1965–66 Greek Football Cup

Greek Cup 1965–66 Greece AEK Athens (7th title) Olympiacos 1964–65 1966–67 The 1965–66 Greek Football Cup was the 24th edition of the Greek Football Cup. For the second time in three editions, the Cup final was scratched: AEK Athens were awardedhttp://www.oldfootball.gr/k2/user-page/item/186-o-telikos-aek-olympiakoy-pou-den-egine-pote.html Ο τελικός ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακού που δεν έγινε ποτέ 8 May 2016 oldfootball.gr el 10 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190810090629/http://www.oldfootball.gr/k2/user-page/item/186-o-telikos-aek-olympiakoy-pou-den-egine-pote.html dead 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.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1961-1970.pdf Kipello1961-1970 epo.gr el https://web.archive.org/web/20210717131045/https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1961-1970.pdf 17 July 2021 live 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 1/1/1/1/1 n y 1 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Panathinaikos Doxa Drama 5 2 Apollon Athens () Lamia 2 0 Chania Panegialios 2 0 Olympiacos Diagoras 3 0 Trikala Petralona 3 2 Panionios Fostiras 2 1 PAOK Ethnikos Pylaia (c) 0 0 Panachaiki Korinthos 3 1 Apollon Kalamarias PAO Dioikitirio 1 0 AEK Athens Edessaikos 4 3 Ethnikos Piraeus Vyzas Megara 3 2 Niki Volos Foinikas Polichni 1 2 Kavala Aris 1 0 Egaleo Chalandri (c) 3 3 Atromitos Piraeus (c) Asteras Zografou 2 2 Ioannina Proodeftiki 2 3 Panathinaikos Apollon Athens 3 0 Chania Olympiacos 1 3 Trikala (c) Panionios 1 1 Ethnikos Pylaia (c) Panachaiki 0 0 Apollon Kalamarias AEK Athens 0 1 Ethnikos Piraeus Foinikas Polichni 4 1 Kavala Chalandri 3 1 Atromitos Piraeus Proodeftiki 2 4 Panathinaikos Olympiacos 1 2 Trikala Ethnikos Pylaia 7 0 AEK Athens Ethnikos Piraeus 4 1 Kavala Proodeftiki 4 1 Olympiacos Trikala 5 0 AEK Athens () Kavala 2 0 Olympiacos AEK Athens () 0 2 Round of 32 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 Doxa Drama Atromitos Piraeus 2–2 * Asteras Zografou Egaleo 3–3 * Chalandri PAOK 0–0 * Ethnikos Pylaia Apollon Athens 2–0 () Lamia |} *Coin toss. Round of 16 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 Panathinaikos 1–2 Olympiacos AEK Athens 4–1 Ethnikos Piraeus Kavala 4–1 Proodeftiki Trikala 7–0 Ethnikos Pylaia |} Semi-finals Olympiacos 5–0 Trikala AEK Athens 2–0 ()* 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. Final The late scheduling of the match by the HFF resulted in Olympiacos not being able to show-up, due to their preparation for the next season's European Cup. Thus, the final was scratched and AEK Athens were awarded the Cup. References External links Greek Cup 1965-66 at RSSSF Category:Greek Football Cup seasons Greek Cup Cup