2007 Greek Football Cup final

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

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.

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.[4]

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.[5]

Route to the final

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)
Apollon Kalamarias 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

Panathinaikos1–2AEL
  • Papadopoulos 44' (pen.)
Report
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

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.