Football in Greece, made it's appearance in about 1890 but there was no official championship since it was considered as a sport for the low class people. There were some people, though, who had predicted that this sport would eventually become the most popular sport in Greece. Giorgos Kalafatis, was the one who really believed in football and in December of 1908 at the age of 18, he founded the team of Panathinaikos F.C. The president of the team was Alexandros Kalafatis, Giorgos' brother. Giorgos Kalafatis is now considered as Greek's soccer "Father". The name of the club was by then P.O.A. (Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon - Football Club of Athens). The club changed it's name twice during the time period of 1910 - 1918.

In 1918 there were two more historical decisions were taken. First of all, it was decided that the official color of the team would be the green, as in most of the matches the players were not using the same outfit. The other decision was about the club's symbol. Panathinaikos until then didn't have any official symbol and it was decided that the "Triffili" would be the one. The man who had the idea of that symbol was, Michalis Papazoglou, a great athlete from Constantinople who played for the team of Chalkidona, which had the same symbol. This idea was accepted by the Panathinaikos council. Panathinaikos got it's final name in May 15, 1924. It was changed to P.A.O. (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos - Panathinaikos Athletic Club).

Panathinaikos became popular almost immediately and soon it's superiority was acknowledged. Greek Authorities for the previously mentioned reasons didn't want football to be played in Greece, but they realized that the fans of that sport were rapidly increasing. Finally they were forced to officially recognize football and the Panathinaikos team. It was one more triumph of Giorgos Kalafatis and Panathinaikos.

19 Championships - 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004

16 Cups - 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004

3 Super Cups - 1988, 1993, 1994

Panathinaikos Team Photo

Panathinaikos Roster - Coach: Jose Peseiro (Portugal)

No. Last Name  First Name Position D.O.B Previous Team 1 Galinovic Mario Goalkeeper 15/11/76 Kamen Ingrad 2 Enakarhire Joseph Defender 06/11/82 Bordeaux 3 Sarriegi Josu Defender 19/01/79 4 Mattos Marcelo Midfielder 10/02/84 Corinthians 5 Morris Nasief Defender 16/04/81 Aris 6 Darlas Filippos Defender 23/10/83 Apollon Sm. 7 Ninis Sotiris Midfielder 03/04/90 Am.Pao 8 Goumas Giannis Defender 24/05/75 Am.Pao 9 Romero Sebastian Midfielder 27/04/78 Racing Club 10 Gonzales Eezequiel Midfielder 10/07/80 Rosario Centr 11 Papadopoulos Dimitris Forward 20/10/81 Burnley 14 Salpigidis Dimitris Forward 10/08/81 Paok 15 Fissas Panagiotis Defender 12/06/73 Hearts 16 Siontis Stefanos Defender 04/09/87 Ethnikos Asti 17 Tsigas Thanasis Forward 20/09/82 Paok 18 Malarz Arkadiusz Goalkeeper 19/06/80 Skoda Xanthi 19 Seric Anthony Defender 15/01/79 Lazio 20 Leontiou Sotiris Midfielder 17/07/84 Proodeftiki 21 Karagounis Giorgos Midfielder 06/03/77 Benfica 22 Tziolis Alexis Midfielder 13/02/85 N.Panionios 23 Simao Mate Defender 23/07/88 Clube Ferrovi 24 Vintra Loukas Defender 05/02/81 Paniliakos 25 Ndoye Dame Forward 21/02/85 Acantemica 26 Mantzios Vangelis Forward 22/04/83 N.Panionios 27 Ivanschitz Andreas Midfielder 15/10/83 Salzburg 29 Nilsson Mikael Midfielder 24/06/78 Southampton 30 Dimoutsos Elini Midfielder 18/06/88 Ilisiakos 33 Karnezis Orestis Goalkeeper 11/07/85 Ofi 35 Ntantamis Giorgos Defender 18/05/89 Am.Pao 38 Boutzikos Nikos Defender 16/09/89 Am.Pao

Panathinaikos in National Division
Year	Division	P	W	D	L	G	Pts
1979-80	A	3rd	15	15	4	38-24	45
1980-81	A	5th	13	13	8	44-21	39
1981-82	A	2nd	19	12	3	58-28	50
1982-83	A	6th	14	9	11	50-42	37
1983-84	A	1st	19	8	3	46-14	46
1984-85	A	2nd	17	9	4	61-30	43
1985-86	A	1st	18	7	5	58-26	43
1986-87	A	2nd	15	9	6	46-30	39
1987-88	A	5th	15	6	9	47-34	36
1988-89	A	3rd	14	9	7	45-25	37
1989-90	A	1st	21	11	2	75-35	53
1990-91	A	1st	23	8	3	77-22	54
1991-92	A	3rd	21	6	7	66-21	48
1992-93	A	2nd	24	5	5	85-21	77
1993-94	A	2nd	22	6	6	82-32	72
1994-95	A	1st	26	5	3	83-21	83
1995-96	A	1st	26	5	3	72-22	83
1996-97	A	5th	20	4	10	60-25	64
1997-98	A	2nd	28	1	5	90-24	85
1998-99	A	3rd	23	5	6	66-36	74
1999-00	A	2nd	28	4	2	92-24	88
2000-01	A	2nd	20	6	4	61-20	66
2001-02	A	3rd	16	7	3	53-25	55
2002-03	A	2nd	22	4	4	50-19	70
2003-04	A	1st	24	5	1	62-18	77
2004-05	A	2nd	19	7	4	51-18	64
2005-06	A	3rd	21	4	5	55-23	67
2006-07	Super League	3rd	16	6	8	47-28	54