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| Full name | Panathinaikos Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Το τριφύλλι (The Shamrock) Οι πράσινοι (The Greens) | |||
| Founded | 3 February 1908; 116 years ago (3 February 1908) | |||
| Ground | Olympic Stadium Athens, Greece | |||
| Capacity | 69,618 | |||
| President | Dimitris Gontikas | |||
| Head coach | Jesualdo Ferreira | |||
| League | Super League Greece | |||
| 2010–11 | 2nd | |||
| Website | http://www.pao.gr/ | |||
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Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.
Panathinaikos is the most successful Greek club in terms of achievements in European competitions. They have reached the European Cup (later changed to UEFA Champions League) final in 1971 and the semi-finals in 1985 and 1996.
Panathinaikos F.C. is the football department of Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (PAO), a multi-sport club. In 1979, the department became professional and independent. They have played their home games in a number of grounds, most significantly the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium – which is considered as their traditional home ground – and the Athens Olympic Stadium.
The club holds a long-standing rivalry with Olympiacos and matches between the two teams are referred to as "Derby of the eternal enemies".
History
Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon
The kings of homosexuals, their supporters are homosexuals and their nickname are rabbits
Crest and colours
The colours that were first used by the club in 1908 were red and white but soon changed to green and white. In 1918, player Michalis Papazoglou proposed that the club adopt the shamrock as its emblem. He used to have it sewn on his shirt since he was competing for a club in his native Chalcedon, Constantinople. Papazoglou was possibly inspired by William Sherring, an Irish Canadian athlete who had won the Athens 1906 Olympic Marathon wearing a white shirt with a big green shamrock on it.
The team's jersey colours are green and white, although the white sometimes is omitted, used as trim or as an alternative. Panathinaikos first shirt was pink. During the first years after the establishment of green as Panathinaikos' primary colour, players were wearing green shirts, white shorts and green socks. Since then, the uniform style has changed many times but green has always remained the team's primary colour.
Stadiums
Panathinaikos' original home ground since the early 1920s was the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in the Ampelokipoi district in central Athens. The stadium is located on Alexandras Avenue and is most commonly referred to as Leoforos (i.e. Avenue). It is considered one of the most historic stadiums in Greece, as it was used by the Greek national football team as home ground for many years (most recently for the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying matches) and even by Panathinaikos' biggest rivals, AEK (for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League matches) and Olympiacos (for friendly matches).
Panathinaikos left Leoforos in 1983 to play in the newly built Athens Olympic Stadium. In 2000, the then club president Angelos Filippidis announced a return to Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, following a €7 million renovation. Capacity was reduced from 25,000 to 16,620, new dressing rooms were built and modular stand roofing was added in compliance with UEFA requirements, but in 2004 stricter standards were announced and the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium would need further expansion were it to remain suitable for UEFA-sanctioned matches. This was precluded by local zoning regulations and the team had to return to Athens Olympic Stadium once more until a new stadium, the Votanikos Arena, is built. The Leoforos ground is due for demolition and will become a park. A small section of the west curve spectator stands, the legendary Gate 13, will be retained and house a small Panathinaikos museum.
On 27 January 2007, the board of Panathinaikos decided to reuse Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium for the team's 2007–08 Greek Super League and UEFA Cup home games. Also, the club officials decided to install new lawn, new seats and upgrade the press conference room and the restrooms.
| Stadium Name | Capacity | Years |
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| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium | Original: 25,000 (16,620 after 2001 renovation) |
1923–1984,1988–1989, 2000–2005, 2007–2008 |
| Athens Olympic Stadium | 69,618 | 1984–1988,1989–2000, 2005–2007, 2008 – |
Statistics and records
Mimis Domazos holds the record for Panathinaikos F.C. appearances, having played 502 first-team matches between 1959 and 1980. Striker Krzysztof Warzycha comes second, having played 390 times. The record for a goalkeeper is held by Takis Ikonomopoulos, with 303 appearances.
Krzysztof Warzycha is the club's top goalscorer with 288 goals in all competitions between 1989 and 2004 having surpassed Antonis Antoniadis's total of 180 in January 1998.
Panathinaikos record home attendance is 74.493, for a Greek League match against AEK F.C. in 1986 at O.A.K.A Stadium. The record attendance for a Panathinaikos match at Apostolos Nikolaidis is from 1967 when 29.665 spectators watched the Cup Winners Cup game between Panathinaikos F.C. and FC Bayern Munich.
Panathinaikos is the only club in the history of Greek football to finish a top-flight campaign unbeaten.This happened in the 1963–64 season.
Honours
See also: Panathinaikos FC in EuropeDomestic
Greek Championship: (20)
Greek Cup: (17)
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- Greek Super Cup: (4)
- 1970, 1988, 1993, 1994
- Greater Greece Cup: (1)
- 1970
- Athens Championship: (17)
- 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959
International
- European Cup
- Runners-up: 1971
- Balkans Cup: (1)
- 1978
Youth teams
- Greek Amateur Cup: (2)
- 1994, 1995
- Athens Cup: (2)
- 1993, 1994
- Greek U-21 Championship: (1)
- 2005
- Greek U-18 Championship: (1)
- 2009
Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).
Players
See also: List of Panathinaikos F.C. playersCurrent squad
As of December 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2011
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach |  Jesualdo Ferreira
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| Assistant Coach | Nuno Almeida
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| Assistant Coach | Rui Silva
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| Fitness Coach | José Gomes
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| Goalkeepers Coach |  Vasilis Alexoudis
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| Golden Team Coach |  Juan Ramon Rocha
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Last updated: January 2011
Source: pao.gr
Administration
See also: List of Panathinaikos F.C. presidents| Office | Name |
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| President of the Board & General Manager | Dimitris Gontikas |
| Technical Director | Giannis Samaras |
| Youth Academy Technical Director | Giannis Samaras |
| Administrative & Financial Director | Alexandros Papadospyridakis |
| Operations Director | Vangelis Petsos |
| Senior Advisor to the President | Stefanos Isaias |
| Advisor for the Project "New Panathinaikos Stadium" | Vangelis Samaras |
| Head of Communications & Media Manager | Stefanos Koumpis |
| International Affairs Manager | Giannis Vekris |
| Venue Manager | Giannis Zavradinos |
Last updated: August 2011
Source: pao.gr
References
- "Athens Olympic Stadium". oaka.com.gr. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- "Greece Eternal Thespians". Fifa.com.
- ^ "1908–1920" (in Greek). leoforos.gr. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- "Trifylli" (in Greek). pao.gr.
- "Ο "στρατηγός" του Παναθηναϊκού και της Εθνικής" (in Greek). sport-fm.gr.
- "Οι κορυφαίοι σε συμμετοχές" (in Greek). express.gr.
- "Συμμετοχές" (in Greek). sentragoal.gr.
- "Βαζέχα: η πράσινη σημαία" (in Greek). contra.gr.
- "Τα ρεκόρ του Βαζέχα" (in Greek). sday.gr.
- "Τα ρεκόρ εισιτηρίων σε ένα αγώνα" (in Greek). otenet.gr.
- "Γήπεδο Λεωφόρου Αλεξάνδρας" (in Greek). leoforos.gr.
- "Τα χρόνια της "πράσινης" υπεροχής 1960–1970" (in Greek). pao.gr.
- "Οι Πρωταθλητές Ελλάδας από το 1928 μέχρι σήμερα" (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation epo.gr.
- "Greece – List of Cup Winners". rsssf.com.
- "Cruyff pulls the strings". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
External links
- Panathinaikos FC – official website (in Greek & English)
- Panathinaikos Youth Academy (in Greek)
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