Panathinaikos V.C.

Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Short form: PAO) (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός listen / i, ΠAO? ) Also referred to the volleyball department of Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (total Athenians sport club) from Athens. PAO is currently playing in the Greek A1 League, the top league in the country.

• 2.1 Title
• 2.2 players 2.2.1 Current squad
• 2.2.2 Significant former players

The volleyball department of the men of Panathinaikos was founded in 1919 and is one of the oldest in Greece. Since then, Panathinaikos is one of the most successful clubs in Greece and has spawned a number of national players. The most successful phase one had 1963-1986 than in 23 years, 17 national titles were won in 1980 and Panathinaikos could reach the second place in the European Cup winners. The following then losing streak with only two Greek Championships (1995, 1996) and a third place at the European Cup Winners' Cup could be terminated again until 2004 with the championship and the fourth in the CEV Cup.

Thanks to this the club had, among other things its president Vlasis Stathokostopoulos. The financially strong United restaurateur took over the club in the summer of 2001 and since then has invested large sums of money to the club due again to its former size and strength.

For a great stir the club saw in the summer of 2005 as one in the transfer market for three drumbeats made ​​. In addition to the Argentine star coach Carlos Javier Weber, the two Brazilians Marcelo Elgarten were and Dante Amaral obliges could with their national team win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens next to the World Cup. With these reinforcements to Panathinakos secured the Greek Cup in 2006 and lost only two games. At the same time we made ​​it to the final of the Greek Cup, and reached the third place in the Top Teams Cup. After the season, Carlos Javier Weber explained due to personal problems of his resignation as coach and returned to his native Argentina. In his place, the Brazilian Francisco dos Santos was committed, which was at that time coach of the Portuguese national team and immediately first time in 2006 with Panathinaikos won the Greek Super Cup and the 2007 Greek Cup.

2009 managed the club to move into Final4 tournament for the CEV Cup, reaching the local audience in Athens for second place. The 15,000 fans in attendance in the final were conveyed valid today European record for a volleyball game dar.

Homestead

In 1959 Panathinaikos wore its home games in the sports hall at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium from. This below the East Stand ( Gate 6-7), the Sport Hall in the heart of Athens was the first of its kind in Greece. Due to the small seating capacity (about 1500 spectators ) decided in 2005, the club play its home games at the " Ethniko athlitiko Kentro Glyfada ". The location from the city center in the southern suburb of Glyfada sports hall holds 3232 spectators and is in the public domain. By 1985, the gymnasium built in 1970 was the largest and second largest Athens Greece. Since 2011, the " Panagiotis Gazgas " Panathinaikos is homestead. The sports hall holds 1,200 spectators and is located in the heart of Athens close to the Ancient Stadium.

Title

Overall, Panathinaikos won 25 titles

• Greek Champion ( 19x): 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006
• Greek Cup winner ( 6x): 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2010
• Greek Supercup ( 1x): 2006

Current squad

Well-known former players

Greece Theo Doris Baev Theodoros Chatziantoniou, Konstantinos Christofidelis, Efstathios Donas, Dimitrios Kazazis, Michalis Koliopoulos, Ilias Lappas, Sotirios Pantaleon, Athanasios Psaras, Apostolos Nikolaidis, Nikolaos Smaragthi, Georgios Stefanou, Anastasios Tentzeris

Brazil Dante Amaral, Marcelo Elgarten, André Nascimento, Cleber De Oliveira

Bulgaria Plamen Konstantinov

Colombia Liberman Agamez

Germany Björn Andrae

France Guillaume Samica

Poland Dawid Murek

Czech Dalibor Polak

Serbia Andrija seasonal d

United States Clayton Stanley

Significant former coach

Greece Alekos Leonis, Gerasimos Theodoratos

Argentina Carlos Javier Weber

Italy Mauro Berutto, Roberto Serniotti

Women

The women's department of Panathinaikos was founded in 1919. With 24 won championships record champions Panathinaikos of Greece and represents a large part of the Greek national team. Play their home games in the club from Klisto Leoforou Alexandra, which is located under the East Stand of the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium. His biggest international success came the women's department of Panathinaikos in 2000, when you could reach second place in the European Cup Winners' Cup. 2007, Panathinaikos managed to win the championship without defeat as the first Greek team. It managed the club in 22 games of the regular season and seven playoff games, having to only give five sets. 2009, the club was again in a European Cup final. In the final of the Challenge Cup but they lost the Italians of Vini Monteschiavo Jesi 0-3.

Title

Overall, the women's division has been able to win 28 titles. In addition, five times was the Double achieved (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 )

• Greek Champion ( 24x): 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 winner (5x): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Players

Current squad

Significant former players

Greece Eleftheria Chatzinikou, Eleni Frangiadaki, Maria Garagouni, Niki Garagouni, Rouxantra Ntoumitreskou, Charikleia Sakoula, Fidanka Saparevska, Georgia Tzanakaki

Brazil Lira Ribas

Czech Republic Jana Simankova

Spain Marisa Fernández

Serbia Brižitka Molnar, Sanja Tomasevic

United States Monique Adams

Anthem

Panathinaikos anthem comes from Georgios Mouzakis (* August 15, 1922, † 27 August 2005) from the year 1958 to the text written Georgios Ikonomidis. .

Greek Σύλλογος μεγάλος δεν υπάρχει άλλος δεν υπάρχει άλλος πιο δυναμικός. Kαι χιλιάδες φίλοι μόλις δουν τριφύλλι ζήτω λένε ο Παναθηναϊκός. Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ μεγάλε και τρανέ. Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, πρωταθλητή σ'όλα τα σπορ παντοτινέ. Σ'έχουνε δοξάσει οι γνωστοί σου άσσοι που λεβέντες είναι όλοι με καρδιά. Χαίρεται η Ελλάδα που έχει τέτοια ομάδα που της νίκης έχει πάντα τα κλειδιά Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ μεγάλε και τρανέ. Παναθηναϊκέ, Παναθηναϊκέ, πρωταθλητή σ'όλα τα σπορ παντοτινέ.

German A team as great as you do not exist, there is no other so dynamic. And thousands of followers, once they see the shamrock, cheering " Long live Panathinaikos " Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos great and glorious. Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, eternal master of all sports. There have you honored your famous stars, all heroes with a big heart. It would be all over Greece to have such a club, has always the key to victory Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos great and glorious. Panathinaikos, Panathinaikos, eternal master of all sports.

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• Greek volleyball club
• Sports Club (Athens)
• Founded in 1919