Panathinaikos (table tennis club)

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.

Panathinaikos
NicknamesThe Trifolium
The Great Club
Founded1924
Based inAthens, Greece
StadiumApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
PresidentPanagiotis Malakates
Head coachKostas Nikopoulos
Websitepao1908.com

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

  • 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 (1):
    • 1972
  • ETTU Cup
    • Semi-finals (1): 1974

Current players

Season 2021–22

Men's squad

Name Nat.
Konstantinos Angelakis
Jorge Campos
Laurent Cova
Jakub Dyjas
Andrej Gaćina
Giorgos Konstantinopoulos
Kostas Konstantinopoulos
Iason Kordonoutis
Petyo Krastev

Women's squad

Name Nat.
Maria Artsetou
Katarzyna Grzybowska
Szandra Pergel
Sabina Surjan
Elisavet Terpou
Ana Tofant
Katerina Toliou

Notable players

Nikos Mantzaroglou
  • Spyros Giannakopoulos
  • Giannis Kalogiannis
  • Nikos Kostopoulos
  • Maria Louka
  • Stamatina Louka
  • Nikos Mantzaroglou
  • Kostas Priftis
  • Lena Ralli
  • Eleni Vlachaki
  • Betty Janes Klosky

Sources

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