1995–96 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 1995–96 season Panathinaikos played for 37th consecutive time in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the Champions League and Greek Cup.

Panathinaikos
1995–96 season
ChairmanGreece Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
ManagerArgentina Juan Ramón Rocha
Alpha Ethniki1st
Greek CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueSemi-finals

Squad edit

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 Antonios Nikopolidis
GK   POL Józef Wandzik
DF   GRE Stratos Apostolakis
DF   GRE Giannis Goumas
DF   GRE Ioannis Kalitzakis (captain)
DF   GRE Thanasis Kolitsidakis
DF   GRE Marinos Ouzounidis
MF   GRE Angelos Basinas
MF   GRE Giorgos Donis
DF   GRE Georgios Savvas Georgiadis
MF   GRE Andreas Lagonikakis
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GRE Spyros Marangos
MF   GRE Dimitris Markos
MF   GRE Nikos Nioplias
MF   GRE Georgios Georgiadis
MF   ARG Juan José Borrelli
FW   GRE Alexis Alexoudis
FW   POL Krzysztof Warzycha
FW   AUS Louis Christodoulou
FW   GRE Georgios Kafes
DF   GRE Georgios Kapouranis
FW   GRE Giannis Thomaidis

Competitions edit

Alpha Ethniki edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 26 5 3 72 22 +50 83 Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 34 25 6 3 87 22 +65 81 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Olympiacos 34 19 8 7 66 34 +32 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Iraklis 34 17 7 10 51 39 +12 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 OFI 34 17 6 11 57 52 +5 57
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

UEFA Champions League edit

Qualifying round edit

9 August 1995 First leg Panathinaikos   0–0   Hajduk Split Athens, Greece
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0 (the game became under closed doors)
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
23 August 1995 Second leg Hajduk Split   1–1
(1–1a agg.)
  Panathinaikos Rijeka, Croatia
Štimac   5' Report Borelli   54' Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Panathinaikos 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nantes 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
3   Porto 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7
4   AaB[a] 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 4
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ After matchday 1 in the group, Aalborg BK replaced Dynamo Kyiv, who were banned following a failed attempt to bribe a referee.
27 September 1995 2 Panathinaikos   3–1   Nantes Athens, Greece
21:30 Georgiadis   17'
Warzycha   30', 46'
Report N'Doram   88' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 58,656
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
18 October 1995 3 Porto   0–1   Panathinaikos Porto, Portugal
19:30 Report Markos   41' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 17,920
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
25 October 1995 1 Aalborg BK   2–1   Panathinaikos Aalborg, Denmark
20:30 Andersen   7'
Madsen   90'
Report Warzycha   41' Stadium: Aalborg
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
1 November 1995 4 Panathinaikos   0–0   Porto Athens, Greece
21:30 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 59,336
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
22 November 1995 5 Panathinaikos   2–0   Aalborg BK Athens, Greece
21:30 Alexoudis   1'
Georgiadis   39'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,532
Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)
6 December 1995 6 Nantes   0–0   Panathinaikos Nantes, France
20:30 Report Stadium: La Beaujoire
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Knockout stage edit

Quarter-finals edit
6 March 1996 First leg Legia Warsaw   0–0   Panathinaikos Warsaw, Poland
20:30 Report Stadium: Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
20 March 1996 Second leg Panathinaikos   3–0
(3–0 agg.)
  Legia Warsaw Athens, Greece
21:30 Warzycha   33', 57'
Borrelli   71'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 70,039
Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)
Semi-finals edit
3 April 1996 First leg Ajax   0–1   Panathinaikos Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 Report Warzycha   87' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,507
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
17 April 1996 Second leg Panathinaikos   0–3
(1–3 agg.)
  Ajax Athens, Greece
21:30 Report Litmanen   4', 77'
Wooter   86'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 73,529
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Team kit edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References edit

  1. ^ stratasports.co.uk
  2. ^ pao.gr (in Greek)
  3. ^ newspao.gr (in Greek)
  4. ^ footbik.narod.ru
  5. ^ enet.gr (in Greek)
  6. ^ onsports.gr (in Greek)

External links edit