Prassina Poulia Football Athletic Club ( el, Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος "Πράσινα Πουλιά") is one of the oldest

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clubs in Kalamata,

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, being founded in 1938. Its colors are green and white and its name literally means "green birds".

History

The team was founded during the

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as well as

Apollon Apollon may refer to: * Apollo, ancient Greek god of light, healing and poetry * Apollon (Formula One), Formula One constructor * Apollon Kalamarias, Greek football club * Apollon Athens, a Greek football club from Athens * Apollon Limassol B.C., ...

and had its famous football (soccer) clubs of the city. Prassina Poulia had followed mainly between the support of the Venizelian line up and the support of many refugees. From Prassina Poulis began the career in which afterwards the famous player of

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

and the national team

Kleanthis Maropoulos Kleanthis Maropoulos ( el, Κλεάνθης Μαρόπουλος; 1919 – 3 January 1991) was a Greek footballer who played as a striker for AEK Athens He was a star footballer during the 1930's and 1940's and arguably the greatest Greek playe ...

. He played for two years in 1931 and 1933 and settled with the family in

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. From Prassina Poulia played its Messenian football (soccer) until the 1960s. In 1960-61 season Prassina Poulia participated in the B' National Greek Division. The

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in 1967 dissolved the teams along with Apollon and Olympiakos and founded Kalamata FC. Other than the soccer club, in 1948 it founded the swimming club along with Apollo,

AEK Kalamata A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

and

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and on July 17, 1948 in Kalamtata had the swimming games of the ''First Akropoleia'' sponsored by the newspaper ''

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''.

Refounding

After the fall of the regime in 1974, the club was refounded and played from then in the prefectural championship mainly in the first division. In the 2007-08 season it participated in the first club of the second division. In the summer of 2008, it played in the finals of the first pre-junior team of the MFCA in which lost 0-1 to Panionios.

Achievements

* Messinia F.C.A. Regional Championship ** Winners (3): 1950, 1953, 1961,Αθλητική Ηχώ 3 Ιανουαρίου 1961
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Notable players

Thanasis Bebis Thanasis Bebis ( el, Θανάσης Μπέμπης; 26 June 1928 – 23 July 2017) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is deeply connected to Olympiacos, where he spent most of his career and won 24 titles. He made ...

* Antonis Mavreas * Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos * Georgios Zgantzos * Nikolaos Koutsoudakis

References

{{reflist Association football clubs established in 1938 Football clubs in Peloponnese (region) 1938 establishments in Greece Kalamata