Panathinaikos BC
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| Full name | K.A.E. Panathinaikos A.O. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Olympic Sports Complex Athens, Greece |
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| Capacity | 19,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Paulos Giannakopoulos |
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| Head Coach |  Željko Obradović |
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| League | A1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | A1, Champions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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[edit] Current Squad
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
[edit] Selected Former Players
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[edit] International Record
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Men
- 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
[edit] Women
- Greek Championships: 3
- 1998, 2000, 2005
- Greek Cup: 1
- 2000
- Double: 1
- 2000
[edit] External links
- 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 | |||
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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 |
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Quarterfinalists: CSKA Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Olympiacos | Panathinaikos | TAU Cerámica | Unicaja Málaga | Winterthur FCB |
