# 2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2006–07 season Panathinaikos played for 48th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. The club also participated in the Greek Cup and UEFA Cup. The season started with Hans Backe as team manager.

## 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 | CRO | Mario Galinović |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Michael Antonsson |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Ilias Kotsios |
| 5 | DF | RSA | Nasief Morris |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Bovio |
| 7 | FW | GRE | Fanis Gekas |
| 8 | DF | GRE | Giannis Goumas (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Sebastián Romero |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel González |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Papadopoulos (vice-captain) |
| 12 | GK | CMR | Pierre Ebede |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Srđan Andrić |
| 16 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Athanasios Tsigas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | GER | Giorgos Theodoridis |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Anthony Seric |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Leontiou |
| 21 | MF | CYP | Constantinos Charalambidis |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Loukas Vyntra |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Igor Bišćan |
| 26 | FW | GRE | Vaggelis Mantzios |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Mikael Nilsson |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Filippos Darlas |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Lucian Sanmartean |
| 37 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Ninis |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Mikael Antonsson (From Austria Wien) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Ricardo Bóvio (Loan from Málaga) |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Romero (From Racing Club) |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis (From PAOK) |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez (From Deportivo La Coruña) |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Athanasios Tsigas (From Kallithea) |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz (From Red Bull Salzburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Team kit

| Home | Away | Third |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Aris | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Head-to-head record: PAOK–Panionios 1–1, Panionios–PAOK 3–1.

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAN | PSG | HTA | RAP | MLA |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 4–0 | — | 2–4 | — | — |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Rapid București | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 32
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Mario Galinović | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Mikael Antonsson | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Ilias Kotsios | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RSA | Nasief Morris | 36 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Bovio | 28 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GRE | Giannis Goumas | 29 | 1 | 25+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Sebastian Romero | 31 | 4 | 17+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel González | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | 34 | 13 | 24+3 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | CMR | Pierre Ebede | 29 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis | 35 | 17 | 26+1 | 14 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Srdjan Andrić | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Athanasios Tsigas | 2 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Theodoridis | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Anthony Šerić | 20 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Leontiou | 27 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CYP | Constantinos Charalambidis | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis | 31 | 2 | 20+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Loukas Vyntra | 34 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | CRO | Igor Bišćan | 20 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Mantzios | 29 | 3 | 10+13 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz | 33 | 4 | 19+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Mikael Nilsson | 27 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Filippos Darlas | 8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Ninis | 16 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Nikolaos Boutzikos | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Panathinaikos but left during the season: ||||||||||||

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Super League | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Dimitris Salpingidis | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | 27 | Andreas Ivanschitz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 9 | Sebastián Ariel Romero | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 26 | Vangelis Mantzios | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 37 | Sotiris Ninis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 22 | Alexandros Tziolis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | Athanasios Tsigas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Ricardo Bóvio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 8 | Giannis Goumas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 47 | 8 | 6 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | Nasief Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Ricardo Bovio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Giannis Goumas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Sebastian Romero | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ezequiel González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Pierre Ebede | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Srdjan Andrić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Giorgos Theodoridis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Anthony Šerić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Sotiris Leontiou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Alexandros Tziolis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Víctor Sánchez | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Loukas Vyntra | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Igor Bišćan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Vangelis Mantzios | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Andreas Ivanschitz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Filippos Darlas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 4 |