Panathinaikos_VC
Panathinaikos V.C.
Greek volleyball club
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, 3 Greek League Cups and 2 Greek Super Cups. They have reached also twice the CEV Cup final (1979–80, 2008–09).
| Nickname | The Trifolium The Greens | ||
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| Founded | 1919; 105 years ago (1919) | ||
| Ground | Mets Indoor Hall (Capacity: 1,200) | ||
| Chairman | Panagiotis Malakates | ||
| Manager | Dimitris Andreopoulos | ||
| League | Greek Volleyleague | ||
| 2023–24 | 2nd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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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.
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.
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
- Greek League Cup: (4)
- 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Greek Super Cup:[3] (2)
- 2006, 2022
European
CEV Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1980, 2009
Team roster – season 2023/2024[4]
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stavros Kasampalis | (1995-06-01) June 1, 1995 (age 28) | setter |
| 2 |  Jiří Kovář | (1989-04-10) April 10, 1989 (age 35) | outside hitter |
| 5 |  Raydel Hierrezuelo | (1987-07-14) July 14, 1987 (age 36) | setter |
| 7 | Giorgos Petreas | (1986-11-19) November 19, 1986 (age 37) | middle blocker |
| 9 | Nikolas Papangelopoulos | (1988-11-17) November 17, 1988 (age 35) | middle blocker |
| 10 | Dimitris Zisis | (1994-04-02) April 2, 1994 (age 30) | libero |
| 11 | Angelos Markou | (2003-07-01) July 1, 2003 (age 20) | opposite |
| 12 |  Lucas Victor Rangel | (1990-10-29) October 29, 1990 (age 33) | middle blocker |
| 15 | Andreas Frangos | (1989-12-21) December 21, 1989 (age 34) | outside hitter |
| 17 | Vasilis Kostopoulos | (1995-07-16) July 16, 1995 (age 28) | outside hitter |
| 18 | Grigoris Kontostathis | (1994-12-22) December 22, 1994 (age 29) | libero |
| 19 | Fernando Hernández | (1989-09-11) September 11, 1989 (age 34) | opposite |
| 21 | Theodoros Voulkidis | (1996-03-30) March 30, 1996 (age 28) | middle blocker |
| 55 |  Cameron Kern | (2000-02-10) February 10, 2000 (age 24) | setter |
| 77 | Athanasios Protopsaltis | (1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 30) | outside |
| Head coach: Dimitris Andreopoulos | |||
Technical and managerial staff
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Dimitris Andreopoulos |
| Assistant coach | Pavlos Karamaroudis |
| Assistant coach / Trainer | Christos Mpelos |
| Statistician | Alkiviadis Mpelos |
| Physiotherapist | Napoleon Charisis |
| Assistant physiotherapist | Panagiotis Vlahas |
| 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 |
- Renaud Herpe
- Gianluca Saraceni
- 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
- Lucas Victor Rangel
- Vinicius Raguzzoni
- Bulgaria
Theodoros Baev- Plamen Konstantinov
- Petar Ouzounov
- Dimo Tonev
- Aleksandar Simeonov
- Boyan Yordanov
- Ivan Kovlev
- Antonis Kovachev
- Canada
Keith Sanheim- Michael Amoroso
- Derrick Epp
- Cameron Kern
- Colombia
- Croatia
Danijel Galić
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
Jakub Novotný- Petr Pešl
- Peter Pláteník
- Dalibor Polak
- Petr Zapletal
- Denmark
Axel Jacobsen
- Egypt
Ionas Rezk
- France
Fabrice Bry- Ludovic Castard
- Renaud Herpe
- Guillaume Samica
- 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
- Nikos Karatzas
- 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 Triantafyllidis
- Giorgos Zakynthinos
- Italy
- Gianluca Saraceni
- Jiří Kovář
- 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
Jordi Gens
- Ukraine
- Yuri Filippov
- United States
Brian Cook- Jared Moore
- Jeff Nygaard
- Brenden Sander
- Clayton Stanley
- Nick Vogel
- Venezuela
- 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
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| 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 | |
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| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
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| 2000-2001[5][6] | Asics | Warsteiner |
| 2001-2002[6][7] | Nike | |
| 2002-2003[8] | Caan | EVGA |
| 2003-2004[9][10] | Caan | EVGA |
| 2004-2005[11] | Adidas | Subaru |
| 2005-2006[12] | Adidas | Subaru |
| 2007-2008[13] | Adidas | Subaru |
| 2008-2009[14] | Adidas | Subaru |
| 2009-2010[15] | Asics | |
| 2010-2011[16] | Asics | |
| 2011-2012[17] | Asics | |
| 2012-2013[18] | Fila | |
| 2013-2014[19] | Fila | |
| 2014-2015[20] | Fila | |
| 2015-2016[21] | Fila | Counterpain |
| 2016-2017[22] | Erreà | Counterpain |
| 2017-2018[23] | Erreà | |
| 2018-2019[24] | Athlos Sport | Pame Stoixima |
| 2019-2020[25] | Macron | Pame Stoixima |
| 2020-2021[26] | Macron | Pame Stoixima[27] |
| 2021-2022[28] | Macron | Pame Stoixima |
| 2022-2023[29] | Macron | Pame Stoixima |
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Macron
- Great Shirt Sponsor: OPAP / Pame Stoixima
- Official Sponsors: Viva Fresh, Batteries.gr, Hygeia Medical Center, Avance Car Rental, Biosteel, CIEL, Civitel, Myo Cel, Boukia kai syhorio, Bolossis, Art & Fantasy[30][31]
- Official Broadcaster: PAO TV
Historical uniforms
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| Arena | Capacity | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2023–present |
| Panellinios Indoor Hall | 1,100 | 2013–2019 |
| Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall | 1,700 | 2019–2023 |
- 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
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