1979–80 Cypriot Cup

1979–80 Cypriot Cup
Tournament details
CountryCyprus
Dates10 November 1979 – 29 June 1980
Teams41
Final positions
ChampionsOmonia
(4th title)
Runner-upAlki Larnaca

The 1979–80 Cypriot Cup was the 38th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 41 clubs entered the competition. It began on 10 November 1979 with the preliminary round and concluded on 29 June 1980 with the replay final which was held at Makario Stadium. Omonia won their 4th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Alki Larnaca 3–1 in the final.

Format

In the 1979–80 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division.

The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.

The cup winner secured a place in the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Preliminary round

In the first preliminary draw, participated all the 12 teams of the Cypriot Third Division and 6 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Second Division (last six of the league table of each group at the day of the draw).

First round

15 clubs from the Cypriot First Division and the rest clubs from the Cypriot Second Division met the winners of the preliminary round ties:

Second round

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Alki Larnaca 1 - 0 Keravnos Strovolou (A)
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta 2 - 3 AEL Limassol (A)
(A) Apollon Limassol 3 - 0 APOEL (A)
(A) AC Omonia 3 - 0 Evagoras Paphos (A)

Semi-finals

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Apollon Limassol 0 - 2 Alki Larnaca (A)
(A) AC Omonia 0 - 0, 1 - 0 AEL Limassol (A)

Final

Omonia3–1Alki Larnaca
Kaiafas 43'
Mavris 55'
Kaiafas 76'
89' M. Panayiotou
Cypriot Cup 1979–80 Winners
Omonia
4th title

Sources

See also