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Panathinaikos FC
Season 2008–09
Manager	Henk Ten Cate
Chairman	Nikos Pateras
← Previous season 2007-08
Next season → 2009-10

The 2008–09 season is Panathinaikos' 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round for the 2008-09 season. The 2007-08 season ended with Jose Peseiro's removal from the team's bench^[1]. After a year's absence they will return to Athens Olympic Stadium for the season^[2]. On May 27, 2008 after two hours of conversations between Panathinaikos chairmen,it was decided that Nikos Pateras would take over as Panathinaikos president^[3]. On June 13, 2008 Panathinaikos announced that the new team coach will be Henk ten Cate for the next two years.^[4]

Current squad

As of 30 December 2008.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mario Galinović
2	DF	Bryce Moon
3	DF	Josu Sarriegi
4	MF	Marcelo Mattos
5	FW	Ante Rukavina
6	DF	Christos Melissis
7	MF	Sotiris Ninis
8	DF	Yannis Goumas (vice-captain)
10	MF	Silva Cleyton
14	FW	Dimitris Salpigidis (vice-captain)
15	MF	Gilberto Silva
16	DF	Stefanos Siontis
17	MF	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Gabriel
20	MF	Sotiris Leontiou
21	MF	Giorgos Karagounis (captain)
22	MF	Alexandros Tziolis
23	MF	Mate Junior Simao
24	DF	Loukas Vyntra
26	FW	Evangelos Mantzios
27	MF	Andreas Ivanschitz
28	FW	Antonis Petropoulos
29	DF	Mikael Nilsson
30	GK	Alexandros Tzorvas
31	DF	Nikos Spiropoulos
32	DF	Nikos Pantidos
33	GK	Orestis Karnezis

Squad changes for 2008/09 season

In

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Gilberto Silva (from Arsenal) For 2,500,000 €
9	FW	Souza (from Flamengo) For 3,000,000 €
19	DF	Gabriel (from Fluminense) For 1,500,000 €
4	MF	Marcelo Mattos (from Corinthians) For 3,800,000 € for player's rights
5	FW	Ante Rukavina (from Hajduk Split) For 2,300,000 €
17	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (from PAOK FC) For 2,200,000 €
6	DF	Christos Melissis (from PAOK FC) For 2,000,000 €
27	MF	Andreas Ivanschitz (from Red Bull Salzburg) For 1,500,000 € for player's rights
10	MF	Alexandre Silva Cleyton (from Larissa) For 1,500,000 €
2	MF	Bryce Moon (from Ajax Cape Town) For 625,000 €
28	FW	Antonis Petropoulos (return loan from OFI Crete) for 300,000 €
26	FW	Evangelos Mantzios (return loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
16	MF	Stefanos Siontis (return loan from Kerkyra F.C.)

total spending : 21,225,000 € ▼

Out

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Takis Fyssas (Retired)
		FW	Hélder Postiga (to Sporting Lisbon)
		MF	Sebastián Romero (to Gimnasia de La Plata)
		MF	Ezequiel Gonzalez (to Rosario Central)
		FW	Manucho (loan return to Manchester United)
		DF	Anthony Šerić (to Besiktas)
		FW	Athanasios Tsigas (to Larissa)
		FW	Dimitris Papadopoulos ("Released")
		FW	Souza (to Corinthians) for 1,500,000 € ^[5]

Out on loan:

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Nasief Morris (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva)
		MF	Elini Dimoutsos (on loan to OFI Crete)
		FW	Dame N'Doye (on loan to OFI Crete)
		DF	Avgerinos Katranas (on loan to Panetolikos F.C.)
		DF	Giannis Stathis (on loan to Ilisiakos F.C.)
		DF	Alexandros Pagalis (on loan to Fostiras F.C.)
		GK	Arkadiusz Malarz (on loan to OFI Crete)
		DF	Nikos Boutzikos (on loan to Kerkyra F.C.)
		GK	Michalis Vellidis (on loan to Diagoras F.C.)
		GK	Petros Kravaritis (on loan to Koropi F.C.)
		MF	Georgi Tsitsi (on loan to Koropi F.C.)
		DF	Alexandros Konstantidis (on loan to Koropi F.C.)
		DF	Giannis Zaradoukas (on loan to Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.)

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Team manager	Grigoris Papavasiliou
Manager	Henk Ten Cate
Assistant manager	Yannis Anastasiou
Coach	Gerard van der Lem
Coach	Mike Snoei
Fitness coach	Laurens Ebben
Goalkeeping coach	Goran Zivanovic
Goalkeeping coach	Giorgos Tsianos
Team doctor	Giorgos Papatheou

Last updated: 19 Jule 2008
Source: pao.gr

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Sponsor: Cosmote




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Other information

Chairman	Nikos Pateras
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m)

Source: pao.gr

Statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Mario Galinović	12	0	0	0	9	0	21	0	2	0
2	DF	Bryce Moon	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	2	1
3	DF	Josu Sarriegi	12	0	1	0	8	1	21	1	7	1
4	MF	Marcelo Mattos	9	0	1	0	5	0	15	0	3	0
5	MF	Ante Rukavina	11	4	1	2	5	0	17	6	1	0
6	DF	Christos Melissis	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
7	MF	Sotiris Ninis	9	0	1	0	4	0	14	0	1	0
8	DF	Yannis Goumas	8	2	1	0	6	0	15	2	5	0
9	FW	Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso	4	1	0	0	4	1	8	2	1	0
10	MF	Silva Cleyton	6	3	1	0	5	0	12	3	2	0
14	FW	Dimitris Salpigidis(c)	15	4	1	0	10	3	26	7	3	0
15	MF	Gilberto Silva	13	1	0	0	9	0	22	1	3	0
16	DF	Stefanos Siontis	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
17	FW	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	4	1	1	1	4	0	9	2	0	0
19	DF	Gabriel	12	2	0	0	6	0	18	2	0	0
20	MF	Sotiris Leontiou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Giorgos Karagounis	10	1	0	0	8	2	18	3	5	0
22	MF	Alexandros Tziolis	10	0	1	0	5	1	16	1	0	0
23	MF	Mate Junior Simao	12	0	0	0	9	1	21	1	6	0
24	DF	Loukas Vyntra	14	0	0	0	10	0	24	0	6	0
26	FW	Evangelos Mantzios	8	1	0	0	6	3	14	4	0	0
27	MF	Andreas Ivanschitz	9	3	1	0	6	1	16	4	4	0
28	FW	Antonis Petropoulos	8	4	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0
29	DF	Mikael Nilsson	7	0	0	0	8	0	15	0	2	0
30	GK	Alexandros Tzorvas	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
31	DF	Nikos Spiropoulos	15	0	1	0	9	0	25	0	4	0
32	DF	Nikos Pantidos	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	Orestis Karnezis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	-	Totals	16	27	1	3	10	13	27	43	59	2

(Last update 04 January 2009)

Top Scorers

As of 04 January 2008

P.	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Dimitris Salpigidis	Forward	4	-	3	7
2	Ante Rukavina	Forward	4	2	-	6
3	Evangelos Mantzios	Forward	1	-	3	4
4	Andreas Ivanschitz	Midfielder	3	-	1	4
5	Antonis Petropoulos	Forward	4	-	-	4

Source: pao.com Statistics

Most appearances

As of 04 January 2008

P.	Player	Position	Super League	Greek Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Dimitris Salpigidis	Forward	15	1	10	26
2	Nikos Spiropoulos	Defender	15	1	9	25
3	Loukas Vyntra	Defender	14	-	10	24
4	Josu Sarriegi	Defender	13	1	8	22
5	Gilberto Silva	Midfielder	13	-	9	22

Source: pao.com Statistics

Match Results

Friendly Matches

9 July 2008 19:00	Panathinaikos	2 – 1	Górnik Zabrze	Irdning, Styria, Austria Attendance: - Referee: -
	Mantzios 53' 73'	(Report)	Pitry 33'	Irdning, Styria, Austria Attendance: - Referee: -

13 July 2008 19:00	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	CFR Cluj	Irdning, Styria, Austria Attendance: - Referee: -
		(Report)		Irdning, Styria, Austria Attendance: - Referee: -

17 July 2008 19:00	Panathinaikos	2 – 0	FC Baník Ostrava	Irdning, Styria, Austria Attendance: - Referee: -
	Mantzios 30' Salpingidis 62'	(Report)		Irdning, Styria, Austria Attendance: - Referee: -

24 July 2008 21:45	Panathinaikos	5 – 1	R. Charleroi S.C.	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: ~30,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos
	Karagounis 30' Sarriegi 61' Salpingidis 70' Vyntra 74' Ninis 80'	{Report}	Bia 14'

8 August 2008 19:30	Atromitos	1 – 2	Panathinaikos	Peristeri, Peristeri, Athens Attendance: -- Referee: --
	Trejo 77'	{Report}	Tziolis 13' Mantzios 76'	Peristeri, Peristeri, Athens Attendance: -- Referee: --

23 September 2008 19:30	Athinaikos F.C.	0 – 6	Panathinaikos	Peristeri, Peristeri, Athens Attendance: -- Referee: --
		{Report}	Petropoulos 19' 26' 63' Christodoulopoulos 75' (pen.) 80' 85'	Peristeri, Peristeri, Athens Attendance: -- Referee: --

Greek Super League^[6]

First Round

31 August 2008 21:15	AEK Athens FC	2 – 1	Panathinaikos	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: 30,140 Referee: Kyros Vassaras
	Edinho 20' Blanco 45' (pen.)	(Report)	Karagounis 90+4

13 September 2008 19:00	Panathinaikos	3– 0	Panthrakikos	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: 25,218 Referee: M. Lampropoulos
	Rodrigo Souza 14' Goumas 35' Ivanschitz 77'	(Report)

20 September 2008 19:00	Aris FC	1 – 2	Panathinaikos	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Salonika Attendance: 12,943 Referee: Giorgos Daloukas
	Javito 10'	Report	Cleyton 19' Andreas Ivanschitz 26'

29 October 2008 19:00	Panathinaikos	2 – 3	Ergotelis	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: 13,017 Referee: D. Kalopoulos
	Gabriel 7' Christodoulopoulos 53'	Report	Koutsianikoulis 47 , 51' Budmir 62'

05 October 2008 18:30	Panathinaikos	2 – 0	Levadeiakos	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: 19,925 Referee: G. Stathopoulos
	Rukavina 25' Salpigidis 45'	Report

19 October 2008 19:00	PAOK FC	0 – 0	Panathinaikos	Toumba Stadium, Salonika Attendance: 25,795 Referee: D. Kirkos
		Report

26 October 2008 16:45	Panathinaikos	2 –2	Iraklis	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: 19,857 Referee: P. Konstantineas
	Mantzios 32' Salpigidis 90+3'	Report	Papasterianos 62' Ratón 64'

01 November 2008 19:00	Panionios	1 – 2	Panathinaikos	Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens Attendance: 7,560 Referee: C. Zografos
	Kumordzi 67'	Report	Gabriel 22' Goumas 84'

November 9, 2008 19:00	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Olympic Stadium OAKA, Athens Attendance: 60,401 Referee: G. Daloukas
		Report

15 November 2008 16:45	AE Larissa	1 – 1	Panathinaikos	Alkazar Stadium, Larissa Attendance: 5,789
	Żurawski 51'	Report	Silva Cleyton	Alkazar Stadium, Larissa Attendance: 5,789

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