# 2000–01 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2000–01 season Panathinaikos played for 42nd consecutive time in Greece's top division, Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the UEFA Champions League and the Greek Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Antonis Nikopolidis |
| 2 | DF | DEN | René Henriksen |
| 3 | DF | PER | Percy Olivares |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Georgios Alexopoulos |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Fernando Galetto |
| 6 | MF | POR | Paulo Sousa |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Goran Vlaović |
| 8 | DF | GRE | Giannis Goumas |
| 9 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Warzycha |
| 10 | MF | GER | Karlheinz Pflipsen |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Helgi Sigurðsson |
| 12 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kotsolis |
| 13 | FW | POL | Igor Sypniewski |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Leonidas Vokolos |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Daniel Šarić |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Giourkas Seitaridis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Giorgos Nasiopoulos |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Vaggelis Koutsoures |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Bledar Kola |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Angelos Basinas |
| 21 | FW | GRE | Nikos Liberopoulos |
| 22 | GK | GRE | Kostas Chalkias |
| 23 | FW | POL | Emmanuel Olisadebe |
| 24 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Daskalakis |
| 26 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis |
| 27 | DF | GRE | Andreas Koutelieris |
| 28 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Simos |
| 29 | FW | GRE | Christos Delmekouras |
| 30 | DF | GRE | Takis Fyssas |
| 31 | MF | GRE | Kostas Kiassos |

## Competitions
### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 22 | +62 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 20 | +41 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Iraklis | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 46 | |
* ↑ PAOK were qualified for first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Greek Football Cup winners.

#### Matches
### Greek Cup
#### Group 6

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | AEK | AEL | ETP | KOZ | OLV |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 27 | Round of 16 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 25 | Round of 16 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 8–0 | 5–2 | 9–1 |
| 3 | AEL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 11 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 10 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Kozani | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 8 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 6 | Olympiacos Volos | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 6 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | |

##### Matches
#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage

Group E
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | |

#### Second group stage

Group A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 6 | |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | |