2007 Greek Football Cup final

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2007 Greek Cup final
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AEL fans during the match at the Panthessaliko Stadium.
Event 2006–07 Greek Football Cup
Date5 May 2007
Venue Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the Match Nikos Dabizas (AEL)
Referee Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Attendance18,111
WeatherCloudy
18 °C (64 °F)
77% humidity
2006
2008

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. [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.

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Venue

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Panthessaliko Stadium.

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]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they 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 against PAOK by 4–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1982 and 1984 finals. [5]

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundAEL
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Thrasyvoulos 1–0 (A) Round of 32 Panthrakikos 3–1 (A)
Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 (3–2 p)0–0 (H)1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (A) Round of 16 OFI 4–21–1 (A)3–1 (H)
PAOK 4–32–1 (A)3–1 ( a.e.t. ) (H) Quarter-finals Kerkyra 2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)
Skoda Xanthi 1–00–0 (A)1–0 (H) Semi-finals PAS Giannina 4–02–0 (H)2–0 (A)

Match

Details

Panathinaikos 1–2 AEL
Report
Panthessaliko Stadium , Volos
Attendance: 18,111
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
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AEL
GK12 Flag of Cameroon.svg Pierre Ebéde
RB29 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Nilsson Sub off.svg 82'
CB 8 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Goumas
CB 5 Flag of South Africa.svg Nasief Morris
LB24 Flag of Greece.svg Loukas Vyntra
DM20 Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Leontiou
CM22 Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Tziolis Sub off.svg 86'
RM37 Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Ninis Sub off.svg 73'
LM27 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Ivanschitz Yellow card.svg 77'
CF26 Flag of Greece.svg Vangelis Mantzios
CF11 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Papadopoulos (c)
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Galinović
DF25 Flag of Croatia.svg Igor Bišćan Sub on.svg 86'
DF19 Flag of Croatia.svg Anthony Šerić Sub on.svg 82'
DF 4 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Kotsios
DF15 Flag of Croatia.svg Srđan Andrić
MF18 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Theodoridis
FW 9 Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Romero Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Víctor Muñoz
GK26 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Kotsolis
RB 7 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Galitsios
CB 4 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Dabizas (c)
CB20 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Förster Yellow card.svg 43'
LB 3 Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Venetidis
DM66 Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Digozis Yellow card.svg 35'
DM30 Flag of France.svg Christian Bassila
RM18 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Fotakis Yellow card.svg 56'
LM46 Flag of Cyprus.svg Efstathios Aloneftis Sub off.svg 72'
SS10 Flag of Brazil.svg Cleyton Sub off.svg 85'
CF99 Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kožlej Sub off.svg 60'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Greece.svg Fotis Kipouros
DF23 Flag of Greece.svg Antonis Poutas
DF 5 Flag of Greece.svg Spyros Vallas Sub on.svg 85'
MF19 Flag of Cyprus.svg Nektarios Alexandrou
MF33 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Bachramis
FW21 Flag of Greece.svg Christos Kalantzis Sub on.svg 72'
FW79 Flag of Gabon.svg Henri Antchouet Yellow card.svg 82'Sub on.svg 60'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Donis

Man of the Match:
Flag of Greece.svg 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). 21 May 2016.
  2. "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ". epo.gr (in Greek). 3 February 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008.
  3. "Greece Cup 2006/07". RSSSF .
  4. "Panthessalian Stadium". stadia.gr.
  5. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .