2025–26 Panathinaikos F.C. season
| 2025–26 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Giannis Alafouzos | |||
| Manager | Rui Vitória | |||
| Stadium | Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (domestic matches) Athens Olympic Stadium (european matches) | |||
| Super League | Pre-season | |||
| Greek Cup | League phase | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Filip Đuričić (1) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 36,121 (vs Rangers) (30 July 2025) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 20,636 (vs Shakhtar Donetsk) (7 August 2025) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 0–2 (vs Rangers (A) 22 July 2025 UEFA Champhions League) | |||
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The 2025–26 season is the 118th season in the existence of Panathinaikos F.C. and the 67th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football. They will compete in the Greek Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. They will play all of their home games for domestic competitions at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, while all of their European home matches will be held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. The season began on 1 July 2025 and will finish on 30 June 2026.
Coaching staff
- As of 31 October 2024[1]
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head coach | .svg.png){kind=small} Rui Vitória
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| Assistant coach | Sergio Botelho
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| Assistant coach | Arnaldo Teixeira
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| Fitness coach | José Da Paz Pereira
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| Assistant fitness coach |  Dimitris Kapralos
|
| Goalkeeper coach | Luís Esteves
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| Assistant goalkeeper coach | Giorgos Mountakis
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| Analyst | Walter Días
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| Analyst | Iraklis Tsarouchis
|
Players
Squad information
- As of 17 August 2025[2]
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Transfers
Summer window
In
| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | MF |  Enis Çokaj
|
Levadiakos
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| 22 | MF | Georgios Kyriopoulos
|
A.E. Kifisia
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| -- | MF | Christos Kryparakos
|
Niki Volos
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| -- | DF | Athanasios Prodromitis
|
Niki Volos
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| -- | MF | Miguel Tavares
|
Panachaiki
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| -- | MF |  Tonny Vilhena
|
 Alanyaspor
|
Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| 77 | DF | Georgios Kyriakopoulos
|
 Monza
|
€2,000,000 | 6 June 2025 | [3] |
| 5 | DF |  Ahmed Touba
|
İstanbul Başakşehir
|
€1,000,000 | 13 June 2025 | [4] |
| 4 | MF |  Pedro Chirivella
|
 Nantes
|
€2,000,000 | 28 June 2025 | [5] |
| 40 | GK | Alban Lafont
|
Nantes
|
Loan | 17 July 2025 | [6] |
| 70 | GK | Konstantinos Kotsaris
|
Kalamata
|
Free | 21 July 2025 | [7] |
| 9 | MF |  Anass Zaroury
|
Lens
|
Loan | 3 August 2025 | [8] |
| 2 | DF | Davide Calabria
|
AC Milan
|
Free | 17 August 2025 | [9] |
Out
| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | MF | Azzedine Ounahi
|
Marseille
|
End of loan | 30 June 2025 | |
| 6 | MF | Zeca
|
Retired | 30 June 2025 | [10] | |
| 5 | DF | Bart Schenkeveld
|
 Al-Khaleej
|
End of contract | 30 June 2025 | [11] |
| 4 | MF | Rubén Pérez
|
A.E. Kifisia
|
End of contract | 30 June 2025 | [12] |
| 23 | DF |  Hörður Magnússon
|
Free agent | End of contract | 30 June 2025 | [13] |
| 55 | MF |  Willian Arão
|
Santos
|
End of contract | 30 June 2025 | [14] |
| 81 | GK | Klidman Lilo
|
OFI
|
End of contract | 30 June 2025 | [15] |
| -- | MF | Enis Çokaj
|
Levadiakos
|
Loan | 4 July 2025 | [16] |
| 18 | MF | Dimitrios Limnios
|
Fortuna Sittard
|
Loan | 16 July 2025 | [17] |
| 2 | DF | Georgios Vagiannidis
|
Sporting CP
|
€12,500,000 | 6 August 2025 | [18] |
| 1 | GK |  Yuri Lodygin
|
Levadiakos
|
Free | 8 August 2025 | [19] |
| 20 | MF |  Nemanja Maksimović
|
 Shabab Al Ahli Club
|
€5,000,000 | 15 August 2025 | [20] |
Pre-season and friendlies
| 2 July 2025 Friendly | Panathinaikos | 3–0 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Angerberg, Austria |
| 12:00 | Mancini  59'Bokos 72'Świderski 89' |
Report | Stadium: Sportplatz Angerberg |
| 5 July 2025 Friendly | Panathinaikos | 0–1 | Nordsjælland | Kössen, Austria |
| 15:00 | Report | 59' (pen.) Egeli |
Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena | |
| Note: 120-minute match (3×40 minutes) | ||||
| 9 July 2025 Friendly | Panathinaikos | 0–0 | Schalke 04 | Schwaz, Austria |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Silberstadt Arena |
| 12 July 2025 Friendly | Panathinaikos | 1–2 | Braga | Kössen, Austria |
| 16:00 | Ioannidis 71' |
Report | 39' Horta 56' Ouazzani |
Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena |
| 16 July 2025 Friendly | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | Westerlo | Athens, Greece |
| 21:00 | Čerin 41' Pellistri 55'Bregou 84' |
Report | 90' Vaesen |
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Vasileios Fotias |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Super League 1 | TBC* | 10 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Betsson Greek Cup | 23–25 September 2025 | TBD | League phase | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| UEFA Champions League | 22 July 2025 | 30 July 2025 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 7 August 2025 | TBD | Third qualifying round | TBD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | ||||
Last updated: 14 August 2025
Source: Competitions
* First scheduled season game with OFI on 24/09/25 was postponed due to Europa League qualifiers commitments
Super League Greece
Regular season
| 1 | Panathinaikos | v | OFI | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | v | Levadiakos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 3 | Kifisia | v | Panathinaikos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | v | Olympiacos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 5 | Panetolikos | v | Panathinaikos | Agrinio, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium |
| 6 | Panathinaikos | v | Atromitos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 7 | Aris | v | Panathinaikos | Thessaloniki, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium |
| 8 | Panathinaikos | v | Asteras AKTOR | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 9 | Volos | v | Panathinaikos | Volos, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium |
| 10 | Panathinaikos | v | PAOK | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 11 | Panserraikos | v | Panathinaikos | Serres, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Serres Municipal Stadium |
| 12 | Panathinaikos | v | AEK Athens | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 13 | AEL | v | Panathinaikos | Larissa, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: AEL FC Arena |
| 14 | Panathinaikos | v | Volos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 15 | PAOK | v | Panathinaikos | Thessaloniki, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Toumba Stadium |
| 16 | Panathinaikos | v | Panserraikos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 17 | AEK Athens | v | Panathinaikos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: OPAP Arena |
| 18 | Atromitos | v | Panathinaikos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Peristeri Stadium |
| 19 | Panathinaikos | v | Kifisia | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 20 | Olympiacos | v | Panathinaikos | Piraeus, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium |
| 21 | Panathinaikos | v | AEL | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 22 | OFI | v | Panathinaikos | Heraklion, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Pankritio Stadium |
| 23 | Panathinaikos | v | Aris | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 24 | Levadiakos | v | Panathinaikos | Livadeia, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium |
| 25 | Panathinaikos | v | Panetolikos | Athens, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| 26 | Asteras AKTOR | v | Panathinaikos | Tripoli, Greece |
| --:-- | Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium |
League table
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 2025-05-24.
Source:
Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos will enter the Greek Football Cup at the league phase.
UEFA Champhions League
Second qualifying round
The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025.
| 22 July 2025 First leg | Rangers  | 2–0 | Panathinaikos | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 21:45 EEST | Curtis 52' Gassama 78' |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,548[21] Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) |
| 30 July 2025 Second leg | Panathinaikos | 1–1 (1–3 agg.) | Rangers | Athens, Greece |
| 21:00 EEST | Djuricic 53' |
Report | 60' Gassama |
Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 36,121[22] Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy) |
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 July 2025.
| 7 August 2025 First leg | Panathinaikos | 0–0 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Athens, Greece |
| 21:00 EEST | Report | Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Attendance: 20,636[23] Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium) |
| 14 August 2025 Second leg | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (3–4 p) | Panathinaikos | Krakow, Poland |
| 21:00 EEST | Report | Stadium: Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium[note 1] Attendance: 13,387[25] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Play-off round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 4 August 2025.
| 21 August 2025 First leg | Panathinaikos | v | Samsunspor | Athens, Greece |
| 21:00 EEST | Report | Stadium: Athens Olympic Stadium Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) |
| 28 August 2025 Second leg | Samsunspor | v | Panathinaikos | Samsun, Turkey |
| 20:00 EEST | Report | Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Notes
- ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[24]
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