# 2016–17 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2016–17 Panathinaikos season is the club's 58th consecutive season in Super League Greece. They are also competing in the UEFA Europa League and Greek Cup.

## Players

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Stefanos Kotsolis | GK | 5 June 1979 (37) | Omonia | Originally from youth system |
| 15 | Luke Steele | GK | 24 September 1984 (30) | Barnsley | |
| 61 | Vasilis Xenopoulos | GK | 20 May 1998 (18) | Youth system | |
| 99 | Odisseas Vlachodimos | GK | 26 April 1994 (22) | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Jens Wemmer | RB | 31 October 1985(31) | SC Paderborn | |
| 3 | Diamantis Chouchoumis | LB / LM | 17 July 1994 (21) | Youth system | |
| 4 | Giorgos Koutroubis | CB | 10 February 1991 (25) | AEK Athens | |
| 6 | Christopher Samba | CB | 28 March 1984 (33) | Dynamo Moscow |
| 12 | Nikos Marinakis | RB | 12 September 1993 (23) | Youth system | |
| 23 | Niklas Hult | LB / LM | 13 February 1990 (age 26) | Nice | |
| 25 | Rasmus Thelander | CB | 9 July 1991 (25) | Aalborg BK | |
| 27 | Giandomenico Mesto | RB | 25 May 1982 (34) | Napoli | |
| 31 | Rodrigo Moledo | CB | 27 October 1987 (28) | Internacional | |
| 41 | Stefanos Evangelou | CB | 12 May 1998 (18) | Panionios | |
| 51 | Ivan Ivanov | CB | 25 February 1988 (29) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |
| 78 | Ousmane Coulibaly | RB / LB | 9 July 1989 (age 27) | Platanias | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Nuno Reis | DM | 31 January 1991 (age 25) | Metz | |
| 7 | Olivier Boumal | RW / LW | 17 September 1989 (26) | Panionios | |
| 10 | Zeca | CM | 31 August 1988 (25) | Vitória de Setúbal | |
| 11 | Sebastián Leto | W / F | 30 August 1986 (30) | Catania | |
| 17 | Robin Lod | CM | 17 April 1993 (23) | HJK Helsinki | |
| 18 | Christos Donis | CM | 9 October 1994 (22) | Youth system | |
| 19 | Lucas Villafáñez | W / AM | 4 October 1991 (24) | Independiente | |
| 21 | Dimitris Kourbelis | DM | 2 November 1993 (23) | Asteras Tripolis | |
| 22 | Mubarak Wakaso | LM / CM | 25 July 1990 (age 25) | Rubin Kazan | |
| 24 | Cristian Ledesma | CM | 24 September 1982(34) | Santos | |
| 34 | Paschalis Staikos | CM / DM | 8 February 1996 (20) | Youth system | |
| 40 | Paul-José M'Poku | RW / LW | 19 April 1992 (24) | Chievo | On loan |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | Guillermo Molins | W / OF | 26 September 1988 (age 28) | Beijing Renhe | |
| 9 | Marcus Berg | CF | 17 August 1986 (30) | Hamburger SV | |
| 14 | Viktor Klonaridis | RW / LW | 28 July 1992 (24) | Lens | On loan |
| 20 | Lautaro Rinaldi | ST | 30 December 1993 (23) | Argentinos Juniors | |
| 32 | Victor Ibarbo | LW | 19 May 1990 (26) | Cagliari | On loan |
| 71 | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | RW / LW | 12 October 1991 (24) | Nîmes | |

### Out of team with contract

| No. | Name | Nationality | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| 16 | Stathis Tavlaridis | | CB | 25 January 1980(37) | Atromitos | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee |
| 31 June 2016 | 14 | M | Abdul Jeleel Ajagun | Levadiakos | End of loan |
| 31 June 2016 | 18 | CM | Christos Donis | Lugano | End of loan |
| 28 June 2016 | 51 | CB | Ivan Ivanov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | €200,000 |
| 30 June 2016 | 23 | LB | Niklas Hult | Nice | €300,000 |
| 30 June 2016 | 8 | F | Víctor Ibarbo | Cagliari | Loan (€1,000,000 ) |
| 4 July 2016 | 5 | CB | Nuno Reis | Metz | Free |
| 9 July 2016 | 22 | LM | Mubarak Wakaso | Rubin Kazan | Free |
| 14 July 2016 | 24 | DM | Cristian Ledesma | Santos | Free |
| 4 August 2016 | 20 | ST | Lautaro Rinaldi | Argentinos Juniors | €300,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | 78 | RB | Ousmane Coulibaly | Platanias | €250,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | 6 | CB | Christopher Samba | Dynamo Moscow | Free |
| 31 August 2016 | 40 | W | Paul-José M'Poku | Chievo | Loan |
| 23 December 2016 | 21 | DM | Dimitris Kourbelis | Asteras Tripolis | €500.000 |
Total spending: €2,550,000

### Out

| Date | Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee |
| 1 June 2016 | 95 | MF | Lucas Evangelista | Udinese | End of loan |
| 1 June 2016 | 77 | ST | Yuri Mamute | Grêmio | End of loan |
| 1 June 2016 | 32 | MF | Danijel Pranjić | Koper | End of contract |
| 1 June 2016 | 33 | ST | Mladen Petrić | | Retired |
| 10 June 2016 | 61 | GK | Konstantinos Kotsaris | Omonia | Loan |
| 22 June 2016 | 24 | DF | Sergio Sánchez | Rubin Kazan | Free |
| 25 June 2016 | 8 | DM | Anastasios Lagos | Würzburger Kickers | Free |
| 25 June 2016 | 23 | FW | Nikos Kaltsas | Asteras Tripolis | €180,000 |
| 28 June 2016 | 18 | MF | Christos Donis | PAS Giannina | Loan |
| 30 June 2016 | 14 | MF | Abdul Jeleel Ajagun | Roda JC | Loan |
| 28 July 2016 | 45 | GK | Nikos Giannakopoulos | Aris Limassol | Loan |
| 25 August 2016 | 21 | DF | Nano | Almería | Free |
| 31 August 2016 | 6 | MF | Mehdi Abeid | Dijon | €250,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | 28 | FW | Viktor Klonaridis | Lens | €150,000 |
| 15 September 2016 | 2 | CM | Michael Essien | | Retired |
| 28 December 2016 | 24 | DM | Cristian Ledesma | | Free |
Total income: €580,000

## 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 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PAOK | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ PAOK were deducted three points as they did not show up to the second semi-final match against Olympiacos in last year's Greek Cup.

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### Play-offs
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 12 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to fan behavior against PAOK.
* ↑ PAOK qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
* ↑ PAOK were deducted 6 points due to fan behavior against AEK Athens in Greek Cup final.

##### Matches
### Greek Cup
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | OFI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Iraklis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Apollon Smyrnis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |

#### Semi-finals
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AJX | CLT | STL | PAN |
| 1 | Ajax | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Celta Vigo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |