2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Cup

The 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Cup is the 3rd season of the competition, since its official establishment in 2013, and the first to take place after the 2015–16 edition was not held. In this competition, only the clubs of the Gamma Ethniki can participate. The 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Cup winner will compete at the end of the season with the winner of the 2016–17 Amateurs' Cup for the Amateurs' Super Cup Greece.

2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	61
Final positions
Champions	A.E. Karaiskakis
Runner-up	Achaiki
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	158 (2.63 per match)

First round

In first round of the competition, the clubs in each group compete against each other in singles matches (overtime and penalties apply) until one club is declared Group winner. The pairs are the result of random drawing. The match days of the First Round have been set for 16 October 2016 for Match-Day 1, 13 November 2016 for Match-Day 2, 14 December 2016 for Match-Day 3 and 22 February 2017 for each Group Final. However, all matches scheduled for 13 November were postponed via a direct order of the HFF, in association with UEFA and FIFA, in response to the arson of Superleague Chief Refereeing Officer Georgios Mpikas' house in Ierissos, Chalkidiki. As a result, all Match-Day 2 matches were set for 7 December 2016, while Match-Day 3 matches were set for 21 December 2016.

Group 1

Nestos

Doxa P.

Orfeas Xanthi

Kavala

AO Kardia

Apollon P.

Almopos Aridaea

Langadas

Kampaniakos

Apollon K.

Naoussa

Doxa

Makedonikos F.

Eordaikos

AE Pontion

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Location of teams in Group 1 of 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki

Match-day 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Orfeas Xanthi	3–2	AE Pontion Vatolakkos
AO Kardia	0 − 0 (0 − 2 pen.)	Almopos Aridaea
Makedonikos Foufas	0–1	APE Langadas
Apollon Kalamarias	1 − 0 o.t	Doxa Drama
Kampaniakos	3 − 3 (4 − 5 pen.)	Nestos Chrysoupoli
Doxa Proskinites	2–1	Eordaikos
Naoussa	2–1	Apollon Paralimnio

• Kavala advance to Match-day 2 on walkover.

Match-day 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nestos Chrysoupoli	0–2	Apollon Kalamarias
Orfeas Xanthi	2–0	Doxa Proskinites
Kavala	0 − 0 (3 − 4 pen.)	Almopos Aridaea
APE Langadas	2 − 1 o.t	Naoussa

Match-day 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Apollon Kalamarias	4–1	Orfeas Xanthi
APE Langadas	2–1	Almopos Aridaea

Group Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
APE Langadas	1–2	Apollon Kalamarias

Group 2

Pydna

Pierikos

Mavroi Aetoi

Asteras P.

Ethnikos

Apollon L.

Thesprotos

Karaiskakis
Amvrakia K.

Diagoras S.

Achilleas N.

Niki Volos
Olympiakos V.

Rigas Feraios

Tilikratis

A.E Istiaia

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Location of teams in Group 2 of 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki

Match-day 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
A.E. Karaiskakis	1–0	Ethnikos Filippiada
A.E Istiaia	2–1	Rigas Feraios
Olympiacos Volou	0–2	Apollon Larissa
Niki Volou	3–0	Thesprotos
Asteras Petriti	0–3	Mavroi Aetoi Eleftherochori
Tilikratis	2–1	Diagoras Sevasti
Amvrakia Kostakioi	1 − 1 (3 − 0 pen.)	Achilleas Neokaisareia
Pierikos	0 − 0 (9 − 10 pen.)	Pydna Kitros

Match-day 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Amvrakia Kostakioi	1–2	Apollon Larissa
Pydna Kitros	2–0	Tilikratis
A.E. Karaiskakis	4 − 4 (4 − 3 pen.)	Mavroi Aetoi Eleftherochori
Niki Volou	1–0	A.E Istiaia

Match-day 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Apollon Larissa	1 − 1 (3 − 4 pen.)	A.E. Karaiskakis
Pydna Kitros	2–3	Niki Volou

Group Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
A.E. Karaiskakis	1–0	Niki Volou

Group 3

Tsiklitiras P.

Zevgolateio

Panargiakos

Doxa M.

Varda

Achaiki

Panarkadikos

Chalkida

Fostiras

Asteras

Loutraki

Aiolikos

Ermionida

Thiva

Panachaiki

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Location of teams in Group 3 of 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki

Match-day 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Chalkida	2–3	Achaiki
Zevgolateio	4 − 3 o.t	Thiva
Tsiklitiras Pylos	1 − 1 (1 − 3 pen.)	Panachaiki
Panarkadikos	1–0	Doxa Megalopoli
Panargiakos	3–1	Ermionida
Asteras Amaliada	3–0	Loutraki
PAO Varda	2–3	Aiolikos

• Fostiras advance to Match-day 2 on walkover.

Match-day 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Achaiki	1–0	Fostiras
Zevgolateio	3–1	Panargiakos
Asteras Amaliada	2–1	Panarkadikos
Panachaiki	1–0	Aiolikos

Match-day 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zevgolateio	0–1	Panachaiki
Asteras Amaliada	0–2	Achaiki

Group Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panachaiki	0 − 0 (2 − 3 pen.)	Achaiki

Group 4

AEEK INKA

Agios Ierotheos
Ilisiakos
A.E. Kifisia

Triglia Rafina
Thyella

Panthiraikos

Proodeftiki
Ethnikos
Ionikos

Ermis

Atsalenios
Ergotelis

Rodos

Ialysos

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Location of teams in Group 4 of 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki

Match-day 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rodos	1–0	Ialysos
Atsalenios	2–1	Ermis Zoniana
AEEK INKA	1 − 1 (10 − 11 pen.)	Ergotelis
Kifisia	4–0	Proodeftiki
Ilisiakos	2 − 2 (4 − 2 pen.)	Ionikos
Agios Ierotheos	1–0	Thyella Rafina
Triglia Rafina	1–0	Ethnikos

• Panthiraikos advance to Match-day 2 on walkover.

Match-day 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Agios Ierotheos	4–0	Triglia Rafina
Ergotelis	1–2	Kifisia
Panthiraikos	0–1	Rodos
Ilisiakos	1–3	Atsalenios

Match-day 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Agios Ierotheos	1 − 1 (2 − 4 pen.)	Kifisia
Rodos	0–2	Atsalenios

Group Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kifisia	3–0	Atsalenios

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 March 2017 – Grevena Municipal Stadium
	Apollon Kalamarias	2
					28 May 2017 – Panetolikos Stadium
	A.E. Karaiskakis	3
					A.E. Karaiskakis	1
	26 March 2017 – Argos Municipal Stadium
					Achaiki	0
	Achaiki	1 (5)
	Kifisia	1 (4)

Semifinals

In the Second Round (Semi-finals), the four Group winners compete on neutral Ground on single knockout matches.

26 March 2017

14:30

Apollon Kalamarias	2–3	A.E. Karaiskakis
Avramidis 33' (o.g.) Symelidis 67'	Report	Zigeridis 30' Giftokostas 72' Maziotis 90'

Grevena Municipal Stadium

Referee: Konstantinos Panytsidis (Kozani)

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26 March 2017

14:30

Achaiki	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kifisia
Kostoulas 55'	Report	Souleles 20'
Penalties
Konstantinopoulos Lampropoulos Mikelatos Kostoulas Georgopoulos Angelopoulos	5–4	Karakostas Rentzis Spiliotakis Gezos Tegousis Tabakis

Argos Municipal Stadium

Referee: Dimitrios Gkiafis (Aetolia-Acarnania)

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Final

28 May 2017

17:00

A.E. Karaiskakis	1–0	Achaiki
Kousidis (59)	Report

Panetolikos Stadium

Referee: Panagiotis Kekelos (Aetolia-Acarnania)

Karaiskakis

Achaiki

A.E. Karaikskakis: GK ? Apostolos Androutsos DF ? Nikolaos Papanikou DF ? Spiros Lamprou DF ? Konstantinos Chartsias  32' DF ? Aristotelis Karagiannidis MF ? Alexandros Veletis MF ? George Collins  92' MF ? German Datidis MF ? Nikolaos Gyftokostas FW ? Nikos Kousidis  77'  80' FW ? Sokratis Evangelou  46' Substitutes: GK ? Apostolos Siaravas DF ? Apostolos Avramidis  80' DF ? Marios Kapsalis MF ? Alexandros Bekatoros MF ? Giannis Goulas  92' MF ? Alexandros Maziotis FW ? Charalampos Zygeridis  46' Manager: Nikos Theodosiadis

Achaiki: GK ? Athanasios Drakopoulos DF ? Georgios Ntazos  28' DF ? Christos Stefanopoulos DF ? Spiros Sotiropoulos DF ? Rildi Charizi DF ? Christos Drimalas  69' MF ? Panagiotis Konstantinopoulos  51'  90' MF ? Joachim Apostolopoulos MF ? Ilias Georgopoulos  79' FW ? Leonidas Kostoulas FW ? Antonis Roumpatos  63' Substitutes: GK ? Dionysis Ventouris DF ? Georgios Petropoulos DF ? Nikos Anagnostopoulos  69' MF ? Ilias Papadatos MF ? Giannis Makris MF ? Leonidas Aggelopoulos  63' FW ? Ilias Mantas  79' Manager: Alexandros Gavrilopoulos

Match officials Assistant referees: Spiros Chouliaras (Aetolia-Acarnania) Konstantinos Kalampokis (Aetolia-Acarnania) Fourth official: Vasilios Panagiotopoulos (Aetolia-Acarnania)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Gamma Ethniki Cup 2017
A.E. Karaiskakis 1st Title

External links

• Football League 2 Cup