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, for the first time.[1][2][3] The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEL. It was Panathinaikos' twenty sixth 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.

2007 Greek Cup Final
AEL fans during the match at the Panthessaliko Stadium.
Event2006–07 Greek Football Cup
Date5 May 2007
VenuePanthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the MatchNikos Dabizas (AEL)
RefereeKyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Attendance18,111
WeatherCloudy
18 °C (64 °F)
77% humidity

Venue

The Panthessaliko Stadium.

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

The Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos. Its current capacity is 22,700.

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup Final twenty five 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.

Route to the final

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

Match

Details

Panathinaikos1–2AEL
  • Papadopoulos 44' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 18,111
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Panathinaikos
AEL
GK12 Pierre Ebéde
DF29 Mikael Nilsson 82'
DF 5 Nasief Morris
DF 8 Giannis Goumas
DF24 Loukas Vyntra
MF20 Sotiris Leontiou
MF22 Alexandros Tziolis 86'
MF37 Sotiris Ninis 73'
MF27 Andreas Ivanschitz 77'
FW11 Dimitris Papadopoulos (c)
FW26 Vangelis Mantzios
Substitutes:
GK 1 Mario Galinović
DF25 Igor Bišćan 86'
DF19 Anthony Šerić 82'
DF 4 Ilias Kotsios
DF15 Srđan Andrić
MF18 Giorgos Theodoridis
FW 9 Sebastián Romero 73'
Manager:
Víctor Muñoz
GK26 Stefanos Kotsolis
DF 7 Georgios Galitsios
DF 4 Nikos Dabizas (c)
DF20 Marco Förster 43'
DF 3 Stelios Venetidis
MF30 Christian Bassila
MF66 Angelos Digozis 35'
MF18 Giorgos Fotakis 56'
MF46 Efstathios Aloneftis 72'
MF10 Cleyton 85'
FW99 Jozef Kožlej 60'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Fotis Kipouros
DF23 Antonis Poutas
DF 5 Spyros Vallas 85'
MF19 Nektarios Alexandrou
MF33 Panagiotis Bachramis
FW21 Christos Kalantzis 72'
FW79 Henry Antchouet 82' 60'
Manager:
Giorgos 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

See also

References

  1. "Λάρισα-Παναθηναϊκός 2-1". contra.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ". web.archive.org. February 3, 2008.
  3. "Greece Cup 2006/07". www.rsssf.com.
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