1976–77 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos
1976–77 season
Chairman	Apostolos Nikolaidis
Manager	Aymoré Moreira ; Antonis Migiakis; Kazimierz Górski
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Balkans Cup	Winners
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

In the 1976–77 season Panathinaikos played for 18th consecutive time in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the Balkans Cup, being the winners, and the Greek Cup.

Squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GRE	Nikos Valianos
—	GK	GRE	Vasilis Konstantinou
—	DF	CYP	Demetris Kizas
—	DF	GRE	Anthimos Kapsis
—	DF	GRE	Mitsos Dimitriou
—	MF	GRE	Kostas Eleftherakis
—	MF	GRE	Mimis Domazos (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	YUG	Borivoje Đorđević
—	MF	GRE	Spiros Livathinos
—	FW	ARG	Óscar Marcelino Álvarez
—	FW	GRE	Antonis Antoniadis
—	FW	GRE	Giorgos Rokidis
—	FW	GRE	Giorgos Gonios
—	FW	GRE	Takis Papadimitriou

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	23	8	3	70	20	+50	54	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	23	6	5	70	27	+43	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	34	21	10	3	63	27	+36	52	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	AEK Athens	34	24	3	7	63	29	+34	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Aris	34	17	8	9	58	34	+24	42

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, was qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runner-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.

22 June 1977 Final	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Piraeus
	Papadimitriou 29' Vakalis 83'	Report	Terzanidis 43'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28,490 Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos (A)	4	2	2	0	8	4	2.000	6	Advances to finals
2	Budućnost Titograd	4	1	2	1	6	5	1.200	4
3	Vllaznia Shkodër	4	0	2	2	2	7	0.286	2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

17 April 1977	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–1	Panathinaikos	Shkodër
	Basha 5'		Vakalis 24'	Stadium: Vojo Kushi Stadium

8 May 1977	Panathinaikos	2–2	Budućnost Titograd	Athens
	Eleftherakis 39' Antoniadis 87'		Miročević 30' Kovačević 48'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

26 May 1977	Panathinaikos	3–0	Vllaznia Shkodër	Athens
	Giannakoulas 77', 90' Papadimitriou 82'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

17 August 1977	Budućnost Titograd	1–2	Panathinaikos	Titograd
	Kovačević 16'		Papadimitriou 6' Đorđević 66'	Stadium: pod Goricom

14 December 1977	Slavia Sofia	0–0	Panathinaikos	Sofia
				Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 2,500

13 March 1978	Panathinaikos	2–1	Slavia Sofia	Athens
	Eleftherakis 14' Vakalis 63'		Minchev 45'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)