2003–04 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2003–04 season Panathinaikos played for 45th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and Greek Cup.

Panathinaikos

2003–04 season
Owner	Giannis Vardinogiannis
Chairman	Argiris Mitsou
Manager	Itzhak Shum
Ground	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitris Papadopoulos (17) All: Dimitris Papadopoulos (20)
Highest home attendance	13,718 vs. Rangers (1 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance	2,301 vs. OFI (17 December 2003)
Average home league attendance	8,330
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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	GRE	Antonis Nikopolidis
2	DF	DEN	René Henriksen
3	DF	RSA	Nasief Morris
4	MF	CRO	Silvio Marić
5	DF	GRE	Giourkas Seitaridis
6	DF	GER	Markus Münch
7	FW	CRO	Goran Vlaović
8	DF	GRE	Giannis Goumas (captain)
9	FW	POL	Krzysztof Warzycha
10	FW	CMR	Joël Epalle
11	FW	GRE	Dimitrios Papadopoulos
12	GK	GRE	Kostas Chalkias
14	DF	LTU	Raimondas Žutautas
15	FW	SWE	Njogu Demba-Nyrén

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	GRE	Sotirios Kyrgiakos
18	MF	ROU	Lucian Sânmărtean
19	FW	CYP	Michalis Konstantinou
20	MF	GRE	Angelos Basinas
21	DF	GRE	Ilias Kotsios
22	MF	GRE	Miltiadis Sapanis
23	FW	POL	Emmanuel Olisadebe
24	DF	CZE	Loukas Vyntra
25	GK	GRE	Stefanos Kotsolis
27	DF	GRE	Pantelis Konstantinidis
30	DF	GRE	Takis Fyssas
31	GK	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas
35	MF	DEN	Jan Michaelsen
40	FW	ARG	Ezequiel González

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Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 2003–04 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	30	24	5	1	62	18	+44	77	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Olympiacos	30	24	3	3	70	19	+51	75
3	PAOK	30	18	6	6	47	27	+20	60	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
4	AEK Athens	30	16	7	7	57	32	+25	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Egaleo	30	15	7	8	37	26	+11	52

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

Matches

Panathinaikos v Skoda Xanthi

24 August 2003 1	Panathinaikos	1–0	Skoda Xanthi	Ampelokipoi
21:15	Konstantinidis 84'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,146 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

OFI v Panathinaikos

31 August 2003 2	OFI	1–3	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
19:15	Kotsios 16'		Konstantinou 10' Papadopoulos 58', 70'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 7,059 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos

Panathinaikos v Kallithea

13 September 2003 3	Panathinaikos	3–1	Kallithea	Ampelokipoi
21:00	Fyssas 5' Papadopoulos 41' Žutautas 90+3'		Kyriakos 56'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,526 Referee: Michalis Germanakos

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

21 September 2003 4	AEK Athens	2–2	Panathinaikos	Nea Smyrni
21:00	Georgatos 43' (88)		Kyrgiakos 20' Fyssas 28'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 9,472 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis

Panathinaikos v Ionikos

27 September 2003 5	Panathinaikos	2–0	Ionikos	Ampelokipoi
21:00	Vlaović 83' Konstantinou 86'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,131 Referee: Ioannis Spiropoulos

Iraklis v Panathinaikos

5 October 2003 6	Iraklis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00			Papadopoulos 75'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas

Egaleo v Panathinaikos

18 October 2003 7	Egaleo	2–1	Panathinaikos	Egaleo
21:00	Skopelitis 5' Chloros 54'		Papadopoulos 6'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 2,462 Referee: Georgios Douros

Panathinaikos v Panionios

26 October 2003 8	Panathinaikos	3–0	Panionios	Ampelokipoi
18:00	Marić 17' Papadopoulos 65', 79'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Chalkidona v Panathinaikos

1 November 2003 9	Chalkidona	0–0	Panathinaikos	Nikaia
19:00				Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos

Panathinaikos v Aris

9 November 2003 10	Panathinaikos	1–0	Aris	Ampelokipoi
18:00	Basinas 9' (pen.)			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

22 November 2003 11	Olympiacos	1–1	Panathinaikos	Rizoupoli
19:00	Stoltidis 60'		Konstantinou 36'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 9,639 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Panathinaikos v PAOK

30 November 2003 12	Panathinaikos	3–0	PAOK	Ampelokipoi
20:00	Papadopoulos 20' Michaelsen 37' Goumas 45+1'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 9,658 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Akratitos v Panathinaikos

6 December 2003 13	Akratitos	0–0	Panathinaikos	Ano Liosia
19:00				Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Panathinaikos v Proodeftiki

14 December 2003 14	Panathinaikos	3–1	Proodeftiki	Ampelokipoi
17:00	Vlaović 16' Sapanis 34' Konstantinou 43'		Poulopoulos 30'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 6,017 Referee: Dimitrios Takidis

Panathinaikos v Paniliakos

21 December 2003 15	Panathinaikos	6–3	Paniliakos	Ampelokipoi
17:00	Goumas 12' Basinas 43' (pen.) Epalle 62' Sapanis 90'		Thomaidis 17', 53' Henriksen 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,014 Referee: Emmanouil Tapatzas

Skoda Xanthi v Panathinaikos

11 January 2004 16	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	Panathinaikos	Xanthi
17:00			Sapanis 4'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 2,732 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Panathinaikos v OFI

18 January 2004 17	Panathinaikos	1–0	OFI	Ampelokipoi
17:00	Goumas 6'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,676 Referee: Dimitris Dabosis

Kallithea v Panathinaikos

25 January 2004 18	Kallithea	0–3	Panathinaikos	Kallithea
19:30			Žutautas 23' Papadopoulos 61' Konstantinidis 78'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

1 February 2004 19	Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
19:30	Basinas 18' Sapanis 68'		Liberopoulos 78'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,645 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Ionikos v Panathinaikos

8 February 2004 20	Ionikos	1–2	Panathinaikos	Nikaia
19:30	Gutman 5'		Münch 13' (pen.) Papadopoulos 54'	Stadium: Neapolis Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

Panathinaikos v Iraklis

22 February 2004 21	Panathinaikos	3–0	Iraklis	Ampelokipoi
19:00	Papadopoulos 14', 83' Basinas 52'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,196 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Panathinaikos v Egaleo

29 February 2004 22	Panathinaikos	2–0	Egaleo	Ampelokipoi
19:30	Konstantinou 45+1' González 62'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 9,742 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

Panionios v Panathinaikos

14 March 2004 23	Panionios	0–1	Panathinaikos	Nea Smyrni
19:00			Sânmărtean 84'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 6,036 Referee: Georgios Douros

Panathinaikos v Chalkidona

21 March 2004 24	Panathinaikos	3–0	Chalkidona	Ampelokipoi
19:30	González 55' Papadopoulos 90' Michaelsen 90+3'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 10,952 Referee: Emmanouil Tapatzas

Aris v Panathinaikos

4 April 2004 25	Aris	0–2	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
20:00			Papadopoulos 4' Michaelsen 38'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Dimitrios Takidis

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

18 April 2004 26	Panathinaikos	2–2	Olympiacos	Ampelikipoi
20:30	Basinas 7' (pen.) Goumas 81'		Stoltidis 44' Đorđević 54'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 11,699 Referee: Georgios Douros

PAOK v Panathinaikos

25 April 2004 27	PAOK	1–2	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Hagan 7'		Papadopoulos 48' Olisadebe 90+3'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,805 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Panathinaikos v Akratitos

2 May 2004 28	Panathinaikos	5–1	Akratitos	Ampelikipoi
19:00	Papadopoulos 23', 68' González 56', 84' Bletsas 90+3' (o.g.)		Bayazid 53'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 9,088 Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis

Proodeftiki v Panathinaikos

16 May 2004 29	Proodeftiki	1–2	Panathinaikos	Korydallos
19:00	Spertos 45'		González 15' Olisadebe 89'	Stadium: Korydallos Stadium Attendance: 2,823 Referee: Giannis Kaminaris

Paniliakos v Panathinaikos

22 May 2004 30	Paniliakos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Pyrgos
17:15			Olisadebe 76'	Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium Attendance: 254 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas

Greek Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Greek Football Cup

First Round

Panathinaikos v Niki Volos

16 August 2003 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–0	Niki Volos	Marousi
13:00 EEST	Papadopoulos 22' (pen.) Goumas 75'	Report (page 3)		Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Nikos Koulias (Thesprotia)

Niki Volos v Panathinaikos

27 August 2003 Second leg	Niki Volos	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Volos
13:00 EEST	Goumas 71'	Report (page 3)	Marić 74'	Stadium: Pantelis Magoulas Stadium Referee: Dimitris Dabosis (Pieria)

Second Round

Panathinaikos qualified to the Round of 16 without a match.

Round of 16

Panathinaikos v OFI

17 December 2003 First leg	Panathinaikos	1–0	OFI	Ampelokipoi
21:15 EET	Sânmărtean 55'	Report (page 14)		Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

OFI v Panathinaikos

21 January 2004 Second leg	OFI	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
14:30 EET	Bykowski 67'	Report (page 14)	Basinas 55'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

Quarter-finals

Patraikos v Panathinaikos

11 February 2004 First leg	Patraikos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Patras
18:00 EET		Report (page 16)	Michaelsen 21'	Stadium: Prosfygika Stadium Referee: Nikos Koulias (Thesprotia)

Panathinaikos v Patraikos

17 March 2004 Second leg	Panathinaikos	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Patraikos	Ampelokipoi
17:00 EET	Papadopoulos 20' Sapanis 1'	Report (page 16-17)	Georgopoulos 51'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Nikos Koulias (Thesprotia)

Semi-finals

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

27 March 2004 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–2	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
20:00 EEST	Basinas 29' (pen.) Olisadebe 90+2'	Report (page 18)	Katsouranis 20' Lakis 88'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,657 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

7 April 2004 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Ano Liosia
20:00 EEST		Report (page 18)	Goumas 9'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Final

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

8 May 2004	Panathinaikos	3–1	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
21:00 EEST	Papadopoulos 3' Konstantinou 68', 80'	Report (pages 18-19)	Giovanni 65'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Stuttgart	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
3	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Rangers	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

Source: RSSSF

Manchester United v Panathinaikos

16 September 2003 1	Manchester United	5–0	Panathinaikos	Manchester, England
20:45	Silvestre 13' Fortune 14' Solskjær 33' Butt 40' Djemba-Djemba 83'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 66,525 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Panathinaikos v Rangers

1 October 2003 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	Rangers	Athens, Greece
20:45	Konstantinidis 88'	Report	Emerson 35'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,725 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Stuttgart v Panathinaikos

22 October 2003 3	Stuttgart	2–0	Panathinaikos	Stuttgart, Germany
20:45	Szabics 13' Soldo 25'	Report		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 50,350 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Panathinaikos v Stuttgart

4 November 2003 4	Panathinaikos	1–3	Stuttgart	Athens, Greece
20:45	Konstantinou 60'	Report	Fyssas 68' (o.g.) Kurányi 75' Hinkel 77'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Panathinaikos v Manchester United

26 November 2003 5	Panathinaikos	0–1	Manchester United	Athens, Greece
20:45		Report	Forlán 85'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Rangers v Panathinaikos

9 December 2003 6	Rangers	1–3	Panathinaikos	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45	Mols 28'	Report	Žutautas 32' Basinas 62' Konstantinou 80'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Round of 32

Auxerre v Panathinaikos

26 February 2004 First leg	Auxerre	0–0	Panathinaikos	Auxerre, France
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Panathinaikos v Auxerre

3 March 2004 Second leg	Panathinaikos	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Auxerre	Athens, Greece
20:30		Report	Kalou 71'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

External links

• Panathinaikos FC official website