cup draw results]. contra.gr (in Greek). 18 August 2008.
4. "Ντέρμπι ΠΑΟΚ-Αρη στο κύπελλο" [Greek Cup Round of 16 draw sets up PAOK–Aris derby]. tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 November 2008.
5. ^ "Ο Ολυμπιακός περιμένει ΠΑΟΚ ή Άρη" [Olympiacos awaits PAOK or Aris]. contra.gr (in Greek). 26 January 2009.

External links

• Greek Cup 2008-2009 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site

• Greek Football Cup seasons
• 2008–09 in Greek football
• 2008–09 domestic association football cups