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

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

PanathinaikosRoundAEL OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Thrasyvoulos 1–0 (A) Round of 32 Panthrakikos 3–1 (A) Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 0–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Round of 16 OFI 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H) PAOK 4–3 2–1 (A) 3–1 (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

GK 12 Pierre EbédeRB 29 Mikael Nilsson CB  8 Giannis GoumasCB  5 Nasief MorrisLB 24 Loukas VyntraDM 20 Sotiris LeontiouCM 22 Alexandros Tziolis RM 37 Sotiris Ninis LM 27 Andreas Ivanschitz CF 26 Vangelis MantziosCF 11 Dimitrios Papadopoulos (c)Substitutes:GK  1 Mario GalinovićDF  4 Ilias KotsiosDF 15 Srđan AndrićDF 19 Anthony Šerić DF 25 Igor Bišćan MF 18 Giorgos TheodoridisFW  9 Sebastián Romero Manager: Víctor Muñoz GK 26 Stefanos KotsolisRB  7 Georgios GalitsiosCB  4 Nikos Dabizas (c)CB 20 Marco Förster LB  3 Stelios VenetidisDM 66 Angelos Digozis DM 30 Christian Bassila RM 18 Giorgos Fotakis LM 46 Efstathios Aloneftis  SS 10 Cleyton  CF 99 Jozef Kožlej  Substitutes:GK  1 Fotis KipourosDF  5 Spyros Vallas  DF 23 Antonis PoutasMF 19 Nektarios AlexandrouMF 33 Panagiotis BachramisFW 21 Christos Kalantzis  FW 79 Henri Antchouet  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

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