1947–48 Greek Football Cup

The 1947–48 Greek Football Cup was the sixth edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 20 June 1948. The match was contested by Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, with Panathinaikos winning by 2–1.^[1]

1947–48 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	127
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (2nd title)
Runner-up	AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	128
Goals scored	443 (3.46 per match)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	5 October 1947	23	127 → 102	52
Second Round	12 October 1947	6	102 → 96	8
Third Round	19 October 1947	19	96 → 75	17
Fourth Round	26 October 1947	10	75 → 68	13
Fifth Round	2, 6 November 1947	6	68 → 63	1
Sixth Round	16, 19 November 1947	21	63 → 43	23
Seventh Round	23, 26 November 1947	6	43 → 38	6
Eighth Round	30 November 1947	2	38 → 35	none
Ninth Round	7, 8, 21 December 1947	8	35 → 28	1
Tenth Round	11, 18, 25, 28 January 1948	8	28 → 21	none
Eleventh Round	8, 15, 18 February, 3 March 1948	6	21 → 13	3
Twelfth Round		5	13 → 8	5
Quarter-finals	21 May 1948	5	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	30 May 1948	2	4 → 2	none
Final	20 June 1948	1	2 → 1	none

Qualification round

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Yperochi	2–6	Attikos
Viktoria	9–3	Archimidis Piraeus
Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia	2–0 (w/o)	Arion Athens
AE Nea Ionia	2–0 (w/o)	Pantzitzifiakos
Armeniki	1–5	Ilisiakos
Kallithaikos	5–4	Faliriki
Piraikos	1–5	AE Ampelokipoi
Filathloi Piraeus	6–3	Ampelakiakos Salamina
AE Karava	2–4	Mikrasiatiki
Aiolikos Faliro	2–0	Niki Plaka
Panerythraikos	2–3	Niki Ampelokipoi
Atromitos	2–1	Falirikos
AE Chalandri	2–1	Agios Dimitrios
Egaleo	1–2	AE Nea Elvetia
Achilleus Korinthos	6–0	Aris Korinthos
Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association
AEK Aigio	1–3	Asteras Patras
Proodeftiki Patras	4–1	Aris Patras
Panachaiki	4–0	Ethnikos Aigio
Olympiakos Patras	4–1	Achaiki
Patreus	1–2	AEK Patras
AE Messolonghi	1–2	Achilleus Patras
Panetolikos	0–2* (w/o)	Apollon Patras
Euboea/Boeotia/Lamia Football Clubs Association
Propontis Chalkida	5–1	AEK Chalkida
Orchomenos	1–1	Pallevadiaki
Thessaloniki Football Clubs Association
Meliteus	8–0	Olympiacos Terpsithea
PO Xirokrini	2–0 (w/o)	Thermaikos

^*The match was suspended at the 84th minute in expense of Panetolikos while they were 3–1 in front.

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Esperos Kallitheas	4–1	Achilleus Piraeus
AE Pangrati	2–0	Argonaftis Piraeus
AE Nea Ionia	3–0	Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
Crete Football Clubs Association
OFI	1–3	Ergotelis
Euboea/Boeotia/Lamia Football Clubs Association
Orchomenos	2–1*	Pallevadiaki
Aris Thiva	2–1	Enosis Chalkida

^*Replay match.

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Filathloi Piraeus	5–4	Kronos
AE Nea Ionia	1–2	Attikos
Ilisiakos	1–0	AE Ampelokipoi
Viktoria	2–0	Aiolikos Faliro
Mikrasiatiki	3–2	AE Nea Elvetia
Atromitos	2–1	Kallithaikos
AE Pangrati	2–1	Esperos Kallitheas
Niki Ampelokipoi	2–1	AE Chalandri
Olympiacos Loutraki	4–3	Olympiacos Korinthos
Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association
Asteras Patras	2–1	AEK Patras
Apollon Patras	2–0	Achilleus Patras
Olympiakos Patras	3–1	Proodeftiki Patras
Panegialios	2–3	Thyella Patras
Iraklis Pyrgos	1–2	Ethnikos Pyrgos
Crete Football Clubs Association
EGOH	?	Ermis
Euboea/Boeotia/Lamia Football Clubs Association
Propontis Chalkida	(w/o)*	Olympiacos Chalkida
Orchomenos	?	Panthivaikos
Thessaloniki Football Clubs Association
MENT	2–4	PO Xirokrini
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Aspida Xanthi	?	Tourkiki Enosis
Apollon Serres	3–0	Orfeas Serres

^*Both teams didn't came and disqualified.

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
AO Kifisia	4–3*	Ethnikos Asteras
Mikrasiatiki	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Atromitos
Viktoria	2–4	Niki Ampelokipoi
AE Pangrati	1–2	Attikos
Ilisiakos	3–1	Filathloi Piraeus
Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association
Apollon Kalamata	3–0	Ethnikos Pyrgos
Euboea/Boeotia/Lamia Football Clubs Association
Olympiacos Lamia	2–0 (w/o)	Pallamiaki
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
AEK Kavala	?	Iraklis Kavala
Doxa Drama	?	Vyron Drama
Orfeas Xanthi	?	Doxa Xanthi
Iraklis Serres	?	Filoproodos Neolea Pentapolis

^*Replay match.

Fifth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Achilleus Korinthos	1–2	Pelops Kiatou
Mikrasiatiki	?*	Atromitos
Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association
Panachaiki	4–1	Asteras Patras
Olympiacos Patras	1–0	Thyella Patras	0–0 (a.e.t.)	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Iraklis Serres	4–2*	Filoproodos Neolea Pentapolis

^*Replay match.

Sixth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Apollon Athens	1–0	Ilisiakos
Athinaikos	0–3	Asteras Athens
Daphni Athens	1–0	Neapolis
Panelefsiniakos	5–1	Aris Piraeus
Ethnikos Piraeus	3–2	Amyna Piraeus
Pallesviakos	0–3	Proodeftiki
Attikos	0–2	Mikrasiatiki
Hellas Syros	1–4	Fostiras
Olympiacos Loutraki	0–2	AO Kifisia
Pelops Kiatou	1–2	Niki Ampelokipoi
Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association
Olympiacos Patras	2–1	Panachaiki
Apollon Kalamata	2–0 (w/o)*	Apollon Patras
Crete Football Clubs Association
Ergotelis	6–2	EGOH
Euboea/Boeotia/Lamia Football Clubs Association
Aris Thiva	1–2	Orchomenos
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Pagasitikos Volos	3–0**	Olympiacos Volos
Niki Volos	5–4***	Kentavros Volos
Thessaloniki Football Clubs Association
PAOK	4–2	Meliteus
PO Xirokrini	4–2	Apollon Kalamarias
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
AEK Kavala	3–2****	Iraklis Kavala
Orfeas Eleftheroupoli	2–2	Elpis Drama
Orfeas Komotini	?	Aspida Xanthi

^* The match ended 0–1, but Apollon Patras was zeroed for illegal usage of football players.

^** Suspended at the 85th minute at the expense of Olympiacos Volos.

^*** Suspended at the 80th minute at the expense of Kentavros Volos.

^****Replay match.

Seventh round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Toxotis Larissa	1–0	Aris Larissa
Iraklis Larissa	3–2	Larisaikos
Anagennisis Volos	?	Niki Volos	0–0 (a.e.t.)	?
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Orfeas Eleftheroupoli	?*	Elpis Drama ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Iraklis Serres	2–0 (w/o)**	Ethnikos Sidirokastro

^* Replay match.

^**The match ended 0–1, but Ethnikos Sidirokastro was zeroed for illegal usage of football players.

Eighth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Proodeftiki	2–0 (w/o)	AO Kifisia
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Pagasitikos Volos	1–3	Niki Volos
Iraklis Larissa	2–0	Toxotis Larissa

Ninth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Mikrasiatiki	0–1	Niki Ampelokipoi
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Olympiakos Patras	4–0*	Apollon Kalamata
Euboea/Boeotia/Lamia Football Clubs Association
Olympiacos Lamia	?	Orchomenos
Thessaly Football Clubs Association
Niki Volos	1–2	Iraklis Larissa
Thessaloniki Football Clubs Association
Aris	2–0	PO Xirokrini
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Filipoi Kavala	?	AEK Kavala
Doxa Drama	?	?
Apollon Serres	2–2**	Iraklis Serres

^* Suspended at the 54th minute due to rainfall while the score was 2–0. The match was replayed the next day.

^**Suspended due to withdrawal of the referee.

Tenth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Apollon Athens	0–1	Fostiras ||colspan="2" rowspan="4" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Ethnikos Piraeus	4–1	Daphni Athens
Panelefsiniakos	2–1	Proodeftiki
Asteras Athens	4–1	Niki Ampelokipoi
Thessaloniki Football Clubs Association
PAOK	2–5	Aris ||colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
Aspida Xanthi	?	Orfeas Neolea Xanthi
Apollon Serres	1–3	Iraklis Serres	1–1 (a.e.t.)*	0–2**

^*Replay match.

^**The match ended 2–0, but Apollon Serres was zeroed for illegal usage of football players.

Eleventh round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association
Fostiras	0–1	Asteras Athens
Ethnikos Piraeus	2–4	Panelefsiniakos
Thessaloniki Football Clubs Association
Aris	0–2	Megas Alexandros
Iraklis*	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Makedonikos
Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association
AEK Kavala	2–0 (w/o)	Aspida Xanthi
Elpis Drama	1–0	AEK Kavala
Iraklis Serres	0–6	Elpis Drama

^*Iraklis was disqualified as punishment of their footballers incident in a previous match.

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. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the twelfth, the five top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
  Three of the seeded teams are drawn against three of the unseeded teams. The rest three of the seeded times proceed to the quarter-finals while the remaining four of the unseeded teams are drawn against each other.
• 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

	Twelfth round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final
	Olympiacos Patras		0
	Panathinaikos		4
						Panathinaikos		7
						Elpis Drama		1
	Megas Alexandros		0
	Elpis Drama		1
											Panathinaikos	1
											Asteras Athens	0
	Panelefsiniakos		0
	Asteras Athens		3
						Asteras Athens	1	2
						Panionios	1	0
	Ergotelis		1
	Panionios		6
															Panathinaikos	2
															AEK Athens	1
	AEK Athens (bye)
						AEK Athens		4
						Atromitos Piraeus		3
	Atromitos Piraeus (bye)
											AEK Athens	1
											Olympiacos	0
	Iraklis Larissa (w/o)		2
	Olympiacos Lamia		0
						Iraklis Larissa		0
						Olympiacos		6
	Olympiacos (bye)

Twelfth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos Patras	0–4	Panathinaikos
Megas Alexandros	0–1	Elpis Drama
Ergotelis	1–6	Panionios
Panelefsiniakos	0–3	Asteras Athens
Iraklis Larissa	2–0 (w/o)	Olympiacos Lamia
Olympiacos	bye
AEK Athens	bye
Atromitos Piraeus	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	7–1	Elpida Drama ||colspan="2" rowspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
AEK Athens	4–3	Atromitos Piraeus
Iraklis Larissa	0–6	Olympiacos
Asteras Athens	3–1	Panionios	1–1	2–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AEK Athens	1–0	Olympiacos
Panathinaikos	3–1	Asteras Athens

Final

Main article: 1948 Greek Football Cup final

Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens
Simos 16', 49'	Report (page 1)	Maropoulos 20'

20 June 1948

17:30 EET

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)