# 1998–99 Panionios F.C. season

During the 1998–99 Greek football season, Panionios F.C. competed in the Alpha Ethniki.

## Season summary

Panionios reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup for the first time in their history, being knocked out 7-0 on aggregate by eventual champions Lazio. However, league form suffered and the club only avoided relegation on goal difference. Manager Ronnie Whelan left at the end of the season.

## 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 | GRE | Giannis Fakis |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jan Kruse |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Vasilios Kouvalis |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Athanasios Gazis |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Vasilios Ioannidis |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Bougas |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Lars Bakkerud |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Garry Haylock |
| 10 | MF | GRE | Antonis Sapountzis |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Kent Bergersen |
| 12 | GK | ALB | Foto Strakosha |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Spyros Zarras |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Nikolaos Makrygiannis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Nalitzis |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Kostas Kafalis |
| 19 | DF | GRE | Georgios Mitsiopoulos |
| 20 | DF | WAL | Gareth Roberts |
| 21 | GK | GRE | Georgios Souloganis |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Edward Iordănescu |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Giannis Kamitsis |
| 24 | FW | GRE | Ilias Ioannou |
| 25 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Markesinis |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Tasos Zachopoulos |
| 28 | MF | GRE | Theofilos Karasawidis |
| 31 | MF | MLT | Paul Tisdale |
| 32 | FW | SKN | Keith Gumbs |

### Left club during 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 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Mark Robins (on loan to Manchester City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Takis Fyssas (to Panathinaikos) |

## Alpha Ethniki
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Paniliakos | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 38 | |
| 14 | Apollon Athens | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 36 | |
| 15 | Panionios | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 32 | |
| 16 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 32 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
| 17 | Veria (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 55 | −35 | 23 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Panionios–Panelefsiniakos 3–0, Panelefsiniakos–Panionios 1–0.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 1999. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |