# 2015–16 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2015–16 Panathinaikos season was the club's 57th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They will also compete in the Greek Cup. Qualifying rounds will determine whether the club will compete in the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League.

## Players

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Stefanos Kotsolis | GK | 5 June 1979 (35) | Omonia | Originally from youth system |
| 15 | Luke Steele | GK | 24 September 1984 (29) | Barnsley | |
| 45 | Nikos Giannakopoulos | GK | 19 February 1993 (22) | Panionios | |
| 61 | Konstantinos Kotsaris | GK | 25 July 1996 (18) | Youth system | |
| 99 | Odisseas Vlachodimos | GK | 26 April 1994 (21) | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Diamantis Chouchoumis | LB / LM | 17 July 1994 (20) | Youth system | |
| 4 | Giorgos Koutroubis | CB | 10 February 1991 (23) | AEK Athens | |
| 11 | Jens Wemmer | RB | 31 October 1985 (30) | SC Paderborn |
| 12 | Nikos Marinakis | RB | 12 September 1993 (21) | Youth system | |
| 20 | Efstathios Tavlaridis | CB | 25 January 1980 (34) | Atromitos | |
| 21 | Nano | LB / LM | 27 October 1984 (30) | Ponferradina | |
| 24 | Sergio Sánchez | CB | 3 April 1986 (age 29) | Málaga | |
| 25 | Rasmus Thelander | CB | 9 July 1991 (23) | Aalborg BK | |
| 27 | Giandomenico Mesto | RB | 25 May 1982 (33) | Napoli | |
| 31 | Rodrigo Moledo | CB | 27 October 1987 (28) | Internacional | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 2 | Michael Essien | DM | 3 December 1982 (32) | Milan | |
| 6 | Mehdi Abeid | CM/AM / RM | 6 August 1992 (23) | Newcastle United | |
| 8 | Anastasios Lagos | DM/CM | 12 April 1992 (22) | Youth system | |
| 10 | Zeca | CM/AM | 31 August 1988 (25) | Vitória de Setúbal | |
| 14 | Abdul Jeleel Ajagun | RW / AM / LW | 10 February 1993 (21) | Dolphins | |
| 16 | Vasilis Angelopoulos | DM / CM | 12 February 1997 (19) | Youth system | |
| 17 | Robin Lod | CM | 17 April 1993 (22) | HJK Helsinki | |
| 19 | Lucas Villafáñez | W / AM | 4 October 1991 (24) | Independiente | |
| 23 | Nikos Kaltsas | RM / RW / AM | 3 May 1990 (25) | Veria | |
| 30 | Olivier Boumale | W | 17 September 1989 (26) | Panionios | |
| 32 | Danijel Pranjić | LM / LB | 2 December 1981 (33) | Sporting CP | |
| 71 | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | W | 12 October 1991 (24) | Free agent | |
| 95 | Lucas Evangelista | CM | 6 May 1995 (20) | Udinese | On Loan |
| Forwards |||||||
| 5 | Sebastián Leto | W / F | 30 August 1986 (29) | Catania | |
| 7 | Viktor Klonaridis | RW / AM / LW | 28 July 1992 (22) | Lille | |
| 9 | Marcus Berg | CF | 17 August 1986 (27) | Hamburger SV | |
| 33 | Mladen Petrić | CF | 1 January 1981 (33) | West Ham United | |
| 36 | Lazaros Lamprou | CF | 19 December 1997 (18) | Youth system | |
| 77 | Yuri Mamute | CF | 7 May 1995 (20) | Grêmio | On Loan |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee |
| 30 June 2015 | | GK | Nestoras Gekas | Fostiras | Return from loan |
| 30 June 2015 | | GK | Alexandros Tabakis | VVV-Venlo | Return from loan |
| 30 June 2015 | | DF | Spyros Risvanis | Panionios | Return from loan |
| 30 June 2015 | | MF | Maldin Ymeraj | Fostiras | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2015 | 23 | MF | Nikos Kaltsas | Veria | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | 17 | MF | Robin Lod | HJK Helsinki | €350,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | 11 | DF | Jens Wemmer | SC Paderborn | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | 2 | MF | Michael Essien | Milan | Free |
| 2 July 2015 | 25 | DF | Rasmus Thelander | Aalborg BK | €300,000 |
| 7 July 2015 | 24 | DF | Sergio Sánchez | Málaga | Free |
| 24 July 2015 | 41 | DF | Stefanos Evangelou | Panionios | €300,000 |
| 29 July 2015 | 45 | GK | Nikos Giannakopoulos | Panionios | Free |
| 21 August 2015 | 6 | MF | Mehdi Abeid | Newcastle United | €600,000 |
| 29 December 2015 | 30 | W | Olivier Boumale | Panionios | €300,000 |
| 31 December 2015 | 27 | RB | Giandomenico Mesto | Napoli | Free |
| 6 January 2016 | 71 | W | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | Free agent | Free |
| 8 January 2016 | 77 | ST | Yuri Mamute | Grêmio | Loan |
| 20 January 2016 | 95 | CM | Lucas Evangelista | Udinese | Loan |
| 26 January 2016 | 99 | GK | Odisseas Vlachodimos | VfB Stuttgart | Free |
| 29 January 2016 | 31 | CB | Rodrigo Moledo | Internacional | Free |
| 1 February 2016 | 19 | W / AM | Lucas Villafáñez | Independiente | €200,000 |
| 2 February 2016 | 5 | W / F | Sebastián Leto | Catania | Free |
Total spending: €2,050,000

### Promoted from youth system

| Date | Squad # | Position | Player | Signed Until | Source |
| 19 June 2015 | | MF | Giorgos Angelopoulos | 30 June 2018 | |

### Out

| Date | Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee |
| 30 June 2015 | | DF | Gordon Schildenfeld | Dynamo Moscow | End of loan |
| 30 June 2015 | | MF | Ouasim Bouy | Juventus | End of loan |
| 30 June 2015 | | MF | Charis Mavrias | Sunderland | End of loan |
| 30 June 2015 | | FW | Valmir Berisha | Roma | End of loan |
| 17 July 2015 | | DF | Spyros Risvanis | Panionios | Free |
| 11 August 2015 | | MF | Thanasis Dinas | Platanias | Free |
| 11 August 2015 | | MF | Maldin Ymeraj | Akropolis | Free |
| 20 August 2015 | | GK | Nestoras Gekas | Panthrakikos | Free |
| 1 September 2015 | | DF | Panagiotis Spyropoulos | AEL Kalloni | Free |
| 30 December 2015 | | GK | Alexandros Tabakis | Atlanta United | Free |
| 12 January 2016 | 19 | CF | Nikos Karelis | Genk | €3,000,000 |
| 18 January 2016 | 29 | M | Sotiris Ninis | Charleroi | Free |
| 22 January 2016 | 5 | DF | Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos | Asteras Tripolis | Free |
| 31 January 2016 | 14 | M | Abdul Jeleel Ajagun | Levadiakos | Loan |
| 1 February 2016 | 28 | RB | Christos Bourbos | | Free |
| 15 February 2016 | 18 | CM | Christos Donis | Lugano | Loan |
Total income: €3,000,000
Expenditure: €950,000

## 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 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | PAOK | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 44 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.
* ↑ AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | |
* ↑ AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
* ↑ The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

##### Matches
### Greek Cup
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | LEV | KER | PNA |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Round of 16 | | 3–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Levadiakos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Round of 16 | — | | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Kerkyra | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | | 1–1 | — | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Panachaiki | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | — | |

#### Quarter-finals
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying phase
##### Third qualifying round
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 31 May 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Europe | Europe | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kotsolis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien | 15 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Diamantis Chouchoumis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Koutroubis | 32 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | ARG | Sebastián Leto | 12 | 5 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Abeid | 34 | 4 | 18+5 | 3 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Viktor Klonaridis | 24 | 6 | 6+6 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Anastasios Lagos | 25 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Marcus Berg | 34 | 19 | 19+3 | 15 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | POR | Zeca | 40 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | GER | Jens Wemmer | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | GRE | Nikos Marinakis | 17 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | ENG | Luke Steele | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Robin Lod | 23 | 2 | 8+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Villafáñez | 12 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GRE | Stathis Tavlaridis | 26 | 2 | 14+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Nano | 27 | 2 | 15+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GRE | Nikos Kaltsas | 27 | 5 | 10+9 | 5 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez | 14 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Thelander | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Giandomenico Mesto | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GRE | Christos Bourbos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CMR | Olivier Boumal | 16 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Moledo | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | CRO | Danijel Pranjić | 33 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | CRO | Mladen Petrić | 27 | 5 | 9+9 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GRE | Lazaros Lamprou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | GRE | Nikos Giannakopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | 9 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Yuri Mamute | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | BRA | Lucas Evangelista | 12 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | GER | Odisseas Vlachodimos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | NGA | Abdul Jeleel Ajagun | 14 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Panathinaikos during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GRE | Nikos Karelis | 22 | 9 | 14+1 | 8 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Ninis | 13 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Super League | Greek Cup | Europe | Playoffs | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Marcus Berg | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Nikos Karelis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Viktor Klonaridis | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Nikos Kaltsas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 33 | Mladen Petrić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 5 | Sebastián Leto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Mehdi Abeid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 14 | Abdul Jeleel Ajagun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 31 | Rodrigo Moledo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Lucas Villafáñez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 20 | Stathis Tavlaridis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 21 | Nano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Robin Lod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 25 | Rasmus Thelander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 30 | Olivier Boumal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 2 | Michael Essien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 71 | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 95 | Lucas Evangelista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 29 | Sotiris Ninis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Europe | Europe | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Michael Essien | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Diamantis Chouchoumis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Giorgos Koutroubis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | Sebastián Leto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mehdi Abeid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Viktor Klonaridis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Anastasios Lagos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Marcus Berg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Zeca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Jens Wemmer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Luke Steele | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Robin Lod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Lucas Villafáñez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Stathis Tavlaridis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Nano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Nikos Kaltsas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Sergio Sánchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Rasmus Thelander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Giandomenico Mesto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Rodrigo Moledo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Danijel Pranjić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Lucas Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 42 | 3 |