# 2008–09 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2008–09 season is Panathinaikos' 50th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They have qualified for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round for the 2008–09 season. The 2007–08 season ended with Jose Peseiro's removal from the team's bench. After a year's absence they will return to Athens Olympic Stadium for the season. On 27 May 2008 after two hours of conversations between Panathinaikos chairmen, it was decided that Nikos Pateras would take over as Panathinaikos president. On 13 June 2008 Panathinaikos announced that the new team coach will be Henk ten Cate for the next two years.

## 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 |
| 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 | GRE | Giannis Goumas (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Souza |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Silva Cleyton |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye |
| 12 | DF | BRA | David |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Gilberto Silva |
| 16 | DF | RSA | Nasief Morris |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | POL | Arkadiusz Malarz |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Gabriel |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Leontiou |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis (captain) |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis |
| 23 | MF | POR | Mate Junior Simao |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Loukas Vyntra |
| 25 | DF | POL | Jakub Wawrzyniak |
| 26 | FW | GRE | Evangelos Mantzios |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz |
| 28 | FW | GRE | Antonis Petropoulos |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Mikael Nilsson |
| 30 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Nikos Spiropoulos |
| 32 | DF | GRE | Nikos Pantidos |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |

## Squad changes for 2008/09 season

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Gilberto Silva (from Arsenal) For £1,000,000 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Souza (from Flamengo) For €3,000,000 |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Gabriel (from Fluminense) For €1,500,000 |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Marcelo Mattos (from Corinthians) For €3,800,000 for player's rights |
| 5 | FW | CRO | Ante Rukavina (from Hajduk Split) For €2,300,000 |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (from PAOK FC) For €2,200,000 |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Christos Melissis (from PAOK FC) For €2,000,000 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz (from Red Bull Salzburg) For €1,500,000 for player's rights |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Alexandre Silva Cleyton (from Larissa) For €1,500,000 |
| 2 | MF | RSA | Bryce Moon (from Ajax Cape Town) For €625,000 |
| 28 | FW | GRE | Antonis Petropoulos (return loan from OFI Crete) for €300,000 |
| 26 | FW | GRE | Evangelos Mantzios (return loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 16 | MF | GRE | Stefanos Siontis (return loan from Kerkyra F.C.) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | David (Free Transfer) |
| 25 | DF | POL | Jakub Wawrzyniak (From Legia Warszawa for 1,500,000) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GRE | Takis Fyssas (Retired) |
| — | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga (to Sporting CP) |
| — | MF | ARG | Sebastián Romero (to Gimnasia de La Plata) |
| — | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Gonzalez (to Rosario Central) |
| — | FW | ANG | Manucho (loan return to Manchester United) |
| — | DF | CRO | Anthony Šerić (to Beşiktaş) |
| — | FW | GRE | Athanasios Tsigas (to Larissa) |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitris Papadopoulos ("Released") |
| — | FW | BRA | Souza (to Corinthians) for €1,500,000 |
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 |
| — | DF | RSA | Nasief Morris (on loan to Recreativo de Huelva) |
| — | MF | GRE | Elini Dimoutsos (on loan to OFI Crete) |
| — | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye (on loan to OFI Crete) |
| — | DF | GRE | Avgerinos Katranas (on loan to Panetolikos F.C.) |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Stathis (on loan to Ilisiakos F.C.) |
| — | DF | GRE | Alexandros Pagalis (on loan to Fostiras F.C.) |
| — | GK | POL | Arkadiusz Malarz (on loan to OFI Crete) |
| — | DF | GRE | Nikos Boutzikos (on loan to Kerkyra F.C.) |
| — | GK | GRE | Michalis Vellidis (on loan to Diagoras F.C.) |
| — | GK | GRE | Petros Kravaritis (on loan to Koropi F.C.) |
| — | MF | ALB | Georgi Tsitsi (on loan to Koropi F.C.) |
| — | DF | GRE | Alexandros Konstantidis (on loan to Koropi F.C.) |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Zaradoukas (on loan to Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.) |
| — | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis (on loan to Werder Bremen) |
| — | DF | GRE | Stefanos Siontis (on loan to Kavala) |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Team manager | Grigoris Papavasiliou |
| Manager | Henk ten Cate |
| Assistant manager | Yannis Anastasiou |
| Coach | Gerard van der Lem |
| Coach | Mike Snoei |
| Fitness coach | Laurens Ebben |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vasilis Alexoudis |
| Team doctor | Panagiotis Kouloumentas |
Last updated: 19 Jule 2008 Source: pao.gr

### Other information

| Chairman | Nikos Pateras |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Athens Olympic Stadium (71,030 / 120x80 m) |
Source: pao.gr

## Competitions
### Super League Greece
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | AEL | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for the Play-offs |

##### Matches
#### Play-offs
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 18 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AEL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

##### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying phase
##### Third qualifying round
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Internazionale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## Statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Mario Galinović | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Bryce Moon | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Josu Sarriegi | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Marcelo Mattos | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Ante Rukavina | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Christos Melissis | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sotiris Ninis | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Yannis Goumas | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Silva Cleyton | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | 34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Gilberto Silva | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Stefanos Siontis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Gabriel | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Sotiris Leontiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Giorgos Karagounis(c) | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Alexandros Tziolis | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mate Junior Simao | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Loukas Vyntra | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Jakub Wawrzyniak | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Evangelos Mantzios | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Andreas Ivanschitz | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Antonis Petropoulos | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Mikael Nilsson | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Alexandros Tzorvas | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Nikos Spiropoulos | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Nikos Pantidos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Orestis Karnezis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | - | Totals | 36 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 67 | 85 | 4 |

### Top scorers

As of 7 March 2009
| P. | Player | Position | Super League | Greek Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Forward | 7 | - | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Ante Rukavina | Forward | 5 | 3 | - | 8 |
| 3 | Silva Cleyton | Midfielder | 5 | 1 | - | 6 |
| 4 | Evangelos Mantzios | Forward | 3 | - | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Giorgos Karagounis | Midfielder | 3 | - | 3 | 6 |
Source: pao.com Statistics

### Most appearances

As of 7 March 2009
| P. | Player | Position | Super League | Greek Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Dimitris Salpingidis | Forward | 23 | 4 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Loukas Vyntra | Defender | 22 | 3 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Nikos Spiropoulos | Defender | 21 | 3 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Mate Junior Simao | Midfielder | 21 | 3 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Gilberto Silva | Midfielder | 21 | 2 | 10 | 33 |
Source: pao.com Statistics

## Team kit

| Home | Away | Third | Home (2) | Away (2) |