2009–10 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Panathinaikos' 51st consecutive season in Super League Greece. The 2009–10 season was very successful for Panathinaikos. At the summer transfer window the club bought Djibril Cissé from Marseille, Kostas Katsouranis from Benfica, Sebastian Leto from Liverpool and various other players spending more than €35 million. The team managed to enter the final 16 of Europa League and win the Greek Championship. Panathinaikos completed the domestic double by winning the Greek Cup final.

Panathinaikos
2009–10 season
Chairman Nikos Pateras
Manager Nikos Nioplias
StadiumAthens Olympic Stadium
Super League GreeceWinners
Greek CupWinners
Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Djibril Cissé (23)
All: Djibril Cissé (29)
Highest home attendance61,135 vs Olympiacos (21 March 2010)
Lowest home attendance5,058 vs Kallithea (3 February 2010)
Average home league attendance29,226

Current squad

As of 9 September 2009.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Mario Galinović (vice-captain)
2 DF Bryce Moon
3 DF Josu Sarriegi
4 MF Marcelo Mattos
5 FW Ante Rukavina
6 DF Christos Melissis
7 MF Sotiris Ninis
8 DF Cédric Kanté
9 FW Djibril Cissé
10 FW Cleyton
11 MF Sebastián Leto
14 FW Dimitris Salpingidis (vice-captain)
15 MF Gilberto Silva (vice-captain)
17 MF Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
18 DF Mattias Bjärsmyr
19 DF Gabriel
No. Position Player
20 MF Sotiris Leontiou
21 DF Filipos Darlas
22 DF Stergos Marinos
23 MF Simão
24 DF Loukas Vintra
25 DF Giourkas Seitaridis
26 MF Giorgos Karagounis (captain)
27 GK Orestis Karnezis
28 FW Antonis Petropoulos
29 MF Kostas Katsouranis (vice-captain)
30 GK Alexandros Tzorvas
31 DF Nikos Spiropoulos
32 DF David
34 DF Giorgos Machlelis
39 MF Elini Dimoutsos

Squad changes for 2009–10

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
33 DF Nasief Morris (on loan to Racing de Santander)[13]
10 MF Andreas Ivanschitz (on loan to Mainz)[14]
32 DF David (on loan to Flamengo)[15]
20 MF Sotiris Leontiou (on loan to Kavala)[16]
4 MF Marcelo Mattos (on loan to Corinthians)[17]
6 DF Christos Melissis (on loan to Larissa)[18]
2 DF Bryce Moon (on loan to PAOK)[19]
16 FW Vangelis Mantzios (on loan to Anorthosis)

Club

Management
Position Staff
Manager Nikos Nioplias
Assistant manager Krzysztof Warzycha
Assistant manager Michalis Iordanidis
Physical fitness coach Stergios Fotopoulos
Goalkeeping coach Vasilis Alexoudis
Team manager Grigoris Papavasiliou
Team doctor Panagiotis Kouloumentas

Source:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos (C) 30 22 4 4 54 17 +37 70 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Olympiacos 30 19 7 4 47 18 +29 64 Qualification for Superleague Greece play-offs
3 PAOK 30 19 5 6 41 16 +25 62
4 AEK Athens 30 15 8 7 43 31 +12 53
5 Aris 30 12 10 8 35 28 +7 46
Source: Super League Greece
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match
(C) Champion.

Greek Cup Final

The 68th Greek Cup Final was played at Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Panathinaikos1 – 0Aris
Leto  63'
Referee: A. Kakos (Corfu)

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