The 2013–14 Greek Football Cup was the 72nd edition of the

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

. A total of 46 clubs, 16 less than last edition, were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 14 September 2013 with the first round and concluded on 26 April 2014 with the final at the

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between Panathinaikos and

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, with Panathinaikos winning 4–1.

Teams

Calendar

Participating clubs

The following 46 teams competed in First Round:

Knockout phase

Each tie in the

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, apart from the first two rounds and 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

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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

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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

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. In the first two rounds and 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.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the draw for the Round of 32, the teams from the first division are seeded and the winners from the first round were unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams with the exception of one draw. *In the draws for the Round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the different group can be drawn against each other.

First round

The draw for this round took place on 10 September 2013.

Summary

Matches

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Bracket

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Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...