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President of Panathinaikos FC Leaves Club

President of Panathinaikos FC Yiannis Alafouzos announced that he is leaving, unable to shoulder the financial burden of running the club. The main shareholder of the historical Athens team, and owner of Skai media group, released a written statement saying...

Greek Deputy Minister of Sports Punishes Panathinaikos FC for Violence

Deputy Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to close gates 13 and 14 of the Panathinaikos football field and impose a 90,000-euro fine as punishment for violent incidents. Gates 13 and 14 of the Apostolos Nikolaidis football field host the...

Greece's Panathinaikos FC Chief Looks for Financial Support

Yiannis Alafouzos, president of the Panathinaikos Alliance, said the football club is in debt and he is not getting the financial support expected from fans. Alafouzos spoke to the members of the alliance saying that when he became chairman the...

Panathinaikos FC Heads to Scotland for a Place in Champion’s League

"Qualifying against Madder Wool is vital for Panathinaikos' profile that will prove that the team is prepared for the upcoming season. Also, a positive result in Scotland will bring important revenues that are needed inside the team," the VP...

FC Panathinaikos Back in European Action Against Standard Liege

Nineteen months since their last European match, Panathinaikos is set to take charge against Standard Liege of Belgium. Today at 9pm Athens time (2pm EST) the "Clover" is looking to repeat its glory days and remind us all why...

Champions League: FC Panathinaikos to Face Standard Liege in the 3rd Round

For the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League, Panathinaikos was drawn against Belgium's 2nd best team of the 2013-2014 season, Standard Liege. The Athenians avoided top teams, Russia's Zenit of St Petersburgh and France's Lille, however in the playoff...

UEFA Bans Panathinaikos from European Football for 3 Years for Unpaid Debts

Panathinaikos football club have been banned from European competitions for three years for failing to pay their debts to former players, UEFA announced on Tuesday. The Athens club were given a suspended sentence by UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB)...

Panathinaikos: The Rise and Fall of a Greek Football Empire

Their humiliating 4-1 defeat from Lamia for the Greek Cup knockout stage in their last game of 2017, was a fitting tribute to the once mighty, but now weakling, Panathinaikos. The club which used to embody the "Samson v. Goliath"...

AEK Moves Top of Greek League After Draw at Panathinaikos

AEK escaped with a 1-1 draw at Panathinaikos after Marko Livaja's equalizer in the fifth minute of second-half injury time in the Greek league on Sunday. AEK is top of the league, one point ahead of Atromitos and Olympiakos. Atromitos...

Panathinaikos Soccer in Trouble: Basketball Club Owner Withdraws Offer to Buy

Panathinaikos Football Club faces serious ownership problems as Panathinaikos Basketball Club chief Dimitris Giannakopoulos has withdrawn his offer to buy the debt-ridden club. Great expectations were created among Panathinaikos fans when Giannakopoulos stepped in last Monday saying that he knows...

Panathinaikos Wins 6th Consecutive Cup, Beating Aris 68-59

On Saturday Panathinaikos' basketball team won its sixth consecutive Greek Cup and set a record of 18 overall in defeating Aris 68-59. The game was played at Thessaloniki’s Nick Galis Hall as Panathinaikos agreed to play the game at Aris. This...

Panathinaikos President Will Not Resign

Greek businessman Giannis Alafouzos expressed his intention of resigning from his post as active President of Panathinaikos FC on Saturday, November 21, after the incidents that occurred before the Olympiakos-Panathinaikos match. However, he changed his mind after a 3-hour...

Goalkeeper Luke Steele Extends His Contact With Panathinaikos

Goalkeeper Luke Steele, born on September 24, 1984 in Peterborough, England, will continue playing for Greek soccer club Panathinaikos F.C. until the summer of 2018, according to the Greek Super League club's announcement on Monday. 30 year-old Steele commented on his contract extension...

Michael Essien in Athens to Join Panathinaikos

Ghana international and former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien arrived in Athens on Monday night to join Panathinaikos F.C. after the Athens-based club secured a Champions League spot last weekend. The 32-year-old football player is expected to begin the next chapter of his career...

Euroleague: Panathinaikos Makes the Playoffs Despite Loss to Red Star Belgrade [Video]

Panathinaikos suffered a 69-68 defeat from Red Star at the Pionir Hall of Belgrade but made the playoffs due to Macabbi Tel Aviv's victory over Alba Berlin (64-73) fifteen minutes earlier. Alba's loss meant that Panathinaikos automatically qualified for the playoffs no matter...