The 1985–86 Greek Football Cup was the 44th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

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1985–86 Greek Cup
Tournament details
Country Greece
Teams76
Defending championsAEL
Final positions
ChampionsPanathinaikos (9th title)
Runner-upOlympiacos
Tournament statistics
Matches played105
Goals scored299 (2.85 per match)
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Tournament details

Totally 76 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 20 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 6 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32.

It was an interesting edition, with the eternal enemies, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, to contest the final after 11 years. Olympiacos had eliminated "big three of Thessaloniki" (PAOK, Aris, and Iraklis), while Panathinaikos only one Alpha Ethniki team, AEK Athens, in semi-finals. In the final, that was held in Olympic Stadium, the common home of all three teams of former P.O.K. that year, Panathinaikos achieved an impressive 4–0[1] victory against their opponent, completing one successful season with the win of the double.[2]

There were nevertheless many unusual events. Cup holders, AEL, were eliminated by Panseraikos in the first round. Panionios were eliminated by Naoussa, as well. PAOK struggled to qualify against Anagennisi Giannitsa, with score 6–5 in penalty shoot-out. Eventually, a memorable fact took place, as HFF allocated the 1/5 of crude income of the final in favour of the aims of UNICEF.

Calendar

More information Round, Date(s) ...
RoundDate(s)[3]FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round10, 17, 24 October & 6, 7 November 19853876 → 3876
Additional Round21 November 1985638 → 32none
Round of 324, 5, 12, 29, 30 December 19853232 → 16none
Round of 1621 January, 12 February 19861616 → 8none
Quarter-finals12 March, 9 April 198688 → 4none
Semi-finals11, 19, 21 May 198644 → 2none
Final28 May 198612 → 1none
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Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the first two rounds and the final, was 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 first two rounds and the final, which were played as 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.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

First round

Additional round

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Veria 1–2 (a.e.t.) Doxa Drama
OFI 3–0 Edessaikos
Kastoria 3–0 Naoussa
Olympiacos 0–0 (4–3 p) PAOK
Trikala 4–0 Atromitos
Makedonikos 3–1 Panthrakikos
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Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Chalkida (p) 1 0 1(3)
Iraklis Kavala 0 1 1(0) Chalkida 1 0 1
AEK Athens 1 1 2 AEK Athens 2 2 4
Kallithea 1 0 1 AEK Athens 3 0 3
Panachaiki 2 2 4 Panachaiki 0 1 1
Diagoras 0 1 1 Panachaiki 4 0 4
Egaleo 0 0 0 Kavala 1 1 2
Kavala 0 1 1 AEK Athens 2 1 3
Trikala 0 1 1 Panathinaikos 2 2 4
Olympiacos Volos 2 0 2 Olympiacos Volos 1 0 1
Ergotelis 1 0 1 Ergotelis 0 2 2
Panserraikos 0 0 0 Ergotelis 2 1 3
Makedonikos 0 2 2 Panathinaikos 3 7 10
Panathinaikos 2 2 4 Panathinaikos 5 1 6
Aiolikos 3 3 6 Aiolikos 2 2 0
Paniliakos 0 1 1 Panathinaikos 4
Irodotos 1 1 2 Olympiacos 0
Anagennisi Karditsa 3 1 4 Anagennisi Karditsa 1 3 4
OFI 2 1 3 OFI 1 5 6
Doxa Drama 0 1 1 OFI 1 2 3
Aris (a) 0 1 1 Aris 1 4 5
Kastoria 0 1 1 Aris 5 1 6
Eordaikos 0 2 2 Eordaikos 1 0 1
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli 0 1 1 Aris 1 1 2
Olympiacos 2 1 3 Olympiacos 1 2 3
Lamia 1 0 1 Olympiacos 3 0 3
Iraklis 7 1 8 Iraklis 1 1 2
Thiva 0 0 0 Olympiacos 3 1 4
Almopos Aridea 0 0 0 Ethnikos Piraeus 1 0 1
Ethnikos Piraeus 3 3 6 Ethnikos Piraeus (a) 1 1 2
Apollon Athens 1 2 3 Apollon Athens 0 2 2
Athinaikos 1 1 2

Round of 32

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panachaiki 4–1 Diagoras 2–0 2–1
Trikala 1–2 Olympiacos Volos 0–2 1–0
Irodotos 2–4 Anagennisi Karditsa 1–3 1–1
AEK Athens 2–1 Kallithea 1–1 1–0
Makedonikos 2–4 Panathinaikos 0–2 2–2
Iraklis 8–0 Thiva 7–0 1–0
Apollon Athens 3–2 Athinaikos 1–1 2–1
OFI 3–1 Doxa Drama 2–0 1–1
Aris (a) 1–1 Kastoria 0–0 1–1
Egaleo 0–1 Kavala 0–0 0–1
Aiolikos 6–1 Paniliakos 3–0 3–1
Almopos Aridea 0–6 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 0–3
Eordaikos 2–1 Ethnikos Alexandroupoli 0–0 2–1
Chalkida 1–1 (3–0 p) Iraklis Kavala 1–0 0–1
Olympiacos 3–1 Lamia 2–1 1–0
Ergotelis 1–0 Panserraikos 1–0 0–0
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Round of 16

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 6–1 Eordaikos 5–1 1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus (a) 2–2 Apollon Athens 1–0 1–2
Anagennisi Karditsa 4–6 OFI 1–1 3–5
Olympiacos Volos 1–2 Ergotelis 1–0 0–2
Olympiacos 3–2 Iraklis 3–1 0–1
Panathinaikos 6–0 Aiolikos 5–0 1–0
Panachaiki 4–2 Kavala 4–1 0–1
Chalkida 1–4 AEK Athens 1–2 0–2
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Quarter-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 3–1 Panachaiki 3–0 0–1
OFI 3–5 Aris 1–1 2–4
Ergotelis 3–10 Panathinaikos 2–3 1–7
Olympiacos 4–1 Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 1–0
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Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 2–3 Olympiacos 1–1 1–2
AEK Athens 3–4 Panathinaikos 2–2 1–2
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Final

More information Panathinaikos, 4–0 ...
Panathinaikos4–0Olympiacos
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Attendance: 72,948
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)

References

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