Panathinaikos Athens (volleyball)

Panathinaikos

Full name	Panathinaikos AO
Nickname (s)	The greens , shamrocks
Founded	1919
Club colors	Green white
Stadion	Panagiotis Gazgas
Places	1,200
president	Manolis Ladoukakis
Trainer	Dimitrios Andreopoulos
captain	Sotirios Pantaleon
address	Irodou Attikou 12A GR-15124 Athens
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
Main sponsor	Subaru
home Away

Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( short form: PAO ) ( Greek Παναθηναϊκός ^{? / I} , 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]
02	Georgios Fitros	Greece	Outside attacker	195
08th	Axel Jacobsen	Denmark	Player	196
10	Dimitrios Zisis	Greece	Libero	183
12	Markos Galiotis	Greece	Player	195
13	Charalampos Andreopoulos	Greece	Outside attacker	193
14th	Sotirios Pantaleon	Greece	Middle blocker	202
15th	Alexandros Raptis	Greece	Outside attacker	198
17th	Panagiotis Pelekoudas	Greece	Middle blocker	202
18th	Dimitrios Paleologos	Greece	Outside attacker	192
20th	Alexandros Bouras	Greece	Libero	180
	Saša Starović	Serbia	Diagonal players	207
	Victor Rangel	Brazil	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

Plamen Konstantinov

Liberman Agamez

Bjorn Andrae

Guillaume Samica

Dawid Murek

Dalibor Polak

Andrija Geric

Clayton Stanley

Eminent former coaches

Alekos Leonis, Gerasimos Theodoratos

Carlos Javier Weber

Mauro Berutto, Roberto Serniotti

Women

Founded	1969
Club colors	Green white
Stadion	Panagiotis Gazgas
Places	1,200
president	Achilleas Makropoulos
Trainer	Giorgos Roussis
captain	Xanthi Milona
address	Armatolon Klefton Str. 47 GR-11471 Athens
league	A1 league
2013/2014	5th place
Club successes	24 × Greek champions 5 × Greek cup winners
home Away

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
05	Anthi Vasilantonaki	Greece	Diagonal player	196	2012
07th	Angeliki Kavvadia	Greece	Middle blocker	188	2012
11	Apostolia Nousia	Greece	Outside attacker	178	2012
12	Xanthi Milona	Greece	Libero	173	2012
15th	Iliana Gianakopoulou	Greece	Outside attacker	180	2012
16	Maria Apostolaki	Greece	Outside attacker	180	2012
17th	Georgia Tsatsouri	Greece	Middle blocker	180	2012
	Ourania Gkouzou	Greece	Middle blocker	184	2013
	Eleftheria Kegala	Greece	Middle blocker	180	2013
	Zenia Tsima	Greece	Outside attacker	185	2013
	Fotini Mpiskou	Greece	Outside attacker	189	2013
	Evaggelia Merteki	Greece	Outside attacker	185	2013
	Emilija Milovanovic	Serbia	Player	182	2013
	Athina Antouva	Greece	Player	170	2013
	Irini Kelesidou	Greece	Libero	177	2013

Eminent former players

Eleftheria Chatzinikou , Eleni Frangiadaki , Maria Garagouni , Niki Garagouni , Rouxantra Ntoumitreskou , Charikleia Sakoula , Fidanka Saparevska, Georgia Tzanakaki

Lira Ribas

Jana Simankova

Marisa Fernández

Brižitka Molnar, Sanja Tomasevic

Monique Adams

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 δεν υπάρχει άλλος πιο δυναμικός. Και χιλιάδες φίλοι μόλις δουν τριφύλλι ζήτω λένε ο Παναθηναϊκός. Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ μεγάλε και τρανέ. Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, πρωταθλητή σ'όλα τα σπορ παντοτινέ. Σ'έχουνε δοξάσει οι γνωστοί σου άσσοι που λεβέντες είναι όλοι με καρδιά. Ελλάδα που έχει τέτοια .eta Χαίρεται ομάδα που της νίκης έχει τα πάντα κλειδιά Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ μεγάλε και τρανέ. Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, πρωταθλητή σ'όλα τα σπορ παντοτινέ.

German There isn't a team as big as you, there is no other team that is as dynamic. And thousands of followers, as soon as they see the shamrock, cheer “long live Panathinaikos” Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos you great and glorious. Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, eternal master of all sports. You were honored by your famous stars, who are all heroes with big hearts. The whole of Greece is happy to have such a club that always has the keys to victory Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos you great and glorious. Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, eternal master of all sports.

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Profile on www.stadia.gr
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