# 2001–02 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2001–02 season Panathinaikos played for 43rd consecutive time in Greece's top division, Alpha Ethniki. The club 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 | Antonios Nikopolidis |
| 2 | DF | DEN | René Henriksen |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Filippos Darlas |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Giourkas Seitaridis |
| 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 | GHA | Derek Boateng |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Joonas Kolkka |
| 12 | MF | DEN | Jan Michaelsen |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Leonidas Vokolos |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Daniel Šarić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Sotirios Kyrgiakos |
| 17 | GK | GRE | Panagiotis Bartzokas |
| 18 | DF | GRE | Minas Pitsos |
| 19 | FW | CYP | Michalis Konstantinou |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Angelos Basinas |
| 21 | FW | GRE | Nikos Liberopoulos |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Miltiadis Sapanis |
| 23 | FW | POL | Emmanuel Olisadebe |
| 24 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas |
| 25 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kotsolis |
| 26 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis |
| 27 | DF | CRO | Robert Jarni |
| 30 | DF | GRE | Takis Fyssas |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Skoda Xanthi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2002. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Greek Cup
#### Group 10

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | APK | PTR | MAR |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Second Round | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Apollon Kalamarias | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | Second Round | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Patraikos | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Marko | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |

##### Matches
#### Second round

Panathinaikos qualified to the Round of 16 without a match.

#### Round of 16
### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage
##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Mallorca | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |

#### Second group stage
##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Porto | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |