1995–96 Panathinaikos F.C. season

In the 1995–96 season Panathinaikos played for 37th consecutive time in Greece's top division, the Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in the Champions League and 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	Antonios Nikopolidis
—	GK	POL	Józef Wandzik
—	DF	GRE	Stratos Apostolakis
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Goumas
—	DF	GRE	Ioannis Kalitzakis (captain )
—	DF	GRE	Thanasis Kolitsidakis
—	DF	GRE	Marinos Ouzounidis
—	MF	GRE	Angelos Basinas
—	MF	GRE	Giorgos Donis
—	DF	GRE	Georgios Savvas Georgiadis
—	MF	GRE	Andreas Lagonikakis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Spyros Marangos
—	MF	GRE	Dimitris Markos
—	MF	GRE	Nikos Nioplias
—	MF	GRE	Georgios Georgiadis
—	MF	ARG	Juan José Borrelli
—	FW	GRE	Alexis Alexoudis
—	FW	POL	Krzysztof Warzycha
—	FW	AUS	Louis Christodoulou
—	FW	GRE	Georgios Kafes
—	DF	GRE	Georgios Kapouranis
—	FW	GRE	Giannis Thomaidis

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	26	5	3	72	22	+50	83	Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2	AEK Athens	34	25	6	3	87	22	+65	81	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Olympiacos	34	19	8	7	66	34	+32	65	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Iraklis	34	17	7	10	51	39	+12	58	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	OFI	34	17	6	11	57	52	+5	57

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions

9 August 1995 First leg	Panathinaikos	0–0	Hajduk Split	Athens, Greece
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 (the game became under closed doors) Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

23 August 1995 Second leg	Hajduk Split	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Panathinaikos	Rijeka, Croatia
	Štimac 5'	Report	Borelli 54'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nantes	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Porto	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7
4	AaB^[a]	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ After matchday 1 in the group, Aalborg BK replaced Dynamo Kyiv, who were banned following a failed attempt to bribe a referee.

27 September 1995 2	Panathinaikos	3–1	Nantes	Athens, Greece
21:30	Georgiadis 17' Warzycha 30', 46'	Report	N'Doram 88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 58,656 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

18 October 1995 3	Porto	0–1	Panathinaikos	Porto, Portugal
19:30		Report	Markos 41'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 17,920 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

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Panathinaikos

25 October 1995 1	Aalborg BK	2–1	Panathinaikos	Aalborg, Denmark
20:30	Andersen 7' Madsen 90'	Report	Warzycha 41'	Stadium: Aalborg Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany )

22 November 1995 5	Panathinaikos	2–0	Aalborg BK	Athens, Greece
21:30	Alexoudis 1' Georgiadis 39'	Report		Stadium: Czech Republic )

6 December 1995 6	Nantes	0–0	Panathinaikos	Nantes, France
20:30		Report		Stadium: La Beaujoire Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

6 March 1996 First leg	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Panathinaikos	Warsaw, Poland
20:30		Report		Stadium: Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain )

20 March 1996 Second leg	Panathinaikos	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Athens, Greece
21:30	Warzycha 33', 57' Borrelli 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,039 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

3 April 1996 First leg	Ajax	0–1	Panathinaikos	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30		Report	Warzycha 87'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,507 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

17 April 1996 Second leg	Panathinaikos	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	Ajax	Athens, Greece
21:30		Report	Litmanen 4', 77' Wooter 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 73,529 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

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