Panathinaikos F.C. Academy

Panathinaikos FC Academy
Full name Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools
Founded 1956
Ground Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center
Owner Panathinaikos F.C.
Chairman Vasilis Konstantinou
Technical Director Takis Fyssas
Website Club website

Panathinaikos maintains youth and amateur departments since the 50's, while Panathinaikos F.C. manage them since 1981. They cooperate with a network of 55 soccer schools in Greece (Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools), while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad (Cyprus, United States, Australia, Canada, Israel).

History

Since 1928 József Künsztler, coach of the first team, tried to rejuvenate the team with players from the second (reverse) team.

During the 50's the ex-player of the team, Antonis Migiakis, had the leading role on the creation of the first youth departments of the club. First coaches were Harry Game and Svetislav Glišović. Migiakis was appointed later also as a coach the years 1967-69, 1971-74 και 1981-85. Andreas Papaemmanouil had also significant contribution.

During the presidency of Yiorgos Vardinogiannis the Academy was re-organized. Alf Ramsey was appointed as Technical Director, while all the youth departments were housed in Paiania (training ground).

In 2005 Panathinaikos won the Copa Amsterdam, the annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax.

Since 2013, the academies are housed also in the Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center, the new athletic center of Panathinaikos FC.

Honours

1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).

Players

U-19 squad

As of 1 September 2016[1]

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

No. Position Player
Greece GK Vasilios Xenopoulos
Greece GK Konstantinos Chalkidis
Greece DF Georgios Servilakis
Greece DF Charalampos Stratigis
Greece DF Konstantinos Valmas
Greece DF Christos Zervopoulos
Greece DF Manolis Samios
Greece DF Andreas Xiros
Greece DF Konstantinos Valmas
Greece DF Antonis Ikonomopoulos
Greece DF Alexandros Triantafyllopoulos
Greece DF Theofanis Mavromatis
Greece DF Giannis Andreou
No. Position Player
Greece DF Andreas Zikos
Greece MF Giorgos-Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Greece MF Konstantinos Apostolakis
Greece MF Vangelis Xepapadakis
Greece MF Leonidas Kalomoiris
Greece MF Christos Kountouriotis
Greece MF Petros Agiasiotis
Greece MF Giannis Bouzoukis
Greece MF Vangelis Theocharis
Greece FW Spyros Papanikolaou
Greece FW Athanasios Dimitroulas
Albania FW Kristo Shehu

Notable players

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

Personnel

Academies staff

Position Name
Youth Academy Technical DirectorGreece Takis Fyssas
U-20 coachGreece Vaggelis Samios
U-17 coachGreece Kostas Frantzeskos
U-16 coachGreece Spiros Marangos
U-15 coachGreece Aris Kiriazis
U-14 coachGreece Thomas Mavroudis
U-13 coachGreece Manolis Papadakis
U-12 coachGreece Kostas Tarasis
U-11 coachGreece Dimitris Klis
Fitness CoachGreece Alexis Alexopoulos
Management supportGreece Giannis Koulouriotis
SecretariatGreece Alkisti Agrimaki
ScouterGreece Dimitris Markos
ScouterGreece Andreas Lagonikakis
ScouterGreece Kostas Mpatsinilas
ScouterGreece Giorgos Famelis
ScouterGreece Markos Tsompanopoulos

References

  1. ↑ "Panathinaikos Under 20". pao.gr. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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