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.

[4] Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning sixteen of them.

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning one of them.

[5] Man of the Match: Nikos Dabizas (AEL) Assistant referees: Dimitris Saraidaris (Thessaloniki) Dimitris Bozatzidis (Macedonia) Match rules