Panathinaikos Football Club, commonly known as Panathinaikos, is a Greek professional football club based in Athens, Greece. The team competes in the Super League Greece, the top tier of Greek football, and is one of the most historic and successful clubs in the country. This unofficial Panathinaikos FC fan flag (Greek: ανεπίσημη σημαία φιλάθλων Παναθηναϊκού) features the club's official emblem set against a green background derived from the team's traditional home jersey and long-standing color identity.
The club's emblem is designed in a circular form with a clean white background at its center. Dominating the middle of the crest is a green three-leaf clover, also known as a shamrock or trifolium, which serves as the club's iconic symbol. The trifolium represents harmony, unity, nature, and good luck, reflecting both sporting ideals and the club's philosophical identity. Surrounding the center is a white ring bordered in green; the upper section contains the Greek club name "Παναθηναϊκός," while the lower section displays the founding year "1908." Separating these inscriptions are two green five-pointed stars positioned symmetrically on each side of the ring. The club's traditional green and white colors also carry symbolic meaning, with green representing health, nature, and vitality, while white symbolizes purity and virtue. Although white is sometimes used only as a secondary color, green has consistently remained the dominant and defining color of Panathinaikos. Altogether, the emblem combines simplicity with deep symbolism, representing the club's heritage, ideals, and enduring identity in Greek football.
| Team name: | Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos (Pan-Athenian Athletic Club) |
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| Team nicknames: | Τριφύλλι – Trifýlli (The Shamrock), Πράσινοι – Prássinoi (The Greens) |
| Team abbreviation: | PAO (Greek: ΠΑΟ) |
| Founded: | 1908 |
| Location: | Athens, Greece |
| Stadium: | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Capacity: | 16,003 69,618 |
| League: | Super League Greece |
| Team Colors: | Green (and white) |
| Championships: | 20 |
| Second places: | 27 |
| Third places: | 17 |
| Mascots: | - |
