Panathinaikos V.C.

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 26 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).

Main article: Panathinaikos A.O.
Panathinaikos
NicknameThe Trifolium
The Greens
The Great Club
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundMaroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall
(Capacity: 1,700)
ChairmanPanagiotis Malakates
ManagerDimitris Andreopoulos
LeagueGreek Volleyleague
2021–221st (Champion)
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away
Championships
25
Active departments of Panathinaikos AC
Football
men's		Football B
men's		Football
women's
Basketball
men's		Basketball
women's		Water Polo
Volleyball
men's		Volleyball
women's		Table tennis
RugbyAthleticsCycling
FencingArcheryShooting
WeightliftingWrestlingBoxing
SwimmingDivingModern
pentathlon
ChesseSportsFutsal
Parasports

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
Georgios Kalafatis

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

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 1.96 Outside Hitter
3 Dimitrios Gkaras (1985-11-12) November 12, 1985 1.85 Libero
5 Sotiris Sinadinos (2000-03-09) March 9, 2000 1.83 Libero
6 Theofanis Rousopoulos (2000-07-21) July 21, 2000 1.89 Setter
7 Thanasis Protopsaltis (1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 1.85 Outside Hitter
8 Axel Jacobsen (c) (1984-07-10) July 10, 1984 1.96 Setter
9 Stathis Arampopoulos (1998-06-20) June 20, 1998 1.88 Outside Hitter
10 Achilleas Basis (1994-03-13) March 13, 1994 1.95 Middle Blocker
11 Angelos Markou (2003-07-01) July 1, 2003 1.94 Opposite
12 Lucas Rangel (1990-10-29) October 29, 1990 2.08 Middle Blocker
13 Charalampos Andreopoulos (2001-01-23) January 23, 2001 1.93 Outside Hitter
15 Alexandros Raptis (2000-02-16) February 16, 2000 1.98 Outside Hitter
19 Bram Van Den Dries (1989-08-14) August 14, 1989 2.08 Opposite
20 Sašo Štalekar (1996-05-03) May 3, 1996 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
14Sotiris PantaleonMiddle Blocker1996–2012, 2014–2021

Selected former players

Selected former coaches
Mauro Berruto
  • 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
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
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 Hall1,5001960s–2004
Glyfada Indoor Hall2,2702004–2009
2010–2011
Mets Indoor Hall1,2002009–2010
2011–2013
Panellinios Indoor Hall1,1002013–2019
Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall1,7002019–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
  1. "Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος - ΤίτλοιιΠαναθηναϊκός". pao1908.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2017-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Η Χρυσή Βίβλος του Super Cup". Contra.gr. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ΒΟΛΕΙ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ ΡΟΣΤΕΡ. pao1908.com (in Greek). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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