Panathinaikos V.C.
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| Nickname | The Trifolium The Greens The Great Club | ||
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| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall (Capacity: 1,700) | ||
| Chairman | Panagiotis Malakates | ||
| Manager | Dimitris Andreopoulos | ||
| League | Greek Volleyleague | ||
| 2021–22 | 1st (Champions) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Panathinaikos V.C. (Greek: ΤΑΑ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο.), also known simply as Panathinaikos, or with its full name Panathinaikos A.O. (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, transliterated "Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos", Panathenaic Athletic Club) is the professional volleyball team of the major Athens based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest and most successful volleyball clubs in Greece. They have won 20 Greek Championships finishing 6 times undefeated (1962–63, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75), 6 Greek Cups, 2 Greek League Cups and 1 Greek Super Cup. They have reached also twice the CEV Cup final (1979–80, 2008–09).
Notable Greek player have played for the team, while foreign world-class players that have played with the club include Dante Amaral, Marcelo Elgarten, André Nascimento, Frank Depestele, Liberman Agamez, Peter Pláteník, Jakub Novotný, Plamen Konstantinov, Boyan Yordanov, Björn Andrae, Andrija Gerić, Clayton Stanley, Ernardo Gómez, Renaud Herpe, Guillaume Samica, Dawid Murek, Paweł Zagumny and Łukasz Żygadło.
History
The volleyball department of Panathinaikos was founded in 1919 and is one of the first in Greece. With the participation of Giorgos Kalafatis in the Inter-Allied Games of Paris in 1919, and the informations he collected, the sport became more known in Greece. The same year the officials of the club decided the creation of a volleyball team.
The first dynamic presence of the team is dated back in the years 1927–29 with many popular players of the time such as the founder Giorgos Kalafatis, the historical member of the board Apostolos Nikolaidis, as well as players such as Athanasios Aravositas, Goumas, Arg. Nikolaidis, Papageorgiou and Papastefanou. In the following years the interest for volleyball became less until before World War II when Panathinaikos presented a powerful team with leader players such as Lambrou, Vallidis, Momferatos, Tzoumanis, Proselentis, Lykouris, Kakridis and more.
During the 60’s and 70’s, Panathinaikos' volleyball club won many titles and honors due to the fact that the team roster has always included some of the leading volleyball players and coaches in Greece. The first and most popular generation of players of 60’s was Andreas and Nikos Bergeles, as well as Iliopoulos, Leloudas, Chasapis, Emmanouil, Perros and Fotiou who opened the road for the next generations. Notable coaches of this era was the leading figure of the department Gerasimos Theodoratos, the Yugoslavian Sava Grozdanović and later the ex-player of the team Andreas Bergeles.
The most important achievement of the team was the participation in the final of the European Cup in 1980 with Grozdanović as coach and players such as Georgantis, Agrapidakis, Iliopoulos, Papadopoulos, Malousaris, Gountakos, Astras, Kokkinaras and Koliopoulos. In the following years, Panathinaikos team continued to dominate the Greek championship with Janusz Badora as coach and players such as Kazazis, Tentzeris, Gontikas, Galakos, Dimitriadis, Margaronis, Karamaroudis and Andreopoulos.
Two of the most successful periods have been 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons, when Panathinaikos won 2 consecutive championships with Stelios Prosalikas as head coach and Andreopoulos, Triantafillidis, Filippov, Spanos, Hatziantoniou, Ouzounov, A. Kovacev, S. Kovacev, Karamaroudis, Mavrakis, Konstantinidis, Zakynthinos, Koutouleas, Tonev as players.
In 2001 the department became professional under the presidency and financial support of Vlassis Stathokostopoulos and later Thanasis Giannakopoulos.
In 2004 the team won the Championship with the ex-player Stelios Kazazis as coach. With the Brazilian star-player Dante Amaral and Marcelo Elgarten, they made a strong team and finished again first in 2006, while they reached again the final of the European Cup in 2009.
Honours
Domestic
- Greek Championship:[1] (20)
- 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022
- Greek Cup:[2] (6)
- 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010
- League Cup: (2)
- 2020, 2022
- Greek Super Cup:[3] (1)
- 2006
European
CEV Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1994, 2009
Current men's volleyball squad
As of 25 August 2022[4]
| Shirt No | Player | Birth Date | Height (m) | Position |
| 2 |  Jiří Kovář
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April 10, 1989 | 2.03 | Outside Hitter |
| 3 |  Vasilis Seremetis
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September 19, 2003 | 1.96 | Outside Hitter |
| 5 | Angelos Georgiou
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February 4, 1999 | 1.85 | Setter |
| 6 | Xenofon Gkroumousas
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December 28, 2001 | 1.85 | Libero |
| 7 | Giorgos Petreas
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November 19, 1986 | 2.02 | Middle Blocker |
| 8 |  Axel Jacobsen (c)
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July 10, 1984 | 1.96 | Setter |
| 9 | Achilleas Basis
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March 13, 1994 | 1.95 | Middle Blocker |
| 10 | Dimitris Zisis
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April 2, 1994 | 1.83 | Libero |
| 11 | Angelos Markou
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July 1, 2003 | 1.94 | Opposite |
| 12 |  Lucas Victor Rangel
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October 29, 1990 | 2.10 | Middle Blocker |
| 15 | Andreas Frangos
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December 21, 1989 | 2.01 | Outside Hitter |
| 17 | Vasilis Kostopoulos
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July 16, 1995 | 1.98 | Outside Hitter |
| 19 |  Fernando Hernández
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September 11, 1989 | 1.96 | Opposite |
Technical and managerial staff
| Staff | |
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| Head Coach | Dimitris Andreopoulos
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| Assistant coach | Pavlos Karamaroudis
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| Assistant coach | Christos Mpelos
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| Statistician | Alkiviadis Mpelos
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| Head Physiotherapist | Napoleon Charisis
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| Physiotherapist | Theodoros Gkanasoulis
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| Team Manager | Roulis Agrapidakis
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Retired numbers
| Panathinaikos men's volleyball retired numbers | ||||
| N° | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure |
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| 14 | |
Sotiris Pantaleon | Middle Blocker | 1996–2012, 2014–2021 |
Selected former players
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- Albania
Albano Qualiu- Alvi Shurdhi
- Argentina
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
Milorad Kovać
- Brazil
- Dante Amaral
- Eduardo Arruda
- Hugo de Leon Bozo
- Marcelo Elgarten
- Windson Ferreira
- Roberto Minuzzi
- Carlos Alexandre Moreira
- Andre Nascimento
- Marcelo Mendes Sacchi
- Cleber De Oliveira
- Vinicius Raguzzoni
- Bulgaria
Theodoros Baev- Plamen Konstantinov
- Petar Ouzounov
- Dimo Tonev
- Aleksandar Simeonov
- Boyan Yordanov
- Ivan Kovlev
- Antonis Kovatchev
- Canada
Keith Sanheim- Michael Amoroso
- Colombia
- Croatia
Danijel Galić
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Egypt
Ionas Rezk
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Roulis Agrapidakis
- Asimakis Alexiou
- Andreas Andreadis
- Charalampos Andreopoulos
- Dimitris Andreopoulos
- Andreas Bergeles
- Nikos Bergeles
- Theodoros Chatziantoniou
- Kostas Christofidelis
- Dimitris Gontikas
- Christos Dimitrakopoulos
- Stathis Donas
- Pavlos Karamaroudis
- Stelios Kazazis
- Michalis Koliopoulos
- Antonis Kovatsev
- Savvas Kovatsev
- Giannis Laios
- Giannis Lambrou
- Ilias Lappas
- Christos Papadopoulos
- Sotirios Pantaleon
- Panagiotis Pelekoudas
- Giorgos Petreas
- Spiros Protopsaltis
- Thanasis Psarras
- Alexandros Raptis
- Nikos Samaras
- Giorgos Spanos
- Georgios Stefanou
- Nikolaos Smaragdis
- Akis Sidiropoulos
- Gerasimos Theodoratos
- Michalis Triantafillidis
- Giorgos Zakynthinos
- Italy
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
Jairo Hooi
- Poland
Tomasz Józefacki- Michał Kamiński
- Dawid Murek
- Paweł Zagumny
- Łukasz Żygadło
- Russia
Sergey Orlenko
Gennady Cheremisov
- Serbia
Andrija Gerić- Saša Starović
- Miloš Stojković
- Željko Tanasković
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Ukraine
- United States
Brian Cook- Jared Moore
- Jeff Nygaard
- Clayton Stanley
- Nick Vogel
- Venezuela
Selected former coaches
- Gerasimos Theodoratos
- Sava Grozdanović
- Andreas Bergeles
- Nikos Bergeles
Aurel Constantinescu- Janusz Badora
- Stelios Prosalikas
Carlos Xavier Weber- Francisco dos Santos
- Mauro Berruto
- Alekos Leonis
- Stelios Kazazis
International record
| Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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| CEV Champions League | |||
| 1982–83 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1995–96 | 7th place | ||
| 1996–97 | 5th place | ||
| 2007–08 | Play–off 6 | ||
| Cup Winners Cup | |||
| 1976–77 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1979–80 | Final | defeated by Panini Modena, 2–3 sets in Athens | |
| 1981–82 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1983–84 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1987–88 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1988–89 | Final four | 3rd place | |
| 1989–90 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1990–91 | Quarter–final | ||
| 1991–92 | Quarter–final | ||
| Top Teams Cup | |||
| 2005–06 | Final four | 3rd place | |
| CEV Cup | |||
| 2001–02 | Quarter–final | eliminated by Asystel Milano | |
| 2002–03 | Quarter–final | eliminated by Tourcoing Lille Metropole | |
| 2003–04 | Final four | 4th place | |
| 2008–09 | Final | 2nd place | |
| CEV Challenge Cup | |||
| 2021–22 | Semi–final | eliminated by Halkbank Ankara | |
Historical performance in the league
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Sponsorships
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
- Great Shirt Sponsor: OPAP
- Official Sponsor: Avance car rental, Protergia, Palestra Wellness Club
- Official Broadcaster: ERT
Historical uniforms
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Arenas
| Arena | Capacity | Years |
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| Leoforos Indoor Hall | 1,500 | 1960s–2004 |
| Glyfada Indoor Hall | 2,270 | 2004–2009 2010–2011 |
| Mets Indoor Hall | 1,200 | 2009–2010 2011–2013 |
| Panellinios Indoor Hall | 1,100 | 2013–2019 |
| Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall | 1,700 | 2019–present |
Presidents
- 2001–08: Vlassis Stathokostopoulos
- 2008–09: Thanasis Giannakopoulos
- 2009–11: Thodoris Liakopoulos
- 2011: Stratos Sopilis
- 2011–13: Chronis Akritidis
- 2013–16: Manolis Ladoukakis
- 2016–18: Dimitris Kassaris
- 2018–20: Alexandros Ellinas
- 2020– : Panagiotis Malakates
See also
References
- ^ "Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος - ΤίτλοιιΠαναθηναϊκός". pao1908.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "Χρυσή Βίβλος - ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ ΠΕΤΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΗΣ". Archived from the original on 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Η Χρυσή Βίβλος του Super Cup". Contra.gr. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ ΡΟΣΤΕΡ. pao1908.com (in Greek). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Greek)