Panathinaikos

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Panathinaikos A.O

Full Name	PAO Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos
Official Emblem
Founded	1908
Nicknames	Trifyli (The Shamrock) Prasinoi (The Greens)
Titles	503
Anthem	listen (help·info))
Club colours	Green and White
Ground	Athens Olympic Stadium
Chairman	Thanasis Giannakopoulos
Websites	Panathinaikos F.C. Official Website Panathinaikos B.C. Official Website Panathinaikos V.C. Official Website

Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, listen (help·info)), widely known both as Panathinaikos or PAO, is the second biggest and the second most popular Greek multisport club after Olympiacos F.C., based in Athens, Greece. Panathinaikos is a very successful Greek multisport club (24 different competitive departments over the years) , as its teams and individual athletes have won 503 titles. In English the club's name would be Pan-Athenian Athletic Club, e.g. the club of all the Athenians. According to the official history of the club, Panathinaikos was founded by George Kalafatis in 1908, when he and 40 other athletes decided to break away from Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos following the club's refusal to form a football team. Legendary personalities from that era include Michalis Papazoglou, Michalis Rokos and Apostolos Nikolaidis.

Contents 1 Football 1.1 The centenary crisis 2 Basketball 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Volleyball 3.1 Men 3.2 Women 4 Amateur Sports Sections 4.1 Table Tennis 4.2 Athletics 4.3 Cycling 4.4 Boxing 4.5 Fencing 4.6 Diving 4.7 Archery 4.8 Swimming 4.9 Shooting 4.10 Chess 4.11 Weightlifting 4.12 Pentathlon 4.13 Wrestling 4.14 Gymnastics 4.15 Water Polo 4.16 Handball 4.17 Field Hockey 4.18 Judo 4.19 Synchronized Swimming 5 References 6 External links 7 Panathinaikos - Official Fan Club sites 8 Fans sites

[edit] Football

Football made its appearance in Greece at the end of the 19th century, but there was no official championship since it was considered a lacklustre activity. A young athlete of the sports club Panellinios, Giorgos Kalafatis, dismayed by his club's refusal to form a football team, founded Panathinaikos in 1908 with his older brother Alexander Kalafatis as team president. The name of the club was initially P.O.A. (Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon), meaning "Athens Football Club".

In 1908 it was decided that the official color of the team would be green so that the players' outfits would be standardized and the club's emblem would be the shamrock, an idea of Michalis Papazoglou, a great athlete from Constantinople who played for the team of Chalkidona, which had the same symbol. The club had its third and final name change in May 15, 1924: P.A.O. (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos - Panathenaean Athletic Club).

In September 2001, IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) voted Panathinaikos FC as World's Club Team of the Month [1].

MPOXA was also one of the first clubs that formed a women team in 1980. This department is currently inactive.

[edit] The centenary crisis

Although Panathinaikos is celebrating its centenary, negative results over the years and some management decisions have created a crisis within the football team.

On April 13, 2008, a march from Panathinaikos fans took place starting at Pedion tou Areos and ending outside the Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium, with the sole purpose of asking Vardinogiannis family to sell the club. It was advertised mainly through mobile phones and internet forums. The march was considered successful by its organisers with estimates ranging between 20,000 (police) and 40,000 (fans) [2]. The fans later complained about a media blackout, since pictures from the march were not broadcast to the mainstream TV channels and attributed this to the control Vardinogiannis family has over two major TV channels (Mega and Star).

On April 22, 2008 the main shareholder of Panathinaikos FC, Giannis Vardinogiannis, announced on a press conference the decision of his family to reduce their share in the club to 50%, for the first time since 1979 when the family took over Panathinaikos FC, through an 80 million € increase of the share capital.

Currently Vardinogiannis family owns more than 80% of the share capital, while Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Amateur Panathinaikos) holds 10% and the rest is spread to other shareholders. After the share capital increase, Vardinogiannis family would hold 50% of the club, Amateur Panathinaikos 10% and the rest shareholders 40%.

Although the prospectus describing the full terms of the share capital increase is expected to be published in mid-May, Panathenian Unifying Movement responded immediately with a press release stating that Giannis Vardinogiannis' decision is on the right direction but the full terms should be clarified in order to ensure that the new ownership model would allow Panathinaikos FC to become a club that every fan dreams [3]

(Honours: 41 titles)

• Greek Championship: (19) ^{[1] [2]}
  • 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004

• Segas Championship: (1)
  • 1911

• Greek Cup: (16) ^[3]
  • 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004

• Greek Super Cup: (4)
  • 1970, 1988, 1993, 1994

• European Champion Clubs' Cup: Runners-Up
  • 1971
• Intercontinental Cup: Runners-Up
  • 1971
• Balkans Cup: (1)
  • 1978

[edit] Basketball

The basketball department is called Panathinaikos Basketball Club (Greek name, transliterated into English: K.A.E. Panathinaikos A.O.), currently owned by two pharmaceutical magnates, the brothers Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos. It was founded in 1922 and has developed into the most successful basketball team in Greece and among the best in Europe. They have won 30 National Championships, 12 Greek Cups, 5 European Championships and 1 Intercontinental Cup (also known as the FIBA International Championship).

Legends of world basketball have played with the club (Dominique Wilkins, Byron Scott, Dino Radja, Dejan Bodiroga, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Stojan Vrankovic, Fanis Christodoulou, Antonio Davis, Zeljko Rebraca, Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimitris Diamantidis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius among others). Those players, along with the successful management of Pavlos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos, have made Panathinaikos one of the most successful and well-known teams in the continent, having won five Euroleague titles.

On April 1996 in Paris final-four (F4), Panathinaikos was the first Greek team to win the European Championships (now called Euroleague), beating FC Barcelona in a unique final tournament, by 67-66. In September of the same year the team also won the Intercontinental Cup (International Championship), prevailing by 2-1 wins over Olympia of Argentina (83-89, 83-78, 101-76). In 2000 in Thessaloniki F4, Panathinaikos were the Champions of Europe for the second time, beating Maccabi 73-67 in the final. In 2002 in Bologna F4, Panathinaikos brought to Athens the most prestigious European trophy for the third time, beating hosts Kinder Bologna 89-83 in the final. In 2007 in Athens F4, Panathinaikos were crowned Champions of Europe for the fourth time, beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in what was probably the best Euroleague final ever. In 2009 in Berlin F4, Panathinaikos won its 5th European Championship in its history after beating CSKA Moscow 73-71.

Panathinaikos participated in the F4 of the Euroleague another four times: Tel Aviv in 1994 (3rd), Zaragoza in 1995 (3rd), Paris in 2001 (2nd) and Moscow in 2005 (3rd). Other significant successes are: the two participations in the semifinals of the Cup Winners' Cup (1969, 1998), the course up to the semi-finals of the Champions' Cup for the season 1971-72 (eliminated by Ignis Varese (78-70, 55-69). In the season of 1981-82, Panathinaikos participated in the finals of the Cup Champions' Cup of that time, eliminating consecutively CSKA Moscow and Levski Sofia teams.

(Honours: 52 titles)

[edit] Men

• Greek Championships: (30)
  • 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Greek Cups: (12)
  • 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• European Championships - Euroleague: (5)
  • 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009

• Intercontinental Cup (FIBA International Championship): (1)
  • 1996

• Euroleague Final Four: (9)
  • 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009

• Triple Crown in Basketball: (2)
  • 2007, 2009

• Greek Doubles: (7)
  • 1982, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

[edit] Women

• Greek Championships: (3)
  • 1998, 2000, 2005

• Greek Cup: (1)
  • 2000

• Greek Double: (1)
  • 2000

[edit] Volleyball

Since the year of its foundation in 1908, Panathinaikos has been one of the first athletic associations that created a volleyball club in Greece. The first dynamic presence of the team is dated in the years 1927 – 29 with many popular players of the time such as the historical member of the board Apostolos Nikolaidis as well as players such as Aravositas, Gkoumas, Arg. Nikolaidis, Papageorgiou and Papastefanou. In the following years the interest for volleyball became less until before the 2nd Word War when Panathinaikos presented a powerful team with leader players such as Labrou, Vallidis, Momferatos, Tzoumanis, Proselentis, Lykouris, Kakridis k.a.

In the recent history, the volleyball club has demonstrated many titles and honors due to the fact that the team roster has always included some of the leading volleyball players. The first and most popular generation of players of 60’s was Andreas and Nikos Bergeles, as well as Iliopoulos, Leloudas, Chasapis, Emmanouil, Perros and Fotiou who opened the road for the next generations. The most important achievement of the team was the participation in the final of the CEV Top Teams Cup in 1980 with players such as Georgantis, Agrapidakis (current team manager), Koliopoulos, Iliopoulos, Papadopoulos, Malousaris, Gkountakos, Astras and Kokkinaras. The following years Panathinaikos team has continued to dominate the Greek championship with players such as Kazazis, Tentzeris, Gontikas, Galakos, Dimitriadis, Margaronis, Karamaroudis and Andreopoulos.

One of the most successful periods were also the seasons 1994-95 and 1995-96 where Panathinaikos won two championships in a raw with Stelios Prosalikas as head coach and Andreopoulos, Triantafillidis, Filippof, Spanos, Hatziantoniou, Oyzounof, A. Kovatsef, P. Kovatsef, Karamaroudis, Mavrakis, Konstantinidis, Zakynthinos, Koutouleas, Tonef as players.

Today, after a difficult period for the team, Panathinaikos reached the top again. The administration, the coaching team, players, fans and supporters acted as the biggest guarantee for the cause but most important the long-lasting history which «condemns» our club to be an eternal leader. A look at club's trophies would be enough...

(Honours: 50 titles)

[edit] Men

• Greek Championships: (18)
  • 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006

• Greek Cups: (5)
  • 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008

• Super Cup: (1)
  • 2006

• Cup Winners Cup Runners-Up
  • 1980

• CEV Cup Winner's Cup Runners-Up
  • 2009

• Greek Doubles: (3)
  • 1982, 1984, 1985

[edit] Women

• Greek Championships: (22)
  • 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Greek Cups: (4)
  • 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

• Cup Winners Cup Runners-Up
  • 2000

• Challenge Cup Runners-Up
  • 2009

• Greek Doubles: (4)
  • 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

[edit] Amateur Sports Sections

[edit] Table Tennis

The Table Tennis department was founded in 1924

(Honours: 114 titles)

• Greek Championship Men Single: (30)

1930, 1931, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1959 [Mantzaroglou], 1961, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1973 [A Category], 1974, 1974 [A Category], 1975, 1975 [A Category], 1975 [Mantzaroglou], 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1986 [A Category], 1987, 1988

• Greek Championship Women Single: (18)

1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959 [Mantzaroglou], 1959 [Spring], 1972, 1972 [A Category], 1973, 1973 [A Category], 1974, 1974 [A Category], 1976, 1976 [A Category], 1976 [Mantzaroglou]

• Greek Championship Men Double: (21)

1940, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

• Greek Championship Women Double: (6)

1953, 1954, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

• Greek Championship Men-Women Double: (14)

1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986

• Greek Club's Championship - Overall Standings: (8)

1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963

• Greek Club's Championship Men: (6)

1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1974

• Greek Club's Championship Women: (3)

1972, 1973, 1974

• Greek Cup Men: (7)

1964 ,1966 ,1969 ,1972 ,1973 ,1974 , 1982

• Greek Cup Women: (1)

1969

[edit] Athletics

The Athletics department was founded in 1919

(Honours: 59 titles)

• Greek Championship: (23)

1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990

• Greek Indoor Championship: (4)

1986, 1989, 1990, 1994

• Greek Cross Country Championship: (26)

1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1949 ,1954 ,1955 ,1956 ,1965 ,1966 ,1967 ,1968 ,1969 ,1970 ,1971 ,1972 ,1973 ,1974 ,1978 ,1979 ,1980 ,1981 ,1983 ,1997 , 1998

• Greek Championship (Damen): (2)

1949, 1950

• Greek Cross Country Championshipn (Damen): (4)

1983 ,1984 ,1985 , 1986

[edit] Cycling

The Cycling department was founded in 1928

(Honours: 53 titles)

• Greek Championship: (7)

1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1973

• Greek Championship (Street): (30)

1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 ,1967 ,1968 ,1968 ,1969 ,1970 ,1972 ,1973 ,1979 ,1980 ,1981 ,1982 ,1983 ,1984 ,1985 ,1989 ,1990 , 1997

• Greek Championship (Velodrom): (16)

1954, 1955 ,1956 ,1957 ,1958 ,1965 ,1966 ,1967 ,1968 ,1969 ,1970 ,1971 ,1985 ,1986 ,1989 , 1990

[edit] Boxing

The Boxing department was founded in 1946

(Honours: 29 titles)

• Greek Championship: (28)

1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973 ,1974 ,1975 ,1976 ,1977 ,1982 ,1985 ,1986 ,1992 ,1993 ,1996 ,1997 , 1998

• Greek Cup: (1)

1988

[edit] Fencing

The Fencing department was founded in 1960

(Honours: 27 titles)

• Greek Team Championship: (11)

1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974

• Greek Championship: (16)

1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980

[edit] Diving

The Diving department was founded in 1947

(Honours: 26 titles)

• Greek Championship (Men, 5m. board): (19)

1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981

• Greek Championship (Men, 3m. board): (6)

1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

• Greek Championship (Men, Total Standings): (1)

1965

[edit] Archery

The Archery department was founded in 1981

(Honours: 15 titles)

• Greek Championship (Men and Women): (5)

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

• Greek Championship: (5)

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

• Greek Championship Standard Bow: (1)

1993

• Greek Championship Women: (4)

1982, 1983, 1985, 1986

[edit] Swimming

The Swimming department was founded in 1930

(Honours: 13 titles)

• Greek Championship: (13)

1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968

[edit] Shooting

The Shooting department was founded in 1928

(Honours: 9 titles)

• Greek Team - Championship: (8)

1960, 1964, 1992, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991

• Greek Military Championship: (1)

1948

[edit] Chess

The Chess department was founded in 1959

(Honours: 8 titles)

• Greek Championship: (7)

1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976

• Greek Cup: 1

1972

[edit] Weightlifting

The Weightlifting department was founded in 1959

(Honours: 6 titles)

• Greek Championship: (6)

1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

[edit] Pentathlon

The Pentathlon department was founded in 1978

(Honours: 2 titles)

• Greek Championship: (2)

1979, 1987

[edit] Wrestling

The Wrestling department was founded in 1965

(Honours: 2 titles)

• Greek Championship: (2)

1982, 1984

[edit] Gymnastics

The Gymnastics department was founded in 1962

(Honours: 1 title)

• Greek Championship: (1)

1972

[edit] Water Polo

The Water Polo department was founded in 1930

(Honours: None)

[edit] Handball

The Handball department was founded in 1930. It is currently inactive.

(Honours: None)

[edit] Field Hockey

The Field Hokey department was founded in 1928. It is currently inactive.

(Honours: None)

[edit] Judo

The Judo department was founded in 1980. It is currently inactive.

(Honours: None)

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

The Synchronized Swimming department was founded in 1992. It is currently inactive.

(Honours: None)

[edit] References

• Panathinaikos 1908-1998 from Panos Fiamengos
• Mia zoi Panathinaikos IDEV S.A. Publications, Athens 1985
• Hellenic General Secretariat for Sports

[edit] External links

• Panathinaikos FC - Official website (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos BC - Official website (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos VC - Official website (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Amateur Departments - Official website
• Panathinaikos Youth Academy Official Website (in Greek)
• Panathinaikos Official Online Superstore (in Greek & English)

[edit] Panathinaikos - Official Fan Club sites

• Ενιαίος Φορέας Συνδέσμων ΘΥΡΑΣ 13
• Panathinaikos Green Web Fans (in Greek)
• Mad Boys
• Pa.Le.Fi.P.

[edit] Fans sites

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Panathinaikos football

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• Panathinaikos Fans Site and Forum (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Gate 13 Fan Site (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Melbourne Fans (English)
• Panathinaikos Fan Site & Forum (in Greek & English)
• PAO Mesogeia Club Gate 13 (in Greek)
• PAO-13.com Fan Site (in Greek)
• Panathinaikos, the Greek Sports Master (in English)

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