Panathinaikos maintains youth and amateur departments since the 1950s, while Panathinaikos F.C. manage them since 1981. They cooperate with a network of 55 soccer schools in Greece (Panathinaikos FC Soccer Schools), while they were the first Greek club with academies abroad (Cyprus, United States, Australia, Canada, Israel).
History Since 1928 József Künsztler, coach of the first team, tried to rejuvenate the team with players from the second (reverse) team.
During the 1950s the ex-player of the team, Antonis Migiakis, had the leading role on the creation of the first youth departments of the club. First coaches were Harry Game and Svetislav Glišović. Migiakis was appointed later also as a coach the years 1967–69, 1971-74 και 1981–85. Andreas Papaemmanouil had also significant contribution.
During the presidency of Yiorgos Vardinogiannis the academy was re-organized. Alf Ramsey was appointed as Technical Director, while all the youth departments were housed in Paiania (training ground).
In 2005 Panathinaikos won the Copa Amsterdam, the annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax.
Since 2013, the academies are housed also in the Georgios Kalafatis Sports Center, the new athletic center of Panathinaikos FC.
Honours Greek Amateur Cup1: (2) 1994, 1995 Athens Cup1: (2) 1993, 1994 Greek U-19 Championship: (3) 2005, 2012, 2022 Greek U-17 Championship: (2) 2009, 2026 Greek U-15 Championship: (1) 2018 Copa Amsterdam: Winners (1): 2005 Puskás Cup: Runners-up (2): 2010, 2013
1Competitions for amateur footballers, won by Panathinaikos' U-21 team (or Panathinaikos Amateurs, as it was called at that time).
Players U-19 squad
U-17 squad
U-15 squad
Notable players
Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include: Sotiris Alexandropoulos Georgios Alexopoulos Kyriakos Andreopoulos Vasilis Angelopoulos Kostas Antoniou Angelos Basinas Giannis Bouzoukis Anastasios Chatzigiovanis Kostas Chalkias Diamantis Chouchoumis Lambros Choutos Christos Donis Spyros Fourlanos Nikos Giannitsanis Giannis Goumas Stefanos Kapino Giorgos Karagounis Stefanos Kotsolis Sotirios Kyrgiakos Anastasios Lagos Spiros Livathinos Charalampos Mavrias Nikos Marinakis Sotiris Ninis Spyros Risvanis Paschalis Staikos Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos Alexandros Tzorvas Georgios Vagiannidis Georgios Vakouftsis Markos Vellidis
Personnel
Academies staff
Position NameAcademy director Thodoris EleftheriadisPAO FC Academies director Andreas LagonikakisChief of Performance and Fitness Iason VasiliadisChief Scout Giorgos MakrisGoalkeepers coach coordinator Giorgos MountakisU19 coach Angelos ZazopoulosU19 assistant coach Georgios TsintarisU17 coach Ilias KolovosU17 assistant coach Vangelis KonstantinouU16 coach Dimitris TsatsopoulosU16 assistant coach Giourkas SeitaridisU15 coach Stavros AmanatidisU15 assistant coach Stavros TziortziopoulosU14 coach Aristotelis SchizasU14 assistant coach Stavros TziortziopoulosU13 coach Dimitris KatrimpouzasU13 assistant coach Dimitris KoutsoulisU12 & U11 coach Dimitris PapanastasisU10 coach Apostolos FoukoulisFitness coach Panagiotis GrosiosFitness coach Thodoris PontidisFitness coach Panagiotis GeroulisFitness coach Sofia MartiouGoalkeepers coach Konstantinos-Alexandros AlexakisGoalkeepers coach Panagiotis IkonomouGoalkeepers coach Konstantinos KaratasakisGoalkeepers coach Antonis PapatheodorouAnalyst Thodoris SachinisAnalyst Dimitris KoutsoulisAnalyst Apostolis FoukoulisDoctor Giannis SpyropoulosDoctor Fotis KakridonisDoctor Spyros BalasDoctor Dimitris SerenidisPhysiotherapist Giannis GryparisPhysiotherapist Nikos DedesPhysiotherapist Christos ZervopoulosPhysiotherapist Aris KontosPsychologist Giannis KotsisScout Kostas MavridisScout Kyriakos KonstantinidisScout Giorgos FamelisScout Dimitris Roussos
References
External links Panathinaikos soccer schools