# 2009–10 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Panathinaikos' 51st consecutive season in Super League Greece. The 2009–10 season was very successful for Panathinaikos. At the summer transfer window the club bought Djibril Cissé from Marseille, Kostas Katsouranis from Benfica, Sebastian Leto from Liverpool and various other players spending more than €35 million. The team managed to enter the final 16 of Europa League and win the Greek Championship. Panathinaikos completed the domestic double by winning the Greek Cup final.

## 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 (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | RSA | Bryce Moon |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Josu Sarriegi |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Marcelo Mattos |
| 5 | FW | CRO | Ante Rukavina |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Christos Melissis |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Ninis |
| 8 | DF | MLI | Cédric Kanté |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Djibril Cissé |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Cleyton |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Leto |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Gilberto Silva (vice-captain) |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Gabriel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Leontiou |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Filipos Darlas |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Stergos Marinos |
| 23 | MF | POR | Simão |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Loukas Vintra |
| 25 | DF | GRE | Giourkas Seitaridis |
| 26 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis (captain) |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |
| 28 | FW | GRE | Antonis Petropoulos |
| 29 | MF | GRE | Kostas Katsouranis (vice-captain) |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Nikos Spiropoulos |
| 32 | DF | BRA | David |
| 34 | DF | GER | Giorgos Machlelis |
| 39 | MF | GRE | Elini Dimoutsos |

## Squad changes for 2009–10
### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | RSA | Nasief Morris (on loan to Racing de Santander) |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz (on loan to Mainz) |
| 32 | DF | BRA | David (on loan to Flamengo) |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Leontiou (on loan to Kavala) |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Marcelo Mattos (on loan to Corinthians) |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Christos Melissis (on loan to Larissa) |
| 2 | DF | RSA | Bryce Moon (on loan to PAOK) |
| 16 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Mantzios (on loan to Anorthosis) |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Nikos Nioplias |
| Assistant manager | Krzysztof Warzycha |
| Assistant manager | Michalis Iordanidis |
| Physical fitness coach | Stergios Fotopoulos |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vasilis Alexoudis |
| Team manager | Grigoris Papavasiliou |
| Team doctor | Panagiotis Kouloumentas |
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## Competitions
### Super League Greece
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Aris | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-offs |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |