Panathinaikos F.C. Academy

Main articles: Panathinaikos and Panathinaikos F.C.

Panathinaikos Academy

Full name	Panathinaikos Football Club Academy
Founded	1956;69 years ago (1956)
Ground	Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center
Owner	Panathinaikos F.C.
Chairman	Giannis Alafouzos
Website	https://www.pao.gr/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 (Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools), while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad (Cyprus, United States, Australia, Canada, Israel).

History

Since 1928 József Künsztler, coach of the first team, tried to rejuvenate the team with players from the second (reverse) team.

During the 1950s the ex-player of the team, Antonis Migiakis, had the leading role on the creation of the first youth departments of the club. First coaches were Harry Game and Svetislav Glišović. Migiakis was appointed later also as a coach the years 1967–69, 1971-74 και 1981–85. Andreas Papaemmanouil had also significant contribution.

During the presidency of Yiorgos Vardinogiannis the academy was re-organized. Alf Ramsey was appointed as Technical Director, while all the youth departments were housed in Paiania (training ground).

In 2005 Panathinaikos won the Copa Amsterdam, the annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax.

Since 2013, the academies are housed also in the Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center, the new athletic center of Panathinaikos FC.

Honours

• Greek Amateur Cup ¹: (2)
  • 1994, 1995
• Athens Cup ¹: (2)
  • 1993, 1994
• Greek U-19 Championship: (3)
  • 2005, 2012, 2022
• Greek U-17 Championship: (1)
  • 2009
• Greek U-15 Championship: (1)
  • 2018
• Copa Amsterdam:
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Puskás Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 2010, 2013

¹Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).

Players

U-19 squad

As of 30 August 2025 ^[1]

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 40 GK   GRE Loukas Stamellos — GK   GRE Ioannis Mponovas — GK   GRE Efrem Zisis Spyropoulos 56 DF   GRE Vassilis Lavdas — DF   GRE Iason Skarlatidis — DF   GRE Angelos Vyntra — DF   GRE Giannis Gazis — DF   GRE Theodoros Kitsas — DF   GRE Giannis Chatzikonstantinou — DF   GRE Nektarios Kaloskamis — DF   GRE Michalis Karouzos — DF   GRE Serafim Chantzaras — DF   GRE Odai Al-Nasaseebi 39 MF   GRE Ioannis Gavriil Mpokos

No. Pos. Nation Player 75 MF   GRE Rushit Zeka — MF   GRE Konstantinos Argyropoulos — MF   GRE Konstantinos Theocharis — MF   GRE Stavros Ioannou — MF   GRE Johan Remoundos — MF   GRE Thomas Markezinis — MF   GRE Filippos Bazoukis 53 FW   GRE Iason Nempis — FW   GRE Andreas Kourouniotis — FW   GRE Sotiris Terzis — FW   GRE Georgios Sokos — FW   GRE Nikolaos Trikantzis — FW   GRE Dimitris Andriotis — FW   ITA Cleo Caoua

U-17 & U-16 squad

As of 30 August 2025 ^[2]

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 Vangelis Liakos — GK   GRE Christos Geitonas — GK   GRE Panagiotis Kanouris — GK   GRE Sarantis Moustakas — GK   GRE Ioannis Konstantopoulos — DF   GRE Giannis Gkremoutis — DF   GRE Antonis Dimakopoulos — DF   GRE Sotiris Katsioulas — DF   GRE Dimitris Tsantzalos — DF   GRE Angelos Gkartzonikas — DF   GRE Giorgos Kalbourtzis — DF   GRE Anestis Lazaridis — DF   GRE Nikos Semos — DF   GRE Stefanos Tsingas — DF   GRE Angelos Gkrebi — DF   GRE Dimitris Karagiannakis — DF   GRE Iason Nitsos — DF   GRE Dimitris Stamenis — DF   GRE Panagiotis Koumoukelis — MF   GRE Giannis Dimou — MF   GRE Christoforos Karagounis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Othonas Karo — MF   GRE Panagiotis Mpiniaris — MF   GRE Maximos Dabizas — MF   GRE Sotiris Papakostas — MF   ALB Angelos Prentze — MF   GRE Marcos Silva — MF   GRE Vialdo Goxhaj — MF   GRE Vangelis Tsimerikas — MF   GRE Panagiotis Manganiello — MF   GRE Zacharias Petousis — FW   GRE Vangelis Mamakos — FW   GRE Napoleon Souchlakis — FW   GRE Angelos Daniilidis — FW   GRE Lambros Delibeis — FW   GRE Nikos Papacharalambous — FW   GRE Savvas Vamvakidis — FW   GRE Kyriakos Blatsos — FW   GRE Vaios Psarris — FW   GRE Sotiris Kritikos — FW   GRE Panagiotis Fotis

U-15 squad

As of 19 October 2024 ^[3]

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 Vasilis Vakatsas — GK   GRE Rafail Vassos — GK   GRE Filippos Filis — DF   GRE Konstantinos Antonatos — DF   GRE James Koutavakis — DF   GRE Maximos Nikas — DF   GRE Dimitris Xydias — DF   GRE Grigoris Pasvantis — DF   GRE Panos Platanitis — DF   GRE Angelos Tsomos — MF   GRE Stratis Zorbas — MF   GRE Giorgos Kavourinos

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Dimitris Vranopoulos — MF   GRE Dimitris Kokkinos — MF   TAN Adam Kwale — MF   GRE Olger Damzi — FW   GRE Ioannis Anastasiou — FW   GRE Dimitris Karpalos — FW   GRE Angelos Nikoletopoulos — FW   GRE Apostolos Papaioannou — FW   ITA Felice Cirillo — FW   GRE Panagiotis Kantzirakis — FW   GRE Pavlos Papakostas — FW   GRE Thanos Doukas

Notable players

• 
  Angelos Basinas
• 
  Giannis Goumas
• 
  Stefanos Kapino
• 
  Giorgos Karagounis
• 
  Sotirios Kyrgiakos
• 
  Charalampos Mavrias
• 
  Sotiris Ninis

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

• Sotiris Alexandropoulos
• Georgios Alexopoulos
• Kyriakos Andreopoulos
• Vasilis Angelopoulos
• Kostas Antoniou
• Angelos Basinas
• Giannis Bouzoukis
• Anastasios Chatzigiovanis
• Kostas Chalkias
• Diamantis Chouchoumis
• Lambros Choutos
• Christos Donis
• Spyros Fourlanos
• Nikos Giannitsanis
• Giannis Goumas
• Stefanos Kapino
• Giorgos Karagounis
• Stefanos Kotsolis
• Sotirios Kyrgiakos
• Anastasios Lagos
• Spiros Livathinos
• Charalampos Mavrias
• Nikos Marinakis
• Sotiris Ninis
• Spyros Risvanis
• Paschalis Staikos
• Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
• Alexandros Tzorvas
• Georgios Vakouftsis
• Markos Vellidis

Personnel

Academies staff

^[4]

Position	Name
Academy director	Thodoris Eleftheriadis
Administrative manager	Giannis Koulouriotis
U-19 coach	Dimitris Koropoulis
U-19 assistant coach	Stavros Amanatidis
U-17 coach	Kostas Kiassos
U-16 coach	Stavros Tziortziopoulos
U-15 coach	Vasilis Apostolou
U-14 coach	Giorgos Tsintaris
U-13 coach	Giorgos Patatanes
U-12 & U-10 coach	Agis Meremetis
U-11 coach	Spyros Katsimaris
Fitness coach	Panagiotis Geroulis
Fitness coach	Vasilis Alexiou
Goalkeepers coach	Panagiotis Bartzokas
Goalkeepers coach	Nikos Thanopoulos
Goalkeepers coach	Antonis Papatheodorou
Analyst	Iraklis Tsarouchis
Analyst	Dimitris Koutsoulis
Doctor	Pindaros Kakavas
Physiotherapist	Giannis Gryparis
Physiotherapist	Nikos Dedes
Psychologist	Dimitra Noula
Scout	Giorgos Makris
Scout	Andreas Lagonikakis
Scout	Kostas Mavridis
Scout	Markos Tsompanopoulos

References

1. "Panathinaikos Under 19". pao.gr. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
2. "Panathinaikos Under 17". pao.gr. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
3. "Panathinaikos Under 15". pao.gr. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
4. "TEXNIKO ΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΙΟ". pao.gr. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

External links

• Panathinaikos soccer schools