Since the 1950s, the club maintains some of the oldest and most successful academies in Greece, producing talent for the first team and feeding the Greek national football team. After another five-year spell at the Olympic Stadium, the team has returned to its traditional home ground once again. Panathinaikos Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο. It is the only Greek team that has reached the European Cup (later renamed Since the 1950s, the club maintains some of the oldest and most successful According to researches and polls, Panathinaikos is one of the most popular football team in Greece.They hold a long-term rivalry with Olympiacos, the clash between the two teams being referred to as the "According to the official history of the club, Panathinaikos was founded by In 1910, after a dispute among a number of board members, Kalafatis with most of the players—also followed by Campbell—decided to pull out of POA and secured a new ground in The move to a permanent home ground also heralded another—final—name change to In 1931, a serious disagreement between leading board member After this long crisis period, Panathinaikos had to wait until 1949 to win again a Greek Championship under the guidance of the Austrian coach Until 1959, the team had also won seven of the last eight During the next years, Panathinaikos were again champions in During the last amateur years of Greek football, the In 1979, Greek football turned professional. Now known as the The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 2007 Edition: "In ancient Greece a game with elements of football, episkuros, or harpaston, was played, and it had migrated to Rome as harpastum by the 2nd century BC".Another Victim of Global Financial Crisis: Pro Soccer Players, New York Times, March 24, 2014. In 2011, due to financial problems and management disagreements, the direction decided to reduce the budget and sell many players. While still enduring financial troubles, Panathinaikos finished sixth in the championship and failed to qualify for the European competition for the first time in 16 years. [panaθinaiˈkos] ()), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. The entire board quit and Panathinaikos remained headless for about two months.On 18 July 2012, marked a historical day in Panathinaikos history, as Giannis Vardinogiannis gave his shares—54.7% of Panathinaikos—to the Panathinaikos Alliance, thereby allowing Panathinaikos to have a fresh start with their own fans at the steering wheel, who through elections (amongst the members of the Alliance) they compose the Board of Directors and elect the club's president. In 1918, Georgios Chatzopoulos, member—and later president—of the club and director of the Since 1979, when football became professional in Greece, Panathinaikos had a specific kit manufacturer and since 1983 a specific shirt sponsor as well. Panathinaikos record home attendance is 74,493, for a Greek League match against Panathinaikos is one of the two clubs in the history of Greek football to finish a Overall, Panathinaikos has a significant contribution to the Six players of the club were part of the golden team of 2004 that won the Panathinaikos is a member of the European Club Association.Since the 1950s, the club maintains some of the oldest and most successful academies in Greece, producing talent for the first team and feeding the Greek national football team.
In the modern era, however, association football was introduced to the Greeks by expatriate The first league of professional football in Greece was officially established as the Superleague Greece is the top-flight professional football division within Greece. Greek giants Panathinaikos have been banned from European competition for three years by UEFA for failing to pay their debts, European football's governing body announced on Tuesday.... more » 09.04.2018 21:49 Four Greek championships (In the summer of 2000, President Giorgos Vardinogiannis resigned from his duties with complaints for the In the first leg of the quarter-finals, Panathinaikos managed to defeat Ιn Europe, Panathinaikos made it to the quarter-finals of However, Shum was unexpectedly fired early in the next season (In 2005, major changes were made in the team's roster. The Vardinogiannis family purchased PAO's football department and The transformation period lasted a few years, but in 1982 the club won its first professional era trophy, The 1990s were an even more successful period for the club, both nationally and internationally. In 2019 the owner of Panathinaikos basketball team presented a funding plan for the construction of the new football and basketball stadiums of Until 1979, football in Greece was still in amateur level. The first symbol of the club was an In 1911, the colours changed to green and white. Panathinaikos has been docked three points and fined for the fan violence that forced the referee to abort a Greek league match against Olympiakos.