Panathinaikos
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| Official Emblem |  |
| Full Name | Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos |
| Nicknames | Oi Prasinoi (i.e. The Greens) |
| Founded | 3 February 1908 |
| Titles | 570 |
| Anthem | Syllogos megalos den yparhei allos / Den yparhei allos pio dynamikos / Kai hiliades filoi molis doun trifylli / Zito lene o Panathinaikos / Panathinaike Panathinaike / Panathinaike megale kai trane / Panathinaike Panathinaike / Protathliti se ola ta spor pantotine / Se ehoune doxasei oi gnostoi sou assoi / Pou leventes einai oloi me kardia / Hairetai i Ellada pou ehei tetoia omada / Pou tis nikis ehei panta ta kleidia / Panathinaike Panathinaike / Panathinaike megale kai trane / Panathinaike Panathinaike / Protathliti se ola ta spor pantotine |
| Colours | Green and White |
| Presidents | Dimitris Gontikas (Panathinaikos F.C.) Pavlos Giannakopoulos (Panathinaikos B.C.) Stratos Sopilis (Panathinaikos VC Panathinaikos VC Panathinaikos Volleyball Club is the professional volleyball team of Panathinaikos, the Athens-based multi-sport club. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Greece.-History:... ) Nikos Risvas (Panathinaikos AO) |
| Websites | Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos BC Panathinaikos VC Panathinaikos AO |
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek
Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet is the script that has been used to write the Greek language since at least 730 BC . The alphabet in its classical and modern form consists of 24 letters ordered in sequence from alpha to omega...
spelling: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος) is a multi-sport club based in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It has the shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
as its official emblem and green and white as its colours. In English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, the club's name would be "Panathenian Athletic Club".
Panathinaikos' teams and individual athletes have won numerous titles and have made notable participations in international competitions such as the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
in football and the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
in basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. According to the official history of the club, Panathinaikos was founded by Giorgos Kalafatis in 1908, when he and 40 other athletes decided to break away from Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos
Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos
-Depth Chart:-Honors and titles:*Total National Titles: 6**Greek Championships : 1929, 1939, 1940, 1953, 1955, 1957**Runners up : 1935, 1950, 1951, 1954**Greek Cup Runners up : 1987**Greek A2 Championships : 1987, 2004...
following the club's decision to discontinue its football team.
Overview
Today, three of Panathinaikos' sports departments are professional clubs that operate independently - the footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...
; the men's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club, Panathinaikos BC; and the men's volleyball
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.The complete rules are extensive...
club, Panathinaikos VC
Panathinaikos VC
Panathinaikos Volleyball Club is the professional volleyball team of Panathinaikos, the Athens-based multi-sport club. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Greece.-History:...
. The rest of the departments form the amateur Panathinaikos AO club whose president and board members are elected on a regular basis by the members of the club. The current president is Nikos Risvas.
During its history PAO has established teams in 24 different sports: football (founded 1908), athletics (founded 1919), volleyball (founded 1919), basketball (founded 1922), table tennis (founded 1924), cycling (founded 1928), shooting (founded 1928), field hockey (founded 1928), swimming (founded 1930), water polo (founded 1930), handball (founded 1930), boxing (founded 1946), diving (founded 1947), weightlifting (founded 1959), chess (founded 1960), fencing (founded 1960), gymnastics (founded 1962), waterskiing (founded 1963), wrestling (founded 1965), modern pentathlon (founded 1978), judo (founded 1980), archery (founded 1981), pool (founded 1988) and futsal (founded 1990). Today, 14 of them are still active.
In 2006, Panathinaikos reached a final agreement with the Municipality of Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
and the Greek Government, to build a new comprehensive sports complex that will house all of the club's sports teams. This is intended as a replacement for the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....
and it will be built in Votanikos
Votanikos
Votanikos is a subdivision located 3 km west of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest . The eastern part are residential, the western part are forested and industrialized. The subdivision has no squares but...
area, about 3km west of Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
city centre.
Panathinaikos' hardcore fans are called Gate 13
Gate 13
Gate 13 is a group of supporters of Greek club Panathinaikos. Officially founded on November 19, 1966, Gate 13 is the oldest supporters' group in Greece...
and are the oldest supporters' club in Greece.
Football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
made its appearance in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
at the end of the 19th century, though there was no official championship until the late 1920s. A young athlete of the sports club Panellinios
Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos
-Depth Chart:-Honors and titles:*Total National Titles: 6**Greek Championships : 1929, 1939, 1940, 1953, 1955, 1957**Runners up : 1935, 1950, 1951, 1954**Greek Cup Runners up : 1987**Greek A2 Championships : 1987, 2004...
, Giorgos Kalafatis, dismayed by his club's decision to discontinue its football team, founded Panathinaikos in 1908. The first name of the club was Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon (POA) - i.e. "Football Club of Athens" - but it was changed to Panellinios Podosfairikos Omilos (PPO) - i.e. "Panhellenic Football Club" - two years later.
In 1918, it was decided that the official emblem of the club would be the shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
, an idea of player Michalis Papazoglou
Michalis Papazoglou
Michalis Papazoglou was a Greek athlete from Constantinople. He started with track and field sports but when he came to Athens in the early 1910s, he joined the football club PPO . He was the man who had the idea of adopting the shamrock as the official emblem of Panathinaikos.Papazoglou was also a...
. He was possibly inspired by William Sherring
William Sherring
Billy Sherring was an Irish Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games ....
, an Irish Canadian
Irish Canadian
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athlete who had won the Athens 1906 Olympic Marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
wearing a white shirt with a big green shamrock on it. In 1924 the club took its current name, Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (PAO) - i.e. "Panathenian Athletic Club".
Panathinaikos soon dominated Greek football along with rivals Olympiacos and AEK and, although they are second in domestic titles, they have done better than any other Greek club in Europe. In 1971, Panathinaikos became the first and only Greek team - so far - to have reached the final of a European competition, when they faced Ajax in Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
for the European Cup, losing 2-0.
In the late '70s, when football became professional in Greece, the club's football department passed to the hands of the Vardinogiannis family. In the following 30 years the team won the Championship 7 times. Deeming this as a poor record, some 40,000 disgruntled fans marched in protest in the center of Athens in April 2008, forcing the owners to accept other investors into the club and reduce their own share by 50%.
(Honours: 43 titles)
- Greek ChampionshipSuper League GreeceThe Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
: (20)- 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2010
- Greek CupGreek football CupThe Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
: (17)- 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2010
- Greek Super CupGreek Super Cup-Official edition:-External links:*...
: (5)- 1948,1970, 1988, 1993, 1994
- Balkans CupBalkans CupIn 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
: (1)- 1978
Basketball
The men's basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
department is currently owned by two pharmaceutical magnates, the brothers Pavlos Giannakopoulos
Pavlos Giannakopoulos
Pavlos Giannakopoulos is a Greek businessman.Along with his brother Thanassis Giannakopoulos, he's the co-owner of pharmaceutical corporation Vianex, which was originally founded in 1924 by their father Dimitrios Giannakopoulos as a small local import and distribution firm...
and Thanassis Giannakopoulos
Thanassis Giannakopoulos
Thanassis Giannakopoulos is a Greek businessman. is a Greek businessman and pro sports club owner. He and his brother, Pavlos Giannakopoulos, are the co-owners of the pharmaceutical corporation Vianex, which was originally founded in 1924 by their father, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos...
. It was founded in 1922 and has developed into the most successful basketball team in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and one of the most successful in Europe
Europe
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. They have won 31 Greek Championships
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...
, 12 Greek Cups
Greek basketball Cup
The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation .-History and format:...
, 6 European Championships
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
and 1 Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (basketball)
The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher...
.
Legends of world basketball have played with the club (Dominique Wilkins
Dominique Wilkins
Jacques Dominique Wilkins is a retired American professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA...
, Byron Scott
Byron Scott (basketball)
Byron Antom Scott is a retired American National Basketball Association player and current head coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. He was formerly the head coach of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and New Orleans Hornets. He attended Arizona State University, but left school in his junior year to...
, Dino Radja, Dejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He is offten considered as one of the best players who did not play in the NBA....
, Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
, Stojan Vrankovic
Stojko Vrankovic
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....
, Fanis Christodoulou
Fanis Christodoulou
Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
, Antonio Davis
Antonio Davis
Antonio Lee Davis is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Davis is also the former president of the NBA Players Association .-College career:...
, Zeljko Rebraca
Željko Rebraca
Željko Rebrača is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Formerly in the NBA, he finished his career with the Spanish ACB League team Pamesa Valencia.-Europe:He began his professional career in 1991 with KK Partizan...
, Fragiskos Alvertis
Fragiskos Alvertis
Fragiskos Alvertis is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was the captain of the Panathinaikos basketball team...
, Dimitris Diamantidis
Dimitris Diamantidis
Dimitris Diamantidis is a Greek professional basketball player. Standing at 1.98 m , Diamantidis mainly plays at the point guard position, but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard, as well as to assume the small forward position, being utilized as a point forward...
, Vassilis Spanoulis
Vassilis Spanoulis
Vassilis Spanoulis is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for the Greek League and Euroleague club Olympiacos Piraeus. A 6 ft 4 in tall guard, Spanoulis first played for GS Larissa and enjoyed a highly successful career start, winning the Greek League's award for Best Young...
, Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Šarunas Jasikevicius
Šarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...
among others). These players, along with the successful administration of Pavlos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos, have made Panathinaikos one of the most successful and well-known teams in the continent, having won six Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
titles.
In 1996 in Paris final-four (F4), Panathinaikos was the first Greek team to win the European Champions' Cup (now called Euroleague), beating Barcelona
FC Barcelona Bàsquet
FC Barcelona Bàsquet, known as FC Barcelona Regal for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club. It is part of the FC Barcelona sports club and was founded on August 24, 1926 which makes it the oldest club in Liga ACB. The club competes in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto...
in a unique final, by 67-66. In September of the same year the team also won the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (basketball)
The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher...
, prevailing by 2-1 wins over Olimpia of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(83-89, 83-78, 101-76). In 2000 in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
F4, Panathinaikos were the Champions of Europe for the second time, beating Maccabi 73-67 in the final. In 2002 in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, they conquered the most prestigious European trophy for the third time, beating hosts Kinder Bologna
Virtus Bologna
-Notable players: Marco Bonamico 9 seasons: '75-'76, '77-'78, '80-'86, '88-'89 Carlo Caglieris 6 seasons: '75-'81 Pietro Generali 6 seasons: '75-'76, '78-'83 Gianni Bertolotti 5 seasons: '75-'80 Terry Driscoll 3 seasons: '75-'78 Eric Luc Leclerc 1 season: '75-'76 Luigi Serafini 2 seasons: '75-'77...
89-83. In 2007 in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
F4, Panathinaikos were crowned European Champions for the fourth time, beating CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
93-91 in what was probably the best Euroleague final ever. And in 2009 in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, the Greens again defeated CSKA 73-71 to become the Champions of Europe for the fifth time. Their latest Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
triumph came in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
in 2011, after defeating Maccabi 78-70 in the final.
(Honours: 55 titles)
- Greek ChampionshipA1 EthnikiThe Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...
: (32)- 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Greek CupGreek basketball CupThe Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation .-History and format:...
: (12)- 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- European Championship: (6)
- 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
- Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (basketball)The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher...
: (1)- 1996
Women
- Greek Championship: (3)
- 1998, 2000, 2005
- Greek Cup: (1)
- 2000
Volleyball
In 1919, Panathinaikos was one of the first athletic clubs in GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
to form a volleyball
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.The complete rules are extensive...
team. The first dynamic presence of the team is dated back in the years 1927–1929 with many popular players of the time such as the historical member of the board Apostolos Nikolaidis as well as Aravositas, Goumas, Arg. Nikolaidis, Papageorgiou and Papastefanou.
In more recent history, the volleyball club has demonstrated many titles and honours due to the fact that the team roster has always included some of the top volleyball players in Greece. The first generation was that of the '60s with Andreas and Nikos Bergeles as well as Iliopoulos, Leloudas, Chasapis, Emmanouil, Perros and Fotiou who opened the road for the next generations. An important achievement for the team was the participation in the final of the CEV Cup Winners' Cup in 1980. In the following years, Panathinaikos continued to perform well in the Greek Championship with players such as Kazazis (the current head coach), Tentzeris, Gontikas (the current president of Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...
), Galakos, Dimitriadis and Margaronis.
Another successful period for the club was the seasons 1994-95 and 1995-96 when Panathinaikos won two Greek Championships in a row with Stelios Prosalikas as head coach and Andreopoulos, Triantafyllidis, Filippov, Spanos, Chatziantoniou, Ouzounov, A. Kovatsev, P. Kovatsev, Karamaroudis and Tonev as players.
(Honours: 55 titles)
- Greek Championship: (19)
- 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006
- Greek Cup: (6)
- 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Greek Super Cup: (1)
- 2006
Women
- Greek Championship: (24)
- 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Greek Cup: (5)
- 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Table tennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
The table tennis department was founded in 1924.(Honours: 121 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men's Singles: (30)
1930, 1931, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1959 [Mantzaroglou], 1961, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1973 [A Category], 1974, 1974 [A Category], 1975, 1975 [A Category], 1975 [Mantzaroglou], 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1986 [A Category], 1987, 1988
- Greek Championship, Women's Singles: (18)
1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959 [Mantzaroglou], 1959 [Spring], 1972, 1972 [A Category], 1973, 1973 [A Category], 1974, 1974 [A Category], 1976, 1976 [A Category], 1976 [Mantzaroglou]
- Greek Championship, Men's Doubles: (21)
1940, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
- Greek Championship, Women's Doubles: (6)
1953, 1954, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
- Greek Championship, Mixed Doubles: (14)
1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Overall Standings: (10)
1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959,1960, 1961,1962,1966,1968
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Men: (11)
1951,1952,1955,1956,1959,1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1974
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Women: (3)
1972, 1973, 1974
- Greek Cup, Men: (7)
1965,1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1992
- Greek Cup, Women: (1)
1969
AthleticsAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
The athletics department was founded in 1919.(Honours: 64 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men: (23)
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990
- Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (4)
1986, 1989, 1990, 1994
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (28)
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Greek Championship, Women: (2)
1949, 1950
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (6)
1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Cypriot Championship, Men: (1)
1950
CyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
The cycling department was founded in 1928.(Honours: 47 titles)
- Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (14)
1951,1954,1956,1957,1958, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1973,1982,1985,1986,1990,1997
- Greek Road Championship, Men: (22)
1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1997
- Greek Track Championship, Men: (11)
1954, 1956,1957 1958, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
BoxingBoxingBoxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
The boxing department was founded in 1946.(Honours: 32 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men: (30)
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2011
- Greek Cup, Men: (2)
1988, 1999
FencingFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
The fencing department was founded in 1960.(Honours: 61 titles)
- Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (13)
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
- Greek Championship, Men: (16)
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980
- Greek Épée team championship, Men: (12)
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980
- Greek Foil team championship, Men: (11)
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978
- Greek Sabre team championship, Men: (9)
1962,1964,1965,1966, 1970, 1971,1972, 1973, 1974
DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
The diving department was founded in 1947. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 31 titles)
- Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (6)
1969, 1972,1973,1974,1975,1976
- Greek Platform Championship, Men: (19)
1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981
- Greek Springboard Championship, Men: (6)
1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
ArcheryArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
The archery department was founded in 1981.(Honours: 15 titles)
- Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (5)
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Greek Championship, Men: (5)
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Greek Standard Bow Championship, Men: (1)
1993
- Greek Championship, Women: (4)
1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
The swimming department was founded in 1930.(Honours: 12 titles)
- Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (12)
1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968
ShootingShootingShooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...
The shooting department was founded in 1928.(Honours: 9 titles)
- Greek Championship, Overall Standings: (8)
1960, 1964, 1992, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991
- Greek Military Rifle Championship, Men: (1)
1948
Water poloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
The water polo department was founded in 1930. The best result achieved so far in the A1 Ethniki Water PoloA1 Ethniki Water Polo
The A1 Ethniki , often referred to as the Greek Water Polo League, is the highest professional water polo league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Swimming Federation...
is the third place, while in 2011 it participated for the first time in the LEN Euroleague
LEN Euroleague
The LEN Euroleague and the Women's Champions' Cup are the premier European water polo club competitions run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation...
.
(Honours: None)
ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
The chess department was founded in 1959. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 13 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men: (10)
1964,1965 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971,1973,1974 1976
- Greek Cup, Men: (3)
1972, 1973, 1974
Weightlifting
The weightlifting department was founded in 1959.(Honours: 6 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men: (6)
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
The wrestling department was founded in 1965.(Honours: 2 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men: (2)
1982, 1984
Modern pentathlonModern pentathlonThe modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...
The modern pentathlon department was founded in 1978. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 2 titles)
- Greek Championship, Men: (2)
1980, 1987
GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
The gymnastics department was founded in 1962. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 1 title)
- Greek Championship, Men: (1)
1972
Waterskiing
The waterskiing department was founded in 1963. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 1 title)
- Greek Championship, Men: (1)
1968
Pool
The pool department was founded in 1988. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 1 title)
- Greek Championship, Men: (1)
1996
FutsalFutsalFutsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
The futsal department was founded in 1990. It is currently inactive.(Honours: 1 title)
- Greek Championship, Men: (1)
1991
Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
The field hockey department was founded in 1928. It is currently inactive.(Honours:0)
HandballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
The handball department was founded in 1930. It is currently inactive.(Honours: None)
JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
The judo department was founded in 1980. It is currently inactive.(Honours: None)
Official sites
- Panathinaikos FC - Official website (in Greek & English)
- Panathinaikos BC - Official website (in Greek & English)
- Panathinaikos VC - Official website (in Greek)
- Panathinaikos AO - Official website (in Greek)
- Panathinaikos Youth Academy (in Greek)
- Panathinaikos Shop (in Greek & English)
- PAO Shop (in Greek & English)
Fan sites
- Gate 13 Fan Site (in Greek & English)
- Ενιαίος Φορέας Συνδέσμων ΘΥΡΑΣ 13 (in Greek)
- Green Web Fans (in Greek)
- Mad Boys (in Greek)
- Pa.Le.Fi.P. (in Greek)
- Panathinaikos Fan Site & Forum (in Greek)
- PAO Mesogeia Club Gate 13 (in Greek)
- Green Cyber Fans (in Greek)
- Ellinoroson Neo Psychiko Club Gate 13 (in Greek)