Greek football clubs in European competitions
Greek football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1959, when Olympiacos took part in the European Cup. In total, nineteen Greek clubs have participated in European competition. Among the teams that have participated more than once in European competitions PAOK is the only one with more wins than defeats. The biggest success is the participation of Panathinaikos, in final of the European Cup, in 1971.
Appearances in UEFA competitions
- As of December 13 2015
| UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League (included Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| club | App | Mat | W | D | L | App | Mat | W | D | L | App | Mat | W | D | L | Mat | W | D | L | ||||
| Olympiacos [1] | 29a | 148 | 53 | 27 | 68 | 19 | 64 | 30 | 8 | 26 | 9b | 33d | 14 | 6 | 13 | 245 | 97 | 41 | 107 | ||||
| Panathinaikos[2] | 28 | 157 | 49 | 45 | 63 | 21 | 94 | 38 | 19 | 37 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 273 | 96 | 67 | 110 | ||||
| AEK Athens[3] | 14 | 62 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 114 | 39 | 22 | 53 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 198 | 65 | 45 | 88 | ||||
| PAOK[4] | 5 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 126 | 48 | 38 | 40 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 158 | 57 | 48 | 53 | ||||
| Larissa[5] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Aris[6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 22 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| Iraklis [7] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Panionios[8] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Atromitos[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| OFI Crete[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Asteras Tripoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Skoda Xanthi[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Egaleo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Panachaiki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Olympiakos Volou c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Apollon Smyrni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ionikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kastoria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Athinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
App = Appearances; Mat=Matches; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
European Cup/Champions League
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Cup Winners' Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/Europa League
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
1 Olympiacos withdrew for political reasons.
2: Match played at Wembley Stadium, London
3: The original game ended 2-1 for Panathinaikos and this led to a penalty shoot-out. While CSKA Sofia was leading by 3-2, the Soviet referee Lipatov interrupted the shoot-out and declared the Bulgarian team as winners (although CSKA Sofia had shot 3 penalties no miss and Panathinaikos had shot 4 penalties 2 misses. Therefore, UEFA decided that the match should be replayed.
4: The Ukrainian team Dinamo Kiev, participant in the Champions League, was disqualified by UEFA after its first game in the league stage (Dinamo Kiev-Panathinaikos 1-0, Kosovskyi in the 61st minute at the Olimpiysky Stadion, Kiev on September 13, 1995), when the Spanish referee Antonio Jesús López Nieto reported a bribe attempt (including minks and female escort). To replace Dinamo Kiev in the group stage, UEFA promoted its Qualifying Round rivals Aalborg
5: The first leg finished 2–1 to Maccabi Tel-Aviv but UEFA awarded a 3–0 w.o to Maccabi Tel-Aviv because PAOK fielded an ineligible suspended player (Liassos Louka).
6: PAOK had lost to Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round and Metalist Kharkiv were drawn against Schalke. However, they were excluded from the competition by UEFA for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in the 2007–08 season. UEFA decided to replace them with PAOK in the play-off round.
7 Olympiacos withdrew
8 The away goal rule didn't exist at the time, so to break the tie a play-off game was played in Vienna, Austria where Olympiacos won by 2-0.
9 Iraklis got a bye.
10 The game was suspended after Cagliari's third goal because three Greek players refused to return to the pitch after they were expelled by the police. Later, UEFA validated the score of 3-0 as definitive.
11 Panionios was disqualified after the first leg due to fan riots.
12: The original game was interrupted in the 88th minute, while the score was a 3-3 draw, due to a floodlight failure in the stadium, and UEFA established that it should be replayed from the beginning.
13: The match was interrupted in the 51st minute, while Paris Saint-Germain were leading by 0-2, due to incidents in the stands. Paris Saint-Germain were later awarded a 0–3 w.o win by UEFA.
14: Olympiakos Volou, reached the play-off round and were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain. However, they were excluded from the competition by UEFA on 11 August 2011 for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal. UEFA decided to replace them with Differdange from Luxembourg, which had lost to Olympiakos Volou in the third qualifying round, in the play-off round.
15: Olympiacos withdrew after the first 2 matches and lost the away match to Toulouse with a walk over. Olympiacos received a heavy fine from UEFA, who obliged the Greek Football Federation to find another team to replace Olympiacos, otherwise all Greek clubs would be banned from next season's European competitions. Finally, Panionios was the replacing team and played the 3 remaining matches of the group phase.
16: Match played by Olympiacos.
17: Match played by Panionios.
See also
- Greek football clubs in European competitions 1960–69
- Greek football clubs in European competitions 1970–79
- Greek football clubs in European competitions 1980–89
- Greek football clubs in European competitions 1990–99
- Greek football clubs in European competitions 2000–09
- Greek football clubs in European competitions 2010–19
Notes
- ^a Olympiacos had withdrawn from 1958/59 European Cup competition
- ^b Olympiacos had withdrawn from 1962/63 Uefa Cup Winner's Cup
- ^c Olympiakos Volou were excluded from the competition by UEFA for their involvement in the match-fixing scandal
- ^d In season 1963-64, Olympiakos had played a third play off match
References
- ↑ uefa.com. "Olympiacos in UEFA competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "Panathinaikos in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "AEK in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "PAOK in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "Larissa in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "Aris in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "Iraklis in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ uefa.com. "Panionios in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ "Atromitos F.C. in Uefa competitions". uefa.com. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ↑ uefa.com. "OFi Crete in Uefa competitions". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ "Xanthi F.C. in Uefa competitions". uefa.com. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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