1987–88 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 1987–88 season Panathinaikos played for 29th consecutive time in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the UEFA Cup and the Greek Cup.

Panathinaikos
1987–88 season
ChairmanGreece Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
ManagerGreece Vassilis Daniil/ Sweden Gunder Bengtsson
Alpha Ethniki5th
Greek CupWinners
UEFA CupQuarter-finals

Squad

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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   GRE Antonis Minou
GK   GRE Nikos Sarganis
DF   GRE Kostas Mavridis
DF   GRE Nikos Karoulias
DF   GRE Lysandros Georgamlis
DF   GRE Christos Vasileiou
DF   GRE Nikos Vamvakoulas
MF   GRE Kostas Antoniou
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   AUS Chris Kalantzis
MF   GRE Vangelis Vlachos
MF   YUG Velimir Zajec
MF   GRE Dimitris Saravakos (captain)
MF   ARG Juan Ramon Rocha
MF   GRE Paris Georgakopoulos
FW   GRE Thanasis Dimopoulos
FW   GRE Christos Dimopoulos

Competitions

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Alpha Ethniki

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 PAOK 30 17 5 8 60 27 +33 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 OFI 30 17 3 10 54 41 +13 37
5 Panathinaikos 30 15 6 9 47 34 +13 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Iraklis 30 13 8 9 42 32 +10 34
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 12 8 10 27 28 −1 32
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Greek Cup

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Final

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8 May 1988 Panathinaikos 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Olympiacos Marousi
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Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Penalties

UEFA Cup

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First round

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16 September 1987 First leg Panathinaikos   2–0   Auxerre Athens, Greece
Barret   9' (o.g.)
Vlachos   51'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
30 September 1987 Second leg Auxerre   3–2
(3–4 agg.)
  Panathinaikos Auxerre, France
Dutuel   23'
Cantona   41'
Courtet   73'
Vasiliou   31'
Saravakos   44'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Second round

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21 October 1987 First leg Panathinaikos   1–0   Juventus Athens, Greece
Saravakos   6' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)
4 November 1987 Second leg Juventus   3–2
(3–3a agg.)
  Panathinaikos Turin, Italy
Cabrini   49', 72' (pen.)
Alessio   59'
Saravakos   46'
C. Dimopoulos   53'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Third round

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25 November 1987 First leg Budapesti Honvéd   5–2   Panathinaikos Budapest, Hungary
Kovács   2', 32', 58', 61'
Fodor   24' (pen.)
Saravakos   65', 88' Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
9 December 1987 Second leg Panathinaikos   5–1
(7–6 agg.)
  Budapesti Honvéd Athens, Greece
Vlachos   23', 37'
Antoniou   55'
Mavridis   65'
Batsinilas   82'
Fitos   60' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Quarter-finals

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2 March 1988 First leg Panathinaikos   2–2   Club Brugge Athens, Greece
Saravakos   54'
Antoniou   60'
Ceulemans   55'
Degryse   86'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
16 March 1988 Second leg Club Brugge   1–0
(3–2 agg.)
  Panathinaikos Bruges, Belgium
Brylle   44' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

References

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