Panathinaikos Water Polo Club

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Panathinaikos Water Polo
NicknamesThe Trifolium
Founded1928;96 years ago (1928)
League A1 Ethniki Water Polo
LEN Euro Cup
Based in Athens, Greece
ArenaGoudi Aquatic Center
ColoursGreen and White
  
PresidentPanagiotis Malakates
Head coach Dimitris Mazis
Website pao1908.com

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]

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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 seasons 2014-15 and 2022-23.

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

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 2023–24 [4]

No.Nat.PlayerBirth
Goalkeepers
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Dimitrije Rističević07/11/1992
13 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Kratimenos17/04/2006
Defense
4 Flag of Greece.svg Orestis Zervoudakis03/10/2006
5 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Nikolaidis17/02/2005
11 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Agkortsas06/08/1997
Center
2 Flag of Greece.svg Fanis Deftereos07/06/2004
3 Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Kandanoleon16/02/2005
8 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Sgouridis16/03/2002
14 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Chomatas06/07/2006
-- Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Papanikolaou31/01/2000
Offense
6 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Stevenson 16/03/1995
7 Flag of Greece.svg Dionisis Braimis08/11/2000
9 Flag of Greece.svg Marios Chatzigoulas07/04/1995
10 Flag of Greece.svg Dimosthenis Dermitzakis25/09/1991
12 Flag of Greece.svg Nikolas Alvertis14/01/1995

Technical and managerial staff

Staff
Head coach Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Mazis
Assistant coach Flag of Greece.svg Nasos Iriotis
Trainer Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Vlachos
Team manager Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Papagiannis

Notable players

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References

  1. ↑ Panathinaikos, the Greek Sports Master :: Departments : Water Polo Club
  2. ↑ "Πρόκριση για Παναθηναϊκό! | Gazzetta".
  3. ↑ "Πανιώνιος - Παναθηναϊκός 13-14 (10-12 (κ.α.) - Πράσινα νέα - Ενημέρωση, παρασκήνιο και άποψη για τον Παναθηναϊκό". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  4. ↑ ΡΟΣΤΕΡ 2023-24. pao1908.com (in Greek). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
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