2023–24 Panathinaikos F.C. season explained

Club:	Panathinaikos
Season:	2023–24
Manager:	Ivan Jovanović (until 26 December) Fatih Terim (until 17 May) Christos Kontis (from 17 May)
Chairman:	Giannis Alafouzos
Stadium:
League:	Super League
League Result:	4th (Play-offs) 4th (Regular season)
Cup1:	Greek Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Play-off round
Cup3:	UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Fotis Ioannidis (15)
Season Topscorer:	Fotis Ioannidis (23)
Highest Attendance:	63,890 (vs Braga) (29 August 2023)
Lowest Attendance:	7,546 (vs Lamia) (14 April 2024)
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 season was the 116th season in the existence of Panathinaikos F.C. and the 65rd competitive season in the top flight of Greek football. They are competing in the Greek Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season began on 25 July 2023 and finished on 25 May 2024.

On 25 May 2024, Panathinaikos defeated Aris in the Greek Cup Final to win the domestic cup for the 20th time in club's history.^[1]

Players

Current squad

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
12	Yuri Lodygin	/	GK	1990 5, df=yes	PAS Giannina
15	Vasilis Xenopoulos		GK	1998 4, df=yes	Youth system
69	Bartłomiej Drągowski		GK	1997 8, df=yes	Spezia	On loan
91	Alberto Brignoli		GK	1991 8, df=yes	Empoli
Defenders
2	Georgios Vagiannidis		RB / RM	2001 9, df=yes	Inter Milan
3	Juan Carlos		LB / LM	1990 3, df=yes	Málaga
5	Bart Schenkeveld		CB	1991 8, df=yes	Melbourne City
14	Erik Palmer-Brown		CB	1997 4, df=yes	Troyes
20	Vitor Hugo		CB	1991 5, df=yes	Bahia	On loan
21	Tin Jedvaj		CB	1995 11, df=yes	Lokomotiv Moscow	On loan
23	Hörður Magnússon		CB	1993 3, df=yes	CSKA Moscow
24	Georgios Sideras		CB	2002 3, df=yes	Youth system
25	Filip Mladenović			1991 8, df=yes	Legia Warsaw
27	Giannis Kotsiras		RB / RM	1992 12, df=yes	Asteras Tripolis
94	Samet Akaydin		CB	1994 5, df=yes	Fenerbahçe	On loan
Midfielders
4	Rubén Pérez			1989 4, df=yes	Leganés
6	Zeca	/		1988 8, df=yes	Copenhagen
8	Anastasios Bakasetas			1993 6, df=yes	Trabzonspor
10	Bernard		AM / LW	1992 9, df=yes	Sharjah
11	Dimitrios Limnios	/	RW / LW	27 May 1998 (age 25)	1. FC Köln
16	Adam Gnezda Čerin			1999 7, df=yes	1. FC Nürnberg
17	Daniel Mancini	/	RW	1996 11, df=yes	Aris Thessaloniki
22	Aitor Cantalapiedra		RW / LW	1996 2, df=yes	Twente
31	Filip Đuričić			1992 1, df=yes	Sampdoria
34	Sebastián Palacios		RW	20 January 1992	Independiente
52	Tonny Vilhena	/		1995 1, df=yes	Espanyol
55	Willian Arão		CB / MF	1992 3, df=yes	Fenerbahçe
77	Benjamin Verbič			1993 11, df=yes	Dynamo Kyiv
90	Leandro Frroku	/		2003 9, df=yes	Youth system
Forwards
7	Fotis Ioannidis		CF	2000 1, df=yes	Levadiakos
9	Andraž Šporar		CF	1994 2, df=yes	Sporting CP
29	Alexander Jeremejeff	/	CF	1993 10, df=yes	BK Häcken

Transfers

Summer window

In

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Ref
29	FW	/ Alexander Jeremejeff	Levadiakos	Loan return	30 June 2023
--	MF	Jonas Toró	Levadiakos	Loan return	30 June 2023
--	MF	António Xavier	Levadiakos	Loan return	30 June 2023
6	MF	Zeca	Copenhagen	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
25	DF	Filip Mladenović	Legia Warsaw	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
31	MF	Filip Đuričić	Sampdoria	Free	1 July 2023	^[5]
52	MF	/ Tonny Vilhena	Espanyol	3,000,000 €	7 July 2023	^[6]
21	DF	Tin Jedvaj	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan	15 July 2023	^[7]
14	DF	Erik Palmer-Brown	Troyes	1,500,000 €	2 August 2023	^[8]
55	MF	Willian Arão	Fenerbahçe	2,500,000 €	17 August 2023	^[9]
--	MF	Georgios Nikas	Levadiakos	Undisclosed	11 September 2023	^[10]

Out

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Ref
6	DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	Union Berlin	End of loan	30 June 2023
14	DF	Facundo Sánchez	AEK Larnaca	End of contract	30 June 2023	^[11]
21	MF	Dimitrios Kourbelis	Trabzonspor	End of contract	30 June 2023	^[12]
31	DF	Zvonimir Šarlija	Hajduk Split	End of contract	30 June 2023	^[13]
44	DF	Achilleas Poungouras	Sivasspor	End of contract	30 June 2023
57	MF	António Xavier	Tondela	End of contract	30 June 2023
--	MF	Jonas Toró	Botafogo-SP	Loan	10 July 2023	^[14]
19	MF	Alexis Trouillet	Volos	Loan	17 July 2023	^[15]
99	FW	Argyris Kampetsis	Diósgyőr	Free	21 July 2023	^[16]
11	DF	/ Cristian Ganea	FCSB	Free	4 September 2023	^[17]
--	MF	Georgios Nikas	Levadiakos	Loan	11 September 2023	^[18]

Winter window

In

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Ref
11	MF	/ Dimitrios Limnios	1. FC Köln	Undisclosed	1 January 2024	^[19]
94	DF	Samet Akaydin	Fenerbahçe	Loan	14 January 2024	^[20]
69	GK	Bartłomiej Drągowski	Spezia	Loan	19 January 2024	^[21]
8	MF	Anastasios Bakasetas	Trabzonspor	1,000,000 €	22 January 2024	^[22]
20	DF	Vitor Hugo	Bahia	Loan	23 January 2024	^[23]