# 2008–09 Panionios F.C. season

The 2008–09 season is Panionios is 118th season in existence and its 48th in the top tier of the modern Greek football league system. They will also compete in the Greek Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup. This year Álvaro Recoba the star of Uruguay who was in Inter Milan for years transferred to Panionios on September. He came to Athens with his compatriot Fabián Estoyanoff who also signs his contract with Panionios.
The club's U-17, U-20 will compete in Youth levels

## Current squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed rom | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Dario Krešić | Goalkeeper | 11 January 1984 (25) | SV Eintracht Trier 05 | |
| 12 | Kostas Andriolas | Goalkeeper | 1 May 1985 (24) | Atromitos | |
| 22 | Riccardo Meili | Goalkeeper | 6 March 1982 (27) | Concordia Basel | |
| 30 | Tomáš Belic | Goalkeeper | 2 July 1978 (31) | Teplice | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Giannis Maniatis | Right back | 12 October 1986 (23) | Thiva | |
| 3 | Mehmet Hetemaj | Centre back | 8 December 1987 (22) | Viikingit | |
| 4 | Sékou Berthé | Centre back | 7 October 1977 (32) | Free | |
| 5 | Martin Latka | Centre back | 28 September 1984 (25) | Slavia Prague | |
| 6 | Fousseni Diawara | Right back | 28 August 1980 (25) | Saint-Étienne | |
| 13 | Vangelis Koutsopoulos | Left back | 2 February 1980 (29) | PAOK | |
| 19 | Ivica Majstorović | Defensive midfielder | 20 September 1981 (28) | Unterhaching | |
| 23 | Dimitris Siovas | Centre back | 16 September 1988 (21) | Skoda Xanthi U-20 | |
| 25 | Giannis Kontoes | Centre-back/Right back/Left back | 24 May 1986 (23) | Panionios U-20 | |
| 27 | Matthias Langkamp | Centre back | 24 February 1984 (25) | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| 31 | Georgios Tzavellas | Left back | 26 November 1987 (22) | Kerkyra | |
| 32 | Pavel Plaskonny | Centre back | 29 January 1985 (24) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | |
| 34 | Theodoros Santamouris | Centre back | 14 March 1989 (20) | Panionios U-20 | |
| 37 | Christos Maniatis | Right back | 5 June 1991 (20) | Panionios U-20 | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Manolis Skoufalis | Midfielder | 21 August 1978 (31) | Kerkyra | |
| 10 | Dimitrios Koiliaras | Midfielder | 23 March 1986 (23) | Ergotelis | |
| 14 | Grigoris Makos | Midfielder/Defensive midfielder | 18 January 1987 (22) | Panionios U-20 | |
| 15 | Bennard Yao Kumordzi | Midfielder | 21 March 1985 (24) | Egaleo | |
| 16 | Fabián Estoyanoff | Winger | 27 September 1982 (27) | Valencia | |
| 20 | Fanouris Goundoulakis | Midfielder | 13 July 1983 (26) | Kalamata | |
| 21 | Giorgos Barkoglou | Midfielder | 8 July 1978 (31) | Apollon Kalamarias | |
| 24 | Thanasis Palaskas | Midfielder/Centre-back | 14 January 1986 (23) | Panionios U-20 | |
| 28 | Marios Nicolaou | Defensive midfielder | 4 October 1983 (26) | Aris Limassol | |
| 33 | Giannoulis Fakinos | Midfielder | 9 July 1989 (20) | Olympiacos | |
| 35 | Dimitrios Anastasopoulos | Midfielder | 11 April 1990 (19) | Panionios U-20 | |
| 41 | Davor Kukec | Winger | 16 March 1986 (23) | Inter Zaprešić | |
| 41 | Alexandros Makos | Midfielder | 5 April 1991(18) | Panionios U-20 | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | Yann Ekra | Striker | 10 December 1990(19) | Hull City | On Loan |
| 9 | Álvaro Recoba | Supporting striker/Attacking midfielder/Winger | 17 March 1976 (33) | Inter | |
| 11 | Anderson Gonzaga | Forward | 29 March 1983(26) | Blooming | |
| 16 | Fabián Estoyanoff | Winger | 27 September 1982(27) | Valencia | |
| 18 | Michael Delura | Forward | 1 July 1985(24) | Schalke 04 | |
| 26 | Alexandre D'Acol | Forward | 18 July 1986(23) | Olympiacos | |
| 46 | Neophytos Chrisostomou | Forward | 11 September 1989(20) | Panionios U-20 | |
| 50 | Luís Lourenço | Forward | 5 June 1983(26) | Vitória Setúbal | |
| Manager |||||||
| | Joti Stamatopoulos | | 1 January 1960 (54) | | |

### Transfers
#### In

| Period | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer | MF | Dimitrios Kiliaras | Ergotelis | €528.000 |
| Summer | MF | Giorgos Barkoglou | Apollon Kalamarias | €61.600 |
| Summer | DF | Matthias Langkamp | Arminia Bielefeld | Free |
| Summer | DF | Pavel Drsek | VfL Bochum | Free |
| Summer | GK | Konstantinos Andriolas | Atromitos | Free |
| Summer | FW | Alexandre Joaquim D'Acol | - | - |
| Summer | DF | Dimitris Siovas | - | - |
| Summer | GK | Riccardo Meili | Concordia Basel | Free |
| Summer | FW | Álvaro Recoba | Inter Milan | Free |
| Summer | FW | Fabián Estoyanoff | Valencia | Free |
| Summer | FW | Anderson Gonzaga | Blooming | €123.000 |
| Summer | MF | Dimitrios Anastasopoulos | Athinaikos | - |
| Summer | DF | Theodoros Santamouris | Panionios U-20 | - |
| Summer | MF | Stamatis Barakos | Chania | Return From Loan |
| Summer | DF | Lazaros Bourelakos | Thiva | Return From Loan |
| Summer | FW | Albi Kondi | Chaidari | Return From Loan |
| Winter | GK | Tomáš Belic | Teplice | Free |
| Winter | DF | Martin Latka | Slavia Prague | €528.000 |
| Winter | MF | Davor Kukec | Inter Zaprešić | €264.000 |
| Winter | FW | Yann Ekra | Hull City U-19 | On Loan |

#### Out

| Period | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| Summer | MF | Darío Fernández | Beitar Jerusalem | €748.000 |
| Summer | GK | Kleopas Giannou | AEL Limassol | Free |
| Summer | MF | Wagner | - | - |
| Summer | FW | Nikolaos Tsaousis | Korinthos | - |
| Summer | FW | Rafik Djebbour | AEK | €2.552.000 |
| Summer | DF | Efthimios Gousoulis | Olympiacos Volou | Loan |
| Summer | FW | Christos Aravidis | Ethnikos Asteras | Loan |
| Summer | MF | Stamatis Barakos | Koropi F.C. | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Lazaros Bourelakos | Koropi F.C. | Loan |
| Summer | GK | Charalambos Tabasis | Ilisiakos | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Andreas Iraklis | Koropi | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Spiros Gitsalis | Fostiras | Loan |
| Summer | DF | Theodoros Koumparoulis | Egaleo | Loan |
| Winter | FW | Lampros Choutos | PAOK | €132.000 |
| Winter | MF | Giannoulis Fakinos | Ilioupoli | Free |
| Winter | DF | Pavel Drsek | Kladno | Free |