Athinaikos women's basketball is the women's professional
basketball
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multi-sports club
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Athinaikos
Athinaikos A.C. ( el, Αθηναϊκός Α.Σ., full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in Vyronas, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has football, basketball, and handball teams. Its achiev ...
, that was founded in 1917. The team competes in the
Greek Women's Basketball League
The Greek women's Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's Basketball is the most important competition of Greek women's professional basketball. It is organised by the EOK (Hellenic Basketball Federation). It began with th ...
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History
Athinaikos has starred in the women's Greek League championship during recent years, winning four consecutive championships, and three consecutive women's Greek Cups. From 2008 to 2012, Athinaikos dominated exclusively, breaking the record of consecutive wins in the Greek League (105 wins). The success of Athinaikos entered the Guinness book of records. The club's most important moment was the conquest of the EuroCup during the 2009-10 season, which was the first cup won by any Greek club in women's basketball, in European-wide competitions.
Roster
Notable players
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Polymnia Saregkou
Polymnia Saregkou (alternate spellings: Polimnia, Saregou; born 11 May 1972) is a Greek former basketball
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Dimitra Kalentzou
Dimitra Kalentzou () is a retired Greek professional basketball player. She played for Panathinaikos and Greece women's national basketball team. She has represented national team in several Eurobasket Women and in 2010 FIBA World Championship f ...
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Olga Chatzinikolaou
Olga Chartzinikolaou (born in Athens on 4 July 1981) is a retired Greek basketball 1.81 m. wing, who last played for Panathinaikos in the Greek Championship. She is a member of the Greek national team.Chantelle Handy
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Vera Perostiyska
Vera Perostiyska ( bg, Вера Перостийска) (born May 25, 1982) is a former Bulgarian professional basketball player. She is one of the most successful basketball players from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She has competed in ten different leagu ...
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 ...