Peiraikos Syndesmos (Greek: Πειραϊκός Σύνδεσμος) or simply Peiraikos, also written Piraikos Syndesmos, is one of the oldest sports clubs in
Greece
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, based in
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic ...
. It was founded in 1894. Today Peiraikos has departments in basketball, volleyball, and track and field. The previous years it had departments in football, swimming, handball, and water polo.
Active departments
*Peiraikos B.C. Basketball team
*Peiraikos V.C. Volleyball team
*Peiraikos Track and Field team
History
Peiraikos was founded in 1894. The club was one of the founder members of
SEGAS
The Hellenic Athletics Federation (Greek: ; abbreviated SEGAS) is Greece's governing body for amateur sport.
SEGAS was created in 1897 and has been the principal organiser of many international sporting competitions held in Greece. The associati ...
. Peiraikos was the first club which founded a football team in Piraeus. It won a
Panhellenic football championship in 1923 and the first
Greek water polo championship.
The basketball team of Peiraikos was founded in 1935. It has played two times in
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
(first division), in the 1991-92 and 1996-97 seasons. The women's basketball team has won two
championships, in 1969 and 1970.
Peiraikos volleyball team was founded in 1929. It was the club that brought volleyball to the city of Piraeus. Today it a women's volleyball team.
Honours
;Peiraikos Football team (''defunct'')
*
Panhellenic Football Championship
**Winner (1):
1923
*
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 ...
**Winner (1): 1910
;Peiraikos Basketball team (Women)
*
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 (2): 1969, 1970
;Peiraikos Athletics team
*Panhellenic championship (1): 1935
;Peiraikos Warer polo team
*Panhellenic championship (1): 1923
References
External links
Official webpage
{{Superleague Greece teamlist
Sports clubs established in 1894
Multi-sport clubs in Piraeus