The meeting of BIG-5 representatives-03.06.2025 took place on Wednesday afternoon (03.06.2025)- UEFA at the Great Britain Hotel.
Olympic, Panathinaikos, PAOK, AEK, Mars They met with UEFA in order to analyze the serious prospects created by the new way of conducting the games, as well as the need for institutional cooperation for the good of Greek football.
Theodoros Karipidis, “boss” of Mars, was the only one of the owners to attend the meeting, with Panagiotis Biliris on his side. Olympiacos was represented by Kostas Karapapas and Kostas Vernikos, Panathinaikos by Takis Fyssa and Athina Balomenou, AEK by Minas Lysandrou and Angeliki Arkadis and PAOK by Maria Goncareva.
Theodoris Theodoridis, Tobias Hentstuk, Stefan Anselmo, Marios Georgiou and Andreas Dimatos represented UEFA, while Makis Gagatsis and Domna Tsioni the EPO.
The issues that fell on the table mainly concerned European events. The main topic of discussion was, of course, the institutional cooperation between the PAE at the level of organizers, with the aim of facilitating teams competing in Europe with Friday and Mondays whenever necessary.
There was a detailed presentation of the new format of European events, and the conclusions were made on the first season of its implementation. There was an analysis of how important the contributors to both the premises and the clubs are.
The financial data of UEFA events fell on the table, and it became clear to those present that the next two seasons in Europe are the key to Greek football at UEFA Ranking.
Gagatsis: “There was a climate of cooperation with the five PAEs, I hope to go to the 10th of Country Ranking”
At the end of the meeting, the president? of the EPO, Makis Gagatsis, said: “There was a climate of cooperation with the five PAE participating in Europe. For the first time, UEFA is coming to Greece, to meet with the owners and executives of the big teams and this is not about a crisis, but a prospect of a Greek hope.
The teams to work together, the League, the Federation, to achieve better results in Europe. Next year we start from 11th place in Country Ranking. I would like and hope that we will go to the 10th in order for the champion to go straight to the Champions League, the Europa League Cup and generally have a dynamic presence. “