1953–54 Greek Football Cup

The 1953–54 Greek Football Cup was the 12th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 23 May 1954. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Doxa Drama, with Olympiacos winning by 2–0.^[1][2]

1953–54 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (5th title)
Runners-up	Doxa Drama
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First round	18, 20–23, 25, 26 October 1953	?	?	?
Second round	18, 25, 28 October 1953	?	?	?
Third round	1 November 1953	?	?	?
Fourth round	8 November 1953	?	?	?
Fifth round	15 November 1953	?	?	?
Sixth round	22 November 1953	?	?	?
Seventh round	29 November 1953	?	?	?
Eighth round	6, 20, 26 December 1953	?	?	?
Ninth round	27 December 1953, 7 January 1954	?	?	?
Tenth round	3, 6, 10 January 1954	?	? → 16	?
Round of 16	17, 28 January 1954	11	16 → 8	8
Quarter-finals		3	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals		2	4 → 2	none
Final	23 May 1954	1	2 → 1	none

Qualification round

Known results of the qualifying rounds.^[3]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
18 October 1953
AE Ampelokipoi	3–0	PO Psychiko
Olympias	1–0	PO Agios Savvas
Panelefsiniakos	2–0	Piraikos
Akratitos	4–3	Ethnikos Petralona
Panamvrakikos	4–0	Aetos Arta
Panerythraikos	4–0	Atromitos Chalandri
Arion	4–0	Afovos
PAO Kalogreza	4–0	Nea Ionia
AO Zografou	2–0	Armeniki	0–0	2–0 (w/o)
Keramikos	2–1	Ilisiakos ||colspan="2" rowspan="11" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Proodos	3–2	Victoria
Athinaikos	4–2	Ethnikos Asteras
Pangrati	3–2	Doxa Vyronas
Esperos Kallitheas	4–2	Niki Plaka
Atromitos	11–0	Doxa Peristeri
Aris Piraeus	3–2	Near East
OF Cholargos	5–3	Kronos
Amfisaikos	5–2	Iraklis Lamia
Panegialios	5–3	AE Aigio
Pannafpliakos	4–1	Olympiacos Korinthos
Aris Drama	6–2	Iraklis Andriani	1–1 (a.e.t.)	5–1
Doxa Drama	6–0	Doxa Sitargon
Elpida Drama	4–0	AE Kyrgion
Pallamiaki	4–0	Pamfthiotikos
Olympiacos Lamia	3–2	Aias Lamia
Prassina Poulia	4–0	Aias Lamia
Panarkadikos	3–1	Asteras Tripolis
Aspida Xanthi	4–0	Doxa Xanthi
Orfeas Xanthi	3–2	AEK Xanthi
Pallevadiaki	6–0	Panthivaikos
Fostiras	2–1	Sparta
Asteras Athens	5–0	Athinaida
Panionios	3–2	Iraklis Athens
Palaia Kokkinia	3–0	Panaspropyrgiakos
Egaleo	3–2	Doxa Athens
Makedonikos	6–0	Akritas
Toumba Youth	2–1	AO Charilaou
PO Xirokrini	2–1	Neapolis
PAOK	6–0	Marathonas
Thermaikos	9–0	Dafni
Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki	11–1	Doxa Neapolis
20 October 1953
Aris Syros	5–3	Hellas Syros
Olympiacos Naoussa	3–1	Akritas
21 October 1953
Argonaftis	3–2	Chalkidona ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Panamrakikos	4–0	Aetos Arta
22 October 1953
AE Karava	1–0	Archimidis
Ethnikos Edessa	3–0	Megas Alexandros Veroia
23 October 1953
Vyron Kavala	2–1	Neapolis Kavala
Filippi Kavala	7–0	Aspida Kavala
25 October 1953
AEK Kalamon	4–1	Olympiacos Kalamon

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 October 1953
Doxa Drama	5–2	Megas Alexandros Drama
25 October 1953
Panionios	7–1	Olympiada Athens
Asteras Athens	3–0	OF Cholargos
Fostiras	3–1	Akratitos
Aris Kerkyra	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ellispontos
Olympiacos Ioannina	1–0	Averof Ioannina
Panamvrakikos	2–0	Olympiacos Arta
Ermis Verias	2–0	Makedonikos Kozani
28 October 1953
Olympiacos Volos	3–1	Pagasitikos
Niki Volos	2–1	Iraklis Larissa
Atromitos Ioannina	4–2	Achileus Trikala
Anagennisi Karditsa	5–4 (a.e.t.)	AE Trikala
29 October 1953
Iraklis Serres	2–1	Orfeas Serres
Ionia Chania	4–2	Asteras Chania
Ergotelis	2–0	Ethnikos Iraklio
Olympiacos Chania	2–0	Proodeftiki Poron

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fostiras	2–1	Proodos
Olympiacos Lamia	2–1	Pallamiaki
Athinaikos	4–0	Palaia Kokkinia
Panionios	3–0	PAO Kalogreza
Asteras Athens	8–2	Keramikos
Egaleo	4–0	Filathloi
Pangrati	1–0	Arion
Panelefsiniakos	2–0	AE Karava
Olympiacos Argos	4–3	Panargiakos
Panerythraikos	3–2	Esperos Kallitheas
Aris Nikaia	2–0	Argonaftis
AE Ampelokipoi	2–1	AO Zografou
Apollon Serres	2–1	Iraklis Serres
Panarkadikos	4–0	Aris Tripolis
PAOK	9–1	APEL
PO Xirokrini	?	Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki	2–2 (a.e.t.)	?
Thermaikos	2–1	Meliteus
Makedonikos	?	AE Ampelokipoi Thessaloniki	0–0 (a.e.t.)	?
Atromitos Ioannina	6–0	Olympiacos Ioannina

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Elpida Drama	3–2	Iraklis Kavala
Atromitos Ioannina	4–1	Panamvrakikos
Niki Volos	3–1	Ethnikos Volos
Olympiacos Volos	4–2	Anagennisi Karditsa
Olympiacos Lamia	2–1	Amfisaikos

Fifth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Atromitos Piraeus	2–1	AE Ampelokipoi
Athinaikos	1–0	Pangrati
Spartiatikos	2–0 (w/o)	Pannafpliakos
Panarkadikos	2–0	Prassina Poulia
Atromitos Ioannina	3–2	Aris Kerkyra
Egaleo	5–1	Panerythraikos

Sixth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panelefsiniakos	4–2	Aris Piraeus
Spartiatikos	5–0	Pangythiatikos

Seventh round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Egaleo	5–1	Panelefsiniakos
Spartiatikos	5–0	Pangythiatikos
Doxa Drama	2–1	Filippi Kavala

Eighth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
6 December 1953
Doxa Drama	7–0	Elpida Drama
Apollon Serres	1–0	Iraklis Serres
20 December 1953
Athinaikos	2–1	Fostiras
Panionios	4–0	Olympiacos Lamia
Panarkadikos	0–01	Olympiacos Loutraki
26 December 1953
Thermaikos	2–0	Ermis Verias

¹ The match was suspended at the 55th minute, due to the unsuitability of the pitch.

Ninth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Diagoras	?	Atromitos Piraeus	2–2	?
PAOK	6–0	Apollon Serres
Makedonikos	1–0	Thermaikos
Niki Volos	5–0	Olympiacos Volos

Tenth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
3 January 1954
Panionios	2–1	Egaleo ||colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Asteras Athens	?	Athinaikos	1–1 (a.e.t.)	?
6 January 1954
PAOK	?	Makedonikos ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Doxa Drama	?	Doxa Alexandroupoli
10 January 1954
Thyella Patras	3–0	Panarkadikos ||colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |

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.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
  The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final
	AEK Athens	0	0
	Asteras Athens (a.e.t.)	0	1
						Asteras Athens	0
						Olympiacos	4
	Atromitos Piraeus		0
	Olympiacos		2
										Olympiacos	1	1
										Apollon Athens	1	0
	Panathinaikos		2
	Ethnikos Piraeus		0
						Panathinaikos	0
						Apollon Athens	1
	Thyella Patras	0	0
	Apollon Athens	0	1
															Olympiacos	2
															Doxa Drama	0
	Aris (a.e.t.)		2
	Iraklis		1
						Aris	1
						Doxa Drama	2
	Doxa Drama		3
	PAOK		2
										Doxa Drama (w/o)		2
										Panionios		0
	OFI		1
	Panionios (a.e.t.)		2
						Panionios (w/o)	2
						Apollon Kalamarias	0
	Niki Volos	2	1
	Apollon Kalamarias	2	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus ||colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Niki Volos	3–4	Apollon Kalamarias	2–2	1–2
Doxa Drama	3–2	PAOK ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Atromitos Piraeus	0–2	Olympiacos
AEK Athens	0–1	Asteras Athens	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
OFI	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Panionios ||colspan="2" rowspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |
Aris	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Iraklis
Thyella Patras	0–1	Apollon Athens	0–0	0–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	0–1	Apollon Athens
Panionios	2–0 (w/o)	Apollon Kalamarias
Aris	1–2	Doxa Drama
Asteras Athens	0–4	Olympiacos

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	2–1	Apollon Athens	1–1*	1–0
Doxa Drama	2–0 (w/o)	Panionios ||colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" |

^*There was no extra time "due to extremely muddy ground".^[4]

Final

Main article: 1954 Greek Football Cup final

23 May 1954

17:00 EET

Olympiacos	2–0	Doxa Drama
Drosos 31' Darivas 38'	Report

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Referee: Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)