The2024–25 Greek Football Cup, also namedBetsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 83rd edition of theGreek Football Cup.Panathinaikos are the current defending champions having won the2023–24 edition of this cup. The winner of this year's Cup earned the right to participate in the2025–26 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round[2] and also in the 2025Greek Super Cup. In the case that the same team wins both the2024–25 Super League Greece and the Greek Cup, then Greek Cup's runner-up will provide the opposition for the Super Cup match.[3]
In the first round of the Competition, the winners of the cup events of the local FCAs participate, while in case of non-participation, the finalists have the right to declare participation. From the FCA of Evrytania, FCA of Arcadia, FCA of Boeotia, FCA of Grevena and FCA of Heraklion, no team declared participation. Last year's finalist from Larissa and Aetoloacarnania declared participation, while from Kavala, Argolis and Pieria the finalists due to the participation of the cup winners in Super League 2.[5]
The 10 teams that qualified from the previous round, the 28 teams that qualified via bye and the 20 teams of Super League 2 participated in the third round. Ionikos withdrew from Super League 2 and then declared withdrawal from the cup as well.[6]
The winners of the 2nd round participate in the 3rd round. According to the announcement, in the event that a Super League 2 team is drawn with a Cup winner of the local FCA championships then the match will be held at the home ground of the local FCA Cup winner.[7]
The winners of the third round and theSuper League 1 teams, that enter at this stage, will participate in the fourth round, apart from the 4 teams participating in the European competitions (PAOK, AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos). The draw was held on 17 September 2024 at the Federation's offices.
Each tie in theknockout phase, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was played by 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. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were played overtwo 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, theaway 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, thenextra 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 apenalty shoot-out. In the round of 16, if the score was level at the end of normal time the two-legged rule was applied. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:
In the draw for the Round of 16, the fourSuper League clubs finishing in places 1–4 in the previous season are seeded, while the clubs advancing from the Fifth Round are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 8 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last hosting the second leg.
In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.
The 12 winners of the fourth round and the 4 teams participating in the European competitions (PAOK, AEK, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos) participate in the round of 16.The draw took place on 2 October 2024.
Georgios Manalis
Moritz Heinrich
Federico Gino
Wilson Chimeli
Roman Yaremchuk
Thiago Nuss
Carles Soria
Tarik Tissoudali
Denis Cheryshev
Márk Koszta
