Event | 2006–07 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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Date | 5 May 2007 | ||||||
Venue | Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos | ||||||
Man of the Match | Nikos Dabizas (AEL) | ||||||
Referee | Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki) | ||||||
Attendance | 18,111 | ||||||
Weather | Cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) 77% humidity | ||||||
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. 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. [1] [2] [3] 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.
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. [4]
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. [5]
Panathinaikos | Round | AEL | ||||||
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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) |
Panathinaikos | 1–2 | AEL |
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