1998–99 Panionios G.S.S. season

Panionios
1998–99 season
Alpha Ethniki 15th
Greek Cup First round
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals

During the 1998–99 Greek football season, Panionios F.C. competed in the Alpha Ethniki.

Season summary

Panionios reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup for the first time in their history, being knocked out 7-0 on aggregate by eventual champions Lazio. However, league form suffered and the club only avoided relegation on goal difference. Manager Ronnie Whelan left at the end of the season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Giannis Fakis
2 Norway DF Jan Kruse
3 Greece DF Vasilios Kouvalis
4 Greece DF Athanasios Gazis
5 Greece DF Vasilios Ioannidis
6 Greece MF Dimitrios Bougas
8 Norway MF Lars Bakkerud
9 England FW Garry Haylock
10 Greece MF Antonis Sapountzis
11 Norway MF Kent Bergersen
12 Albania GK Foto Strakosha
14 Greece DF Spyros Zarras
16 Greece DF Nikolaos Makrygiannis
No. Position Player
17 Greece FW Dimitris Nalitzis
18 Greece MF Kostas Kafalis
19 Greece DF Georgios Mitsiopoulos
20 Wales DF Gareth Roberts
21 Greece GK Georgios Souloganis
22 Romania MF Edward Iordănescu
23 Greece DF Giannis Kamitsis
24 Greece FW Ilias Ioannou
25 Greece DF Dimitrios Markesinis
26 Greece DF Tasos Zachopoulos
28 Greece MF Theofilos Karasawidis
31 Malta MF Paul Tisdale
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Keith Gumbs

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
7 England FW Mark Robins (on loan to Manchester City)
No. Position Player
20 Greece DF Takis Fyssas (to Panathinaikos)

Results

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Panionios Greece 2 – 0 Finland Haka
Haylock  36'
Robins  54'
Haka Finland 1 – 3 Greece Panionios
Salli  75' Fyssas  32'
Kafalis  45'
Sapountzis  56'

Panionios won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Panionios Greece 3 – 2 Cyprus Apollon Limassol
Sapountzis  22'
Haylock  39'
Robins  57'		 Spoljaric  14', 43'
Apollon Limassol Cyprus 0 – 1 Greece Panionios
Sapountzis  18'

Panionios won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Panionios Greece 0 – 4 Italy Lazio
Stanković  3'  60'
Gazis  14' (o.g.)
Nedvěd  63'
Lazio Italy 3 – 0 Greece Panionios
Nedvěd  70'
Stanković  77'
de la Peña  82'

Lazio won 7–0 on aggregate.

References

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