2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2006–07 season Panathinaikos played for 48th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. The club also participated in the Greek Cup and UEFA Cup. The season started with Hans Backe as team manager.

Panathinaikos

2006–07 season
Chairman	Argiris Mitsou
Manager	Hans Backe
Ground	Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd
Greek Cup	Runners Up
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitris Salpingidis (14) All: Dimitris Salpingidis (17)
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

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	CRO	Mario Galinović
3	DF	SWE	Michael Antonsson
4	DF	GRE	Ilias Kotsios
5	DF	RSA	Nasief Morris
6	MF	BRA	Ricardo Bovio
7	FW	GRE	Fanis Gekas
8	DF	GRE	Giannis Goumas (captain)
9	FW	ARG	Sebastián Romero
10	MF	ARG	Ezequiel González
11	FW	GRE	Dimitrios Papadopoulos (vice-captain)
12	GK	CMR	Pierre Ebede
14	FW	GRE	Dimitris Salpingidis
15	MF	CRO	Srđan Andrić
16	GK	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas
17	FW	GRE	Athanasios Tsigas

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GER	Giorgos Theodoridis
19	DF	AUS	Anthony Seric
20	MF	GRE	Sotiris Leontiou
21	MF	CYP	Constantinos Charalambidis
22	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis
23	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez
24	DF	GRE	Loukas Vyntra
25	DF	CRO	Igor Bišćan
26	FW	GRE	Vaggelis Mantzios
27	MF	AUT	Andreas Ivanschitz
29	DF	SWE	Mikael Nilsson
31	DF	GRE	Filippos Darlas
32	MF	ROU	Lucian Sanmartean
37	MF	GRE	Sotiris Ninis

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	SWE	Mikael Antonsson (From Austria Wien)
6	DF	BRA	Ricardo Bóvio (Loan from Málaga)
9	MF	ARG	Sebastián Romero (From Racing Club)
14	FW	GRE	Dimitris Salpingidis (From PAOK)
23	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez (From Deportivo La Coruña)
22	FW	GRE	Athanasios Tsigas (From Kallithea)
27	MF	AUT	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Team kit

Home

Away

Third

Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2006–07 Super League Greece

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	22	5	3	62	23	+39	71	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	AEK Athens	30	18	8	4	60	27	+33	62	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	30	16	6	8	47	28	+19	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Aris	30	11	13	6	32	26	+6	46
5	Panionios	30	12	9	9	33	31	+2	45

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Matches

Egaleo v Panathinaikos

19 August 2006 1	Egaleo	1–4	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:00	Petropoulos 71'		Salpingidis 38', 41', 77' Papadopoulos 82'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 3,077 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis

Panathinaikos v Ionikos

25 August 2006 2	Panathinaikos	0–2	Ionikos	Athens
21:00			Xenidis 29' Onwuachi 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Panathinaikos v Skoda Xanthi

8 September 2006 3	Panathinaikos	1–0	Skoda Xanthi	Athens
21:00	Papadopoulos 82' (pen.)			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Panionios v Panathinaikos

16 September 2006 4	Panionios	0–1	Panathinaikos	Athens
21:00			Papadopoulos 87'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,484 Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis

Panathinaikos v PAOK

23 September 2006 5	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Athens
21:00	Ivanschitz 66' Salpingidis 89' (pen.)		Zegarra 90+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,356 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

OFI v Panathinaikos

30 September 2006 6	OFI	3–3	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
19:00	Drulić 22' (pen.) Ofori-Quaye 23' Pitsos 58'		Ivanschitz 64', 68' Salpingidis 81'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 5,026 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis

Panathinaikos v AEK Athens

22 October 2006 7	Panathinaikos	1–2	AEK Athens	Athens
19:00	Papadopoulos 25'		Manduca 28' (pen.) Dellas 76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 33,199 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Iraklis v Panathinaikos

28 October 2006 8	Iraklis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
21:00			Salpingidis 55'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 4,675 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

4 November 2006 9	Panathinaikos	1–0	Olympiacos	Athens
19:00	Romero 48' Sánchez  76'  90+4'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,091 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Ergotelis v Panathinaikos

11 November 2006 10	Ergotelis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
17:00			Bóvio 76'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

Atromitos v Panathinaikos

18 November 2006 11	Atromitos	0–4	Panathinaikos	Peristeri
19:00			Tziolis 8', 71' Salpingidis 77' Mantzios 82'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 6,873 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

Panathinaikos v Apollon Kalamarias

25 November 2006 12	Panathinaikos	3–2	Apollon Kalamarias	Athens
19:00	Salpingidis 41' Papadopoulos 43', 81'		Bushi 3' Karaliopoulos 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,914 Referee: Konstantinos Zanetidis

Aris v Panathinaikos

2 December 2006 13	Aris	1–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Weisheimer 54'			Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 10,433 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Panathinaikos v AEL

8 December 2006 14	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEL	Athens
19:00	Salpingidis 88'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,358 Referee: Georgios Daloukas

Kerkyra v Panathinaikos

16 December 2006 15	Kerkyra	3–1	Panathinaikos	Kerkyra
16:45	Guela 46' Zacharopoulos 63' (pen.) Da Silva 90+4' Da Silva  39'  90+5'		Papadopoulos 27' (pen.) Vyntra  71'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Panathinaikos v Egaleo

6 January 2007 16	Panathinaikos	1–0	Egaleo	Athens
19:00	Mantzios 81'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,847 Referee: Georgios Zolotas

Ionikos v Panathinaikos

13 January 2007 17	Ionikos	0–4	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00			Tsigas 13', 49' Poulopoulos 65' (o.g.) Romero 83'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 1,907 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

Skoda Xanthi v Panathinaikos

20 January 2007 18	Skoda Xanthi	0–0	Panathinaikos	Xanthi
16:45				Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 6,642 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Panathinaikos v Panionios

27 January 2007 19	Panathinaikos	2–0	Panionios	Athens
16:45	Salpingidis 6' Ninis 46'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,527 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

PAOK v Panathinaikos

3 February 2007 20	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Georgiadis 18' Balafas 55'		Papadopoulos 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8,795 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis

Panathinaikos v OFI

11 February 2007 21	Panathinaikos	2–2	OFI	Athens
19:00	Salpingidis 3' (pen.), 13' (pen.)		Nwafor 4' Drulić 14'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,470 Referee: Vasileios Arguropoulos

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos

18 February 2007 22	AEK Athens	1–4	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:00	Kapetanos 89'		Goumas 3' Ninis 8' Salpingidis 14' Ivanschitz 66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,810 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

Panathinaikos v Iraklis

25 February 2007 23	Panathinaikos	3–0	Iraklis	Athens
19:00	Papadopoulos 11' Mantzios 43' Romero 66'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,380 Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

4 March 2007 24	Olympiacos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00			Papadopoulos 89'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,958 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Panathinaikos v Ergotelis

11 March 2007 25	Panathinaikos	0–1	Ergotelis	Athens
19:00			Načevski 19' Ognjenović  38'  44'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,256 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

Panathinaikos v Atromitos

18 March 2007 26	Panathinaikos	1–2	Atromitos	Athens
19:00	Papadopoulos 70'		Koutsospyros 32' Oliveira 65'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,992 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Apollon Kalamarias v Panathinaikos

15 April 2007 27	Apollon Kalamarias	1–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Perrone  62'  88' Bushi 90+3'		Papadopoulos  18'  56' Salpingidis 58'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Panathinaikos v Aris

22 April 2007 28	Panathinaikos	0–1	Aris	Athens
19:00			Nascimento 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,286 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

AEL v Panathinaikos

29 April 2007 29	AEL	1–1	Panathinaikos	Larissa
19:00	Gavrilopoulos 81'		Papadopoulos 70'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 5,774 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

Panathinaikos v Kerkyra

13 May 2007 30	Panathinaikos	2–2	Kerkyra	Athens
19:00	Ninis 66' Gustavo 84' (o.g.)		Guela 13' (pen.) Skoufalis 79' Carvalho  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 1,604 Referee: Konstantinos Papastamatis

Greek Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Greek Football Cup

Fourth round

Thrasyvoulos v Panathinaikos

8 November 2006	Thrasyvoulos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Fyli
16:00 EET		Report	Morris 43'	Stadium: Fyli Municipal Stadium Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Fifth round

Panathinaikos v Apollon Kalamarias

19 December 2006 Original match	Panathinaikos	0–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Athens
17:45 EET		Report		Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Ilias Mazarakos (Arta)

Apollon Kalamarias v Panathinaikos

9 January 2007 Replay	Apollon Kalamarias	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
17:45 EET	Bushi 14'	Report	Papadopoulos 65'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis (Xanthi)
	Penalties
	Favalli Orfanos Fytanidis Galanopoulos El Halwani		Sánchez Papadopoulos Morris Bóvio Salpingidis

Quarter-finals

PAOK v Panathinaikos

17 January 2007 First leg	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Konstantinidis 31' Mięciel 42'	Report	Mantzios 62'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 13,924 Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

Panathinaikos v PAOK

31 January 2007 Second leg	Panathinaikos	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	PAOK	Athens
21:45 EET	Ivanschitz 40' Mantzios 63', 95'	Report	Georgiadis 90'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 23,747 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Semi-finals

Panathinaikos v Skoda Xanthi

28 February 2007 First leg	Panathinaikos	0–0	Skoda Xanthi	Athens
19:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,511 Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

Skoda Xanthi v Panathinaikos

18 April 2007 Second leg	Skoda Xanthi	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Xanthi
16:00		Report	Tziolis 5'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 5,615 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Final

Panathinaikos v AEL

5 May 2007	Panathinaikos	1–2	AEL	Volos
18:00 EEST	Papadopoulos 44' (pen.)	Report	Kožlej 3' Antchouet 82'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 18,111 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

First round

Panathinaikos v Metalurh Zaporizhya

14 September 2006 First leg	Panathinaikos	1–1	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Patras, Greece
	Salpingidis 10'	Report	Godin 47' Karamushka  50'  50'	Stadium: Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Referee: Paulo Manuel Gomes Costa (Portugal)

Metalurh Zaporizhya v Panathinaikos

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

Group G

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAN	PSG	HTA	RAP	MLA
1	Panathinaikos	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	2–0	0–0	—
2	Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5			4–0	—	2–4	—	—
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5			—	—	—	2–2	1–1
4	Rapid București	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4			—	0–0	—	—	1–1
5	Mladá Boleslav	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3			0–1	0–0	—	—	—

Source:

Panathinaikos v Hapoel Tel Aviv

19 October 2006 1	Panathinaikos	2–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Athens, Greece
	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, Czech Republic
		Report	Salpingidis 64'	Stadium: Městský stadion Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Panathinaikos v Rapid București

30 November 2006 3	Panathinaikos	1–0	Rapid București	Athens, Greece
		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, France
	Pauleta 29', 47' Kalou 52', 54'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup knockout stage

Round of 32

Lens v Panathinaikos

15 February 2007 First leg	Lens	3–1	Panathinaikos	Lens, France
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 Second leg	Panathinaikos	0–0 (1-3 agg.)	Lens	Athens, Greece
20:45 CET	Morris  80'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Greek Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CRO	Mario Galinović	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	SWE	Mikael Antonsson	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	GRE	Ilias Kotsios	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	RSA	Nasief Morris	36	0	27+1	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
6	MF	BRA	Ricardo Bovio	28	1	20+4	1	0+0	0	3+1	0
8	DF	GRE	Giannis Goumas	29	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	4+0	0
9	MF	ARG	Sebastian Romero	31	4	17+7	3	0+0	0	5+2	1
10	MF	ARG	Ezequiel González	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	GRE	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	34	13	24+3	12	0+0	0	6+1	1
12	GK	CMR	Pierre Ebede	29	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	6+1	0
14	FW	GRE	Dimitris Salpingidis	35	17	26+1	14	0+0	0	7+1	3
15	DF	CRO	Srdjan Andrić	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
16	GK	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	GRE	Athanasios Tsigas	2	2	1+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	GRE	Giorgos Theodoridis	9	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	DF	CRO	Anthony Šerić	20	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
20	MF	GRE	Sotiris Leontiou	27	0	13+8	0	0+0	0	4+2	0
21	MF	CYP	Constantinos Charalambidis	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis	31	2	20+4	2	0+0	0	7+0	0
23	MF	ESP	Víctor Sánchez	15	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
24	DF	GRE	Loukas Vyntra	34	0	24+2	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
25	MF	CRO	Igor Bišćan	20	0	9+6	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
26	FW	GRE	Vangelis Mantzios	29	3	10+13	3	0+0	0	2+4	0
27	MF	AUT	Andreas Ivanschitz	33	4	19+7	4	0+0	0	7+0	0
29	DF	SWE	Mikael Nilsson	27	0	14+7	0	0+0	0	5+1	0
31	DF	GRE	Filippos Darlas	8	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
37	MF	GRE	Sotiris Ninis	16	3	12+2	3	0+0	0	1+1	0
38	DF	GRE	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	Super League	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	Super League		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	Dimitrios 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

External links

• Panathinaikos FC official website