NO Patras

Ν.Ο. Πατρών
Full nameNaftikos Omilos Patras
Coloursblue, white
Founded1929
CourtNOP Arena
Capacity3.000
Sports Water polo
Swimming
Greek Championships
(Water polo)
1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940,
1945, 1946, 1950
Greek Cup
(Water polo)
1995
Len Trophy finalist 1999

NO Patras (NOP), Nautical Club of Patras (Ναυταθλητικός Όμιλος Πατρών), is a water polo club participating in the First Division of the Greek Championship (A1 Ethniki).

History

NO Patras aquatic center, Akti Dymeon, Patras

NOP was founded on April 19, 1929, in Patras, Western Greece and immediately became one of the protagonists of Greek water polo, dominating the 30's and 40's by winning 8 Greek Championships. During the next decades the club continually participated at the First Division (with the exception of six seasons in the Second Division/A2 Ethniki). The club also reached 8 times the final of the Greek Water Polo Cup, winning the trophy in 1995. NO Patras was the runner-up of the LEN Trophy in 1999.

Honours

Rankings in the Greek First Division (A1 & A Ethniki)

NO Patras, 2011 tournament

A1 League: 23 participations [1]

Season Rank
1929-30 6th
1930-313rd
1931-32 -
1932-33 5th
1933-34 4th
1934-351st
1935-362nd
1936-371st
1937-381st
1938-391st
1939-401st
1940-44 World War II
1944-451st
1945-461st
1946-472nd
1947-48-
1948-492nd
1949-501st
1950-512nd

Season Rank
1951-522nd
1952-533rd
1953-54-
1954-553rd
1955-562nd
1956-575th
1957-582nd
1958-592nd
1959-603rd
1960-612nd
1961-622nd
1962-633rd
1963-643rd
1964-653rd
1965-663rd
1966-67 7th
1967-683rd
1968-695th
1969-705th

Season Rank
1970-716th
1971-725th
1972-735th
1973-744th
1974-754th
1975-764th
1976-777th
1977-786th
1978-797th
1979-808th
1980-815th
1981-826th
1982-838th
1983-849th
1984-8510th
1985-867th
1986-877th
1987-88 A2
1988-89 8th

Season Rank
1989-90 A2
1990-91 5th
1991-925th
1992-935th
1993-945th
1994-955th
1995-963rd
1996-973rd
1997-983rd
1998-99 7th
1999-00 6th
2000-01 7th
2001-0210th
2002-037th
2003-043rd
2004-057th
2005-06 11th
2006-07 A2
2007-08 A2

Season Rank
2008-09 7th
2009-10 8th
2010-11 9th
2011-12 10th
2012-13 12th
2013-14 A2
2014-15 A2

Greek Cup

In the Greek Water Polo Cup, N.O. Patras has reached the final 8 times, winning the trophy once. The team was the Greek Cup Winner in 1995, when they defeated Vouliagmeni 13-12 in the OAKA Indoor Aquatic Centre.

It was defeated in the following finals:

European Cups

The greatest honour of NO Patras was in 1999 when they reached the LEN Trophy double finals against Újpest Budapest. In the first final, in Patras, NOP was defeated 7-12, while it won 9-10 in the second final in Budapest. Before reaching the final, NOP had eliminated Montpellier, Crişul Oradea, Adalar and Dynamo Lviv. In the quarter finals they defeated Primorac Kotor and in the semi finals the Real Canoe NC.

Another successful year for NOP in Europe was in 1992, when they reached the semi-finals of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup.

References



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