2005–06 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
2005–06 season
Chairman	Argiris Mitsou
Manager	Alberto Malesani
Ground	Olympic Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	4th round
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Theofanis Gekas (15); All: ; Theofanis Gekas (15)
Highest home attendance	59,096 vs Olympiacos (28 August 2005)
Lowest home attendance	7,049 vs Kallithea (19 February 2006)
Average home league attendance	21,883
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

In the 2005–06 season Panathinaikos played for 47th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in UEFA Champions League and Greek Cup. Season started with Hans Backe as team manager.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Mario Galinović
3	DF	GRE	Filipos Darlas
4	DF	GRE	Ilias Kotsios
5	DF	RSA	Nasief Morris
6	MF	BRA	Flávio Conceição
7	FW	GRE	Theofanis Gekas
8	DF	GRE	Yannis Goumas (captain)
9	FW	POL	Emmanuel Olisadebe
10	MF	ARG	Ezequiel González
11	FW	GRE	Dimitris Papadopoulos (vice-captain)
12	GK	CMR	Pierre Ebede
14	MF	NED	Nordin Wooter
15	MF	CRO	Srđan Andrić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ROU	Lucian Sânmărtean
19	DF	CRO	Anthony Seric
20	MF	GRE	Angelos Basinas
21	MF	CYP	Kostas Charalambidis
22	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis
24	DF	CZE	Loukas Vyntra
25	DF	CRO	Igor Bišćan
26	FW	GRE	Evangelos Mantzios
27	MF	GRE	Sotiris Leontiou
28	MF	GRE	Giorgos Theodoridis
29	DF	SWE	Mikael Nilsson
30	GK	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas
40	FW	HUN	Sandor Torghelle

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	23	1	6	63	23	+40	70	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	AEK Athens	30	21	4	5	42	20	+22	67^[a]	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	30	21	4	5	55	23	+32	67^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Iraklis	30	15	6	9	39	31	+8	51
5	Skoda Xanthi	30	13	8	9	31	25	+6	47

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points (goal difference): AEK 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).

Matches

28 August 2005 1	Panathinaikos	0–2	Olympiacos	Athens
21:00			Stoltidis 35' Đorđević 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 59,096 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

11 September 2005 2	Ionikos	1–1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
20:45	Makor 7'		González 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 2,466 Referee: Theofilos Fotiadis

18 September 2005 3	Levadiakos	0–0	Panathinaikos	Livadeia
21:00				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,473 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

24 September 2005 4	Panathinaikos	3–0	Panionios	Athens
20:00	Mantzios 6' González 15' Goumas 37'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Christoforos Zografos

1 October 2005 5	Kallithea	2–4	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:45	Telkiyski 33' Georgiev 38'		Gekas 40', 70' Kotsios 64' Wooter 90+4'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Michalis Germanakos

15 October 2005 6	Panathinaikos	1–0	Akratitos	Athens
20:00	Mantzios 5'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 47,968 Referee: Dimitrios Stiliaras

23 October 2005 7	AEK Athens	3–0	Panathinaikos	Athens
21:00	Liberopoulos 83' Chanko 88' Lakis 90+1'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 28,623 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

30 October 2005 8	Panathinaikos	1–0	PAOK	Athens
17:00	Mantzios 14'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 21,538 Referee: Vasileios Terovitsas

6 November 2005 9	OFI	0–2	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
19:00			Conceição 65' Papadopoulos 68'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

19 November 2005 10	Panathinaikos	3–0	Apollon Kalamarias	Athens
19:00	Mantzios 27' Goumas 83' Šerić 85'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,469 Referee: Antonios Kouklakis

26 November 2005 11	Panathinaikos	2–1	Skoda Xanthi	Athens
19:30	Andrić 22' Mantzios 42'		Garpozis 35'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,414 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

3 December 2005 12	Atromitos	1–0	Panathinaikos	Athens
16:45	Korakakis 90+4'			Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 2,607 Referee: Dimitrios Dabosis

11 December 2005 13	Panathinaikos	2–2	Iraklis	Athens
20:00	González 28' (pen.) Gekas 64'		Epalle 12' Kapetanos 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,414 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

18 December 2005 14	Egaleo	0–2	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:00			Mantzios 67' Bišćan 79'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 1,176 Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis

7 January 2006 15	Panathinaikos	3–0	AEL	Athens
19:15	Gekas 57', 77' Tziolis 82'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,066 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

15 January 2006 16	Olympiacos	3–2	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:00	Rivaldo 37', 58' Konstantinou 73'		González 20' (pen.) Gekas 74'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,480 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

29 January 2006 17	Panathinaikos	1–0	Ionikos	Athens
19:30	Gekas 8'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,138 Referee: Dimitrios Stiliaras

4 February 2006 18	Panathinaikos	2–0	Levadiakos	Athens
19:15	Goumas 19' Gekas 37'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,624 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

12 February 2006 19	Panionios	2–4	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:30	Luciano 48' Leontiou 61' (o.g.)		Kotsios 72' Mantzios 83' Gekas 89' Papadopoulos 90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

19 February 2006 20	Panathinaikos	2–0	Kallithea	Athens
19:30	Gekas 52' Papadopoulos 90'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,049 Referee: Ioannis Flambouris

26 February 2006 21	Akratitos	0–2	Panathinaikos	Athens
20:00			Papadopoulos 1' Gekas 61'	Stadium: Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 935 Referee: Antonios Kouklakis

5 March 2006 22	Panathinaikos	1–0	AEK Athens	Athens
19:15	Bišćan 52'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,446 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis

11 March 2006 23	PAOK	0–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
15:00			Papadopoulos 65'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

19 March 2006 24	Panathinaikos	3–1	OFI	Athens
19:15	Papadopoulos 38', 49' Bišćan 76'		Obinna 39'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,050 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis

26 March 2006 25	Apollon Kalamarias	0–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
20:00			González 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalamaria Stadium Attendance: 2,640 Referee: Anastasios Kakos

2 April 2006 26	Skoda Xanthi	1–1	Panathinaikos	Xanthi
19:00	Zuela 81'		Gekas 64'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 6,189 Referee: Apostolos Nikolaidis

9 April 2006 27	Panathinaikos	4–3	Atromitos	Athens
19:00	Gekas 21', 80' Papadopoulos 23' Charalambidis 28'		Merino 3' Djebbour 29', 73'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 10,176 Referee: Dimitrios Kalopoulos

16 April 2006 28	Iraklis	1–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:00	Herrera 33'			Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 11,844 Referee: Romanos Kontogiannidis

30 April 2006 29	Panathinaikos	4–0	Egaleo	Athens
20:00	Gekas 14' Zapropoulos 25' (o.g.) Papadopoulos 58', 68'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,719 Referee: Vasileios Paboridis

14 May 2006 30	AEL	0–3	Panathinaikos	Larissa
20:00			Goumas 61' Mantzios 63' Andrić 80'	Stadium: Alcazar Stadium Attendance: 8,478 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis

Greek Cup

Matches

9 November 2005 Round of 32	Ergotelis	1–0	Panathinaikos	Heraklion
19:00 EET	Kovács 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: 10,930 Referee: Ioannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

9 August 2005 First leg	Wisła Kraków	3–1	Panathinaikos	Kraków, Poland
20:45	Brożek 13' Uche 52' Frankowski 70'	Report	Olisadebe 4'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 7,225 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

23 August 2005 Second leg	Panathinaikos	4–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 agg.)	Wisła Kraków	Athens, Greece
20:45	Morris 62' Olisadebe 65' Papadopoulos 87' Kotsios 114'	Report	Sobolewski 78'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 43,750 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	Advance to knockout stage
2	Werder Bremen	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Udinese	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	4	16	−12	4

Source: RSSSF

14 September 2005 1	Udinese	3–0	Panathinaikos	Udine, Italy
20:45	Iaquinta 28', 73', 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 21,398 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

27 September 2005 2	Panathinaikos	2–1	Werder Bremen	Athens, Greece
20:45	González 5' (pen.) Mantzios 8'	Report	Klose 41'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 31,450 Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

18 October 2005 3	Panathinaikos	0–0	Barcelona	Athens, Greece
20:45		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 56,804 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

2 November 2005 4	Barcelona	5–0	Panathinaikos	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Van Bommel 1' Eto'o 14', 40', 65' Messi 34'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 64,321 Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

22 November 2005 5	Panathinaikos	1–2	Udinese	Athens, Greece
20:45	Charalambidis 45+1'	Report	Iaquinta 81' Candela 83'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,147 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

7 December 2005 6	Werder Bremen	5–1	Panathinaikos	Bremen, Germany
20:45	Micoud 2' (pen.) Valdez 28', 31' Klose 51' Frings 90+1'	Report	Morris 53'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 36,550 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

References

^ "Panathinaikos - Squad 2005/2006". worldfootball.net. 16 August 2023.
^ "Panathinaikos 2005/2006". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

Panathinaikos FC official website

[table_hth_AEK0.83438262382261-3] Head-to-head points (goal difference): AEK 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).

[1] "Panathinaikos - Squad 2005/2006". worldfootball.net. 16 August 2023.

[2] "Panathinaikos 2005/2006". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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