# 2021–22 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2021–22 Panathinaikos season is the club's 63rd consecutive season in Super League Greece. They also compete in the Greek Cup.
On 21 May 2022, Panathinaikos defeated PAOK in the Greek Cup Final to win the domestic cup for the 19th time in club's history.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 13 February 2022
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Sokratis Dioudis | GK | (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31) | Aris Thessaloniki | |
| 15 | Vasilis Xenopoulos | GK | (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) | Youth system | |
| 68 | Nikos Christogeorgos | GK | (2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 24) | Youth system | |
| 91 | Alberto Brignoli | GK | (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 33) | Empoli | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Georgios Vagiannidis | RB / RM | (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 23) | Inter Milan | |
| 3 | Juankar | LB / LM | (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 34) | Málaga | |
| 4 | Fran Vélez | CB | (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 33) | Aris Thessaloniki | |
| 5 | Bart Schenkeveld | CB | (1991-08-28) 28 August 1991 (age 33) | Melbourne City | |
| 12 | Ilias Chatzitheodoridis | LB / LM | (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 26) | Brentford | |
| 14 | Facundo Sánchez | RB | (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34) | Estudiantes | |
| 24 | Georgios Sideras | CB | (2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 22) | Youth system | |
| 27 | Giannis Kotsiras | RB / RM | (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 31) | Asteras Tripolis | |
| 31 | Zvonimir Šarlija | CB | (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 28) | Ankaragücü | |
| 44 | Achilleas Poungouras | CB | (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 28) | PAOK | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Sotiris Alexandropoulos | DM / MF | (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 22) | Youth system | |
| 8 | Yassin Ayoub | MF | (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30) | Feyenoord | |
| 11 | Anastasios Chatzigiovanis | RW / LW | (1997-05-31) 31 May 1997 (age 27) | Youth system | |
| 16 | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | MF | (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) | Groningen | On loan + option to purchase |
| 17 | Rubén Pérez | DM / MF | (1989-04-26) 26 April 1989 (age 35) | Leganés | |
| 19 | Lucas Villafáñez | MF / RW | (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 33) | Atlético Morelia | |
| 20 | Dimitris Serpezis | MF | (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 23) | Youth system | |
| 21 | Dimitrios Kourbelis | DM / CB | (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31) | Asteras Tripoli | |
| 22 | Aitor Cantalapiedra | RW / LW | (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) | Twente | |
| 34 | Sebastián Palacios | RW | (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32) | Independiente | |
| 37 | Andreas Athanasakopoulos | MF | (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 22) | Youth system | |
| 50 | Mijat Gaćinović | MF | (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29) | 1899 Hoffenheim | On loan |
| 57 | Uffe Bech | RW / LW | (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) | Hannover 96 | |
| 88 | Maurício | MF | (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 36) | PAOK | |
| 98 | Mateus Vital | MF / LW | (1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26) | Corinthians | On loan + option to purchase |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Fotis Ioannidis | CF | (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24) | Levadiakos | |
| 9 | Federico Macheda | CF | (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 33) | Novara | |
| 10 | Carlitos | CF | (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34) | Al Wahda |

## Transfers
### In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 27 | DF | Giannis Kotsiras | Asteras Tripolis | 250,000 € | 19 June 2021 |
| 17 | MF | Rubén Pérez | Leganés | Free | 14 July 2021 |
| 31 | DF | Zvonimir Šarlija | Ankaragücü | Free | 30 July 2021 |
| 91 | GK | Alberto Brignoli | Empoli | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Georgios Vagiannidis | Inter Milan | Free | 31 August 2021 |
| 34 | FW | Sebastián Palacios | Independiente | 1,500,000 € | 31 August 2021 |

### Loans in

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 16 | MF | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | Groningen | Loan | 26 August 2021 |
| 98 | MF | Mateus Vital | Corinthians | Loan | 29 August 2021 |
| 50 | MF | Mijat Gaćinović | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | 31 January 2022 |

### Loan returns

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Juan José Perea | Volos | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Dimitris Kolovos | Sheriff Tiraspol | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 23 | DF | Vangelis Theocharis | Levadiakos | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Dimitris Emmanouilidis | Fortuna Sittard | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |
| 54 | FW | Kristo Shehu | Apollon Larissa | Loan return | 30 June 2021 |

### Loans out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Ref |
| 92 | MF | António Xavier | Estoril | Loan | 31 August 2021 | |
| 10 | FW | Argyris Kampetsis | Willem II | Loan | 31 August 2021 | |

### Out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 27 | DF | Cheikh Niasse | Lille | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Fausto Tienza | Racing de Santander | End of contract | 30 June 2021 |
| 37 | DF | Yohan Mollo | Hyères | End of contract | 30 June 2021 |
| 33 | DF | Dimitris Karagiannis | PAS Giannina | End of contract | 30 June 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Juan José Perea | PAS Giannina | 100,000 € | 19 July 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Dimitris Emmanouilidis | Vejle | 400,000 € | 24 July 2021 |
| 22 | MF | Dimitris Kolovos | Sheriff Tiraspol | Undisclosed | 29 July 2021 |
| 13 | MF | Younousse Sankharé | Giresunspor | Undisclosed | 9 August 2021 |
| 36 | FW | Kristo Shehu | Egaleo | Free | 11 January 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Giannis Bouzoukis | OFI | Undisclosed | 1 February 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Yeni Ngbakoto | Nancy | Free | 1 February 2022 |

## Competitions
### Super League Greece
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | Aris | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 42 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 6 | PAS Giannina | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 40 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 7 | OFI | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 37 | Qualification for the Play-out round |

#### Play-off round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aris | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 56 | |
| 6 | PAS Giannina | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 46 | |
* ↑ Panathinaikos qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.