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 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 v t e	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 1987First 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 1987Second 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 1987First leg	Panathinaikos	1–0	Juventus	Athens, Greece
	Saravakos 6'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)

Juventus v Panathinaikos

4 November 1987Second 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 1987First 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 1987Second 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 1988First 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 1988Second 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