Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos, also known simply as Panathinaikós, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the most successful multi-sport clubs and one of the oldest clubs in Greece. The name "Panathinaikos" was inspired by the ancient work of Isocrates Panathenaicus, where the orator praise the Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority, which use it for benefit of all Greeks.
Giorgos Kalafatis was a Greek football pioneer, player, coach, track and field athlete and the founder of Panathinaikos Athens multi-sports club.
Panathinaikos Football Club, known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO, is a Greek professional football club based in Athens, Greece.
Djibril Cissé is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Gonzalo Segares González is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who spent most of his career with Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. He currently serves as head coach for the United States U17 national team.
René Henriksen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender for Danish club Akademisk Boldklub and Panathinaikos in Greece. Henriksen was capped 66 times for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at two FIFA World Cups and two European Championship tournaments. He is currently a scout for Panathinaikos.
Nikos Alefantos was a Greek professional footballer and football coach. He is regarded as one of the most innovative managers of the 20th century, known in Greece for his phlegmatic personality, short temper and famous quips. He is often regarded as the greatest Greek manager never to have won one of the two major titles in his home country. In his 35-year managerial career he managed 28 different teams, most notably his three spells at Olympiacos and at Iraklis, where he led a team with 1 point in 5 matches to a 4th place in 1985–86, after what was dubbed the "Play-off of Shame" in Greece.
Panathinaikos B.C., also known simply as Panathinaikos, currently also known as Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for sponsorship reasons, is the professional basketball team of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. It is owned by the Giannakopoulos family.
Kenneth Snow was an American soccer forward who was a two-time winner of the Hermann Trophy as the outstanding college soccer player in 1988 and 1990. He had an eight-year professional career playing indoor soccer in the United States.
Sebastián Eduardo Leto (born 30 August 1986) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a left winger. He is now manager at A.E. Kifisia.
Fragiskos "Frankie" Alvertis is a Greek former professional basketball player and general manager of Panathinaikos Athens. As a player, he was the long-time captain of Panathinaikos, where he spent his whole professional career. In 1990, Alvertis joined Panathinaikos, after moving to the club from Glyfada. Alvertis is first on the list of the EuroLeague championships won by a player, with five, since the competition went to the Final Four format, beginning with the 1987–88 season. The former Italian player Dino Meneghin, is first overall, with seven EuroLeague championships won, when including all formats of the competition, dating back to the competition's inaugural 1958 season.
Sotiris Ninis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a right winger.
Paraskevas "Pari" Pantazopoulos is a Greek-born American soccer player who currently plays for Panathinaikos Chicago in the National Premier Soccer League.
Ted Chronopoulos is an American former soccer player. He spent three seasons in the Greek First Division, seven seasons in Major League Soccer, three in the USL First Division and one in Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the United States national team.
Argyris Pedoulakis is a former Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach, who is currently acting as the youth academy director for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.
Nikos Kovis, known as Niko Kovi in Turkey, is a Turkish-Greek football player and manager. He was a central defender. He was born in Istanbul.
The 2009–10 season was Panathinaikos' 51st consecutive season in Super League Greece. The 2009–10 season was very successful for Panathinaikos. At the summer transfer window the club bought Djibril Cissé from Marseille, Kostas Katsouranis from Benfica, Sebastian Leto from Liverpool and various other players spending more than €35 million. The team managed to enter the final 16 of Europa League and win the Greek Championship. Panathinaikos completed the domestic double by winning the Greek Cup final.
The 2010–11 season was Panathinaikos' 52nd consecutive season in Super League Greece.
Dimitrios Kourbelis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Al-Khaleej and the Greece national team.
Panathinaikos maintains youth and amateur departments since the 1950s, while Panathinaikos F.C. manage them since 1981. They cooperate with a network of 55 soccer schools in Greece, while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad.
