Panathinaikos Academy

Full name	Panathinaikos Football Club Academy
Founded	1956
Ground	Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center
Owner	Panathinaikos F.C.
Chairman	Giannis Alafouzos
Technical director	Vangelis Samios
Website	Club website
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 Cup¹: (2)
  • 1994, 1995
• Athens Cup¹: (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 2 September 2023 ^[1]

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 Nikolaos Panagakos — GK   GRE Dimitris Kontogeorgis — GK   GRE Kostas Ntellas Grivas — DF   GRE Michalis Rafael Kamaros — DF   GRE Dimitris Pitsotis — DF   GRE Nektarios Diamantis — DF   GRE Petros Kokakis — DF   GRE Giorgos Katris — DF   GRE Sotiris Douvikas — DF   GRE Giannis Linardakis — DF   GRE Giorgos Pantelopoulos — DF   GRE Alexandros Papapostolou — DF   GRE Iason Skarlatidis — MF   GRE Chrristos Liatifis — MF   GRE Emilios Vagiannidis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ALB Orestis Orgest Ormenaj — MF   GRE Markos Spatharis — MF   GRE Nikos Nikoletopoulos — MF   GRE Giorgos Apostolou — MF   GRE Stelios Mpevardos — MF   GRE Adriano Bregou — MF   GRE Garabet Takesian — MF   ARG Tiago Romano — FW   GRE Antonis Tombras — FW   GRE Odysseas Lazaris — FW   GRE Giorgos Nalitzis — FW   GRE Giorgos Notas — FW   GRE Thanasis Karagounis — FW   GRE Giorgos Georgoulakis

U-17 squad

As of 8 September 2023 ^[2]

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 Athanasios Zogas — GK   GRE Loukas Stamellos — GK   GRE Ioannis Mponovas — DF   GRE Angelos Vyntra — DF   GRE Konstantinos Theocharis — DF   GRE Georgios Anastasakis — DF   GRE Zacharias Venakis — DF   GRE Michail Karouzos — DF   GRE Angelos Latifaj — DF   GRE Thomas Markezinis — DF   GRE Efstathios Savvas Mpoulmpasas — MF   GRE Nektarios Kaloskamis — MF   GRE Maximos Lompas — MF   GRE Rushit Zeka — MF   GRE Alexandros Nikolaos Ouzounidis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Ioannis Gavriil Mpokos — MF   GRE Georgios Makripidis — MF   GRE Athanasios Panos — MF   GRE Orestis Sandramanis — MF   ALB Florian Debrova — MF   GRE Christos Tserevelakis — FW   GRE Stavros Georgopoulos — FW   GRE Serafim Chatzaras — FW   GRE Georgios Sokos — FW   GRE Nikolaos Trikantzis — FW   ALB Luis Rrapushaj — FW   GRE Konstantions Koutsonas — FW   GRE Angelos Kouterlakos — FW   GRE Sotirios Terzis

U-15 squad

As of 17 October 2023 ^[3]

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 Rafail Vassos — GK   GRE Christos Gitonas — GK   GRE Panagiotis Kanouris — GK   GRE Sarantis Moustakas — DF   GRE Angelos Gkartzonikas — DF   GRE Giorgos Kalbourtzis — DF   GRE Vasilis Lavdas — DF   GRE Anestis Lazaridis — DF   GRE Aris Pangalidis — DF   GRE Nikos Semos — DF   GRE Stefanos Tsingas — MF   GRE Salvatore Alexandropoulos — MF   GRE Angelos Gkrebi — MF   GRE Christoforos Karagounis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Nektarios Karachalios — MF   GRE Othonas Karo — MF   GRE Filippos Lioutas — MF   GRE Panagiotis Mpiniaris — MF   GRE Maximos Dabizas — MF   GRE Sotiris Papakostas — MF   GRE Angelos Prentze — MF   GRE Marcos Silva — FW   GRE Angelos Daniilidis — FW   GRE Lambros Delibelis — FW   GRE Giorgos Leloudas — FW   GRE Nikos Papacharalambous — FW   GRE Kyriakos Tounousidis

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

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Position	Name
Academy's Technical director	Vangelis Samios
Administrative manager	Giannis Koulouriotis
U-19 coach	Andreas Drenova
U-19 assistant coach	Stavros Amanatidis
U-17 coach	Apostolos Papavasiliou
U-16 coach	Stavros Tziortziopoulos
U-15 coach	Vasilis Papadakis
U-14 coach	Giorgos Tsintaris
U-13 coach	Giorgos Patatanes
U-12 & U-10 coach	Agis Meremetis
U-11 coach	Spyros Katsimaris
Fitness coach	Vangelis Mpekas
Fitness coach	Panagiotis Geroulis
Fitness coach	Eftichis Petrakis
Goalkeepers coach	Panagiotis Bartzokas
Goalkeepers coach	Nikos Thanopoulos
Goalkeepers coach	Antonis Papatheodorou
Doctor	Pindaros Kakavas
Physiotherapist	Giannis Gryparis
Physiotherapist	Nikos Dedes
Physiotherapist	Konstantinos Viglakis
Psychologist	Dimitra Noula
Scout	Andreas Lagonikakis
Scout	Kostas Mavridis
Scout	Markos Tsompanopoulos

References

External links

• Panathinaikos soccer schools