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2007 Greek Cup final

AEL fans during the match at the Panthessaliko Stadium.
Event	2006–07 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos AEL 1 2
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. 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. 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

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.

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 against 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.

Route to the final

Further information: 2006–07 Greek Football Cup

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

5 May 2007

18:00 EEST

Panathinaikos	1–2	AEL
Papadopoulos 44' (pen.)	Report	Kožlej 3' Antchouet 82'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 18,111

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

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  4 Ilias Kotsios DF 15 Srđan Andrić DF 19 Anthony Šerić  82' DF 25 Igor Bišćan  86' 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  5 Spyros Vallas   85' DF 23 Antonis Poutas 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

• 2006–07 Greek Football Cup