Prosfygika Stadium (, ''Gipedo Prosfygikon'') is a

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stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

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. It is named after its first

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that arrived from

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in 1922, a region now part of

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, following the

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. From 1925, it is used for the teams Thyella, AS Apollo and

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

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. From 1923, after the creation of Olympiacos, the stadium was constructed with owned properties inside the residents of the refugees near Agia Foteini. The construction were all straws which cleaned the refugees and their face of work became a field in which it is the oldest in Patras and one of the oldest in

, the stadium of Olympiacos (no relation of

in Piraeus but it has the same logo) which said until 1964 the stadium became a part of the EPS Achaia. In this field had played all of the teams in Patreas and participated in the second, third and fourth national divisions. Their first game happened on October 17, 1927, in a friendly match, Olympiacos Patras - Olympiacos Athens 4-1 (halftime score: 3–0). The field was used for sheltering during the

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in 1947 and were used until 1984 and built subdivisions with the power of EPS Patras.

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External links

* http://www.stadia.gr/prosfygika/prosfygika.html Football venues in Greece Sports venues in Patras {{Greece-sports-venue-stub