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Panathinaikos
Full name	K.A.E. Panathinaikos A.O.
Founded	1908
Ground	Olympic Sports Complex Athens, Greece
Capacity	19,200
Chairman	Paulos Giannakopoulos
Head Coach	Željko Obradović
League	A1
2005-06	A1, Champions
Home colours 　 Away colours

Main article: Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos Basketball Club (Greek name, transliterated into English: K.A.E. Panathinaikos A.O.) is the basketball team of the Athens-based Greek sport club Panathinaikos. It is owned by pharmaceutical magnates Paulos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos. It was founded in 1922 and has developed into the most successful basketball team in Greece and among the best in Europe. They have won 27 national championships, 10 Greek Cups, 3 European Championships and one Inter-continental Cup.

Legends of world baskeball have played with the club (Dominique Wilkins, Byron Scott, Dino Radja, Dejan Bodiroga, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Stojan Vrankovic, Fanis Christodoulou, Antonio Davis, Zeljko Rebraca among others). Those players, along with the successful management of Paulos Giannakopoulos, have made Panathinaikos one of the most successful and well-known teams of the last decade in the continent (along with Maccabi Tel Aviv) having won two Euroleague titles.

On April 1996 in Paris final-four (F4), Panathinaikos was the first Greek team to win the European Championships (now Euroleague), beating FC Barcelona in a unique final tournament, by 67-66. In September of the same year the team also won the Inter-continental cup, prevailing by 2-1 wins over Olympia of Argentina (83-89, 83-78, 101-76). In 2000 in Thessaloniki F4, Panathinaikos were the Champions of Europe for the second time, beating Maccabi 73-67 in the final. In 2002 in Bologna F4, Panathinaikos brought to Athens the most prestigious European trophy for the third time, beating hosts Kinder Bologna 89-83 in the final.

Panathinaikos participated in the F4 of the Euroleague another four times: Tel Aviv in 1994 (3rd), Zaragoza in 1995 (3rd), Paris in 2001 (2nd) and Moscow in 2005 (3rd). Other significant successes are: the two participations in the semifinals of the Cup Winners Cup (1969, 1998), the course up to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup for the season 1971-72 (eliminated by Ignis Varese (78-70, 55-69). In the season of 1981-82, Panathinaikos participated in the finals of the Cup Champions Cup of that time, eliminating consecutively CSKA Moscow and Levski Sofia teams.

The team, which is famous for it's fans passionate support, also holds the highest attendance record in the Euroleague, which is 20,000 fans, achieved in a home match in OAKA against Benetton Treviso on March 29, 2006, for the second phase of the 2005-06 Euroleague. An attendance of 18,900 fans has also been achieved three times in home matches of the Greens, against Efes Pilsen in 2005 and TAU Ceramica (twice) in 2006.

Contents 1 Current Squad 2 Selected Former Players 3 International Record 4 Honours 4.1 Men 4.2 Women 5 External links

As of September 2006

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
4	Fragiskos Alvertis (C)	SF/PF	2.06
5	Tony Delk	PG/SG	1.88
6	Dimitris Papanikolaou	SF	2.02
7	Sani Bečirović	PG/SG	1.95
8	Michael Batiste	PF	2.04
9	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	SF	1.98
10	Nikos Hatzivrettas	SG/SF	1.96
11	Dimosthenis Dikoudis	PF	2.06
12	Kostas Tsartsaris	PF/C	2.09
13	Dimitris Diamantidis	PG	1.96
14	Vasilis Xanthopoulos	PG	1.88
15	Dejan Tomašević	C	2.08
16	Dušan Šakota	SF/PF	2.09
18	Miloš Vujanić	PG	1.90
19	Robertas Javtokas	C	2.10

Coach: Željko Obradović

Marcelo Nicola Pepe Sanchez Hugo Sconochini Dino Radja Stojko Vrankovic Arijan Komazec Damir Mulaomerovic John Amaechi Aivar Kuusmaa Tiit Sokk Michael Koch Patrick Femerling Nikos Galis Panagiotis Giannakis Lazaros Papadopoulos Antonis Fotsis

Takis Koronaios David Stergakos Liveris Andritsos Dimitris Kokolakis Giorgos Kolokithas Apostolos Kontos Memos Ioannou Kostas Politis Konstantinos Patavoukas Kiriakos Vidas Vasilis Spanoulis John Korfas Fanis Christodoulou Giorgos Kalaitzis Nikos Ekonomou Oded Kattash

Pat Burke Ferdinando Gentile Dejan Bodiroga Žarko Paspalj Željko Rebrača Vlado Scepanovic Jaka Lakovič Ferran Martinez Ibrahim Kutluay Alexander Volkov Dominique Wilkins Byron Scott Antonio Davis John Salley Anthony Avent Tracy Murray

Ariel McDonald Darryl Middleton Johnny Rogers Edgar Jones Byron Dinkins Rodney Buford Lonny Baxter

Season	Achievement	Notes
European Champions Cup
1971-72	Semi-final	eliminated by Ignis Varese, 78-70 in Athens, 55-69 in Varese
1972-73	Semi-final	eliminated by Academica Sofia, 84-78 in Athens, 57-76 in Sofia
1981-82	Final round	5th place
1993-94	Final-four	3rd place in Tel Aviv
1994-95	Final-four	3rd place in Zaragoza
1995-96	Winner	won Barcelona 67-66 in Paris
1996-97	Semi-final	eliminated by Olympiakos, 49-69 at home, 57-65 away
1998-99	Quarter-final	eliminated by Teamsystem Bologna, 58-63 in Athens, 64-88 in Bologna
1999-00	Winner	won Maccabi Tel-Aviv 73-67 in Thessaloniki
FIBA Suproleague
2000-01	Final	defeated 81-67 by Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Paris
Euroleague
2001-02	Winner	won Kinder Bologna 89-83 in Bologna
2004-05	Final-four	3rd place in Moscow
2005-06	Quarter-final	eliminated by TAU Cerámica with 1-2 wins
Cup Winners Cup
1968-69	Semi-final	eliminated by Dinamo Tbilisi, 81-67 in Athens, 71-103 in Tbilisi
1997-98	Semi-final	eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 77-58 in Athens, 61-86 in Milan
Intercontinental Cup
1996	Winner	2-1 wins against Olimpia Venado Tuerto

• Greek Championships: 27
  • 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

• Greek Cups: 10
  • 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

• European Championships - Euroleague: 3
  • 1996, 2000, 2002

• Intercontinental Cup: 1
  • 1996

• Doubles: 4
  • 1982, 2003, 2005, 2006

• Greek Championships: 3
  • 1998, 2000, 2005

• Greek Cup: 1
  • 2000

• Double: 1
  • 2000

• Panathinaikos BC - Official website (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Fans' Site (in Greek & English)
• Green CyBeR Fans' Site (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Fan Site & Forum (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Gate 13 Fans' Site (in Greek & English)

A1 Greek Basketball League 2006-2007
AEK Athens BC | AEL BC | Aris BC | Maroussi BC | Olympiacos BC | Panathinaikos BC | PAOK BC | Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos | Panionios | Makedonikos | Olympia Larissas BC | Apollon Patras Achaia Clauss | Aigaleo | Olympiada Patras |

Euroleague 2006-07

Quarterfinalists: CSKA Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Olympiacos | Panathinaikos | TAU Cerámica | Unicaja Málaga | Winterthur FCB Eliminated after Top 16: Aris TT Bank | Benetton Treviso | DKV Joventut | Efes Pilsen | Lottomatica Virtus Roma | Partizan PMB | Pau-Orthez | Prokom Trefl Sopot Eliminated after Regular Season: Cibona | Climamio Bologna | Eldo Napoli | Fenerbahçe Ülker | Le Mans | RheinEnergie Köln | Union Olimpija | Žalgiris