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unusual facts about Panathinaikos



1968–69 Greek Cup

Mimis Domazos, captain of Panathinaikos, choose the correct side and his team was awarded the cup.

2012–13 Greek Basket League

The events of the 3rd game of the series, happened after the owner of Panathinaikos, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, and three other men, entered into the referee locker room at the home arena of Panathinaikos, OAKA, during halftime of the 2nd game of the series.

Alexandros Tabakis

He started playing football for Takis Oikonomopoulos's academy, in Artemida, Attica, from there, he moved to Paiania (training ground) to be a member of Panathinaikos's youth academies.

Alexandros Tzorvas

A string of very good performances made him quickly a starter for the team from Crete even though his transfer was looked critically by OFI fans mainly because of what they see as one sided "colonial"-style agreements that their team is signing with Panathinaikos.

Alexis Tsipras

Tsipras is an avid football fan and, having grown up near the stadium, supports Panathinaikos, attending every home game that he can.

Alphonso Ford

Ford signed the deal and the results were immediate: he led the Reds to a Greek Cup trophy by having 20 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds in the semifinal against Bodiroga's Panathinaikos and 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in the final game to defeat Maroussi 66–74.

Boban Janković

Janković scored a basket on a drive to the hoop while being guarded by Panathinaikos player Fragiskos Alvertis.

Costas Aslanidis

However, Aslanidis made exceptions to his own rules, most noteworthy of which was the transfer of Aspida Xanthi forward, Antonis Antoniadis, to Panathinaikos.

Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos

For that reason, Panathinaikos' then manager Henk ten Cate used Gabriel mainly as a right midfielder or winger in 4–2–3–1 and 4–3–2–1 formations.

Gergely Rudolf

Gergely Rudolf signed a one-year loan contract with Panathinaikos to become the fifth signing for the Greens this summer on the very last day of the transfer window on 31 August 2011.

Ioannis Kyrastas

Starting in the 1987–1988 season and until 2001 he successfully coached many teams, including Ethnikos Piraeus, Paniliakos (twice), Panionios FC, Iraklis and finally Panathinaikos.

Juan Ramón Verón

Known as one of Estudiantes' all time great players, he moved on to play for Panathinaikos F.C. of Athens, Greece in 1972.

Konstantinos Kaznaferis

It is important to mention that the Bulgarian team coach is Hristo Bonev, who had a remarkable career in the Super League for AEK, besides the fact that he served as a coach of Panathinaikos,Larissa and Ionikos.

Kosta Barbarouses

On 27 June 2012, Barbarouses signed a one-year loan contract with Greek giants Panathinaikos.

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

In December, in order for Panathinaikos' president, Giannis Alafouzos, to save money for the team, he released players with high-paying contacts; as a result Christodoulopoulos was released alongside Nikos Spyropoulos, Loukas Vyntra, Antonis Petropoulos and Sebastian Leto.

Leros

Totis Filakouris, a soccer player for Panathinaikos during the years 1965-1975

Loukas Mavrokefalidis

Loukas Mavrokefalidis (alternate spelling: Mavrokefalides) (Greek: Λουκάς Μαυροκεφαλίδης; born July 25, 1984 in Jeseník, Czechoslovakia) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League.

Mihalis

Mihalis Filopoulos (1985–2007), Panathinaikos fan who was stabbed to death in 2007 at Paiania near Athens, Greece

Mimis Pierrakos

They returned his bones back to Athens, covered with the flag of Panathinaikos and buried them at the cemetery of Zografou on 19 November 1950.

Panagiotis Giannakis

In 1995, Giannakis moved to Panathinaikos, where he finally won the Euroleague title in 1996, in Paris.

Takis Ikonomopoulos

Takis Ikonomopoulos' record places him in spot number 19 in the World's Top Division Goalkeepers of all time with the longest time without conceding a goal (the second highest for Greece, ranking at world spot 38 is Vasilis Konstantinou of Panathinaikos who went 988 minutes without giving up a goal, from 30 December 1979 until 16 March 1980).

Velić

Jasminko Velić (21st century), current technical director of Panathinaikos FC

Zdeněk Ščasný

Ščasný took over in the middle of Panathinaikos' UEFA Champions League campaign, and with two impressive draws against Arsenal, another draw in Norway against Rosenborg and a resounding win over PSV Eindhoven in Athens, Ščasný guided the Greek side to finish 3rd in a difficult group, thus moving them to the UEFA Cup.


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