1965–66 Greek Football Cup

The 1965–66 Greek Football Cup was the 24th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

1965–66 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	AEK Athens (7th title)
Runner-up	Olympiacos
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

For the second time in three editions, the Cup final was scratched: AEK Athens were awarded^[1] the Cup as the HFF was late to determine a date for the match. Due to Olympiacos having to prepare for the next season's European Cup, the delay meant that Olympiacos would not be able to field a team for the final.^[2]

Calendar

From Round of 32 onwards:

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Round of 32	6 January 1966	15	32 → 16	16
Round of 16	11 May 1966	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	26 June 1966	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	7 July 1966	1	4 → 2	none
Final	10 July 1966	0	2 → 1	none

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. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time 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 32, the teams that had qualified to previous' season Round of 16 are seeded and the clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
• In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Panathinaikos (a.e.t.)	5
	Doxa Drama	2
					Panathinaikos	3
					Apollon Athens	0
	Apollon Athens (w/o)	2
	Lamia	0
									Panathinaikos	1
									Olympiacos	2
	Chania	2
	Panegialios	0
					Chania	1
					Olympiacos	3
	Olympiacos	3
	Diagoras	0
													Olympiacos	5
													Trikala	0
	Trikala	3
	Petralona	2
					Trikala (c)	1
					Panionios	1
	Panionios	2
	Fostiras	1
									Trikala	7
									Ethnikos Pylaia	0
	PAOK	0
	Ethnikos Pylaia (c)	0
					Ethnikos Pylaia (c)	0
					Panachaiki	0
	Panachaiki	3
	Korinthos	1
																	Olympiacos	0
																	AEK Athens (w/o)	2
	Apollon Kalamarias	1
	PAO Dioikitirio	0
					Apollon Kalamarias	0
					AEK Athens	1
	AEK Athens	4
	Edessaikos	3
									AEK Athens	4
									Ethnikos Piraeus	1
	Ethnikos Piraeus	3
	Vyzas Megara	2
					Ethnikos Piraeus	4
					Foinikas Polichni	1
	Niki Volos	1
	Foinikas Polichni	2
													AEK Athens (w/o)	2
													Kavala	0
	Kavala	1
	Aris	0
					Kavala	3
					Chalandri	1
	Egaleo	3
	Chalandri (c)	3
									Kavala	4
									Proodeftiki	1
	Atromitos Piraeus (c)	2
	Asteras Zografou	2
					Atromitos Piraeus	2
					Proodeftiki	4
	Ioannina	2
	Proodeftiki	3

Round of 32

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panionios	2–1	Fostiras
Ethnikos Piraeus	3–2	Vyzas Megara
Olympiacos	3–0	Diagoras
Ioannina	2–3	Proodeftiki
AEK Athens	4–3	Edessaikos
Trikala	3–2	Petralona
Panachaiki	3–1	Korinthos
Chania	2–0	Panegialios
Apollon Kalamarias	1–0	PAO Dioikitirio
Niki Volos	1–2	Foinikas Polichni
Kavala	1–0	Aris
Panathinaikos	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Doxa Drama
Atromitos Piraeus	2–2 (a.e.t.)*	Asteras Zografou
Egaleo	3–3 (a.e.t.)*	Chalandri
PAOK	0–0 (a.e.t.)*	Ethnikos Pylaia
Apollon Athens	2–0 (w/o)	Lamia

^*Coin toss.

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ethnikos Piraeus	4–1	Foinikas Polichni
Kavala	3–1	Chalandri
Chania	1–3	Olympiacos
Panathinaikos	3–0	Apollon Athens
Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	AEK Athens
Atromitos Piraeus	2–4	Proodeftiki
Ethnikos Pylaia	0–0*	Panachaiki
Trikala	1–1*	Panionios

^*Coin toss.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	1–2	Olympiacos
AEK Athens	4–1	Ethnikos Piraeus
Kavala	4–1	Proodeftiki
Trikala	7–0	Ethnikos Pylaia

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Olympiacos	5–0	Trikala
AEK Athens	2–0 (w/o)*	Kavala

^*Kavala did not show up, claiming that the match should be played in their home ground. According to relative regulation, the HFF, even though they set the match at Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki, did not accept Kavala's claim and awarded the match to AEK Athens 2–0.^[1]

Final

The final was scratched and AEK Athens were awarded the Cup as Olympiacos were unable to participate due to their preparation for the next season's European Cup, following the HFF being late to determine a date for the match.^[2]

References

1. "Ο τελικός ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακού που δεν έγινε ποτέ". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.
2. "Kipello1961-1970" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021.

External links

• Greek Cup 1965-66 at RSSSF