Panathinaikos (table tennis club)
Appearance
Nicknames | The Trifolium The Great Club |
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Founded | 1924 |
Based in | Athens, Greece |
Stadium | Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium |
President | Dimitrios Giannakopoulos |
Head coach | Kostas Nikopoulos |
Website | panathinaikos1908.gr |
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.
Notable players
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nikos_Mantzaroglou.jpg/100px-Nikos_Mantzaroglou.jpg)
Spyros Giannakopoulos
Giannis Kalogiannis
Nikos Kostopoulos
Maria Louka
Stamatina Louka
Nikos Mantzaroglou
Kostas Priftis
Lena Ralli
Eleni Vlachaki
Betty Janes Klosky
Honours
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Men (11):
- 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956,1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1975
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Women (3):
- 1972, 1973, 1974
- Greek Cup, Men (3):
- 1965,1966, 1969
- Greek Cup, Women (1):
- 1972
ETTU Cup
- Semi-finals (1): 1974
Sources
- 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
- Official website Template:El icon