2007–08 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos

2007–08 season
Chairman	Argiris Mitsou
Manager	José Peseiro
Superleague Greece	2nd
Greek Cup	5th round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitris Salpingidis (15) All: Dimitris Salpingidis (19)
Highest home attendance	15,420 vs Aris (11 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance	4,003 vs Panionios (7 May 2008)
Average home league attendance	9,180
Home colours Away colours
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In the 2007-2008 season Panathinaikos played for 49th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. They also competed in UEFA CUP and Greek Cup. Season started with Jose Peseiro as team manager. In summer of 2007 many players left the club including Igor Bišćan and Victor Sanchez who hadn't fulfilled the expectations of Panathinaikos' fans with their performance. On the other end the return of Giorgos Karagounis after four years pulled the spotlight and considered one of the most important signings of the 2007 summer transfer window. Panathinaikos also signed Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Mattos from Corinthians, Dame N'Doye from Academica, Josu Sarriegi from Athletic Bilbao and some other players to help the team win its first championship in four years and celebrate the club's centesimal anniversary in the most appropriate way.

The championship began with Panathinaikos collecting seven points in the first three matchdays, having already played two derbies against Olympiacos (0-0) and PAOK (2-0).

Squad

As of 24 February 2008.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mario Galinović 3 DF Josu Sarriegi 4 MF Marcelo Mattos 5 DF Nasief Morris 6 DF Filipos Darlas 7 MF Sotiris Ninis 8 DF Yannis Goumas (captain) 9 MF Sebastián Romero 10 MF Ezequiel González 11 FW Dimitris Papadopoulos (vice-captain) 12 FW Hélder Postiga (on loan from F.C. Porto) 14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis 15 DF Takis Fyssas 18 GK Orestis Karnezis 19 DF Anthony Šerić

No. Position Player 20 MF Sotiris Leontiou 21 MF Giorgos Karagounis (vice-captain) 22 MF Alexandros Tziolis 23 DF Mate Junior Simao 24 DF Loukas Vyntra 25 FW Dame N'Doye 27 MF Andreas Ivanschitz (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) 29 DF Mikael Nilsson 30 MF Elini Dimoutsos 31 DF Nikos Spiropoulos 33 GK Arkadiusz Malarz 35 DF Giorgos Ntantamis 36 FW Manucho (on loan from Manchester United) 38 MF Nikos Boutzikos 56 DF Nikos Pantidos

Squad changes for 2007/08 season

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

No. Position Player 36 FW Manucho (On loan from Manchester United) 28 FW Antonis Petropoulos (Signed from Egaleo FC) 31 DF Nikos Spiropoulos (Signed from Panionios FC) 12 FW Hélder Postiga (On loan from F.C. Porto) 15 DF Takis Fyssas (Signed from Hearts) 3 DF Josu Sarriegi (Signed from Athletic Bilbao) 2 DF Joseph Enakarhire (On loan from FC Dynamo Moscow) 21 MF Giorgos Karagounis (Signed from S.L. Benfica) 4 MF Marcelo Mattos (Signed from Corinthians) 25 FW Dame N'Doye (Signed from Academica) 18 GK Arkadiusz Malarz (Signed from Skoda Xanthi) 30 MF Elini Dimoutsos (Signed from Ilisiakos) 33 GK Orestis Karnezis (Signed from OFI)

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

No. Position Player GK Georgios Sikalias (on loan to Ethnikos) GK Michalis Vellidis (on loan to GS Diagoras Rodos) GK Petros Kravaritis (on loan to AO Koropi) FW Antonis Petropoulos (on loan to OFI FC) FW Evangelos Mantzios (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt) DF Stefanos Siontis (on loan to Kerkira) MF Alexandros Konstantidis (on loan to AO Koropi) DF Avgerinos Katranas (on loan to Panetolikos) DF Giannis Zaradoukas (on loan to Panseraikos) DF Giannis Stathis (on loan to Ilisiakos) DF Alexandros Pagalis (on loan to Fostiras)

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

No. Position Player DF Joseph Enakarhire (Released) MF Víctor Sánchez (Released) MF Igor Bišćan (Released) DF Mikael Antonsson (to F.C. Copenhagen) DF Ilias Kotsios (to AEL 1964) MF Constantinos Charalambidis (to FC Carl Zeiss Jena) MF Srđan Andrić (to Hajduk Split) GK Pierre Ebéde (Released) GK Alexandros Tzorvas (to OFI Crete) MF Ricardo Bóvio (loan return to Málaga CF) MF Giorgos Theodoridis (to Ergotelis)

Club

Other Information

Chairman	Argiris Mitsou
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (16,620 / 105x68 m)

Source: pao.gr

Competitions

Superleague Greece

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	30	21	7	2	58	23	+35	70	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Third Qualifying Round
2	AEK Athens	30	22	2	6	65	17	+48	68	UEFA Champions League 2008-09 Second Qualifying Round
3	Panathinaikos	30	20	6	4	44	18	+26	66	UEFA Cup 2008–09 Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on April 20, 2008.
Source: Superleague Greece 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	24	8	4	58	24	+34	80	15	3	0	31	6	+25	9	5	4	27	18	+9

Last updated: April 20, 2008.
Source: Super League Greece

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D

Last updated: April 21, 2008.
Source: pao.gr
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Atlético Madrid	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10
Panathinaikos	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9
Aberdeen	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	4
Copenhagen	4	1	0	3	1	7	-6	3
Lokomotiv Moscow	4	0	2	2	4	7	-3	2

Playoffs Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts*
2	Panathinaikos	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	21
3	AEK Athens	6	2	2	2	10	11	-1	16
4	Aris1	6	1	2	3	9	9	0	7
5	Panionios	6	1	3	3	7	15	-8	5

	UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round
	UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round
	Intertoto Cup Second Round

(*) The teams started the minileague with the following number of points:

• • AEK Athens - 8
  • Panathinaikos - 7
  • Aris - 2
  • Panionios - 0

¹ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round through their Greek Cup performance.

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Superleague Greece

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References

Panathinaikos F.C. Academy Players Managers Presidents Records & statistics Honours Current season History Panathinaikos F.C. in Europe 1971 European Cup Final 1971 Intercontinental Cup Home stadium Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Olympic Stadium Panathinaikos FC New Stadium (proposed) Training Ground Paiania Kalafatis Sports Center Supporters Panathenaic Alliance Gate 13 PALEFIP Rivalries Derby of the eternal enemies A.E.K.–Panathinaikos rivalry Related Hymn of Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Movement Other Sports Panathinaikos B.C. Men's volleyball Women's volleyball Women's basketball Water Polo Rugby Baseball Swimming Athletics Table Tennis Wrestling Weightlifting Boxing Fencing Cycling Shooting Archery Figures Giorgos Kalafatis Apostolos Nikolaidis Angelos Messaris Ferenc Puskás Mimis Domazos Antonis Antoniadis Takis Ikonomopoulos Dimitris Saravakos Krzysztof Warzycha Djibril Cissé Seasons 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Parent club: Panathinaikos A.O.