Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major

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based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the most successful

s and one of the oldest clubs in Greece. The name "Panathinaikos" (which can literally be translated as "Panathenaic", which means "of all Athens") was inspired by the ancient work of

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''Panathenaicus'', where the orator praise the

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for their democratic education and their military superiority, which use it for benefit of all Greeks. It was founded by Giorgos Kalafatis in 1908 as a football club, when he and 40 other athletes decided to break away from Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos following the club's decision to discontinue its football team. It is amongst the most popular clubs in the country and one of the biggest worldwide, based on the number of its sports departments. It is the club that introduced in Greece a number of sports, as it was the first, or amongst the first teams, in football, basketball, volleyball, field hockey, table tennis and handball, while they were also pioneer in the creation of women's teams in basketball and football. Panathinaikos' teams and individual athletes have won numerous titles and have made notable participations in domestic and international competitions. The basketball team of the club is the most successful in Greece and one of the most successful in Europe, with seven

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, one Intercontinental Cup and two Triple Crowns. The football team of Panathinakos is the only Greek team that has reached the

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final (in 1971) and also the semi-finals twice (in 1985 and 1996). It is also the only Greek football team that has played for the Intercontinental Cup. The teams of Panathinaikos have played overall in 18 European and international finals (in football, basketball, men's volleyball, women's volleyball, men's table tennis and women's table tennis). In the individual sports, Panathinaikos has a remarkable tradition in the athletics, cycling, shooting, fencing and boxing departments. It has produced numerous athletes; World champions and European champions, winners at the Olympic,

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and Balkan Games.

History

1908–1945

''Football Club of Athens''

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made its appearance in Greece at the end of the 19th century. In 1908, a young athlete of Panellinios, Giorgos Kalafatis, dismayed by his club's decision to discontinue its football team, left with 40 other athletes and founded "Podosferikos Omilos Athinon" (''Football Club of Athens'').

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Konstantinos "Kostis" Tsiklitiras (; 30 October 1888 – 10 February 1913) was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion. Born in Pylos, he moved to Athens in 1905 to study medicine. Tsiklitiras soon took up sports and joined Panellinios GS. He ...

, the great Greek athlete of the early 20th century, played as goalkeeper for the new team.

''Panathenaic Athletic Club''

The team of Kalafatis was renamed to Panellinios Podosferikos Omilos (PPO) – i.e. "Panhellenic Football Club" – in 1911. In 1918, it was decided that the official crest of the club would be the

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, symbol of unity, harmony, nature, and good luck, an idea of player

Michalis Papazoglou Michalis Papazoglou was a Greek athlete from Constantinople. He started with track and field sports but when he came to Athens in the early 1910s, he joined the football club PPO (later to become PAO). He is considered the man who had the idea ...

. The officials of the club were looking for a universal, non-nationalistic or localistic symbol, aiming to represent the whole

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at the country and further at the world. Papazoglou was also the main instigator of the ''Panathenaic Idea'', the idea for the creation of a new club -for the Greek standards- which will participate in as more sports as possible (something that would by adopted later by all the major Greek clubs). With the help of the others of the leading four of the club (Kalafatis, Panourgias and Nikolaidis), this came true. In 1919, Kalafatis was a member of the

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that participated in the

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in Paris. There, he collected informations also about

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and

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(sports unknown then in Greece) and after his return to Athens, started his efforts on creating new teams for the club. In 1924, the club took its final and current name "Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (PAO)" (''Panathenaic Athletic Club''), from now on a multi-sports club. During the next decades, with main contributor Apostolos Nikolaidis (considered ''Patriarch'' of the club), Panathinaikos not only will create teams almost in every sport, but they will be consecutive champions for many years in most of them. Panathinaikos FC 1930

The athletics department was founded in 1919. In the same year, Panathinaikos was one of the first clubs in Greece to form a

team. The first dynamic presence of the team is dated back in the years 1927–1929 with many popular players of the time such as the historical member of the board Apostolos Nikolaidis as well as Athanasios Aravositas, Goumas, Arg. Nikolaidis, Papageorgiou and Papastefanou. In 1922, the basketball department was founded, also one of the first in Greece, and it has since developed into the most successful basketball team in the country and one of the most successful in Europe. In 1924, the table tennis department was founded, in 1926 the tennis department and in 1928 the cycling, shooting and field hockey departments. The swimming, water polo and handball departments were created in 1930. In the

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, for the first time, the parade of nations started with Greece. The athlete of Panathinaikos Antonis Kariofillis became the first Greek who started the parade. Panathinaikos won the football championship in 1930 under the guidance of

József Künsztler József Künsztler (1897 in Budapest – 1977 in Nicosia) was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He served twice as coach of Panathinaikos F.C. (1928 - 1934, 1936 - 1939) and is the longest-serving coach in the club's history. He won one ...

with Angelos Messaris as the team's star player. Other notable players of the era were Antonis Migiakis, Diomidis Symeonidis and Mimis Pierrakos. They beat rivals Olympiacos 8–2, a result that still remains the biggest win either team has achieved against its rival. In 1937 the women's basketball team was created, being the first in the country. During World War II and the dark years of the

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, the athletes of Panathinaikos played a significant role. The football player Mimis Pierrakos was killed during the

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, while

with Dimitris Giannatos (founding member of the basketball team) later participated in the resistance group of

Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz (, ''Georgios Ivanof-Sainovits''; 14 December 1911 – 4 January 1943) was a Polish-Greek athlete who fought as a saboteur in the Greek Resistance during World War II and was executed by the Germans. Life Jerzy Iwanow-Sza ...

, an athlete of Polish origin of Iraklis Thessaloniki and secret agent of the British, and succeeded in destroying three German airplanes and sinking three small warships. They were arrested, tortured and finally Giannatos and Ivanof were executed.

1946–1990

1971 Champions League Final Ajax - Panathinaikos

After the war, the boxing department was re-founded in 1946, the diving department was created in 1947, the weightlifting department in 1959, the chess department in 1960, the fencing department was re-founded in 1960, the gymnastics department in 1962, the waterskiing department in 1963 and a wrestling department in 1965. Panathinaikos' hardcore fans are called Gate 13 and are the oldest union of supporters in Greece. Gate 13 was founded in 1966. Furthermore, in the

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, the pole vaulter of the club and 13 times Greek champion,

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, won the silver medal. The volleyball club has demonstrated many titles and honours due to the fact that the team roster has always included some of the top volleyball players in Greece. The first generation was that of the 1960s with Andreas and Nikos Bergeles as well as Iliopoulos, Leloudas, Chasapis, Emmanouel, Perros and Fotiou who opened the road for the next generations. In 1970,

jumped to capture the

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. It was the first pole vault over . Panathinaikos soon dominated Greek football along with rivals

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

and AEK and, although they are second in domestic titles, they have done better than any other Greek club in the European competitions. In 1971, Panathinaikos became the first and only Greek team – so far – to have reached the final of a European competition, when they faced

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for the

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, losing 2–0. In the late 1970s, when football became professional in Greece, the club's football department passed to the hands of the Vardinogiannis family. In the following 30 years the team won the Greek championship 7 times, while in Europe the team reached also the semi-finals of the

two more times, in 1985 and 1996. In 1974, the table tennis team reached the semi-finals of the ETTU Cup. In 1978, the modern pentathlon department was founded and in 1980, the judo department. An important achievement for the volleyball team was the participation in the final of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in 1980. During the following years, Panathinaikos continued to perform well in Greek volleyball with players such as Kazazis, Tentzeris, Gontikas (later president of

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), Galakos, Dimitriadis and Margaronis. The archery department was founded in 1981 and a futsal department in 1990.

1991–2000

Another successful period for the volleyball team was the seasons 1994–95 and 1995–96 when Panathinaikos won two Greek Championships in a row with Stelios Prosalikas as head coach and Andreopoulos, Triantafyllidis, Filippov, Spanos, Chatziantoniou, Ouzounov, A. Kovatsev, S. Kovatsev, Karamaroudis and Tonev as players. The men's

department became professional in 1992 and since then is owned by two pharmaceutical magnates, the brothers Pavlos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos. In 1996 in Paris final-four (F4), Panathinaikos was the first Greek team to win a European Champions' Cup (now called

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), beating

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in a unique final, by 67–66. In September of the same year the team also won the Intercontinental Cup, prevailing by 2–1 wins over Olimpia of

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(83–89, 83–78, 101–76). In the same year, the football team reached the

semi-finals. In 2000, in the F4 of

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, Panathinaikos were the Champions of Europe for the second time, beating Maccabi 73–67 in the final. In 2002 in

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, they conquered the most prestigious European trophy for the third time, beating hosts Kinder Bologna 89–83. Also, in 2000, the women's volleyball team reached the

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final.

2001–present

In 2007 in

F4, Panathinaikos BC were crowned European Champions for the fourth time, beating

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93–91. In 2009 in

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, the "greens" defeated again CSKA 73–71 to become the Champions of Europe for the fifth time. In 2009, the men's volleyball team reached the

final, while the women's volleyball team reached the

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final. The sixth

triumph for Panathinaikos BC came in

in 2011, after defeating Maccabi 78–70 in the final. Panathinaikos BC became so, the second most successful club (behind

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) in the history of the competition. In 2013, a new sports department was founded for the first time after many years. It is the rugby team, which was announced on 7 November 2013, while the re-foundation of the

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department and the creation also of a

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team was announced in 2014. On 29 December 2016, following the trend of other sports clubs getting involved in

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, the club announced the establishment of Panathinaikos Esports. In December 2018, Panathinaikos proceeded to the foundation of Wheelchair Basketball department.

Crest

In 1918,

proposed the

as emblem of Panathinaikos, symbol of harmony, unity, nature, and good luck. Georgios Chatzopoulos, member of the club (later President) and director of the

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, took over to design the emblem for the club. Up to the end of the 1970s, a trifolium (green or white) was sewed on the heart's side on the jersey of the club΄s teams. With the beginning of professionalism in the Greek football, the crest of the FC was created, accompanied by the club initials and the year of founding (1908). The

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uses also since 1992 its own logo. In 2014, the direction of the club introduced a separate crest for the whole club and all the amateur departments.

Crest evolution

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Description and major titles of the professional departments

Panathinaikos men's football

Football is the first and oldest department of the club. The football team of Panathinaikos is the only Greek that has reached the

final (in 1971) and semi-finals (in 1985 and 1996), such as the Intercontinental Cup final. *

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, 1986,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

, 1955,

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

, 1986, 1988,

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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: (3) : 1988, 1993, 1994, *

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: (1): 1977

Panathinaikos men's basketball

Founded in 1919, the basketball team of the club is the most successful in Greece and one of the most successful in Europe, with seven

and one Intercontinental Cup. *

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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Description and major titles of the amateur departments

Panathinaikos women's basketball

The department was founded in 1937, the first in the country. *

: (5): 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013, 2021 *

: (3): 2000, 2023, 2024

Panathinaikos men's volleyball

The volleyball department was founded in 1919. it is one of the oldest and most successful volleyball teams in Greece. * Greek Volley League: (21): 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022 2025 *

: (6): 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010 * Greek League Cup: (4): 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 *

: (2): 2006, 2022

Panathinaikos women's volleyball Panathinaikos AC Women's Volleyball Team is a Greek volleyball team, part of the major Athens-based multi- sport club Panathinaikos A.O. The department was founded in 1969 and is the most successful women's volleyball team in Greece, in terms o ...

The department was founded in 1969 and is the women's volleyball team with more trophies in Greece. * Greek Volley League: (26) (record): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024 *

: (6): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022

Individual sports

Panathinaikos athletics The athletics (sport), athletics department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1919 by the football players of the team. Amongst its first athletes were Giorgos Kalafatis, Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete), Apostolos Nikolaidis, Loukas Panourgias ...

The athletics department was founded in 1919. The first athletes were the football players of the club. * Greek Championship, Men: (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 Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949 * Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (6): 1986, 1989, 1990, 2023, 2024, 2025 * Greek Indoor Championship, Women: (2): 2023, 2024 * Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (27) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2012, 2016, 2021 * Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (9): 1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017, 2022, 2024

Panathinaikos cycling

Founded in 1928, it is one of the most successful departments of Panathinaikos. * Greek Championship: (8): 1951, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973 * Greek Championship, Track Standings Men: (7): 1954, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1968, 1969, 2017 * Greek Championship, Road Bicycle Men: (9): 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990

Panathinaikos table tennis

The department was founded in 1924 by Nikos Mantzaroglou. * Greek Clubs' Championship, Men: (11): 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1975 * Greek Clubs' Championship, Women: (3): 1972, 1973, 1974 * Greek Cup, Men: (3): 1965,1966, 1969 * Greek Cup, Women: (2): 1972, 2022 * ETTU Europe Trophy, Men: 2024 * ETTU Europe Trophy, Women: 2022

Panathinaikos boxing

It was founded in 1912 by John Cyril Campbell, the coach of the football team. * Greek Championship, Men: (30) (record): 1949, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2023

Panathinaikos fencing

Just like the boxing department, it was founded in 1912 by John Cyril Campbell, the coach of the football team. * Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (13): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

Panathinaikos archery

* Greek Championship, Men: (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 2018

Panathinaikos shooting

* Greek Championship, Bullseye Shooting: (11): 1960, 1964, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2022, 2023, 2024 * Greek Championship, Clay Target: (1): 2021

Panathinaikos diving

* Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (8): 1969, 1972, 1975, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024

Panathinaikos swimming

* Greek Championship, Men: (12): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 * Greek Championship, Women: (7): 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 * Greek Masters Championship: (6) (record): 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Panathinaikos weightlifting

* Greek Championship, Men: (5): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 * Greek Championship, Women: (2): 2021, 2023

Panathinaikos modern pentathlon

* Greek Championship, Men: (2): 1980, 1987

Panathinaikos wrestling

* Greek Championship, Men: (2): 2014, 2015

Panathinaikos chess

* Greek Championship: (2): 1970,1971

Panathinaikos People with Disabilities

Panathinaikos Athletic Club People with Disabilities is the parasports department of the Greek sports club Panathinaikos, established on 3 December 2018. Its aim is to enable people with disabilities to compete in sports.

Panathinaikos wheelchair basketball

* Greek League : (2): 2022, 2024 * Greek Cup: (2): 2022, 2024 * Greek Super Cup: (1): 2022

Panathinaikos wheelchair fencing

* Greek Championships Men and Women: (4) : 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Notable athletes

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, Konstantinos Poulios, Georgios Roubanis, Antonis Tritsis ''Women'': Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Alexandra Papageorgiou * Swimming: Romanos Alyfantis,

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, Nery Mantey Niangkouara * Boxing: Giannis Aidiniotis, Vangelis Ikonomakos, Dimitris Michael, Areti Mastrodouka * Fencing: Panagiotis Dourakos, Ioannis Hatzisarantos, Andreas Vgenopoulos, Despina Georgiadou * Cycling: Ilias Kelesidis * Table Tennis: Nikos Mantzaroglou,

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* Shooting: Athanasios Aravositas, Georgios Liveris, Georgios Marmaridis, Konstantinos Mylonas, Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos

Supporters

According to the most recent polls, Panathinaikos is one of the most popular clubs in Greece, with nearly 30,2% of the fans supporting them, and the most popular in greater

and the region of

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. They have also a large fanbase in all Greek prefectures, in Cyprus and in the

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. They have the largest fanbase among high educated people and the Greek upper class (traditionally representing the old Athenian society), while they are popular among middle and lower class also. The main organized supporters of Panathinaikos are known as Gate 13 (est. 1966), which consists of around 80 clubs alongside Greece and Cyprus. Gate 13 style of supporting includes the use of green fireworks, large and small green flags, displaying of banners and especially the creation of colourful and large choreographies, noisy and constant cheering and other supporters stuff. Gate 13 has over the years become a part of the club by affecting club decisions and by following the club on all occasions. PALEFIP (''Panhellenic club of Panathinaikos friends'') is the other major supporters organization. Panathinaikos F.C. currently is the only supporter-owned football club in Greece. Panathinaikos supporters hold both records of the most season tickets sales (31.091 in 2010) and highest average attendance for a unique season (44.942 in 1985–86 season) in the history of Greek football. Regarding the basketball, the fans of Panathinaikos, notable for their passionate support, also hold continuous attendance European records, such as the 20,000 fans against Benetton Treviso in 2006 and the 30,000 (over 25.000 officially) viewers against FC Barcelona Bàsquet in 2013. The club is quite popular among artist cycles (actors, musicians, singers etc.), as well as some notable politicians.

Notable supporters

* Sophia Aliberti, actress * Giannis Bostantzoglou, actor * Giannis Diakogiannis, sports journalist * Giorgos Chatzinasios, composer * Giannis Fertis, actor * Petros Filipidis, actor * Giorgos Fountas, actor *

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, actress and anarchist poet * Giannis Haroulis, singer * Dimitris Horn, actor * Liana Kanelli, journalist and member of the

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* Kostas Karafotis, singer *

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* George Karlaftis, NFL player * Nikos Karvelas, songwriter, producer and singer *

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, musician and songwriter * Nikos Kourkoulos, actor * Stamatis Kokkotas, singer * Alexandros Lykourezos, lawyer * Lavrentis Machairitsas, rock musician * Zeta Makripoulia, model, actress and TV presenter * Spyridon Merkouris,

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* Stamatis Mercouris, politician and military officer * Melina Mercouri, actress * Andreas Mikroutsikos, songwriter, singer and TV presenter * Thanos Mikroutsikos, composer * Vicky Moscholiou, singer * Klelia Pantazi, rhythmic gymnast and Olympic medal winner * Aleka Papariga, former General Secretary of the

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* Yiannis Parios, singer and songwriter * Nikos Pateras, shipowner * Thanos Petrelis, singer * Georgios Rallis, former

* Giannis Spaliaras, male model * Marianna Toumasatou, actress * Pavlos Tsimas, journalist *

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, leader of Coalition of the Radical Left and the current Prime Minister of Greece * Theodoros Veniamis, shipowner and president of the Greek Union of Shipowners *

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, singer *

Aliki Vougiouklaki Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη Greek pronunciation: ˈlici stamaˈtina vuʝuˈklaci 20 July 1934 – 23 July 1996) was a Greek cinema and theater actress, singer and theatrical produc ...

, actress * Nikos Xilouris, composer and singer of Cretan music * Giorgos Zambetas, musician * Yannis Zouganelis, musician/comedian

Gold trifolium

The ''Gold trifolium of Panathinaikos AC'' is the major club's award given to special personalities. According to sources it has been awarded to: * Jack Nikolaidis, club's official and president *

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, basketball coach * Nikolaos Plastiras, military officer and PM

European and worldwide honours

Gallery

File:Giorgos Kalafatis greek national team 1919.jpg, Giorgos Kalafatis with the national colours in the

(1919) File:Aggelos Messaris 1930.jpg, Angelos Messaris (1929) File:Pierakos.jpg, Mimis Pierrakos (1906–1940), killed during the

Greco-Italian War The Greco-Italian War (), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian campaign in Greece, Italian invasion of Greece, and War of '40 in Greece, took place between Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. This conflict began the Balk ...

File:Stjepan Bobek.jpg, Stjepan Bobek File:Juan-ramon-veron-1967-argentina.jpg, Juan Ramón Verón File:Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos.jpg, Antonis Antoniadis, a record 5 times top scorer for the Greek league File:Football against poverty 2014 - Paulo Sousa (cropped) - 2.jpg, Paulo Sousa File:Georgios Karagounis 2010.jpg,

, captain of Panathinaikos and the

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Pantelis Karasevdas Pantelis Karasevdas (; 1877 – 14 March 1946) was a Greek sport shooter. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Karasevdas competed at the ...

, President of the club, a gold medalist at the

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (), commonly known as Leoforos Alexandras Stadium or Leoforos Stadium, is a football stadium and multi-sport center in Athens, Greece. It was inaugurated in 1922 and is the oldest currently active football stadium in ...

References

* ''Panathinaikos 1908–1998'' by Panos Fiamengos * ''Mia zoi Panathinaikos'' IDEV S.A. Publications, Athens 1985
Hellenic General Secretariat for Sports

Wembley 1971

External links

* {{Authority control Multi-sport clubs in Athens Sports clubs and teams in Athens Sports clubs and teams established in 1908 1908 establishments in Greece