The 1997âÂÂ98 Greek Football Cup was the 56th edition of the Greek Football Cup.
Totally 66 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 30 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, including the final. The teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the round of 32.
Panionios made the surprise overcoming Panathinaikos in the final and won the second Cup in their history, after 1979. They were also newly-promoted in first division of that year, since in the previous season they had competed in second division. In semi-finals they eliminated PAOK. Panathinaikos in the round of 16 eliminated Panserraikos, achieving an impressive victory in Serres, with extraordinary 4âÂÂ6, and while in half time they were behind in the score, 3âÂÂ1.
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.<br>The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
Edessaikos won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Marko won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Orestis Orestiada won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Ethnikos Asteras won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Apollon Kalamarias won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
ILTEX Lykoi won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panserraikos won 7âÂÂ6 on aggregate.
Kozani won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Nafpaktiakos Asteras won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Apollon Larissa won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Agia Eleousa won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Orfeas Alexandroupoli won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panelefsiniakos won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Kerkyra won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Aetos Skydra won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panetolikos won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Ialysos won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Aris won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Egaleo won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Pierikos won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Niki Volos won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Anagennisi Karditsa won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ergotelis won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Poseidon Michaniona won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
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Aris won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Edessaikos won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Orestis Orestiada won 4âÂÂ3 on penalties.
Apollon Larissa won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Panserraikos won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Orfeas Alexandroupoli won 3âÂÂ0 on penalties.
Apollon Kalamarias won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Panelefsiniakos won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panetolikos won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Niki Volos won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Paniliakos won on away goals.
Panathinaikos won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Skoda Xanthi won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Apollon Larissa won on away goals.
Apollon Kalamarias won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Anagennisi Karditsa won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Orfeas Alexandroupoli won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
OFI won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Aris won on away goals.
Panionios won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Edessaikos won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ionikos won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Veria won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Panserraikos won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
PAOK won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Skoda Xanthi won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 10âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
Aris won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Apollon Kalamarias won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Apollon Larissa won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
PAOK won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 6âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Panionios won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
PAOK won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Iraklis won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panionios won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Panionios won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.