Panathinaikos VC

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Panathinaikos
Full name	T.A.P. Panathinaikos A.O.
Nickname(s)	Prasinoi (The Greens) Trifilli (The Clover)
Founded	1919
Ground	Glyfada Indoor Hall Athens, Greece (Capacity 3,232)
Chairman	Thanassis Giannakopoulos
Head Coach	Vacant
League	A1
2006-07	A1, 2nd place
Home colours 　 Away colours

Main article: Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos Voleyball Club is the volleyball team of Panathinaikos, the Athens based Greek sport club. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Greece. The club is owned by restaurant owner Vlassis Stathokostopoulos.

Contents 1 History 2 Current volleyball squad 3 Selected Former Players 4 International Record 5 Honours 6 Women 7 Current volleyball squad 8 Selected Former Players 9 International Record 10 Honours 11 External links

[edit] History

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 historical member of the board Apostolos Nikolaidis as well as players such as Aravositas, Gkoumas, Arg. Nikolaidis, Papageorgiou and Papastefanou. In the following years the interest for volleyball became less until before the Second World War when Panathinaikos presented a powerful team with leader players such as Labrou, Vallidis, Momferatos, Tzoumanis, Proselentis, Lykouris, Kakridis and more.

In recent years, Panathinaikos' volleyball club has won many titles and honors due to the fact that the team roster has always included some of the leading volleyball players. 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. The most important achievement of the team was the participation in the final of the European Cup in 1980 with players such as Georgantis, Agrapidakis, Koliopoulos, Iliopoulos, Papadopoulos, Malousaris, Gkountakos, Astras and Kokkinaras. In the following years, Panathinaikos team continued to dominate the Greek championship with 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 championships in a raw with Stelios Prosalikas as head coach and Andreopoulos, Triantafillidis, Philippov, Spanos, Hatziantoniou, Ouzounof, A. Kovatsef, S. Kovatsef, Karamaroudis, Mavrakis, Konstantinidis, Zakynthinos, Koutouleas, Tonev as players.

Today, after a transition period, Panathinaikos is aiming again at the top. The renaissance of the team was demonstrated at the 2006 Top Teams Cup Final-4 in Palma de Mallorca, where Panathinaikos came third. Notable was the fan support, since it was the first major volleyball tournament in Europe where such a large number of fans (over 500) have travelled more than 2.000km to support their team.

[edit] Current volleyball squad

As of October 2007

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Andreas Andreadis	Middle Blocker	2.05	14/01/1982
2	Stathis Ntonas	Opposite	1.99	02/02/1981
3	Konstantinos Girtzikis	Middle Blocker	1.97	24/01/1975
4	Chrysanthos Kyriazis	Wing Spiker	1.94	21/04/1972
5	Liberman Agamez	Opposite	2.03	15/02/1985
6	Sakis Psarras	Setter	1.87	01/06/1973
7	Georgios Stefanou	Libero	1.88	12/01/1981
8	Michalis Kovac	Middle Blocker	2.07	22/08/1971
12	Argyris Psarras	Libero	1.76	22/08/1977
14	Sotirios Pantaleon	Middle Blocker	2.03	21/06/1980
15	Ilias Lappas	Wing Spiker	1.94	20/07/1979
17	Nikos Papagelopoulos	Opposite	2.02	17/11/1988
18	Dante Amaral	Wing Spiker	2.02	30/09/1980

Coach:

Assistant Coach: Nikos Boutsouris

[edit] Selected Former Players

• Andre Nascimento
• Cleber De Oliveira
• Plamen Konstantinov
• Dimo Tonev
• Dalibor Polak
• Fabrice Bry
• Dimitris Andreopoulos
• Theodoros Baev
• Akis Chatziantoniou
• Pavlos Karamaroudis
• Stelios Kazazis
• Michalis Koliopoulos
• Akis Sidiropoulos
• Tasos Tentzeris
• Michalis Triantafillidis
• Dawid Murek
• Yuri Filippov
• Clayton Stanley
• Hernando Gomez

[edit] International Record

Season	Achievement	Notes
Champions Cup
1995-96		7th place
1996-97		5th place
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

[edit] Honours

• Greek Championships: 18
  • 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006

• Greek Cups: 5
  • 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007, 2008

• Super Cup: 1
  • 2006

• Doubles: 3
  • 1982, 1984, 1985

• Cup Winners Cup Runners-Up
  • 1980

[edit] Women

Ground: Apostolos Nikolaidis Indoor Hall (Capacity: 1.500)

[edit] Current volleyball squad

As of October 2007

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Eleftheria Chatzinikou	Setter	1.82	20/04/1978
3	Eleni Frangiadaki	Wing Spiker	1.87	23/06/1982
4	Nikoleta Koutouxidou	Setter	1.78	10/01/1990
5	Fidanka Saparevska	Middle Blocker	1.80	04/05/1970
6	Monique Ashley Adams	Wing Spiker	1.86	04/02/1970
7	Georgia Tzanakaki	Middle Blocker	1.88	01/12/1980
8	Evangelia Kressou	Setter	1.85	22/09/1984
9	Ruxandra Dumitrescu	Opposite	1.86	20/04/1977
10	Fenia Papageorgiou	Wing Spiker	1.80	16/02/1981
11	Anna Karpouza	Opposite	1.92	09/01/1990
12	Xanthi Milona	Libero	1.73	27/05/1980
15	Tatyana Voronina	Wing Spiker	1.87	20/10/1977
17	Jelena Lozancic	Middle Blocker	1.86	26/03/1983

Coach: Nikos Papaioannou

Assistant Coach: Pavlos Karamaroudis

[edit] Selected Former Players

• Lira Ribas
• Jana Simankova
• Jana Zikmundova
• Agi Babouli
• Maria Garagouni
• Niki Garagouni
• Lia Mitsi
• Chara Sakkoula
• Efi Sfiri
• Tatjana Samodahova
• Milica Budimir
• Sonja Borovincek
• Trisha Bradford

[edit] International Record

Season	Achievement	Notes
Champions Cup
1993-94	Quarter-final	eliminated by Matera
Cup Winners Cup
1994-95	Final four	4th place
1995-96		7th place
1999-00	Final	2nd place
CEV Cup
1980-1981	Final four	4th place

[edit] Honours

• Greek Championships: 21
  • 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

• Greek Cups: 3
  • 2005, 2006, 2008

• Doubles: 3
  • 2005, 2006, 2008

• Cup Winners Cup Runners-Up
  • 2000

[edit] External links

• Panathinaikos Volleyball Department - Official website (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Fans' Site (in Greek & English)
• Green CyBeR Fans' Site (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Fan Site & Forum (in Greek & English)
• Panathinaikos Gate 13 Fans' Site (in Greek & English)
• |P|anathinaikos - the |G|reek |S|ports |M|aster website (in English)

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