Greek Football Amateur Cup

Greek Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος) was the most known competitions for amateur AND semi-professional teams in Greece, organised by the Hellenic Football Federation . It was founded in 1971 and folded in 2018 featuring the winners of the prefectures Cups in a knock-out format. Despite the term amateur on its official name the competition always featured clubs from Delta Ethniki and later the third-tier Gamma Ethniki.

Greek Amateur Cup

Founded	1971
Folded	2013
Country	Greece
Confederation	UEFA
Domestic cup(s)	Amateurs' Super Cup Greece
Last champions	O.F. Ierapetra
Most championships	Aiolikos, Phoebus Kremastis (2)
Website	epo.gr

History

The competition started in the 1971-72 due to the high volume of teams competing in the Greek Football Cup . It was played in two stages: the prefectures with the local finals and the panhellenic which would decide the overall winner. With the Amateur Cup running in the 1971-72 season, the Greek Football Cup would only accept teams from the first three tiers for the years to come. After the introduction of the Gamma Ethniki Cup in 2013 the winner of the competition would play in the Amateurs' Super Cup Greece.

Players like Giorgos Karagounis, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Sakis Tsiolis, Angelos Basinas, Kostas Chalkias, Giannis Goumas, Babis Tennes, Kostas Orfanos, Nikos Soultanidis have played in second stage or the final of the competition (panhellenic), while numerous later-well known players who started their careers from lower leagues featured in the first stage (prefectures). Alexis Alexandris, Demis Nikolaidis, Kyriakos Karataidis, Zisis Vryzas, Theodoros Zagorakis are some of them.

Structure

The competition was split into two stages. The first stage listed the knock-out matches in every prefecture of Greece such as Athens Football Clubs Association, Macedonia Football Clubs Association. Clubs participated in semiprofessional Delta Ethniki until 2013 and professional Gamma Ethniki after 2013 were eligible to participate. The second stage featured the prefectures' Cup winners in knock-out rounds culminating with a single final.
The reserve teams of top clubs were also eligible to participate. Panathinaikos, PAOK and Aris Thessaloniki reserve (or called amateur) teams reached the final of the Cup on three occasions. The majority of the teams who won the Cup were playing in the 4th or 5th tier including clubs with Greek top-flight history like Niki Volos, Kerkyra and Veria.

After 2018 and its last edition, the winners of the prefectures' Cups are directly qualify to the Greek Football Cup despite the club's official financial status as either professional, semiprofessional or amateur.

Finals

Season	Finalist 1	Score	Finalist 2	Venue
1971–72	Alexandroupoli GS	2 – 3	Fivos Kremastis	Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
1972–73	Dafni Erythron	1 – 1 6 – 5 on pens	Pelopas Kiato	Neapoli Stadium, Nikaia, Attica
1973–74	Olympiakos Loutrakiou	3 – 1	P.A.O. Koryfis Veroias	Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri (Athens)[1]
1974–75	AO Rethymnou	2 – 5	PAOK Amateurs	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
1975–76	Niki Volos	2 – 1	Rouf	Lamia Municipal Stadium, Lamia
1976–77	Anthoupoli Larissa F.C.	0 – 2	AO Karditsa	Volos Stadium, Volos
1977–78	Doxa Megalopolis	0 – 1	Panaspropirgiakos	Tavros Stadium, Tavros (Athens)
1978–79	Pandramaikos	3 – 3 7 – 8 on pens	APO Chios	Neapoli Stadium, Nikaia Piraeus
1979–80	AE Didymoticho	1 – 0	AO Neapoli	Lysandros Kaftanzoglou, Thessaloniki
1980–81	Anagennisi Karditsa	1 – 0	Paniliakos	Tavros Stadium, Tavros, Athens
1981–82	Aiolikos	3 – 2[2]	ΑΟ Nea Artaki	Tavros Stadium, Tavros, Athens
1982–83	AO Artas	0 – 2	Ergotelis	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
1983–84	Niki Diikitiriou	1 – 1 4 – 2 on pens	Atsalenios	Olympic Stadium Athens
1984–85	Omiros Neochoriou	1 – 2	Aris Amateurs	Olympic Stadium, Athens
1985–86	Pandramaikos	0 – 0 4 – 2 on pens	APS Patras	Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus
1986–87	Aias Gastounis	2 – 1	PAS Giannina	Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus
1987–88	Megas Alexandros Orfani	1 – 0	Fivos Kremastis	Egaleo Stadium, Egaleo
1988–89	Anagennisi Giannitsa	5 – 0	E.G.O.I.	Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus
1989–90	Spartacos Thessalonikis	2 – 2 6 – 5 on pens	Agios Nikolaos	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
1990–91	Thiva	1 – 1 4 – 6 on pens	Pelopas Kiatou	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
1991–92	Kerkyra	0 – 0 1 – 3 on pens	Aspida Xanthi	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
1992–93	Kalampaki	1 – 1 6 – 7 on pens	Kozani FC	Aris Stadium, Thessaloniki
1993–94	Panathinaikos Amateurs	2 – 0	Ermis Ermionis	Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus
1994–95	Poseidon Michanionas	0 – 0 5 – 4 on pens	Keratsini	Trikala Stadium, Trikala
1995–96	Ethnikos Katerini	2 – 1	Iraklis Larissa	Evosmos Stadium, Evosmos (Thessaloniki)
1996–97	Ionia Chanion	1 – 0	Pontii Rodopis	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
1997–98	Akratitos	3 – 1	Kilkisiakos	Olympic Stadium, Marousi
1998–99	Chalkidon / Near-East	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Olympiacos Chersonissos	Grigorios Lambrakis, Zografou (Athens)
1999–2000	PANO Malia	2 – 1	Orfeas Sourotis	Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni (Athens)
2000–01	Thrasyvoulos	2 – 1[3]	Posidon Neon Poron	Stylida Stadium Stylida
2001–02	Aiolikos	4 – 2	Almopos Arideas	Levadia Municipal Stadium Levadia
2002–03	Veria	2 – 1	PAS Preveza	Sofades Stadium Sofades
2003–04	Chaidari	3 – 0	Aiolikos	Kiato Stadium, Kiato
2004–05	Keravnos Kerateas	3 – 0	Orfeas Sourotis	Municipal Stadium of Volos, Volos
2005–06	not held[4]
2006–07	Doxa Megalopolis	1 – 0	Kilkisiakos	Municipal Athletic Center of Lamia, Lamia
2007–08	Panargiakos	3 – 0	Niki Polygyrou	Municipal Athletic Center of Lamia, Lamia
2008–09	Volida Garounas	4 – 3	Aspropyrgos	Municipal Athletic Center of Mesolonghi, Mesolonghi
2009–10	Enosi Mideas	1 – 0	Ethnikos Vaterou	Levadia Municipal Stadium, Levadia
2010–11	Asteras Magoula	2 – 0	Agrotis Lianokladiou	Chalkis Municipal Stadium, Chalkis
2011–12	not held
2012–13	Foivos Kremastis Rodou	2 – 1	Panarkadikos	Psachna Municipal Stadium, Psachna
2013–14	Panerythraikos	2 – 1	Ermis Kiveriou	Corinth Municipal Stadium, Corinth
2014–15	Nestos Chrysoupoli	2 – 0	Thyella Rafinas	Karditsa Municipal Stadium, Karditsa
2015–16	Pydna Kitrous	1 – 0	Ialysos	Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri, Attica
2016–17	Irodotos	1 – 0	Elpis Skoutari	Spata Municipal Stadium, Spata
2017–18	Ierapetra	2 – 0	Niki Volos	Keratsini Municipal Stadium, Keratsini, Piraeus

See also

• Amateurs' Super Cup Greece
• Gamma Ethniki Cup
• Football records and statistics in Greece

References

1. ""Athletic Echo", 1/7/1974". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
2. The final took place during next season (27/10/1982).
3. "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΕΡΑΣΙΤΕΧΝΩΝ: Οι Τελικοί, τα αποτελέσματα και οι τροπαιούχοι - CorfuCorner.gr".
4. The 2005/2006 Amateur Cup Final was cancelled due to Greek FA's financial difficulties.

External links

• RSSSF