Athinaikos A.C. ( el, Αθηναϊκός Α.Σ., full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in Vyronas, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

, and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

teams. Its achievements comprise Panhellenic championships and cups in women's basketball, Panhellenic championships and cups in women's and men's handball, as well as a European cup in women's basketball. The team's colours are red and yellow and the team’s emblem is a plane-tree leaf. The nickname of the club is Lords of Vyronas.

Departments

* Athinaikos F.C., football team * Athinaikos B.C., basketball team *

Athinaikos H.C. Athinaikos H.C. is a Greek handball club based in Vyronas, in the Athens agglomeration. The club is the handball section of Greek multisport club of Athinaikos. It is one of the most successful Greek handball club with titles both Men's and Wome ...

, handball team

History

Athinaikos was founded in 1917 by former footballers of Goudi F.C. During interwar period, apart from the football team the club had also teams in

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, swimming, and

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. The team's offices were located in the centre of

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

in Chalkokondyles Street. The offices were burnt in 1944, when Dekemvriana took place. In 1952, Athinaikos merged with the club Nea Elvetia AE, a sport club of the Vyronas' district Nea Elvetia and moved from

to Vyronas. In 1969, the basketball team was founded and at the late of 1970s handball team was founded. Handball team won many titles and honours in the period that had been existed. This team was dissolved temporarily in 2006 because of financial problems, but returned in 2015 starting from Beta Ethniki championship. In 1990 was founded the women basketball team, maybe the most successful team of the club. The women team won 4 championships, 3 cups and 1 European cup. It is also achieved the record of 105 consecutive wins in the championship, surpassing the previous record of 91 consecutive wins. The record has been recorded in Guinness records. Football team of Athinaikos is the most popular team of the club. The most successful period of the team is the 90s when Athinaikos had almost steady presence in A Ethniki, one presence in the final of the Greek Cup and they even had a presence in the

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

. This period often called the golden age of Athinaikos.

Sport Facilities

Athinaikos F.C. plays in Vyronas National Stadium. The Basketball team plays in

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, a gymnasium located in Vyronas.

Titles

; Athinaikos F.C. *

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

** Finalist (1): 1990 ; Athinaikos B.C. * EuroCup Women **Winner (1): 2010 * Greek Women Championship **Winner (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 * Greek Women Cup **Winner (3): 2010, 2011, 2012 ; Athinaikos Handball Club *

Greek Championship The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

**Winner (1): 2005 * Greek Cup **Winner (3): 1997, 2005, 2006 * Greek Women Championship **Winner (2): 1987, 1988 * Greek Women Cup **Winner (3): 1988, 1995, 1997

References

External links

Athinaikos Football ClubAthinaikos Basketball ClubAthinaikos Basketball Club Women
{{Athinaikos A.C. Athinaikos A.C. Multi-sport clubs in Athens