Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (

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'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), more commonly known as Panionios F.C. or simply Panionios, is a Greek

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club based in

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, a suburban town in the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Part of

Panionios G.S.S. Panionios G.S.S. (Greek language, Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greece, Greek multi-sport club foun ...

(founded in 1890 in

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Panionios F.C. is the oldest Greek football club. In the wake of the

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and the

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, the multi-sport club

was transferred to Athens. They have won two Greek Cups (in 1979 and 1998), while they were runners-up in the Greek Championship during the 1950–51 and 1970–71 seasons. They have won also the

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and reached the quarter-finals of the

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in 1998–99 season. The team currently competes in the second division of Greek football known as

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. They play their home games in

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with a capacity of 11,700 seats.

History

Early years

The club was founded in 1890 by a part of the sizeable Greek population of

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(

: Σμύρνη), under the name of "

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Music and Sports Club". In 1893, some Orpheus members keen on sports formed a separate organization, the "Gymnasion Club", and started holding yearly sports competitions. In 1898, Orpheus and Gymnasion merged again to form

Panionios GSS Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...

. Members of Panionios represented Greece in all international track and field games until these developed in the modern Olympic Games. After the Greek military defeat in

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the club was forced to transfer, firstly to Athens and later, to the Athenian suburb of New Smyrna, where much of the population of

re-settled. The club always had a strong tradition of cultivating all major sports; it was the first Greek club to establish a

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division for women, in 1925. Another major example of the club's contribution to Greek sports rests in the fact that it was Panionios that introduced Basketball and Volleyball in Greek sports society. With the gradual transformation of men's football and basketball into professional sports, Panionios FC and

Panionios BC Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, and that plays its home games in Glyfada, Greece. The club is also widely ...

became privately owned clubs operating under the auspices of the traditional "amateur sports"

. To date, Panionios remains the only sports club in Greece that was awarded the Golden Cross from the Athens Academy as a recognition of the club's rich and continuous enrichment of Greek sports.

Recent years

Panionios has spent nearly its entire history in the Greek First Division (now called 'Super League'), having missed out from competing in Greek football's top division only twice in its more than 100-year history. Within this, Panionios rose quite often to high levels, with top league achievement of 2nd place in 1971, losing the title to

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. 8 years later on 9 June 1979, Panionios took revenge on AEK Athens in the final of the Greek Cup and won the title for the first time in its history after winning 3–1. Panionios produced all three major Greek strikers of the 1980s, namely

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(later of Olympiacos),

Thomas Mavros Thomas Mavros (, born 31 May 1954) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Initially, a legend for Panionios, he was a relevation of the Greek championship at the age of 16. He became one of the leaders of AEK Ath ...

(later of

), and

Dimitris Saravakos Dimitris Saravakos (; born 26 July 1961), nicknamed "the Kid" (), is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Saravakos is widely considered to be one of the greatest Greek footballers of all time and a Panathinaikos l ...

(later of

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

). Other notable players coming out of the club in the 1990s included

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(later of

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) and

Takis Fyssas Takis Fyssas (, born 12 June 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left back. After his retirement he served as the sporting director of the Greece national team. From 1999 to 2007, he earned 60 caps for the Greece n ...

, later of

, Benfica and member of

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. Within the 2000s another five

players came out from the club, namely

Alexandros Tziolis Alexandros Tziolis (; born 13 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was a Greek international from 2005 until his international retirement in 2018. He won 75 caps, scoring twice. He ap ...

Evangelos Mantzios Vangelis Mantzios (; born 22 April 1983) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is the current technical director of Agios Ierotheos F.C. Academies. Club caree ...

, Nikos Spiropoulos,

Grigoris Makos Grigoris Makos (; born 18 January 1987) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Panionios In 2000, Makos signed for Panionios from Ilioupoli at the age of 13. After impressing in the youth academy, he ...

and

Giannis Maniatis Giannis Maniatis ( ; born 12 October 1986) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back or a defensive midfielder. Club career Panionios Maniatis was first ...

. The club faced financial difficulties which triggered the transfer of the ownership to the municipality of

in 1992. Those difficulties remained throughout the 1990s, forcing the team's league performance to drop. Yet, it remained in a high level and won the

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competition in 1998 and participated successfully in the

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the year after, reaching the quarter-finals. In December 2001 large parts of the club's shares moved away from the Municipality back to private hands, where working around bankruptcy legislation the club was renamed to Neos Panionios FC, to avoid the threat of relegation from the first division.

Constantinos Tsakiris period

In 2004, shipowner Constantinos Tsakiris was elected president of the "amateur sports"

. Panionios won the women's Basketball Championship in 2006, the club's first in a team sport, and the women's volleyball team advanced to the first division. In 2006, Tsakiris acquired 85% of Neos Panionios FC stock and started restructuring the team from scratch. He changed the name of the club back to the original Panionios GSS FC and hired German coach

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who, during his first year created a team that made it to the top 5 of the

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and on to the

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. Tsakiris has also unveiled an ambitious plan to have the aging football ground and athletics track demolished, and build a modern multi-sport arena in its place. Apart from a 12,000 capacity football stadium, the proposed complex would include facilities for basketball, volleyball, aquatic sports, track & field, boxing, gymnastics, wrestling and more. On the summer transfer window of 2008, the club signed Uruguay national team members

Álvaro Recoba Álvaro Alexánder Recoba Rivero (; born 17 March 1976; nickname "El Chino"

and

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, but shortly after

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resigned by mutual consent on 11 November 2008, reason being disagreement with the Panionios' board. On 12 November 2008 Greek coach

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was hired and resigned on 3 December 2008 after the refuse of Panionios' board to accept Lemonis' request to dismiss three members of Panionio's coaching and management staff. Assistant coach Joti Stamatopoulos lead the club until the end of the season. He was replaced by Belgian manager

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. Under the Tsakiris presidency, the club built its own training facility just outside

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in the region of

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. The training ground is operating since 2008 but was fully completed in 2009.

Stadium

In November 1937,

Board of Directors led by President D. Karabatis and the Municipality of

agreed to relocate the club in

, the Athens suburb that was mainly inhabited by Greek World War I refugees coming from

, the club's historical home. Construction works started in 1938, and were completed one year later. In the summer of 1940 the first football matches take place, with the club donating the money to support the repair of Greek Warship " ''Elli''" which was hit by Italian forces on World War II. On September later that year

celebrated its 50th year together with the completion of building the new stadium. Since then it has been used constantly for over 70 years from

associated clubs and sports divisions. Improvement works have been undertaken in 2001 and 2003 including a cafeteria,

sports shop, press and office facilities, improved medical and player facilities etc. Additionally a roof was placed above the East wing of the stadium. In 2009

installed an electronic ticketing system on the stadium to improve security in the team's matches. Despite the improvements the core fan base of the team as well as its management strongly support that the old stadium is inadequate to cover the team's needs in terms of quality of services provided to the fans. Additionally, there are safety concerns as the stadium does not have enough entry and exit points in case of emergency. The highest attendance ever recorded was in 1974 against

with 20,950 spectators. After the installation of seats and the reduction of the stadium's capacity there have been numerous matches with full attendance mainly in European competitions. The most recent ticket 'sold-out' was against

in 2008. Greece men's national water polo team Apart from

and its associated youth teams, the stadium was used for decades from

athletes on track & field and numerous times from the

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and

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. Additionally, due to the closing of many stadiums for renovation for the

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, Nea Smyrni stadium was partly used by other football clubs. They included

for the first half of the 2003–04 football season and

for one match in February 2003 against OFI. Last it has been the venue site for the 2004

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final played by

and

. Due to its densely populated location, Nea Smyrni stadium has rarely been used as a concert site. The most famous concert ever taken place was

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's first appearance in Greece on 27 June 1993.

Crest and colours

Crest

The first emblem of Panionios in

was a figure of

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. In the mid-1990s, when the group belonged to the municipality of

, a new emblem was introduced, influenced by the Barcelona mark. In this the shield had striped blue-colored colors and at the top left the Greek flag of the land and on the right an Ionic-style capital on a red background, referring to the Hellenism of the union and its Ionian roots. A similar crest has Panionios of

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. Tsakiris reinstated the classic emblem of the club, the emblem that the club now uses, a shield with the colours of the group (cyan and red), used by the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire in a variety of events (for example the Hellenic-Ethos naval flag).

Colours

Panionios' colours are

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and

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, mainly used as trim or as an alternative. On the appearances of the team there was a characteristic diagonial strip, which can be seen today in the crest of the team. Current sponsorships: *Great Shirt Sponsor: Car.gr *Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer:

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*Golden Sponsor: Funky Buddha

Support

In 1983, at Nea Smyrni Square. There, in a night before a game of the team, the idea of Panthers began to get flesh and bones. A companionship that thought to do something different in Panionios' stadium decided to act. In that night, the name "Panthers" was first heard, which was to be the name of the companionship and then of the club. The Panthers officially started their activity as a club of organized fans, having been recognized by the administration of the association, which had then passed into the hands of the lasting Michalis Stamatelatos, who together with the also lasting Panagiotis Ammanitis, and they believed the different perception they used to see as fans. After 2003, the Panthers against the then Achilleas Beos administration created many problems. The club lived a long period of persecution (courts, etc.), all of which led to an organizational contraction, as well as a difficulty finding a home. After 2006, the Panthers club is going through another season, as the Tsakiris administration approves and gives Panthers a space within the boundaries of the stadium where the current club is placed. The official friendships of Panthers Club 1983 are the fans of the Italian club

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and the Holmesdale Fanatics from the English club

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. In Greece, Niki Volos has always been considered brotherly association, as the refuge, the emblem of Niki Volos, as the first sign of Panionios in Smyrna, as well as the presence of Panagiotis Ammanitis, a beloved administrative agent in the two associations, contributed in this direction. Common joints and recent joint actions with the Basso Rango Ultras of Apollon Smyrnis make this relationship a very important bridge between Panionios fans and other Group Associations. Lastly, the respect among fans of

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and Panionios, since 1999, makes this relationship a long-lasting and robust bridge of communication. Lastly, contact with the Warriors – Gate 6 of Panetolikos is also a relationship with good communication and contact. Panthers Club 1983 has a great social action that has grown significantly in recent years. Also, their lighthouse is Dimitros Dallas, the man who kept their beloved team alive from Smyrna and gave Panionios life again in Athens.

Players

Current squad

Former managers

* Sophocles Magnes (1909–22) * Emmanouil Βamieros (1927–33) * Georgios Roussopoulos (1940–45) *

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(1950–54) * Nikos Zarkadis (1957) *

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(1957) * Giannis Helmis (1959–60) * Ioannis Skordilis (1960–65) * Nikos Zarkadis (1966–67) *

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(1968–70) * Joe Mallett (1970–74) * Dan Georgiadis (1973–76) * Panos Markovic (1976–77) * Igor Netto (1977–78) * Dan Georgiadis (1 July 1978 – 13 Dec 1978) * Panos Markovic (14 Dec 1978 – 30 June 1979) * Siegfried Melzig (1 July 1979 – 3 Dec 1979) * Lakis Petropoulos (6 Dec 1979 – 30 June 1980) * Salimis Milosevic (1 July 1980 – 29 Dec 1980) * Lakis Petropoulos (30 Dec 1980 – 30 June 1981) * Panos Markovic (1 July 1981 – 2 May 1983) * Stathis Chaitas (2 May 1983 – 30 June 1983) *

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(1 July 1983 – 29 Feb 1984) * Stathis Chaitas (1 March 1984 – 20 May 1984) *

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(21 May 1984 – 5 April 1985) * Doros Kleovoulou ''(caretaker)'' (6 April 1985 – 30 June 1985) *

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(1 July 1988 – 10 Nov 1989) *

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(1 July 1990 – Jan 1993) *

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(Jan 1993 – 30 June 1993) *

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(1 July 1993 – 10 Jan 1995) * Dimitris Mavrikis ''(caretaker)'' (11 Jan 1995 – 24 Jan 1995) *

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(25 Jan 1995 – 27 Nov 1995) *

(27 Nov 1995 – 29 Jan 1996) * Christos Emvoliadis ''(caretaker)'' (29 Jan 1996 – 19 Feb 1996) * Ioannis Gounaris (20 Feb 1996 – 6 May 1996) * Stathis Chaitas (6 May 1996 – 30 June 1996) *

(1 July 1996 – 14 Nov 1997) * Christos Emvoliadis (15 Nov 1997 – 30 June 1998) *

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(1 July 1999 – 22 Nov 1999) *

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(24 Nov 1999 – 12 April 2000) * Christos Emvoliadis (12 April 2000 – 30 June 2000) *

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(1 July 2000 – 18 Dec 2000) * Dimitrios Barbalias (19 Dec 2000 – 5 Feb 2001) *

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(6 Feb 2001 – 22 Aug 2001) *

Dumitru Dumitriu Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in Bucharest), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian footballer and coach. He is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu II)'' who was an International footballe ...

(30 Aug 2001 – 30 June 2002) *

Jozef Bubenko Jozef Bubenko (born 21 March 1951) is a Slovak football coach who last managed for Zemplín Michalovce. He played for Tatran Prešov and Dukla Banská Bystrica. He coached teams Tatran Prešov (1988–92), JAS BArdejov (1992–96), Int ...

(1 July 2002 – 30 June 2004) *

Karol Pecze Karol Pecze (born 7 February 1946) is a Slovak football manager. He coached MŠK Žilina, Slovan Bratislava, FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, Győri ETO FC, FC Nitra, Wisla Kraków, Spartak Trnava, 1. FC Košice, Gençlerbirliği, Çaykur Rizes ...

(1 July 2004 – 22 Oct 2004) * Georgios Vazakas (23 Oct 2004 – 16 April 2005) * Dimitrios Barbalias ''(caretaker)'' (18 April 2005 – 30 June 2005) *

Josef Csaplár Josef Csaplár (born 29 October 1962) is a Czech professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Arsenal Česká Lípa. Playing career Born in Ostrov nad Ohří, Csaplár began playing football at the ag ...

(1 July 2005 – Sept 11, 2005) *

Nikos Pantelis Nikos Pantelis (; born 6 October 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Career Born in Athens, Pantelis began playing football as a defender for Panionios F.C., making 36 Alpha Ethniki appearances during his time with ...

''(caretaker)'' (Sept 11, 2005 – 1 Oct 2005) *

(16 Oct 2005 – 20 Feb 2006) * Vangelis Vlachos (21 Feb 2006 – 30 May 2006) *

(15 June 2006 – 11 Nov 2008) *

(12 Nov 2008 – 2 Dec 2008) * Joti Stamatopoulos (3 Dec 2008 – 30 June 2009) *

(1 July 2009 – 26 Jan 2010) * Akis Mantzios ''(caretaker)'' (26 Jan 2010 – 2 Feb 2010) *

Georgios Paraschos Georgios Paraschos (; born 23 August 1952) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Club career Paraschos began his career from the youth academy of PAOK in 1967. He became a professional player in 1971 and played with the Ka ...

(3 Feb 2010 – 25 April 2010) *

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(25 April 2010 – 28 Oct 2010) * Akis Mantzios ''(caretaker)'' (28 Oct 2010 – 7 Nov 2010) *

(8 Nov 2010 – 17 Nov 2010) * Akis Mantzios ''(caretaker)'' (16 Nov 2010 – 9 Dec 2010) *

(10 Dec 2010 – 22 Nov 2011) * Akis Mantzios (24 Nov 2011 – 30 April 2012) * Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (29 May 2012 – 16 Feb 2013) * Konstantinos Panagopoulos (18 Feb 2013 – 7 July 2013) *

(9 July 2013 – 16 Dec 2013) * Konstantinos Panagopoulos (16 Dec 2013 – 15 Feb 2014) * Dimitrios Terezopoulos ''(caretaker)'' (16 Feb 2014 – 17 Feb 2014) *

(18 Feb 2014 – 5 May 2014) * Dimitrios Terezopoulos (5 May 2014 – 1 Jan 2015) *

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(2 Jan 2015 – 8 Aug 2016) *

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(11 Aug 2016 – 31 May 2017) *

Michalis Grigoriou Michalis Grigoriou (; born 19 December 1973) is a Greek professional football manager. Playing career Grigoriou played for Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. at club level, including two seasons in the Alpha Ethniki. Honours Manager ;Fostiras *Delta Ethni ...

(1 Jun 2017 – 6 May 2018) *

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(1 Jun 2018 – 2 Dec 2018) * Akis Mantzios (4 Dec 2018 – 2 Sept 2019) * Nikki Papavasiliou (3 Sept 2019 – 19 Feb 2020) * Dimitris Koropoulis (caretaker) (21 Feb 2020 – 25 Feb 2020) *

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(26 Feb 2020 – 24 Sept 2020) * Dimitris Koropoulis (25 Sept 2020 – 28 Nov 2021) * Vaggelis Stavrakopoulos (1 Dec 2021 – 23 May 2022 ) * Nikolaos Koustas (1 July 2022 – 20 February 2023) * Periklis Papapanagis (22 February 2023 – 30 June 2023) *

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(3 July 2023 – 15 July 2024) *

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(15 July 2024 – present)

Honours

Domestic

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**Runners-up (2): 1950–51, 1970–71 *

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**Winners (1): 1996–97 * Third Division **Winners (1): 2023–24 *Fourth Division **Winners (1):

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**Winners (2): 1978–79, 1997–98 **Runners-up: 1951–52, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1988–89 * Athens FCA Championship **Winners (1): 1950–51

International

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**Winners (1): 1970–71 **Runners-up (1): 1985–86 *

**Quarter-finals (1): 1998–99

Seasons in the 21st century

Best position in bold. Key: 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.

European matches

* In the summer of 1964 Panionios took part in the Cup Rapan in place of Olympiacos FC, who retired after two games, against

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(2–4) and

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(0–4). The results were calculated in the standings without replay for Panionios. Panionios so had three games: two at home Kaftantzoglio Stadium, which had a lights away with Malmo. The away game against

, which refused to be played by Olympiacos, ended 3–0 for the French team. * Panionios' courses in European competitions were in their history with golden letters.

European record

References

External links

Official websites

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News sites

*Panionios o
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from panionia-idea.gr

Other

Panionios Academy official website
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History

Early years

Recent years

Constantinos Tsakiris period

Stadium

Crest and colours

Crest

Colours

Support

Players

Current squad

Former managers

Honours

Domestic

International

Seasons in the 21st century

European matches

European record

See also

References

External links

Official websites

News sites

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