1995–96 Panathinaikos F.C. season

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.

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

Squad

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

Alpha Ethniki
Main article: 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round
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: 13,000
Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Group A
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[lower-alpha 1] 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 4
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. After matchday 1 in the group, Aalborg BK 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: 65,000
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: 27,500
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
Main article: 1995–96 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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: 74,084
Referee: Sergej Chusainov (Russia)
Semi-finals
3 April 1996 First leg Ajax Netherlands 0–1 Greece Panathinaikos Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 Report Warzycha 87' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 42,000
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: 74,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

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

References
  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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