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2007 Greek Football Cup final

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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
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, 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.

Venue

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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 22,189.

Background

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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

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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

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Details

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Panathinaikos1–2AEL
Report
Panathinaikos
AEL
GK 12 Cameroon Pierre Ebéde
RB 29 Sweden Mikael Nilsson downward-facing red arrow 82'
CB  8 Greece Giannis Goumas
CB  5 South Africa Nasief Morris
LB 24 Greece Loukas Vyntra
DM 20 Greece Sotiris Leontiou
CM 22 Greece Alexandros Tziolis downward-facing red arrow 86'
RM 37 Greece Sotiris Ninis downward-facing red arrow 73'
LM 27 Austria Andreas Ivanschitz Yellow card 77'
CF 26 Greece Vangelis Mantzios
CF 11 Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos (c)
Substitutes:
GK  1 Croatia Mario Galinović
DF 25 Croatia Igor Bišćan upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 19 Croatia Anthony Šerić upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF  4 Greece Ilias Kotsios
DF 15 Croatia Srđan Andrić
MF 18 Greece Giorgos Theodoridis
FW  9 Argentina Sebastián Romero upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Spain Víctor Muñoz
GK 26 Greece Stefanos Kotsolis
RB  7 Greece Georgios Galitsios
CB  4 Greece Nikos Dabizas (c)
CB 20 Germany Marco Förster Yellow card 43'
LB  3 Greece Stelios Venetidis
DM 66 Greece Angelos Digozis Yellow card 35'
DM 30 France Christian Bassila
RM 18 Greece Giorgos Fotakis Yellow card 56'
LM 46 Cyprus Efstathios Aloneftis downward-facing red arrow 72'
SS 10 Brazil Cleyton downward-facing red arrow 85'
CF 99 Slovakia Jozef Kožlej downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutes:
GK  1 Greece Fotis Kipouros
DF 23 Greece Antonis Poutas
DF  5 Greece Spyros Vallas upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 19 Cyprus Nektarios Alexandrou
MF 33 Greece Panagiotis Bachramis
FW 21 Greece Christos Kalantzis upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 79 Gabon Henri Antchouet Yellow card 82' upward-facing green arrow 60'
Manager:
Greece Giorgos Donis

Man of the Match:
Greece 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

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References

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  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.