2007 Greek Football Cup final

The 2007 Greek Cup final was the 63rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 May 2007 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEL. It was Panathinaikos' twenty seventh Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and AEL's fourth Greek Cup final in their 43-year history. AEL's defender Stelios Venetidis won the cup with a third different club in his career, after PAOK in 2001 and Olympiacos in 2005 and 2006.

Venue

This was the first Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium.

Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2004, where they had won Olympiacos by 3–1.

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning one of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 1985, where they had won PAOK by 4–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1982 and 1984 finals.

Route to the final

Further information: 2006–07 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos				Round	AEL
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Thrasyvoulos	1–0 (A)			Round of 32	Panthrakikos	3–1 (A)
Panathinaikos	1–1 (3–2 p)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Round of 16	OFI	4–2	1–1 (A)	3–1 (H)
PAOK	4–3	2–1 (A)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	Quarter-finals	Kerkyra	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Skoda Xanthi	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	PAS Giannina	4–0	2–0 (H)	2–0 (A)

Match

Details

5 May 200718:00 EEST

Panathinaikos	1–2	AEL
Papadopoulos 44' (pen.)	Report	Kožlej 3' Antchouet 82'

Panthessaliko Stadium, VolosAttendance: 18,111Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Panathinaikos

AEL


GK	12	Pierre Ebéde
RB	29	Mikael Nilsson		82'
CB	8	Giannis Goumas
CB	5	Nasief Morris
LB	24	Loukas Vyntra
DM	20	Sotiris Leontiou
CM	22	Alexandros Tziolis		86'
RM	37	Sotiris Ninis		73'
LM	27	Andreas Ivanschitz	77'
CF	26	Vangelis Mantzios
CF	11	Dimitrios Papadopoulos (c)
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mario Galinović
DF	25	Igor Bišćan		86'
DF	19	Anthony Šerić		82'
DF	4	Ilias Kotsios
DF	15	Srđan Andrić
MF	18	Giorgos Theodoridis
FW	9	Sebastián Romero		73'
Manager:
Víctor Muñoz


GK	26	Stefanos Kotsolis
RB	7	Georgios Galitsios
CB	4	Nikos Dabizas (c)
CB	20	Marco Förster	43'
LB	3	Stelios Venetidis
DM	66	Angelos Digozis	35'
DM	30	Christian Bassila
RM	18	Giorgos Fotakis	56'
LM	46	Efstathios Aloneftis		72'
SS	10	Cleyton		85'
CF	99	Jozef Kožlej		60'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Fotis Kipouros
DF	23	Antonis Poutas
DF	5	Spyros Vallas		85'
MF	19	Nektarios Alexandrou
MF	33	Panagiotis Bachramis
FW	21	Christos Kalantzis		72'
FW	79	Henri Antchouet	82'	60'
Manager:
Georgios Donis

Man of the Match:
Nikos Dabizas (AEL)

Assistant referees:
Dimitris Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Dimitris Bozatzidis (Macedonia)

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shootout if scores still level
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

References

"Λάρισα-Παναθηναϊκός 2-1". contra.gr (in Greek). 21 May 2016.
"ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ". epo.gr (in Greek). 3 February 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008.
"Greece Cup 2006/07". RSSSF.
"Panthessalian Stadium". stadia.gr.
"Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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