Greek Football - Great Moments

The most popular sport in Greece is Basketball. The Greek teams have won 11 european titles in the last 10 years. Panathinaikos especially has won 3 European Champions Cups in 6 years. There are many successes of the Greek Teams in Football as well. Let's see some of them

1.UEFA Champions Cup 1970-1971 - Final - 2 June 1971 - Ajax vs Panathinaikos 2-0

2.UEFA Champions Cup 1970-1971 - Semi Final - Panathinaikos vs Red Star Belgrade 3-0

3.UEFA Champions Cup 1971-1972 - 29 September 1971 - AEK Athens vs Inter 3-2

4.UEFA Champions Cup 1983-1984 - 28 September 1983 - Olympiakos vs Ajax 2-0 (after extra time, 90mins 0-0, Olympiakos qualified to the next round)

5.UEFA Champions League 1995-1996 - Semi Final - Ajax vs Panathinaikos 0-1

Kryzstof Warzhcha Scores for Panathinaikos against Van Der Sar

6.UEFA Champions League 2002-2003 - Real Madrid vs AEK Athens (3-3 First Match, 2-2 Second Match)

7.UEFA Champions League 2001-2002 - Quarter Final - Panathinaikos vs Barcelona 1-0

Michalis Konstantinou, attacker of Panathinaikos against Barcelona

8.UEFA Champions League 2001-2002 - 26 September 2001 - Panathinaikos vs Arsenal 1-0

9.UEFA Champions League 2001-2002 - Panathinaikos vs Juventus 3-1

Aggelos Basinas, scorer of Panathinaikos against Juventus

10.UEFA Champions League 2000-2001 - Olympiakos vs Ajax 1-0

11.UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1992-1993 - 21 October 1992 - Monaco vs Olympiakos 0-1

12.UEFA Cup 1975-1976 - 16 September 1975 - Paok Thessaloniki vs Barcelona 1-0

13.UEFA Cup 1976-1977 - Quarter final - AEK Athens vs Q.P.R 3-0 (aggregate 3-3, AEK Athens win 7-6 on pens, After Extra time 0-0)

14.UEFA Cup 1978-1979 - 13 September 1979 - AEK Athens vs Porto 6-1 (aggregate 7-5, AEK Athens qualified to the next round)

15.UEFA Cup 1980-1981 - 1 October 1980 - Panathinaikos vs Juventus 4-2

16.UEFA Cup 1985-1986 - 18 September 1985 - AEK Athens vs Real Madrid - 1-0

17.UEFA Cup 1997-1998 - 16 September 1997 - Paok Thessaloniki vs Arsenal 1-0

Paok fans after the victory

18.UEFA Cup 1997-1998 - 30 September 1997 - Arsenal vs Paok Thessaloniki 1-1 (aggregate 1-2 Paok Thessaloniki qualified to the next round)

19.UEFA Cup 1999-2000 - Juventus vs Olympiakos 1-2

Predrag Georgevic and Grigoris Georgatos against Juventus

20.UEFA Cup 2002-2003 - 14 November 2002 - Panathinaikos vs Fenerbahce 4-1

Today we have teached the turks how to play football. Panathinaikos qualified to the 3rd round of the UEFA Cup after the 4-1 victory against Fenerbahce. Lymperopoulos (24), Goumas (31), Michaelsen (43) and Warzycha (90) scored for the greens. PAO missed a lot of chances (especially during the 45-60min period) in order to score more than the four goals. It is an important victory for Panathinaikos and for the history of the greek football" said Sergio Markarian, Coach of Panathinaikos at the press conference after the match. "The result is fair as we made a great performance attacking and defending, too.