2009–10 Panathinaikos FC season

Panathinaikos
2009–10 season
Chairman Nikos Pateras
Manager Nikos Nioplias
Stadium Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League Greece Winners
Greek Cup Winners
Europa League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Djibril Cissé (23)
All: Djibril Cissé (29)
Highest home attendance 61,135 vs Olympiacos (21 March 2010)
Lowest home attendance 5,058 vs Kallithea (3 February 2010)
Average home attendance 29,226
Home colours
Away colours

The 2009–10 season was Panathinaikos' 51st consecutive season in Super League Greece. The 2009–10 season was very successful for Panathinaikos. At the summer transfer window the club bought Djibril Cissé from Marseille, Kostas Katsouranis from Benfica, Sebastian Leto from Liverpool and various other players spending more than 35€ million. The team managed to enter the final 16 of Europa League and win the Greek Championship. Panathinaikos completed the domestic double by winning the Greek Cup final.

Contents

Current squad

As of 9 September 2009[1]. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Mario Galinović (vice-captain)
3 DF Josu Sarriegi
5 FW Ante Rukavina
7 MF Sotiris Ninis
8 DF Cédric Kanté
9 FW Djibril Cissé
11 MF Sebastián Leto
14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain)
15 MF Gilberto Silva (vice-captain)
17 MF Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
18 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr
19 DF Gabriel
21 DF Filipos Darlas
No. Position Player
22 DF Stergos Marinos
23 MF Simão
24 DF Loukas Vintra
25 DF Giourkas Seitaridis
26 MF Giorgos Karagounis (captain)
27 GK Orestis Karnezis
28 FW Antonis Petropoulos
29 MF Kostas Katsouranis (vice-captain)
30 GK Alexandros Tzorvas
31 DF Nikos Spiropoulos
34 DF Giorgos Machlelis
38 MF Cleyton

Starting 11


Tzorvas

Spyropoulos

Josu Sarriegi

Kante

Vyntra

Katsouranis

Karagounis

Gilberto

Salpigidis

Cissé

Leto

Squad changes for 2009–10

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
8 DF Cédric Kanté (From Nice) on a free transfer[2]
9 FW Djibril Cissé (From Sunderland) for €8 million[3]
11 MF Sebastián Leto (From Liverpool) for €4 million[4]
18 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr (From IFK Göteborg) for €0.45 million[5]
22 DF Stergos Marinos (From Atromitos) for €0.1 million[6]
25 DF Giourkas Seitaridis (from Atlético Madrid) on a free transfer[7]
29 MF Kostas Katsouranis (From Benfica) for €3 million[8]

total spending : 15,550,000 €

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
DF Mikael Nilsson (to Brøndby) on a free transfer[9]
DF Jakub Wawrzyniak (loan return to Legia Warsaw)
DF Giannis Goumas (retired)[10]
GK Arkadiusz Malarz (to Larissa) on a free transfer[11]
DF Stefanos Siontis (to Kavala) on a free transfer[12]

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
DF Nasief Morris (on loan to Racing de Santander)[13]
MF Andreas Ivanschitz (on loan to Mainz)[14]
DF David (on loan to Flamengo)[15]
MF Sotiris Leontiou (on loan to Kavala)[16]
MF Marcelo Mattos (on loan to Corinthians)[17]
DF Christos Melissis (on loan to Larissa)[18]
DF Bryce Moon (on loan to PAOK)[19]
FW Vangelis Mantzios (on loan to Anorthosis)

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Nikos Nioplias
Assistant manager Krzysztof Warzycha
Assistant manager Michalis Iordanidis
Physical fitness coach Stergios Fotopoulos
Goalkeeping coach Vasilis Alexoudis
Team manager Grigoris Papavasiliou
Team doctor Panagiotis Kouloumentas

Source: [2]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 22 4 4 54 17 +37 70 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Olympiacos 30 19 7 4 47 18 +29 64 Playoffs
3 PAOK 30 19 5 6 41 16 +25 62
4 AEK Athens 30 15 8 7 43 31 +12 53
5 Aris 30 12 10 8 35 28 +7 46
6 Kavala 30 10 9 11 31 32 −1 39
7 Atromitos 30 10 8 12 34 36 −2 38
8 Larissa 30 10 7 13 31 42 −11 37 AEL: 7 pts, 8–5
PIO: 5 pts, 4–5
IRA: 4 pts, 3–5
9 Panionios 30 9 10 11 34 35 −1 37
10 Iraklis 30 10 7 13 39 41 −2 37
11 Ergotelis 30 9 9 12 37 41 −4 36 AST 2–4 ERG
ERG 4–3 AST
12 Asteras Tripolis 30 10 6 14 29 36 −7 36
13 Skoda Xanthi 30 10 5 15 27 36 −9 35
14 Levadiakos (R) 30 9 7 14 31 44 −13 34 Relegation to the Beta Ethniki
15 PAS Giannina (R) 30 7 7 16 27 46 −19 28
16 Panthrakikos (R) 30 3 3 24 21 62 −41 12

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match..
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Greek Cup Final

The 68th Greek Cup Final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

24 April 2010
20:30
Panathinaikos 1 – 0 Aris Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)
Leto  63'
Panathinaikos
Aris
PANATHINAIKOS:
GK 30 Alexandros Tzorvas
DF 24 Loukas Vintra
DF 31 Nikos Spiropoulos 30'
DF 8 Cédric Kanté
MF 29 Kostas Katsouranis
MF 15 Gilberto Silva (c)
MF 23 Simão Mate Junior 59'
MF 7 Sotiris Ninis 66'
MF 11 Sebastián Leto 40' 78'
FW 14 Dimitris Salpingidis 62'
FW 9 Djibril Cissé
Substitutes:
DF 22 Stergos Marinos 66'
MF 26 Giorgos Karagounis 62'
MF 17 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 78'
Manager:
Nikos Nioplias
ARIS:
GK 1 Michalis Sifakis
DF 2 Darcy Dolce Neto
DF 32 Kristi Vangjeli
DF 15 Cristian Nasuti
DF 5 Ronaldo Guiaro
MF 55 Thanasis Prittas 47'
MF 6 Mehdi Nafti 74'
MF 7 Toni Calvo 12' 83'
MF 17 Camel Meriem 66'
FW 18 Javier Cámpora
FW 10 Sergio Koke (c)
Substitutes:
MF 9 Dario Fernandez 74'
MF 20 Javito 66'
FW 11 Freddy Adu 83'
Manager:
Héctor Cúper

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • K. Dallas
    • D. Tatsis
  • Fourth official: M. Koukoulakis

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

References