1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

1999–2000 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	56
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	AEK Athens (12th title)
Runner-up	Ionikos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	160
Top goal scorer(s)	Demis Nikolaidis (11 goals)
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The 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup was the 58th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details[edit]

Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 20 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.

This year came back the Group stage, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second, after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.

Final was contested by AEK Athens, who previously eliminated rivals Olympiacos and Ionikos, for their first and only time in history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from the Group stage in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.

AEK Athens easily won the game 3-0^[1][2] and earned their 12th cup in club's history. A remarkable moment of the final was at 32nd minute while score was at 0–0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the field, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what happened. As a result, the referee changed his decision, canceled the goal and gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final.^[3]

Calendar[edit]

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Group stage	7, 21, 29 August & 13, 27 October 1999	135	56 → 20	54
Additional Round	10 November, 19 December 1999	4	20 → 16	2
Round of 16	12, 13 January 2000	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	9, 10, 16, 17 February & 1, 2, 8, 9 March 2000	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	5, 12, 19 April 2000	4	4 → 2	none
Final	10 May 2000	1	2 → 1	none

Group stage[edit]

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win gained 3 points, each draw gained 1 point, and each loss did not gain any points.

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAO	ION	LEO	PNT	KER	IAL
1	Panathinaikos	5	5	0	0	18	1	+17	15	Round of 16			1–0	4–0	5–1	—	—
2	Ionikos	5	3	0	2	13	5	+8	9	Additional Round		—		—	3–0	3–2	6–0
3	Leonidio	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9			—	2–1		—	1–0	3–0
4	Panetolikos	5	3	0	2	6	8	−2	9			—	—	1–0		2–0	—
5	Keratsini	5	1	0	4	5	10	−5	3			0–3	—	—	—		3–1
6	Ialysos	5	0	0	5	1	19	−18	0			0–5	—	—	0–2	—

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Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAOK	AGE	OLV	VER	POS	PNC
1	PAOK	5	5	0	0	13	0	+13	15	Round of 16			2–0	—	1–0	—	5–0
2	Agersani	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7			—		1–0	—	3–1	2–2
3	Olympiacos Volos	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	7			0–2	—		2–1	—	—
4	Veria	5	2	0	3	8	6	+2	6			—	1–0	—		4–0	—
5	Poseidon Michaniona	5	1	1	3	4	11	−7	4			0–3	—	1–1	—		—
6	Panachaiki	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	4			—	—	0–1	3–2	0–1

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Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OFI	PRO	NIK	AOAN	DOX	ASA
1	OFI	5	4	1	0	10	1	+9	13	Round of 16			—	4–1	2–0	—	3–0
2	Proodeftiki	5	2	3	0	5	2	+3	9			0–0		—	—	1–0	2–0
3	Niki Volos	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	7			—	1–1		4–0	—	—
4	Agios Nikolaos	5	2	1	2	7	10	−3	7			—	1–1	—		—	2–1
5	Doxa Vyronas	5	1	0	4	3	9	−6	3			0–1	—	0–3	2–4		—
6	Anagennisi Karditsa	5	1	0	4	4	10	−6	3			—	—	3–2	—	0–1

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Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARIS	PGSS	PNG	APK	KIL	THE
1	Aris	5	3	1	1	11	2	+9	10	Round of 16			—	5–1	0–0	1–0	—
2	Panionios	5	3	1	1	14	8	+6	10	Additional Round		1–0		—	2–2	—	5–0
3	Panegialios	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7			—	3–4		2–1	—	—
4	Apollon Kalamarias	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6			—	—	—		1–0	1–1
5	Kilkisiakos	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5			—	3–2	0–0	—		—
6	Thesprotos	5	0	2	3	4	15	−11	2			0–5	—	2–3	—	1–1

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Group 5[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ETA	PNI	ATR	KLT	CHL	ETP
1	Ethnikos Asteras	5	4	0	1	13	10	+3	12	Round of 16			4–3	—	—	3–1	4–3
2	Paniliakos	5	3	1	1	15	4	+11	10	Additional Round		—		1–0	5–0	—	6–0
3	Atromitos	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3	10			2–0	—		1–1	—	—
4	Kallithea	5	1	2	2	10	11	−1	5			1–2	—	—		—	7–2
5	Chalkidona	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	3			—	0–0	0–1	1–1		—
6	Ethnikos Piraeus	5	0	1	4	9	22	−13	1			—	—	0–1	—	4–4

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Group 6[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAV	IRA	AEL	PNS	ETK	KOZ
1	Kavala	5	4	1	0	8	1	+7	13	Additional Round			0–0	—	4–1	1–0	—
2	Iraklis	5	3	2	0	14	4	+10	11	Round of 16		—		3–1	3–1	—	7–1
3	AEL	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5			0–1	—		0–0	—	—
4	Panserraikos	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5			—	—	—		3–0	1–1
5	Ethnikos Katerini	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4			—	1–1	1–3	—		1–1
6	Kozani	5	0	2	3	4	15	−11	2			0–2	—	2–2	—	—

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Group 7[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	PAS	XAN	NAO	EDE	AKV
1	Olympiacos	5	5	0	0	16	2	+14	15	Additional Round			2–1	—	5–0	—	2–0
2	PAS Giannina	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12			—		2–0	5–0	—	—
3	Skoda Xanthi	5	2	0	3	10	9	+1	6			1–5	—		3–0	5–0	—
4	Naoussa	5	2	0	3	4	14	−10	6			—	—	—		3–1	1–0
5	Edessaikos	5	1	0	4	4	14	−10	3			0–2	1–3	—	—		2–1
6	Apollon Krya Vrysi	5	1	0	4	3	9	−6	3			—	0–3	2–1	—	—

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Group 8[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	TRI	EGA	ATH	AKR	KAR
1	AEK Athens	5	5	0	0	20	3	+17	15	Round of 16			—	6–1	3–0	3–0	—
2	Trikala	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12			1–2		1–0	—	—	2–0
3	Egaleo	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6			—	—		—	4–1	2–0
4	Athinaikos	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5			—	2–3	2–1		—	—
5	Akratitos	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4			—	1–2	—	1–1		—
6	A.O.Karditsa	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1			1–6	—	—	1–1	1–2

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Group 9[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KLM	NFP	APA	PNE	LYK	PIE
1	Kalamata	5	4	0	1	10	2	+8	12	Round of 16			4–0	1–2	—	—	1–0
2	Nafpaktiakos Asteras	5	3	1	1	9	8	+1	10			—		2–1	3–1	1–1	—
3	Apollon Athens	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10			—	—		2–2	1–0	1–0
4	Panelefsiniakos	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5			0–1	—	—		—	1–1
5	ILTEX Lykoi	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	4			0–2	—	—	0–2		—
6	Pierikos	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1			—	1–3	—	—	2–4

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