en 1995%E2%80%9396 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
1995–96 season
Chairman	Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
Manager	Juan Ramón Rocha
Alpha Ethniki	1st
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Semi-finals
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GRE	Antonios Nikopolidis
—	GK	POL	Józef Wandzik
—	DF	GRE	Stratos Apostolakis
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Goumas
—	DF	GRE	Ioannis Kalitzakis (captain)
—	DF	GRE	Thanasis Kolitsidakis
—	DF	GRE	Marinos Ouzounidis
—	MF	GRE	Angelos Basinas
—	MF	GRE	Giorgos Donis
—	DF	GRE	Georgios Savvas Georgiadis
—	MF	GRE	Andreas Lagonikakis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Spyros Marangos
—	MF	GRE	Dimitris Markos
—	MF	GRE	Nikos Nioplias
—	MF	GRE	Georgios Georgiadis
—	MF	ARG	Juan José Borrelli
—	FW	GRE	Alexis Alexoudis
—	FW	POL	Krzysztof Warzycha
—	FW	AUS	Louis Christodoulou
—	FW	GRE	Georgios Kafes
—	DF	GRE	Georgios Kapouranis
—	FW	GRE	Giannis Thomaidis

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Qualifying round

9 August 1995 First leg	Panathinaikos	0–0	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	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Panathinaikos	Rijeka, Croatia
	Štimac 5'	Report	Borelli 54'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nantes	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Porto	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7
4	AaB^[a]	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ 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	3–1	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	0–1	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	2–1	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	0–0	Porto	Athens, Greece
21:30		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 59,336 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

22 November 1995 5	Panathinaikos	2–0	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	0–0	Panathinaikos	Nantes, France
20:30		Report		Stadium: La Beaujoire Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

6 March 1996 First leg	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Panathinaikos	Warsaw, Poland
20:30		Report		Stadium: Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

20 March 1996 Second leg	Panathinaikos	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Athens, Greece
21:30	Warzycha 33', 57' Borrelli 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,039 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Semi-finals

3 April 1996 First leg	Ajax	0–1	Panathinaikos	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30		Report	Warzycha 87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,507 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

17 April 1996 Second leg	Panathinaikos	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	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

Home^[1]

Away

Third ^[2]^[3]

Third (2) ^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ stratasports.co.uk
^ pao.gr (in Greek)
^ newspao.gr (in Greek)
^ footbik.narod.ru
^ enet.gr (in Greek)
^ onsports.gr (in Greek)

External links

Panathinaikos FC official website

[table_note_AAB0.7485651749878-1] After matchday 1 in the group, AaB replaced Dynamo Kyiv, who were banned following a failed attempt to bribe a referee.

[2] stratasports.co.uk

[3] .gr (in Greek)

[4] wspao.gr (in Greek)

[5] tbik.narod.ru

[6] t.gr (in Greek)

[7] sports.gr (in Greek)

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1995–96 Panathinaikos F.C. season