2015–16 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
2015–16 season
Chairman	Giannis Alafouzos
Manager	Andrea Stramaccioni
Stadium	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Super League Greece	2nd
Greek Cup	Quarter-Finals
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Berg (17); All: Marcus Berg (19)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Panathinaikos season was the club's 57th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They will also compete in the Greek Cup. Qualifying rounds will determine whether the club will compete in the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League.

Players

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Stefanos Kotsolis	GK	5 June 1979 (35)	Omonia	Originally from youth system
15	Luke Steele	GK	24 September 1984 (29)	Barnsley
45	Nikos Giannakopoulos	GK	19 February 1993 (22)	Panionios
61	Konstantinos Kotsaris	GK	25 July 1996 (18)	Youth system
99	Odisseas Vlachodimos	GK	26 April 1994 (21)	VfB Stuttgart
Defenders
3	Diamantis Chouchoumis	LB / LM	17 July 1994 (20)	Youth system
4	Giorgos Koutroubis	CB	10 February 1991 (23)	AEK Athens
11	Jens Wemmer	RB	31 October 1985 (30)	SC Paderborn
12	Nikos Marinakis	RB	12 September 1993 (21)	Youth system
20	Efstathios Tavlaridis	CB	25 January 1980 (34)	Atromitos
21	Nano	LB / LM	27 October 1984 (30)	Ponferradina
24	Sergio Sánchez	CB	3 April 1986 (age 29)	Málaga
25	Rasmus Thelander	CB	9 July 1991 (23)	Aalborg BK
27	Giandomenico Mesto	RB	25 May 1982 (33)	Napoli
31	Rodrigo Moledo	CB	27 October 1987 (28)	Internacional
Midfielders
2	Michael Essien	DM	3 December 1982 (32)	Milan
6	Mehdi Abeid	CM/AM / RM	6 August 1992 (23)	Newcastle United
8	Anastasios Lagos	DM/CM	12 April 1992 (22)	Youth system
10	Zeca	CM/AM	31 August 1988 (25)	Vitória de Setúbal
14	Abdul Jeleel Ajagun	RW / AM / LW	10 February 1993 (21)	Dolphins
16	Vasilis Angelopoulos	DM / CM	12 February 1997 (19)	Youth system
17	Robin Lod	CM	17 April 1993 (22)	HJK Helsinki
19	Lucas Villafáñez	W / AM	4 October 1991 (24)	Independiente
23	Nikos Kaltsas	RM / RW / AM	3 May 1990 (25)	Veria
30	Olivier Boumale	W	17 September 1989 (26)	Panionios
32	Danijel Pranjić	LM / LB	2 December 1981 (33)	Sporting CP
71	Panagiotis Vlachodimos	W	12 October 1991 (24)	Free agent
95	Lucas Evangelista	CM	6 May 1995 (20)	Udinese	On Loan
Forwards
5	Sebastián Leto	W / F	30 August 1986 (29)	Catania
7	Viktor Klonaridis	RW / AM / LW	28 July 1992 (22)	Lille
9	Marcus Berg	CF	17 August 1986 (27)	Hamburger SV
33	Mladen Petrić	CF	1 January 1981 (33)	West Ham United
36	Lazaros Lamprou	CF	19 December 1997 (18)	Youth system
77	Yuri Mamute	CF	7 May 1995 (20)	Grêmio	On Loan

Transfers

In

Date	Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Source
30 June 2015		GK	Nestoras Gekas	Fostiras	Return from loan
30 June 2015		GK	Alexandros Tabakis	VVV-Venlo	Return from loan
30 June 2015		DF	Spyros Risvanis	Panionios	Return from loan
30 June 2015		MF	Maldin Ymeraj	Fostiras	Return from loan
1 July 2015	23	MF	Nikos Kaltsas	Veria	Free	^[1]
1 July 2015	17	MF	Robin Lod	HJK Helsinki	€350,000	^[2]
1 July 2015	11	DF	Jens Wemmer	SC Paderborn	Free	^[3]
1 July 2015	2	MF	Michael Essien	Milan	Free	^[4]
2 July 2015	25	DF	Rasmus Thelander	Aalborg BK	€300,000	^[5]
7 July 2015	24	DF	Sergio Sánchez	Málaga	Free	^[6]
24 July 2015	41	DF	Stefanos Evangelou	Panionios	€300,000	^[7]
29 July 2015	45	GK	Nikos Giannakopoulos	Panionios	Free	^[8]
21 August 2015	6	MF	Mehdi Abeid	Newcastle United	€600,000	^[9]^[10]
29 December 2015	30	W	Olivier Boumale	Panionios	€300,000	^[11]
31 December 2015	27	RB	Giandomenico Mesto	Napoli	Free	^[12]
6 January 2016	71	W	Panagiotis Vlachodimos	Free agent	Free	^[13]
8 January 2016	77	ST	Yuri Mamute	Grêmio	Loan	^[14]
20 January 2016	95	CM	Lucas Evangelista	Udinese	Loan	^[15]
26 January 2016	99	GK	Odisseas Vlachodimos	VfB Stuttgart	Free	^[16]
29 January 2016	31	CB	Rodrigo Moledo	Internacional	Free	^[17]
1 February 2016	19	W / AM	Lucas Villafáñez	Independiente	€200,000	^[18]
2 February 2016	5	W / F	Sebastián Leto	Catania	Free	^[19]

Total spending: €2,050,000

Promoted from youth system

Date	Squad #	Position	Player	Signed Until	Source
19 June 2015		MF	Giorgos Angelopoulos	30 June 2018	^[20]

Out

Date	Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Source
30 June 2015		DF	Gordon Schildenfeld	Dynamo Moscow	End of loan
30 June 2015		MF	Ouasim Bouy	Juventus	End of loan
30 June 2015		MF	Charis Mavrias	Sunderland	End of loan
30 June 2015		FW	Valmir Berisha	Roma	End of loan
17 July 2015		DF	Spyros Risvanis	Panionios	Free
11 August 2015		MF	Thanasis Dinas	Platanias	Free
11 August 2015		MF	Maldin Ymeraj	Akropolis	Free
20 August 2015		GK	Nestoras Gekas	Panthrakikos	Free
1 September 2015		DF	Panagiotis Spyropoulos	AEL Kalloni	Free
30 December 2015		GK	Alexandros Tabakis	Atlanta United	Free
12 January 2016	19	CF	Nikos Karelis	Genk	€3,000,000	^[21]
18 January 2016	29	M	Sotiris Ninis	Charleroi	Free	^[22]
22 January 2016	5	DF	Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos	Asteras Tripolis	Free	^[23]
31 January 2016	14	M	Abdul Jeleel Ajagun	Levadiakos	Loan	^[24]
1 February 2016	28	RB	Christos Bourbos		Free	^[25]
15 February 2016	18	CM	Christos Donis	Lugano	Loan	^[26]

Total income: €3,000,000

Expenditure: €950,000

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2015 Friendly^[27]	Panathinaikos	10–0	AFC Arnhem	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:30	Petrić 12', 36' Kaltsas 30' Berg 32', 34', 40' Klonaridis 53', 87' Karelis 79' Lod 80'	Report		Stadium: Schuytgraaf

7 July 2015 Friendly^[27]	Club Brugge	2–1	Panathinaikos	Garderen, Netherlands
19:00	Diaby 27' De fauw 49'	Report	Karelis 21'	Stadium: Stadio Garderen

10 July 2015 Friendly^[27]	Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos	Epe, Netherlands
20:30	Milik 33' El Ghazi 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadio SV EPE

18 July 2015 Friendly	Levadiakos	1–3	Panathinaikos	Levadia, Greece
19:30	Milhazes 13'	Report	44' Kaltsas 47' Petrić 84' Karelis	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

22 July 2015 Friendly	Panathinaikos	1–2	Udinese	Athens, Greece
21:00	Berg 56'	Report	Fernandes 9' Aguirre 76'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

12 August 2015 Friendly	Real Sociedad	3–0	Panathinaikos	San Sebastián, Spain
21:00	Bruma 82' Canales 87' Agirretxe 88'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta

Competitions

Super League Greece

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	28	1	1	81	16	+65	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Panathinaikos^[a]	30	18	4	8	52	26	+26	55	Qualification for the Play-offs
3	AEK Athens^[b]	30	17	6	7	43	21	+22	54
4	PAOK^[c]	30	13	9	8	45	32	+13	45
5	Panionios	30	12	8	10	33	27	+6	44

Source: Superleague Greece, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[30]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.^[28]
^ AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.^{[citation needed]}
^ PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.^[29]

Matches

24 August 2015 1	Panetolikos	1–2	Panathinaikos	Agrinio
21:30 (UTC+3)	Kappel 26', 41' Papazoglou 45' Kevin 81'	Summary	Tavlaridis 24' Koutroubis 27' Marinakis 45' Karelis 51' Lagos 53' Berg 84'	Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

30 August 2015 2	Panathinaikos	4–0	Kalloni	Athens
19:15 (UTC+3)	Karelis 8' Berg 31' Lagos 43' Tavlaridis 57' Petrić 80' Zeca 90+4'	Summary	Kaltsas 14' Ellacopulos 43' Tsabouris 81'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 7,968 Referee: Spyros Selimos

13 September 2015 3	Panionios	1–0	Panathinaikos	Athens
20:30 (UTC+3)	Bakasetas 8' Papadopoulos 90+3'	Summary	Abeid 38' Karelis 65' Berg 84' Tavlaridis 87' Kaltsas 90+4'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 2,762 Referee: Andreas Pappas

23 September 2015 4	Panathinaikos	3–0	Levadiakos	Athens
16:00 (UTC+3)	Nano 5' Karelis 14' Ajagun 19' Thelander 37'	Summary	Ouon 4' Jahić 47'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,566 Referee: Georgios Kominis

27 September 2015 5	Panathinaikos	1–0	Platanias	Athens
16:00 (UTC+3)	Ajagun 45+1'	Summary	Selin 49' Coulibaly 64'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,612 Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

3 October 2015 6	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	Panathinaikos	Pigadia
20:30 (UTC+3)		Summary	Berg 7' Zeca 33' Abeid 60' Karelis 77' Thelander 83' Lagos 90+4'	Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Attendance: 2,422 Referee: Mihail Voskakis

19 October 2015 7	Panathinaikos	3–1	PAS Giannina	Athens
17:15 (UTC+3)	Karelis 17' Petrić 60' (pen.) Nano 65' Tavlaridis 70' Zeca 75' Abeid 90+3'	Summary	Michail 53' Berios 59' Chávez 70' (pen.), 83' Ferfelis 81' Manias 90'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 7,823 Referee: Marios Labropoulos

25 October 2015 8	PAOK	3–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 (UTC+2)	Berbatov 28' (pen.) Rodrigues 31' Vítor 42', 44' Tzavellas 47' Leovac 73' Mak 84'	Summary	Tavlaridis 27' Karelis 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 15,374 Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

1 November 2015 9	Panathinaikos	0–0	AEK Athens	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Berg 58'	Summary	Vilà 56'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Stavros Mantalos

7 November 2015 10	Atromitos	1–2	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Godoy 17' Napoleoni 53' Lazaridis 80'	Summary	Berg 16', 84' Ninis 22' Lod 50' Karelis 72' Ajagun 80'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 1,414 Referee: Georgios Kizas

21 November 2015 11	Panathinaikos	0–3^[31]	Olympiacos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)		Summary		Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Andrea appas

28 November 2015 12	Iraklis	1–0	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
19:30 (UTC+2)	Vellios 23' 39' Boukouvalas 59' Ziabaris 61' Huanderson 90' Chanti 90+4'	Summary	Zeca 21' Tavlaridis 61' Karelis 75' Berg 78' Sánchez 85' Ninis 90+2'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 6,160 Referee: Georgios Kominis

6 December 2015 13	Veria	0–1	Panathinaikos	Veria
19:30 (UTC+2)	Neto 35' Giannoulis 40' López 90+5'	Summary	Sánchez 16' Essien 22' Karelis 86'	Stadium: Veria Stadium Attendance: 1,035 Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

13 December 2015 14	Panathinaikos	2–0	Asteras Tripoli	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Karelis 72' Kaltsas 90+4'	Summary	Lluy 34' Hamdani 60'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

20 December 2015 15	Panthrakikos	1–0	Panathinaikos	Komotini
19:30 (UTC+2)	Rogério 26' Cherfa 54'	Summary	Pranjić 37' Koutroubis 61' 85'	Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,573 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

4 January 2016 16	Panathinaikos	4–2	Panetolikos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Abeid 6', 90+2', 44' Petrić 11', 51' Essien 36'	Summary	Villafáñez 2' Markovski 16' Kappel 62' Mygas 79'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Thanasis Tzilos

11 January 2016 16	Kalloni	0–2	Panathinaikos	Mytilene
19:30 (UTC+2)	Tsabouris 42'	Summary	Kaltsas 47' Pranjić 65' Boumal 90'	Stadium: Mytilene Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,766 Referee: Athanasios Giachos

17 January 2016 17	Panathinaikos	0–0	Panionios	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Abeid 56'	Summary	Chatziisaias 36' Karamanos 90+1'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

24 January 2016 19	Levadiakos	0–2	Panathinaikos	Livadeia
15:00 (UTC+2)	Mendy 43' Nabouhane 68' Stathis 74' A. Mangas 79'	Summary	Berg 57' Essien 78' Abeid 85'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,708 Referee: Alexandros Dimitropoulos

31 January 2016 20	Platanias	2–3	Panathinaikos	Chania
17:15 (UTC+2)	Alkis 12' Yaya 44' Coulibaly 55' Goundoulakis 62' Ramos 73'	Summary	Kaltsas 45+1', 53' Klonaridis 69' Tavlaridis 90+2'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,052 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos

6 February 2016 21	Panathinaikos	0–1	Skoda Xanthi	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Lagos 45' Zeca 51' Marinakis 50' Kaltsas 53' Moledo 90+1'	Summary	Baxevanidis 19' Soltani 23' 67' Bertos 34' Lucero 53'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 7,142 Referee: Stavros Mantalos

14 February 2016 22	PAS Giannina	0–3	Panathinaikos	Ioannina
15:00 (UTC+2)	Acosta 53' Karanikas 65' Ilić 76'	Summary	Vlachodimos 26' Zeca 36' 40' Abeid 53' Thelander 54' Pranjić 67' Lagos 75' Berg 82', 90+1'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 2,703 Referee: Ioannis Delfakis

21 February 2016 23	Panathinaikos	2–2	PAOK	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Berg 10', 85' Pranjić 17' Lagos 28' Koutroubis 42' Kaltsas 51' Lod 62' Mamute 90'	Summary	Cimirot 20', 56' Malezas 40' Charisis 42' 90+1' Pelkas 67', 90' Chatziisaias 71' Kitsiou 78'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Georgios Kominis

28 February 2016 24	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Vargas 78' Simões 84' Tzanetopoulos 89'	Summary	Zeca 68' Vlachodimos 77' Koutroubis 88' Mesto 90+1' 90+4' Abeid 90+7'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,930 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

6 March 2016 25	Panathinaikos	2–0	Atromitos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Evangelista 8' Berg 68' Villafáñez 70' 77'	Summary	K.Kivrakidis 35' Bíttolo 37' Matei 60' Umbides 89'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Dimitrios Styliaras

13 March 2016 26	Olympiacos	3–1	Panathinaikos	Piraeus
19:30 (UTC+2)	Salino 29' Cambiasso 38' Milivojević 40' Costa 47', 87' Ideye 89', 90'	Summary	Berg 3', 57' Pranjić 10' Mesto 59'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30314 Referee: Georgios Kizas

19 March 2016 27	Panathinaikos	4–0	Iraklis 1908	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Evangelista 3' Berg 9', 68' Moledo 27', 72' Lod 35' Nano 45' Koutroubis 76'	Summary	Boukouvalas 13' Karasalidis 16' Intzoglou 45+1' Stamou 84'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Athanasios Giachos

3 April 2016 28	Panathinaikos	3–2	Veria	Athens
19:00 (UTC+3)	Marangos 15' (o.g.) Leto 51', 65', 90+3' Abeid 77'	Summary	Nazlidis 25' Balafas 26' Melikiotis 58' Giannoulis 62' 90+5' Neto 79'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 5,081 Referee: Spyros Selimos

10 April 2016 29	Asteras Tripoli	0–0	Panathinaikos	Tripoli
19:00 (UTC+3)	Iglesias 58' Goian 73'	Summary	Moledo 82' Leto 90+3'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 2,326 Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos

17 April 2016 30	Panathinaikos	6–1	Panthrakikos	Athens
19:00 (UTC+3)	Berg 23', 41', 45+2', 52', 61' Villafáñez 71'	Summary Report	Baykara 26' Moudouroglou 49'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Ioannis Mourtzakis

Play-offs

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	PAOK	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Panathinaikos	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	11	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	AEK Athens	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	9
5	Panionios^[b]	6	1	1	4	2	7	−5	4

Source: Superleague Greece: Standings, Schedule, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.^[32]
Notes:

^ AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
^ The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

Matches

11 May 2016 1	Panionios	1–1	Panathinaikos	Athens
18:15 (UTC+3)	Ansarifard 52'	Summary	Leto 66'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

15 May 2016 2	Panathinaikos	1–1	PAOK	Athens
20:30 (UTC+3)	Koutroubis 37' Berg 46' Tavlaridis 85' Kaltsas 90+5'	Summary	Tziolis 20' Charisis 49' Malezas 53'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Georgios Kizas

23 May 2016 3	Panathinaikos	3–0	AEK Athens	Athens
20:30 (UTC+3)	Lod 11', 17' Berg 30', 75' Mesto 82' Klonaridis 90'	Summary	Aravidis 40' Simões 59' Vilà 72' Arzo 75'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 8,018 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos

26 May 2016 4	AEK Athens	3–1	Panathinaikos	Athens
(UTC+3)	Johansson 5' Barbosa 40', 69' Bakakis 81'	Summary	Berg 21' Villafáñez 45+3' Leto 54' Abeid 71' Moledo 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

29 May 2016 5	Panathinaikos	1–0	Panionios	Athens
18:15 (UTC+3)	Leto 37', 78' Chouchoumis 88' Klonaridis 90'	Summary	N. Katharios 27' Risvanis 37'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Georgios Kizas

31 May 2016 6	PAOK	1–1	Panathinaikos	Thessaloniki
20:15 (UTC+3)	Rodrigues 17' Vítor 57' Leovac 64' Glykos 90+3'	Summary	Lod 26' Evangelista 34' Klonaridis 43' Mesto 62' Zeca 79' Nano 89'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 20,156 Referee: Alexander Aretopoulos

Greek Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAO	LEV	KER	PNA
1	Panathinaikos	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Round of 16		3–0	—	—
2	Levadiakos	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Round of 16	—		2–0	—
3	Kerkyra	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2		1–1	—		1–1
4	Panachaiki	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1		1–2	1–4	—

Source: epo.gr

28 October 2015 1	Panathinaikos	3–0	Levadiakos	Athens
17:15 (UTC+2)	Ninis 24' (pen.) Tavlaridis 27' Klonaridis 77'	Summary	Machairas 29'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Stavros Tritsonis

3 December 2015 2	Panachaiki	1–2	Panathinaikos	Patras
19:30 (UTC+2)	Đilas 86' G. Kargas 89', 90+1'	Summary	Klonaridis 7', 42' Koutroubis 86'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Referee: Spyros Selimos

17 December 2015 3	Kerkyra	1–1	Panathinaikos	Corfu
17:00 (UTC+2)	P. Vlachos 4' Fábio 52'	Summary	Lod 8' Lagos 90' Klonaridis 90+4'	Stadium: Kerkyra Stadium Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis

Round of 16

7 January 2016 First leg	PAS Giannina	1–2	Panathinaikos	Ioannina
15:00 (UTC+2)	Acosta 57' Karanikas 67' Tsoukalas 77' Tzimopoulos 85'	Summary	Pranjić 20' Abeid 75' Petrić 78'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Referee: Stavros Mantalos

14 January 2016 Second leg	Panathinaikos	0–1 (a2–2 agg.)	PAS Giannina	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Berg 57' Wemmer 85'	Summary	Skondras 47' Karanikas 72' Ferfelis 90+3'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Dimitros Karantonis

Quarter-finals

27 January 2016 First leg	Panathinaikos	0–0	Atromitos	Athens
17:15 (UTC+2)	Abeid 19' Mesto 41' Koutroubis 71' 88'	Summary	Keita 21' Bíttolo 30' Fytanidis 57' Lazaridis 80'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Referee: Milos Styliaras

10 February 2016 Second leg	Atromitos	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)	Le Tallec 36' Fytanidis 53' Stojčev 65' Umbides 86' Lazaridis 90+4' Matei 90+5'	Summary	Kaltsas 31' Essien 47' Villafáñez 80' Moledo 88' Thelander 90+3' Steele 90+6'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Christos Mitsios

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

28 July 2015 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–1	Club Brugge	Athens, Greece
21:00 (UTC+3)	Berg 37' Sánchez 44' Karelis 65' (pen.) Pranjić 90'	Report	Bolingoli-Mbombo 10'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 12,874^[33] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

5 August 2015 Second leg	Club Brugge	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Bruges, Belgium
21:30 (UTC+3)	Duarte 32' Cools 53' Vázquez 58' Diaby 64' Óularé 82'	Report	Zeca 42' Wemmer 45+2' Tavlaridis 66'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,038^[33] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

20 August 2015 First leg	Gabala	0–0	Panathinaikos	Baku², Azerbaijan
19:00 (UTC+3)	Santos 49' Antonov 83'	Report	Zeca 31' Wemmer 63'	Stadium: Bakcell Arena Attendance: 10,950^[34] Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

27 August 2015 Second leg	Panathinaikos	2–2 (2–2(a) agg.)	Gabala	Athens, Greece
21:00 (UTC+3)	Berg 35', 40' Zeca 52' Nano 73', 78' Tavlaridis 90+1'	Report	Dodô 6', 60' Vernydub 39' Gai 62' Ricardinho 78'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,956^[34] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 31 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Greek Cup		Europe		Playoffs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Stefanos Kotsolis	7	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
2	MF	GHA	Michael Essien	15	1	10+2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	GRE	Diamantis Chouchoumis	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	GRE	Giorgos Koutroubis	32	0	15+3	0	3+1	0	4	0	6	0
5	FW	ARG	Sebastián Leto	12	5	4+2	2	0	0	0	0	5+1	3
6	MF	ALG	Mehdi Abeid	34	4	18+5	3	5+1	1	0	0	3+2	0
7	FW	BEL	Viktor Klonaridis	24	6	6+6	1	5+1	4	0+2	0	1+3	1
8	MF	GRE	Anastasios Lagos	25	0	9+6	0	3+3	0	1+3	0	0	0
9	FW	SWE	Marcus Berg	34	19	19+3	15	2+2	0	3+1	2	4	2
10	MF	POR	Zeca	40	0	26	0	4	0	4	0	6	0
11	DF	GER	Jens Wemmer	10	0	4	0	2+1	0	3	0	0	0
12	DF	GRE	Nikos Marinakis	17	0	10+3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
15	GK	ENG	Luke Steele	37	0	27	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
17	MF	FIN	Robin Lod	23	2	8+4	0	4	0	1+2	0	4	2
19	MF	ARG	Lucas Villafáñez	12	2	6+1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF	GRE	Stathis Tavlaridis	26	2	14+2	1	3	1	4	0	3	0
21	DF	ESP	Nano	27	2	15+3	1	2	0	2	1	5	0
23	MF	GRE	Nikos Kaltsas	27	5	10+9	5	3+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
24	DF	ESP	Sergio Sánchez	14	0	8+2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	DF	DEN	Rasmus Thelander	21	1	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ITA	Giandomenico Mesto	20	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	5+1	0
28	DF	GRE	Christos Bourbos	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	CMR	Olivier Boumal	16	1	3+4	1	2+1	0	0	0	1+5	0
31	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Moledo	14	2	7	2	1	0	0	0	6	0
32	MF	CRO	Danijel Pranjić	33	0	21+2	0	5+1	0	4	0	0	0
33	FW	CRO	Mladen Petrić	27	5	9+9	4	3+1	1	1+2	0	1+1	0
36	FW	GRE	Lazaros Lamprou	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	GRE	Nikos Giannakopoulos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	FW	GRE	Panagiotis Vlachodimos	9	1	4+1	1	0+1	0	0	0	1+2	0
77	FW	BRA	Yuri Mamute	8	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
95	MF	BRA	Lucas Evangelista	12	1	4+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
99	GK	GER	Odisseas Vlachodimos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
14	MF	NGA	Abdul Jeleel Ajagun	14	2	6+5	2	1	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players who left Panathinaikos during the season:
5	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos	7	0	2+1	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
19	FW	GRE	Nikos Karelis	22	9	14+1	8	1+2	0	4	1	0	0
29	MF	GRE	Sotiris Ninis	13	1	4+3	0	3	1	3	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Super League	Greek Cup	Europe	Playoffs	Total
1	FW	9	Marcus Berg	15	0	2	2	19
2	FW	19	Nikos Karelis	8	0	1	0	9
3	FW	7	Viktor Klonaridis	1	4	0	1	6
4	MF	23	Nikos Kaltsas	5	0	0	0	5
	FW	33	Mladen Petrić	4	1	0	0	5
	FW	5	Sebastián Leto	2	0	0	3	5
7	MF	6	Mehdi Abeid	3	1	0	0	4
8	MF	14	Abdul Jeleel Ajagun	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	31	Rodrigo Moledo	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	19	Lucas Villafáñez	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	20	Stathis Tavlaridis	1	1	0	0	2
	DF	21	Nano	1	0	1	0	2
	MF	17	Robin Lod	0	0	0	2	2
14	DF	25	Rasmus Thelander	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	30	Olivier Boumal	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	2	Michael Essien	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	71	Panagiotis Vlachodimos	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	95	Lucas Evangelista	1	0	0	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	29	Sotiris Ninis	0	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	52	8	4	8	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Super League		Greek Cup		Europe		Playoffs		Total
2		MF	Michael Essien	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Diamantis Chouchoumis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4		DF	Giorgos Koutroubis	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
5		FW	Sebastián Leto	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
6		MF	Mehdi Abeid	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
7		FW	Viktor Klonaridis	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
8		MF	Anastasios Lagos	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Marcus Berg	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
10		MF	Zeca	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
11		DF	Jens Wemmer	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
15		GK	Luke Steele	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Robin Lod	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
19		MF	Lucas Villafáñez	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
20		DF	Stathis Tavlaridis	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
21		DF	Nano	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
23		MF	Nikos Kaltsas	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
24		DF	Sergio Sánchez	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Rasmus Thelander	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Giandomenico Mesto	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
31		DF	Rodrigo Moledo	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
32		MF	Danijel Pranjić	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
95		FW	Lucas Evangelista	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	0	0	15	1	10	1	17	1	42	3

References

^ Ανακοίνωση "Πράσινος" ο Νίκος Καλτσάς Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Ρόμπιν Λουντ στον Παναθηναϊκό Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Γενς Βέμερ στον Παναθηναϊκό Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Μάικλ Εσιέν στον Παναθηναϊκό (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Ράσμους Tελάντερ στον Παναθηναϊκό έως το 2018 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Σέρχιο Σάντσεθ στον Παναθηναϊκό μέχρι το 2019 (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση Τριετές επαγγελματικό για τον Ευαγγέλου Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Νίκος Γιαννακόπουλος στον Παναθηναϊκό μέχρι το 2018 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Ανακοίνωση O Μεντί Αμπέντ στον Παναθηναϊκό μέχρι το 2018 (in Greek)
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^ Ανακοίνωση Τριετές επαγγελματικό για τον Γιώργο Αγγελόπουλο (in Greek)
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^ "Announcement". Super League Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League – Play-off". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

External links

Panathinaikos FC official website

[table_note_PAO0.16794798251612-29] Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.^[28]

[table_note_AEK0.16794798251612-30] AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.^{[citation needed]}

[table_note_PAOK0.16794798251612-32] PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.^[29]

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.073703683015752-35] AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.

[table_note_PGSS0.073703683015752-36] The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.

[Νίκος_Καλτσάς-1] Ανακοίνωση "Πράσινος" ο Νίκος Καλτσάς Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[Ανακοίνωση_O_Ρόμπιν-2] Ανακοίνωση O Ρόμπιν Λουντ στον Παναθηναϊκό Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[Ανακοίνωση_O_Γενς-3] Ανακοίνωση O Γενς Βέμερ στον Παναθηναϊκό Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[Ανακοίνωση_O_Μάικλ-4] Ανακοίνωση O Μάικλ Εσιέν στον Παναθηναϊκό (in Greek)

[Ανακοίνωση_O_Ράσμους-5] Ανακοίνωση O Ράσμους Tελάντερ στον Παναθηναϊκό έως το 2018 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[Ανακοίνωση_O_Σέρχιο-6] Ανακοίνωση O Σέρχιο Σάντσεθ στον Παναθηναϊκό μέχρι το 2019 (in Greek)

[Ευαγγέλου-7] Ανακοίνωση Τριετές επαγγελματικό για τον Ευαγγέλου Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[Ανακοίνωση_O_Νίκος-8] Ανακοίνωση O Νίκος Γιαννακόπουλος στον Παναθηναϊκό μέχρι το 2018 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)

[Μεντί_Αμπέντ-9] Ανακοίνωση O Μεντί Αμπέντ στον Παναθηναϊκό μέχρι το 2018 (in Greek)

[Mehdi_Abeid-10] Mehdi Abeid leaves Newcastle for Greek club Panathinaikos

[11] "Ανακοινωσε Μπουμάλ ο Παναθηναϊκός | Gazzetta".

[12] "CLUB".

[13] "ΝΕΑ". Archived from the original on 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

[14] ttp://www.pao.gr/el/news/?itemid=0860dcf6-9e55-4584-98d2-1ce8bce6afcb ^{[dead link‍]}

[15] ttp://www.pao.gr/el/news/?itemid=226a1e6a-0c40-494c-92d7-fcc399f1025d ^{[dead link‍]}

[16] "CLUB".

[17] ttp://www.pao.gr/el/news/?itemid=8667a75b-8d25-4136-b100-ba58754ef312 ^{[dead link‍]}

[18] ttp://www.pao.gr/el/news/?itemid=54d56e8f-3395-435b-bdf4-a1eb10975688 ^{[dead link‍]}

[19] "Σέμπα, καλωσόρισες!". 5 February 2016.

[Γιώργο_Αγγελόπουλο-20] Ανακοίνωση Τριετές επαγγελματικό για τον Γιώργο Αγγελόπουλο (in Greek)

[21] "Nikolaos Karelis tekent bij Genk. | Nieuws | KRC Genk - Landskampioen 1999 - 2002 - 2011". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

[22] "Τράβηγμα στον δικέφαλο ο Μαμούτε". Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2016-01-19.

[23] ""Λύση" με Τριανταφυλλόπουλο". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

[24] ttp://www.pao.gr/el/news/?itemid=2fae6c7b-b72a-4373-b8bc-803d880885ca ^{[dead link‍]}

[25] ttp://www.pao.gr/index.php/news/2015-08-31-14-05-31/7563-2016-02-03-10-33-37^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[26] "Στη Λουγκάνο ο Δώνης". 15 February 2016.

[Προετοιμασία_Το_βασικό-27] Προετοιμασία Το βασικό στάδιο προετοιμασίας και το πρόγραμμα των φιλικών αναμετρήσεων (in Greek)

[28] "Announcement". Superleague Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[31] "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[33] "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[34] "Announcement". Super League Greece. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[37] "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[AttendanceQR3-38] "Summary UEFA Champions League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[AttendancePO-39] "Summary UEFA Europa League – Play-off". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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