1952–53 Greek Football Cup

The 1952–53 Greek Football Cup was the 11th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 17 May 1953. The match was contested by Olympiacos and AEK Athens, with Olympiacos winning by 3–2.[1][2]

1952–53 Greek Cup
Tournament details
CountryGreece
Defending championsOlympiacos
Final positions
ChampionsOlympiacos (4th title)
Runner-upAEK Athens

Calendar

From Round of 16 onwards:

RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
Round of 168 February 1953816 → 88
Quarter-finals29 March 195348 → 4none
Semi-finals3 May 195324 → 2none
Final17 May 195312 → 1none

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. If a winner doesn't occur after the replay match the winner emerges by a flip of a coin.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
    The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
  • 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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
        
OFI0
Panathinaikos9
Panathinaikos3
Makedonikos0
Orfeas Xanthi0
Makedonikos3
Panathinaikos1
Olympiacos2
Fostiras2
Ethnikos Piraeus0
Fostiras1
Olympiacos3
Olympiacos4
AE Chalandri1
Olympiacos3
AEK Athens2
Aris5
Iraklis1
Aris0
AEK Athens1
AEK Athens4
Panelefsiniakos1
AEK Athens2
Panionios1
Thyella Patras1
Panionios2
Panionios2
Apollon Kalamarias1
Olympiacos Volos0
Apollon Kalamarias1

Round of 16

Team 1 Score Team 2
OFI0–9Panathinaikos
Olympiacos Volos0–1Apollon Kalamarias
Olympiacos4–1AE Chalandri
Fostiras2–0Ethnikos Piraeus
Thyella Patras1–2Panionios
AEK Athens4–1Panelefsiniakos
Orfeas Xanthi0–3Makedonikos
Aris5–1Iraklis

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Panathinaikos3–0Makedonikos
Aris0–1AEK Athens
Panionios2–1Apollon Kalamarias
Fostiras1–3Olympiacos

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Panathinaikos1–2Olympiacos
AEK Athens2–1Panionios

Final

The 11th Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

Olympiacos3–2AEK Athens
  • Kansos 21', 37'
  • Darivas 79'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus)
GK 1 Michalis Delavinias
DF 2 Antonis Paragios
DF 3 Goulios Arvanitis
DF 4 Christos Darakis
MF 5 Manesis
MF 6 Michalis Papatheodorou
FW 7 Pavlos Emmanouilidis
FW 8 Giannis Kanakis
FW 9 Ilias Papageorgiou
FW10 Andreas Stamatiadis
FW11 Lambis Serafidis
Manager:
Mario Magnozzi

References