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
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In the 1987–88 season Panathinaikos played 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
—	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

Pos	Team v t	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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	4–3	AJ Auxerre	2–0 (Report)	2–3 (Report)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	(a)3–3	Juventus	1–0 (Report)	2–3 (Report)

Third round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Budapest Honved FC	6–7	Panathinaikos	5–2 (Report)	1–5 (Report)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	2–3	Club Brugge	2–2 (Report)	0–1 (Report)

8 May 1988	Panathinaikos	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Olympiacos	Athens
	Saravakos 31' (pen.) Batsinilas 79' Dimopoulos 102'		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