The 2013–14 season was the Panathinaikos' 55th consecutive season in Super League Greece. They also competed in the Greek Cup. During the 2012-2013 season, Panathinaikos' president Giannis Alafouzos, announced that there will be a major reduce at the teams budget because of the financial problems they had been facing. He also said, that the average wage of the players will not surpass 300.000 euros, except from one or two exceptions. Finally, He announced, that the previous season's largest contract, which is the contract of Jean-Alain Boumsong will not exist at the team and that some lower, but still too high for the next year's standards contracts, such as the contracts of Toché or Vitolo, a renew will be offered, but with a major reduce, bigger the 50%. Also, there are many players such