Panathinaikos F.C.

Panathinaikos Football Club , known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, <a href="/facts/Panathinaikos_A.O./Q6o1fEDR">Panathinaikos A.O.</a> or PAO (Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος; Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos, lit. 'Pan-Athenian Athletic Club'), is a Greek professional <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club based in <a href="/facts/Athens/mBxlp8X1">Athens</a>, Greece.
Panathinaikos was founded in <a href="/facts/1908/y2Yvla5J">1908</a> as "Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon" (Football Club of Athens) by <a href="/facts/Georgios_Kalafatis/h6n3uqu5">Georgios Kalafatis</a>, they play in <a href="/facts/Super_League_Greece/HrRf0s65">Super League Greece</a>, being one of the most <a href="/facts/List_of_football_clubs_in_Greece_by_major_honours_won/vR85Truq">successful</a> clubs in <a href="/facts/Football_in_Greece/XYwrGrN0">Greek football</a> and one of the three clubs which have <a href="/facts/List_of_unrelegated_association_football_clubs/7ScbTYMb">never been relegated</a> from the top division. Among their major titles are 20 <a href="/facts/Super_League_Greece/HrRf0s65">Greek Championships</a>, 20 <a href="/facts/Greek_Football_Cup/z1yQ84RG">Greek Cups</a>, achieving eight times the <a href="/facts/Double_(association_football)/t3BM6Q5g">Double</a> and 3 <a href="/facts/Greek_Super_Cup/yvR6pQc7">Greek Super Cups</a>. They are also one of three clubs to win a Greek championship <a href="/facts/List_of_unbeaten_football_club_seasons/1MXNSpuy">undefeated</a>, going without a loss in a top-flight campaign in the <a href="/facts/1963%25E2%2580%259364_Alpha_Ethniki/X47NeeTV">1963–64 season</a>. Panathinaikos is the only Greek team that has reached the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">UEFA Champions League</a> final in 1971 (which they lost to <a href="/facts/AFC_Ajax/e3hAEP77">Ajax</a> 2–0), and also the semi-finals twice, in 1985 and 1996. It is also the only Greek team that has played for the <a href="/facts/Intercontinental_Cup_(1960%25E2%2580%25932004)/eMe1w5pk">Intercontinental Cup</a> (1971). Furthermore, they have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League on another two occasions (in 1992 and 2002), as well as the quarter-finals of the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Europa_League/aQeea4zp">UEFA Cup</a> twice (1988 and 2003). They have also won the <a href="/facts/Balkans_Cup/sR95aeGM">Balkans Cup</a> in 1977. According to research and polls, Panathinaikos is the second most popular football team in <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greece</a>. Panathinaikos is also a member of the <a href="/facts/European_Club_Association/HLKEjHr8">European Club Association</a>.
They have played their home games in the <a href="/facts/Leoforos_Alexandras_Stadium/XS4af7bE">Leoforos Alexandras Stadium</a>, considered their traditional home ground, and the <a href="/facts/Olympic_Stadium_(Athens)/r7LrB4d5">Athens Olympic Stadium</a> ,where Ion Konstantinou became a legend for the Greek club.With more than 400 goals scored he became the best in Panathinaikos’ history.
Panathinaikos hold a long-term rivalry with <a href="/facts/Olympiacos_F.C./1B08HeMf">Olympiacos</a>, the clash between the two teams being referred to as the "<a href="/facts/Derby_of_the_Eternal_Enemies/Woj83Ntg">Derby of the Eternal Enemies</a>".

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