Panathinaikos FC
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Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek
professional football club based in Athens
. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece
and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history
. They have won 20 Greek Championships
and 17 Greek Cups
.
Panathinaikos is the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in European competitions. They have reached the European Cup (later changed to UEFA Champions League
) final in 1971 and the semi-finals in 1985 and 1996.
Panathinaikos F.C. is the football department of Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos
(PAO), a multi-sport club. In 1979, the department became professional and independent. They have played their home games in a number of grounds, most significantly the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
– which is considered as their traditional home ground – and the Athens Olympic Stadium
.
The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Olympiacos and matches between the two teams are referred to as "Derby of the eternal enemies
".
According to the official history of the club, Panathinaikos was founded by Giorgos Kalafatis in 3 February of 1908, when he and 40 other athletes decided to break away from Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos
following the club's decision to discontinue its football team. The first name of the new club was Podosferikos Omilos Athinon (POA), the colours of the team were red and white and its home ground was in Patission Street.
In 1911, PPO won the SEGAS Panhellenic Championship
and in 1912, Oxford University athlete John Campbell was brought as coach – until then Kalafatis had been both playing and coaching. The Englishman's impact was immediate as he introduced football skills and tactics not yet seen in Greek football, but considered rudimentary by English standards. It was the first time that a foreigner was appointed as coach of a Greek team. By 1914, Campbell had returned to England but the club was already at the top of Greek football with players such as Michalis Papazoglou
, Michalis Rokos and Loukas Panourgias
.
In 1918, PPO adopted the shamrock as its emblem, as proposed by Michalis Papazoglou. In 1922, the Athens-Piraeus FCA organized the first post-WWI championship in which PPO was declared champion undefeated. By that stage, the club had outgrown both the grounds in Patission Street and Amerikis Square, due mainly to its expansion in other sports, and began to look at vacant land in the area of Perivola on Alexandras Avenue
as its potential new ground. After long discussions and serious problems, an agreement was reached and in 1924 Leoforos
(i.e. Avenue) was finally granted to the club.
In 1926, the Hellenic Football Federation was founded and the first official Greek Championship took place in 1927. Panathinaikos won the Championship in 1930 under the guidance of Joseph Kinsler with Angelos Messaris
as the team's star player. They beat rivals Olympiacos 8–2, a result that still remains the biggest win either team has achieved against its rival.
In 1931, a serious disagreement between leading board member Apostolos Nikolaidis and Messaris, which lasted two years, damaged the club and led to a counterproductive period. In the meantime, the HFF Greek Cup
had commenced in 1932. The last bright moment for the Greens before World War II was winning the Cup for the first time in 1940 against Aris
(3–1).
Until 1965, Panathinaikos had won 7 Championships (1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965) and 2 Cups (1948, 1955). In 1964, they won the Greek Championship without a loss, with Stjepan Bobek
as coach and great players such as Takis Loukanidis
and Mimis Domazos
. Panathinaikos is the only team that has won the Greek Championship undefeated.
Moreover, they were crowned back to back Champions in 1969 and 1970 and won 2 more Greek Cups in 1967 and 1969.
In 1971, under the guidance of the legendary Ferenc Puskás
, Panathinaikos were European Cup
finalists, losing 2–0 to Ajax at Wembley Stadium. They remain the only Greek club that has ever reached a European
final. In the road to the final they eliminated Jeunesse Esch
, Slovan Bratislava
, Everton
and Red Star Belgrade
. Antonis Antoniadis
was the leading scorer in the tournament scoring 10 goals.
In the same year, Panathinaikos played for the 1971 Intercontinental Cup
(due to the refusal of Ajax to participate), where they lost to Nacional
(1–1 in Greece, 2–1 in Uruguay).
During the last amateur years of Greek football, the Greens won one Championship in 1972 and the Double in 1977. Another important moment for the club was the win of the Balkans Cup in 1978.
, oil exploration
, media
and entertainment enterprises, purchased PAO's football department and Giorgos Vardinogiannis
became president. Panathinaikos were one of the first Greek clubs that formed a women's team in 1980 but that department is currently inactive.
The transformation period lasted a few years but in 1982 their first professional era trophy, the Greek Cup, put everything in order and they would go on winning 2 Championships (1984, 1986), 4 more Greek Cups (1984, 1986, 1988, 1989) and the Greek Super Cup
in 1988.
and big stars Dimitris Saravakos
and Velimir Zajec
made an impressive run in Europe, eliminating Feyenoord, Linfield and Göteborg
to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup. In 1987–88, they made it to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, eliminating Juventus, Auxerre
and Budapest Honvéd.
The 1990s were an even more successful period for the club, both nationally and internationally. 4 Greek Championships (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996), 4 Greek Cups (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995) and 2 Greek Super Cup
s (1993, 1994) were awarded to the club.
In the 1991–92 season, the Greens reached the last 8 of the European Cup and took part in the first ever European tournament to have a group stage.
, with Juan Ramon Rocha
as coach and key players Krzysztof Warzycha
and Juan Jose Borrelli
, Panathinaikos reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League
where they faced Ajax, recording a surprising 0–1 first leg away victory. However, they suffered a crushing 0–3 defeat on the second leg and were thus denied entry to the final once more. A long dry spell commenced after that year's European campaign.
, who changed the style of management into the club.
With the arrival of coach Sergio Markarian
, Panathinaikos reached the quarter-finals of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, being eliminated by Barcelona
. In the 2002–03 season, they lost the Championship in the last two games by arch-rivals Olympiacos. In Europe, the Greens were eliminated in the UEFA Cup
quarter-finals by eventual winners Porto.
With Itzhak Shum
as new coach, Panathinaikos managed to win the Double
in 2004 after almost ten years. New players like Ezequiel González
, Lucian Sanmartean
and Markus Munch
were signed the summer before. However, Shum was unexpectedly fired early in the next season. Zdeněk Ščasný
succeeded him on the bench.
In 2005, major changes were made in the team's roster. Many stars like Angelos Basinas
and Michalis Konstantinou
departed, while others like Flávio Conceição
and Igor Biscan
arrived. Ščasný gave his seat to Alberto Malesani
. At the start of the 2006–07 season, Malesani left the team and he was replaced by the lackluster Hans Backe
, who left only three months after his appointment. Víctor Muñoz then came. For the 2007–08 season, Panathinaikos got José Peseiro
.
On 22 April 2008, main shareholder Giannis Vardinogiannis gave a press conference in which he announced the decision of his family to reduce their share in the club to 50% – after 30 years of full ownership – through a €80 million increase of the company's capital stock. After the negotiations and the share capital increase, the Vardinogiannis family would hold 56% of the club, Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos 10% and the rest shareholders 34%.
Following the major changes in 2008, Panathinaikos hired Henk ten Cate
as coach and bought many expensive players such as Gilberto Silva
from Arsenal
and Gabriel
from Fluminense
. In the 2008–09 season, the Greens proved that they could hold their weight in the Champions League by reaching the last 16. However, they disappointed in the Greek Championship finishing 3rd in the regular season, though they managed to come 2nd overall after the playoff mini-league.
The 2009–10 season was successful for Panathinaikos. During the summer transfer period the club bought Djibril Cissé
from Marseille
, Kostas Katsouranis
from Benfica, Sebastian Leto
from Liverpool
and various other players spending more than €35 million. Henk ten Cate left in December to be replaced by Nikos Nioplias
. The team managed to enter the last 16 of the Europa League and win both the Greek Championship
and the Greek Cup
– beating Aris
in the final on 24 April.
In the summer of 2010, Panathinaikos signed Jean-Alain Boumsong
and Sidney Govou
from Lyon
as well as Luis García, Damien Plessis
and goalkeeper Daniel Fernandes. The fans showed their support by rocketing their own previous record of 26,002 season tickets to 30,091. Due to bad performances Panathinaikos didn't manage to protect his title and he was knocked out from the Group Stage of Champions League.
Due to financial problems, Panathinaikos sold Cisse for 5.8 million euros to S.S. Lazio and other players like Tzorvas to Palermo F.C and reduced the budget. New players came like Owusu Abeyie, Toche, Vitolo (From PAOK, a rival team) and Zeca. During the summer of 2011 the team also changed their president and chose Dimitris Gontikas to be the chairman. Panathinaikos was knocked out from O.B. due to 4–5 aggregate. At 5 September 2011, Giannis Vardinogiannis
announced that he intends to leave the club.
In 1918, player Michalis Papazoglou
proposed that the club adopt the shamrock
as its emblem. He used to have it sewn on his shirt since he was competing for a club in his native Chalcedon
, Constantinople
. Papazoglou was possibly inspired by William Sherring
, an Irish Canadian
athlete who had won the Athens 1906 Olympic Marathon
wearing a white shirt with a big green shamrock on it.
The team's jersey colours are green and white, although the white sometimes is omitted, used as trim or as an alternative. During the first years after the establishment of green as Panathinaikos' primary colour, players were wearing green shirts, white shorts and green socks. Since then, the uniform style has changed many times but green has always remained the team's primary colour.
Panathinaikos' original home ground since the early 1920s was the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
in the Ampelokipoi
district in central Athens. The stadium is located on Alexandras Avenue
and is most commonly referred to as Leoforos (i.e. Avenue). It is considered one of the most historic stadiums in Greece, as it was used by the Greek national football team as home ground for many years (most recently for the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying matches) and even by Panathinaikos' biggest rivals, AEK (for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League matches) and Olympiacos (for friendly matches).
Panathinaikos left Leoforos in 1983 to play in the newly built Athens Olympic Stadium
. In 2000, the then club president Angelos Filippidis announced a return to Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, following a €7 million renovation. Capacity was reduced from 25,000 to 16,620, new dressing rooms were built and modular stand roofing was added in compliance with UEFA
requirements, but in 2004 stricter standards were announced and the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium would need further expansion were it to remain suitable for UEFA-sanctioned matches. This was precluded by local zoning regulations and the team had to return to Athens Olympic Stadium once more until a new stadium, the Votanikos Arena
, is built. The Leoforos ground is due for demolition and will become a park. A small section of the west curve spectator stands, the legendary Gate 13, will be retained and house a small Panathinaikos museum.
On 27 January 2007, the board of Panathinaikos decided to reuse Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium for the team's 2007–08 Greek Super League and UEFA Cup
home games. Also, the club officials decided to install new lawn, new seats and upgrade the press conference room and the restrooms.
holds the record for Panathinaikos F.C. appearances, having played 502 first-team matches between 1959 and 1980. Striker Krzysztof Warzycha comes second, having played 390 times.
The record for a goalkeeper is held by Takis Ikonomopoulos, with 303 appearances.
Krzysztof Warzycha
is the club's top goalscorer with 288 goals in all competitions between 1989 and 2004 having surpassed Antonis Antoniadis
's total of 180 in January 1998.
Panathinaikos record home attendance is 74.493, for a Greek League match against AEK F.C. in 1986 at O.A.K.A Stadium. The record attendance for a Panathinaikos match at Apostolos Nikolaidis is from 1967 when 29.665 spectators watched the Cup Winners Cup game between Panathinaikos F.C. and FC Bayern Munich
.
Panathinaikos is the only club in the history of Greek football to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten.This happened in the 1963–64 season.
1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).
For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2011
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!Office
!Name
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|President of the Board & General Manager
|Dimitris Gontikas
|-
|Technical Director
|Giannis Samaras
|-
|Youth Academy Technical Director
|Giannis Samaras
|-
|Administrative & Financial Director
|Alexandros Papadospyridakis
|-
|Operations Director
|Vangelis Petsos
|-
|Senior Advisor to the President
|Stefanos Isaias
|-
|Advisor for the Project "New Panathinaikos Stadium"
|Vangelis Samaras
|-
|Head of Communications & Media Manager
|Stefanos Koumpis
|-
|International Affairs Manager
|Giannis Vekris
|-
|Venue Manager
|Giannis Zavradinos
|-
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
professional football club based in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history
Football in Greece
Football is the national sport of Greece.-League system:The first league of professional football in Greece was officially established as the Panhellenic Championship in 1927...
. They have won 20 Greek Championships
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
and 17 Greek Cups
Greek football Cup
The Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
.
Panathinaikos is the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in European competitions. They have reached the European Cup (later changed to UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
) final in 1971 and the semi-finals in 1985 and 1996.
Panathinaikos F.C. is the football department of Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos is a multi-sport club based in Athens, Greece. It has the shamrock as its official emblem and green and white as its colours...
(PAO), a multi-sport club. In 1979, the department became professional and independent. They have played their home games in a number of grounds, most significantly the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....
– which is considered as their traditional home ground – and the Athens Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Athens)
The Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" , is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is named after the first modern Olympic marathon race winner in 1896, Spiros Louis.-History:...
.
The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Olympiacos and matches between the two teams are referred to as "Derby of the eternal enemies
Derby of the eternal enemies
The Derby of the eternal enemies , also called Mother of all battles , is a sport local derby in Athens between the most successful clubs of Greece, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos...
".
Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon
Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos
-Depth Chart:-Honors and titles:*Total National Titles: 6**Greek Championships : 1929, 1939, 1940, 1953, 1955, 1957**Runners up : 1935, 1950, 1951, 1954**Greek Cup Runners up : 1987**Greek A2 Championships : 1987, 2004...
following the club's decision to discontinue its football team. The first name of the new club was Podosferikos Omilos Athinon (POA), the colours of the team were red and white and its home ground was in Patission Street.
Panellinios Podosfairikos Omilos
In 1910, after a dispute among a number of board members, Kalafatis together with most of the players decided to pull out of POA and secure a new ground in Amerikis Square. Subsequently, the name of the club changed to Panellinios Podosfairikos Omilos (PPO) and the colours of the team to green and white.In 1911, PPO won the SEGAS Panhellenic Championship
Panhellenic Championship
The Panhellenic Championship was a Greek football competition to determine the nation's champion club, which ran from 1906 to 1959.In the beginning , it was run by the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics and it was actually a local tournament among clubs from Athens and Piraeus...
and in 1912, Oxford University athlete John Campbell was brought as coach – until then Kalafatis had been both playing and coaching. The Englishman's impact was immediate as he introduced football skills and tactics not yet seen in Greek football, but considered rudimentary by English standards. It was the first time that a foreigner was appointed as coach of a Greek team. By 1914, Campbell had returned to England but the club was already at the top of Greek football with players such as Michalis Papazoglou
Michalis Papazoglou
Michalis Papazoglou was a Greek athlete from Constantinople. He started with track and field sports but when he came to Athens in the early 1910s, he joined the football club PPO . He was the man who had the idea of adopting the shamrock as the official emblem of Panathinaikos.Papazoglou was also a...
, Michalis Rokos and Loukas Panourgias
Loukas Panourgias
Loukas Panourgias was a Greek footballer.At the age of 12 he went to Athens and a year later he formed an unofficial team called Niki. Soon he found himself in Panathinaikos, that was still then called Panellinios Podosfairikos Omilos . Although he was also a track and field champion, Panourgias...
.
In 1918, PPO adopted the shamrock as its emblem, as proposed by Michalis Papazoglou. In 1922, the Athens-Piraeus FCA organized the first post-WWI championship in which PPO was declared champion undefeated. By that stage, the club had outgrown both the grounds in Patission Street and Amerikis Square, due mainly to its expansion in other sports, and began to look at vacant land in the area of Perivola on Alexandras Avenue
Alexandras Avenue
Alexandra's Avenue is a main east-west thoroughfare running from Patission Street/28th of October Street and Kifissias Avenue in the northern part of the city of Athens, Greece. It is named after Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, later Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia...
as its potential new ground. After long discussions and serious problems, an agreement was reached and in 1924 Leoforos
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....
(i.e. Avenue) was finally granted to the club.
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos
The move to a permanent home ground also heralded another – final – name change to Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (PAO).In 1926, the Hellenic Football Federation was founded and the first official Greek Championship took place in 1927. Panathinaikos won the Championship in 1930 under the guidance of Joseph Kinsler with Angelos Messaris
Angelos Messaris
Angelos Messaris was a Greek footballer. He played for Panathinaikos and he is widely regarded as the best Greek player of the pre-war era. This is probably also due to the myth that for decades followed his sudden and mysterious early leaving from football. He made his last appearance in the...
as the team's star player. They beat rivals Olympiacos 8–2, a result that still remains the biggest win either team has achieved against its rival.
In 1931, a serious disagreement between leading board member Apostolos Nikolaidis and Messaris, which lasted two years, damaged the club and led to a counterproductive period. In the meantime, the HFF Greek Cup
Greek football Cup
The Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
had commenced in 1932. The last bright moment for the Greens before World War II was winning the Cup for the first time in 1940 against Aris
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...
(3–1).
Until 1965, Panathinaikos had won 7 Championships (1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965) and 2 Cups (1948, 1955). In 1964, they won the Greek Championship without a loss, with Stjepan Bobek
Stjepan Bobek
Stjepan Bobek was a football striker from Yugoslavia, and later a football manager. An ethnic Croat, Bobek started playing at a very young age and had spells with several clubs in Zagreb but is mainly remembered for his time at the Serbian side Partizan Belgrade, where he moved to following the...
as coach and great players such as Takis Loukanidis
Takis Loukanidis
Takis Loukanidis is a retired Greek footballer.He was born in Paranesti, a village in the broader area of Drama in 1937, he played with AEK-Komotini and Doxa-Drama. He was claimed by all Greek football teams, by some Italian teams, by Fenerbahçe and also by some Cypriot teams. Finally, Antonis...
and Mimis Domazos
Mimis Domazos
Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos , is a retired Greek footballer born in Ambelokipi, Athens. His nickname is "The General".Mimis Domazos is considered by many to be the best footballer that Greece has ever produced...
. Panathinaikos is the only team that has won the Greek Championship undefeated.
Moreover, they were crowned back to back Champions in 1969 and 1970 and won 2 more Greek Cups in 1967 and 1969.
European Cup 1970–71 finalists
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...
, Panathinaikos were European Cup
European Cup 1970-71
The 1970–71 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos. It was the first time the cup went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination, and the second consecutive championship for the Netherlands...
finalists, losing 2–0 to Ajax at Wembley Stadium. They remain the only Greek club that has ever reached a European
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
final. In the road to the final they eliminated Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg.- History :...
, Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...
, Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
and Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
. Antonis Antoniadis
Antonis Antoniadis
Antonis Antoniadis is one of the great goal scorers of Greek and European football in the post-war era, scoring about 187 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career playing for Xanthi before moving on to Panathinaikos...
was the leading scorer in the tournament scoring 10 goals.
In the same year, Panathinaikos played for the 1971 Intercontinental Cup
1971 Intercontinental Cup
The 1971 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs in December 1971 between the runners up of the 1970–71 European Cup, Panathinaikos , and Nacional, winners of the 1971 Copa Libertadores....
(due to the refusal of Ajax to participate), where they lost to Nacional
Club Nacional de Football
Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....
(1–1 in Greece, 2–1 in Uruguay).
During the last amateur years of Greek football, the Greens won one Championship in 1972 and the Double in 1977. Another important moment for the club was the win of the Balkans Cup in 1978.
Vardinogiannis era
In 1979, Greek football turned professional. The Vardinogiannis family, who are mostly known for their oil refiningCorinth Refinery
Corinth Refinery is a complex oil refinery with an annual capacity of , operated by Motor Oil Hellas S.A.-Fuels production:Crude oil is processed in the Crude Distillation Unit, from which Liquified petroleum gas , Naphtha, Kerosene, Diesel and Fuel Oil are produced...
, oil exploration
Vegas Oil and Gas
Vegas Oil and Gas S.A. is a company based in Egypt focusing on petroleum exploration. Headquartered in Athens, but mainly operating from the Cairo suburb of Maadi.Vegas is owned by the Vardinogiannis family....
, media
Star Channel
Star Channel is a Greek television network that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It launched in December 1993 and is owned by Nea Tileorasi A.E.. The main news bulletin is called Star Eidiseis, which is currently hosted by Aimilios Liatsos...
and entertainment enterprises, purchased PAO's football department and Giorgos Vardinogiannis
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis is a Greek shipowner and businessman, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club. He was born in Episkopi, Rethymno in 1936...
became president. Panathinaikos were one of the first Greek clubs that formed a women's team in 1980 but that department is currently inactive.
The transformation period lasted a few years but in 1982 their first professional era trophy, the Greek Cup, put everything in order and they would go on winning 2 Championships (1984, 1986), 4 more Greek Cups (1984, 1986, 1988, 1989) and the Greek Super Cup
Greek Super Cup
-Official edition:-External links:*...
in 1988.
European Cup 1984–85 semi-finalists
In the 1984–85 season, Panathinaikos with coach Jacek GmochJacek Gmoch
Jacek Gmoch is a former Polish footballer, who later became a trainer and selector of the Polish National Team....
and big stars Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitrios "Dimitris" Saravakos , nicknamed O Μικρός is a Greek former football player, considered to be one of the best Greek football players of all time. He started his career in Panionios and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer,...
and Velimir Zajec
Velimir Zajec
Velimir Zajec is a former Croatian footballer and manager.-Career:Zajec began his career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1974, aged 18. During 10 years at the club, he helped them to two domestic cup wins, as well as the league title, their first title honour in 24 years...
made an impressive run in Europe, eliminating Feyenoord, Linfield and Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....
to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup. In 1987–88, they made it to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, eliminating Juventus, Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
and Budapest Honvéd.
Greek Super Cup
-Official edition:-External links:*...
s (1993, 1994) were awarded to the club.
In the 1991–92 season, the Greens reached the last 8 of the European Cup and took part in the first ever European tournament to have a group stage.
Champions League 1995–96 semi-finalists
In 1995–96UEFA Champions League 1995-96
The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on penalties in the final for their first championship...
, with Juan Ramon Rocha
Juan Ramon Rocha
Juan Ramón Rocha is an Argentine former footballer, and coach. He was reassigned to his former club, Panathinaikos, in April 2008 as a scouter....
as coach and key players Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...
and Juan Jose Borrelli
Juan José Borrelli
Juan José Borrelli is a former Argentine footballer and one of the most known Argentine footballers that played in Greece .- Career :...
, Panathinaikos reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
where they faced Ajax, recording a surprising 0–1 first leg away victory. However, they suffered a crushing 0–3 defeat on the second leg and were thus denied entry to the final once more. A long dry spell commenced after that year's European campaign.
2000 and beyond
In the summer of 2000, president Giorgos Vardinogiannis resigned from his duties and sold his share to his nephew Giannis VardinogiannisGiannis Vardinogiannis
Giannis Vardinogiannis is a Greek of Cretan descent, the first-born son of oil tycoon Vardis Vardinogiannis. He majored in economics at Vassar College in the United States...
, who changed the style of management into the club.
With the arrival of coach Sergio Markarian
Sergio Markarián
Sergio Apraham Markarián is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.-Early life:...
, Panathinaikos reached the quarter-finals of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, being eliminated by Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
. In the 2002–03 season, they lost the Championship in the last two games by arch-rivals Olympiacos. In Europe, the Greens were eliminated in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
quarter-finals by eventual winners Porto.
With Itzhak Shum
Itzhak Shum
Itzhak Shum is a retired Israeli football player and was lastly the manager of Cypriot First Division side Alki.-Playing career:He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Israel national football team and was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games.-Manager...
as new coach, Panathinaikos managed to win the Double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
in 2004 after almost ten years. New players like Ezequiel González
Ezequiel González
Ezequiel "Equi" González is an Argentine football who plays for LDU Quito as a midfielder.-Career:González started playing professionally at home-based first division Rosario Central in 1997...
, Lucian Sanmartean
Lucian Sânmartean
Lucian Iulian Sânmărtean , is an Romanian professional Association football player who plays for Romanian Liga I club SC Vaslui. Although he is right footed, he plays on the left side. He is regarded for his exceptional passes, as well for his exceptional dribbling ability. Sânmărtean is also...
and Markus Munch
Markus Münch
Markus Münch is a former German footballer.-Honours:* Bundesliga champion: 1994, 1997.* Bundesliga runner-up: 1991, 1993, 1998.* DFB-Pokal winner: 1998.* DFB-Ligapokal winner: 1997....
were signed the summer before. However, Shum was unexpectedly fired early in the next season. Zdeněk Ščasný
Zdenek Šcasný
Zdeněk Ščasný is a Czech football manager and former player.Ščasný has won the Czech league championship six timesfour times as a player and twice as a coachand the Czech Cup three timestwice as a player and once as a coach....
succeeded him on the bench.
In 2005, major changes were made in the team's roster. Many stars like Angelos Basinas
Angelos Basinas
Angelos Basinas is a Greek international footballer and the former captain of his country's national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for Arles-Avignon in the Ligue 1 until 22 October 2010.-Panathinaikos:...
and Michalis Konstantinou
Michalis Konstantinou
Michalis Konstantinou is a Cypriot football striker. He plays for the Cyprus national football team, and is already the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 80 appearances....
departed, while others like Flávio Conceição
Flávio Conceição
Flávio da Conceição is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a central midfielder....
and Igor Biscan
Igor Bišcan
Igor Bišćan is a Croatian professional footballer, playing for Dinamo Zagreb. He also played for the English team Liverpool and Greek side Panathinaikos, also spending one-year loan at NK Samobor in his early career...
arrived. Ščasný gave his seat to Alberto Malesani
Alberto Malesani
Alberto Malesani is an Italian association football manager, currently in charge of Genoa.-Early career and breakthrough at Chievo:...
. At the start of the 2006–07 season, Malesani left the team and he was replaced by the lackluster Hans Backe
Hans Backe
Hans Backe is a Swedish former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer....
, who left only three months after his appointment. Víctor Muñoz then came. For the 2007–08 season, Panathinaikos got José Peseiro
José Peseiro
José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro is a football manager, who most notably served as an assistant for Carlos Queiroz during his Real Madrid tenure and as a manager for Sporting until his resignation in October 2005....
.
On 22 April 2008, main shareholder Giannis Vardinogiannis gave a press conference in which he announced the decision of his family to reduce their share in the club to 50% – after 30 years of full ownership – through a €80 million increase of the company's capital stock. After the negotiations and the share capital increase, the Vardinogiannis family would hold 56% of the club, Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos 10% and the rest shareholders 34%.
Following the major changes in 2008, Panathinaikos hired Henk ten Cate
Henk ten Cate
Henk ten Cate is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player.In the 2005–06 season, he was the assistant of Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona that guided the team to a Champions League Trophy and La Liga title...
as coach and bought many expensive players such as Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Grêmio.Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good...
from Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
and Gabriel
Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos
Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos , commonly known as just Gabriel, is a versatile Brazilian footballer, who plays primarily down the right hand side, currently playing for Gremio....
from Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club
Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...
. In the 2008–09 season, the Greens proved that they could hold their weight in the Champions League by reaching the last 16. However, they disappointed in the Greek Championship finishing 3rd in the regular season, though they managed to come 2nd overall after the playoff mini-league.
The 2009–10 season was successful for Panathinaikos. During the summer transfer period the club bought Djibril Cissé
Djibril Cissé
Djibril Aruun Cissé is a French international footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Lazio as a striker. He is noted particularly for his speed and acceleration. Since 2005, he has held the title of Lord of the Manor of Frodsham....
from Marseille
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille is a French association football club based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, the club plays in Ligue 1 and have spent most of its history in the top tier of French football. Marseille have been French champions nine times and have won the Coupe de France a record ten times. In...
, Kostas Katsouranis
Kostas Katsouranis
Konstantinos "Kostas" Katsouranis is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Panathinaikos FC and the Greek national team as a defensive midfielder.-Panachaiki:...
from Benfica, Sebastian Leto
Sebastián Leto
Sebastián Eduardo Leto Lées is an Argentine footballer who currently plays on the left wing for Panathinaikos.- Lanús :...
from Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
and various other players spending more than €35 million. Henk ten Cate left in December to be replaced by Nikos Nioplias
Nikos Nioplias
Nikolaos "Nikos" Nioplias , born on 17 January 1965 is a Greek football manager and former international footballer. He currently manages the Cyprus national football team.-Club career:...
. The team managed to enter the last 16 of the Europa League and win both the Greek Championship
2009–10 Super League Greece
The 2009–10 Super League Greece season is the fourth since its establishment. The league consists of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2008–09 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki...
and the Greek Cup
2009–10 Greek Cup
-Calendar:-First round:-Second round:-Third round:-Fourth round:-Fifth round:-Quarter-Finals:------------The match had been interrupted in the 69th minute due to bad condition of grass, that came from continuous raining...
– beating Aris
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...
in the final on 24 April.
In the summer of 2010, Panathinaikos signed Jean-Alain Boumsong
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Jean-Alain Boumsong-Somkong is a professional football defender who currently plays for the Greek team Panathinaikos and the French national team.-Early career:...
and Sidney Govou
Sidney Govou
Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French international footballer of Beninese descent who currently plays for Évian Thonon Gaillard FC. Govou is a naturally attacking player but rarely plays as a striker, he is more commonly deployed as a winger. His main attribute is his pace...
from Lyon
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
as well as Luis García, Damien Plessis
Damien Plessis
Damien Plessis is a French footballer of Réunionais origin, who plays for Greek side Panathinaikos. He is also the younger brother of professional footballer Guillaume Plessis.-Olympique Lyonnais:...
and goalkeeper Daniel Fernandes. The fans showed their support by rocketing their own previous record of 26,002 season tickets to 30,091. Due to bad performances Panathinaikos didn't manage to protect his title and he was knocked out from the Group Stage of Champions League.
Due to financial problems, Panathinaikos sold Cisse for 5.8 million euros to S.S. Lazio and other players like Tzorvas to Palermo F.C and reduced the budget. New players came like Owusu Abeyie, Toche, Vitolo (From PAOK, a rival team) and Zeca. During the summer of 2011 the team also changed their president and chose Dimitris Gontikas to be the chairman. Panathinaikos was knocked out from O.B. due to 4–5 aggregate. At 5 September 2011, Giannis Vardinogiannis
Giannis Vardinogiannis
Giannis Vardinogiannis is a Greek of Cretan descent, the first-born son of oil tycoon Vardis Vardinogiannis. He majored in economics at Vassar College in the United States...
announced that he intends to leave the club.
Crest and colours
The colours that were first used by the club in 1908 were red and white but soon changed to green and white.In 1918, player Michalis Papazoglou
Michalis Papazoglou
Michalis Papazoglou was a Greek athlete from Constantinople. He started with track and field sports but when he came to Athens in the early 1910s, he joined the football club PPO . He was the man who had the idea of adopting the shamrock as the official emblem of Panathinaikos.Papazoglou was also a...
proposed that the club adopt the shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
as its emblem. He used to have it sewn on his shirt since he was competing for a club in his native Chalcedon
Kadiköy
Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...
, Constantinople
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
. Papazoglou was possibly inspired by William Sherring
William Sherring
Billy Sherring was an Irish Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games ....
, an Irish Canadian
Irish Canadian
Irish Canadian are immigrants and descendants of immigrants who originated in Ireland. 1.2 million Irish immigrants arrived, 1825 to 1970, at least half of those in the period from 1831-1850. By 1867, they were the second largest ethnic group , and comprised 24% of Canada's population...
athlete who had won the Athens 1906 Olympic Marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
wearing a white shirt with a big green shamrock on it.
The team's jersey colours are green and white, although the white sometimes is omitted, used as trim or as an alternative. During the first years after the establishment of green as Panathinaikos' primary colour, players were wearing green shirts, white shorts and green socks. Since then, the uniform style has changed many times but green has always remained the team's primary colour.
Stadiums
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....
in the Ampelokipoi
Ampelokipoi
Ampelokipoi may refer to the following places in Greece:*Ampelokipoi, Achaea, part of Aigeira, Achaea*Ampelokipoi, Athens, a section in the north of the municipality of Athens...
district in central Athens. The stadium is located on Alexandras Avenue
Alexandras Avenue
Alexandra's Avenue is a main east-west thoroughfare running from Patission Street/28th of October Street and Kifissias Avenue in the northern part of the city of Athens, Greece. It is named after Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, later Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia...
and is most commonly referred to as Leoforos (i.e. Avenue). It is considered one of the most historic stadiums in Greece, as it was used by the Greek national football team as home ground for many years (most recently for the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying matches) and even by Panathinaikos' biggest rivals, AEK (for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League matches) and Olympiacos (for friendly matches).
Panathinaikos left Leoforos in 1983 to play in the newly built Athens Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Athens)
The Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" , is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is named after the first modern Olympic marathon race winner in 1896, Spiros Louis.-History:...
. In 2000, the then club president Angelos Filippidis announced a return to Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, following a €7 million renovation. Capacity was reduced from 25,000 to 16,620, new dressing rooms were built and modular stand roofing was added in compliance with UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
requirements, but in 2004 stricter standards were announced and the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium would need further expansion were it to remain suitable for UEFA-sanctioned matches. This was precluded by local zoning regulations and the team had to return to Athens Olympic Stadium once more until a new stadium, the Votanikos Arena
Votanikos Arena
Panathinaikos new stadium is a multi-use sports complex in Athens, Greece, that will host all departments of the Panathinaikos sports club. The arena will be located in the historic Votanikos area, west of downtown Athens....
, is built. The Leoforos ground is due for demolition and will become a park. A small section of the west curve spectator stands, the legendary Gate 13, will be retained and house a small Panathinaikos museum.
On 27 January 2007, the board of Panathinaikos decided to reuse Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium for the team's 2007–08 Greek Super League and UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
home games. Also, the club officials decided to install new lawn, new seats and upgrade the press conference room and the restrooms.
| Stadium Name | Capacity | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908.... |
Original: 25,000 (16,620 after 2001 renovation) | 1923 – 1984,1988 – 1989, 2000 – 2005, 2007 – 2008 |
| Athens Olympic Stadium Olympic Stadium (Athens) The Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" , is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is named after the first modern Olympic marathon race winner in 1896, Spiros Louis.-History:... |
69,618 | 1984 – 1988,1989– 2000, 2005 – 2007, 2008 – |
Statistics and records
Mimis DomazosMimis Domazos
Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos , is a retired Greek footballer born in Ambelokipi, Athens. His nickname is "The General".Mimis Domazos is considered by many to be the best footballer that Greece has ever produced...
holds the record for Panathinaikos F.C. appearances, having played 502 first-team matches between 1959 and 1980. Striker Krzysztof Warzycha comes second, having played 390 times.
The record for a goalkeeper is held by Takis Ikonomopoulos, with 303 appearances.
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...
is the club's top goalscorer with 288 goals in all competitions between 1989 and 2004 having surpassed Antonis Antoniadis
Antonis Antoniadis
Antonis Antoniadis is one of the great goal scorers of Greek and European football in the post-war era, scoring about 187 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career playing for Xanthi before moving on to Panathinaikos...
's total of 180 in January 1998.
Panathinaikos record home attendance is 74.493, for a Greek League match against AEK F.C. in 1986 at O.A.K.A Stadium. The record attendance for a Panathinaikos match at Apostolos Nikolaidis is from 1967 when 29.665 spectators watched the Cup Winners Cup game between Panathinaikos F.C. and FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
.
Panathinaikos is the only club in the history of Greek football to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten.This happened in the 1963–64 season.
Domestic
- Greek ChampionshipSuper League GreeceThe Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
: (20)- 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960Alpha Ethniki 1959-60-Standings:Pts = Points Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference;-Match table:Match changes:-Play off:...
, 1961Alpha Ethniki 1960-61-Standings:Pts = Points Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference;*NotesAEK Athens had -1 point deducted-Match table:...
, 1962Alpha Ethniki 1961-62-Standings:Pts = Points Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference;*Notes...
, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 20102009–10 Super League GreeceThe 2009–10 Super League Greece season is the fourth since its establishment. The league consists of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2008–09 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki...
- 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960
- Greek CupGreek football CupThe Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
: (17)- 1940Greek Cup 1939-40The Greek Cup 1939-40 was the 4th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens on 2 June 1940...
, 1948Greek Cup 1947-48The Greek Cup 1947-48 was the 6th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens on 20 June 1948...
, 1955Greek Cup 1954-55The Greek Cup 1954-55 was the 13th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens on 12 June 1955...
, 1967Greek Cup 1966-67The Greek Cup 1966-67 was the 25th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens on 6 July 1967. The match was contested by Panathinaikos and Panionios, with Panathinaikos taking the title...
, 1969Greek Cup 1968-69The Greek Cup 1968-69 was the 27th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus on 9 July 1969...
, 1977Greek Cup 1976-77The Greek Cup 1976-77 was the 35th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus on 22 June 1977...
, 1982Greek Cup 1981-82The Greek Cup 1981-82 was the 40th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 58 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki and 40 from Beta Ethniki. It was held in 6 rounds, included final....
, 1984Greek Cup 1983-84The Greek Cup 1983-84 was the 42nd edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 76 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 20 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second,...
, 1986Greek Cup 1985-86The Greek Cup 1985-86 was the 44th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 76 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 20 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final...
, 1988Greek Cup 1987-88The Greek Cup 1987-88 was the 46th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 70 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final...
, 1989Greek Cup 1988-89The Greek Cup 1988-89 was the 47th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 52 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 18 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final....
, 1991Greek Cup 1990-91The Greek Cup 1990-91 was the 49th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma...
, 1993Greek Cup 1992-93The Greek Cup 1992-93 was the 51st edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma...
, 1994Greek Cup 1993-94The Greek Cup 1993-94 was the 52nd edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma...
, 1995Greek Cup 1994-95The Greek Cup 1994-95 was the 53rd edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-Tournament details:Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma...
, 2004Greek Cup 2003-04The Vodafone Greek Cup 2003-04 was the 62nd staging of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.-First round:-Second round:-Third round:-Quarter-finals:-Semi-finals:-Final:...
, 20102009–10 Greek Cup-Calendar:-First round:-Second round:-Third round:-Fourth round:-Fifth round:-Quarter-Finals:------------The match had been interrupted in the 69th minute due to bad condition of grass, that came from continuous raining...
- 1940
- Greek Super CupGreek Super Cup-Official edition:-External links:*...
: (4)- 1970, 1988, 1993, 1994
- Greater Greece CupFootball Cup of Greater GreeceThe Football Cup of Greater Greece was a cup contested between the winner of the Cypriot Cup and the winner of the Greek Cup...
: (1)- 1970
- Athens Championship: (17)
- 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959
International
- European CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
- Runners-up: 19711971 European Cup FinalThe 1971 European Cup Final was a football match held at Wembley Stadium, London, on 2 June 1971, that saw Ajax of the Netherlands defeat Panathinaikos of Greece 2–0. An incredible comeback in the second leg of their semi-final against Red Star Belgrade meant Panathinaikos became the first Greek...
- Runners-up: 1971
- Balkans CupBalkans CupIn 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
: (1)- 1978
Youth teams
- Greek Amateur CupGreek Football Amateur CupGreek Amateur Cup is one of the most known competitions for amateur teams in Greece. The participants are only semi-amateur or amateur teams from the Greek Fourth Division.-Amateur Cup Finals :-References:...
1: (2)- 1994, 1995
- Athens Cup1: (2)
- 1993, 1994
- Greek U-21 Championship: (1)
- 2005
- Greek U-18 Championship: (1)
- 2009
1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).
Current squad
As of 1 September 2011For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2011
Coaching staff
Administration
{| class="wikitable"|-
!Office
!Name
|-
|President of the Board & General Manager
|Dimitris Gontikas
|-
|Technical Director
|Giannis Samaras
|-
|Youth Academy Technical Director
|Giannis Samaras
|-
|Administrative & Financial Director
|Alexandros Papadospyridakis
|-
|Operations Director
|Vangelis Petsos
|-
|Senior Advisor to the President
|Stefanos Isaias
|-
|Advisor for the Project "New Panathinaikos Stadium"
|Vangelis Samaras
|-
|Head of Communications & Media Manager
|Stefanos Koumpis
|-
|International Affairs Manager
|Giannis Vekris
|-
|Venue Manager
|Giannis Zavradinos
|-
External links
- Panathinaikos FC – official website (in Greek & English)
- Panathinaikos Youth Academy (in Greek)
- Gate 13 – fan website (in Greek & English)