Panathinaikos V.C.

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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 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).

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): 1980, 2009

Current men's volleyball squad

Team roster – season 2024/2025[4]

No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Greece Stavros Kasampalis (1995-06-01) June 1, 1995 (age 29) setter
3 Netherlands Maarten van Garderen (1990-01-24) January 24, 1990 (age 35) outside hitter
4 Canada Maxwell Elgert (1998-08-31) August 31, 1998 (age 26) setter
6 United States Patrick Gasman (1997-01-02) January 2, 1997 (age 28) middle blocker
7 Greece Giorgos Petreas (1986-11-19) November 19, 1986 (age 38) middle blocker
8 Denmark Rasmus Breuning Nielsen (1994-05-22) May 22, 1994 (age 30) opposite
12 Greece Theodoros Voulkidis (1996-03-30) March 30, 1996 (age 29) middle blocker
15 Greece Andreas Frangos (C) (1989-12-21) December 21, 1989 (age 35) outside hitter
18 Greece Grigoris Kontostathis (1994-12-22) December 22, 1994 (age 30) libero
20 Norway Jonas Kvalen (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992 (age 32) outside hitter
26 Greece Stefanos Mandilaris (2000-12-29) December 29, 2000 (age 24) outside hitter
70 Greece Aristeidis Chandrinos (2002-11-20) November 20, 2002 (age 22) libero
77 Greece Athanasios Protopsaltis (1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 31) outside hitter

Technical and managerial staff

Staff
Head coach Greece Dimitris Andreopoulos
Assistant coach Greece Pavlos Karamaroudis
Assistant coach / Trainer Greece Christos Mpelos
Statistician Greece Alkiviadis Mpelos
Physiotherapist Greece Napoleon Charisis
Physiotherapist Greece Panagiotis Vlachas
Kit assistant Greece Alexandros Makos
Team manager Greece Roulis Agrapidakis

Retired numbers

Panathinaikos men's volleyball retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Position Tenure
14 Greece Sotiris Pantaleon Middle Blocker 1996–2012, 2014–2021

Selected former players

Albania
  • AlbaniaGreece Albano Qualiu
  • AlbaniaGreece Alvi Shurdhi
Argentina
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Kovać
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
  • Canada Keith Sanheim
  • Canada Michael Amoroso
  • Canada Derrick Epp
  • Canada Cameron Kern
  • Canada Maxwell Elgert
Colombia
Croatia
  • Croatia Danijel Galić
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
  • DenmarkArgentina Axel Jacobsen
  • Denmark Rasmus Breuning Nielsen
Egypt
  • EgyptGreece Ionas Rezk
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
  • Norway Jonas Kvalen
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Ukraine
United States
Venezuela

Selected former coaches

Mauro Berruto

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
2022–23 Semi–final eliminated by Olympiacos

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 12 8 43–35
2021–22 1st 19 5 58–22

Sponsorships

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
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
2023-2024[30] Macron Pame Stoixima
2022-2023[31] Macron Pame Stoixima
2024-2025[32] Adidas Pame Stoixima
  • Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Adidas
  • 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[33][34]
  • Official Broadcaster: ERT

Historical uniforms

1980
2005
2010

Arenas

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
Mets Indoor Hall 1,200 2023–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

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