2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos

2006–07 season
Chairman	Argiris Mitsou
Manager	Hans Backe
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Superleague	3rd
Greek Cup	Runners Up
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitris Salpingidis (15) All: Dimitris Salpingidis (19)
Highest home attendance	40,914 vs RC Lens 22 February 2007
Lowest home attendance	1,604 vs Kerkyra 13 May 2007
Average home league attendance	14,716
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was Panathinaikos F.C.'s 49th consecutive season in Greek Superleague. The club also participated in the Greek Cup and UEFA Cup. The season started with Hans Backe as team manager.

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 3 DF Mikael Antonsson (From Austria Wien) 6 DF Ricardo Bóvio (Loan from Málaga) 9 MF Sebastián Romero (From Racing Club) 14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis (From PAOK) 23 MF Víctor Sánchez (From Deportivo La Coruña) 22 FW Athanasios Tsigas (From Kallithea) 27 MF Andreas Ivanschitz (From Red Bull Salzburg)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 4 FW Sakis Theodoropoulos (To Panionios)

Squad

As of 24 February 2007.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mario Galinović 2 DF Ilias Kotsios 3 DF Michael Antonsson 4 DF Ilias Kotsios 5 DF Nasief Morris 6 MF Ricardo Bovio 7 MF Sotiris Ninis 8 DF Yannis Goumas (captain) 9 FW Sebastián Romero 10 MF Ezequiel González 11 FW Dimitris Papadopoulos (vice-captain) 12 GK Pierre Ebede 14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis 15 MF Srdan Andric 16 GK Alexandros Tzorvas

No. Position Player 18 MF Giorgos Theodoridis 19 DF Anthony Seric 20 MF Sotiris Leontiou 21 DF Filippos Darlas 22 MF Alexandros Tziolis 23 MF Victor 24 DF Loukas Vyntra 25 DF Igor Biscan 26 FW Vaggelis Mantzios 27 MF Andreas Ivanschitz 28 FW Helder Postiga 29 DF Mikael Nilsson 32 MF Lucian Sanmartean

Team kit

Home

Away

Third

Competitions

Superleague

Results

Egaleo v Panathinaikos

19 August 2006 1	Egaleo	1–4	Panathinaikos	Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium, Egaleo, Athens
	Petropoulos  71'	Report	Salpingidis  38', 41', 77' Papadopoulos  82'

Panathinaikos v Ionikos

25 August 2006 2	Panathinaikos	0–2	Ionikos	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		Report	Xenidis  29' Onwuachi  70'

Panathinaikos v Xanthi

8 September 2006 3	Panathinaikos	1–0	Xanthi	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Papadopoulos  82' (pen.)	Report

Panionios v Panathinaikos

16 September 2006 4	Panionios	0–1	Panathinaikos	Panionios Stadium, Nea Smyrni, Athens
		Report	Papadopoulos  87'

Panathinaikos v PAOK

23 September 2006 5	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Ivanschitz  66' Salpingidis  89' (pen.)	Report	Zegarra  90+1'

OFI v Panathinaikos

30 September 2006 6	OFI	3–3	Panathinaikos	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Crete
	Drulić  22' (pen.) Ofori-Quaye  23' Pitsos  58'	Report	Ivanschitz  64', 68' Salpingidis  81'

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

22 October 2006 7	Panathinaikos	1–2	AEK Athens	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Papadopoulos  25'	Report	Manduca  28' (pen.) Dellas  76'

Iraklis v Panathinaikos

28 October 2006 8	Iraklis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
		Report	Salpingidis  55'

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

4 November 2006 9	Panathinaikos	1–0	Olympiacos	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Romero  48' Sánchez  76', 90+4'	Report

Ergotelis v Panathinaikos

11 November 2006 10	Ergotelis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
		Report	Bóvio  76'

Atromitos v Panathinaikos

18 November 2006 11	Atromitos	0–4	Panathinaikos	Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri, Athens
		Report	Tziolis  8', 71' Salpingidis  77' Mantzios  82'

Panathinaikos v Apollon Kalamarias

25 November 2006 12	Panathinaikos	3–2	Apollon Kalamarias	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Salpingidis  41' Papadopoulos  43', 81'	Report	Bushi  3' Karaliopoulos  89'

Aris v Panathinaikos

2 December 2006 13	Aris	1–0	Panathinaikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
	Weisheimer  54'	Report

Panathinaikos v Larissa

8 December 2006 14	Panathinaikos	1–0	Larissa	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Salpingidis  88'	Report

Kerkyra v Panathinaikos

16 December 2006 15	Kerkyra	3–1	Panathinaikos	Kerkyra Stadium, Kerkyra
	Guela  46' Zacharopoulos  63' (pen.) Da Silva  90+4' Da Silva  39', 90+5'	Report	Papadopoulos  27' (pen.) Vyntra  71'

Panathinaikos v Egaleo

6 January 2007 16	Panathinaikos	1–0	Egaleo	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Mantzios  81'	Report

Ionikos v Panathinaikos

13 January 2007 17	Ionikos	0–4	Panathinaikos	Neapolis Public Stadium, Nikaia
		Report	Tsigas  13', 49' Poulopoulos  65' (o.g.) Romero  83'

Xanthi v Panathinaikos

20 January 2007 18	Xanthi	0–0	Panathinaikos	Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
		Report

Panathinaikos v Panionios

27 January 2007 19	Panathinaikos	2–0	Panionios	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Salpingidis  6' Ninis  46'	Report

PAOK v Panathinaikos

3 February 2007 20	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
	Georgiadis  18' Balafas  55'	Report	Papadopoulos  35' (pen.)

Panathinaikos v OFI

11 February 2007 21	Panathinaikos	2–2	OFI	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Salpingidis  3' (pen.), 13' (pen.)	Report	Nwafor  4' Drulić  14'

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

18 February 2007 22	AEK Athens	1–4	Panathinaikos	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Kapetanos  89'	Report	Goumas  3' Ninis  8' Salpingidis  14' Ivanschitz  66'

Panathinaikos v Iraklis

25 February 2007 23	Panathinaikos	3–0	Iraklis	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Papadopoulos  11' Mantzios  43' Romero  66'	Report

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

4 March 2007 24	Olympiacos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
		Report	Papadopoulos  89'

Panathinaikos v Ergotelis

11 March 2007 25	Panathinaikos	0–1	Ergotelis	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		Report	Načevski  19' Ognjenović  38', 44'

Panathinaikos v Atromitos

18 March 2007 26	Panathinaikos	1–2	Atromitos	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Papadopoulos  70'	Report	Koutsospyros  32' Oliveira  65'

Apollon Kalamarias v Panathinaikos

15 April 2007 27	Apollon Kalamarias	1–1	Panathinaikos	Kalamaria Stadium, Thessaloniki
	Perrone  62', 88' Bushi  90+3'	Report	Papadopoulos  18', 56' Salpingidis  58'

Panathinaikos v Aris

22 April 2007 28	Panathinaikos	0–1	Aris	Olympic Stadium, Athens
		Report	Nascimento  89'

Larissa v Panathinaikos

29 April 2007 29	Larissa	1–1	Panathinaikos	A.E.L. F.C. Arena, Larissa
	Gavrilopoulos  81'	Report	Papadopoulos  70'

Panathinaikos v Kerkyra

13 May 2007 30	Panathinaikos	2–2	Kerkyra	Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Ninis  66' Gustavo  84' (o.g.)	Report	Guela  13' (pen.) Skoufalis  79' Carvalho  89'

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	Pts	GF	GA	GD	Notes
1	Olympiacos	30	22	5	3	71	62	23	+39	UEFA Champions League Group Stage
2	AEK Athens	30	18	8	4	62	60	27	+33	UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
3	Panathinaikos	30	16	6	8	54	47	28	+19	UEFA Cup 1st Round
4	Aris	30	11	13	6	46	32	26	+6
5	Panionios	30	12	9	9	45	33	31	+2
6	PAOK	30	13	6	11	45	32	29	+3
7	OFI	30	12	6	12	42	41	45	−4	UEFA Intertoto Cup ^1
8	Atromitos	30	10	10	10	40	40	44	−4
9	Ergotelis	30	11	6	13	39	30	32	−2
10	Larissa	30	9	9	12	36	30	38	−8	UEFA Cup 1st Round ^2
11	Xanthi	30	8	12	10	36	24	22	+2
12	Apollon Kalamarias	30	9	8	13	35	27	36	−9
13	Iraklis	30	10	5	15	35	25	34	−9
14	Kerkira	30	8	11	11	35	34	36	−2	Relegated to Beta Ethniki
15	Aigaleo	30	7	7	16	28	27	45	−18
16	Ionikos (−5 points) ^3	30	2	3	25	4	14	62	−48

¹ PAOK turned down entry to the Intertoto Cup allowing OFI Crete to accept the bid from Greece.
² AE Larisa qualified for one of the four UEFA Cup spots based on their victory in the Greek Cup.
³ Ionikos had 3 points deducted for an attack by the club's Chairman on the Referee in Round 6, and 2 points deducted for incidents in Round 14.

Greek Cup

Thrasyvoulos v Panathinaikos

7 November 2006 Fourth round	Thrasyvoulos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Fyli Stadium, Fyli

Panathinaikos v Apollon Kalamaria

19 December 2006 Fifth round	Panathinaikos	0–0	Apollon Kalamaria	Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens

Apollon Kalamaria v Panathinaikos

9 January 2007 Fifth round Replay	Apollon Kalamaria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Panathinaikos	Kalamaria Stadium, Thessaloniki

PAOK v Panathinaikos

17 January 2007 Quarter Final 1st Leg	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
	Konstantinidis  31' Mięciel  42'		Mantzios  62'	Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)

Panathinaikos v PAOK

31 January 2007 Quarter Final 2nd Leg	Panathinaikos	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	PAOK	Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens
	Ivanschitz  40' Mantzios  63', 95'		Georgiadis  90'	Referee: G. Kasnaferis (Athens)

Panathinaikos v Skoda Xanthi

28 February 2007 Semi Final 1st Leg	Panathinaikos	0–0	Skoda Xanthi	Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens
				Referee: D. Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

Skoda Xanthi v Panathinaikos

18 April 2007 Semi Final 2nd Leg	Skoda Xanthi	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Skoda Xanthi Arena, Xanthi
			Tziolis  5'	Referee: K. Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Final

Panathinaikos v Larissa

5 May 2007	Panathinaikos	1–2	Larissa	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
	Papadopoulos  44' (pen.)		Kožlej  3' Antchouet  82'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Panathinaikos

Larissa [2]

PANATHINAIKOS: GK 12 Pierre Ebéde DF 29 Mikael Nilsson  82' DF 5 Nasief Morris DF 8 Giannis Goumas DF 24 Loukas Vyntra MF 20 Sotiris Leontiou MF 37 Sotiris Ninis  73' MF 22 Alexandros Tziolis  86' MF 27 Andreas Ivanschitz  77' FW 26 Vangelis Mantzios FW 11 Dimitris Papadopoulos (c) Substitutes: MF 9 Sebastián Romero  73' FD 19 Anthony Šerić  82' MF 25 Igor Bišćan  86' Manager: Víctor Muñoz

LARISSA: GK 26 Stefanos Kotsolis DF 7 Giorgos Galitsios DF 3 Stelios Venetidis DF 20 Marco Förster  43' DF 4 Nikos Dabizas (c) MF 30 Christian Bassila MF 18 Giorgos Fotakis  56' MF 66 Angelos Digozis  35' MF 10 Cleyton  85' FW 46 Stathis Aloneftis  72' FW 99 Jozef Kožlej  60' Substitutes: FW 79 Henry Antchouet  60'  82' MF 21 Christos Kalantzis  72' DF 5 Spyros Vallas  85' Manager: Giorgos Donis

UEFA Cup

First round

Panathinaikos v Metalurh Zaporizhya

14 September 2006 1st Leg	Panathinaikos	1–1	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Athens
	Salpingidis  10'	Report	Godin  47' Karamushka  50', 50'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Panathinaikos

28 September 2006 2nd Leg	Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Zaporizhia
		Report	Papadopoulos  14'	Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panathinaikos	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7
Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	1	2	1	7	7	+1	5
Rapid Bucureşti	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
Mladá Boleslav	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Panathinaikos v Hapoel Tel Aviv

19 October 2006 1	Panathinaikos	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Athens
	Chen  47' (o.g.) Romero  64'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Mladá Boleslav v Panathinaikos

2 November 2006 2	Mladá Boleslav	0–1	Panathinaikos	Mladá Boleslav
		Report	Salpingidis  64'	Stadium: Městský stadion Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Panathinaikos v Rapid Bucureşti

30 November 2006 3	Panathinaikos	0–0	Rapid Bucureşti	Athens
		Report	Constantin  75', 84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Paris Saint-Germain v Panathinaikos

13 December 2006 4	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Panathinaikos	Paris
	Pauleta  29', 47' Kalou  52', 54'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Round of 32

Lens v Panathinaikos

15 February 2007 1st Leg	Lens	3–1	Panathinaikos	Lens
20:45 CET	Jemâa  50', 70' Dindane  90' (pen.)	Report	Salpingidis  65'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Panathinaikos v Lens

22 February 2007 2nd Leg	Panathinaikos	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Lens	Athens
20:45 CET	Morris  80'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Superleague		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mario Galinović	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Mikael Antonsson	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Ilias Kotsios	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Nasief Morris	36	0	27+1	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
6	MF		Ricardo Bovio	28	1	20+4	1	0+0	0	3+1	0
8	DF		Giannis Goumas	29	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	4+0	0
9	MF		Sebastian Romero	31	4	17+7	3	0+0	0	5+2	1
10	MF		Ezequiel González	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Dimitris Papadopoulos	34	13	24+3	12	0+0	0	6+1	1
12	GK		Pierre Ebede	29	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	6+1	0
14	FW		Dimitris Salpingidis	35	17	26+1	14	0+0	0	7+1	3
15	DF		Srdjan Andrić	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
16	GK		Alexandros Tzorvas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Athanasios Tsigas	2	2	1+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Giorgos Theodoridis	9	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	DF		Anthony Šerić	20	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
20	MF		Sotiris Leontiou	27	0	13+8	0	0+0	0	4+2	0
21			Costas Charalabidis	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Alexandros Tziolis	31	2	20+4	2	0+0	0	7+0	0
23	MF		Víctor Sánchez	15	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
24	DF		Loukas Vyntra	34	0	24+2	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
25	MF		Igor Bišćan	20	0	9+6	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
26	FW		Vangelis Mantzios	29	3	10+13	3	0+0	0	2+4	0
27	MF		Andreas Ivanschitz	33	4	19+7	4	0+0	0	7+0	0
29	DF		Mikael Nilsson	27	0	14+7	0	0+0	0	5+1	0
31	DF		Filippos Darlas	8	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
37	MF		Sotiris Ninis	16	3	12+2	3	0+0	0	1+1	0
38	DF		Nikolaos Boutzikos	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Panathinaikos but left during the season:

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Superleague	Greek Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		14	Dimitris Salpingidis	14	0	3	17
2	FW		11	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	12	0	1	13
3	MF		27	Andreas Ivanschitz	4	0	0	4
	MF		9	Sebastián Ariel Romero	3	0	1	4
5	FW		26	Vangelis Mantzios	3	0	0	3
	MF		37	Sotiris Ninis	3	0	0	3
				Own Goal	2	0	1	3
8	MF		22	Alexandros Tziolis	2	0	0	2
	FW			Athanasios Tsigas	2	0	0	2
10	DF		6	Ricardo Bóvio	1	0	0	1
	DF		8	Giannis Goumas	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	47	8	6	61

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Superleague		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
5		DF	Nasief Morris	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
6		MF	Ricardo Bovio	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
8		DF	Giannis Goumas	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
9		MF	Sebastian Romero	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
10		MF	Ezequiel González	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
11		FW	Dimitris Papadopoulos	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
12		GK	Pierre Ebede	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
14		FW	Dimitris Salpingidis	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		DF	Srdjan Andrić	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17		MF	Giorgos Theodoridis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Anthony Šerić	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
20		MF	Sotiris Leontiou	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Alexandros Tziolis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Víctor Sánchez	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
24		DF	Loukas Vyntra	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
25		MF	Igor Bišćan	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
26		FW	Vangelis Mantzios	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
27		MF	Andreas Ivanschitz	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
31		DF	Filippos Darlas	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
			TOTALS	75	3	0	0	16	1	91	4

References

1. "Panathinaikos FC 2006/07 squad numbers". pao.gr.
2. sport24.gr AEL kit.

External links

• Panathinaikos FC official website