 In the summer of 2015, Pankov participated in Vojvodina's 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying campaign.On 30 July 2015, he played in a historic 0-4 away win against Sampdoria in the first leg of the third qualifying round for the Europa League.In an interview with "Mozzart Sport" in August 2019, Pankov claimed that the best striker he ever played against was Luis Muriel from the 2015 Europa League duel with Sampdoria.