Panathinaikos women's volleyball

Panathinaikos
Nickname The Trifolium
The Amazons
The Great Club
Founded 1969
Ground Panellinios Indoor Hall
Athens, Greece
(Capacity: 1,500)
Chairman Dimitrios Giannakopoulos
Head Coach Kyriakos Kamperidis
League Pre League
2017–18 inactive
Uniforms
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Championships
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Panathinaikos AC Women's Volleyball Team is a Greek volleyball team, part of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O.. The department was founded in 1969 and is the most successful women's volleyball team in Greece. They have won 23[1] Championships, 5 Cups, with 5 Doubles, while they have the impressive record of finishing undefeated the Championship 8 times (1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2007). They hold also the record for the most consecutive Greek League titles, as they are the only team to have won 7 consecutive championships (2005-2011), such as the unique record of 68 straight wins in the league including the play-offs.

They have also reached four times a European final four and two times a European final (2000 and 2009). The team currently plays in Panellinios Indoor Hall.

In 2017, the club was relegated due to serious financial problems. They stayed inactive in the 2017–18 season.

Apart from the Greek players, who have traditionally been the backbone of Greece's national team, some of the greatest players in European volleyball that have played for the team over the years include Ruxandra Dumitrescu, Brižitka Molnar, Tammy Mahon, Jelena Lozancic, Olga Tocko, María Fernández, Sanja Tomasević and others.

The club has retired the jersey number 9 in honour of the team's legendary captain Ruxandra Dumitrescu.

Honours

Domestic

  • Greek Championship (record): (23)[2][3]
    • 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Greek Cup: (5)
    • 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Double: (5)
    • 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

European

Current women's volleyball squad

2018–19 season

Number Player Position Birth Date Height (m)
1 Greece Elena Kountoura Setter 03/05/1992 1.90
2 Greece Apostolia Nousia Outside Hitter 13/03/1991 1.78
3 Greece Sofia Kosma Outside Hitter 15/11/1993 1.80
4 Greece Athina Vogiatzoglou Setter 21/11/2001 1.74
6 Cyprus Evita Leonidou Libero 24/10/2000 1.76
7 Greece Stella Tsiakoula Middle Blocker 13/03/1998 1.85
10 Greece Maria Oikonomidou Opposite 18/08/1992 1.85
11 Greece Maria Labrinidou Middle Blocker 29/06/1986 1.87
13 Greece Panagiota Rogka Libero 07/04/1987 1.67
15 Greece Ioanna Vogiatzoglou Outside Hitter 18/01/2000 1.85
17 Greece Ilioni Kelesidi Opposite 17/06/1997 1.90

Retired numbers

Panathinaikos women's volleyball retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Position Tenure
9RomaniaGreeceRuxandra DumitrescuOutside Hitter2003–2010

Technical and managerial staff

2018–19 season

Staff
Head Coach Greece Kyriakos Kamperidis
Assistant coach Greece Angi Mpoumpouli
Physiotherapist Greece Vasilis Aggelou
Statistician Greece Stathis Mavros

Selected former players

Selected former coaches

  • Serbia Sava Grozdanović
  • Greece Andreas Bergeles
  • Greece Nikos Bergeles
  • Greece Soulis Toursougas
  • Poland Jerzy Welz
  • Greece Giannis Nikolakis
  • Greece Dimitris Bahramis
  • Greece Takis Floros

Historical performance in the league

Panhellenic Championship A' National A1 Division
Pos. 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Positions

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Times 23 15 4 2 1

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, defeated by Perugia
CEV Cup
1980-81 Final Four 4th place
Challenge Cup
2008-09 Final 2nd place, defeated by Vini Monteschiavo Jesi
2009-10 Quarter-final eliminated by Asterix Kieldrecht

Sponsorships

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.greekvolley.gr/index.php/players/players/item/7249-πρωτάθλημα-α1-γυναικών-χρυσή-βιβλος.html
  2. ↑ "ΟΙ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΤΕΣ (ΟΜΑΔΕΣ,ΠΡΟΠΟΝΗΤΕΣ,ΑΘΛΗΤΡΙΕΣ)". https://www.volleyball.gr (in Greek). Hellenic Volleyball Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2017. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "ΟΙ ΤΙΤΛΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΥ ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΟΜΙΛΟΥ" (PDF). http://panathinaikos1908.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 January 2018. External link in |website= (help)
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