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.'' A.S. Apollon Patras (

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:''A.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών'') is a

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, and

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. The club is named after the ancient

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, and its team colours are black and white.

History

The club was founded in 1926, in the

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neighborhood. The

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club entered the Achaea FCA, and played many matches against

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, ...

, APS Olympiakos, Patraikos, and Thyella. The team's ground was in the Olympiakos Patras Arena, today's Prosfygika Stadium. The football team was later dissolved, and today Apollon is mainly a

team, K.A.E. Apollon Patras. It is a regular member of the top-tier level (

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), has participated in the

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), the

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), and has played in the

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Final in 1997, where they lost the title game against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, by a score of 78–80.

Honours

Basketball

Men's team *Participation in the Premier Division ( Basket League) (32x): 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Titles: (8x) *Divisional titles: (5x) **

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(3x): 1992,2003,2021 **

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(2x): 1976,1979 *Local titles: (4x) **Achaia Local Regional Championships (4x): 1956, 1958, 1971, 1973 Greek Honours: *

Finalist (2x): 1997, 2015 European honours: *

: Round of 16, 1997 *

: Round of 32, 1998 *

: Round of 16, 1999 Women's team *

Achaia Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

local regional championship winner (3x): 1998, 2006, 2007

Volleyball

Men's team *

local regional championship winner (3x): 1998, 2005, 2007 *Participation in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002 *Participation in the Third National Division: 2004, 2006 Women's team *

local regional championship winner (2x): 2007, 2008 *Participation in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002

Football

local regional championship winner (3x): 1945, 1946, 1948 *Participation in Greek Football Third Division (South): 1967, 1976

Table tennis

The club also competes in

competitions, and it finished in fourth place in 1974. It produced athletes such as: Dimitrios Zikos, Giorgos Glarakis, Gerasimos Roussopoulos, and Spyros Kalogriopoulos. Roussopoulos was a member of the team that won the Atomic Greek Youth Championships in 1971, and finished second in 1972 and 1973. In 1969, along with Spyros Kalogriopoulos, they were Greek champions in the children's doubles, as athletes of Sporting Patras.Apollonpatras.gr

Gallery

File:Apollon Palais des Sports(2).jpg,

Apollon Patras Indoor Hall Apollon Patras Indoor Hall, also known as ''Perivola Indoor Hall'', is an indoor sports arena that is located in Patras, Greece. The arena is known for its unique roof construction, which is made entirely out of wood. The arena belongs to the l ...

. File:Apollon Palais des Sports(3).jpg, Apollon PatrasIndoor Hall, Perivola. File:Nasional Idoor Hall Olympic metalist D. Tofalos05.jpg,

Dimitris Tofalos Arena Dimitris Tofalos Arena (alternate spelling: Dimitrios Tofalos Arena) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Proastio, Patras, Greece. The arena is named after the great Greek wrestling champion of the early 20th century, and gold medalist ...

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field. File:Prosfigika Groud 1.jpg, Prosfygika Stadium.

References

*Newspapers: '' Peloponnisos'', '' I Imera'', '' Proodos'', ''

I Gnomi The number of national daily newspapers in Greece was 68 in 1950 and it increased to 156 in 1965. Mid through the Greek financial crisis in 2016, on a national level there were 15 daily general interest, 11 daily sports, 4 daily business, 10 week ...

'', '' Patras Spor'', '' Neologos'', '' Patraiki Evdomadas'', '' Fos'', '' Allagi'', '' Ta Gegonota'' and '' Ethnikos Kyrix'' *''Lefkoma, 100 Years of Football (Soccer) in Patras'' – City of

2006
Axaioi3.gr A.U. Apollon PatrasKAE Apollon Achaia-Clauss

External links

Official Website

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