# 2011–12 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Panathinaikos's 53rd consecutive season in Super League Greece.
They also competed in the Greek Cup and were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Giourkas Seitaridis |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Josu Sarriegi (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jean-Alain Boumsong |
| 5 | DF | MLI | Cédric Kanté |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Vitolo |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Ninis |
| 8 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Ioannidis |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Toché |
| 10 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Sebastián Leto (3rd Captain) |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie |
| 17 | MF | POR | Zeca |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Mattias Bjärsmyr |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Damien Plessis |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Stergos Marinos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | MOZ | Simão Mate Junior |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Loukas Vyntra (4th Captain) |
| 25 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kotsolis |
| 26 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |
| 28 | FW | GRE | Antonis Petropoulos |
| 29 | MF | GRE | Kostas Katsouranis (2nd Captain) |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Nikos Spyropoulos |
| 33 | GK | USA | Alexandros Tabakis |
| 34 | MF | GRE | Spyros Fourlanos |
| 35 | MF | GRE | Charis Mavrias |
| 38 | FW | BRA | Cleyton |
| 40 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Anastasios Lagos |
| 71 | FW | HUN | Gergely Rudolf (on loan from Genoa) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 11 July 2011 | Lech Poznan | N | 1 – 0 | Moon 86' | |
| 13 July 2011 | Kitzbühel | N | 11 – 0 | Katsouranis 1', Petropoulos 14',26', Leto 39', Ninis 44', Marinos 66',89', Moon 68', Leontiou 76', Karagounis 79' (pen), Cleyton 85' | |
| 15 July 2011 | Sivasspor | N | 0 – 0 | | |
| 17 July 2011 | Köln | N | 1 – 2 | Leto 19' (pen) – Podolski 17', Pezzoni 81' | |
| 21 July 2011 | Atromitos Athinon | Peristeri | 0 – 0 Archived 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine | | |
| 24 September 2011 | Kallithea | Kallithea | 2 – 0 Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine | Vyntra 40', Cleyton 55' | 1500 |
| 1 October 2011 | Iraklis Psachna | Psachna | 3 – 1 Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine | Cleyton 24', 36', Quincy 43' – Liosis 50' | 4000 |

## 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 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 70 | 17 | +53 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | PAOK | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Atromitos | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ Panathinaikos was docked three points following severe crowd violence during a match against Olympiacos and lost the game 0–3.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: PAOK 4, Atromitos 1.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 14 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Ineligible for the 2012–13 European competitions. |
| 4 | Atromitos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 AEK Athens were not licensed to play in the Europa League 2012–2013 and therefore were replaced by the 6th placed team in the league table, Asteras Tripolis, qualified for the second qualifying round. This meant that PAOK were qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League and Atromitos to the Europa League play-offs.
* 1 2 Atromitos lost the final of the 2011–12 Greek Football Cup against Champions League-qualified team Olympiacos. As a consequence, the three Europa League spots were distributed by the final standings of this group.

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
## Top goalscorers
### 16 goals

* Sebastián Leto (15 in Greek League, 1 in Champions League)

### 13 goals

* Toché (11 in Greek League, 1 in Champions League, 1 in Europa League)

### 6 goals

* Cleyton (6 in Greek League)

### 5 goals

* Jean-Alain Boumsong (3 in Greek League,1 in Champions League, 1 in Europa League)

### 4 goals

* Kostas Katsouranis (4 in Greek League)
* Antonis Petropoulos (3 in Greek League, 1 in Champions League)
* Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (4 in Greek League)

### 3 goals

* Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (3 in Greek League)

### 2 goals

* Sotiris Ninis (2 in Greek League)
* Josu Sarriegi (2 in Greek League)
* Zeca (2 in Greek League)

### 1 goal

* Giorgos Karagounis (1 in Greek League)
* Charis Mavrias (1 in Greek League)
* Gergely Rudolf (1 in Greek League)
* Simão (1 in Greek League)
* Loukas Vyntra (1 in Greek Cup)