Club Overview

Football made its appearance in Greece at the end of the 19th century, but there was no official championship since it was considered a lacklustre activity. A young athlete of the sports club Panellinios, Giorgos Kalafatis, dismayed by his club's refusal to form a football team, founded Panathinaikos in 1908 with his older brother Alexander Kalafatis as team president. The name of the club was initially P.O.A. (Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon), meaning "Athens Football Club".

In 1918 it was decided that the official color of the team would be green so that the players' outfits would be standardized and the club's emblem would be the shamrock, an idea of Michalis Papazoglou, a great athlete from Constantinople who played for the team of Chalkidona, which had the same symbol. The club had its third and final name change in May 15, 1924: P.A.O. (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos - Panathenaean Athletic Club).

Club History

Club Rivalries

Stars of the Current Squad

Club Legends

Greece

   * Flag of Greece Antonis Antoniadis
   * Flag of Greece Kostas Antoniou
   * Flag of Greece Stratos Apostolakis
   * Flag of Greece Angelos Basinas
   * Flag of Greece Georgios Delikaris
   * Flag of Greece Christos Dimopoulos
   * Flag of Greece Mimis Domazos
   * Flag of Greece Giorgos Donis
   * Flag of Greece Kostas Eleftherakis
   * Flag of Greece Panagiotis Filakouris
   * Flag of Greece Takis Fyssas
   * Flag of Greece Kostas Frantzeskos
   * Flag of Greece Mike Galakos
   * Flag of Greece Theofanis Gekas
   * Flag of Greece Lysandros Georgamlis
   * Flag of Greece Giorgos Georgiadis
   * Flag of Greece Giannis Goumas
   * Flag of Greece Takis Ikonomopoulos
   * Flag of Greece George Kalafatis
   * Flag of Greece Ioannis Kalitzakis
   * Flag of Greece Aristidis Kamaras
   * Flag of Greece Anthimos Kapsis
   * Flag of Greece Thanasis Kolitsidakis
   * Flag of Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis
   * Flag of Greece Ioannis Kyrastas
   * Flag of Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos
   * Flag of Greece Kostas Linoxilakis
   * Flag of Greece Spiros Livathinos
   * Flag of Greece Takis Loukanidis
   * Flag of Greece Nikos Lyberopoulos
   * Flag of Greece Spiros Marangos
   * Flag of Greece Angelos Messaris
   * Flag of Greece Antonis Miyiakis
   * Flag of Greece Apostolos Nikolaidis
   * Flag of Greece Antonis Nikopolidis
   * Flag of Greece Nikos Nioplias
   * Flag of Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos
   * Flag of Greece Nikos Sarganis
   * Flag of Greece Dimitris Saravakos 
   * Flag of Greece Giourkas Seitaridis

Angola

   * Flag of Angola Manucho

Argentina

   * Flag of Argentina Óscar Álvarez
   * Flag of Argentina Juan José Borrelli
   * Flag of Argentina Fernando Galetto
   * Flag of Argentina Juan Ramón Rocha
   * Flag of Argentina Juan Ramón Verón
   * Flag of Argentina Ezequiel González

Austria

   * Flag of Austria Andreas Ivanschitz

Croatia

   * Flag of Croatia Aljoša Asanović
   * Flag of Croatia Goran Vlaović
   * Flag of Croatia Velimir Zajec

Cyprus

   * Flag of Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou

Denmark

   * Flag of Denmark René Henriksen

Finland

   * Flag of Finland Joonas Kolkka

Germany

   * Flag of Germany Markus Münch
   * Flag of Germany Karlheinz Pflipsen

Netherlands

   * Flag of the Netherlands Tschen La Ling

Norway

   * Flag of Norway Erik Mykland

Poland

   * Flag of Poland Flag of Greece Krzysztof Warzycha
   * Flag of Poland Józef Wandzik
   * Flag of Poland Flag of Nigeria Emmanuel Olisadebe

Portugal

   * Flag of Portugal Paulo Sousa

Most Appearances

Most Goals

Player Recognition & Awards

Team Honours

   * '''Greek Championships: (19)'''
          o 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004

    * '''Segas Championships: (1)'''
          o 1911

    * '''Greek Cup: (16)'''
          o 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004

    * '''Greek Super Cup: (4)'''
          o 1970, 1988, 1993, 1994

    * '''Balkan Cup: (1)'''
          o 1978

    * '''European Champion Clubs' Cup Runners-Up'''
          o 1971

    * '''Intercontinental Cup Runners-Up:'''
          o 1971

    * '''Doubles:''' (7)
          o 1969, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1995, 2004

In September 2001, IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) voted Panathinaikos FC as World's Club Team of the Month

Club Management

Uniforms

Stadium

Sponsors

Important Links

References