1995–96 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
1995–96 season
ChairmanGreece Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
ManagerArgentina Juan Ramón Rocha
Alpha Ethniki1st
Greek CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueSemi-finals

In the 1995–96 season Panathinaikos played for 37th consecutive time in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the Champions League and Greek Cup.

Squad

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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 Greece GRE Antonios Nikopolidis
— GK Poland POL Józef Wandzik
— DF Greece GRE Stratos Apostolakis
— DF Greece GRE Giannis Goumas
— DF Greece GRE Ioannis Kalitzakis (captain)
— DF Greece GRE Thanasis Kolitsidakis
— DF Greece GRE Marinos Ouzounidis
— MF Greece GRE Angelos Basinas
— MF Greece GRE Giorgos Donis
— DF Greece GRE Georgios Savvas Georgiadis
— MF Greece GRE Andreas Lagonikakis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Greece GRE Spyros Marangos
— MF Greece GRE Dimitris Markos
— MF Greece GRE Nikos Nioplias
— MF Greece GRE Georgios Georgiadis
— MF Argentina ARG Juan José Borrelli
— FW Greece GRE Alexis Alexoudis
— FW Poland POL Krzysztof Warzycha
— FW Australia AUS Louis Christodoulou
— FW Greece GRE Georgios Kafes
— DF Greece GRE Georgios Kapouranis
— FW Greece GRE Giannis Thomaidis

Competitions

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Alpha Ethniki

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Main article: 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 34 26 5 3 72 22 +50 83 Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2 AEK Athens 34 25 6 3 87 22 +65 81 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Olympiacos 34 19 8 7 66 34 +32 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Iraklis 34 17 7 10 51 39 +12 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 OFI 34 17 6 11 57 52 +5 57
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round

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Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League qualifying round
9 August 1995 First leg Panathinaikos Greece 0–0 Croatia Hajduk Split Athens, Greece
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0 (the game became under closed doors)
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
23 August 1995 Second leg Hajduk Split Croatia 1–1
(1–1a agg.)		 Greece Panathinaikos Rijeka, Croatia
Štimac 5' Report Borelli 54' Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Group A

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Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Greece Panathinaikos 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 France Nantes 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
3 Portugal Porto 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7
4 Denmark AaB[a] 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 4
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ After matchday 1 in the group, AaB replaced Dynamo Kyiv, who were banned following a failed attempt to bribe a referee.
27 September 1995 2 Panathinaikos Greece 3–1 France Nantes Athens, Greece
21:30 Georgiadis 17'
Warzycha 30', 46'		 Report N'Doram 88' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 58,656
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
18 October 1995 3 Porto Portugal 0–1 Greece Panathinaikos Porto, Portugal
19:30 Report Markos 41' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 17,920
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
25 October 1995 1 Aalborg BK Denmark 2–1 Greece Panathinaikos Aalborg, Denmark
20:30 Andersen 7'
Madsen 90'		 Report Warzycha 41' Stadium: Aalborg
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
1 November 1995 4 Panathinaikos Greece 0–0 Portugal Porto Athens, Greece
21:30 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 59,336
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
22 November 1995 5 Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 Denmark Aalborg BK Athens, Greece
21:30 Alexoudis 1'
Georgiadis 39'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 32,532
Referee: Vaclav Krondl (Czech Republic)
6 December 1995 6 Nantes France 0–0 Greece Panathinaikos Nantes, France
20:30 Report Stadium: La Beaujoire
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Knockout stage

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Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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6 March 1996 First leg Legia Warsaw Poland 0–0 Greece Panathinaikos Warsaw, Poland
20:30 Report Stadium: Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
20 March 1996 Second leg Panathinaikos Greece 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Poland Legia Warsaw Athens, Greece
21:30 Warzycha 33', 57'
Borrelli 71'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 70,039
Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)
Semi-finals
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3 April 1996 First leg Ajax Netherlands 0–1 Greece Panathinaikos Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 Report Warzycha 87' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 30,507
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
17 April 1996 Second leg Panathinaikos Greece 0–3
(1–3 agg.)		 Netherlands Ajax Athens, Greece
21:30 Report Litmanen 4', 77'
Wooter 86'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 73,529
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Team kit

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Home[1]
Away
Third [2][3]
Third (2) [4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ stratasports.co.uk
  2. ^ pao.gr (in Greek)
  3. ^ newspao.gr (in Greek)
  4. ^ footbik.narod.ru
  5. ^ enet.gr (in Greek)
  6. ^ onsports.gr (in Greek)
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