Founded in 1888, Messiniakos Gymnastic Club () is one of the oldest athletic club in Greece with Panagiotis Benakis its first president. Messiniakos' traditional colours are green and white and in 1924 adopted as symbol a platanus foil. Messiniakos has made a name of itself in many sports (

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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, weight-lifting etc.) and has produced very good athletes, such as OFI's Brazilian footballer Davidson and

Louis Tsatoumas Louis Tsatoumas (, born 12 February 1982) is a Greek long jumper. Biography He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal ending in second place after the Italian ...

in track and field, who is one of the biggest hopes for Greek athletics. The club used to be home to the

Papaflessia Papaflessia () is an annual international track and field meeting that is held in Kalamata, Greece. The meeting falls within the European Athletic Association's calendar of meeting. The event caters to both men and women and athletic events held at ...

international athletics meeting. The volleyball team had excellent appearances in the First Division, but is not participating at the current time.

Football team

The football team participated in the Second Division in the 2006–07 season. Its president is international businessman Stavros Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos is the former owner of

Kalamata Kalamata ( ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the Peloponnese (region), homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regiona ...

and Apollon Kalamaria. He bought both those teams when they were in the Third Division and Second Division, respectively, and invested substantial money into those teams and eventually took both those teams up to the first division. Papadopoulos has shown he has the same plan for Messiniakos. He bought the team a few years back when it was just a local team, not even in Fourth Division. He has invested money into the team and brought in talented young players. During this time the team has achieved promotion from a non-league team all the way up to the second division, but has been relegated to the Third Division for the upcoming season after finishing in second last place in 2007. The next years the football team weakened and now it plays in Messenia local League.

Volleyball team

The volleyball women's team of Messiniakos plays in A2 Ethniki (2015–16). The women's team has played one time in

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, in 1984–85 season. The men's volleyball has also played in

A1 Ethniki Volleyball The A1 Ethniki (), often referred to as the Greek Volleyball League, is the highest professional volleyball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation. It is considered one of the top national leagues in European volleyball, ...

during 1985-88 period.

References

External links

Official page
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