1987–88 Panathinaikos F.C. season

Panathinaikos

1987–88 season
Chairman	Yiorgos Vardinogiannis
Manager	Vassilis Daniil/ Gunder Bengtsson
Alpha Ethniki	5th
Greek Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Home colours Away colours

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. 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

Main article: 1987–88 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

Main article: 1987–88 Greek Football Cup

Final

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

8 May 1988	Panathinaikos	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Olympiacos	Marousi
	Saravakos 31' (pen.) Dimopoulos 102'	Report	Funes 59' (pen.), 98' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 73,375 Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
	Penalties
	Vlachos Sarganis Dimopoulos Georgamlis		Alexiou Baniotis Chatzidis Apostolakis Funes

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1987–88 UEFA Cup

First round

Panathinaikos v Auxerre

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)

Auxerre v Panathinaikos

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

Panathinaikos v Juventus

21 October 1987 First leg	Panathinaikos	1–0	Juventus	Athens, Greece
	Saravakos 6'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

Juventus v Panathinaikos

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

Budapesti Honvéd v Panathinaikos

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)

Panathinaikos v Budapesti Honvéd

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

Panathinaikos v Club Brugge

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)

Club Brugge v Panathinaikos

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)

External links

• Panathinaikos FC official website