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Panionios
1998–99 season
Manager Ronnie Whelan
Alpha Ethniki 15th
Greek Cup First round
Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals

During the 1998–99 Greek football season, Panionios F.C. competed in the Alpha Ethniki.

Season summary

Panionios reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup for the first time in their history, being knocked out 7-0 on aggregate by eventual champions Lazio. However, league form suffered and the club only avoided relegation on goal difference. Manager Ronnie Whelan left at the end of the season.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece  GRE Giannis Fakis
2 DF Norway  NOR Jan Kruse
3 DF Greece  GRE Vasilios Kouvalis
4 DF Greece  GRE Athanasios Gazis
5 DF Greece  GRE Vasilios Ioannidis
6 MF Greece  GRE Dimitrios Bougas
8 MF Norway  NOR Lars Bakkerud
9 FW England  ENG Garry Haylock
10 MF Greece  GRE Antonis Sapountzis
11 MF Norway  NOR Kent Bergersen
12 GK Albania  ALB Foto Strakosha
14 DF Greece  GRE Spyros Zarras
16 DF Greece  GRE Nikolaos Makrygiannis
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Greece  GRE Dimitris Nalitzis
18 MF Greece  GRE Kostas Kafalis
19 DF Greece  GRE Georgios Mitsiopoulos
20 DF Wales  WAL Gareth Roberts
21 GK Greece  GRE Georgios Souloganis
22 MF Romania  ROU Edward Iordănescu
23 DF Greece  GRE Giannis Kamitsis
24 FW Greece  GRE Ilias Ioannou
25 DF Greece  GRE Dimitrios Markesinis
26 DF Greece  GRE Tasos Zachopoulos
28 MF Greece  GRE Theofilos Karasawidis
31 MF Malta  MLT Paul Tisdale
32 FW Saint Kitts and Nevis  SKN Keith Gumbs

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW England  ENG Mark Robins (on loan to Manchester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Greece  GRE Takis Fyssas (to Panathinaikos)

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 1998–99 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Paniliakos 34 11 5 18 37 54 −17 38
14 Apollon Athens 34 9 9 16 42 62 −20 36
15 Panionios 34 9 5 20 42 58 −16 32 [a]
16 Panelefsiniakos (R) 34 7 11 16 25 49 −24 32 [a] Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Veria (R) 34 6 5 23 20 55 −35 23
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Panionios–Panelefsiniakos 3–0, Panelefsiniakos–Panionios 1–0.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 9 5 20 42 58  −16 32 7 2 8 25 25  0 2 3 12 17 33  −16

Last updated: 30 May 1999.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLWLWWDLLWWLDLWLLLLDWLLLLLWLWDLDLL
Position1414131511710101298111111911131313131212141515151415141515151515
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

17 September 1998 First leg Panionios Greece 2–0 Finland Haka Athens, Greece
17:00
Report Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 4,222
Referee: Charles Agius ( Malta)
1 October 1998 Second leg Haka Finland 1–3
(1–5 agg.)		 Greece Panionios Valkeakoski, Finland
19:00
Report
Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Konrad Plautz ( Austria)

Second round

22 October 1998 First leg Panionios Greece 3–2 Cyprus Apollon Limassol Athens, Greece
17:30 Sapountzis 22'
Haylock 39'
Robins 57'		 Report Špoljarić 14', 43' Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen ( Norway)
5 November 1998 Second leg Apollon Limassol Cyprus 0–1
(2–4 agg.)		 Greece Panionios Limassol, Cyprus
18:00 Report Sapountzis 18' Stadium: Tsirion Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jan Wegereef ( Netherlands)

Quarter-finals

4 March 1999 First leg Panionios Greece 0–4 Italy Lazio Athens, Greece
21:45 Report
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 10,175
Referee: Graham Poll ( England)
18 March 1999 Second leg Lazio Italy 3–0
(7–0 agg.)		 Greece Panionios Rome, Italy
20:45
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Germany)

References

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