2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Panathinaikos F.C.'s 49th consecutive season in Greek 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
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Super League	3rd
Greek Cup	Runners Up
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitris Salpingidis (15) All: Dimitris Salpingidis (19)
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

Squad

As of 24 February 2007.[1] 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 Yannis Goumas (captain) 9 FW  ARG Sebastián Romero 10 MF  ARG Ezequiel González 11 FW  GRE Dimitris 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 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

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[lower-alpha 1]

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

1. Head-to-head record: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.

Matches

19 August 2006 1	Egaleo	1–4	Panathinaikos	Athens
	Petropoulos  71'	Report	Salpingidis  38', 41', 77' Papadopoulos  82'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium

25 August 2006 2	Panathinaikos	0–2	Ionikos	Athens
		Report	Xenidis  29' Onwuachi  70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

8 September 2006 3	Panathinaikos	1–0	Xanthi	Athens
	Papadopoulos  82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

16 September 2006 4	Panionios	0–1	Panathinaikos	Athens
		Report	Papadopoulos  87'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium

23 September 2006 5	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Athens
	Ivanschitz  66' Salpingidis  89' (pen.)	Report	Zegarra  90+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

30 September 2006 6	OFI	3–3	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
	Drulić  22' (pen.) Ofori-Quaye  23' Pitsos  58'	Report	Ivanschitz  64', 68' Salpingidis  81'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium

22 October 2006 7	Panathinaikos	1–2	AEK Athens	Athens
	Papadopoulos  25'	Report	Manduca  28' (pen.) Dellas  76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

28 October 2006 8	Iraklis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
		Report	Salpingidis  55'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium

4 November 2006 9	Panathinaikos	1–0	Olympiacos	Athens
	Romero  48' Sánchez  76'  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

11 November 2006 10	Ergotelis	0–1	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
		Report	Bóvio  76'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

18 November 2006 11	Atromitos	0–4	Panathinaikos	Peristeri
		Report	Tziolis  8', 71' Salpingidis  77' Mantzios  82'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

25 November 2006 12	Panathinaikos	3–2	Apollon Kalamarias	Athens
	Salpingidis  41' Papadopoulos  43', 81'	Report	Bushi  3' Karaliopoulos  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

2 December 2006 13	Aris	1–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Weisheimer  54'	Report		Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium

8 December 2006 14	Panathinaikos	1–0	Larissa	Athens
	Salpingidis  88'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

16 December 2006 15	Kerkyra	3–1	Panathinaikos	Kerkyra
	Guela  46' Zacharopoulos  63' (pen.) Da Silva  90+4' Da Silva  39'  90+5'	Report	Papadopoulos  27' (pen.) Vyntra  71'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium

6 January 2007 16	Panathinaikos	1–0	Egaleo	Athens
	Mantzios  81'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

13 January 2007 17	Ionikos	0–4	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
		Report	Tsigas  13', 49' Poulopoulos  65' (o.g.) Romero  83'	Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium

20 January 2007 18	Xanthi	0–0	Panathinaikos	Xanthi
		Report		Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena

27 January 2007 19	Panathinaikos	2–0	Panionios	Athens
	Salpingidis  6' Ninis  46'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

3 February 2007 20	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Georgiadis  18' Balafas  55'	Report	Papadopoulos  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium

11 February 2007 21	Panathinaikos	2–2	OFI	Athens
	Salpingidis  3' (pen.), 13' (pen.)	Report	Nwafor  4' Drulić  14'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

18 February 2007 22	AEK Athens	1–4	Panathinaikos	Athens
	Kapetanos  89'	Report	Goumas  3' Ninis  8' Salpingidis  14' Ivanschitz  66'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

25 February 2007 23	Panathinaikos	3–0	Iraklis	Athens
	Papadopoulos  11' Mantzios  43' Romero  66'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium

4 March 2007 24	Olympiacos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
		Report	Papadopoulos  89'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

11 March 2007 25	Panathinaikos	0–1	Ergotelis	Athens
		Report	Načevski  19' Ognjenović  38'  44'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

18 March 2007 26	Panathinaikos	1–2	Atromitos	Athens
	Papadopoulos  70'	Report	Koutsospyros  32' Oliveira  65'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

15 April 2007 27	Apollon Kalamarias	1–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Perrone  62'  88' Bushi  90+3'	Report	Papadopoulos  18'  56' Salpingidis  58'	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium

22 April 2007 28	Panathinaikos	0–1	Aris	Athens
		Report	Nascimento  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

29 April 2007 29	Larissa	1–1	Panathinaikos	Larissa
	Gavrilopoulos  81'	Report	Papadopoulos  70'	Stadium: A.E.L. F.C. Arena

13 May 2007 30	Panathinaikos	2–2	Kerkyra	Athens
	Ninis  66' Gustavo  84' (o.g.)	Report	Guela  13' (pen.) Skoufalis  79' Carvalho  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Greek Cup

7 November 2006 Fourth round	Thrasyvoulos	0–1	Panathinaikos	Fyli
				Stadium: Fyli Stadium

19 December 2006 Fifth round	Panathinaikos	0–0	Apollon Kalamaria	Athens
				Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium

9 January 2007 Fifth round Replay	Apollon Kalamaria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
				Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium

17 January 2007 Quarter Final First Leg	PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
	Konstantinidis  31' Mięciel  42'		Mantzios  62'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)

31 January 2007 Quarter Final Second Leg	Panathinaikos	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	PAOK	Athens
	Ivanschitz  40' Mantzios  63', 95'		Georgiadis  90'	Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: G. Kasnaferis (Athens)

28 February 2007 Semi Final First Leg	Panathinaikos	0–0	Skoda Xanthi	Athens
				Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: D. Kalopoulos (Thessaloniki)

18 April 2007 Semi Final Second Leg	Skoda Xanthi	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Xanthi
			Tziolis  5'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Referee: K. Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

5 May 2007 Final	Panathinaikos	1–2	Larissa	Volos
	Papadopoulos  44' (pen.)		Kožlej  3' Antchouet  82'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

UEFA Cup

First round

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)

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 Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Panathinaikos	4	2	1	1	3	4	−1	7
Paris Saint-Germain	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	4	1	2	1	7	7	0	5
Rapid București	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
Mladá Boleslav	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Source:

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)

2 November 2006 2	Mladá Boleslav	0–1	Panathinaikos	Mladá Boleslav, Israel
		Report	Salpingidis  64'	Stadium: Městský stadion Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

30 November 2006 3	Panathinaikos	0–0	Rapid București	Athens, Greece
		Report	Constantin  75'  84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

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)

Round of 32

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)

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		Mario Galinović	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Mikael Antonsson	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Ilias Kotsios	5	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Nasief Morris	36	0	27+1	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
6	MF		Ricardo Bovio	28	1	20+4	1	0+0	0	3+1	0
8	DF		Giannis Goumas	29	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	4+0	0
9	MF		Sebastian Romero	31	4	17+7	3	0+0	0	5+2	1
10	MF		Ezequiel González	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Dimitris Papadopoulos	34	13	24+3	12	0+0	0	6+1	1
12	GK		Pierre Ebede	29	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	6+1	0
14	FW		Dimitris Salpingidis	35	17	26+1	14	0+0	0	7+1	3
15	DF		Srdjan Andrić	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
16	GK		Alexandros Tzorvas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Athanasios Tsigas	2	2	1+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Giorgos Theodoridis	9	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
19	DF		Anthony Šerić	20	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
20	MF		Sotiris Leontiou	27	0	13+8	0	0+0	0	4+2	0
21			Costas Charalabidis	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Alexandros Tziolis	31	2	20+4	2	0+0	0	7+0	0
23	MF		Víctor Sánchez	15	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
24	DF		Loukas Vyntra	34	0	24+2	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
25	MF		Igor Bišćan	20	0	9+6	0	0+0	0	3+2	0
26	FW		Vangelis Mantzios	29	3	10+13	3	0+0	0	2+4	0
27	MF		Andreas Ivanschitz	33	4	19+7	4	0+0	0	7+0	0
29	DF		Mikael Nilsson	27	0	14+7	0	0+0	0	5+1	0
31	DF		Filippos Darlas	8	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
37	MF		Sotiris Ninis	16	3	12+2	3	0+0	0	1+1	0
38	DF		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	Dimitris 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

References

1. "Panathinaikos FC 2006/07 squad numbers". pao.gr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

External links

• Panathinaikos FC official website