Greek Cup 1994-95
The Greek Cup 1994–95 was the 53rd edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.
Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.
The Final was contested for second possessed year by Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, the "greens" via fire and iron, while in their course they eliminated, inter alia, Skoda Xanthi, with a goal in the last minute of extra time, and Olympiacos, with a goal in the last minute of the match with away goals rule.
Contrary to the shocking Final of 1994, Final of that season was stigmatised by riots in the pitch and out of it, by the moment that the referee Filippos Mbakas gave a penalty in favour of Panathinaikos a few minutes before the end of extra time. This event caused protests, expulsions, riots between fans of both teams (21 arrests became), while certain footballers of AEK Athens denied to attend in the handing-over. Few days later, Filippos Mbakas was attacked from unknown in a street near to airport of Elliniko and was wounded.
The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 3 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.
First legs were held on November 16, 1994, while second legs on 30th.
The 53rd Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".
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