Athinaikos A.C. (, full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in

Vyronas Vyronas () is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece. ...

, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has

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, and

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teams. Its achievements comprise Panhellenic championships and cups in women's basketball, Panhellenic championships and cups in women's and men's handball, as well as a European cup in women's basketball. The team's colours are red and yellow and the team’s emblem is a plane-tree leaf. The nickname of the club is Lords of Vyronas.

Departments

* Athinaikos F.C., football team * Athinaikos B.C., basketball team * Athinaikos H.C., handball team

History

Athinaikos was founded in 1917 by former footballers of Goudi F.C. During interwar period, apart from the football team the club had also teams in

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, and

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. The team's offices were located in the centre of

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in Chalkokondyles Street. The offices were burnt in 1944, when

Dekemvriana The ''Dekemvriana'' (, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December 1944 to 11 January 1945. The conflict was the culmination of months of tension between the left-wing National Liberatio ...

took place. In 1952, Athinaikos merged with the club Nea Elvetia AE, a sport club of the Vyronas' district Nea Elvetia and moved from

. In 1969, the basketball team was founded and at the late of 1970s handball team was founded. Handball team won many titles and honours in the period that had been existed. This team was dissolved temporarily in 2006 because of financial problems, but returned in 2015 starting from Beta Ethniki championship. In 1990 was founded the women basketball team, maybe the most successful team of the club. The women team won 4 championships, 3 cups and 1 European cup. It is also achieved the record of 105 consecutive wins in the championship, surpassing the previous record of 91 consecutive wins. The record has been recorded in Guinness records. Football team of Athinaikos is the most popular team of the club. The most successful period of the team is the 90s when Athinaikos had almost steady presence in A Ethniki, one presence in the final of the

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and they even had a presence in the

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. This period often called the golden age of Athinaikos.

Sport Facilities

Athinaikos F.C. plays in

Vyronas National Stadium The National Stadium of Vyronas is located in the town of Vyronas, located east of Athens, at the foot of Mount Imittos, only 3 km away from Athens city proper. The stadium is next to the cemetery, in the end of Vyronas. The stadium was creat ...

. The Basketball team plays in Ergani Indoor Hall, a gymnasium located in

Titles

; Athinaikos F.C. *

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

** Finalist (1): 1990 ; Athinaikos B.C. *

EuroCup Women The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe. It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup. Unlike the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup Men, the competition is entir ...

**Winner (1): 2010 * Greek Women Championship **Winner (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 * Greek Women Cup **Winner (3): 2010, 2011, 2012 ; Athinaikos Handball Club *

Greek Championship The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repl ...

**Winner (1): 2005 *

**Winner (3): 1997, 2005, 2006 * Greek Women Championship **Winner (2): 1987, 1988 * Greek Women Cup **Winner (3): 1988, 1995, 1997

References

External links

Athinaikos Football ClubAthinaikos Basketball ClubAthinaikos Basketball Club Women
{{Athinaikos A.C. Athinaikos A.C. Multi-sport clubs in Attica Vyronas