Panathinaikos F.C. Academy

Panathinaikos maintains youth and amateur departments since the 1950s, while Panathinaikos F.C. manage them since 1981. They cooperate with a network of 55 soccer schools in Greece (Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools), while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad (Cyprus, United States, Australia, Canada, Israel).

Main article: Panathinaikos A.O.
Panathinaikos FC Academy
Full namePanathinaikos FC Soccer Schools
Founded1956
GroundGeorgios Kalafatis Sports Center
OwnerPanathinaikos F.C.
ChairmanVasilis Konstantinou
Technical DirectorTakis Fyssas
WebsiteClub website

History

Since 1928 József Künsztler, coach of the first team, tried to rejuvenate the team with players from the second (reverse) team.

During the 1950s the ex-player of the team, Antonis Migiakis, had the leading role on the creation of the first youth departments of the club. First coaches were Harry Game and Svetislav Glišović. Migiakis was appointed later also as a coach the years 1967-69, 1971-74 και 1981-85. Andreas Papaemmanouil had also significant contribution.

During the presidency of Yiorgos Vardinogiannis the Academy was re-organized. Alf Ramsey was appointed as Technical Director, while all the youth departments were housed in Paiania (training ground).

In 2005 Panathinaikos won the Copa Amsterdam, the annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax.

Since 2013, the academies are housed also in the Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center, the new athletic center of Panathinaikos FC.

Honours

1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).

Players

U-19 squad
As of 1 September 2016[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  GRE Vasilios Xenopoulos
— GK  GRE Konstantinos Chalkidis
— DF  GRE Georgios Servilakis
— DF  GRE Charalampos Stratigis
— DF  GRE Konstantinos Valmas
— DF  GRE Christos Zervopoulos
— DF  GRE Manolis Samios
— DF  GRE Andreas Xiros
— DF  GRE Konstantinos Valmas
— DF  GRE Antonis Ikonomopoulos
— DF  GRE Alexandros Triantafyllopoulos
— DF  GRE Theofanis Mavrommatis
— DF  GRE Giannis Andreou
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  GRE Andreas Zikos
— MF  GRE Giorgos-Panagiotis Angelopoulos
— MF  GRE Konstantinos Apostolakis
— MF  GRE Vangelis Xepapadakis
— MF  GRE Leonidas Kalomoiris
— MF  GRE Christos Kountouriotis
— MF  GRE Petros Agiasiotis
— MF  GRE Giannis Bouzoukis
— MF  GRE Vangelis Theocharis
— FW  GRE Spyros Papanikolaou
— FW  GRE Athanasios Dimitroulas
— FW  ALB Kristo Shehu

Notable players

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

Personnel

Academies staff
Position Name
Youth Academy Technical Director Takis Fyssas
U-20 coach Vaggelis Samios
U-17 coach Kostas Frantzeskos
U-16 coach Spiros Marangos
U-15 coach Aris Kiriazis
U-14 coach Thomas Mavroudis
U-13 coach Manolis Papadakis
U-12 coach Kostas Tarasis
U-11 coach Dimitris Klis
Fitness Coach Alexis Alexopoulos
Management support Giannis Koulouriotis
Secretariat Alkisti Agrimaki
Scouter Dimitris Markos
Scouter Andreas Lagonikakis
Scouter Kostas Mpatsinilas
Scouter Giorgos Famelis
Scouter Markos Tsompanopoulos

References
  1. "Panathinaikos Under 20". pao.gr. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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