Panathinaikos F.C. Academy

Panathinaikos Academy
Full namePanathinaikos Football Club Academy
Founded1956 (1956)
GroundGeorgios Kalafatis Sports Center
OwnerPanathinaikos F.C.
ChairmanGiannis Alafouzos
Websitepao.gr

Panathinaikos maintains youth and amateur departments since the 1950s, while Panathinaikos F.C. manage them since 1981. They cooperate with a network of 55 soccer schools in Greece (Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools), while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad (Cyprus, United States, Australia, Canada, Israel).

History

Since 1928 József Künsztler, coach of the first team, tried to rejuvenate the team with players from the second (reverse) team.

During the 1950s the ex-player of the team, Antonis Migiakis, had the leading role on the creation of the first youth departments of the club. First coaches were Harry Game and Svetislav Glišović. Migiakis was appointed later also as a coach the years 1967–69, 1971-74 και 1981–85. Andreas Papaemmanouil had also significant contribution.

During the presidency of Yiorgos Vardinogiannis the academy was re-organized. Alf Ramsey was appointed as Technical Director, while all the youth departments were housed in Paiania (training ground).

In 2005 Panathinaikos won the Copa Amsterdam, the annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax.

Since 2013, the academies are housed also in the Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center, the new athletic center of Panathinaikos FC.

Honours

1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).

Players

U-19 squad

As of 30 August 2025[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
41 GK  GRE Loukas Stamellos
GK  GRE Ioannis Mponovas
62 DF  GRE Iason Skarlatidis
DF  GRE Angelos Vyntra
DF  GRE Giannis Gazis
DF  GRE Antonis Dimakopoulos
DF  GRE Theodoros Kitsas
DF  GRE Giannis Chatzikonstantinou
DF  GRE Nektarios Kaloskamis
DF  GRE Vassilis Lavdas
DF  GRE Odai Al-Nasaseebi
39 MF  GRE Ioannis Bokos
46 MF  GRE Rushit Zeka
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GRE Konstantinos Argyropoulos
MF  GRE Konstantinos Theocharis
MF  GRE Stavros Ioannou
MF  GRE Johan Remoundos
MF  GRE Filippos Bazoukis
MF  GRE Thodoris Tasios
47 FW  GRE Sotiris Terzis
53 FW  GRE Iason Nempis
FW  GRE Andreas Kourouniotis
FW  GRE Georgios Sokos
FW  GRE Nikolaos Trikantzis
FW  GRE Dimitris Andriotis
FW  ITA Cleo Caoua

U-17 squad

As of 8 November 2025[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
71 GK  GRE Christos Geitonas
GK  GRE Filippos Papanikolaou
GK  GRE Konstantinos Tzatzakis
DF  GRE Angelos Gkartzonikas
DF  GRE Giorgos Kalbourtzis
DF  GRE Nikos Semos
DF  GRE Stefanos Tsigkas
DF  GRE Dimitris Xidias
DF  GRE Panagiotis Koumoukelis
DF  GRE Vangelis Gexos
DF  CYP Antonis Konis
MF  GRE Christoforos Karagounis
MF  GRE Othonas Karo
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GRE Panagiotis Mpiniaris
MF  GRE Maximos Dabizas
MF  GRE Sotiris Papakostas
MF  GRE Panagiotis Manganielo
MF  GRE Dimitris Kokkinos
MF  GRE Kimonas Vasilopoulos
MF  GRE Spyros Dimos
MF  GRE Zacharias Petousis
FW  GRE Lambros Delibeis
FW  GRE Nikos Papacharalambous
FW  GRE Sotiris Kritikos
FW  GRE Spyros Anastasiadis
FW  GRE Panagiotis Fotis

U-15 squad

As of 8 November 2025[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  GRE Anastaskis Gkoltsios
GK  GRE Vassilis Koufopoulos
GK  GRE Michalis Papavasileiou
DF  GRE Petro Angelopoulos
DF  GRE Vassilis Grigoriadis
DF  GRE Konstantinos Lampros
DF  GRE Rafail Bouboukis
DF  GRE Dimitris Milonas
DF  GRE Anastasios Chartalis
DF  GRE Stratos Psofakis
MF  GRE Giannis Veloudis
MF  GRE Paraskevas Gouliamtzis
MF  GRE Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GRE Konstantinos Donis
MF  GRE Giorgos Kasimos
MF  GRE Giorgos Krasanakis
MF  GRE Giannis Moisiadis
MF  ROU Gabriel Ugureanu
MF  GRE Giorgos Christanthopoulos
FW  GRE Stelios Antoniadis
FW  GRE Angelos Dimos
FW  GRE Antonis Rallis
FW  GRE Evangelos Pantazis
FW  GRE Dimitris Petridis
FW  GRE Nikolas Remoundos

Notable players

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

Personnel

Academies staff

[4]

Position Name
Academy director Thodoris Eleftheriadis
Chief of Performance and Fitness Vassilis Alexiou
Chief Analyst Predrag Sobotović
Chief Scout Giorgos Makris
Goalkeepers coach coordinator Giorgos Mountakis
U-19 coach Dimitris Koropoulis
U-19 assistant coach Stavros Amanatidis
U-17 coach Angelos Zazopoulos
U-17 assistant coach Georgios Tsintaris
U-16 coach Aristotelis Schizas
U-16 assistant coach Giourkas Seitaridis
U-15 coach Dimitris Tsatsopoulos
U-15 assistant coach Fotis Papapanagis
U-14 coach Fotis Papapanagis
U-14 assistant coach Dimitris Tsatsopoulos
U-13 coach Giorgos Tsintaris
U-12 coach Dimitris Koutsoulis
U-12 assistant coach Aristotelis Schizas
U-11 & U-10 coach Dimitris Papanastasis
Fitness coach Panagiotis Geroulis
Fitness coach Vasilis Alexiou
Goalkeepers coach Panagiotis Bartzokas
Goalkeepers coach Nikos Thanopoulos
Goalkeepers coach Antonis Papatheodorou
Analyst Iraklis Tsarouchis
Analyst Dimitris Koutsoulis
Doctor Pindaros Kakavas
Physiotherapist Giannis Gryparis
Physiotherapist Nikos Dedes
Psychologist Dimitra Noula
Scout Giorgos Makris
Scout Andreas Lagonikakis
Scout Kostas Mavridis
Scout Markos Tsompanopoulos

References

  1. ^ "Panathinaikos Under 19". pao.gr. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Panathinaikos Under 17". pao.gr. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Panathinaikos Under 15". pao.gr. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "TEXNIKO ΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΙΟ". pao.gr. Retrieved 16 September 2021.