Panathinaikos B.C.

Main article: Panathinaikos A.O.

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Nickname	Trifýlli (The Shamrock) Prássini (The Greens) PAO
Leagues	EuroLeague Greek Basket League
Founded	1919 (1919)
History	Panathinaikos B.C. (1919–present)
Arena	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity	18,300
Location	Athens, Greece
Team colors	Green, White
Main sponsor	AKTOR Pame Stoixima
President	Vassileios Parthenopoulos
General manager	Stavros Ntinos
Head coach	Ergin Ataman
Team captain	Kostas Sloukas Ioannis Papapetrou
Ownership	Dimitris Giannakopoulos
Championships	7 EuroLeague 1 Intercontinental Cup 40 Greek Championship 20 Greek Cup 1 Greek Super Cup 2 Triple Crowns
Retired numbers	3 (1, 4, 13)
Website	paobc.gr
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Panathinaikos B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός), also known simply as Panathinaikos, currently also known as Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for sponsorship reasons, is the professional basketball team of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. It is owned by the billionaire Giannakopoulos family.

The parent athletic club was founded in 1908, while the basketball team was created in 1919, being one of the oldest in Greece. Alongside Aris, they are the only un-relegated teams with participation in every Greek First Division Championship until today.

Panathinaikos has developed into the most successful basketball club in Greek basketball's history, and one of the most successful in European basketball, creating its own dynasty. They have won seven EuroLeague Championships, forty Greek Basket League Championships, twenty Greek Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, one Greek Super Cup and two Triple Crowns. They also hold the record for most consecutive Greek League titles, as they are the only team to have won nine consecutive championships (2003–2011), as well as for the most consecutive Greek Basketball Cup titles, winning six from 2012 to 2017. Panathinaikos counts one more championship that took place in 1921 and was organized by the YMCA. It is however not recognized by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association, as it was before the creation of the Hellenic Basketball Federation. The team plays its home games in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, which has a maximum capacity of 19,250 for basketball games. Panathinaikos also holds the world record for the longest title-winning streak, spanning 27 seasons, starting in 1995–96 and continuing up until 2021–22. Over these 27 years, Panathinaikos have won at least one title each season and 43 titles overall.

Among the numerous well-known top class players who have played with the club over the years are Dominique Wilkins, Fragiskos Alvertis, Byron Scott, Nick Galis, John Salley, Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonio Davis, Stojko Vranković, Dino Rađja, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Oded Kattash, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Alexander Volkov, Marcelo Nicola, Hugo Sconochini, Željko Rebrača, Antonis Fotsis, İbrahim Kutluay, John Amaechi, Nikola Peković, Jaka Lakovič, Pepe Sánchez, Kostas Tsartsaris, Mike Batiste, Nick Calathes, Vassilis Spanoulis, Dejan Tomašević, Byron Dinkins, Ferdinando Gentile, Sani Bečirovič, Darryl Middleton, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Žarko Paspalj, Nikos Chatzivrettas, Dimos Dikoudis, Tiit Sokk, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Jason Kapono, Arijan Komazec, Edgar Jones, Romain Sato, Johnny Rogers, Tony Delk, Drew Nicholas, Stéphane Lasme, Roko Ukić, Robertas Javtokas, Jonas Mačiulis, Ioannis Bourousis, James Gist, Keith Langford, Jimmer Fredette and Kostas Sloukas. Such players, the successful management of former long-time presidents Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos, as well as the long-time guidance of the most successful coach in EuroLeague history, Željko Obradović, turned Panathinaikos into the most successful team in Europe over the last two-and-a-half decades.

Panathinaikos is the only team on the European continent to win as many as seven EuroLeague titles (1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2024), since the establishment of the modern era EuroLeague Final Four format in 1988 (no other club has won more than four EuroLeague championships in this period). They were also EuroLeague runners-up in 2001. They reached the EuroLeague Final Four twelve times altogether (1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2024).

History

Basketball in Greece (1918–1945)

The basketball team of 1940

Panathinaikos started as a football club in 1908. In 1919, basketball was still unknown in Greece. During that period Giorgos Kalafatis with other athletes participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris and attended basketball games between the Allies of World War I. When he later returned to Greece with the necessary equipment, he set up the Panathinaikos basketball club, led by Apostolos Nikolaidis.

In 1919, PAO played their first match against X.A.N. Thessaloniki (YMCA), another club also pioneer of basketball in Greece, a match which took place at the Panathenaic Stadium.

In 1937, Kalafatis managed to create a new Panathinaikos team that, during the following year, tried to catch up with already established clubs like the YMCA, Ethnikos G.S. Athens, Panionios, Aris and Iraklis. Angelos Fillipou, Nikos Mantzaroglou, Litsas and Dimitrakos were the ringleaders of the group and were later joined by Telis Karagiorgos, Thymios Karadimos, Giorgos Bofilios, Philipos Papaikonomou, Petros Polycratis and Nikos Polycratis. During the German occupation that followed, Dimitris Giannatos (founding member of the basketball team) was executed by the Nazis for his resistance action.

Postwar history (1946–1970)

Faidon Matthaiou

In 1946 (the first post-war championship) and 1947, Panathinaikos emerged champions, with the help of players like Ioannis Lambrou, Missas Pantazopoulos, Stelios Arvanitis (these players would later go on to win the bronze medal in EuroBasket 1949) and Jack Nicolaidis (nephew of Apostolos Nikolaidis).

In 1950 and 1951, Panathinaikos emerged as champions once again with the help of great athletes Faidon Matthaiou (considered the Patriarch of Greek basketball) and Nikos Milas. In 1954, the club would repeat the success, however the next five years would prove fruitless, and the club, despite its strength, would have to be renewed.

Giorgos Kolokithas

In 1961, Panathinaikos won the Greek League championship with new leaders Georgios Vassilakopoulos, Stelios Tavoularis and Petros Panagiotarakos. In 1962, Panathinaikos made the repeat, and was again the Greek League champion. That was also the year that PAO took part for the first time in a European-wide competition, as they faced Hapoel Tel Aviv in the FIBA European Champions Cup 1961–62 season.

On 23 November 1963, Panathinaikos beat Olympiacos, by a score of 90–48, in the Mantellos Cup, a tournament that was later replaced by the Greek Cup, which made its first appearance in 1976.

In 1967, Panathinaikos were crowned Greek League champions, with Giorgos Kolokithas (one of the greatest basketball players of his era) in their ranks. In 1969, the conquest of the Greek League championship was followed by the first European success of the club, the qualification to the semifinals of the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1968–69 season, where they were eliminated by Dinamo Tbilisi. The next year, 1970, PAO was the first Greek basketball team to use a foreign player (Craig Greenwood) in a European game.

The Golden Age (1970–1984)

During these golden years, Panathinaikos won 10 out of 14 Greek League championships, with their great leader and scorer Apostolos Kontos.

During this period, Kostas Mourouzis, nicknamed the fox of coaching, managed the team of the 4-K (the young Kontos, Koroneos, Kokolakis and Kefalos). These players, along with Iordanidis, who functioned as a link with older players, won 5 consecutive Greek League championships, and made the greatest accomplishment of their time by participating in the semifinals of the FIBA European Champions Cup 1971–72 season, when they were aided by American Willy Kirkland. Unfortunately, Ignis Varese, one of the giants of the era, proved an insurmountable obstacle for Panathinaikos.

Over the next 4 seasons, Panathinaikos captured the Greek League championship once, in 1977, and also won their first Greek Cup in 1979. They acquired Memos Ioannou in 1974, and Greek-American David Stergakos in 1979 (a player that would contribute greatly to the team in the coming years).

In the five years that followed, Panathinaikos won 4 Greek League championships (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984) and two Greek Cups (1982, 1983). More specifically, in 1982, while coached by Kostas Politis, Panathinaikos succeeded in winning their first Greek double, as well as placing 6th in the FIBA European Champions Cup 1981–82 season. During that season's group stage, Panathinaikos finished ahead of a strong CSKA Moscow team, after winning in the last seconds of a thriller game. The club's last Greek League championship, before the club's decline that followed, was in 1984, when Panathinaikos won the big game title in Corfu, which Liveris Andritsos and Tom Kappos starring for the team.

Panathinaikos had a great chance to avoid their upcoming decline, when they discovered Rony Seikaly, but Greek government bureaucratic problems prevented him from playing in the Greek League as a Greek citizen, despite claims that he was entitled to do so, which ultimately forced him to move to the United States to play college basketball at Syracuse.

The decline of 1985–1992

In 1985, PAO finished in 3rd place in the Greek League. Stergakos, Ioannou, Vidas, Andritsos and Koroneos – who left the following year – were the key players. The balance of the Greek League's power however, had tilted in favour of Aris, and Panathinaikos ceased to be the leader of the league, and were limited to a secondary role. Nevertheless, they remained a worthy adversary. Thus, in 1986, against all odds, they managed to eliminate powerful Aris from the Greek Cup at the semifinal stage. Then Panathinakos went on to beat Olympiacos in the final, and conquered what would be their last title until 1993. During the next 2 seasons, PAO would finish in 5th place In the Greek League (their worst results in many years).

In 1988, the ban on using foreign players in the Greek League was lifted, and Panathinaikos was able to acquire Edgar Jones, from the NBA. He was a capable shooter, scorer and rebounder, and for the next 2 years, he was the star of the team. Although PAO achieved significant wins over the other major Greek teams, they did not manage any notable distinctions. Over the next two years, Antonio Davis, who later made a great career in the NBA, replaced Jones, as the leader of the team. At this point in time, Panathinaikos had also acquired some of the most talented young Greek players (Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Oikonomou and Christos Myriounis), but that did not stop them from experiencing the worst period in the history of the club, as they finished 7th in the Greek League in 1991, and dropped to the 8th position in 1992, which left them outside of European-wide play for the first time since 1967.

Return to distinction (1992–1995)

Nikos Galis

Fragiskos Alvertis

In 1992, the club's basketball department became professional, under the management of the Giannakopoulos family. In the summer of 1992, Panathinaikos attempted a full reconstruction of the team. Nikos Galis, the top Greek basketball player, was acquired by the club, and was flanked by star players Stojko Vranković, Tiit Sokk, and Arijan Komazec. Thus, Galis lead PAO to a Greek Cup win and also to the Greek League championship finals, where they lost despite having home court advantage. In the next season, 1993–94, Galis, along with Sasha Volkov and Stojko Vranković, led Panathinaikos to a 3rd-place finish at the 1994 FIBA European League Final Four, which was the highest finish in the club's history. Although they did not manage to win the title.

The 1994–95 season started with the best conditions, as the club acquired Panagiotis Giannakis and Žarko Paspalj. PAO was again the favourite for all domestic titles. The club started by eliminating Olympiacos from the Greek Cup in a very tough game, before the start of the Greek League championship. However, after the first games of the Greek League, Nikos Galis, the player that had led PAO in the Greek Cup game against Olympiacos, and also in the decisive game of the FIBA European League's 1994–95 season qualifiers, ended his professional basketball playing career. As a consequence, the team, despite playing some great games, only managed to retain the 3rd-place finish in Europe, and make the Greek League finals.

European, Intercontinental and Greek Champions (1996–1999)

Dominique Wilkins

Byron Scott

Dino Rađja

During the years 1996–98, Panathinaikos fulfilled all of their objectives by winning the FIBA European League championship, the FIBA Intercontinental Cup and the Greek League championship (in that order).

In 1996, the expectations of the team had risen a lot, as it was imperative for Panathinaikos to obtain a significant title. In the summer of 1995, they acquired the nine-time NBA All-Star, Dominique Wilkins, one of the top American players that ever played in Europe. The head coach of the team was Božidar Maljković. The former, along with Giannakis, Vranković, Alvertis, and Patavoukas, comprised a very experienced team, which, in 1996, managed an unprecedented success for Greek basketball. Indeed, in April 1996, at the Paris Final Four, Panathinaikos became the first Greek team to lift the FIBA European League championship (now called the EuroLeague), by beating Banca Catalana FC Barcelona in the tournament's final, by a score of 67–66. Back in Greece, right after the big win in Paris, Panathinaikos was not able to clinch the Greek League title, after again losing the title to Olympiacos.

In the next season, Maljković removed all the stars from the roster, in an attempt to assemble a squad based on teamwork. With the start of the season, Panathinaikos was crowned 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion, by prevailing by 2–1 wins in a 3-game series over Olimpia of Venado Tuerto, the South American League champions. Unfortunately, the restructuring of the team failed, and Panathinaikos failed to participate in the 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, in order to defend their European title. Moreover, they finished in 5th place in the Greek League championship, thus losing the right to participate in next season's EuroLeague.

In the next season, Slobodan Subotić assumed head coaching leadership of the club, and convinced Dino Rađja to come to Panathinaikos. The huge transfer of Radja was accompanied by three-time NBA champion Byron Scott and Fanis Christodoulou, and with the help of Alvertis, Oikonomou, and Koch, Panathinaikos finally won the Greek League again, after 14 years.

In the summer of 1998 Panathinaikos chairman Pavlos Giannakopoulos began assembling a team to conquer Europe. In order to achieve that, he signed the 1998 FIBA World Cup MVP, Dejan Bodiroga, while Nando Gentile, Pat Burke and Nikos Boudouris also joined the team. The 1998–99 season proved very important for Panathinaikos, as Olympiacos, who had gained home court advantage in the Greek League playoffs, were prepared to return to the top. It was at the last game of the Greek League finals, when Panathinaikos achieved one of the most decisive away victories against their rivals, capturing the title.

Obradović era (1999–2012)

Željko Obradović

Dimitris Diamantidis lead the EuroLeague in all-time assists, steals and PIR since the 2000–01 season, and was a six time EuroLeague Best Defender.

Šarūnas Jasikevičius

The arrival of Željko Obradović to Panathinaikos, during summer 1999, marked the beginning of an extraordinary period for the club, with many major successes, and the establishment of the team as one of the strongest in the history of European club basketball.

The first thing that Obradović did, was to adapt the team to Dejan Bodiroga, who was the absolute leader of Panathinaikos. As a result of the success of his strategy, PAO managed to capture 2 EuroLeague titles (2000, 2002,) after 3 consecutive EuroLeague Finals appearances (2000–2002), and also won 3 consecutive Greek League championships (1999–2001). In 2000, at the Thessaloniki EuroLeague Final Four, Panathinaikos became EuroLeague champions for the second time, after beating Macabbi Elite Tel Aviv, 73–67, in the final. In 2002, in Bologna, at the 2002 EuroLeague Final Four, Panathinaikos won the most prestigious European trophy for the third time, after beating hosts Kinder Bologna, by the score of 89–83, in the final.

Nevertheless, in this period they failed to win the Greek Cup, even though they played in two Greek Cup finals. Rebrača, Gentile, Middleton, Alvertis, Kattash, Kutluay, and Fotsis were some of the team's players who excelled during these years. The dominance in the Greek League was finally interrupted in 2002, the year that PAO won their 3rd EuroLeague championship. Also, at the end of the year, there were many significant changes in the team, starting with the withdrawal of Bodiroga, making a renewal of the team's roster an imperative.

2002–03 was the year that Obradović used to restructure Panathinaikos, and return them to the top of Greece. He emphatically achieved this objective by leading the team to 9 straight Greek League championships (2003–11), with 6 doubles in Greece, and 2 triple crowns (i.e. Greek double plus EuroLeague champions) in the following years, thus creating a dynasty. Panathinaikos had radically changed the style of their game, after replacing Bodiroga. The game contribution of the Serbian player was replaced by an unprecedented model of teamwork, that proved that a superstar was unnecessary. Players such as Lakovič, Alvertis, Diamantidis, Fotsis, Tsartsaris, Batiste, and later Spanoulis, Šiškauskas, and Jasikevičius, who played not for themselves, but for the maximum success of the team, led to the transformation of PAO, into a title-winning machine, that was not hampered by irreplaceable players, and this quality was widely recognized.

At the 2007 EuroLeague Final Four, which was held on their home court of OAKA, in Athens, Panathinaikos became EuroLeague champions for the fourth time, after beating the defending champions at the time, CSKA Moscow, by a score of 93–91 in the final.

The same teams (PAO and CSKA), competed in the final of the 2009 EuroLeague Final Four in Berlin, where Panathinaikos won the trophy again, for the fifth time in their history. The score was 73–71. On 14 December 2009, Panathinaikos was voted the top Greek sports team of 2009, by the Greek Sports Journalists Association, with 1,291 votes. In addition, head coach Želimir Obradović, was voted the top coach, with 1,399 votes.

At the 2011 EuroLeague Final Four in Barcelona, Panathinaikos, after a great performance by Calathes in the semifinal against Montepaschi Siena (17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals), won 77–69, and reached the EuroLeague Final against Maccabi Tel Aviv. In the final, the "Great Club" won its sixth EuroLeague title, by holding off Maccabi, by a score of 78–70.

Post-Obradović period (2012–2018)

James Gist

After the departure of Obradović, Panathinaikos' new head coach, Argiris Pedoulakis, was forced to make massive changes to the team, with 12 new players being added to the roster, including James Gist, Roko Ukić, and NBA players Jason Kapono and Marcus Banks. Team captains Dimitris Diamantidis and Kostas Tsartsaris led the rebuilding effort for the Greens, who reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, only to fall to FC Barcelona Regal in a 5-game series. Panathinaikos won their 14th Greek Cup, by beating Olympiacos in the final, with a three-point difference (81-78). During the same year, Panathinaikos was able to break Olympiacos' home court twice in the Greek League Finals, thus conquering the Greek League championship for the 33rd time in the club's history.

Since Dimitris Giannakopoulos first became the chairman of Panathinaikos, he repeatedly attempted to secure marketing deals with Asian corporations. The first step was made when Panathinaikos announced that they had signed Chinese basketball player Shang Ping. This deal made Panathinaikos the first European club to have a Chinese player on its roster. On 12 September 2013, Panathinaikos landed at the airport of Guangzhou, becoming the first European team to make a trip to China via airline. On 13 September 2013, Panathinaikos wrote European history once again, in less than two days, becoming the first European team to ever face a Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) team. In addition, Panathinaikos became the first European team to win against a Chinese team, the Foshan Dralions, with a score of 66–67.

On 8 March 2014, due to the fans' dissatisfaction with the team's bad record in the EuroLeague, the replacement of the team's head coach, Argiris Pedoulakis, was announced. It was also announced that the team would go to the Greek League Finals under the guidance of the club's legend, Fragiskos Alvertis, who would serve as an interim caretaker coach. After the conquest of another Greek double by beating Olympiacos, Panathinaikos announced the recruitment of Duško Ivanović, to be their new head coach.

On 5 April 2015, Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras, in the final of the Greek Cup, with a score of 53–68. Earlier in the cup competition, the team had to overcome the obstacles of Olympiacos and PAOK. Panathinaikos made the EuroLeague playoffs. In Greek League, Panathinaikos lost to Olympiacos in the finals, 0–3.

Nick Calathes

On 30 June 2015, Sasha Đjorđjević was announced by the team, as the club's new head coach. Panathinaikos was able to sign Greek point guard Nick Calathes, and Serbian center Miroslav Raduljica. The debut of the team was dreamy, as on 8 October 2015, Panathinaikos beat and eliminated Olympiacos, in an away match for the Greek Basketball Cup, by a score of 64–70. On 6 March 2016, Panathinaikos won the Greek Cup for the 17th time in the club's history, and for the 5th straight season, with a record score of 101–52 against the Greek 2nd Division club, Faros Keratsiniou.

On 19 April 2016, Sasha Đjorđjević was replaced by Argyris Pedoulakis, who once again took over the team's head coaching position. Despite that, the team lost against Olympiacos in the finals of the Greek League, with a 1–3 series loss.

With the retirement of Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos turned over to a new page in the club's history. This led the team to increase its budget, and to obtain players such as Mike James, K.C. Rivers, Chris Singleton, and Ioannis Bourousis. Many sponsorship deals were also achieved at the same time, as well as the deal that made OPAP, Greece's biggest betting firm, the team's main sponsor. The appointment of Xavi Pascual as the team's head coach for three years, started a new era for the club.

The next two seasons, 2016/17 and 2017/18, Panathinaikos with coach Xavi Pascual managed to win two back-to-back Greek Basket League Championships against Olympiacos, and the 2017 Greek Basketball Cup against Aris. They also made it to the EuroLeague playoffs, where they faced each year's upcoming champions (Fenerbahce in 2017, and Real Madrid in 2018) and eliminated from the EuroLeague Final Four both times. In the fifth Greek Basket League Championship final of 2017, Panathinaikos defeated Olympiacos in their home court, to win the Greek Championship after two years, winning the series with 3–2. The next year, Panathinaikos managed to be the only team in Europe to finish the regular season of their domestic championship undefeated. They remained undefeated until the finals, where they met Olympiacos again, and won the series once more with 3–2.

Despite the difficulties that followed Obradović's departure and the changes in the team's roster and the team's finances, Panathinaikos is the only team in Europe that manages to win at least one title every season, for 27 consecutive seasons, since 1996.

Rick Pitino era (2018–2020)

Rick Pitino

After two and a half seasons, Panathinaikos parted ways with coach Xavi Pascual, on December 20, 2018. Pasqual paid the price for the teams' poor performance and losing streak in 2018/2019 EuroLeague. Georgios Vovoras served as Panathinaikos' interim head coach for the second time in his career, as the club agreed with Hall-Of-Famer Rick Pitino to be the team's new head coach, until the end of the 2018/2019 season. With coach Pitino on the bench, Panathinaikos transformed into a different team and managed to make an impressive comeback to the EuroLeague, finishing in the sixth place and getting into the playoffs. There, they faced once again the champions, Real Madrid, and eliminated from the EuroLeague Final Four. The season ended with Panathinaikos winning both the Greek Cup beating PAOK in the Cup Final, and the Greek Basket League Championship sweeping 3-0 Promitheas in the League Finals.

Panathinaikos made an offer to coach Pitino, and although he was willing to stay in Greece for the next season, a family matter occurred, so he had to return home. On June 24, 2019, Panathinaikos signed a two-year contract with Greek coach Argyris Pedoulakis once again, being the team's head coach for the third time in seven years. Pedoulakis's third stint ended on 15 November 2019, as Panathinaikos fired him once again, after team's poor performance on EuroLeague and elimination from the Greek Cup. Georgios Vovoras served as interim head coach for the third time.

On November 26, 2019, Rick Pitino typically and officially returned to Panathinaikos, after overcoming the family matter that kept him away from the benches, signing a one-and-a-half year contract, becoming team's head coach until the summer of 2021. However, on 20 March 2020, Panathinaikos and Pitino have agreed to end their cooperation, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic that has forced the suspension of play in EuroLeague and Greek Basket League. Rick Pitino returned to his family in USA, as he also agreed to be the new head coach of Iona College. Once again, Georgios Vovoras served as interim head coach, for the fourth time.

Giannakopoulos step down & new team management (2020–2023)

In the summer of 2020, Panathinaikos went through major changes. On June 10, the owner of the team, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, held a press conference where he announced that he won't longer be involved with Panathinaikos, and that the club is up for sale for a price of 25 million euros. As a result of this, a new -and unusual- era began for the Greens, meaning that the team had to be rebuilt and operated based on the balance sheet, and that players with huge contracts couldn't stay with the club at the time. Many players had to leave the team, including long-time club captain Nick Calathes. Also long-time Panathinaikos member through different roles, Manos Papadopoulos, who was very close to the Giannakopoulos family for over 30 years, left the Greens to join Zenit Saint Petersburg as the club's sports director.

On June 26, 2020, Panathinaikos announced that the club's sport management will be represented by the team's legends and former players Dimitris Diamantidis and Fragiskos Alvertis, alongside former CEO Takis Triantopoulos. Meanwhile, George Vovoras was named head coach for the difficult upcoming season. After almost seven months, and due to the team's poor performance, Panathinaikos and coach Vovoras parted ways, on January 4, 2021. Kostas Charalampidis served as an interim coach for a few days, as of January 14, 2021, when Panathinaikos announced Oded Kattash as the club's new head coach, on a one-and-a-half year agreement. With coach Kattash, Panathinaikos managed to win both 2020–21 Greek Basket League and 2020–21 Greek Cup. However, on June 24, 2021, the team parted ways with him. Two days later, on June 26, 2021, Panathinaikos appointed Dimitris Priftis as their new head coach, on a three-year deal. Priftis has been no stranger to the team, as he had served as an assistant coach in 2014, under then head coach Fragiskos Alvertis.

On April 12, 2022, after a home defeat of a Greek Basket League regular season game against Olympiacos, in an unexpected turn of events, coach Priftis, general managers Diamantidis and Alvertis, and technical director Nikos Pappas were all fired by Panathinaikos, while president Panagiotis Triantopoulos resigned. Fragiskos Alvertis was given the option to stay in the club as team manager, but he declined the offer, leaving Panathinaikos for the first time in his life, after 32 long years with the club. Former Panathinaikos coach Argyris Pedoulakis was appointed immediately as the team's new technical director, having the responsibility for the team and the hiring of a new coach. On April 14, 2022, Panathinaikos announced the return of head coach George Vovoras for the remainder of the season, having former Lavrio B.C. head coach for 17 seasons Christos Serelis as an assistant. The reason for all those massive changes -according to the team's official press release- was the failure to "create a basic core of athletes and build a team for today and especially for tomorrow", as well as an economic failure, based on a balanced budget.

Giannakopoulos return (2023–present)

In June of 2022, Dimitris Giannakopoulos announced his come back to Panathinaikos BC.

On April 23, 2023 Panathinaikos appointed Ergin Ataman as its new coach for two years. The deal was made official on June 20, 2023. Following this, Panathinaikos signed with Kostas Sloukas, Luca Vildoza, Juancho Hernangomez, Kendrick Nunn etc.

Panathinaikos finished second in the regular season of the EuroLeague and returned to the playoffs after a five-year absensce. At playoffs, Panathinaikos beated Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning the quarterfinal series 3-2 and qualified to the EuroLeague Final Four. At the Final Four, the Greens defeated Fenerbahce in the semifinals, and Real Madrid in the final.

Players

Current roster

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Panathinaikos roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 0 Kalaitzakis, Panagiotis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1999-01-02)2 January 1999 G 6 Moraitis, Dimitrios 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1999-02-03)3 February 1999 C 8 Balcerowski, Aleksander 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 123 kg (271 lb) 23 – (2000-11-19)19 November 2000 G 10 Sloukas, Kostas (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 34 – (1990-01-15)15 January 1990 F/C 20 Samodurov, Alexandros (TW) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 19 – (2005-04-20)20 April 2005 F 21 Papapetrou, Ioannis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 30 – (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 PG 22 Grant, Jerian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 SG 25 Nunn, Kendrick 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 29 – (1995-08-03)3 August 1995 C 26 Lessort, Mathias 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 29 – (1995-09-29)29 September 1995 C 37 Antetokounmpo, Kostas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 G/F 40 Grigonis, Marius 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 F 41 Hernangómez, Juancho 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1995-09-28)28 September 1995 F/C 44 Mitoglou, Dinos 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 28 – (1996-06-11)11 June 1996 PG Brown, Lorenzo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 34 – (1990-08-26)26 August 1990	Head coach Ergin Ataman Assistant coach(es) Christos Serelis Cenk Yıldırım Vassilis Symtsak Savvas Kamperidis Athletic trainer(s) Dimitris Paspalas Legend (C) Team captain (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Updated: June 28, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Mathias Lessort	Kostas Antetokounmpo	Aleksander Balcerowski
PF	Dinos Mitoglou	Juancho Hernangómez		Alexandros Samodurov
SF	Marius Grigonis	Ioannis Papapetrou	Panagiotis Kalaitzakis	Neoklis Avdalas
SG	Kendrick Nunn	Kostas Sloukas
PG	Lorenzo Brown	Jerian Grant		Dimitrios Moraitis

Retired numbers

Panathinaikos retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Date retired
1		Dedicated to the fans of the team and Gate 13
4		Fragiskos Alvertis	SF	1990–2009	October 11, 2009
13		Dimitris Diamantidis	PG	2004–2016	September 17, 2016

Squad changes for the 2024–25 season

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From
June 25, 2024	PG	Lorenzo Brown	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
June 28, 2024	PF/SF	Lefteris Mantzoukas	Aris (on loan)
June 30, 2024	PF	Nikos Chougkaz	Free Agent
July 2, 2024	PG/SG	Luca Vildoza	Olympiacos

Past rosters

Main article: Panathinaikos B.C. past rosters

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Greek League

Winners (40) (record): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2023–24

Runners-up (13): 1952–53, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2022–23

• Greek Cup

Winners (20) (record): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21

Runners-up (6): 1984–85, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2021–22

• Greek Super Cup

Winners (1): 2021

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (7): 1995–96, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2023–24

Runners-up (1): 2000–01

Semifinalists (1): 1971–72

3rd place (3): 1993–94, 1994–95, 2004–05

4th place (1): 2011–12

Final Four (12): 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2024

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Semifinalists (2): 1968–69, 1997–98

Worldwide competitions

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Winners (1): 1996

Other competitions

• FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)

Winners (1): 1999

• Athens, Greece Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2007

• Valjevo, Serbia Tournament

Winners (1): 2008

• Gomelsky Cup

Winners (1): 2009

Runners-up (4): 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015

• Kruševac, Serbia Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2009

• Užice, Serbia Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2010

• Kragujevac, Serbia Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2010

• Novi Sad, Serbia Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2011

• Crete, Greece Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2015

• Dimitris Diamantidis Tournament

Winners (1): 2016

• Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament

Winners (1): 2018

• Portaria-Makrinitsa, Greece Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2018

• Vilnius, Lithuania Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2020

Individual club awards

• Double

Winners (11) (record): 1981–82, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–2021

• Triple Crown

Winners (2): 2006–07, 2008–09

Crest and colours

The trifolium is the emblem of the team; a symbol of harmony, unity, nature and good luck. The main colours of the team, since its foundation, are green and white (green for health and nature, such as physiolatry, and white for virtue). Alternative colours also used include black, lime, dark blue/purple uniforms, and elements of golden yellow.

Since 1992, the year in which the club's basketball department became professional, Panathinaikos B.C. uses its own logo.

Sponsors and manufacturers

Since 1982, Panathinaikos has a specific kit manufacturer and a kit sponsor. The following tables detail the shirt sponsors and kit suppliers by year:

Panathinaikos BC training shirt (2008–09)

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor
1982–1986	Converse	Motor Oil
1986–1989	Nike
1989–1992		None
1992–1993	Reebok	Maxwell House
1993–1994	Adidas
1994–1996	Nike	Beck's
1996–1997	Pony	Dental V6
1997–1998		None
1998–1999	Nike
1999–2000		Bake Rolls
2000–2008	Adidas	Nokia Series
2008–2011		Cosmote
2011–2014		Pame Stoixima
2014–2016		Stoiximan.gr
2016–present		Pame Stoixima

Current sponsorships

• Title Sponsor: AKTOR
• Great Shirt Sponsor: Pame Stoixima
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Adidas
• Official Sponsor: Altion, Protergia, Cosmote, Avance Car Rental, Coca-Cola 3E, EZA, Electroholic, Aktina, Viva, BP, HEDNO, Molto, Lenovo, Nikas, Nestle, Matrix, The Mall Athens, Pizza Fun, Indiba
• Official Broadcaster: Cosmote TV
• Official Partner: Smartup, Direction Business Network, Leoforos.gr
• Official Health Care Service Provider: Hygeia Medical Center

Historical uniforms

1957–59

1970–75

1992–93

2007–11

2013 (A)

2014 (A)

2016–17 (A)

2016–17

Arena

Panathinaikos' long-time home court is the O.A.K.A., which is the largest indoor venue in Greece. It is located in Marousi, and is a part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. The venue was completed in 1995, and renovated for the 2004 Summer Olympics. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most modern indoor sports arenas in all of Europe. The seating capacity for basketball games is 18,300 however, the arena can hold up to a temporary capacity of 21,098.

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  Flag and banners of Panathinaikos.
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  The blimp in the arena.

Supporters

The team, which is famous for its fans' passionate support, also set a record (broken in 2009), for the highest home game attendance in the history of the EuroLeague, which was 20,000 fans, achieved at a home game in OAKA, against Benetton Treviso, on 29 March 2006, during the second phase of the 2005–06 EuroLeague.

An attendance of 18,900 fans has also been achieved three times in the EuroLeague, in home games of the Greens, against Efes Pilsen in 2005, and TAU Cerámica (twice) in 2006. While PAO no longer holds the record for largest EuroLeague home crowd, it still holds the honor of being involved in the record attendance game. PAO was the opponent of Partizan Belgrade, when it drew 22,567 fans to Belgrade Arena, during a 2008–09 EuroLeague game. The EuroLeague attendance record was then broken again by Panathinaikos, on 18 April 2013, on the season's 4th EuroLeague game (2012–13 EuroLeague) against FC Barcelona. It was estimated that the number of viewers reached 30,000 (over 25,000 officially). However, the EuroLeague does not officially recognize that as the all-time attendance record, since the number of fans in the arena, went over the arena's normal seating capacity.

Mascot

Mr. Green (2006–2021, 2023–present)

"Mr. Green" is the first official mascot of Panathinaikos B.C. "Born" in 2006, he is a green muscular basketball player, with a basketball as a head. He uses to wear a jersey with the number "08", which is a reference to 1908, the year Panathinaikos was founded. Creating Mr. Green took a good part of a month, since he was made out of material commonly being used in the Hollywood motion pictures industry for the construction of movie costumes, such as the ones for Batman, Spider-Man and other American movie characters. He entertains fans of all ages during game breaks, gives away presents, and participates in all entertainment events inside the court. Mr. Green partakes in each and every game hosted by the team at OAKA, while he always stands by the children, participating in social responsibility events. He has also participated in six All Star Games.

Green Kong (2021–2023)

On 18 September 2021, during the 2021-22 pre-season and the beginning of the "3rd Pavlos Giannakopoulos tournament", "Green Kong", a different mascot was revealed, a grey haired gorilla sporting a Panathinaikos jersey. Two years later, he was replaced by the previous mascot, "Mr. Green".

Rivalries

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos hold a major long-term rivalry with Olympiacos, and matches between the two teams are referred to as the "Derby of the eternal enemies". Panathinaikos is the most successful basketball club in Greece, with Olympiacos being runners-up. For the eternal enemies are the most traditional basketball powers, as they have been fighting in the top level of the Greek basketball scene longer than any other team.

Their rivalry is highly credited, especially in the 1990s-2000s, when they met each other in several regular season and playoff series, and in some EuroLeague matches which marked their history.

Minor rivalries

Panathinaikos used to hold a minor rivalry with Aris, mostly during the 1980s, when Panathinaikos and Aris were the two biggest dynasties in Greek basketball at the time. They also hold a minor rivalry with AEK and PAOK, not for on-court dominance but mostly due to the fanbase of the clubs involved. None of the above rivalries can even be compared to the huge and manifold rivalry with Olympiacos, though.

Seasons

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Season	Greek League	Greek Cup	Europe	Head Coach	Roster
1945–46	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Missas Pantazopoulos	Giannis Lambrou, Missas Pantazopoulos, Stelios Arvanitis, Jack Nikolaidis, Giorgos Nikolaidis, Thymios Karadimos
1946–47	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Missas Pantazopoulos	Giannis Lambrou, Missas Pantazopoulos, Stelios Arvanitis, Jack Nikolaidis, Giorgos Nikolaidis, Dimitrakopoulos
1948–49	4th place	No tournament	No tournament	Missas Pantazopoulos	Giannis Lambrou, Stelios Arvanitis, Missas Pantazopoulos, Nikos Milas, Petros Dimitropoulos, Alekos Karalis, Fanis Theofanis, Dimitrakopoulos
1949–50	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Missas Pantazopoulos	Fedon Mattheou, Giannis Lambrou, Missas Pantazopoulos, Stelios Arvanitis, Nikos Milas, Petros Dimitropoulos, Alekos Karalis, Panos Koukopoulos, Thanasis Koukopoulos, Fanis Theofanis, Kaligeris, Vithipoulias, Papatheoharis, Giazimis, Genimatas
1950–51	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Missas Pantazopoulos	Fedon Mattheou, Giannis Lambrou, Stelios Arvanitis, Nikos Milas, Giorgos Oven, Fanis Theofannis, Kaligeris, Papatheoharis, Tripos, Vithipoulias, Konidis, Filipou, Yiaximis, Genimatas
1952–53	2nd place	No tournament	No tournament		Fedon Mattheou, Giannis Lambrou, Stelios Arvanitis, Nikos Milas, Alekos Karalis, Panos Koukopoulos, Yiaximis, Konidis, Kaligeris, Eftaxias
1953–54	Champion	No tournament	No tournament		Fedon Mattheou, Stelios Arvanitis, Nikos Milas, Panos Koukopoulos, Stelios Tavoularis, Giorgos Oven, Alekos Karalis, Giannis Malakates, Yiaximis, Varias, Konidis, Yianopoulos, Stamatiou, Kimanis
1960–61	Champion	No tournament	No tournament	Nikos Milas	Panos Koukopoulos, Petros Panagiotarakos, Makridis, Liamis, Zanos, Koutsoukos, Tavoularis, Papakonstantopoulos, Mandilaris, Dedes, Katsikidis, Nakios, Sitzakis
1961–62	Champion	No tournament	Euroleague Last 32	Kimonas Agathos	Petros Panagiotarakos, Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, Panos Koukopoulos, Liamis, Tavoularis, Katsikidis, Zanos, Makridis, Antoniadis, Mandilaris, Panagiotidis, Papadimitriou
1962–63	4th place	No tournament	Euroleague Last 16	Panos Koukopoulos	Petros Panagiotarakos, Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, Kostas Politis, Panos Koukopoulos, Stelios Tavoularis, Liamis, Katsikidis, Zanis
1963–64	3rd place	No tournament	Not participated	Nikos Milas	Kostas Politis, Michalis Kyritsis, Petros Panagiotarakos, Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, Andreas Chaikalis, Gavrilos Antoniadis, Christos Antoniadis, Stelios Tavoularis, Kostas Politis, Papadimitriou
1964–65	6th place	No tournament	Not participated	Nikos Milas	Petros Panagiotarakos, Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, Kostas Politis, Michalis Kyritsis, Andreas Chaikalis, Christos Iordanidis
1965–66	3rd place	No tournament	Not participated	Mio Stefanović	Giorgos Kolokythas, Petros Panagiotarakos, Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, Kostas Politis, Michalis Kyritsis, Andreas Chaikalis, Christos Iordanidis
1966–67	Champion	No tournament	Not participated	Kostas Mourouzis	Giorgos Kolokythas, Kostas Politis, Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, Michalis Kyritsis, Petros Panagiotarakos, Thanasis Peppas, Andreas Chaikalis, Kouzoupis, Liamis, Lekkakis, Stefanou
1967–68	2nd place	No tournament	Euroleague Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis	Giorgos Kolokythas, Kostas Politis, Petros Panagiotarakos, Thanasis Peppas, Andreas Haikalis, Michalis Kyritsis
1968–69	Champion	No tournament	Cup Winners' Cup Last 4	Kostas Mourouzis	Giorgos Kolokythas, Kostas Politis, Christos Iordanidis, Petros Panagiotarakos, Thanasis Peppas, Andreas Haikalis, Craig Greenwood, Michalis Kyritsis
1969–70	2nd place	No tournament	Euroleague Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis	Apostolos Kontos, Giorgos Kolokythas, Dimitris Kokolakis, Christos Iordanidis, Christos Kefalos, Kostas Politis, Haris Papazoglou, Petros Panagiotarakos, Thanasis Peppas, Andreas Haikalis, Andreas Papantoniou, Michalis Kyritsis
1970–71	Champion	No tournament	Cup Winners' Cup Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis	Giorgos Kolokythas, Christos Iordanidis, Kostas Politis, Petros Panagiotarakos, Thanasis Peppas, Andreas Haikalis, Michalis Kyritsis, Charis Papazoglou, Christos Kefalos
1971–72	Champion	No tournament	Euroleague Last 4	Kostas Mourouzis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, Christos Kefalos, Christos Iordanidis, Michalis Kyritsis, Giannis Dimaras, Charis Papazoglou, Andreas Papantoniou, Petros Panagiotarakos, Thanasis Peppas, Andreas Haikalis, Zografos, Zegleris, Paraskevas, Willy Kirkland
1972–73	Champion	No tournament	Euroleague Last 32	Kostas Mourouzis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, Christos Iordanidis, Christos Kefalos, Andreas Papantoniou, Giannis Dimaras, Andreas Haikalis, Charis Papazoglou, Sigas, Houseas, Broutsos, Bogdanos, Poulidis, Michelis
1973–74	Champion	No tournament	Euroleague Last 16	Kostas Mourouzis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Christos Iordanidis, Christos Kefalos, Charis Papazoglou, Andreas Haikalis, Andreas Papantoniou, Giannis Dimaras, Houseas, Poulidis, Koumanakos, Bogdanos
1974–75	Champion	No tournament	Euroleague Last 16	Richard Dukeshire	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, Christos Iordanidis, Christos Kefalos, Memos Ioannou, Kostas Batis, Charis Papazoglou, Andreas Papantoniou, S. Kontos, Kabourakis, Spiliopoulos
1975–76	3rd place	Last 4	Euroleague Last 16	Nikos Milas	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, Christos Iordanidis, Christos Kefalos, Memos Ioannou, Kostas Batis, Charis Papazoglou, Andreas Papantoniou, Andreas Haikalis, Kampourakis, S. Kontos
1976–77	Champion	Last 4	Korać Cup Last 27	Kostas Anastasatos	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, Christos Kefalos, Memos Ioannou, Kostas Batis, Andreas Papantoniou, Charis Papazoglou, S. Kontos, Kakogeorgiou, Kabourakis, Petrakakis
1977–78	2nd place	Last 4	Euroleague Last 18	Kostas Anastasatos, Michalis Kyritsis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, Christos Iordanidis, Memos Ioannou, Christos Kefalos, Kostas Batis, Andreas Papantoniou, Charis Papazoglou
1978–79	3rd place	Winners	Korać Cup Last 16	Michalis Kyritsis, Kostas Politis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Kostas Batis, Andreas Papantoniou, Charis Papazoglou, Christos Kefalos
1979–80	Champion	Last 8	Cup Winners' Cup Last 8	Kostas Politis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Memos Ioannou, Kyriakos Vidas, Kostas Batis, Andreas Papantoniou, Charis Papazoglou, Garos, Georganas, Kalogeropoulos
1980–81	Champion	Last 8	Euroleague Last 8	Kostas Politis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Kyriakos Vidas, Memos Ioannou, Andreas Papantoniou, Katsinis, Garos, Georganas, Kalogeropoulos, Metaxas
1981–82	Champion	Winners	Euroleague Final-6	Kostas Politis	Apostolos Kontos, Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Kyriakos Vidas, Memos Ioannou, Kostas Batis, Andreas Papantoniou, Kim Woolfolk, David Thompson, Katsinis, Georganas, Venieris, Kalogeropoulos, Garos, Karanasos
1982–83	3rd place	Winners	Euroleague Last 5	Christos Kefalos	Dimitris Kokolakis, Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Memos Ioannou, Tom Kappos
1983–84	Champion	Last 4	Cup Winners' Cup Last 8	Michalis Kyritsis	Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Memos Ioannou, Liveris Andritsos, Kyriakos Vidas, Giorgos Skropolithas, Tom Kappos, Tolias, Kalogeropoulos, Politis, Tsantilis, Sotiriou
1984–85	3rd place	Finalist	Euroleague Last 8	Michalis Kyritsis	Takis Koroneos, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Kyriakos Vidas, Memos Ioannou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Tom Kappos, Tolias, Kalogeropoulos, Politis, Tsantilis, Sotiriou
1985–86	4th place	Winners	Cup Winners' Cup Last 16	Michalis Kyritsis	David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Memos Ioannou, Kyriakos Vidas, Argiris Papapetrou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Petroudakis
1986–87	5th place	Last 16	Cup Winners' Cup Last 32	Kostas Mourouzis	David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Memos Ioannou, Argyris Papapetrou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Kostas Missas, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Dionysis Fragiskatos
1987–88	5th place	Last 16	Korać Cup Last 32	Richard Dukeshire	David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Memos Ioannou, Argyris Papapetrou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Kostas Missas, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Dionysis Fragiskatos
1988–89	3rd place	Last 4	Korać Cup Last 16	Michalis Kyritsis	Edgar Jones, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Memos Ioannou, Argyris Papapetrou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Argyris Pedoulakis, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Dionysis Fragiskatos
1989–90	5th place	Last 8	Korać Cup Last 64	Christos Iordanidis	Edgar Jones, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Memos Ioannou, Takis Koroneos, Argyris Papapetrou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Argyris Pedulakis, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Dionysis Fragiskatos
1990–91	7th place	Last 4	Korać Cup Last 16	Christos Iordanidis	Antonio Davis, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Giorgos Skropolithas, Argyris Pedulakis, Argyris Papapetrou, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, Wayne Yearwood, Dinos Kalambakos
1991–92	8th place	Last 4	Korać Cup Last 16	Željko Pavličević	Fragiskos Alvertis, Antonio Davis, Nikos Ekonomou, Christos Myriounis, Minas Gekos, David Stergakos, Liveris Andritsos, Argyris Papapetrou, Giorgos Skropolithas, Argyris Pedulakis, Dinos Kalambakos Yannis Georgikopoulos, Greg Ikonomu, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Scott Roth
1992–93	2nd place	Winners	Not participated	Željko Pavličević	Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Galis, Arijan Komazec, Stojko Vranković, Tiit Sokk, Nikos Ekonomou, Christos Myriounis, Argiris Papapetrou, Giannis Georgikopoulos
1993–94	3rd place	Last 16	EuroLeague 3rd place	Kostas Politis	Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Galis, Sasha Volkov, Stojko Vranković, Tiit Sokk, Nikos Ekonomou, Christos Myriounis, Costas Patavoukas, Yannis Papayannis, Giannis Georgikopoulos, Minas Gekos, Aivar Kuusmaa, Giorgos Chrysanthopoulos, Dionysis Kourlis
1994–95	2nd place	Last 16	EuroLeague 3rd place	Efthimis Kiumurtzoglou	Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Žarko Paspalj, Stojko Vranković, Miroslav Pecarski, Tiit Sokk, Nikos Ekonomou, Christos Myriounis, Costas Patavoukas, Yannis Papayannis, Giannis Georgikopoulos, Aivar Kuusmaa, Giorgos Chrysanthopoulos, Dionysis Kourlis
1995–96	2nd place	Winners	EuroLeague Champion	Božidar Maljković	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dominique Wilkins, Stojko Vranković, Panagiotis Giannakis, Nikos Ekonomou, Kostas Patavoukas, Jon Korfas, Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Miroslav Pecarski, Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Christos Myriounis
1996–97	5th place	Last 4	EuroLeague Last 8	Božidar Maljković Michalis Kyritsis	Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Ekonomou, Byron Dinkins, Michael Koch, Jon Korfas, Marcelo Nicola, Hugo Sconochini, Ferran Martínez, Julius Nwosu, John Amaechi, Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Giannis Georgikopoulos, John Salley, Sasa Markovic, Leonidas Skoutaris
			Intercontinental Cup Winner
1997–98	Champion	Last 4	EuroCup Last 4	Slobodan Subotić	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dino Rađa, Byron Scott, Fannis Christodoulou, Nikos Ekonomou, Antonis Fotsis, Michael Koch, Ferran Martínez, Costas Patavoukas, Sascha Hupmann, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Johnny Branch, Andreas Glyniadakis, Vagelis Vourtzoumis
1998–99	Champion	Last 8	EuroLeague Last 16	Slobodan Subotić	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dejan Bodiroga, Dino Rađa, Nikos Ekonomou, Ferdinando Gentile, Michael Koch, Costas Patavoukas, Nikos Boudouris, Pat Burke, Sascha Hupmann, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Kostas Maglos, Alexandros Anthis
1999–00	Champion	Finalist	EuroLeague Champion	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Johnny Rogers, Oded Kattash, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Antonis Fotsis, Ferdinando Gentile, Michael Koch, Nikos Boudouris, Pat Burke
2000–01	Champion	Finalist	SuproLeague Finalist	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Johnny Rogers, Pat Burke, Antonis Fotsis, Ferdinando Gentile, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Oded Kattash, Michael Koch, Darryl Middleton, Giorgos Baloyannis, Andreas Glyniadakis, Yannis Rodostoglou, Marios Voulgaridis
2001–02	3rd place	Last 4	Euroleague Champion	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dejan Bodiroga, İbrahim Kutluay, Johnny Rogers, Darryl Middleton, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Damir Mulaomerović, Pepe Sánchez, Giannis Sioutis, Giorgos Balogiannis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Giannis Giannoulis, Christos Vidalis, Michalis Svoronos, Serafim Theos, Corey Albano
2002–03	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Jaka Lakovič, Ariel McDonald, Darryl Middleton, Kostas Tsartsaris, Giorgos Balogiannis, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Antonis Fotsis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Rodney Buford, Jurica Žuža, Christos Vidalis
2003–04	Champion	Last 32	Euroleague Last 16	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Darryl Middleton, Mike Batiste, Ariel McDonald, Jaka Lakovič, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Kostas Tsartsaris, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Giannis Gagaloudis, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Dušan Šakota, Giorgos Maslarinos, Artemis Kouvaris, Haris Mujezinović
2004–05	Champion	Winner	Euroleague 3rd place	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimitris Diamantidis, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Jaka Lakovič, İbrahim Kutluay, Vlado Šćepanović, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Mike Batiste, Kostas Tsartsaris, Lonny Baxter, Darryl Middleton, Patrick Femerling, Dušan Šakota, Vasilis Xanthopoulos
2005–06	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimitris Diamantidis, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Jaka Lakovič, Vassilis Spanoulis, Vlado Šćepanović, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Dušan Šakota, Mike Batiste, Kostas Tsartsaris, Dejan Tomašević, Patrick Femerling, Brandon Hunter
2006–07	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Champion	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimitris Diamantidis, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Sani Bečirovič, Mike Batiste, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimos Dikoudis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Tony Delk, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Dejan Tomašević, Dušan Šakota, Miloš Vujanić, Robertas Javtokas
2007–08	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Last 16	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Mike Batiste, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimitris Diamantidis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Dejan Tomašević, Dimos Dikoudis, Sani Bečirovič, Stratos Perperoglou, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Kennedy Winston, Andrija Žižić, Nikola Prkačin, Aris Tatarounis
2008–09	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Champion	Željko Obradović	Fragiskos Alvertis, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Mike Batiste, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Dimitris Diamantidis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Stratos Perperoglou, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Drew Nicholas, Nikola Peković, Giorgi Shermadini, Dimitris Verginis, Dušan Kecman
2009–10	Champion	Finalist	Euroleague Last 16	Željko Obradović	Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Mike Batiste, Vassilis Spanoulis, Stratos Perperoglou, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Drew Nicholas, Nikola Peković, Giorgi Shermadini, Dimitris Verginis, Nick Calathes, Milenko Tepić, Georgios Bogris, Jurica Golemac, Marcus Haislip, Ioannis Karamalegkos
2010–11	Champion	Finalist	Euroleague Champion	Željko Obradović	Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Mike Batiste, Stratos Perperoglou, Drew Nicholas, Nick Calathes, Milenko Tepić, Georgios Bogris, Romain Sato, Aleks Marić, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Ian Vougioukas, Fotios Zoumpos, Ioannis Karamalegkos, Paris Maragkos
2011–12	2nd place	Winner	Euroleague 4th place	Željko Obradović	Dimitris Diamantidis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Mike Batiste, Stratos Perperoglou, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Nick Calathes, Romain Sato, Aleks Marić, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Ian Vougioukas, David Logan, Steven Smith, Alexis Kyritsis, Pat Calathes, Fotios Zoumpos
2012–13	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Argyris Pedoulakis	Dimitris Diamantidis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Sofoklis Schortsianitis, Stéphane Lasme, Jonas Mačiulis, Mike Bramos, Roko Ukić, James Gist, Marcus Banks, Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Charis Giannopoulos, Gaios Skordilis, Vassilis Charalampopoulos, Giorgos Diamantakos, Ramel Curry, R. T. Guinn, Jason Kapono
2013–14	Champion	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Argyris Pedoulakis, Fragiskos Alvertis	Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonis Fotsis, Mike Batiste, Jonas Mačiulis, Mike Bramos, Ramel Curry, Roko Ukić, Stéphane Lasme, James Gist, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Nikos Pappas, Vladimiros Giankovits, Shang Ping, Gaios Skordilis, Vassilis Charalampopoulos, Giorgos Diamantakos, Georgios Apostolidis, Zack Wright
2014–15	2nd place	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Duško Ivanović, Sotiris Manolopoulos	Dimitris Diamantidis, Esteban Batista, Jānis Blūms, Lefteris Bochoridis, Antonis Fotsis, Vladimiros Giankovits, James Gist, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, DeMarcus Nelson, Nikos Pappas, A.J. Slaughter, Vasileios Charalampopoulos, Giorgos Diamantakos, Antonis Koniaris, Michalis Lountzis, Georgios Papagiannis, D.J. Cooper, Raymar Morgan, Gani Lawal, Julian Wright
2015–16	2nd place	Winner	Euroleague Last 8	Aleksandar Đorđević Argyris Pedoulakis	Dimitris Diamantidis, Aleksandar Pavlović, Vassilis Charalampopoulos, Antonis Koniaris, Lefteris Bochoridis, Vlantimir Giankovits, Antonis Fotsis, Miroslav Raduljica, Nikos Pappas, James Feldeine, James Gist, Nick Calathes, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Konstantinos Papadakis, Georgios Papagiannis, Michalis Lountzis, Ognjen Kuzmić, MarQuez Haynes, Elliot Williams, Vince Hunter
2016–17	Champion	Winner	EuroLeague Last 8	Argyris Pedoulakis Georgios Vovoras Xavi Pascual	Antonis Fotsis, Vassilis Charalampopoulos, Nikos Pappas, James Feldeine, James Gist, Nick Calathes, Chris Singleton, K. C. Rivers, Mike James, Demetris Nichols, Lefteris Bochoridis, Kenny Gabriel, Alessandro Gentile, Ioannis Bourousis, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Michalis Lountzis, Kostas Gontikas, Pat Calathes
2017–18	Champion	Last 4	EuroLeague Last 8	Xavi Pascual	Nikos Pappas, James Gist, Nick Calathes, Chris Singleton, K. C. Rivers, Marcus Denmon, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Matt Lojeski, Lukas Lekavičius, Ian Vougioukas, Zach Auguste, Kenny Gabriel, Dinos Mitoglou, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Mike James, Adreian Payne, Lefteris Bochoridis
2018–19	Champion	Winner	EuroLeague Last 8	Xavi Pascual, Rick Pitino	Nick Calathes, Keith Langford, Ioannis Papapetrou, Deshaun Thomas, James Gist, Lukas Lekavičius, Sean Kilpatrick, Matt Lojeski, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Ian Vougioukas, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Nikos Pappas, Dinos Mitoglou, Georgios Papagiannis, Evangelos Sakellariou, Stéphane Lasme, Adreian Payne
2019–20	Champion	Last 8	EuroLeague suspended due to COVID-19	Argyris Pedoulakis, Rick Pitino	Nick Calathes, Jimmer Fredette, Ioannis Papapetrou, Deshaun Thomas, Georgios Papagiannis, Tyrese Rice, Rion Brown, Wesley Johnson, Ian Vougioukas, Ioannis Athinaiou, Nikos Pappas, Nikos Persidis, Dinos Mitoglou, Ben Bentil, Konstantinos Papadakis, Andy Rautins, Jacob Wiley
2020–21	Champion	Winner	EuroLeague	Georgios Vovoras, Kostas Charalampidis, Oded Kattash	Pierre Jackson, Keifer Sykes, Shelvin Mack, Nemanja Nedović, Ioannis Papapetrou, Aaron White, Georgios Papagiannis, Howard Sant-Roos, Marcus Foster, T.J. Bray, Leonidas Kaselakis, Dinos Mitoglou, Zach Auguste, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Eleftherios Bohoridis, Nikos Persidis, Mario Hezonja, Ben Bentil, Ian Vougioukas, Nikos Diplaros, Lefteris Mantzoukas
2021–22	2nd place	Finalist	EuroLeague	Dimitris Priftis, Georgios Vovoras	Kendrick Perry, Stefan Jović, Nemanja Nedović, Ioannis Papapetrou, Okaro White, Georgios Papagiannis, Yogi Ferrell, Peyton Siva, Daryl Macon, Howard Sant-Roos, Jeremy Evans, Jehyve Floyd, Lefteris Bohoridis, Leonidas Kaselakis, Nikos Chougkaz, Vassilis Kavvadas, Neoklis Avdalas, Lefteris Mantzoukas
2022–23	2nd place	Finalist	EuroLeague	Dejan Radonjić, Christos Serelis	Andrew Andrews, Dwayne Bacon, Nikos Chougkaz, Paris Lee, Marius Grigonis, Mateusz Ponitka, Derrick Williams, Georgios Papagiannis, Lefteris Bochoridis, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Lefteris Mantzoukas, Artūras Gudaitis, Alexandros Samodurov, Dimitrios Agravanis, Neoklis Avdalas, Matt Thomas, Nate Wolters, Nikos Pappas
2023–24	Champion	Finalist	Euroleague Champion	Ergin Ataman	Jerian Grant, Kendrick Nunn, Marius Grigonis, Dinos Mitoglou, Mathias Lessort, Kostas Sloukas, Luca Vildoza, Ioannis Papapetrou, Juancho Hernangómez, Kostas Antetokounmpo, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Aleksander Balcerowski, Dimitrios Moraitis, Lefteris Mantzoukas, Alexandros Samodurov

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Greek Cup	European competitions		GBL Record	EuroLeague Record
1945–46	1	GBL	1st
1946–47	1	GBL	1st
1948–49	1	GBL	4th
1950–51	1	GBL	1st
1952–53	1	GBL	2nd
1953–54	1	GBL	1st
1960–61	1	GBL	1st
1961–62	1	GBL	1st		1 Euroleague	R32
1962–63	1	GBL	4th		1 Euroleague	R16
1963–64	1	GBL	3rd
1964–65	1	GBL	6th
1965–66	1	GBL	3rd
1966–67	1	GBL	1st
1967–68	1	GBL	2nd		1 Euroleague	R16
1968–69	1	GBL	1st		2 Winners' Cup	SF
1969–70	1	GBL	2nd		1 Euroleague	L16
1970–71	1	GBL	1st		2 Winners' Cup	L16
1971–72	1	GBL	1st		1 Euroleague	SF
1972–73	1	GBL	1st		1 Euroleague	L32
1973–74	1	GBL	1st		1 Euroleague	L16
1974–75	1	GBL	1st		1 Euroleague	L16
1975–76	1	GBL	3rd	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	L16
1976–77	1	GBL	1st	Semifinalist	3 Korać Cup	L27
1977–78	1	GBL	2nd	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	L18
1978–79	1	GBL	3rd	Semifinalist	1 Korać Cup	L16
1979–80	1	GBL	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	QF
1980–81	1	GBL	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	QF
1981–82	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	SF
1982–83	1	GBL	3rd	Winners	1 Euroleague	L24
1983–84	1	GBL	1st	Semifinalist	2 Winners' Cup	QF
1984–85	1	GBL	3rd	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	QF
1985–86	1	GBL	4th	Winners	2 Winners' Cup	L16
1986–87	1	GBL	5th	Last 16	2 Winners' Cup	L32
1987–88	1	GBL	5th	Last 16	3 Korać Cup	L32
1988–89	1	GBL	3rd	Semifinalist	3 Korać Cup	L16
1989–90	1	GBL	5th	Quarterfinalist	3 Korać Cup	R64
1990–91	1	GBL	7th	Semifinalist	3 Korać Cup	L16
1991–92	1	GBL	8th	Semifinalist	3 Korać Cup	L16
1992–93	1	GBL	2nd	Winners
1993–94	1	GBL	3rd	Last 16	1 EuroLeague	3rd	27–10	14–7
1994–95	1	GBL	2nd	Winners	1 EuroLeague	3rd	30–5	14–7
1995–96	1	GBL	2nd	Winners	1 EuroLeague	C	27–10	15–6
1996–97	1	GBL	5th	Semifinalist	1 EuroLeague	QF	19–10	15–5
1997–98	1	GBL	1st	Semifinalist	2 Saporta Cup	SF	28–9
1998–99	1	GBL	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 EuroLeague	L16	28–7	15–3
1999–00	1	GBL	1st	Runner-up	1 EuroLeague	C	28–6	19–4
2000–01	1	GBL	1st	Runner-up	1 SuproLeague	RU	27–6	18–6
2001–02	1	GBL	3rd	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	C	21–7	19–3
2002–03	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	QF	28–7	14–6
2003–04	1	GBL	1st	Last 32	1 Euroleague	L16	29–5	9–11
2004–05	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	3rd	30–7	15–10
2005–06	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	QF	32–2	16–7
2006–07	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	C	32–4	20–4
2007–08	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	L16	31–5	15–5
2008–09	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	C	30–5	17–5
2009–10	1	GBL	1st	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	L16	33–2	10–6
2010–11	1	GBL	1st	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	C	32–3	16–6
2011–12	1	GBL	2nd	Winners	1 Euroleague	4th	29–6	14–9
2012–13	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	QF	30–4	17–12
2013–14	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 Euroleague	QF	33–3	14–15
2014–15	1	GBL	2nd	Winners	1 Euroleague	QF	28–7	13–15
2015–16	1	GBL	2nd	Winners	1 Euroleague	QF	31–6	15–12
2016–17	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 EuroLeague	QF	31–4	19–14
2017–18	1	GBL	1st	Semifinalist	1 EuroLeague	QF	34–2	20–14
2018–19	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 EuroLeague	QF	31–2	16–17
2019–20	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 EuroLeague	QF	18–2	14–14
2020–21	1	GBL	1st	Winners	1 EuroLeague	L16	28–4	11–23
2022–23	1	GBL	2nd	Runner-up	1 EuroLeague	L16	27–7	9-19
2022–23	1	GBL	2nd	Runner-up	1 EuroLeague	17th	22–11	9–23
2023–24	1	GBL	1st	Runner-up	1 EuroLeague	C	33–3	28–13

International record

Main article: Panathinaikos B.C. in international competitions

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroLeague
1971–72	Semi-finals	eliminated by Ignis Varese, 78–70 (W) in Athens, 55–69 (L) in Varese
1981–82	Semi-final group stage	6th place in a group with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Squibb Cantù, Partizan, FC Barcelona and Nashua EBBC
1993–94	Final four	3rd place in Tel Aviv, lost to Olympiacos 72–77 in the semi-final, defeated Banca Catalana FC Barcelona 100–83 in the 3rd place game
1994–95	Final four	3rd place in Zaragoza, lost to Olympiacos 52–58 in the semi-final, defeated Limoges CSP 91–77 in the 3rd place game
1995–96	Champions	defeated CSKA Moscow 81–71 in the semi-final, defeated Banca Catalana FC Barcelona 67–66 in the final of the Final Four in Paris
1996–97	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–0 by Olympiacos, 49–69 (L) in Athens, 57–65 (L) in Piraeus
1999–00	Champions	defeated Efes Pilsen 81–71 in the semi-final, defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73–67 in the final of the Final Four in Thessaloniki
2000–01	Final	defeated Efes Pilsen 74–66 in the semi-final, lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv 67–81 in the Final Paris
2001–02	Champions	defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 83–75 in the semi-final, defeated Kinder Bologna 89–83 in the final of the Final Four in Bologna
2004–05	Final four	3rd place in Moscow, lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv 82–91 in the semi-final, defeated CSKA Moscow 94–91 in the 3rd place game
2005–06	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2-1 by Tau Cerámica, 84–72 (W) in Athens, 79–85 (L) in Vitoria-Gasteiz, 71–74 (L) in Athens
2006–07	Champions	defeated Tau Cerámica 67–53 in the semi-final, defeated CSKA Moscow 93–91 in the final of the Final Four in Athens
2008–09	Champions	defeated Olympiacos 84–82 in the semi-final, defeated CSKA Moscow 73–71 in the final of the Final Four in Berlin
2010–11	Champions	defeated Montepaschi Siena 77–69 in the semi-final, defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 70–78 in the final of the Final Four in Barcelona
2011–12	Final four	4th place in Istanbul, lost to CSKA Moscow 64–66 in the semi-final, lost to FC Barcelona Regal 69–74 in the 3rd place game
2012–13	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-2 by FC Barcelona Regal, 70–72 (L) & 66-65 (W) in Barcelona, 65–63 (W) & 60-70 (L) in Athens and 53–63 (L) in ...
2013–14	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-2 by CSKA Moscow, 74-77 (L) & 51-77 (L) in Moscow, 65-59 (W) & 73-72 (W) in Athens and 44-74 (L) in Moscow
2014–15	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-1 by CSKA Moscow, 66-93 (L) & 80-100 (L) in Moscow, 86-85 (W) & 55-74 (L) in Athens
2015–16	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-0 by Laboral Kutxa, 68-84 (L) & 78-82 (L) in Vitoria-Gasteiz, 75-84 (L) in Athens
2016–17	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-0 by Fenerbahçe, 58-71 (L) & 75-80 (L) in Athens, 61-79 (L) in Istanbul
2017–18	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-1 by Real Madrid, 95-67 (W) & 82-89 (L) in Athens, 74-81 (L) & 82-89 (L) in Madrid
2018–19	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3-0 by Real Madrid, 72-75 (L) & 63-78 (L) in Madrid, 82-89 (L) in Athens
2023–24	Champions	defeated Fenerbahçe 73–57 in the semi-final, defeated Real Madrid 95–80 in the final of the Final Four in Berlin
FIBA Saporta Cup
1968–69	Semi-finals	eliminated by Dinamo Tbilisi, 81–67 (W) in Athens, 71–103 (L) in Tbilisi
1979–80	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with Gabetti Cantù, Parker Leiden and Caen
1983–84	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with Real Madrid, Scavolini Pesaro and Rudá hvězda Pardubice
1997–98	Semi-finals	eliminated by Stefanel Milano, 77–58 (W) in Athens, 61–86 (L) in Milan
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
1996	Champions	defeated 2–1 Olimpia, 83-89 (L) in Venado Tuerto, 83-78 (W) and 101-76 (W) in Athens

The road to the seven EuroLeague victories

EuroLeague 1996

Round	Team	Home	Away
1st Round	Bye
2nd Round	Žalgiris	86–66	59–56
Group Stage	Real Madrid Teka	54–52	73–80
	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona	74–95	57–63
	Cibona	79–61	93–82
	Pau-Orthez	67–69	87–79
	Benfica	67–51	87–96
	Buckler Beer Bologna	72–69	72–69
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	67–62	86–79
Quarter finals	Benetton Treviso	70–67	69–83
			65–64
Semifinal	CSKA Moscow	81–71
Final	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona	67–66

EuroLeague 2000

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group Stage 1	Žalgiris	86–82	82–66
	Tofaş	79–74	64–59
	Union Olimpija	100–80	86–71
	Real Madrid Teka	96–69	66–63
	Alba Berlin	70–72	73–54
Group Stage 2	Crvena zvezda	67–58	76–61
	Cholet	85–50	68–81
	PAOK	71–75	77–69
Round of 16	Budućnost	65–59	64–77
		78–61
Quarter finals	Cibona	73–62	69–63
Semifinal	Efes Pilsen	81–71
Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	73–67

EuroLeague 2002

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group Stage	Skipper Bologna	81–70	79–77
	CSKA Moscow	83–80	91–85
	Pau-Orthez	67–63	79–67
	Budućnost	91–82	84–72
	Krka	98–92	81–82
	Zadar	102–64	85–81
	Real Madrid	77–88	78–70
Top 16	Olympiacos	88–78	75–92
	Union Olimpija	85–67	79–72
	AEK	96–92	73–66
Semifinal	Maccabi Tel Aviv	83–75
Final	Kinder Bologna	89–83

EuroLeague 2007

Round	Team	Home	Away
Regular Season	DKV Joventut	83–73	82–79
	Cibona VIP	86–69	78–75
	Union Olimpija	83–74	86–65
	Lottomatica Roma	87–71	79–69
	Unicaja	87–72	61–67
	Partizan	80–93	73–65
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	90–88	73–76
Top 16	Efes Pilsen	84–57	79–65
	Winterthur FC Barcelona	102–82	66–87
	Prokom Trefl Sopot	95–68	75–69
Playoffs	Dynamo Moscow	80–58	73–65
Semifinal	Tau Cerámica	67–53
Final	CSKA Moscow	93–91

EuroLeague 2009

Round	Team	Home	Away
Regular Season	Žalgiris	78–51	80–69
	Regal FC Barcelona	76–87	66–90
	SLUC Nancy	83–69	80–70
	Montepaschi Siena	81–76	77–82
	Prokom Trefl Sopot	75–53	67–60
Top 16	Partizan	81–63	56–63
	Unicaja	103–95	81–69
	Lottomatica Roma	92–67	90–71
Playoffs	Montepaschi Siena	90–85	72–53
		79–84	91–84
Semifinal	Olympiacos	84–82
Final	CSKA Moscow	73–71

EuroLeague 2011

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group Stage 1	Power Electronics Valencia	69–73	72–56
	CSKA Moscow	74–60	72–68
	Union Olimpija	95–88	84–85
	Efes Pilsen	84–61	78–79
	Armani Jeans Milano	93–62	81–71
Group Stage 2	Lietuvos rytas	67–68	80–59
	Unicaja	82–56	77–61
	Caja Laboral	76–74	70–77
Quarter finals	Regal FC Barcelona	76–74	82–83
		78–67	75–71
Semifinal	Montepaschi Siena	77–69
Final	Maccabi Tel Aviv	78–70

EuroLeague 2024

Round	Team	Home	Away
Regular season	Alba Berlin	84–75	99–85
	Anadolu Efes	83–76	68–71
	FC Barcelona	89–81	72–80
	Saski Baskonia	95–81	73–75
	Bayern Munich	78–71	82–75
	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	82–65	89–76
	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	79–62	76–68
	Fenerbahçe Beko	74–63	69–83
	LDLC ASVEL	85–67	89–81
	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	81–86	75–90
	AS Monaco	88–63	91–90
	Olympiacos	78–88	65–71
	Partizan Mozzart Bet	84–71	87–92
	Real Madrid	78–90	97–86
	Valencia Basket	90–73	82–81
	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	90–76	81–79
	Žalgiris	73–71	68–80
Quarter finals	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	87–91	95–79
		83–85	95–88
		81–72
Semifinal	Fenerbahçe Beko	73–57
Final	Real Madrid	95–80

Less significant European successes

Panathinaikos has advanced to the Final Four of the EuroLeague (and its predecessor) another five times: Tel Aviv in 1994 (3rd), Zaragoza in 1995 (3rd), Paris in 2001 (2nd), Moscow in 2005 (3rd), and Istanbul in 2012 (4th). Other significant successes are: the two appearances in the semifinals of the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup (1968–69, 1997–98), as well as the road to the semifinals of the FIBA European Champions' Cup in the 1971–72 season (eliminated by Ignis Varese (78–70, 55–69). In the 1981–82 season, Panathinaikos participated in the semifinals of the FIBA European Champions' Cup, after eliminating the teams of CSKA Moscow and Levski-Spartak, in that order.

Friendly games against NBA and Chinese teams

Panathinaikos has twice made a tour of the United States, for friendly games. In 2003, when they played against the NBA team the Toronto Raptors, and in 2007. On 11 October 2007, Panathinaikos played against the NBA's Houston Rockets, and on 18 October 2007, they played against the defending NBA champions at the time, the San Antonio Spurs.

10 October 2003

Toronto Raptors

100–76

Panathinaikos

Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

11 October 2007

Boxscore

Houston Rockets

107–70

Panathinaikos

Toyota Center, Houston, TX

13 October 2007

Boxscore

San Antonio Spurs

113–91

Panathinaikos

AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

Panathinaikos has also twice made a tour in China for friendly games. In 2013, when they played against Foshan Long Lions. On 28 September 2015, Panathinaikos played against Zhejiang Lions, and on 30 September 2015, they played against the Guangdong Tigers.

15 September 2013

Boxscore

Foshan Dralions

66–67

Panathinaikos

Foshan Lingnan Mingzhu Gymnasium, Guangdong,

28 September 2015

Boxscore

Zhejiang Lions

64–83

Panathinaikos

Hangzhou Gymnasium, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

30 September 2015

Boxscore

Guangdong Tigers

63–85

Panathinaikos

Dongguan Arena, Dongguan, Guangdong

Season-by-season records

Further information: List of Panathinaikos B.C. seasons

Notable players

Main article: Panathinaikos B.C. notable players

Listed as Green Legends in Panathinaikos B.C. site:

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Faidon Matthaiou (1949–1955)
• Giorgos Kolokithas (1966–1973)
• Takis Koroneos (1968–1986, 1989–1990)
• Chris Kefalos (1969–1978)
• Dimitris Kokolakis (1969–1983)
• Apostolos Kontos (1969–1983)
• Memos Ioannou (1974–1990)
• David Stergakos (1978–1991)
• Fragiskos Alvertis (1990–2009)
• Antonio Davis (1990–1992)
• Nikos Galis (1992–1994)
• Stojan Vranković (1992–1996)
• Dominique Wilkins (1995–1996)
• Panagiotis Giannakis (1994–1996)
• Dino Rađja (1997–1999)
• Byron Scott (1997–1998)
• Fanis Christodoulou (1997–1998)
• Antonis Fotsis (1997–2001, 2002–2003, 2008–2011, 2013–2017)
• Dejan Bodiroga (1998–2002)
• Željko Rebrača (1999–2001)
• Darryl Middleton (2000–2005)
• Oded Kattash (1999–2001)
• Mike Batiste (2003–2012, 2013–2014)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2004–2016)
• Tony Delk (2006–2007)
• Sarunas Jasikevicius (2007–2010, 2011–2012)
• Nick Calathes (2009–2012, 2015–2020)
• James Gist (2012–2019)

Mentioned by Panathinaikos B.C. as players who have left their mark in basketball history:

• 
  Apostolos Kontos
• 
  Nikos Galis
• 
  Dominique Wilkins
• 
  Byron Scott
• 
  Fragiskos Alvertis
• 
  Dejan Bodiroga
• 
  Dimitris Diamantidis
• 
  Fanis Christodoulou
• 
  Mike Batiste

Club captains

Ioannis Papapetrou

• Apostolos Kontos (1972–1983)
• Takis Koroneos (1983–1985)
• Memos Ioannou (1985–1990)
• Liveris Andritsos (1990–1992)
• Nikos Galis (1992–1994)
• Panagiotis Giannakis (1994–1996)
• Nikos Oikonomou (1996–1997)
• Kostas Patavoukas (1997–1999)
• Fragiskos Alvertis (1999–2009)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2009–2016)
• Nick Calathes (2016–2017)
• Ian Vougioukas (2017–2018)
• Nick Calathes (2018–2020)
• Ioannis Papapetrou (2020–2022)
• Georgios Papagiannis (2022–2023)
• Kostas Sloukas (2023–present)

Head coaches

Željko Obradović

Rick Pitino

• Missas Pantazopoulos (1945–1951)
• Nikos Milas (1960–1961, 1963–1965, 1975–1976)
• Kostas Mourouzis (1966–1974, 1986–1987)
• Richard Dukeshire (1974–1975)
• Michalis Kyritsis (1978, 1983–1986, 1988–1989, 1997)
• Kostas Politis (1978–1982, 1993–1994)
• Christos Kefalos (1982–1983)
• Christos Iordanidis (1989–1991)
• Željko Pavličević (1991–1993)
• Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou (1994–1995)
• Božidar Maljković (1995–1997)
• Slobodan Subotić (1997–1999)
• Željko Obradović (1999–2012)
• Argyris Pedoulakis (2012–2014, 2016, 2019)
• Duško Ivanović (2014–2015)
• Aleksandar Đorđević (2015–2016)
• Xavi Pascual (2016–2018)
• Rick Pitino (2018–2019, 2019–2020)
• Georgios Vovoras (2020–2021, 2022)
• Kostas Charalampidis (2021)
• Oded Kattash (2021)
• Dimitris Priftis (2021–2022)
• Dejan Radonjić (2022–2023)
• Christos Serelis (2023)
• Ergin Ataman (2023–present)

Honours and statistics

League records

During a Panathinaikos game

Outline	Record
Champions without a loss	4 times (1945–46, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54)
Champions in a row	9 seasons (2002–2003, 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011)
Best regular season record in A1 GBL	26-0 (2017-18)
Best playoffs record in A1 GBL	8-0 (2005–06, 2012–13)
Best regular season & playoffs record in A1 GBL	34-2 (2017–18)

Cup records

Outline	Record
Biggest win in a Greek Cup final	101-54 (vs Faros Keratsiniou, 2015–16)
Greek Cup Winners in a row	6 seasons (2011 to 2017)

European records

Outline	Record
Most points in a EuroLeague game	123 points (vs Chorale Roanne, 2007–08)

Top 10 players in games, points, rebounds and assists in the A1 Division (since the 1986–87 season)

Giant portrait of Fragiskos Alvertis, OAKA Indoor Hall roof

Panathinaikos team leaders in games played, points scored, and rebounds, in games played in the Greek A1 Division, since it was first formed, starting with the 1986–87 season.

• * Still active player with the team.

As of 25 May 2022:

Most Games
Rank	Player	Games
1	Fragiskos Alvertis	534
2	Dimitris Diamantidis	397
3	Antonis Fotsis	354
4	Kostas Tsartsaris	345
5	Mike Batiste	303
6	Nikos Oikonomou	268
7	Nick Calathes	249
8	Georgios Kalaitzis	221
9	Nikos Chatzivrettas	204
10	James Gist	191

Most Points
Rank	Player	Points
1	Fragiskos Alvertis	4,698
2	Dimitris Diamantidis	3,928
3	Mike Batiste	2,950
4	Kostas Tsartsaris	2,316
5	Dejan Bodiroga	2,285
6	Nikos Oikonomou	2,207
7	Antonis Fotsis	2,089
8	Liveris Andritsos	2,088
9	Nick Calathes	2,083
10	Jaka Lakovič	1,596

Most Rebounds
Rank	Player	Rebounds
1	Stojan Vranković	1,851
2	Mike Batiste	1,501
3	Kostas Tsartsaris	1,392
4	Dimitris Diamantidis	1,356
5	Antonis Fotsis	1,239
6	Fragiskos Alvertis	1,214
7	James Gist	905
8	Georgios Papagiannis *	800
9	Dejan Bodiroga	669
10	Nick Calathes	590

Most Assists
Rank	Player	Assists
1	Dimitris Diamantidis	1,728
2	Nick Calathes	1,273
3	Vassilis Spanoulis	469
4	Dejan Bodiroga	436
5	Fragiskos Alvertis	408
6	Nikos Galis	402
7	Georgios Kalaitzis	385
8	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	370
9	Jaka Lakovič	359
10	Antonis Fotsis	283

One-club men

Player	Nat.	Position	Debut	Last Game
Fragiskos Alvertis		SF	1990	2009

Individual honours

FIBA Hall of Fame

• Nikos Galis

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Dominique Wilkins
• Nikos Galis
• Rick Pitino
• Dino Rađja

FIBA's 50 Greatest Players

• Dino Rađja
• Alexander Volkov
• Giorgos Kolokithas
• Nikos Galis

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors

• Fragiskos Alvertis
• Dejan Bodiroga
• Nikos Galis
• Panagiotis Giannakis
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius
• Božidar Maljković
• Željko Obradović
• Dino Rađja

EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award

• Dimitris Diamantidis
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius
• Ramūnas Šiškauskas

EuroLeague Basketball 2001–10 All-Decade Team

• Dejan Bodiroga
• Dimitris Diamantidis
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius
• Ramūnas Šiškauskas

Mr. Europa

• Dimitris Diamantidis (2007)

All-Europe Player of the Year

• Dejan Bodiroga (2002)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2007)

EuroLeague Executive of the Year

• Pavlos Giannakopoulos (2010–11)
• Thanasis Giannakopoulos (2010–11)

EuroLeague MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis (2010–11)

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

• Dominique Wilkins (1995–96)
• Željko Rebrača (1999–00)
• Dejan Bodiroga (2001–02)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2006–07, 2010–11)
• Vassilis Spanoulis (2008–09)
• Kostas Sloukas (2023–24)

EuroLeague Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis (2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11)
• Stéphane Lasme (2012–13)

EuroLeague Top Scorer

• Nikos Galis (1993–94)

EuroLeague Coach of the Year Award

• Željko Obradović (2006–07, 2010–11)

Greek Basket League MVP

• Dejan Bodiroga (1998–99)
• Željko Rebrača (1999–00)
• Fragiskos Alvertis (2002–03)
• Jaka Lakovič (2004–05)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14)
• Vassilis Spanoulis (2008–09)
• Mike Batiste (2009–10)
• Stéphane Lasme (2012–13)
• Nick Calathes (2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19)

Greek Basket League Finals MVP

• Dino Rađja (1997–98)
• Dejan Bodiroga (1998–99, 1999–00)
• Željko Rebrača (2000–01)
• Jaka Lakovič (2002–03, 2004–05)
• Nikos Chatzivrettas (2003–04)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14)
• Mike Batiste (2009–10)
• Stéphane Lasme (2012–13)

Greek Cup MVP

• Dominique Wilkins (1995–96)
• Željko Rebrača (1999–00)
• Fragiskos Alvertis (2002–03)
• Jaka Lakovič (2004–05)
• Kostas Tsartsaris (2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2008–09, 2015–16)
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2011–12)
• Roko Ukić (2012–13)
• Ramel Curry (2013–14)
• Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2014–15)
• James Feldeine (2016–17)
• Nick Calathes (2018-19)

Greek League Top Scorer

• Giorgos Kolokithas (1965–66, 1966–67)

Greek League Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis (2010–11)
• Stéphane Lasme (2012–13, 2013–14)
• Nick Calathes (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)

Greek League Top Rebounder

• David Stergakos (1987–88)
• Antonio Davis (1991–92)
• Dino Rađja (1997–98)

Greek League Assist Leader

• Nikos Galis (1992–93, 1993–94)
• Byron Dinkins (1995–96)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014-15)
• Vassilis Spanoulis (2007–08)
• Nick Calathes (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)

Greek League Most Improved Player

• Nick Calathes (2010–11)

Greek League Coach of the Year

• Željko Obradović (2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11)
• Argyris Pedoulakis (2012–13)
• Xavi Pascual (2016-17, 2017-18)

All-Greek League Team

• Kostas Tsartsaris (2003-04)
• Dimitris Diamantidis (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16)
• Jaka Lakovič (2004-05)
• Vassilis Spanoulis (2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09)
• Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2006-07)
• Mike Batiste (2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12)
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius (2008-09)
• Nikola Peković (2008-09)
• Drew Nicholas (2009-10)
• Stéphane Lasme (2012-13, 2013-14)
• Jonas Mačiulis (2013-14)
• Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2014-15)
• Nick Calathes (2016-17, 2017-18)
• Chris Singleton (2016-17, 2017-18)

Greek League Most Spectacular Player

• Mike James (2016-17)
• Thanasis Antetokounmpo (2017-18)

Greek League Best Young Player

• Antonis Fotsis (2000-01)

Management

Ownership & Current Board

Position	Staff
Ownership	Dimitrios Giannakopoulos
President	Vassileios Parthenopoulos
General Manager	Stavros Ntinos
Technical Director	Sani Bečirovič

Academies staff

Position	Name
Academies Director	Argyris Pedoulakis
General Coach	Georgios Kalaitzis

Presidential history

Until 1992, the President of Panathinaikos A.C. was responsible for the management of the team. In 1992, the basketball department became professional, with its own President.

Years	President
1992–2000	Pavlos Giannakopoulos
2000–2002	Dimitris Panagoulias
2002–2003	Giorgos Panagoulias
2003–2012	Pavlos Giannakopoulos Thanasis Giannakopoulos
2012–2014	Dimitris Giannakopoulos
2014–2020	Manos Papadopoulos
2020–2022	Panagiotis Triantopoulos
2022–present	Vassileios Parthenopoulos

See also

• Panathinaikos women's basketball

External links

• Official website (in Greek and English)
• Panathinaikos B.C. at Euroleague.net
• Panathinaikos B.C. at Eurobasket.com
• Panathinaikos Arena Archived 10 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
• Academies official website
• Official YouTube channel