The table tennis department of

Panathinaikos A.O. Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

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 The ETTU Cup is the second most important continental tournament for clubs in European table tennis, after the European Champions League. The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) has organized this cup since the 1964-65 season for men teams, and al ...

, Panathinaikos passed Turnerschaft Innsbruck, Centro Sportivo Milano, TTC Rot-Weiß Hamburg and reached the semi-finals, where they disqualified by Hertha BSC Berlin.

Honours

* Greek Clubs' Championship, Men (12): ** 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 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 (2): ** 1972, 2022 * Shield of the European Union

, Men ** ''Semi-finals (1):'' 1974 * Shield of the European Union

ETTU The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is the governing body of the sport of table tennis in Europe, and is the only authority recognised for this purpose by the International Table Tennis Federation. The ETTU deals with all matters relating to t ...

Europe Trophy, Women ** Winners (1): 2022

Current players

''Season 2023–24''

Former Notable players

Men

* Andrej Gaćina *

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* Spyros Giannakopoulos * Giannis Kalogiannis * Nikos Kostopoulos * Maria Louka * Stamatina Louka * Nikos Mantzaroglou *

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* Lena Ralli * Eleni Vlachaki *

Jakub Dyjas Jakub Dyjas (born 9 October 1995) is a Polish table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Alexander Shibaev, and as part of the Polish team in the ...

Kristian Karlsson Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player. Career Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhätt ...

* Betty Janes Klosky

Women

* Dina Meshref *

Szandra Pergel Szandra Pergel (born 24 December 1988) is a Hungarian table tennis player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 ...

Katarzyna Grzybowska Katarzyna Grzybowska (born 30 April 1989, Siedlce) is a Polish table tennis player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Polish women's team in the team table tennis event. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's sing ...

Elizabeta Samara Elizabeta Samara (born 15 April 1989 in Constanța) is a professional Romanian table tennis and a three-time European champion. She is currently the player of CSA Steaua București. Samara previously represented Fenerbahçe SK. She has repres ...

Sources

* 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
Official website
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