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.'' A.S. Apollon Patras (

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:''A.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών'') is a multi-sports club that is based in

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. It has included sports sections in

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, and

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. The club is named after the ancient

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, and its team colours are black and white.

History

The club was founded in 1926, in the

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neighborhood. The

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club entered the Achaea FCA, and played many matches against Panachaiki, APS Olympiakos, Patraikos, and Thyella. The team's ground was in the Olympiakos Patras Arena, today's

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. The football team was later dissolved, and today Apollon is mainly a

team, K.A.E. Apollon Patras. It is a regular member of the top-tier level (

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), has participated in the

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(

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), the

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(

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), and has played in the

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Final in 1997, where they lost the title game against

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, by a score of 78–80.

Honours

Basketball

Men's team *Participation in the Premier Division ( Basket League) (32x): 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Titles: (8x) *Divisional titles: (5x) ** Greek A2 Basket League (3x): 1992,2003,2021 **

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(2x): 1976,1979 *Local titles: (4x) **Achaia Local Regional Championships (4x): 1956, 1958, 1971, 1973 Greek Honours: *

Finalist (2x): 1997, 2015 European honours: *

: Round of 16, 1997 *

: Round of 32, 1998 *

: Round of 16, 1999 Women's team * Achaia local regional championship winner (3x): 1998, 2006, 2007

Volleyball

Men's team * Achaia local regional championship winner (3x): 1998, 2005, 2007 *Participation in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002 *Participation in the Third National Division: 2004, 2006 Women's team * Achaia local regional championship winner (2x): 2007, 2008 *Participation in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002

Football

* Achaia local regional championship winner (3x): 1945, 1946, 1948 *Participation in Greek Football Third Division (South): 1967, 1976

Table tennis

The club also competes in

competitions, and it finished in fourth place in 1974. It produced athletes such as: Dimitrios Zikos, Giorgos Glarakis, Gerasimos Roussopoulos, and Spyros Kalogriopoulos. Roussopoulos was a member of the team that won the Atomic Greek Youth Championships in 1971, and finished second in 1972 and 1973. In 1969, along with Spyros Kalogriopoulos, they were Greek champions in the children's doubles, as athletes of Sporting Patras.Apollonpatras.gr

Gallery

File:Apollon Palais des Sports(2).jpg, Apollon Patras Indoor Hall. File:Apollon Palais des Sports(3).jpg, Apollon PatrasIndoor Hall, Perivola. File:Nasional Idoor Hall Olympic metalist D. Tofalos05.jpg, Dimitris Tofalos Arena. File:Pale de spor Patras Dimitris Tofalos.jpg, Dimitris Tofalos Arena. File:Prosfigika Groud 2.jpg,

field. File:Prosfigika Groud 1.jpg, Prosfygika Stadium.

References

*Newspapers: '' Peloponnisos'', '' I Imera'', '' Proodos'', '' I Gnomi'', '' Patras Spor'', '' Neologos'', '' Patraiki Evdomadas'', '' Fos'', '' Allagi'', '' Ta Gegonota'' and '' Ethnikos Kyrix'' *''Lefkoma, 100 Years of Football (Soccer) in Patras'' – City of

2006
Axaioi3.gr A.U. Apollon PatrasKAE Apollon Achaia-Clauss

External links

Official Website

KAE apollon Achaia-Clauss
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