2015–16 Greek Football Cup
The 2015–16 Greek Football Cup was the 74th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 9 September 2015 with the Preliminary Round and was planned to conclude on 23 April 2016 with the Final, at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
The cup was cancelled by the Greek government on 3 March 2016, following crowd violence.[1] On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the Hellenic Football Federation would face an automatic suspension.[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and Hellenic Football Federation.[3]
A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,[4] but the final was later postponed to 17 May 2016.[5][6]
Teams
Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round |
Preliminary Round | 34 | 4 | none | 4 | Football League |
Group Stage | 32 | 32 | 2 | 30 | Super League |
Round of 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | none | none |
Quarter-Finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none |
Semi-Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none |
Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |
Calendar
Round | Main date | Number of fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round |
Preliminary Round | 9, 10 September & 16 September 2015 | 2 | 34 → 32 | 4 |
Group Stage | 27, 28, 29 October, 1, 2, 3 December & 15, 16, 17 December 2015 | 48 | 32 → 16 | 30 |
Round of 16 | 5, 6, 7 January & 12, 13, 14 January 2016 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
Quarter-Finals | 27, 28 January & 3, 4, 10, 11 February 2016 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-Finals | 2 March, 20 April & 26, 27 April 2016 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 17 May 2016 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |
Source:[7]
Participating clubs
Preliminary Round
The draw for this round took place on 4 September 2015.
Group Stage
The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2015.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Rules for classification: 1. Points 2. Head-to-head points 3. Goals scored 4. Goals against 5. Play-offs (neutral ground).
Round of 16
The draw for this round took place on 18 December 2015.
Quarter-Finals
The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2016.
Semi-Finals
The draw for this round took place on 19 February 2016. After the first match on 2 March being abandoned due to crowd violence, the cup was cancelled,[1] before being resumed on 15 April 2016.[3] New dates for the competition were announced by Hellenic Football Federation and the other first leg match was played on 20 April while the second leg matches were played on 26 and 27 April 2016.[4]
1 Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2.[8] It was later rewarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.[9]
2 PAOK didn't show up to the match, so Olympiacos was awarded a 3–0 walkover.
Final
After the cup was resumed the Hellenic Football Federation announced that the final would be played on 7 May 2016,[4] but it was later postponed to 15 May 2016.[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.[10]
Man of the Match:
Match officials
- Assistant referees:
- Damianos Efthimiadis
- Polychronis Kostaras
- Additional assistant referees:
- Fourth official: Tryfon Petropoulos
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Match rules
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
- Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
- Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
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