2007–08 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos 2007–08 football season
Panathinaikos
2007–08 season
ChairmanGreece Argiris Mitsou
ManagerPortugal José Peseiro
GroundLeoforos Alexandras Stadium
Super League Greece2nd
Greek Cup5th round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dimitris Salpingidis (15)
All:
Dimitris Salpingidis (19)
Highest home attendance15,420 vs Aris (11 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance4,003 vs Panionios (7 May 2008)
Average home league attendance9,180
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

In the 2007–08 season Panathinaikos played for 49th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. They also competed in UEFA Cup and Greek Cup. Season started with José Peseiro as team manager. In summer of 2007 many players left the club including Igor Bišćan and Víctor Sánchez who hadn't fulfilled the expectations of Panathinaikos' fans with their performance. On the other end the return of Giorgos Karagounis after four years pulled the spotlight and considered one of the most important signings of the 2007 summer transfer window. Panathinaikos also signed Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Mattos from Corinthians, Dame N'Doye from Academica, Josu Sarriegi from Athletic Bilbao and some other players to help the team win its first championship in four years and celebrate the club's centesimal anniversary in the most appropriate way.

The championship began with Panathinaikos collecting seven points in the first three matchdays, having already played two derbies against Olympiacos (0–0) and PAOK (2–0).

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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 Croatia CRO Mario Galinović
2 DF Nigeria NGA Joseph Enakarhire
3 DF Spain ESP Josu Sarriegi
4 MF Brazil BRA Marcelo Mattos
5 DF South Africa RSA Nasief Morris
6 DF Greece GRE Filipos Darlas
7 MF Greece GRE Sotiris Ninis
8 DF Greece GRE Yannis Goumas (captain)
9 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Romero
10 MF Argentina ARG Ezequiel González
11 FW Greece GRE Dimitris Papadopoulos (vice-captain)
12 FW Portugal POR Hélder Postiga (on loan from F.C. Porto)
14 FW Greece GRE Dimitris Salpingidis
15 DF Greece GRE Takis Fyssas
18 GK Poland POL Arkadiusz Malarz
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Croatia CRO Anthony Šerić
20 MF Greece GRE Sotiris Leontiou
21 MF Greece GRE Giorgos Karagounis (vice-captain)
22 MF Greece GRE Alexandros Tziolis
23 DF Portugal POR Mate Junior Simao
24 DF Czech Republic CZE Loukas Vyntra
25 FW Senegal SEN Dame N'Doye
26 FW Greece GRE Evangelos Mantzios
27 MF Austria AUT Andreas Ivanschitz
29 DF Sweden SWE Mikael Nilsson
30 MF Greece GRE Elini Dimoutsos
31 DF Greece GRE Nikos Spiropoulos
33 GK Greece GRE Orestis Karnezis
36 FW Portugal POR Manucho (on loan from Manchester United)

Squad changes for the 2007–08 season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
36 FW Portugal POR Manucho (on loan from Manchester United)
28 FW Greece GRE Antonis Petropoulos (signed from Egaleo)
31 DF Greece GRE Nikos Spiropoulos (signed from Panionios)
12 FW Portugal POR Hélder Postiga (on loan from F.C. Porto)
15 DF Greece GRE Takis Fyssas (signed from Hearts)
3 DF Spain ESP Josu Sarriegi (signed from Athletic Bilbao)
2 DF Nigeria NGA Joseph Enakarhire (on loan from FC Dynamo Moscow)
21 MF Greece GRE Giorgos Karagounis (signed from S.L. Benfica)
4 MF Brazil BRA Marcelo Mattos (signed from Corinthians)
25 FW Senegal SEN Dame N'Doye (signed from Academica)
18 GK Poland POL Arkadiusz Malarz (signed from Skoda Xanthi)
30 MF Greece GRE Elini Dimoutsos (signed from Ilisiakos)
33 GK Greece GRE Orestis Karnezis (signed from OFI)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Víctor Sánchez (released)
— MF Croatia CRO Igor Bišćan (released)
— DF Sweden SWE Mikael Antonsson (to F.C. Copenhagen)
— DF Greece GRE Ilias Kotsios (to AEL 1964)
— MF Croatia CRO Srđan Andrić (to Hajduk Split)
— GK Cameroon CMR Pierre Ebéde (released)
— GK Greece GRE Alexandros Tzorvas (to OFI)
— MF Brazil BRA Ricardo Bóvio (loan return to Málaga)
— MF Greece GRE Giorgos Theodoridis (to Ergotelis)

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
— GK Greece GRE Georgios Sikalias (on loan to Ethnikos Asteras)
— GK Greece GRE Michalis Vellidis (on loan to Diagoras)
— GK Greece GRE Petros Kravaritis (on loan to AO Koropi)
— FW Greece GRE Antonis Petropoulos (on loan to OFI)
— DF Greece GRE Stefanos Siontis (on loan to Kerkira)
— MF Greece GRE Alexandros Konstantidis (on loan to AO Koropi)
— DF Greece GRE Avgerinos Katranas (on loan to Panetolikos)
— DF Greece GRE Giannis Zaradoukas (on loan to Panseraikos)
— DF Greece GRE Giannis Stathis (on loan to Ilisiakos)
— DF Greece GRE Alexandros Pagalis (on loan to Fostiras)

Club

The management

Position Staff
Manager Portugal José Peseiro
Assistant manager Portugal Eduardo Gonsalves
Team Manager Greece Grigoris Papavasiliou
Goalkeeping Coach Croatia Goran Zivanovic
Team doctor Greece Giorgos Papatheou

Last updated: 26 February 2008
Source: pao.gr

Other information

Chairman Greece Argiris Mitsou
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (16,620 / 105x68 m)

Source: pao.gr

Competitions

Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos[a] (C) 30 21 7 2 58 23 +35 70 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 30 22 2 6 65 17 +48 68 Qualification for the Play-offs
3 Panathinaikos 30 20 6 4 44 18 +26 66
4 Aris 30 14 8 8 32 20 +12 50
5 Panionios 30 13 6 11 39 42 −3 45[b]
Source: Super League Greece
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The match of Apollon Kalamarias against Olympiacos, originally ended 1–0 to the home side, but later was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player (Roman Wallner). Apollon were deducted by one point.
  2. ^ Head-to-head record: Panionios–AEL 3–1, AEL–Panionios 1–0.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 6 4 44 18  +26 66 12 3 0 21 4  +17 8 3 4 23 14  +9

Last updated: 20 April 2008.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHHAAHAHHAHA
ResultDWWLWWWWDDWLWWWDWWWWWWDWLDWLWW
Position742432212233333333222111222333
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Panathinaikos v Olympiacos
2 September 2007 1 Panathinaikos 0–0 Olympiacos Athens
21:15 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 13,430
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis
Ergotelis v Panathinaikos
23 September 2007 2 Ergotelis 0–3 Panathinaikos Heraklion
21:15 Romero 19', 52'
Salpingidis 75'		 Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Panathinaikos v PAOK
29 September 2007 3 Panathinaikos 2–0 PAOK Athens
19:00 Karagounis 43' (pen.)
Salpingidis 83'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 10,048
Referee: Vassilis Terovitsas
Asteras Tripolis v Panathinaikos
7 October 2007 4 Asteras Tripolis 1–0 Panathinaikos Tripoli
19:00 Rogerio 51' (pen.) Stadium: Asteras Tripolis Stadium
Attendance: 4,026
Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis
Veria v Panathinaikos
21 October 2007 5 Veria 0–2 Panathinaikos Veria
19:00 Ivanschitz 49'
Salpingidis 90+2'		 Stadium: Veria Stadium
Attendance: 3,332
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
Panathinaikos v Atromitos
28 October 2007 6 Panathinaikos 2–0 Atromitos Athens
19:00 Papadopoulos 19'
Salpingidis 53'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 7,114
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis
Levadiakos v Panathinaikos
4 November 2007 7 Levadiakos 0–4 Panathinaikos Levadia
16:45 Salpingidis 7'
Ivanschitz 22'
Tziolis 54'
Mantzios 82'		 Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,491
Referee: Theodoros Gaitatzis
Panathinaikos v AEK Athens
11 November 2007 8 Panathinaikos 2–1 AEK Athens Athens
19:00 Salpingidis 6'
Mantzios 34'		 Liberopoulos 42' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,202
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
AEL v Panathinaikos
25 November 2007 9 AEL 2–2 Panathinaikos Larissa
19:00 Cleyton 23'
Galitsios 48'		 Tziolis 15'
Mattos 86'		 Stadium: Alkazar
Attendance: 6,502
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Panathinaikos v Skoda Xanthi
1 December 2007 10 Panathinaikos 0–0 Skoda Xanthi Athens
19:00 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 8,122
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis
Iraklis v Panathinaikos
9 December 2007 11 Iraklis 0–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Katsabis 28' (o.g.) Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 4,976
Referee: Vassilis Pamporidis
Panionios v Panathinaikos
15 December 2007 12 Panionios 1–0 Panathinaikos Neas Smyrni
19:00 Djebbour 42' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 3,085
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
Panathinaikos v OFI
23 December 2007 13 Panathinaikos 3–1 OFI Athens
19:00 Mantzios 6'
Issa 77' (o.g.)
Salpingidis 81'		 Nwafor 76' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
Aris v Panathinaikos
30 December 2007 14 Aris 0–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Papadopoulos 44' (o.g.) Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 12,416
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Panathinaikos v Apollon Kalamarias
6 January 2008 15 Panathinaikos 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias Athens
16:45 Salpingidis 90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,350
Referee: Mihalis Germanakos
Olympiacos v Panathinaikos
13 January 2008 16 Olympiacos 1–1 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:00 N'Doye 14' Antzas 45+1' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 31,310
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
Panathinaikos v Ergotelis
20 January 2008 17 Panathinaikos 1–0 Ergotelis Athens
19:00 Salpingidis 44' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Giorgos Daloukas
PAOK v Panathinaikos
27 January 2008 18 PAOK 0–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Salpingidis 34' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Vassilis Pamporidis
Panathinaikos v Asteras Tripolis
3 February 2008 19 Panathinaikos 2–0 Asteras Tripolis Athens
19:00 N'Doye 76'
Salpingidis 88'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,252
Referee: Dimitris Kirkos
Panathinaikos v Veria
9 February 2008 20 Panathinaikos 1–0 Veria Athens
19:00 Ivanschitz 74' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 5,507
Referee: Stavros Tritsonis
Panathinaikos v Levadiakos
24 February 2008 22 Panathinaikos 1–0 Levadiakos Athens
19:00 Goumas 11' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 7,413
Referee: Nikos Datis
AEK Athens v Panathinaikos
2 March 2008 23 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00 Rivaldo 67' (pen.) Postiga 78' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,610
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
Atromitos v Panathinaikos
5 March 2008 21 Atromitos 0–1 Panathinaikos Peristeri
18:30 Sarriegi 52' Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Attendance: 4,802
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
Panathinaikos v AEL
9 March 2008 24 Panathinaikos 2–0 AEL Athens
19:00 Manucho 62'
Salpingidis 86'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 13,308
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
Skoda Xanthi v Panathinaikos
16 March 2008 25 Skoda Xanthi 3–2 Panathinaikos Xanthi
19:00 Radzinski 10', 58', 68' Postiga 70'
Salpingidis 76'		 Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena
Attendance: 4,398
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
Panathinaikos v Iraklis
22 March 2008 26 Panathinaikos 1–1 Iraklis Athens
19:00 Goumas 17' Fonseca 13' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 10,012
Referee: Nathanail Charalampidis
Panathinaikos v Panionios
30 March 2008 27 Panathinaikos 2–1 Panionios Athens
19:00 Papadopoulos 75' (pen.)
Salpingidis 80' (pen.)		 Djebbour 45+2' (pen.) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 6,092
Referee: Dimitris Kirkos
OFI v Panathinaikos
6 April 2008 28 OFI 4–1 Panathinaikos Heraklion
19:00 Drulić 32' (pen.)
Simić 44'
Sfakianakis 52'
Popović 77'		 Salpingidis 40' Stadium: Pankritio Stadium
Attendance: 7,161
Referee: Mihalis Germanakos
Panathinaikos v Aris
13 April 2008 29 Panathinaikos 1–0 Aris Athens
19:00 Karagounis 74' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Vasileios Paboridis
Apollon Kalamarias v Panathinaikos
20 April 2008 30 Apollon Kalamarias 1–3 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 Barkoglou 38' Galanopoulos 5' (o.g.), 72' (o.g.)
Papadopoulos 44'		 Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium
Attendance: 915
Referee: Georgios Stathopoulos

Play-offs

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Panathinaikos 6 4 2 0 14 5 +9 21 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 16 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Aris[a] 6 1 2 3 9 9 0 7
5 Panionios 6 1 2 3 7 15 −8 5 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
Source: Super League Greece
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Cup performance.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 4 2 0 14 5  +9 14 3 0 0 10 2  +8 1 2 0 4 3  +1

Last updated: 20 April 2008.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
Round123456
GroundAHAHHA
ResultDWWWWD
Position322222
Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Aris v Panathinaikos
23 April 2008 1 Aris 1–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00
  • Koke 74'
  • Papadopoulos 87' (pen.)
 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 6,140
Referee: Dimitrios Kyrkos
Panathinaikos v AEK Athens
30 April 2008 2 Panathinaikos 4–1 AEK Athens Athens
19:00
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 8,528
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
Panionios v Panathinaikos
4 May 2008 3 Panionios 1–2 Panathinaikos Nea Smyrni
21:00
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Ilias Stavridis
Panathinaikos v Panionios
7 May 2008 4 Panathinaikos 3–0 Panionios Athens
19:00
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 4,003
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
Panathinaikos v Aris
11 May 2008 5 Panathinaikos 3–1 Aris Athens
19:00
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,420
Referee: Anastasios Kakos
AEK Athens v Panathinaikos
14 May 2008 6 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Marousi
19:00
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Greek Cup

Panathinaikos entered the Greek Cup at the Round of 32.

Matches

Ethnikos Asteras v Panathinaikos
31 October 2007 Round of 32 Ethnikos Asteras 1–3 Panathinaikos Kaisariani
17:45 EET Report
Stadium: Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos (Macedonia)
Olympiacos v Panathinaikos
16 January 2008 Round of 16 Olympiacos 4–0 Panathinaikos Piraeus
21:30 EET Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 30,147
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

UEFA Cup

First round

Artmedia Petržalka Slovakia v Greece Panathinaikos
20 September 2007 First leg Artmedia Petržalka Slovakia 1–2 Greece Panathinaikos Bratislava, Slovakia
Urbánek 46' Papadopoulos 61' (pen.)
N'Doye 90'		 Stadium: Tehelné pole
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
Panathinaikos Greece v Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka
2 October 2007 Second leg Panathinaikos Greece 3–0
(5–1 agg.)		 Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka Athens, Greece
Papadopoulos 45' (pen.), 45+2', 74' (pen.) Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Group B

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL PAN ABE FCK LOK
1 Spain Atlético Madrid 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–0 — —
2 Greece Panathinaikos 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 — — 3–0 — 2–0
3 Scotland Aberdeen 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 — — — 4–0 1–1
4 Denmark Copenhagen 4 1 0 3 1 7 −6 3 0–2 0–1 — — —
5 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 3–3 — — 0–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
Panathinaikos Greece v Scotland Aberdeen
25 October 2007 1 Panathinaikos Greece 3–0 Scotland Aberdeen Athens, Greece
18:00 CET Goumas 11'
Papadopoulos 73'
Salpingidis 77'		 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 8,154
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Copenhagen Denmark v Greece Panathinaikos
8 November 2007 2 Copenhagen Denmark 0–1 Greece Panathinaikos Copenhagen, Denmark
20:15 CET Report N'Doye 15' Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 25,142
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
Panathinaikos Greece v Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
5 December 2007 3 Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Athens, Greece
20:45 CET Salpingidis 70', 74' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)
Atlético Madrid Spain v Greece Panathinaikos
20 December 2007 4 Atlético Madrid Spain 2–1 Greece Panathinaikos Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET L. García 74'
Simão 90+6'		 Report Salpingidis 34' Stadium: Vicente Calderón
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Knockout stage

Round of 32
Rangers Scotland v Greece Panathinaikos
13 February 2008 First leg Rangers Scotland 0–0 Greece Panathinaikos Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET (Report) Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 45,203
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Panathinaikos Greece v Scotland Rangers
21 February 2008 Second leg Panathinaikos Greece 1–1
(1–1a agg.)		 Scotland Rangers Athens, Greece
18:00 CET Goumas 12' (Report) Novo 81' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 14,452
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Team kit

2007

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): Cosmote

Home
Away
Third [3]

Source: pao.gr

2008

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): Cosmote

Home
Away
Third[4]

Source: pao.gr

References

  1. ^ "Panathinaikos - Squad 2007/2008". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "Panathinaikos 2007/2008". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ oldfootballshirts.com
  4. ^ oldfootballshirts.com

External links

  • Panathinaikos FC official website
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