2009–10 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos

2009–10 season
Chairman	Nikos Pateras
Manager	Nikos Nioplias
Stadium	Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League Greece	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Djibril Cissé (23) All: Djibril Cissé (29)
Highest home attendance	61,135 vs Olympiacos (21 March 2010)
Lowest home attendance	5,058 vs Kallithea (3 February 2010)
Average home league attendance	29,226
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2009–10 season was Panathinaikos' 51st consecutive season in Super League Greece. The 2009–10 season was very successful for Panathinaikos. At the summer transfer window the club bought Djibril Cissé from Marseille, Kostas Katsouranis from Benfica, Sebastian Leto from Liverpool and various other players spending more than €35 million. The team managed to enter the final 16 of Europa League and win the Greek Championship. Panathinaikos completed the domestic double by winning the Greek Cup final.

Current squad

As of 9 September 2009.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mario Galinović (vice-captain) 3 DF Josu Sarriegi 5 FW Ante Rukavina 7 MF Sotiris Ninis 8 DF Cédric Kanté 9 FW Djibril Cissé 11 MF Sebastián Leto 14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain) 15 MF Gilberto Silva (vice-captain) 17 MF Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 18 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr 19 DF Gabriel 21 DF Filipos Darlas

No. Position Player 22 DF Stergos Marinos 23 MF Simão 24 DF Loukas Vintra 25 DF Giourkas Seitaridis 26 MF Giorgos Karagounis (captain) 27 GK Alexandros Tzorvas 28 FW Antonis Petropoulos 29 MF Kostas Katsouranis (vice-captain) 30 GK Orestis Karnezis 31 DF Nikos Spiropoulos 34 DF Giorgos Machlelis 38 MF Cleyton

Squad changes for 2009–10

In

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

No. Position Player 8 DF Cédric Kanté (From Nice) on a free transfer[2] 9 FW Djibril Cissé (From Sunderland) for €8 million[3] 11 MF Sebastián Leto (From Liverpool) for €4 million[4] 18 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr (From IFK Göteborg) for €0.45 million[5] 22 DF Stergos Marinos (From Atromitos) for €0.1 million[6] 25 DF Giourkas Seitaridis (from Atlético Madrid) on a free transfer[7] 29 MF Kostas Katsouranis (From Benfica) for €3 million[8]

total spending : 15,550,000 €

Out

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

No. Position Player DF Mikael Nilsson (to Brøndby) on a free transfer[9] DF Jakub Wawrzyniak (loan return to Legia Warsaw) DF Giannis Goumas (retired)[10] GK Arkadiusz Malarz (to Larissa) on a free transfer[11] DF Stefanos Siontis (to Kavala) on a free transfer[12]

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Nasief Morris (on loan to Racing de Santander)[13] MF Andreas Ivanschitz (on loan to Mainz)[14] DF David (on loan to Flamengo)[15] MF Sotiris Leontiou (on loan to Kavala)[16] MF Marcelo Mattos (on loan to Corinthians)[17] DF Christos Melissis (on loan to Larissa)[18] DF Bryce Moon (on loan to PAOK)[19] FW Vangelis Mantzios (on loan to Anorthosis)

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Nikos Nioplias
Assistant manager	Krzysztof Warzycha
Assistant manager	Michalis Iordanidis
Physical fitness coach	Stergios Fotopoulos
Goalkeeping coach	Vasilis Alexoudis
Team manager	Grigoris Papavasiliou
Team doctor	Panagiotis Kouloumentas

Source:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Panathinaikos (C)	30	22	4	4	54	17	+37	70	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Olympiacos	30	19	7	4	47	18	+29	64	Playoffs
3	PAOK	30	19	5	6	41	16	+25	62
4	AEK Athens	30	15	8	7	43	31	+12	53
5	Aris	30	12	10	8	35	28	+7	46
6	Kavala	30	10	9	11	31	32	−1	39
7	Atromitos	30	10	8	12	34	36	−2	38
8	Larissa	30	10	7	13	31	42	−11	37		AEL: 7 pts, 8–5 PIO: 5 pts, 4–5 IRA: 4 pts, 3–5
9	Panionios	30	9	10	11	34	35	−1	37
10	Iraklis Thessaloniki	30	10	7	13	39	41	−2	37
11	Ergotelis	30	9	9	12	37	41	−4	36		AST 2–4 ERG ERG 4–3 AST
12	Asteras Tripoli	30	10	6	14	29	36	−7	36
13	Skoda Xanthi	30	10	5	15	27	36	−9	35
14	Levadiakos (R)	30	9	7	14	31	44	−13	34	Relegation to Beta Ethniki
15	PAS Giannina (R)	30	7	7	16	27	46	−19	28
16	Panthrakikos (R)	30	3	3	24	21	62	−41	12

Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Greek Cup Final

The 68th Greek Cup Final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Panathinaikos v Aris

24 April 2010 20:30

Panathinaikos	1 – 0	Aris
Leto  63'

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)

Panathinaikos

Aris

PANATHINAIKOS: GK 27 Alexandros Tzorvas DF 24 Loukas Vintra DF 31 Nikos Spiropoulos  30' DF 8 Cédric Kanté MF 29 Kostas Katsouranis MF 15 Gilberto Silva (c) MF 23 Simão Mate Junior  59' MF 7 Sotiris Ninis  66' MF 11 Sebastián Leto  40'  78' FW 5 Dimitris Salpingidis  62' FW 9 Djibril Cissé Substitutes: DF 22 Stergos Marinos  66' MF 26 Giorgos Karagounis  62' MF 17 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  78' Manager: Nikos Nioplias

ARIS: GK 1 Michalis Sifakis DF 2 Darcy Dolce Neto DF 32 Kristi Vangjeli DF 15 Cristian Nasuti DF 5 Ronaldo Guiaro MF 55 Thanasis Prittas  47' MF 6 Mehdi Nafti  74' MF 7 Toni Calvo  12'  83' MF 17 Camel Meriem  66' FW 18 Javier Cámpora FW 10 Sergio Koke (c) Substitutes: MF 9 Dario Fernandez  74' MF 20 Javito  66' FW 11 Freddy Adu  83' Manager: Héctor Cúper

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: K. Dallas D. Tatsis Fourth official: M. Koukoulakis

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

References

1. http://www.pao.gr/el/firstteam/roster/
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3. "Cisse joins Panathinaikos". RTÉ Sport. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
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6. http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/192658
7. http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/194210
8. PAO FC sign Katsouranis
9. "Nilsson to HBK – but not yet" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 2008-03-04. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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15. http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/186663
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19. http://www.pao.gr/el/news/clubnews/?itemid=bd076c21-c841-4cd3-a4f2-ddb17ed81375