2008–09 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2008–09 season is Panathinaikos' 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round for the 200809 season. The 200708 season ended with Jose Peseiro's removal from the team's bench.[1] After a year's absence they will return to Athens Olympic Stadium for the season.[2] On 27 May 2008 after two hours of conversations between Panathinaikos chairmen, it was decided that Nikos Pateras would take over as Panathinaikos president.[3] On 13 June 2008 Panathinaikos announced that the new team coach will be Henk ten Cate for the next two years.[4]

Panathinaikos
2008–09 season
Chairman Nikos Pateras
Manager Henk ten Cate
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League Greece2nd
Greek CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Dimitris Salpingidis (12)
All: Dimitris Salpingidis (15)
Highest home attendance60,616 vs Villarreal (10 March 2009)
Lowest home attendance6,190 vs Skoda Xanthi (5 April 2009)
Average home league attendance27,434

Squad

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  CRO Mario Galinović
2 DF  RSA Bryce Moon
3 DF  ESP Josu Sarriegi
4 MF  BRA Marcelo Mattos
5 FW  CRO Ante Rukavina
6 DF  GRE Christos Melissis
7 MF  GRE Sotiris Ninis
8 DF  GRE Giannis Goumas (vice-captain)
9 FW  BRA Souza
10 MF  BRA Silva Cleyton
11 FW  SEN Dame N'Doye
12 DF  BRA David
14 FW  GRE Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain)
15 MF  BRA Gilberto Silva
16 DF  RSA Nasief Morris
17 MF  GRE Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK  POL Arkadiusz Malarz
19 DF  BRA Gabriel
20 MF  GRE Sotiris Leontiou
21 MF  GRE Giorgos Karagounis (captain)
22 MF  GRE Alexandros Tziolis
23 MF  POR Mate Junior Simao
24 DF  CZE Loukas Vyntra
25 DF  POL Jakub Wawrzyniak
26 FW  GRE Evangelos Mantzios
27 MF  AUT Andreas Ivanschitz
28 FW  GRE Antonis Petropoulos
29 DF  SWE Mikael Nilsson
30 GK  GRE Alexandros Tzorvas
31 DF  GRE Nikos Spiropoulos
32 DF  GRE Nikos Pantidos
33 GK  GRE Orestis Karnezis

Squad changes for 2008/09 season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  RSA Nasief Morris (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva)
MF  GRE Elini Dimoutsos (on loan to OFI Crete)
FW  SEN Dame N'Doye (on loan to OFI Crete)
DF  GRE Avgerinos Katranas (on loan to Panetolikos F.C.)
DF  GRE Giannis Stathis (on loan to Ilisiakos F.C.)
DF  GRE Alexandros Pagalis (on loan to Fostiras F.C.)
GK  POL Arkadiusz Malarz (on loan to OFI Crete)
DF  GRE Nikos Boutzikos (on loan to Kerkyra F.C.)
GK  GRE Michalis Vellidis (on loan to Diagoras F.C.)
GK  GRE Petros Kravaritis (on loan to Koropi F.C.)
MF  ALB Georgi Tsitsi (on loan to Koropi F.C.)
DF  GRE Alexandros Konstantidis (on loan to Koropi F.C.)
DF  GRE Giannis Zaradoukas (on loan to Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.)
MF  GRE Alexandros Tziolis (on loan to Werder Bremen)[9]
DF  GRE Stefanos Siontis (on loan to Kavala)[10]

Club

Management

Position Staff
Team manager Grigoris Papavasiliou
Manager Henk ten Cate
Assistant manager Yannis Anastasiou
Coach Gerard van der Lem
Coach Mike Snoei
Fitness coach Laurens Ebben
Goalkeeping coach Vasilis Alexoudis
Team doctor Panagiotis Kouloumentas

Last updated: 19 Jule 2008
Source: pao.gr

Other information

Chairman Nikos Pateras
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: pao.gr

Match results

Friendly Matches

9 July 2008 Panathinaikos 2 1 Górnik Zabrze Irdning, Styria, Austria
19:00 Mantzios  53'  73' (Report) Pitry  33' Attendance: 200
13 July 2008 Panathinaikos 0 0 CFR Cluj Irdning, Styria, Austria
19:00 (Report) Attendance: 500
17 July 2008 Panathinaikos 2 0 Baník Ostrava Irdning, Styria, Austria
19:00 Mantzios  30'
Salpingidis  62'
(Report) Attendance: 50
24 July 2008 Panathinaikos 5 1 R. Charleroi S.C. Athens, Greece
21:45 Karagounis  30'
Sarriegi  61'
Salpingidis  70'
Vyntra  74'
Ninis  80'
{Report} Bia  14' Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
8 August 2008 Atromitos 1 2 Panathinaikos Peristeri, Greece
19:30 Trejo  77' {Report} Tziolis  13'
Mantzios  76'
Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
23 September 2008 Athinaikos 0 6 Panathinaikos Athens, Greece
19:30 {Report} Petropoulos  19'  26'  63'
Christodoulopoulos  75' (pen.)  80'  85'
Stadium: Vyronas National Stadium
Attendance: 2,000

Greek Super League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 22 5 3 50 14 +36 71 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 PAOK 30 18 9 3 39 16 +23 63 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 17 10 3 51 18 +33 61
4 AEK Athens 30 14 13 3 40 24 +16 55
5 Larissa 30 12 13 5 36 26 +10 49
Source: superleaguegreece.net (in Greek)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
According to the official Super League playoff regulation, the position after the playoffs replaces the regular season position.[11]
(C) Champion.

First round

31 August 2008 Round 1 AEK 2 1 Panathinaikos Athens
21:15 Edinho  20'
Blanco  45' (pen.)
(Report) Karagounis  90+4' Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 30,140
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
13 September 2008 Round 2 Panathinaikos 3 0 Panthrakikos Athens
19:00 Rodrigo Souza  14'
Goumas  35'
Ivanschitz  77'
(Report) Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 25,218
Referee: Marios Lampropoulos
20 September 2008 Round 3 Aris 1 2 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Javito  10' Report Cleyton  19'
Ivanschitz  26'
Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 12,943
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas
29 October 2008 Round 4 Panathinaikos 2 3 Ergotelis Athens
19:00 Gabriel  7'
Christodoulopoulos  53'
Report Koutsianikoulis  47, 51'
Budmir  62'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 13,017
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
5 October 2008 Round 5 Panathinaikos 2 0 Levadiakos Athens
18:30 Rukavina  25'
Salpingidis  45'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 19,925
Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos
19 October 2008 Round 6 PAOK 0 0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 25,795
Referee: Dimitris Kirkos
26 October 2008 Round 7 Panathinaikos 2 2 Iraklis Athens
16:45 Mantzios  32'
Salpingidis  90+3'
Report Papasterianos  62'
Ratón  64'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 19,857
Referee: Petros Konstantineas
1 November 2008 Round 8 Panionios 1 2 Panathinaikos Athens
19:00 Kumordzi  67' Report Gabriel  22'
Goumas  84'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,060
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
9 November 2008 Round 9 Panathinaikos 0 0 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 60,401
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas
15 November 2008 Round 10 Larissa 1 1 Panathinaikos Larissa
16:45 Żurawski  51' Report Silva Cleyton  67' Stadium: Alkazar Stadium
Attendance: 5,789
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
22 November 2008 Round 11 Panathinaikos 3 0 Thrasyvoulos Athens
19:00 Ivanschitz  7'
Petropoulos  54, 57'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 9,905
Referee: Kostas Papastamatis
29 November 2008 Round 12 Panathinaikos 1 1 Asteras Tripoli Athens
19:00 Petropoulos  44' Report Bastía  71' Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 9,824
Referee: Evangelos Katsidonis
6 December 2008 Round 13 Skoda Xanthi 1 2 Panathinaikos Xanthi
19:00 Souanis  57' Report Gilberto Silva  22'
Rukavina  83'
Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 3,824
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
13 December 2008 Round 14 Panathinaikos 3 0 Panserraikos Athens
16:45 Salpingidis  45+2' (pen.)
Silva Cleyton  53'
Rukavina  84'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 9,348
Referee: Petros Konstantineas
21 December 2008 Round 15 OFI 0 3 Panathinaikos Heraklion
19:00 Report Petropoulos  52'
Salpingidis  56'
Rukavina  90'+1'
Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 7,130
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos

Second round

4 January 2009 Round 16 Panathinaikos 0 0 AEK Athens
19:00 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 42,018
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
10 January 2009 Round 17 Panthrakikos 1 3 Panathinaikos Komotini
16:45 Ponce  5' Report Salpingidis  24'
Mantzios  63'
Gilberto Silva  90+4'
Stadium: Komotini Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
18 January 2009 Round 18 Panathinaikos 4 0 Aris Athens
19:00 Karagounis  46' (pen.)  56'
Rukavina  59'
Cleyton  71'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 23,150
Referee: Michalis Dakos
24 January 2009 Round 19 Ergotelis 1 0 Panathinaikos Heraklion
19:00 Romano  54' Report Stadium: Pankritiko Stadium
Attendance: 4,850
Referee: Nathanail Charalampidis
1 February 2009 Round 20 Levadiakos 1 2 Panathinaikos Levadia
16:45 Dimbala  50' Report Cleyton  41'
Petropoulos  63'
Stadium: Levadias Stadium
Attendance: 2,844
Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos
8 February 2009 Round 21 Panathinaikos 3 0 PAOK Athens
19:00 Vyntra  49',  55'
Mantzios  58'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 26,430
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
15 February 2009 Round 22 Iraklis 0 0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Report Stadium: Lysimachos Kaftanzoglu Stadium
Attendance: 6,849
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
21 February 2009 Round 23 Panathinaikos 2 1 Panionios Athens
19:00 Salpingidis  66'
Petropoulos  72'
Report Estoyanoff  90+2' Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 8,009
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
1 March 2009 Round 24 Olympiacos 0 0 Panathinaikos Piraeus
18:30 Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 28,775
Referee: Dimitris Spathas
7 March 2009 Round 25 Panathinaikos 3 0 Larissa Athens
19:00 Salpingidis  48'
Gilberto Silva  53'
Christodoulopoulos  56'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 8,194
Referee: Nathanail Charalampidis
15 March 2009 Round 26 Thrasyvoulos 0 1 Panathinaikos Fyli
19:00 Report Salpingidis  12 pen' Stadium: Fyli Stadium
Attendance: 846
Referee: Dimitris Kirkos
22 March 2009 Round 27 Asteras Tripoli 1 1 Panathinaikos Tripoli
19:00 Kaounos  65' Report Salpingidis  24' Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 3,537
Referee: Ilias Spathas
5 April 2009 Round 28 Panathinaikos 2 0 Skoda Xanthi Athens
19:00 Salpingidis  42'
Gabriel  66'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 6,190
Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos
12 April 2009 Round 29 Panserraikos 0 0 Panathinaikos Serres
19:00 Report Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,958
Referee: Kostas Papastamatis
26 April 2009 Round 30 Panathinaikos 3 1 OFI Athens
19:00 Mantzios  52'
Christodoulopoulos  61'
Cleyton  76'
Report Kostovski  72' Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 7,145
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

Play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Panathinaikos 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 18 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 12 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 PAOK 6 2 0 4 5 9 4 9 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Larissa 6 0 1 5 3 10 7 1 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: superleaguegreece.net (in Greek)
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.
10 May 2009 Round 1 PAOK 0 1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
Karagounis  87' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 27,703
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
13 May 2009 Round 2 Panathinaikos 1 1 AEK Athens
Gabriel  43' (pen.) Scocco  12' Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,980
Referee: Ilias Spathas
17 May 2009 Round 3 Panathinaikos 3 1 Larissa Athens
Salpingidis  10'
Karagounis  25'
Rukavina  73'
Metin  54' Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 9,727
Referee: Giorgos Stathopoulos
20 May 2009 Round 4 Larissa 0 1 Panathinaikos Larissa
Moon  67' Stadium: Alkazar Stadium
Attendance: 3,286
Referee: Dimitris Kirkos
24 May 2009 Round 5 Panathinaikos 4 1 PAOK Athens
Karagounis  36' (pen.)
Gabriel  40'
Salpingidis  59'
Petropoulos  90'
Anastasakos  63' Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,673
Referee: Ilias Spathas
31 May 2009 Round 5 AEK 0 2 Panathinaikos Athens
Karagounis  30' (pen.)
Rukavina  36'
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,435
Referee: Anastasios Kakos

Greek Cup

12 November 2008 Fourth round Kavala 0 3 Panathinaikos Kavala
Report Rukavina  8'  69'
Christodoulopoulos  89'
Stadium: Kavala Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
14 January 2009 Fifth round Panthrakikos 0 4 Panathinaikos Komotini
18:45 Report Rukavina  18'
Gabriel  57'
Silva Cleyton  73'
Christodoulopoulos  77'
Stadium: Komotini Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
4 February 2009 Quarter Final
1st Leg
Panserraikos 0 0 Panathinaikos Serres
18:45 Report Stadium: Serres Stadium
Attendance: 2,319
4 March 2009 Quarter Final
2nd Leg
Panathinaikos 2 3
(2 3 agg.)
Panserraikos Athens
18:45 Christodoulopoulos  77',  90+2' Report Baykara  24'
Čeh  56',  71'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 6,354

Second qualifying round

30 July 2008 First leg Panathinaikos 3 0 Dinamo Tbilisi Athens, Greece
21:45 Ivanschitz  23'
Salpingidis  45'  74'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 50,864
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
6 August 2008 Second leg Dinamo Tbilisi 0 0
(0 3 agg.)
Panathinaikos Tbilisi, Georgia
21:45 Report Stadium: Boris Paichadze Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 First leg Sparta Prague 1 2 Panathinaikos Prague, Czech Republic
21:45 Kulič  30' Report Kučera  24' (o.g.)
Simão  60'
Stadium: AXA Arena
Attendance: 14,478
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
26 August 2008 Second leg Panathinaikos 1 0
(3 1 agg.)
Sparta Prague Athens, Greece
21:45 Souza  89' Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium OAKA
Attendance: 59,659
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 Internazionale 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
3 Werder Bremen 6 1 4 1 7 9 2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Anorthosis 6 1 3 2 8 8 0 6
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2008 Round 1 Panathinaikos 0 2 Internazionale Athens, Greece
20:45 Report Mancini  27'
Adriano  85'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 58,378
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
1 October 2008 Round 2 Anorthosis 3 1 Panathinaikos Nicosia, Cyprus
20:45 Sarriegi  11' (o.g.)
Dobrasinović  15'
Hawar M.  78'
Report Salpingidis  28' (pen.) Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 19,259
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
22 October 2008 Round 3 Panathinaikos 2 2 Werder Bremen Athens, Greece
20:45 Mantzios  36'  68' Report Mertesacker  29'
Almeida  82'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 54,089
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
4 November 2008 Round 4 Werder Bremen 0 3 Panathinaikos Bremen, Germany
20:45 Report Mantzios  58'
Karagounis  70'
Tziolis  83'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 35,968
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
26 November 2008 Round 5 Internazionale 0 1 Panathinaikos Milan, Italy
20:45 Report Sarriegi  69' Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 34,955
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
9 December 2008 Round 6 Panathinaikos 1 0 Anorthosis Athens, Greece
20:45 Karagounis  69' Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 59,872
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

First knockout round

25 February 2009 First leg Villarreal 1 1 Panathinaikos Villarreal, Spain
20:45 Rossi  67' (pen.) Report Karagounis  59' Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal
Attendance: 21,810
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
10 March 2009 Second leg Panathinaikos 1 2
(2 3 agg.)
Villarreal Athens, Greece
20:45 Mantzios  55' Report Ibagaza  49', Llorente  70' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,616
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Statistics

No. Pos. Name Super League Greek Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GK Mario Galinović 3201011044020
2DF Bryce Moon 121303018121
3DF Josu Sarriegi 28020101401162
4MF Marcelo Mattos 180105024030
5MF Ante Rukavina 2574370361011
6DF Christos Melissis 90200011010
7MF Sotiris Ninis 220104027020
8DF Yannis Goumas 102207019260
9FW Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso 4100418210
10MF Silva Cleyton 226415031730
14FW Dimitris Salpingidis 341240123501530
15MF Gilberto Silva 2932011042350
16DF Stefanos Siontis 2010003000
17FW Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 193445028720
19DF Gabriel 225318033610
20MF Sotiris Leontiou 0000000000
21MF Giorgos Karagounis(c) 24710103351060
22MF Alexandros Tziolis 100105116100
23MF Mate Junior Simao 2903011143170
24DF Loukas Vyntra 3023012045270
25DF Jakub Wawrzyniak 90202013020
26FW Evangelos Mantzios 164008424800
27MF Andreas Ivanschitz 183206126450
28FW Antonis Petropoulos 157200017720
29DF Mikael Nilsson 2401010035030
30GK Alexandros Tzorvas 4030108000
31DF Nikos Spiropoulos 3003010043080
32DF Nikos Pantidos 0000001000
33GK Orestis Karnezis 0000000000
--Totals 36634912154067854

Top scorers

As of 7 March 2009

P. Player Position Super League Greek Cup Champions League Total
1 Dimitris SalpingidisForward7-310
2 Ante RukavinaForward53-8
3 Silva CleytonMidfielder51-6
4 Evangelos MantziosForward3-36
5 Giorgos KaragounisMidfielder3-36

Source: pao.com Statistics

Most appearances

As of 7 March 2009

P. Player Position Super League Greek Cup Champions League Total
1 Dimitris SalpingidisForward2341138
2 Loukas VyntraDefender2231136
3 Nikos SpiropoulosDefender2131034
4 Mate Junior SimaoMidfielder2131034
5 Gilberto SilvaMidfielder2121033

Source: pao.com Statistics

Team kit

Home
Away
Third [12]
Home (2)
Away (2)

References

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  11. Playoff regulation (pdf, greek)
  12. oldfootballshirts.com
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