1958–59 Greek Football Cup

1958–59 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (8th title)
Runners-up	Doxa Drama

The 1958–59 Greek Football Cup was the 17th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens on 5 July 1959. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Doxa Drama, with Olympiacos winning by 2–1.^[1][2]

Calendar

From Round of 32 onwards:

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Round of 32	25 March 1959	16	32 → 16	none
Round of 16	26 April, 13 May 1959	9	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	24, 27 May 1959	5	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	1959	3	4 → 2	none
Final	5 July 1959	1	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 and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. If a winner doesn't occur after the replay match the winner emerges by a flip of a coin.

Bracket

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Olympiacos Chalkida		2
	Fostiras		0
						Olympiacos Chalkida		1
						Apollon Athens (a.e.t.)		2
	Achilleas Triandria		1
	Apollon Athens		2
											Apollon Athens		6
											Panamvrakikos Arta		1
	Panamvrakikos Arta		3
	Panegialios		1
						Panamvrakikos Arta		1
						Pannafpliakos		0
	Pannafpliakos		3
	Proodeftiki		1
																Apollon Athens	1	0
																Olympiacos	1	2
	Panargiakos		1
	AEK Athens (a.e.t.)		4
						AEK Athens	0	1
						Panathinaikos	0	0
	Panathinaikos		6
	Atromitos Piraeus		1
											AEK Athens	2	1
											Olympiacos	2	3
	Ergotelis		1
	OFI		0
						Ergotelis		0
						Olympiacos		2
	Diagoras		0
	Olympiacos		5
																					Olympiacos	2
																					Doxa Drama	1
	Apollon Serres		3
	Doxa Drama		5
						Doxa Drama		1
						Megas Alexandros Katerini		0
	Megas Alexandros Katerini		3
	Iraklis		1
											Doxa Drama		1
											PAOK		0
	Aspida Xanthi	0	1
	PAOK	0	5
						PAOK		1
						Filippoi Kavala		0
	Filippoi Kavala		1
	Apollon Kalamarias		0
																Doxa Drama		2
																Panionios		1
	Panachaiki		0
	Ethnikos Piraeus		1
						Ethnikos Piraeus		2
						Panionios		3
	Panionios (w/o)		2
	Egaleo		0
											Panionios		2
											Niki Volos		1
	Niki Volos		5
	Anagennisi Karditsa		0
						Niki Volos		1
						Aris		0
	Vermio Veria		0
	Aris		1

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niki Volos	5–0	Anagennisi Karditsa
Megas Alexandros Katerini	3–1	Iraklis
Pannafpliakos	3–1	Proodeftiki
Achilleas Triandria	1–2	Apollon Athens
Ergotelis	1–0	OFI
Olympiacos Chalkida	2–0	Fostiras
Filippoi Kavala	1–0	Apollon Kalamarias
Apollon Serres	3–5	Doxa Drama
Diagoras	0–5	Olympiacos
Panachaiki	0–1	Ethnikos Piraeus
Vermio Veria	0–1	Aris
Panargiakos	1–4 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens
Aspida Xanthi	1–5	PAOK	0–0 (a.e.t.)	1–5
Panamvrakikos Arta	3–1	Panegialios
Panathinaikos	6–1	Atromitos Piraeus
Panionios	2–0 (w/o)^*	Egaleo

^*Suspended at the 70th minute at the expense of Egaleo and was awarded to Panionios.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	0–0^*	1–0
Ethnikos Piraeus	2–3	Panionios
Ergotelis	0–2	Olympiacos
Panamvrakikos Arta	1–0	Pannafpliakos
Olympiacos Chalkida	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Apollon Athens
Doxa Drama	1–0	Megas Alexandros Katerini
PAOK	1–0	Filippoi Kavala
Niki Volos	1–0	Aris

^*Suspended at the 53rd minute. The replay match was set at the neutral ground, Karaiskakis Stadium.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	2–1	Niki Volos
Apollon Athens	6–1	Panamvrakikos Arta
Doxa Drama	1–0	PAOK
AEK Athens	3–5	Olympiacos	2–2 (a.e.t.)	1–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Doxa Drama	2–1	Panionios
Apollon Athens	1–3	Olympiacos	1–1 (a.e.t.)	0–2

Final

5 July 1959

17:30 EET

Olympiacos	2–1	Doxa Drama
Christoforidis 52' Bebis* 59'	Report	Georgiadis 47'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

^*Greek FA's official site mention Yfantis as the scorer.

References

1. "ΤΕΛΙΚΟΣ ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1959". eproodos.gr (in Greek). 29 August 2017.
2. "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2021.

External links

• Greek Cup 1958-59 at RSSSF