# 2007–08 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 2007–08 season Panathinaikos played for 49th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Super League. They also competed in UEFA Cup and Greek Cup. Season started with José Peseiro as team manager. In summer of 2007 many players left the club including Igor Bišćan and Víctor Sánchez who hadn't fulfilled the expectations of Panathinaikos' fans with their performance. On the other end the return of Giorgos Karagounis after four years pulled the spotlight and considered one of the most important signings of the 2007 summer transfer window. Panathinaikos also signed Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Mattos from Corinthians, Dame N'Doye from Academica, Josu Sarriegi from Athletic Bilbao and some other players to help the team win its first championship in four years and celebrate the club's centesimal anniversary in the most appropriate way.
The championship began with Panathinaikos collecting seven points in the first three matchdays, having already played two derbies against Olympiacos (0–0) and PAOK (2–0).

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Mario Galinović |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Joseph Enakarhire |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Josu Sarriegi |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Marcelo Mattos |
| 5 | DF | RSA | Nasief Morris |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Filipos Darlas |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Ninis |
| 8 | DF | GRE | Yannis Goumas (captain) |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Romero |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel González |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Papadopoulos (vice-captain) |
| 12 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga (on loan from F.C. Porto) |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis |
| 15 | DF | GRE | Takis Fyssas |
| 18 | GK | POL | Arkadiusz Malarz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Anthony Šerić |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Sotiris Leontiou |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis (vice-captain) |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis |
| 23 | DF | POR | Mate Junior Simao |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Loukas Vyntra |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye |
| 26 | FW | GRE | Evangelos Mantzios |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Mikael Nilsson |
| 30 | MF | GRE | Elini Dimoutsos |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Nikos Spiropoulos |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis |
| 36 | FW | POR | Manucho (on loan from Manchester United) |

### Squad changes for the 2007–08 season

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | FW | POR | Manucho (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 28 | FW | GRE | Antonis Petropoulos (signed from Egaleo) |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Nikos Spiropoulos (signed from Panionios) |
| 12 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga (on loan from F.C. Porto) |
| 15 | DF | GRE | Takis Fyssas (signed from Hearts) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Josu Sarriegi (signed from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Joseph Enakarhire (on loan from FC Dynamo Moscow) |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis (signed from S.L. Benfica) |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Marcelo Mattos (signed from Corinthians) |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye (signed from Academica) |
| 18 | GK | POL | Arkadiusz Malarz (signed from Skoda Xanthi) |
| 30 | MF | GRE | Elini Dimoutsos (signed from Ilisiakos) |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Orestis Karnezis (signed from OFI) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez (released) |
| — | MF | CRO | Igor Bišćan (released) |
| — | DF | SWE | Mikael Antonsson (to F.C. Copenhagen) |
| — | DF | GRE | Ilias Kotsios (to AEL 1964) |
| — | MF | CRO | Srđan Andrić (to Hajduk Split) |
| — | GK | CMR | Pierre Ebéde (released) |
| — | GK | GRE | Alexandros Tzorvas (to OFI) |
| — | MF | BRA | Ricardo Bóvio (loan return to Málaga) |
| — | MF | GRE | Giorgos Theodoridis (to Ergotelis) |
Out on loan:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GRE | Georgios Sikalias (on loan to Ethnikos Asteras) |
| — | GK | GRE | Michalis Vellidis (on loan to Diagoras) |
| — | GK | GRE | Petros Kravaritis (on loan to AO Koropi) |
| — | FW | GRE | Antonis Petropoulos (on loan to OFI) |
| — | DF | GRE | Stefanos Siontis (on loan to Kerkira) |
| — | MF | GRE | Alexandros Konstantidis (on loan to AO Koropi) |
| — | DF | GRE | Avgerinos Katranas (on loan to Panetolikos) |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Zaradoukas (on loan to Panseraikos) |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Stathis (on loan to Ilisiakos) |
| — | DF | GRE | Alexandros Pagalis (on loan to Fostiras) |

## Club
### The management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | José Peseiro |
| Assistant manager | Eduardo Gonsalves |
| Team Manager | Grigoris Papavasiliou |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Goran Zivanovic |
| Team doctor | Giorgos Papatheou |
Last updated: 26 February 2008 Source: pao.gr

### Other information

| Chairman | Argiris Mitsou |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium (16,620 / 105x68 m) |
Source: pao.gr

## 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 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 23 | +35 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 17 | +48 | 68 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 4 | Aris | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
* ↑ The match of Apollon Kalamarias against Olympiacos, originally ended 1–0 to the home side, but later was awarded to Olympiacos 0–3 by the Greek sports court giving Olympiacos the three points, on the basis that the home side fielded an ineligible player (Roman Wallner). Apollon were deducted by one point.
* ↑ Head-to-head record: Panionios–AEL 3–1, AEL–Panionios 1–0.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2008. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Aris | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Panionios | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 5 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
* ↑ Aris is guaranteed at least to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round through their Greek Cup performance.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2008. Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Matches
### Greek Cup

Panathinaikos entered the Greek Cup at the Round of 32.

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATL | PAN | ABE | FCK | LOK |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | | 3–3 | — | — | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 32
## Team kit
### 2007

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): Cosmote
| Home | Away | Third |
Source: pao.gr

### 2008

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): Cosmote
| Home | Away | Third |
Source: pao.gr