# 2007 Greek Football Cup final

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 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.

## Route to the final

| Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Round | AEL | AEL | AEL | AEL |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Thrasyvoulos | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | Round of 32 | Panthrakikos | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) |
| Panathinaikos | 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

| 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 |