Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (
Greek
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: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-
Ionia
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n Gymnastics Club of
Smyrna
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'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), more commonly known as Panionios F.C. or simply Panionios, is a Greek amateur
football
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club based in
Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni ( el, Νέα Σμύρνη, ''Néa Smýrni'', "New Smyrna") is a municipality in South Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after İzmir in Turkey, which Greek's called it as Smyrna, whence many ...
,
Athens
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, Greece. Part of
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
(founded in 1890 in
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
,
Ottoman Empire
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), Panionios F.C. is the oldest Greek football club.
In the wake of the
Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) There have been several Greco-Turkish Wars:
*Greek War of Independence (1821–1830), against the Ottoman Empire
*Undeclared war in 1854 during the Crimean War, with Greek irregulars invading Ottoman Epirus (Epirus Revolt of 1854) and Thessaly
* Fir ...
and the
population exchange between Greece and Turkey
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...
, the multi-sport club
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
was transferred to Athens. They have won two Greek Cups (in 1979 and 1998), while they were runners-up in the Greek Championship during the 1950–51 and 1970–71 seasons. They have won also the
1971 Balkans Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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in 1998–99 season.
The team currently competes in the amateur third division of Greek football known as
Gamma Ethniki
The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece.
History
The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...
. They play their home games in
Nea Smyrni Stadium
Nea Smyrni Stadium (''Greek (language), Greek: Στάδιο Νέας Σμύρνης'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Panionios G.S.S. w ...
with a capacity of 11,700 seats.
History
Early years
The club was founded in 1890 by a part of the sizeable Greek population of
İzmir
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(
Greek
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: Σμύρνη), under the name of "
Orpheus
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Music and Sports Club". In 1893, some Orpheus members keen on sports formed a separate organization, the "Gymnasion Club", and started holding yearly sports competitions. In 1898, Orpheus and Gymnasion merged again to form
Panionios GSS
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
. Members of Panionios represented Greece in all international track and field games until these developed in the modern Olympic Games.
After the Greek military defeat in
1922
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the club was forced to transfer, firstly to Athens and later, to the Athenian suburb of
New Smyrna, where much of the population of
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
re-settled. The club always had a strong tradition of cultivating all major sports; it was the first Greek club to establish a
track and field
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division for women, in 1925. Another major example of the club's contribution to Greek sports rests in the fact that it was Panionios that introduced Basketball and Volleyball in Greek sports society.
With the gradual transformation of men's football and basketball into professional sports, Panionios FC and
Panionios BC
Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, Athens, and that plays its home games in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece. The ...
became privately owned clubs operating under the auspices of the traditional "amateur sports"
Panionios GSS
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
. To date, Panionios remains the only sports club in Greece that was awarded the Golden Cross from the Athens Academy as a recognition of the club's rich and continuous enrichment of Greek sports.
Recent years
Panionios has spent nearly its entire history in the Greek First Division (now called 'Super League'), having missed out from competing in Greek football's top division only twice in its more than 100-year history. Within this, Panionios rose quite often to high levels, with top league achievement of 2nd place in 1971, losing the title to
AEK Athens
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...
. 8 years later on 9 June 1979, Panionios took revenge on AEK Athens in the final of the Greek Cup and won the title for the first time in its history after winning 3–1.
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Panionios produced all three major Greek strikers of the 1980s, namely
Nikos Anastopoulos
Nikos Anastopoulos ( el, Νίκος Αναστόπουλος; born 22 January 1958) is a Greek former footballer who was one the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the 1980s and widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the ...
(later of Olympiacos),
Thomas Mavros
Thomas Mavros ( el, Θωμάς Μαύρος, born 31 May 1954) is a Greek former international football player who played as a striker. He was "the flag" of AEK Athens, that led the club to huge success, during the 70's and 80's. Mavros is regar ...
(later of
AEK Athens
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...
), and
Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitris Saravakos ( el, Δημήτρης Σαραβάκος; born 26 July 1961), nicknamed "The Kid" ''( el, "ο Μικρός")'', is a Greek former international footballer who played as a forward. Saravakos is widely considered to be one of t ...
(later of
Panathinaikos
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 ...
). Other notable players coming out of the club in the 1990s included
Nikos Tsiantakis
Nikos Tsiantakis ( el, Νίκος Τσιαντάκης, born 20 October 1963) is a Greek former football midfielder.
Career
He most prominently played for Panionios NFC and Olympiacos. His appearance at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his nation ...
(later of
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 ...
) and
Takis Fyssas
Takis Fyssas ( el, Τάκης Φύσσας, born 12 June 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left back. He works as the sporting director of the Greece national team. He was previously the technical director of the ...
, later of
Panathinaikos
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 ...
,
Benfica and member of
Greece national football team
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. Within the 2000s another five
Greece national football team
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players came out from the club, namely
Alexandros Tziolis
Alexandros Tziolis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Τζιόλης; born 13 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
He was a Greek international from 2005 until his international retirement in 20 ...
,
Evangelos Mantzios
Vangelis Mantzios ( el, Βαγγέλης Μάντζιος; born 22 April 1983) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gamma Ethniki club P.A.O. Rouf.
Club career
After establishing himself as one of the most talented you ...
,
Nikos Spiropoulos,
Grigoris Makos
Grigoris Makos ( el, Γρηγόρης Μάκος; born 18 January 1987) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Panionios
In 2000, Makos signed for Panionios from Ilioupoli at the age of 13. ...
and
Giannis Maniatis
Giannis Maniatis ( el, Γιάννης Μανιάτης ; born 12 October 1986) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right back or a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Panionios
Maniatis was first spotted as a 16-year-old pla ...
.
The club faced financial difficulties which triggered the transfer of the ownership to the municipality of
Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni ( el, Νέα Σμύρνη, ''Néa Smýrni'', "New Smyrna") is a municipality in South Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after İzmir in Turkey, which Greek's called it as Smyrna, whence many ...
in 1992. Those difficulties remained throughout the 1990s, forcing the team's league performance to drop. Yet, it remained in a high level and won the
Greek Football Cup
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The Greek Cup is the second most im ...
competition in 1998 and participated successfully in the
UEFA Cup Winners Cup
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the year after, reaching the quarter-finals. In December 2001 large parts of the club's shares moved away from the Municipality back to private hands, where working around bankruptcy legislation the club was renamed to Neos Panionios FC, to avoid the threat of relegation from the first division.
Constantinos Tsakiris period
![Alvaro Recoba](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Alvaro_Recoba.jpg)
In 2004, shipowner
Constantinos Tsakiris
Constantinos Tsakiris (Κωνσταντίνος Τσακίρης; born c. 1971) is a Greek shipowner and a banker in the United States.
He was owner of Greek Super League side Panionios after acquiring 85% of the club in the summer of 2006. One o ...
was elected president of the "amateur sports"
Panionios GSS
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
. Panionios won the women's Basketball Championship in 2006, the club's first in a team sport, and the women's volleyball team advanced to the first division. In 2006, Tsakiris acquired 85% of Neos Panionios FC stock and started restructuring the team from scratch. He changed the name of the club back to the original Panionios GSS FC and hired German coach
Ewald Lienen
Ewald Lienen (born 28 November 1953) is a German football manager and former player. He is the current technical director of FC St. Pauli.
Playing career
Lienen began his professional career at Arminia Bielefeld of the 2. Bundesliga North in 19 ...
who, during his first year created a team that made it to the top 5 of the
Greek Super League
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and on to the
UEFA Cup
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. Tsakiris has also unveiled an ambitious plan to have the aging football ground and athletics track demolished, and build a modern multi-sport arena in its place. Apart from a 12,000 capacity football stadium, the proposed complex would include facilities for basketball, volleyball, aquatic sports, track & field, boxing, gymnastics, wrestling and more.
On the summer transfer window of 2008, the club signed Uruguay national team members
Álvaro Recoba
Álvaro Alexánder Recoba Rivero (; born 17 March 1976; nickname "El Chino" and
Fabián Estoyanoff
Fabián Larry Estoyanoff Poggio (born 27 September 1982) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Centro Atlético Fénix.
Club career
Born in Montevideo, Estoyanoff started his career at Centro Atlético Fénix in 2000, ...
, but shortly after
Lienen
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Lienen is a sister city with Saint Marys, Ohio in ...
resigned by mutual consent on 11 November 2008, reason being disagreement with the Panionios' board.
On 12 November 2008 Greek coach
Takis Lemonis
Takis Lemonis ( el, Τάκης Λεμονής; born 13 January 1960) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
Playing career
Takis Lemonis played for local club Attikos before playing for Olympiakos from 1978 until 1987. He ...
was hired and resigned on 3 December 2008 after the refuse of Panionios' board to accept Lemonis' request to dismiss three members of Panionio's coaching and management staff.
Assistant coach Joti Stamatopoulos lead the club until the end of the season. He was replaced by Belgian manager
Emilio Ferrera
Emilio Ferrera (born 19 June 1967 in Schaerbeek) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who is currently managing the U21 squad of Gent.
His last former club was OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division B. Before he also worked at G ...
.
Under the
Tsakiris presidency, the club built its own training facility just outside
Athens
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in the region of
Koropi
Koropi ( el, Κορωπί, ) is a suburban town in East Attica, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Kropia. It has been home to the new training facilities of Panathinaikos football club since the summer of 2013.
Geography
Koropi is situa ...
. The training ground is operating since 2008 but was fully completed in 2009.
Stadium
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In November 1937,
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
Board of Directors led by President D. Karabatis and the Municipality of
Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni ( el, Νέα Σμύρνη, ''Néa Smýrni'', "New Smyrna") is a municipality in South Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after İzmir in Turkey, which Greek's called it as Smyrna, whence many ...
agreed to relocate the club in
Nea Smyrni
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, the Athens suburb that was mainly inhabited by Greek World War I refugees coming from
İzmir
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, the club's historical home. Construction works started in 1938, and were completed one year later.
In the summer of 1940 the first football matches take place, with the club donating the money to support the repair of Greek Warship "
''Elli''" which was hit by Italian forces on World War II. On September later that year
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
celebrated its 50th year together with the completion of building the new stadium. Since then it has been used constantly for over 70 years from
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
associated clubs and sports divisions.
Improvement works have been undertaken in 2001 and 2003 including a cafeteria,
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
sports shop, press and office facilities, improved medical and player facilities etc. Additionally a roof was placed above the East wing of the stadium. In 2009
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
installed an electronic ticketing system on the stadium to improve security in the team's matches.
Despite the improvements the core fan base of the team as well as its management strongly support that the old stadium is inadequate to cover the team's needs in terms of quality of services provided to the fans. Additionally, there are safety concerns as the stadium does not have enough entry and exit points in case of emergency.
The highest attendance ever recorded was in 1974 against
Panathinaikos
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 ...
with 20,950 spectators. After the installation of seats and the reduction of the stadium's capacity there have been numerous matches with full attendance mainly in European competitions. The most recent ticket 'sold-out' was against
Panathinaikos
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 ...
in 2008.
Greece men's national water polo team
Apart from
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
and its associated youth teams, the stadium was used for decades from
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
athletes on track & field and numerous times from the
Greece National Under-21 football team
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and
Greece National Under-23 football team
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. Additionally, due to the closing of many stadiums for renovation for the
2004 Athens Olympic Games, Nea Smyrni stadium was partly used by other football clubs. They included
AEK Athens
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...
for the first half of the 2003–04 football season and
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 ...
for one match in February 2003 against
OFI. Last it has been the venue site for the 2004
Greek 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 ...
final played by
Panathinaikos
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 ...
and
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 ...
.
Due to its densely populated location, Nea Smyrni stadium has rarely been used as a concert site. The most famous concert ever taken place was
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
's first appearance in Greece on 27 June 1993.
Crest and colours
Crest
The first emblem of Panionios in
Smyrna
Smyrna ( ; grc, Σμύρνη, Smýrnē, or , ) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to promi ...
was a figure of
Nike
Nike often refers to:
* Nike (mythology), a Greek goddess who personifies victory
* Nike, Inc., a major American producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment
Nike may also refer to:
People
* Nike (name), a surname and feminine given ...
. In the mid-1990s, when the group belonged to the municipality of
Nea Smyrni
Nea Smyrni ( el, Νέα Σμύρνη, ''Néa Smýrni'', "New Smyrna") is a municipality in South Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after İzmir in Turkey, which Greek's called it as Smyrna, whence many ...
, a new emblem was introduced, influenced by the Barcelona mark. In this the shield had striped blue-colored colors and at the top left the Greek flag of the land and on the right an Ionic-style capital on a red background, referring to the Hellenism of the union and its Ionian roots. A similar crest has Panionios of
Kalamata
Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia reg ...
. Tsakiris reinstated the classic emblem of the club, the emblem that the club now uses, a shield with the colours of the group (cyan and red), used by the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire in a variety of events (for example the Hellenic-Ethos naval flag).
Colours
Panionios' colours are
blue
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,
red
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and
white
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, mainly used as trim or as an alternative.
On the appearances of the team there was a characteristic diagonial strip, which can be seen today in the crest of the team.
Current sponsorships:
*Great Shirt Sponsor: Car.gr
*Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer:
Luanvi
Luanvi is a Spanish sportswear manufacturer, which currently produces equipment and apparel for football, basketball, handball and volleyball. Its headquarters are located in the city of Paterna, Spain.
Sponsorships
Basketball
National teams ...
*Golden Sponsor: Funky Buddha
Support
In 1983, at Nea Smyrni Square. There, in a night before a game of the team, the idea of Panthers began to get flesh and bones. A companionship that thought to do something different in Panionios' stadium decided to act. In that night, the name "Panthers" was first heard, which was to be the name of the companionship and then of the club. The Panthers officially started their activity as a club of organized fans, having been recognized by the administration of the association, which had then passed into the hands of the lasting Michalis Stamatelatos, who together with the also lasting Panagiotis Ammanitis, and they believed the different perception they used to see as fans.
After 2003, the Panthers against the then Achilleas Beos administration created many problems. The club lived a long period of persecution (courts, etc.), all of which led to an organizational contraction, as well as a difficulty finding a home. After 2006, the Panthers club is going through another season, as the Tsakiris administration approves and gives Panthers a space within the boundaries of the stadium where the current club is placed.
The official friendships of Panthers Club 1983 are the fans of the Italian club
Genoa
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and the Holmesdale Fanatics from the English club
Crystal Palace
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Places Canada
* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ...
. In Greece, Niki Volos has always been considered brotherly association, as the refuge, the emblem of Niki Volos, as the first sign of Panionios in Smyrna, as well as the presence of Panagiotis Ammanitis, a beloved administrative agent in the two associations, contributed in this direction.
Common joints and recent joint actions with the Basso Rango Ultras of Apollon Smyrnis make this relationship a very important bridge between Panionios fans and other Group Associations.
Lastly, the respect among fans of PAOK and Panionios, since 1999, makes this relationship a long-lasting and robust bridge of communication. Lastly, contact with the Warriors – Gate 6 of Panetolikos is also a relationship with good communication and contact.
Panthers Club 1983 has a great social action that has grown significantly in recent years. Also, their lighthouse is Dimitros Dallas, the man who kept their beloved team alive from Smyrna and gave Panionios life again in Athens.
Honours
Domestic
*
First Division
**Runners-up (2):
1950–51,
1970–71
*
Second Division
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**Winners (1):
1996–97
*Fourth Division
**Winners (1):
2020–21
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*
Greek 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 ...
**Winners (2):
1978–79,
1997–98
**Runners-up:
1951–52,
1960–61,
1966–67,
1988–89
*
Athens FCA Championship
**Winners (1): 1950–51
European
*
Balkans Cup
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**Winners (1):
1970–71
**Runners-up (1): 1985–86
*
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 ...
**Quarter-finals (1):
1998–99
Seasons in the 21st century
Best position in bold.
Key: 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.
European matches
* In the summer of 1964 Panionios took part in the Cup Rapan in place of Olympiacos FC, who retired after two games, against
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
(2–4) and
Dinamo Zagreb
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(0–4). The results were calculated in the standings without replay for Panionios. Panionios so had three games: two at home Kaftantzoglio Stadium, which had a lights away with Malmo. The away game against
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
, which refused to be played by Olympiacos, ended 3–0 for the French team.
* Panionios' courses in European competitions were in their history with golden letters.
European record
Players
Current squad
Personnel
Management
Technical staff
Former managers
* Sophocles Magnes (1909–22)
* Emmanouil Βamieros (1927–33)
* Georgios Roussopoulos (1940–45)
*
Kostas Negrepontis
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(1950–54)
* Nikos Zarkadis (1957)
*
Nikos Pentzaropoulos (1957)
* Giannis Helmis (1959–60)
* Ioannis Skordilis (1960–65)
* Nikos Zarkadis (1966–67)
*
Dezső Bundzsák
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(1968–70)
*
Joe Mallett
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(1970–74)
*
Dan Georgiadis
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He was born in Ithaca, but grew up in Athens.
He played for Panathinaikos.
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(1973–76)
*
Panos Markovic
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(1976–77)
*
Dan Georgiadis
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He played for Panathinaikos.
He managed Spo ...
(1 July 1978 – 13 Dec 1978)
*
Panos Markovic
Panos Markovits (alternate spelling Panos Markovic) ( el, Πάνος Μάρκοβιτς; 5 May 1925 – 17 August 2012) was a Greek football coach and player.
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He was born in Drama, Macedonia (Greece) in 1925, but grew up in Thessalon ...
(14 Dec 1978 – 30 June 1979)
*
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*
Lakis Petropoulos
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(6 Dec 1979 – 30 June 1980)
* Salimis Milosevic (1 July 1980 – 29 Dec 1980)
*
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*
Panos Markovic
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(1 July 1981 – 2 May 1983)
*
Stathis Chaitas (2 May 1983 – 30 June 1983)
*
Egon Piechaczek (1 July 1983 – 29 Feb 1984)
*
Stathis Chaitas (1 March 1984 – 20 May 1984)
*
Nikos Alefantos
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(21 May 1984 – 5 April 1985)
* Doros Kleovoulou ''(caretaker)'' (6 April 1985 – 30 June 1985)
*
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Ioannis Kyrastas
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(Jan 1993 – 30 June 1993)
*
Andreas Michalopoulos
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(1 July 1993 – 10 Jan 1995)
* Dimitris Mavrikis ''(caretaker)'' (11 Jan 1995 – 24 Jan 1995)
*
Emerich Jenei
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(25 Jan 1995 – 27 Nov 1995)
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Nikos Alefantos
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Christos Emvoliadis
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''(caretaker)'' (29 Jan 1996 – 19 Feb 1996)
*
Ioannis Gounaris
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*
Stathis Chaitas (6 May 1996 – 30 June 1996)
*
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Christos Emvoliadis
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Jacek Gmoch
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Makis Katsavakis (24 Nov 1999 – 12 April 2000)
*
Christos Emvoliadis
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* Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity
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*
Zoran Filipović
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* Dimitrios Barbalias (19 Dec 2000 – 5 Feb 2001)
*
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(30 Aug 2001 – 30 June 2002)
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(1 July 2004 – 22 Oct 2004)
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Georgios Vazakas (23 Oct 2004 – 16 April 2005)
* Dimitrios Barbalias ''(caretaker)'' (18 April 2005 – 30 June 2005)
*
Josef Csaplár (1 July 2005 – Sept 11, 2005)
*
Nikos Pantelis
Nikos Pantelis ( el, Νίκος Παντέλης; born 6 October 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
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''(caretaker)'' (Sept 11, 2005 – 1 Oct 2005)
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Jozef Bubenko
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Takis Lemonis
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(12 Nov 2008 – 2 Dec 2008)
* Joti Stamatopoulos (3 Dec 2008 – 30 June 2009)
*
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Akis Mantzios
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''(caretaker)'' (26 Jan 2010 – 2 Feb 2010)
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Georgios Paraschos
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(3 Feb 2010 – 25 April 2010)
*
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Akis Mantzios
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Akis Mantzios
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''(caretaker)'' (16 Nov 2010 – 9 Dec 2010)
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Akis Mantzios
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(24 Nov 2011 – 30 April 2012)
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Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
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Greec ...
(29 May 2012 – 16 Feb 2013)
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Konstantinos Panagopoulos (18 Feb 2013 – 7 July 2013)
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Nikos Pantelis
Nikos Pantelis ( el, Νίκος Παντέλης; born 6 October 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
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Born in Athens, Pantelis began playing football as a defender for Panionios F.C., making 36 Alpha Ethniki ...
(9 July 2013 – 16 Dec 2013)
*
Konstantinos Panagopoulos (16 Dec 2013 – 15 Feb 2014)
*
Dimitrios Terezopoulos ''(caretaker)'' (16 Feb 2014 – 17 Feb 2014)
*
Nikos Anastopoulos
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(18 Feb 2014 – 5 May 2014)
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Dimitrios Terezopoulos (5 May 2014 – 1 Jan 2015)
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Akis Mantzios
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(4 Dec 2018 – 2 Sept 2019)
*
Nikki Papavasiliou (3 Sept 2019 – 19 Feb 2020)
* Dimitris Koropoulis (caretaker) (21 Feb 2020 – 25 Feb 2020)
*
Leonidas Vokolos (26 Feb 2020 – 24 Sept 2020)
* Dimitris Koropoulis (25 Sept 2020 – 28 Nov 2021)
* Vaggelis Stavrakopoulos (1 Dec 2021 – 23 May 2022 )
* Nikolaos Koustas (1 July 2022 – Present)
See also
*
Panionios G.S.S.
Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'', is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally ...
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Panionios B.C.
Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, Athens, and that plays its home games in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece. The ...
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Panionios Women's Basketball
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Panionios V.C.
Panionios Volleyball Club is the volleyball department of the Greek multisport club of Panionios, based in Nea Smirni. It is one of the oldest sport sections of the club with presence since early 20th century. The colours of the club are red and ...
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Panionios Water Polo Club
Panionios Water Polo Club is the water polo team of Panionios multi sport club. It has got teams both men and women. The men's team of Panionios is playing in A1 Ethniki (first division) and the women's team is also playing in A1 Ethniki Women (f ...
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Nea Smyrni Stadium
Nea Smyrni Stadium (''Greek (language), Greek: Στάδιο Νέας Σμύρνης'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Panionios G.S.S. w ...
References
External links
Official websites
Official website Panioniosat
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
Panioniosat
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
Panioniosat
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
News sites
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panionianea.grPanionios newsfrom panionia-idea.gr
Other
Panionios Academy official website
{{Football in Greece
Association football clubs established in 1890
1890 establishments in Greece
Occupation of Smyrna
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
Football clubs in Attica
Nea Smyrni
Diaspora sports clubs
Gamma Ethniki clubs