2016–17 Cypriot Cup

The 2016–17 Cypriot Cup was the 75th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 25 clubs were accepted to enter the competition. It began on 26 October 2016^[2] with the first round and concluded on 24 May 2017 with the final held at GSP Stadium.^[3] The winner of the Cup was Apollon Limassol for ninth time and qualified for the 2017–18 Europa League second qualifying round

2016–17 Cypriot Cup

Tournament details
Country	Cyprus
Dates	26 October 2016 – 24 May 2017
Teams	25
Final positions
Champions	Apollon (9th title)
Runners-up	APOEL
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	117 (3.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ivan Tričkovski (4 goals)[1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2017.

First round

The first round draw took place on 19 October 2016^[4] and the matches played on 26 October and 2, 23, 30 November 2016.^[5]

Aris Limassol v Akritas Chlorakas

26 October 2016	Aris Limassol	6−0	Akritas Chlorakas	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 EET	González 34', 57' (pen.), 74' Rogério 38' Onyilo 61', 81'	Report		Attendance: 43 Referee: Andreas Argyrou

Enosis Neon Paralimni v AEZ Zakakiou

26 October 2016	Enosis Neon Paralimni	2−4	AEZ Zakakiou	Tasos Markou, Paralimni
15:00 EET	Moushis 18' Cojocnean 20'	Report	Di Franco 16' Villafañe 40' Semedo 56' Pittaras 59'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Constantinos Fotiou

Karmiotissa v Ayia Napa

26 October 2016	Karmiotissa	3−1	Ayia Napa	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
15:00 EET	Pantos 18' (pen.), 67' Papadopoulos 50'	Report	Markou 87'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Timotheos Christofi

Doxa Katokopias v Ermis Aradippou

26 October 2016	Doxa Katokopias	3−2	Ermis Aradippou	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Castro 3' Gonzalez 37' Peralta 48' (pen.)	Report	Martynyuk 42' Da Sylva 77'	Attendance: 14 Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

Omonia Aradippou v AEK Larnaca

26 October 2016	Omonia Aradippou	0−3	AEK Larnaca	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET		Report	Boljević 32' Acorán 59' Alves 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 500 Referee: Andreas Constantinou

Anorthosis v Othellos Athienou

26 October 2016	Anorthosis	2−1 (a.e.t.)	Othellos Athienou	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
19:00 EET	Airam 50' Kastanas 94' (o.g.)	Report	Djamas 61'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Kyriakos Christodoulou

Alki Oroklini v AEL Limassol

2 November 2016	Alki Oroklini	1−2	AEL Limassol	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET	Avraam 45' (pen.)	Report	Arruabarrena 31' (pen.) Georgiadis 81'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Christos Constantinou

Pafos FC v Anagennisi Deryneia

23 November 2016	Pafos FC	2−3 (a.e.t.)	Anagennisi Deryneia	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
17:00 EET	Leonel 87' Pătulea 112' (pen.)	Report	Brígido 74' Furtado 101', 107'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Christos Spanos

Nea Salamina v PAEEK

30 November 2016	Nea Salamina	2−0	PAEEK	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET	Makriev 32' Tsiamis 33' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli

Second round

The second round draw took place on 20 December 2016^[6] and the matches played on 11, 18, 25 January and 1, 8 February 2017.^[7]

The following seven teams advanced directly to second round and will meet the nine winners of the first round ties:^[8]

• Apollon Limassol (2015–16 Cypriot Cup winner)
• Omonia (2015–16 Cypriot Cup runners-up)
• APOEL (2015–16 Cypriot First Division Fair Play winner)
• ASIL Lysi (Wild card, via draw)^[4]
• Ethnikos Achna (Wild card, via draw)^[4]
• Ethnikos Assia (Wild card, via draw)^[4]
• Olympiakos Nicosia (Wild card, via draw)^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
APOEL	4–1	Nea Salamina	2–1	2–1
Aris Limassol	0–3	AEL Limassol	0–2	0–1
Apollon Limassol	4–0	AEZ Zakakiou	2–0	2–0
Olympiakos Nicosia	5–0	Ethnikos Assia	2–0	3–0
Anorthosis	7–0	ASIL Lysi	2–0	5–0
Doxa Katokopias	5–1	Anagennisi Deryneia	2–1	3–0
AEK Larnaca	8–2	Karmiotissa	2–1	6–1
Omonia	1–1 (a)	Ethnikos Achna	0–0	1–1

First leg

Anorthosis v ASIL Lysi

11 January 2017	Anorthosis	2−0	ASIL Lysi	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
16:00 EET	Gonçalves 60' (pen.) Carlitos 78'	Report		Attendance: 500 Referee: Demetris Masias

Olympiakos Nicosia v Ethnikos Assia

11 January 2017	Olympiakos Nicosia	2−0	Ethnikos Assia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET	Pechlivanis 21' Antoniou 45' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 150 Referee: Savvas Zaphiris

Omonia v Ethnikos Achna

11 January 2017	Omonia	0−0	Ethnikos Achna	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET		Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

AEK Larnaca v Karmiotissa

11 January 2017	AEK Larnaca	2−1	Karmiotissa	AEK Arena, Larnaca
18:00 EET	Charalambides 36' Englezou 41'	Report	Poljanec 56'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Aris Limassol v AEL Limassol

11 January 2017	Aris Limassol	0−2	AEL Limassol	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
19:00 EET		Report	Arruabarrena 45+4' (pen.) Piti 84'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

APOEL v Nea Salamina

18 January 2017	APOEL	2−1	Nea Salamina	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET	Vander 69' Orlandi 73'	Report	Kolokoudias 24' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,851 Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

Apollon Limassol v AEZ Zakakiou

1 February 2017	Apollon Limassol	2−0	AEZ Zakakiou	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
17:00 EET	Sardinero 60', 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 500 Referee: Timotheos Christofi

Doxa Katokopias v Anagennisi Deryneia

1 February 2017	Doxa Katokopias	2−1	Anagennisi Deryneia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Leonardo 38' Corominas 38', 72'	Report	Wesllem 86'	Attendance: 50 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Second leg

Ethnikos Assia v Olympiakos Nicosia

18 January 2017	Ethnikos Assia	0−3 (0–5 agg.)	Olympiakos Nicosia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
13:00 EET	Kapartis 1', 53', 57' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 150 Referee: Andreas Argyrou

Ethnikos Achna v Omonia

18 January 2017	Ethnikos Achna	1−1 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Omonia	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
15:00 EET	Zelaya 57'	Report	Derbyshire 90+1'	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Loukas Soteriou

Karmiotissa v AEK Larnaca

18 January 2017	Karmiotissa	1−6 (2–8 agg.)	AEK Larnaca	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 EET	Pantos 81'	Report	Tričkovski 18', 39', 41' Englezou 82', 87' Truyols 89'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

ASIL Lysi v Anorthosis

25 January 2017	ASIL Lysi	0−5 (0–7 agg.)	Anorthosis	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
14:00 EET		Report	Colunga 34' Gonçalves 42' Santos 67' Kyriakou 71' Gabriel 89'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikolas Athanasiou

AEL Limassol v Aris Limassol

25 January 2017	AEL Limassol	1−0 (3–0 agg.)	Aris Limassol	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 EET	Sassi 60'	Report		Attendance: 570 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Nea Salamina v APOEL

25 January 2017	Nea Salamina	1−2 (2–4 agg.)	APOEL	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 EET	Makriev 81'	Report	Sotiriou 9' Aloneftis 70'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

Anagennisi Deryneia v Doxa Katokopias

8 February 2017	Anagennisi Deryneia	0−3 (1–5 agg.)	Doxa Katokopias	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni
15:00 EET		Report	Kenidy 8' Braulio 60' Coro 64'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

AEZ Zakakiou v Apollon Limassol

8 February 2017	AEZ Zakakiou	0−2 (0–4 agg.)	Apollon Limassol	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
17:00 EET		Report	Antoniou 38' (o.g.) Piech 83'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw took place on 9 February 2017^[9] and the matches played on 15 and 22 February, 8 March, 5 and 19 April 2017.^[10]

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Larnaca	3–5	Anorthosis	1–3	2–2
Olympiakos Nicosia	2–3	Doxa Katokopias	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
APOEL	1–1 (a)	AEL Limassol	0–0	1–1
Omonia	2–5	Apollon Limassol	2–2	0–3[note 1]

First leg

Omonia v Apollon Limassol

15 February 2017	Omonia	2−2	Apollon Limassol	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET	Cleyton 58' Christofi 63'	Report	Maglica 10' Alexandre 21' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Olympiakos Nicosia v Doxa Katokopias

22 February 2017	Olympiakos Nicosia	1−1	Doxa Katokopias	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 EET	Pachipis 56'	Report	Kenidy 45'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Charalambos Skapoulis

AEK Larnaca v Anorthosis

22 February 2017	AEK Larnaca	1−3	Anorthosis	AEK Arena, Larnaca
17:00 EET	Tričkovski 48'	Report	Rayo 5', 12' (pen.) Oliveira 59'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

APOEL v AEL Limassol

5 April 2017	APOEL	0−0	AEL Limassol	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EEST		Report		Attendance: 921 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Second leg

Apollon Limassol v Omonia

22 February 2017	Apollon Limassol	3−0 Awarded[note 1] (5–2 agg.)	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 EET	Maglica 7' Alexandre 26' Roberge  45+1' Pedro 68'	Report	Sheridan 45+2' (pen.) Filiotis  67'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Doxa Katokopias v Olympiakos Nicosia

8 March 2017	Doxa Katokopias	2−1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Olympiakos Nicosia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 EET	Coro 14' Nóbrega 105+2'	Report		Attendance: 100 Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

Anorthosis v AEK Larnaca

8 March 2017	Anorthosis	2−2 (5–3 agg.)	AEK Larnaca	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
15:00 EET	Shehu 64' Tričkovski 71' (o.g.)	Report	Mitidis 69' Florian 88'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

AEL Limassol v APOEL

19 April 2017	AEL Limassol	1–1 (1–1 (a) agg.)	APOEL	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 EEST	Arruabarrena 81',  90+2'	Report	Vander  28'  44' Barral 51'	Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

Semi-finals

The semi-finals draw took place on 20 April 2017,^[13] and the matches played on 26 April and 3 May 2017.^[14][15]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Limassol	6–1	Anorthosis	6–0	0–1
Doxa Katokopias	0–7	APOEL	0–2	0–5

First leg

Doxa Katokopias v APOEL

26 April 2017	Doxa Katokopias	0–2	APOEL	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EEST		Report	Barral 45+1' Astiz 62'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Demetris Masias

Apollon Limassol v Anorthosis

26 April 2017	Apollon Limassol	6–0	Anorthosis	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:00 EEST	Maglica 14' Sardinero 36' Vinícius 37' Papoulis 54' (pen.) Makrides 88' Piech 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 3,936 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Second leg

Anorthosis v Apollon Limassol

3 May 2017	Anorthosis	1–0 (1–6 agg.)	Apollon Limassol	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
17:00 EEST	Oliveira 34'	Report		Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikolas Neokleous

APOEL v Doxa Katokopias

3 May 2017	APOEL	5–0 (7–0 agg.)	Doxa Katokopias	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EEST	Aloneftis 13' Artymatas 22' Bertoglio 41' De Camargo 71' Vinícius 80'	Report		Attendance: 2,717 Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

Final

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24)

18:30 EEST

APOEL	0–1	Apollon Limassol
	Report	Vinícius 79'

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 13,906

Referee: Loukas Soteriou ^[16]

APOEL

Apollon

GK 78 Urko Pardo DF 21 Zhivko Milanov DF 30 Giorgos Merkis DF 44 Nicholas Ioannou  28'  81' DF  3 Roberto Lago MF 26 Nuno Morais (c)  56' MF 16 Vinícius  68' MF 46 Efstathios Aloneftis MF 77 Giannis Gianniotas  62' MF  7 Georgios Efrem  10'  78' FW 20 Pieros Sotiriou Substitutes: GK 99 Boy Waterman DF  2 Kypros Christoforou DF 23 Iñaki Astiz DF 90 Cédric Yambéré MF 11 Nektarios Alexandrou MF 80 Roger Cañas MF  4 Kostakis Artymatas MF 10 Facundo Bertoglio  78' MF 77 Vander Vieira  62' FW  9 Igor de Camargo  81' FW 17 David Barral Manager: Thomas Christiansen

GK 83 Bruno Vale  62' DF 55 Paulo Vinícius DF 22 Valentin Roberge DF 88 Giorgos Vasiliou  14' DF 17 João Pedro  52'  90+3' MF  5 Esteban Sachetti  43' MF 10 Alex da Silva  5'  62' MF 25 Chambos Kyriakou MF 26 Fotios Papoulis (c)  63' FW 77 Adrián Sardinero FW 99 Anton Maglica Substitutes: GK 31 Michalis Fani GK 46 Anastasios Kissas DF  6 Andreas Karo DF  8 Mário Sérgio  90+3' DF 33 Giorgos Pelagias MF 28 Marios Stylianou MF 20 Alastair Reynolds MF 52 Ioannis Pittas FW 57 Petros Psychas FW 18 Arkadiusz Piech FW 19 Abraham Guié  63' Manager: Sofronis Avgousti

Match officials Assistant referees: Michalis Soteriou Andreas Andreou Fourth official: Vasilis Demetriou

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Eleven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

• 2016–17 Cypriot First Division
• 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division

Notes

1. The original match was abandoned in the 82nd minute while Apollon was leading 3–1 due to crowd trouble, as Omonia fans were repeatedly throwing flares in the pitch. Cyprus Football Association awarded Apollon Limassol a 3–0 win.^[11][12]

Sources

• "2016/17 Cyprus Cup". RSSSF. 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-24.