Panathinaikos V.C.

Panathinaikos

Nickname	The Trifolium The Greens The Great Club
Founded	1919; 103 years ago (1919)
Ground	Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall (Capacity: 1,700)
Chairman	Panagiotis Malakates
Manager	Dimitris Andreopoulos
League	Greek Volleyleague
	3rd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
25

Active departments of Panathinaikos AC
Football men's Football B men's Basketball men's Basketball women's Water Polo Volleyball men's Volleyball women's Table tennis Rugby Athletics Fencing Shooting Boxing eSports Futsal Parasports

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 19 Greek Championships finishing 6 times undefeated (1962–63, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75), 6 Greek Cups, 1 Greek League Cup 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 , the Yugoslavian and later the ex-player of the team .

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 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 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] (19)
  • 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020
• Greek Cup:^[2] (6)
  • 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010
• League Cup: (1)
  • 2020
• Greek Super Cup:^[3] (1)
  • 2006

European[]

• CEV Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1994, 2009

Current men's volleyball squad[]

As of 16 July 2021^[4]

Shirt No	Player	Birth Date	Height (m)	Position
2	Vasilis Seremetis	(2003-09-19) September 19, 2003 (age 18)	1.96	Outside Hitter
3	Dimitrios Gkaras	(1985-11-12) November 12, 1985 (age 36)	1.85	Libero
5	Sotiris Sinadinos	(2000-03-09) March 9, 2000 (age 21)	1.83	Libero
6	Theofanis Rousopoulos	(2000-07-21) July 21, 2000 (age 21)	1.89	Setter
7	Thanasis Protopsaltis	(1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 28)	1.85	Outside Hitter
8	Axel Jacobsen (c)	(1984-07-10) July 10, 1984 (age 37)	1.96	Setter
9	Stathis Arampopoulos	(1998-06-20) June 20, 1998 (age 23)	1.88	Outside Hitter
10	Achilleas Basis	(1994-03-13) March 13, 1994 (age 27)	1.95	Middle Blocker
11	Angelos Markou	(2003-07-01) July 1, 2003 (age 18)	1.94	Opposite
12	Lucas Rangel	(1990-10-29) October 29, 1990 (age 31)	2.08	Middle Blocker
13	Charalampos Andreopoulos	(2001-01-23) January 23, 2001 (age 21)	1.93	Outside Hitter
15	Alexandros Raptis	(2000-02-16) February 16, 2000 (age 21)	1.98	Outside Hitter
19	Bram Van Den Dries	(1989-08-14) August 14, 1989 (age 32)	2.08	Opposite
20	Sašo Štalekar	(1996-05-03) May 3, 1996 (age 25)	2.14	Middle Blocker

Technical and managerial staff[]

Staff
Head Coach	Dimitris Andreopoulos
Assistant coach	Pavlos Karamaroudis
Assistant coach	Christos Mpellos
Head Physiotherapist	Napoleon Charisis
Physiotherapist	Theodoros Gkanasoulis
Statistician	Alkiviadis Mpellos
Team Manager	Roulis Agrapidakis

Retired numbers[]

Panathinaikos men's volleyball retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
14		Sotiris Pantaleon	Middle Blocker	1996–2012, 2014–2021

Selected former players[]

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  Plamen Konstantinov

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  Nikos Samaras

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  Bjoern Andrae

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  Andrija Gerić

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  Paweł Zagumny

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Selected former coaches[]

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• Stelios Prosalikas
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• Mauro Berruto
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International record[]

Season	Achievement	Notes
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

Historical performance in the league[]

Period Position W L Sets 1958-59 ? ? ? ? 1959-60 ? ? ? ? 1960-61 2nd 2 1 8–3 1961-62 3rd 3 2 12–6 1962-63 1st 5 0 15–0 1964-65 2nd 4 1 13–6 1964-65 1st 4 1 13–8 1965-66 1st 5 0 15–5 1966-67 1st 6 0 18–1 1967-68 2nd 5 1 15–5 1968–69 2nd 12 2 39–9 1969–70 1st 22 0 66–6 1970–71 1st 22 0 66–8 1971–72 1st 22 2 ; 1972–73 1st 21 1 65–12 1973–74 2nd 22 2 ;

Period Position W L Sets 1974–75 1st 22 0 ; 1975–76 2nd 13 2 ; 1976–77 1st 14 1 ; 1977–78 2nd 20 2 ; 1978–79 2nd 15 7 ; 1979–80 2nd 16 2 50–13 1980–81 2nd 18 4 59–20 1981–82 1st 21 1 64–8 1982–83 2nd 20 2 63–10 1983–84 1st 26 2 82–13 1984–85 1st 27 1 82–14 1985–86 1st 21 1 64–10 1986–87 2nd 20 2 61–12 1987–88 2nd 20 2 64–10 1988–89 2nd 17 3 53–17 1989–90 2nd 20 2 63–15

Period Position W L Sets 1990–91 2nd 16 5 50–19 1991–92 2nd 17 6 ; 1992–93 5th 11 10 43–36 1993–94 5th 13 9 48–37 1994–95 1st 25 4 ; 1995–96 1st 24 3 76–20 1996–97 4th 19 7 62–32 1997–98 4th 17 10 54–37 1998–99 7th 11 13 44–49 1999–00 7th 9 15 41–52 2000–01 3rd 18 9 59–37 2001–02 3rd 21 5 69–30 2002–03 3rd 17 9 59–41 2003–04 1st 23 5 71–32 2004–05 3rd 19 9 66–37 2005–06 1st 29 2 88–23

Period Position W L Sets 2006–07 2nd 25 5 80–27 2007–08 2nd 25 5 80–25 2008–09 2nd 25 6 79–39 2009–10 2nd 25 7 86–34 2010–11 3rd 16 8 56–34 2011–12 10th 5 19 29–61 2012–13 10th 6 19 34–62 2013–14 10th 11 16 42–58 2014–15 4th 16 11 59–48 2015–16 5th 13 9 45–39 2016–17 3rd 17 5 58–27 2017–18 11th 7 15 38–49 2018–19 5th 13 5 44–26 2019–20 1st 17 4 54-20 2020–21 3rd

Sponsorships[]

• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
• Great Shirt Sponsor: OPAP
• Official Sponsor: Avance car rental, Protergia, Palestra Wellness Club
• Official Broadcaster: ERT

Historical uniforms[]

1980

2005

2010

Arenas[]

Arena	Capacity	Years
Leoforos Indoor Hall	1,500	1960s–2004
Glyfada Indoor Hall	3,232	2004–2009 2010–2011
	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[]

• Panathinaikos women's volleyball

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Greek)