Panathinaikos Athens (volleyball)
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Full name | Panathinaikos AO | ||
Nickname (s) | The greens , shamrocks | ||
Founded | 1919 | ||
Club colors | Green white | ||
Stadion | Panagiotis Gazgas | ||
Places | 1,200 | ||
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address | Irodou Attikou 12A GR-15124 Athens |
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Homepage | www.paovolleyball.gr | ||
league | A1 league | ||
2019/2020 | 1st place | ||
Club successes | 19 × Greek champions 6 × Greek cup winners 1 × Greek Supercup 1 × Greek League Cup |
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Main sponsor | Subaru | ||
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Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( short form: PAO ) ( Greek , ΠΑΟ) also refers to the volleyball department of Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Total Athens Sports Club) from Athens . PAO currently plays in the Greek A1 league, the country's highest league.
Men
The Panathinaikos men's volleyball division was founded in 1919 and is one of the oldest in Greece. Since then Panathinaikos has been one of the most successful clubs in Greece and has produced a large number of national players. The most successful phase was between 1963 and 1986, when 17 national titles were won in 23 years and Panathinaikos was able to achieve second place in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1980 . The following dry spell with only two Greek championships (1995, 1996) and a third place in the European Cup Winners' Cup could only be ended again in 2004 with the championship and fourth place in the CEV Cup .
The association owed this to its President Vlasis Stathokostopoulos, among others. The financially strong large restaurateur took over the association in the summer of 2001 and has since invested large sums to bring the association back to its old size and strength.
The club caused a stir in the summer of 2005 when the transfer market caused three bangs. In addition to the Argentinian start coach Carlos Javier Weber, the two Brazilians Marcelo Elgarten and Dante Amaral were signed, who both won the World Cup and the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with their national team . With these reinforcements Panathinaikos secured the Greek championship in 2006 and lost only two games. At the same time, they made it to the final of the Greek Cup and reached third place in the Top Teams Cup . After the season, Carlos Javier Weber resigned as coach due to personal problems and returned to his home country Argentina. In his place, the Brazilian Francisco dos Santos was signed, who was coach of the Portuguese national team at the time and immediately won the Greek Supercup with Panathinaikos for the first time in 2006 and the Greek Cup in 2007.
In 2009, the club made it into the Final4 tournament for the CEV Cup and came second in front of a home crowd in Athens. The 15,000 fans present in the final represent a European record for a volleyball game that is still valid today.
homestead
From 1959 Panathinaikos played his home games in the sports hall under the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium . This sports hall, located below the east curve (Gate 6–7) in the heart of Athens, was the first of its kind in Greece. Due to the small number of spectators (approx. 1500 spectators), the club decided in 2005 to play its home games in the "Ethniko Athlitiko Kentro Glyfadas" . The sports hall, located in the southern suburb of Glyfada, from the city center, holds 3232 spectators and is publicly owned. Until 1985, the sports hall, built in 1970, was the largest in Athens and the second largest in Greece. Since 2011 the "Panagiotis Gazgas" is Panathinaikos home. The sports hall can hold 1,200 spectators and is located in the heart of Athens in the immediate vicinity of the Panathinaiko Stadium .
title
Panathinaikos won a total of 27 titles
- Greek master (19 ×): 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020
- Greek Cup Winner (6 ×): 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Greek Supercup (1 ×): 2006
- Greek League Cup (1 ×): 2020
Current squad
number | Surname | nationality | position | Size (cm] |
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2 | Georgios Fitros |
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Outside attacker | 195 |
8th | Axel Jacobsen |
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Player | 196 |
10 | Dimitrios Zisis |
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Libero | 183 |
12 | Markos Galiotis |
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Player | 195 |
13 | Charalampos Andreopoulos |
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Outside attacker | 193 |
14th | Sotirios Pantaleon |
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Middle blocker | 202 |
15th | Alexandros Raptis |
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Outside attacker | 198 |
17th | Panagiotis Pelekoudas |
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Middle blocker | 202 |
18th | Dimitrios Paleologos |
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Outside attacker | 192 |
20th | Alexandros Bouras |
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Libero | 180 |
Saša Starović |
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Diagonal players | 207 | |
Victor Rangel |
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Middle blocker | 208 |
Well-known former players
Theodoris Baev , Theodoros Chatziantoniou , Konstantinos Christofidelis, Efstathios Donas , Dimitrios Kazazis, Michalis Koliopoulos, Ilias Lappas , Athanasios Psaras, Apostolos Nikolaidis , Nikolaos Smaragdis , Georgios Stefanou , Anastasios Tentzeris
Dante Amaral , Marcelo Elgarten, André Nascimento , Cleber De Oliveira
Eminent former coaches
Alekos Leonis, Gerasimos Theodoratos
Mauro Berutto, Roberto Serniotti
Women
Founded | 1969 | ||
Club colors | Green white | ||
Stadion | Panagiotis Gazgas | ||
Places | 1,200 | ||
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address | Armatolon Klefton Str. 47 GR-11471 Athens |
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league | A1 league | ||
2013/2014 | 5th place | ||
Club successes | 24 × Greek champions 5 × Greek cup winners |
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Panathinaikos Athens women's department was founded in 1969. With 23 championships won, Panathinaikos is the record champion of Greece and mostly makes up the majority of the Greek national team. The club plays its home games at Klisto Leoforou Alexandras , which is located under the east curve of the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium . The Panathinaikos women's division celebrated its greatest international success in 2000 when they finished second in the European Cup Winners' Cup . In 2007 Panathinaikos became the first Greek team to win the championship without defeat. The club managed to deliver just five sets in 22 regular season matches and seven play-off games. In 2009 the club was once again in a European cup final. In the final of the Challenge Cup, however, they lost to the Italians of Vini Monteschiavo Jesi 0-3.
title
In total, the women's department has won 29 titles so far. As a result, the double was achieved five times (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Greek master (24 ×): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 , 2010, 2011
- Greek Cup Winner (5 ×): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Players
Squad 2014/15
number | Surname | nationality | position | Size (cm] | since |
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5 | Anthi Vasilantonaki |
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Diagonal player | 196 | 2012 |
7th | Angeliki Kavvadia |
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Middle blocker | 188 | 2012 |
11 | Apostolia Nousia |
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Outside attacker | 178 | 2012 |
12 | Xanthi Milona |
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Libero | 173 | 2012 |
15th | Iliana Gianakopoulou |
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Outside attacker | 180 | 2012 |
16 | Maria Apostolaki |
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Outside attacker | 180 | 2012 |
17th | Georgia Tsatsouri |
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Middle blocker | 180 | 2012 |
Ourania Gkouzou |
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Middle blocker | 184 | 2013 | |
Eleftheria Kegala |
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Middle blocker | 180 | 2013 | |
Zenia Tsima |
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Outside attacker | 185 | 2013 | |
Fotini Mpiskou |
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Outside attacker | 189 | 2013 | |
Evaggelia Merteki |
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Outside attacker | 185 | 2013 | |
Emilija Milovanovic |
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Player | 182 | 2013 | |
Athina Antouva |
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Player | 170 | 2013 | |
Irini Kelesidou |
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Libero | 177 | 2013 |
Eminent former players
Eleftheria Chatzinikou , Eleni Frangiadaki , Maria Garagouni , Niki Garagouni , Rouxantra Ntoumitreskou , Charikleia Sakoula , Fidanka Saparevska, Georgia Tzanakaki
Brižitka Molnar, Sanja Tomasevic
Retired Numbers
- 9 - Rouxantra Ntoumitreskou (2003-2010, outside attacker)
anthem
Panathinaikos hymn comes from Georgios Mouzakis (born August 15, 1922 - August 27, 2005) from 1958. Georgios Ikonomidis wrote the text.
Greek Σύλλογος μεγάλος δεν υπάρχει άλλος |
German There isn't a team as big as you, |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on www.goalday.gr ( Memento of the original of July 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Profile on www.stadia.gr
- ↑ Report on leoforos.gr ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.