Panathinaikos
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| Full name | Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos |
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| Nicknames | Οι πράσινοι (the Greens) To τριφύλλι (the Trifolium) |
| Founded | 3 February 1908 as Podosferikos Omilos Athinon (109 years, 23 days old) |
| Colours | Green, White |
| Anthem | Syllogos Megalos (Great Club) |
| Chairman | Dimitris Baltakos |
| Website | panathinaikos1908.gr |
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (Greek: Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: Panathenaic Athletic Club or Panathinaikos AC), also known simply as Panathinaikos (Greek pronunciation: [panaˈθinai̯kˈos]), is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. It has the trifolium as its official emblem, symbol of harmony, unity, nature, and good luck. Green (usually used dark shades of the colour by the club) and white are their colours (green for health, youth and nature, such as physiolatry, and white for virtue). Panathinaikos is one of the most successful multi-sport club and one of the oldest clubs in Greece. The name "Panathinaikos" (which can literally be translated as "Panathenaic", which means "of all Athens") was inspired by the ancient work of Isocrates Panathenaicus, where the orator praise the Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority, which use it for benefit of all Greeks.
It was founded by Giorgos Kalafatis in 1908 as a football club, when he and 40 other athletes decided to break away from Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos following the club's decision to discontinue its football team. It is amongst the most popular clubs in the country and one of the biggest worldwide, based on the number of its sports departments. It is the club that introduced in Greece a number of sports, as it was the first, or amongst the first teams, in football, basketball, volleyball, field hockey, table tennis and handball, while they were also pioneer in the creation of women's teams in basketball and football.
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