Panathinaikos maintains youth and amateur departments since the 1950s, while Panathinaikos F.C. manage them since 1981. They cooperate with a network of 55 soccer schools in Greece (Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools), while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad (Cyprus, United States, Australia, Canada, Israel).
| Full name | Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools | |||
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| Founded | 1956 | |||
| Ground | Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center | |||
| Owner | Panathinaikos F.C. | |||
| Chairman | Vasilis Konstantinou | |||
| Technical Director | Takis Fyssas | |||
| Website | http://www.pao.gr/akadimies/k-20 | |||
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History
Since 1928 József Künsztler, coach of the first team, tried to rejuvenate the team with players from the second (reverse) team.
During the 1950s the ex-player of the team, Antonis Migiakis, had the leading role on the creation of the first youth departments of the club. First coaches were Harry Game and Svetislav Glišović. Migiakis was appointed later also as a coach the years 1967-69, 1971-74 και 1981-85. Andreas Papaemmanouil had also significant contribution.
During the presidency of Yiorgos Vardinogiannis the Academy was re-organized. Alf Ramsey was appointed as Technical Director, while all the youth departments were housed in Paiania (training ground).
In 2005 Panathinaikos won the Copa Amsterdam, the annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax.
Since 2013, the academies are housed also in the Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center, the new athletic center of Panathinaikos FC.
Honours
- Greek Amateur Cup1: (2)
- 1994, 1995
- Athens Cup1: (2)
- 1993, 1994
- Greek U-21 Championship: (2)
- 2005, 2012
- Greek U-18 Championship: (1)
- 2009
- Copa Amsterdam:
- Winners (1): 2005
- Puskás Cup:
1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).
Players
U-19 squad
- As of 1 September 2016[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:
- Georgios Alexopoulos
- Kyriakos Andreopoulos
- Vasilis Angelopoulos
- Kostas Antoniou
- Angelos Basinas
- Kostas Chalkias
- Diamantis Chouchoumis
- Lambros Choutos
- Christos Donis
- Spyros Fourlanos
- Nikos Giannitsanis
- Giannis Goumas
- Stefanos Kapino
- Giorgos Karagounis
- Stefanos Kotsolis
- Sotirios Kyrgiakos
- Anastasios Lagos
- Spiros Livathinos
- Charalampos Mavrias
- Nikos Marinakis
- Sotiris Ninis
- Spyros Risvanis
- Paschalis Staikos
- Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
- Alexandros Tzorvas
- Georgios Vakouftsis
- Markos Vellidis
Personnel
Academies staff
| Position | Name |
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| Youth Academy Technical Director |  Takis Fyssas
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| U-20 coach | Vaggelis Samios
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| U-17 coach | Kostas Frantzeskos
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| U-16 coach | Spiros Marangos
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| U-15 coach | Aris Kiriazis
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| U-14 coach | Thomas Mavroudis
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| U-13 coach | Manolis Papadakis
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| U-12 coach | Kostas Tarasis
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| U-11 coach | Dimitris Klis
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| Fitness Coach | Alexis Alexopoulos
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| Management support | Giannis Koulouriotis
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| Secretariat | Alkisti Agrimaki
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| Scouter | Dimitris Markos
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| Scouter | Andreas Lagonikakis
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| Scouter | Kostas Mpatsinilas
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| Scouter | Giorgos Famelis
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| Scouter | Markos Tsompanopoulos
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References
- ^ "Panathinaikos Under 20". pao.gr. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
External links