1987–88 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
1987–88 season
Chairman Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
Manager Vassilis Daniil/ Gunder Bengtsson
Alpha Ethniki5th
Greek CupWinners
UEFA CupQuarter-finals

In the 1987–88 season Panathinaikos played for 29th consecutive time in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the UEFA Cup and the Greek Cup.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  GRE Antonis Minou
GK  GRE Nikos Sarganis
DF  GRE Kostas Mavridis
DF  GRE Nikos Karoulias
DF  GRE Lysandros Georgamlis
DF  GRE Christos Vasileiou
DF  GRE Nikos Vamvakoulas
MF  GRE Kostas Antoniou
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  AUS Chris Kalantzis
MF  GRE Vangelis Vlachos
MF  YUG Velimir Zajec
MF  GRE Dimitris Saravakos (captain)
MF  ARG Juan Ramon Rocha
MF  GRE Paris Georgakopoulos
FW  GRE Thanasis Dimopoulos
FW  GRE Christos Dimopoulos

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 PAOK 30 17 5 8 60 27 +33 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 OFI 30 17 3 10 54 41 +13 37
5 Panathinaikos 30 15 6 9 47 34 +13 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Iraklis 30 13 8 9 42 32 +10 34
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 30 12 8 10 27 28 −1 32
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.

Greek Cup

Final

8 May 1988 Panathinaikos 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Olympiacos Marousi
  • Saravakos 31' (pen.)
  • Dimopoulos 102'
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Penalties

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1987 First leg Panathinaikos 2–0 Auxerre Athens, Greece
Barret 9' (o.g.)
Vlachos 51'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
30 September 1987 Second leg Auxerre 3–2
(3–4 agg.)
Panathinaikos Auxerre, France
Dutuel 23'
Cantona 41'
Courtet 73'
Vasiliou 31'
Saravakos 44'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Second round

21 October 1987 First leg Panathinaikos 1–0 Juventus Athens, Greece
Saravakos 6' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)
4 November 1987 Second leg Juventus 3–2
(3–3a agg.)
Panathinaikos Turin, Italy
Cabrini 49', 72' (pen.)
Alessio 59'
Saravakos 46'
C. Dimopoulos 53'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Third round

25 November 1987 First leg Budapesti Honvéd 5–2 Panathinaikos Budapest, Hungary
Kovács 2', 32', 58', 61'
Fodor 24' (pen.)
Saravakos 65', 88' Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
9 December 1987 Second leg Panathinaikos 5–1
(7–6 agg.)
Budapesti Honvéd Athens, Greece
Vlachos 23', 37'
Antoniou 55'
Mavridis 65'
Batsinilas 82'
Fitos 60' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Quarter-finals

2 March 1988 First leg Panathinaikos 2–2 Club Brugge Athens, Greece
Saravakos 54'
Antoniou 60'
Ceulemans 55'
Degryse 86'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
16 March 1988 Second leg Club Brugge 1–0
(3–2 agg.)
Panathinaikos Bruges, Belgium
Brylle 44' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

References