Panathinaikos WPC

Main article: Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos
Nicknames The Trifolium
Founded 1930
League A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based in Athens, Greece
Arena Ilisio Swimming Pool
Colours Green and White
         
President Ilias Mihalarias
Head coach Theodoros Lorantos
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)

Panathinaikos AC Water Polo, founded in 1930, is the water polo department of Panathinaikos A.C., the Athens-based Greek multi-sport club. Despite its early establishment it doesn't have any particular honours so far. The best result it has achieved in the A1 Ethniki Water Polo is the second place.[1]

History in the Greek Championship

Panathinaikos AC Water Polo was initially established in 1930, but three years later it was forced to close because of the lack of a swimming pool. The club was re-established in 1959. Without facing any particular difficulties it won the tournaments of the lower divisions and managed to qualify for the first division 3 years later, in 1962. In the years 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Panathinaikos WPC reached the third position. In 1993 PAO WPC returned for another time to second division. Until now PAO WPC have never won a national title.

In 2011 the club took the third place, along with the participation ticket for the first time in its history in the LEN Euroleague. The club ended up in the third place once again in the season 2013-2014. The team finished second for the first time in its history in the season 2014-15.

Greek Cup

In the Greek Water Polo Cup Panathinaikos participated in the final in the season 2014-15.

The team had previously reached the semi-finals in the seasons: 1983-84, 1984-85, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

European Honours

Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

In its first participation in the LEN Euroleague (2011–12), Panathinaikos succeeded in advancing from the preliminary round to the first group stage. The club succeeded in winning against Kharkiv and VK Primorac Kotor (8-11) but it was eventually eliminated from the second group stage.
Following its elimination from the Euroleague, PAO went on to compete in the LEN Trophy, where it advanced until the round of "16" after winning against Le Ben and eventually having a draw 7-7 against Galatasaray.[2] Finally Panathinaikos did not advance to the quarter finals after being eliminated by Panionios 6-8 in OAKA, and 13-14 (10-12) in Nea Smirni.[3]

Current Roster

Season 2015–2016

No. Nat. Player Birth
Goalkeepers
Greece Filippos Karampetsos 1977
Greece Iason Grigoriadis 1996
Greece Anastasios Pitoulis 1997
Greece Loukas Kalomenidis 1997
Defense
Greece Grigoris Kapetanakis 1997
Greece Panteleimon Kalogerakos 1996
Greece George Torakis 1989
Greece Giannis Gavalas 1983
Offense
Canada John Conway 1991
Greece Dionisis Karountzos 1985
Greece Panagiotis Vitellas 1991
Greece Ioannis Pantazopoulos 1997
Greece Dimos Dermitzakis 1991
Croatia Tomislav Primorac 1980
Greece Athanasios Skliros 1998
Greece Stathis Hatzistefanou 1997
Greece Panagiotis Mpertolis 1998
Greece Thomas Konstantinou 1998
Center
Greece Georgios Afroudakis 1976
Greece Michael Sartzetakis 1996
Greece Dimitris Papadimitriou 1998
Coach
Greece Theodoros Lorantos

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Panathinaikos, the Greek Sports Master :: Departments : Water Polo Club
  2. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.gr/article/item/231078-prokrise-gia-panathenaiko
  3. ↑ http://prasinanea.gr/polo/lentrophy/article1481380.ece

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