2007–08 Greek Football Cup

The 2007–08 Greek Football Cup was the 66th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup. 69 clubs' entries were accepted for the competition.

2007–08 Greek Cup

Country	Greece
Teams	69
Defending champions	Larissa
Champions	Olympiacos (23rd title)
Runners-up	Aris
Top goal scorer(s)	Giorgos Zacharopoulos (5) Nikos Soultanidis (5)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The competition culminated with the Greek Football Cup Final, held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki on 17 May 2008. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Aris, with Olympiacos winning 2–0.[1][2]

Calendar

Round	Date
First Round	1, 2 & 5 September 2007
Second Round	8 & 9 September 2007
Third Round	26 September 2007
Fourth Round	9, 10, 11, 30, 31 October, 1 November & 5 December 2007
Fifth Round	9 & 16 January 2008
Quarter-finals	27, 28 February & 5 March 2008 (1st leg) 19 & 20 March 2008 (2nd leg)
Semi-finals	2 April 2008 (1st leg) 16 April 2008 (2nd leg)
Final	17 May 2008

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Aias Salamina	2–1	Rodos
2	Anagennisi Giannitsa	0–0	Preveza
Preveza won 2–4 on penalties
3	Aiolikos	0–0	Ilioupoli
Ilioupoli won 4–5 on penalties
4	Atsalenios	1–0	Doxa Drama
5	Neos Asteras Rethymno	0–2	Messiniakos
6	Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Panachaiki 2005
7	Anagennisi Arta	4–0	Panegialios
8	Korinthos	0–0	Koropi
Korinthos won 4–1 on penalties
9	Ethnikos Katerini	0–0	Kavala
Ethnikos Katerini won 4–1 on penalties
10	Prosotsani	1–2	Thermaikos
11	Eordaikos 2007	2–1	Anagennisi Karditsa
12	Niki Volos	2–1	Acharnaikos
13	Lamia	1–1	Neoi Epivates
Neoi Epivates won 3–4 on penalties
14	Thraki Enosi	1–0	AE Giannena
15	Fostiras	5–1	Thiva
16	Polykastro	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Vyzas
17	Diagoras	3–0	Thyella Patra
-	Panetolikos	bye

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
18	Panetolikos	4–0	Ionikos
19	Aias Salamina	0–2	Ethnikos Piraeus
20	Preveza	0–0	Kalamata
Preveza won 4–2 on penalties
21	Ilioupoli	1–0	Pierikos
22	Atsalenios	1–0	Panthrakikos
23	Messiniakos	0–0	Panserraikos
Messiniakos won 4–3 on penalties
24	Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Ilisiakos F.C.
25	Anagennisi Arta	3–4	Ethnikos Asteras
26	Korinthos	1–2	Agios Dimitrios
27	Ethnikos Katerini	1–0	Kerkyra
28	Thermaikos	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Kastoria
29	Eordaikos 2007	0–2	Kallithea
30	Niki Volos	0–2	Egaleo
31	Neoi Epivates	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Thrasyvoulos
32	Thraki Enosi	1–2	A.S.K. Olympiakos
33	Fostiras	2–1	PAS Giannena
34	Polykastro	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Agrotikos Asteras
35	Diagoras	2–0	Chaidari

Third round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
36	Panetolikos	1–2	Fostiras
37	Messiniakos	3–0	Atsalenios

Fourth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
38	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–2 (a.e.t.)	OFI
39	Preveza	3–0 (1–2)^*	Veria
40	Ilioupoli	0–4	Larissa
41	Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	0–1	Iraklis
42	Ethnikos Asteras	1–3	Panathinaikos
43	Agios Dimitrios	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Aris
44	Ethnikos Katerini	1–0	Levadiakos
45	Kastoria	2–3	Panionios
46	Kallithea	1–2	Apollon Kalamaria
47	Egaleo	1–2	Skoda Xanthi
48	Thrasyvoulos	4–2	PAOK
49	A.S.K. Olympiakos	1–1	Atromitos
Atromitos won 5–6 on penalties
50	Agrotikos Asteras	1–0	Ergotelis
51	Diagoras	1–2	Olympiacos
52	Fostiras	0–2	AEK Athens
53	Messiniakos	0–2	Asteras Tripoli

^* Veria had won in that match but finally forfeited due to breaching of rules.

Fifth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
54	Thrasyvoulos	3–0	Preveza
55	Ethnikos Katerini	0–3	Aris
56	Iraklis	1–0	Panionios
57	Apollon Kalamaria	1–2	Larissa
58	Olympiacos	4–0	Panathinaikos
59	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	Atromitos
60	Agrotikos Asteras	1–1	OFI
replay	OFI	5–0	Agrotikos Asteras
61	Skoda Xanthi	2–0	AEK Athens

Quarter-finals

1st leg

February 27, 2008

Olympiacos	2 – 0	Iraklis
Mendrinos  5'  9'

Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Referee: G. Kasnaferis (Athens)

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February 27, 2008

Skoda Xanthi	0 – 0	Aris

Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi

Referee: M. Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

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February 28, 2008

Atromitos	3 – 1	OFI
Perrone  68' Tsigkas  76' Geladaris  83'		Sfakianakis  24'

Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri (Athens)

Referee: D. Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

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March 5, 2008

Thrasyvoulos	1 – 0	Larissa
Charalambakis  33'

Fyli Stadium, Fyli, Athens

Referee: D. Kyrkos (Epirus)

2nd leg

March 19, 2008

Iraklis	2 – 2 (agg. 2 – 4)	Olympiacos
Aarón  42' Flavio Dias  88'		Bantis  10' (o.g.) Mitroglou  23'

Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Stadium, Thessaloniki

Referee: I. Stavridis (Pieria)

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March 19, 2008

OFI	2 – 1 (agg. 3 – 4)	Atromitos
Simić  67' Michailidis  72' (o.g.)		Luciano  95'

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion

Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)

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March 19, 2008

Larissa	1 – 3 (agg. 1 – 4)	Thrasyvoulos
Metin  70'		Barrientos  50'  74'  89' (pen.)

Alkazar, Larissa

Referee: L. Polatian (Pella)

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March 20, 2008

Aris	1 – 0 (agg. 1 – 0)	Skoda Xanthi
Jahić  72'

Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki

Referee: G. Daloukas (Thessaly)

Semi-finals

1st leg

April 2, 2008

Thrasyvoulos	2 – 3	Olympiacos
Anastasakos  30' Bris  35'		Mendrinos  18' Núñez  29' Kovačević  88'

Fyli Stadium, Fyli, Athens

Referee: D. Kyrkos (Epirus)

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April 2, 2008

Aris	1 – 0	Atromitos
Toni Calvo  97' (pen.)

Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki

Referee: M. Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

2nd leg

April 16, 2008

Olympiacos	3 – 1 (agg. 6 – 3)	Thrasyvoulos
Kovačević  14' Konstantinou  15' Núñez  21'		Manikas  33'

Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Referee: S. Tritsonis (Athens)

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April 16, 2008

Atromitos	1 – 2 (agg. 1 – 3)	Aris
Nikolopoulos  93'		Koke  77' Ivić  82'

Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri (Athens)

Referee: L. Polatian (Pella)

Final

The 64th Greek Cup Final was played at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki.

17 May 2008

Olympiacos	2 – 0	Aris
Kovačević  33' Żewłakow  53' Galletti 78'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 19,199

Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Olympiacos

Aris

GK 71 Antonis Nikopolidis DF  2 Christos Patsatzoglou DF 15 Raúl Bravo  21' DF 18 Paraskevas Antzas DF 14 Michał Żewłakow MF 35 Vasilis Torosidis MF  6 Ieroklis Stoltidis MF  7 Luciano Galletti  85' MF 11 Predrag Đorđević (c)  87' FW  9 Darko Kovačević  84'  90+1' FW 22 Kostas Mitroglou  82' Substitutes: GK 87 Michalis Sifakis DF 30 Tasos Pantos  82' DF 92 Kyriakos Papadopoulos MF 77 Mirnes Šišić  85' MF 28 Cristian Raúl Ledesma MF 25 Fernando Belluschi FW 23 Michalis Konstantinou  90+1' Manager: José Segura

GK 12 Marian Kelemen DF  2 Neto DF 15 Nikos Karabelas  61' DF  5 Ronaldo Guiaro  80' DF  4 Avraam Papadopoulos MF 26 Sanel Jahić MF  6 Kostas Nebegleras (c) MF 18 Vladan Ivić MF 20 Javito  63' FW 11 Siston FW 10 Koke Substitutes: GK  1 Kostas Chalkias DF 22 Marco Aurélio MF 28 Sakis Prittas MF 24 Thiago Gentil  80' MF  7 Toni Calvo  63' FW 14 Felipe Sanchón  61' FW 19 Thanasis Papazoglou Manager: Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Saraidaris Kalaitzidis

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

References

1. "Αρης-Ολυμπιακός 0-2". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
2. "Olympiacos seal double after cup win". uefa.com.

External links

• Greek Cup 2007-08 at EPO.gr