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| Full name | PAE Panathinaikos AO | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Prasini (The Greens) Trifylli (The Clover) | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Olympic Stadium - Spiros Louis Athens, Greece | ||
| Capacity | 71,030 | ||
| Chairman |  Argiris Mitsou | ||
| Head Coach |  Víctor Muñoz | ||
| League | Super League Greece | ||
| 2005-06 | Super League Greece, 3rd | ||
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PAE Panathinaikos AO (Greek, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος - Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos), the Pan-Athenian Athletic Club (also known as PAO), is the football team of Panathinaikos, the Athens-based Greek sport club. Founded in 1908 the football team is the oldest of all the club’s sports sections. They play in the Super League Greece and play their home games at the Olympic Stadium - Spiros Louis. Panathinaikos is one of the most successful Greek football clubs of all time, winning 19 league titles. In 1971 they were European Cup finalists, losing 2-0 to Ajax at Wembley Stadium. They remain the only Greek club that has reached a European final. In 1985, Panathinaikos reached the European Cup semifinals, where they were thrown out by Liverpool F.C. (4-0, 0-1, aggregate 5-0). The club reached the semifinal stage of the UEFA Champions League in 1996, when they faced Ajax, recording a surprising first-leg away victory (0-1). However, they suffered a crushing 0-3 defeat on the second leg and were thus denied entry to the final once more. In the 2002 UEFA Champions League, Panathinaikos reached the quarter-finals, losing 3-2 on aggregate to FC Barcelona. Currently (September 2006) Panathinaikos is the highest ranked Greek club in the official UEFA Team Ranking http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/trank2006.html.
According to the current world club ranking of the International Federation of Football and Statistics for the period ending July 30, 2006 , Panathinaikos is No. 125 in the World. (Olympiakos is No.72 and AEK is No.120).
The team is owned since 1979 by Vardinogiannis family, who are mostly known for their oil, media and entertainment companies. Team's chairman is Dr. Argiris Mitsou but Giannis Vardinogiannis is the member of the family that is actually making decisions concerning the team.
Current football 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.
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