1976–77 Panathinaikos F.C. season

The 1976–77 season was the 18th consecutive season of Panathinaikos in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Balkans Cup.^[1][2][3]

Panathinaikos

1976–77 season
Chairman	Apostolos Nikolaidis
Manager	Aymoré Moreira Antonis Migiakis Kazimierz Górski
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Balkans Cup	Winners
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GRE Nikos Valianos — GK  GRE Vasilis Konstantinou — DF  CYP Demetris Kizas — DF  GRE Anthimos Kapsis — DF  GRE Mitsos Dimitriou — MF  GRE Kostas Eleftherakis — MF  GRE Mimis Domazos (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  YUG Borivoje Đorđević — MF  GRE Spiros Livathinos — FW  ARG Óscar Marcelino Álvarez — FW  GRE Antonis Antoniadis — FW  GRE Giorgos Rokidis — FW  GRE Giorgos Gonios — FW  GRE Takis Papadimitriou

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos (C)	34	23	8	3	70	20	+50	54	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Olympiacos	34	23	6	5	70	27	+43	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	PAOK	34	21	10	3	63	27	+36	52	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4	AEK Athens	34	24	3	7	63	29	+34	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Aris	34	17	8	9	58	34	+24	42

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd total goal ratio; 3rd decision match.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since Panathinaikos, winners of 1976–77 Greek Cup, were qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup, runners-up PAOK earned a spot in the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Greek Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Greek Football Cup

Matches

Panathinaikos v PAOK

22 June 1977 Final	Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	Piraeus
	Papadimitriou 29' Vakalis 83'	Report	Terzanidis 43'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 28,490 Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)

Balkans Cup

Main article: 1977 Balkans Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos (A)	4	2	2	0	8	4	2.000	6	Advances to finals
2	Budućnost Titograd	4	1	2	1	6	5	1.200	4
3	Vllaznia Shkodër	4	0	2	2	2	7	0.286	2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

Group stage

Vllaznia Shkodër v Panathinaikos

17 April 1977	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–1	Panathinaikos	Shkodër
	Basha 5'		Vakalis 24'	Stadium: Vojo Kushi Stadium

Panathinaikos v Budućnost Titograd

8 May 1977	Panathinaikos	2–2	Budućnost Titograd	Athens
	Eleftherakis 39' Antoniadis 87'		Miročević 30' Kovačević 48'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

Panathinaikos v Vllaznia Shkodër

26 May 1977	Panathinaikos	3–0	Vllaznia Shkodër	Athens
	Giannakoulas 77', 90' Papadimitriou 82'			Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

Budućnost Titograd v Panathinaikos

17 August 1977	Budućnost Titograd	1–2	Panathinaikos	Titograd
	Kovačević 16'		Papadimitriou 6' Đorđević 66'	Stadium: pod Goricom

Finals

Slavia Sofia v Panathinaikos

14 December 1977	Slavia Sofia	0–0	Panathinaikos	Sofia
				Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 2,500

Panathinaikos v Slavia Sofia

13 March 1978	Panathinaikos	2–1	Slavia Sofia	Athens
	Eleftherakis 14' Vakalis 63'		Minchev 45'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)