Panathinaikos (table tennis club)

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Panathinaikos
NicknamesThe Trifolium
Vazeli
Founded1924
Based inAthens, Greece
StadiumLeoforos Alexandras Stadium
PresidentPanagiotis Malakates
Head coachLefteris Makras
Nikos Zervas
Websitepao1908.com
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The table tennis department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1924 by the great player Nikos Mantzaroglou. Through the next decades Panathinaikos became one of the best table tennis teams in Greece with a lot of successes in both men and women.

In 1974, the men's team had its biggest success in the European competitions. In the ETTU Cup, Panathinaikos passed Turnerschaft Innsbruck, Centro Sportivo Milano, TTC Rot-Weiß Hamburg and reached the semi-finals, where they disqualified by Hertha BSC Berlin.

Honours[edit]

  • Greek Clubs' Championship, Men (12):
    • 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1975
  • Greek Clubs' Championship, Women (3):
    • 1972, 1973, 1974
  • Greek Cup, Men (3):
    • 1965,1966, 1969
  • Greek Cup, Women (2):
    • 1972, 2022
  • ETTU Cup, Men
    • Semi-finals (1): 1974
  • ETTU Europe Trophy, Women
    • Winners (1): 2022

Current players[edit]

Season 2023–24

Men's squad[edit]

Name Nat.
Konstantinos Angelakis Greece
Nikos Antoniadis Greece
Viktor Brodd Sweden
Zisis Doukeris Greece
Panagiotis Gionis Greece
Giorgos Konstantinopoulos Greece
Kostas Konstantinopoulos Greece
Emmanuel Lebesson France

Women's squad[edit]

Name Nat.
Maria Artsetou Greece
Matilda Hansson Sweden
Konstantina Paridi Greece
Elisavet Terpou Greece
Ana Tofant Slovenia
Katerina Toliou Greece
Vasiliki Tzimou Greece

Former Notable players[edit]

Men[edit]

Nikos Mantzaroglou

Women[edit]

Sources[edit]