Prasina Poulia
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Prassina Poulia Football Athletic Club is one of the oldest football (soccer)
clubs in Kalamata
, Greece
, being founded in 1938. Its colors are green and white and its name literally means "green birds".
and had its famous football (soccer) clubs of the city. Prassina Poulia had followed mainly between the support of the Venizelian line up and the support of many refugees. From Prassina Poulis began the career in which afterwards the famous player of AEK
and the national team Kleanthis Maropoulos
. He played for two years in 1931 and 1933 and settled with the family in Athens
.
From Prassina Poulia played its Messenian football (soccer) until the 1960s. In 1960-61 season Prassina Poulia participated in the B' National Greek Division (B' Ethniki Katigoria).The dictatorship in 1967 dissolved the teams along with Apollon and Olympiakos
and founeded Kalamata FC
.
Other than the soccer club, in 1948 it founded the swimming club along with Apollo, AEK Kalamata and Kalamata NC and on July 17, 1948 in Kalamtata had the swimming games of the First Akropoleia sponsored by the newspaper Akropolis.
mainly in the first division. In the 2007-08 season it participated in the first club of the second division. In the summer of 2008, it played in the finals of the first pre-junior team of the MFCA in which lost 0-1 to Panionios
.
Football in Greece
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clubs in Kalamata
Kalamata
Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...
, Greece
Greece
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, being founded in 1938. Its colors are green and white and its name literally means "green birds".
History
The team was founded during the interwar period as well as ApollonApollon Kalamata
Apollon Kalamata is a football club in Kalamata, Greece. It currently plays in the Messenia First Division.-History:The club was founded in 1928. Its colors are white and black and its emblem is a plant. During the prewar period, the players was raised mainly in the royalist part of the...
and had its famous football (soccer) clubs of the city. Prassina Poulia had followed mainly between the support of the Venizelian line up and the support of many refugees. From Prassina Poulis began the career in which afterwards the famous player of AEK
AEK
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and the national team Kleanthis Maropoulos
Kleanthis Maropoulos
Kleanthis Maropoulos was a star football player for AEK Athens FC and Greece during the 1930s and 1940s. Arguably the finest Greek football player of his period, he was affectionately known as the "Blonde Eagle of AEK"....
. He played for two years in 1931 and 1933 and settled with the family 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...
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From Prassina Poulia played its Messenian football (soccer) until the 1960s. In 1960-61 season Prassina Poulia participated in the B' National Greek Division (B' Ethniki Katigoria).The dictatorship in 1967 dissolved the teams along with Apollon and Olympiakos
Olympiakos Kalamata
The Olympiakos Kalamata Football Athletic Club is a football club in Kalamata, Greece. It was founded in the 1950s from the fans of Olympiacos of Piraeus...
and founeded Kalamata FC
Kalamata FC
Kalamata F.C. is a professional football club based in Kalamata, Greece, currently competing in Delta Ethniki.-Background:Kalamata F.C. was formed in 1967 in a merger among Apollon Kalamata and other local sides.- History :...
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Other than the soccer club, in 1948 it founded the swimming club along with Apollo, AEK Kalamata and Kalamata NC and on July 17, 1948 in Kalamtata had the swimming games of the First Akropoleia sponsored by the newspaper Akropolis.
Refounding
After the fall of the regime in 1974, the club was refounded and played from then in the prefectural championshipMessinia Football Clubs Association
The Messinia Football Clubs Association is part of the Greek Football Federation that includes football teams in the Messinia prefecture.-History:...
mainly in the first division. In the 2007-08 season it participated in the first club of the second division. In the summer of 2008, it played in the finals of the first pre-junior team of the MFCA in which lost 0-1 to Panionios
Panionios Kalamata
Panionios Kalamata Athletic Club is a football club in Kalamata, Greece. It currently plays in the Messenia First Division. The club was founded in the neighborhood of Avramiou by refugees from Asia Minor which moved to the city after the Asia Minor Catastrophe.The club has a traditional...
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