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
*
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 ...
, Men
** ''Semi-finals (1):'' 1974
*
ETTU
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Europe Trophy, Women
** Winners (1): 2022
Current players
''Season 2023–24''
Former Notable players
Men
![Nikos Mantzaroglou](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Nikos_Mantzaroglou.jpg)
*
Andrej Gaćina
*
Jorge Campos
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*
Spyros Giannakopoulos
*
Giannis Kalogiannis
*
Nikos Kostopoulos
*
Maria Louka
*
Stamatina Louka
*
Nikos Mantzaroglou
*
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Given name
* Costas Andreou, Greek musician
* Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player
* ...
*
Lena Ralli
*
Eleni Vlachaki
*
Jakub Dyjas
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*
Kristian Karlsson
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Career
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*
Betty Janes Klosky
Women
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Dina Meshref
*
Szandra Pergel
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*
Katarzyna Grzybowska
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Elizabeta Samara
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Sources
* 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
Official website
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Table tennis in Greece
1924 establishments in Greece