2020–21 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
2020–21 season
ChairmanGreece Manos Mavrokoukoulakis
ManagerDani Poyatos (until 11 October)
Sotiris Silaidopoulos (caretaker, from 12 October to 19 October)
László Bölöni (from 19 October to 10 May)
Sotiris Silaidopoulos (caretaker, from 11 May to 16 May)
StadiumLeoforos Alexandras Stadium
Athens Olympic Stadium
Super League5th
Greek CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Federico Macheda
(9 goals)
All:
Federico Macheda
(10 goals)

The 2020–21 Panathinaikos season was the club's 62nd consecutive season in Super League Greece. They also competed in the Greek Cup, falling in the quarter-final stage to PAS Giannina.

Players

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Sokratis Dioudis Greece GK (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31) Greece Aris Thessaloniki
15 Vasilis Xenopoulos Greece GK (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) Youth system
61 Christos Chatzigiannakis Greece GK (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22) Youth system
68 Nikos Christogeorgos Greece GK (2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 24) Youth system
Defenders
3 Juankar Spain LB / LM (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 34) Spain Málaga
4 Fran Vélez Spain CB (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 33) Greece Aris Thessaloniki
5 Bart Schenkeveld Netherlands CB (1991-08-28) 28 August 1991 (age 33) Australia Melbourne City
12 Ilias Chatzitheodoridis Greece LB / LM (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 27) England Brentford
14 Facundo Sánchez Argentina RB (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34) Argentina Estudiantes
38 Dimitris Karagiannis Greece CB (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23) Youth system
44 Achilleas Poungouras Greece CB (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 29) Greece PAOK
58 Yohan Mollo France RW / LW / RB (1989-07-18) 18 July 1989 (age 35) France Sochaux
77 Spyros Tzavidas Greece RW / LW / RB (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23) Youth system
Midfielders
6 Younousse Sankharé Senegal MF / DM (1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 (age 35) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
7 António Xavier Portugal RW (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) Portugal Tondela
8 Yassin Ayoub Morocco MF (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30) Netherlands Feyenoord
11 Anastasios Chatzigiovanis Greece RW / LW (1997-05-31) 31 May 1997 (age 27) Youth system
17 Cheikh Niasse Senegal DM / CB (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 24) France Lille On loan
18 Giannis Bouzoukis Greece MF / RW (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 26) Youth system
19 Lucas Villafáñez Argentina MF / RW (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 33) Mexico Atlético Morelia
20 Dimitris Serpezis Greece MF (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 23) Youth system
21 Dimitrios Kourbelis Greece DM / CB (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31) Greece Asteras Tripoli
22 Aitor Cantalapiedra Spain RW / LW (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) Netherlands Twente
23 Yeni Ngbakoto Democratic Republic of the Congo RW / LW (1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 32) France Guingamp
37 Andreas Athanasakopoulos Greece MF (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001 (age 23) Youth system
55 Sotiris Alexandropoulos Greece DM / MF (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 23) Youth system
57 Uffe Bech Denmark RW / LW (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) Germany Hannover 96
88 Maurício Brazil MF (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 36) Greece PAOK
Forwards
9 Federico Macheda Italy CF (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 33) Italy Novara
10 Carlitos Spain CF (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34) United Arab Emirates Al Wahda
27 Fotis Ioannidis Greece CF (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 25) Greece Levadiakos
99 Argyris Kampetsis Greece CF (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 25) Germany Borussia Dortmund II

Transfers

Summer window

In

Squad # Position Player Transferred From Fee Date Ref
22 MF Spain Aitor Cantalapiedra Netherlands Twente Free 24 June 2020 [1]
4 DF Spain Fran Vélez Greece Aris Thessaloniki Free 7 July 2020 [2]
7 MF Portugal António Xavier Portugal Tondela Free 30 July 2020 [3]
19 MF Argentina Lucas Villafáñez Mexico Atlético Morelia Free 6 August 2020 [4]
27 FW Greece Fotis Ioannidis Greece Levadiakos €60,000 10 August 2020 [5]
14 DF Argentina Facundo Sánchez Argentina Estudiantes Free 23 August 2020 [6]
3 DF Spain Juankar Spain Málaga Free 9 September 2020 [7]
16 DF Spain Antoñito Spain Real Valladolid Free 26 September 2020 [8]
88 MF Brazil Maurício Greece PAOK Free 11 October 2020 [9]

Loan returns

Squad # Position Player Transferred From Fee Date Ref
MF Greece Dimos Chantzaras Greece Veria Loan return 1 July 2020
MF Greece Adriano Skenderaj Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Loan return 1 July 2020
24 DF Greece Theofanis Mavrommatis Denmark SønderjyskE Loan return 1 July 2020
54 FW Greece Kristo Shehu Italy Bologna Loan return 1 July 2020
6 MF Spain Fausto Tienza Spain Gimnàstic Loan return 1 July 2020
20 FW Greece Nikos Vergos Spain Hércules Loan return 1 July 2020
DF Greece Thanasis Dimitroulas Greece Thesprotos Loan return 1 July 2020
17 MF Greece Dimitris Emmanouilidis Greece Panionios Loan return 1 July 2020
29 FW Netherlands Mark Sifneos Greece Apollon Larissa Loan return 1 July 2020
58 DF France Yohan Mollo France Orléans Loan return 1 July 2020
59 FW Italy Christian Konan Greece Levadiakos Loan return 1 July 2020

Out

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Fee Date Ref
10 MF Norway Ghayas Zahid Cyprus APOEL End of loan 30 June 2020
57 DF Greece Georgios Vagiannidis Italy Inter Milan End of contract 30 June 2020
3 DF Argentina Emanuel Insúa Greece AEK Athens End of contract 30 June 2020
2 DF Sweden Mattias Johansson Turkey Gençlerbirliği End of contract 30 June 2020
16 DF Greece Kostas Apostolakis Cyprus APOEL End of contract 30 June 2020
8 MF Greece Christos Donis Italy Ascoli End of contract 30 June 2020
30 DF Portugal João Nunes Hungary Puskás Akadémia €200,000 1 July 2020 [10]
29 FW Netherlands Mark Sifneos Switzerland Chiasso Free 17 July 2020 [11]
26 MF Morocco Anuar Tuhami Spain Real Valladolid End of loan 31 July 2020
22 MF Hungary Dominik Nagy Poland Legia Warsaw End of loan 31 July 2020
20 FW Greece Nikos Vergos Greece Panetolikos Free 4 August 2020 [12]
DF Greece Thanasis Dimitroulas Greece Diagoras Free 20 August 2020 [13]
27 GK Greece Konstantinos Kotsaris Greece Apollon Smyrnis Free 14 September 2020 [14]
4 DF Greece Dimitrios Kolovetsios Turkey Kayserispor Free 15 September 2020 [15]
MF Greece Dimos Chantzaras Greece Pierikos Free 24 September 2020

Loans out

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Fee Date Ref
6 MF Spain Fausto Tienza Spain Gimnàstic Loan 10 August 2020 [16]
19 FW Colombia Juan José Perea Greece Volos Loan 2 September 2020 [17]
7 MF Greece Dimitris Kolovos Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Loan 11 September 2020 [18]
23 DF Greece Vangelis Theocharis Greece Levadiakos Loan 16 September 2020 [19]

Winter window

In

Squad # Position Player Transferred From Fee Date Ref
6 MF Senegal Younousse Sankharé Bulgaria CSKA Sofia €250,000 31 January 2021 [20]
23 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Yeni Ngbakoto France Guingamp Free 1 February 2021 [21]

Loans in

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Fee Date Ref
17 MF Senegal Cheikh Niasse France Lille Loan 1 February 2021 [22]

Out

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Fee Date Ref
16 DF Spain Antoñito Spain Cartagena Free 19 January 2021 [23]
47 DF Greece Vasilis Zagaritis Italy Parma €380,000 22 January 2021 [24]
24 DF Greece Theofanis Mavrommatis Greece Atromitos Free 31 January 2021 [25]
59 FW Italy Christian Konan Spain Logroñés B Free 3 February 2021 [26]
54 FW Albania Kristo Shehu Greece Apollon Larissa Free 18 February 2021

Loans out

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Fee Date Ref
17 FW Greece Dimitris Emmanouilidis Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Loan 22 January 2021 [27]

Pre-season and friendlies

22 August 2020 Friendly Panathinaikos Greece 3–0 Greece Marko Koropi, Greece
18:30 Macheda 4'
Xavier 37'
Tzavidas 64'		 Report Stadium: Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center
26 August 2020 Friendly Panathinaikos Greece 1–0 Greece OFI Athens, Greece
21:00 Macheda 41' Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
29 August 2020 Friendly Panathinaikos Greece 0–1 Greece Lamia Koropi, Greece
19:30 Report Kostikas 85' (pen.) Stadium: Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center
5 September 2020 Friendly Panathinaikos Greece 0–1 Greece PAOK Athens, Greece
19:00 Report Akpom 40' Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
19 September 2020 Friendly Panathinaikos Greece 1–0 Greece Levadiakos Athens, Greece
18:30 Macheda 58' (pen.) Report Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

Competitions

Super League Greece

Main article: 2020–21 Super League Greece

Regular season

League table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 +12 48 Qualification for the Play-off round
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 +23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 +11 45
6 Asteras Tripolis 26 11 9 6 27 25 +2 42
7 Volos 26 8 9 9 26 32 −6 33 Qualification for the Play-out round
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against.
Matches
13 September 2020 1 Asteras Tripolis 1–0 Panathinaikos Tripoli
20:30 Riera 73' Report Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
28 September 2020 3 AEL 1–1 Panathinaikos Larissa
19:30 Pinakas 87' Report Macheda 26' Stadium: Alcazar Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou
4 October 2020 4 Panathinaikos 0–1 Aris Athens
16:00 Report Mancini 25' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Petros Tsagkarakis
18 October 2020 5 OFI 2–2 Panathinaikos Heraklion
16:00 Sturgeon 37'
Mellado 77'		 Report Carlitos 49'
Macheda 90+4'		 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Referee: Vasilios Fotias
24 October 2020 6 Panathinaikos 1–1 Volos Athens
20:30 Carlitos 56' Report Bartolo 90+2' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou
31 October 2020 7 Lamia 0–2 Panathinaikos Lamia
19:30 Report Carlitos 8', 60' Stadium: Lamia Municipal Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
3 November 2020 2 Panathinaikos 1–0 Apollon Smyrnis Athens
17:15 Chatzigiovanis 27' (pen.) Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Stefanos Koubarakis
7 November 2020 8 Panathinaikos 0–1 Atromitos Athens
19:30 Report Christodoulopoulos 88' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Petros Tsagarakis
21 November 2020 9 Olympiacos 1–0 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:30 Fortounis 27' (pen.) Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Artur Soares Dias
29 November 2020 10 Panathinaikos 2–1 Panetolikos Athens
15:00 Macheda 19'
Liavas 43' (o.g.)		 Report Mendoza 90+5' (pen.) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
6 December 2020 11 AEK Athens 1–2 Panathinaikos Athens
19:30 Oliveira 87' Report Macheda
45+2' Kourbelis		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium 33'
Referee: Irfan Peljto
12 December 2020 12 Panathinaikos 2–0 PAS Giannina Athens
19:30 Villafáñez 33'
Aitor 59'		 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
20 December 2020 13 PAOK 2–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 Ingason 11'
Świderski 65'		 Report Aitor 16' Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Tamás Bognár
3 January 2021 14 Panathinaikos 0–0 Asteras Tripolis Athens
15:00 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Athanassios Tzilos
6 January 2021 15 Apollon Smyrnis 0–1 Panathinaikos Athens
15:00 Report Ioannidis 16' Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium
Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis
10 January 2021 16 Panathinaikos 2–0 AEL Athens
19:30 Carlitos 36'
Emmanouilidis 90+4'		 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
17 January 2021 17 Aris 0–1 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 Report Kampetsis 9' Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
23 January 2021 18 Panathinaikos 2–0 OFI Athens
19:30 Schenkeveld 32'
Kampetsis 86'		 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis
27 January 2021 19 Volos 0–2 Panathinaikos Volos
15:00 Report Kampetsis 42'
Ioannidis 65'		 Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Referee: Angelos Evangelou
30 January 2021 20 Panathinaikos 0–0 Lamia Athens
19:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
6 February 2021 21 Atromitos 2–3 Panathinaikos Athens
19:30 Goutas 45+1'
Agayev 54'		 Report Vélez 10'
Carlitos 48'
Sankharé 84'		 Stadium: Peristeri Stadium
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos
14 February 2021 22 Panathinaikos 2–1 Olympiacos Athens
19:30 Mauricio 6'
Sankharé 73'		 Report El-Arabi 82' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Robert Madden
22 February 2021 23 Panetolikos 1–0 Panathinaikos Agrinio
19:30 N'Dinga 6' Report Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos
28 February 2021 24 Panathinaikos 1–1 AEK Athens Athens
19:30 Vélez 58' Report L. Garcia 82' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Giorgi Kabakov
6 March 2021 25 PAS Giannina 1–0 Panathinaikos Ioannina
19:30 Milinceanu 19' Report Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos
14 March 2021 26 Panathinaikos 2–1 PAOK Athens
19:30 Macheda 39'
Ioannidis 84'		 Report Krmenčík 84' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Play-off round

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olympiacos (C) 36 28 6 2 82 19 +63 90 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 PAOK 36 18 10 8 60 34 +26 64 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
3 Aris 36 17 10 9 41 26 +15 61 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 AEK Athens 36 17 9 10 53 45 +8 60
5 Panathinaikos 36 14 11 11 41 34 +7 53
6 Asteras Tripolis 36 12 15 9 36 38 −2 51
Source: Super League Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (Regular season and play-off); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (Regular season and play-off); 4) Regular season position.[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ PAOK qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
21 March 2021 1 Asteras Tripolis 2–2 Panathinaikos Tripoli
18:00 Fernández 84'
Papadopoulos 90+7'		 Report Macheda 58', 59' Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Referee: Antonio Nobre
4 April 2021 2 Panathinaikos 3–0 PAOK Athens
15:00 Macheda 39'
Villafáñez 79'
Aitor 85'		 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev
11 April 2021 3 Olympiacos 3–1 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:30 Hassan 45+3', 72'
Bruma 90+7'		 Report Macheda 39' Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Ivan Bebek
18 April 2021 4 Panathinaikos 1–2 Aris Athens
15:00 Sankharé 31' Report Manos 62'
M. García 65'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Kristo Tohver
21 April 2021 5 AEK Athens 1–1 Panathinaikos Athens
21:30 L. García 90+2' Report Ioannidis 36' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Dennis Higler
25 April 2021 6 PAOK 0–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
15:00 Report Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Referee: Matias Gestranius
5 May 2021 7 Panathinaikos 2–2 Asteras Tripolis Athens
19:30 Chatzigiovanis 28', 53' Report Suárez 10'
Barrales 42'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Efstathios Gortsilas
9 May 2021 8 Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens Athens
19:30 Report Mantalos 50' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Yavhenii Aranovkyi
12 May 2021 9 Aris 0–0 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:30 Report Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Referee: Istvan Vad
16 May 2021 10 Panathinaikos 1–4 Olympiacos Athens
19:30 Mauricio 53' Report Masouras 7', 12'
El-Arabi 38', 72'		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Andreas Ekberg

Greek Football Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Greek Football Cup

Quarter-finals

18 February 2021 First leg PAS Giannina 2–1 Panathinaikos Agrinio
15:00 Pamlidis 21'
Kargas 66'		 Report Macheda 2' Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos
Note: The match took place at Panetolikos Stadium due to the inappropriateness of the Zosimades Stadium.[29]
2 March 2021 Second leg Panathinaikos 1–2
(2–4 agg.)		 PAS Giannina Athens
16:00 Poungouras 74' Report Pantelakis 2'
Chatzitheodoridis 9' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Kirill Levnikov

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