1998–99 Panionios F.C. season

During the 1998–99 Greek football season, Panionios F.C. competed in the Alpha Ethniki.

Panionios
1998–99 season
Alpha Ethniki15th
Greek CupFirst round
Cup Winners' CupQuarter-finals

Season summary

Panionios reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup for the first time in their history, being knocked out 7-0 on aggregate by eventual champions Lazio. However, league form suffered and the club only avoided relegation on goal difference. Manager Ronnie Whelan left at the end of the season.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GRE Giannis Fakis
2 DF  NOR Jan Kruse
3 DF  GRE Vasilios Kouvalis
4 DF  GRE Athanasios Gazis
5 DF  GRE Vasilios Ioannidis
6 MF  GRE Dimitrios Bougas
8 MF  NOR Lars Bakkerud
9 FW  ENG Garry Haylock
10 MF  GRE Antonis Sapountzis
11 MF  NOR Kent Bergersen
12 GK  ALB Foto Strakosha
14 DF  GRE Spyros Zarras
16 DF  GRE Nikolaos Makrygiannis
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  GRE Dimitris Nalitzis
18 MF  GRE Kostas Kafalis
19 DF  GRE Georgios Mitsiopoulos
20 DF  WAL Gareth Roberts
21 GK  GRE Georgios Souloganis
22 MF  ROU Edward Iordănescu
23 DF  GRE Giannis Kamitsis
24 FW  GRE Ilias Ioannou
25 DF  GRE Dimitrios Markesinis
26 DF  GRE Tasos Zachopoulos
28 MF  GRE Theofilos Karasawidis
31 MF  MLT Paul Tisdale
32 FW  SKN Keith Gumbs

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW  ENG Mark Robins (on loan to Manchester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  GRE Takis Fyssas (to Panathinaikos)

Competitions

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Paniliakos 34 11 5 18 37 54 −17 38
14 Apollon Athens 34 9 9 16 42 62 −20 36
15 Panionios 34 9 5 20 42 58 −16 32[lower-alpha 1]
16 Panelefsiniakos (R) 34 7 11 16 25 49 −24 32[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Veria (R) 34 6 5 23 20 55 −35 23
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Panionios–Panelefsiniakos 3–0, Panelefsiniakos–Panionios 1–0.

First round
17 September 1998 First leg Panionios 2 – 0 Haka Athens, Greece
17:00 Haylock  36'
Robins  54'		 Report Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,222
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
1 October 1998 Second leg Haka 1 – 3
(1 – 5 agg.)		 Panionios Valkeakoski, Finland
19:00 Salli  75' Report Fyssas  32'
Kafalis  45'
Sapountzis  56'		 Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Second round
22 October 1998 First leg Panionios 3 – 2 Apollon Limassol Athens, Greece
17:30 Sapountzis  22'
Haylock  39'
Robins  57'		 Report Spoljaric  14', 43' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)
5 November 1998 Second leg Apollon Limassol 0 – 1
(2 – 4 agg.)		 Panionios Limassol, Cyprus
18:00 Report Sapountzis  18' Stadium: Tsirion Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Quarter-finals
4 March 1999 First leg Panionios 0 – 4 Lazio Athens, Greece
21:45 Report Stanković  3'  60'
Gazis  14' (o.g.)
Nedvěd  63'		 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,175
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
18 March 1999 Second leg Lazio 3 – 0
(7 – 0 agg.)		 Panionios Rome, Italy
20:45 Nedvěd  70'
Stanković  77'
de la Peña  82'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

References
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