Nickname |
The Trifolium The Greens The Great Club |
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Founded | 1919 | ||
Ground |
Panellinios Indoor Hall Athens, Greece (Capacity: 1,700) |
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Chairman | Dimitris Kassaris | ||
Manager | Dimitris Andreopoulos | ||
League | Greek Volleyleague | ||
2015–16 | 5th | ||
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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 18 Greek Championships finishing 6 times undefeated (1962–63, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75), 6 Greek Cups 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, , , Jakub Novotný, Plamen Konstantinov, Boyan Yordanov, Björn Andrae, Andrija Gerić, Clayton Stanley, Ernardo Gómez, , Guillaume Samica, Dawid Murek, Paweł Zagumny and Łukasz Żygadło.