Panathinaikos (table tennis club)

Panathinaikos AC

Nicknames	The Trifolium The Great Club
Founded	1924
Based in	Athens, Greece
Stadium	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
President	Ilias Michalarias
Head coach	Kostas Nikopoulos
Website	panathinaikos1908.gr

Active departments of Panathinaikos AC
Football	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Water Polo
Athletics	Swimming	Diving
Table tennis	Cycling	Boxing
Wrestling	Weightlifting	Kickboxing
Fencing	Archery	Shooting
Field hockey	Rugby (Men's)	Rugby (Women's)

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

Nikos Mantzaroglou

• 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 (Greek)