A.S. Apollon Patras (Greek:A.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών) is a multi-sports club that is based in Patras, Greece. It has included sports sections in association football, basketball, table tennis, and volleyball. The club is named after the ancient Greek God Apollo, and its team colours are black and white.
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| Full name | A.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών Athletic Society Apollon Patras |
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| Nickname(s) | Μελανόλευκοι, Melanolefkoi (Black-Whites) |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Chairman | Nikos Karapanos |
| Manager | Nikos Vetoulas |
- The first version of this article has been based in the text of el:Α.Σ. Απόλλων of the Greek Wikipedia published under the GFDL.
History
editThe club was founded in 1926, in the Prosfygika neighborhood. The football club entered the Achaea FCA, and played many matches against Panachaiki, APS Olympiakos, Patraikos, and Thyella. The team's ground was in the Olympiakos Patras Arena, today's Prosfygika Stadium.
The football team was later dissolved, and today Apollon is mainly a basketball team, K.A.E. Apollon Patras. It is a regular member of the top-tier level (Greek Basket League), has participated in the Saporta Cup (1997, 1998), the Korać Cup (1999), and has played in the Greek Cup Final in 1997, where they lost the title game against Olympiacos, by a score of 78–80.
Honours
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- Participation in the Premier Division (Basket League) (32x): 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Titles: (8x)
- Divisional titles: (5x)
- Greek A2 Basket League (3x): 1992,2003,2021
- Greek B Basket League (2x): 1976,1979
- Local titles: (4x)
- Achaia Local Regional Championships (4x): 1956, 1958, 1971, 1973 [1]
Greek Honours:
- Greek Cup Finalist (2x): 1997, 2015
European honours:
Women's team
- Achaia local regional championship winner (3x): 1998, 2006, 2007
Volleyball
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Men's team
- Achaia local regional championship winner (3x): 1998, 2005, 2007
- Participation in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002
- Participation in the Third National Division: 2004, 2006
Women's team
- Achaia local regional championship winner (2x): 2007, 2008
- Participation in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002
Football
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- Achaia local regional championship winner (3x): 1945, 1946, 1948
- Participation in Greek Football Third Division (South): 1967, 1976
Table tennis
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The club also competes in table tennis competitions, and it finished in fourth place in 1974. It produced athletes such as: Dimitrios Zikos, Giorgos Glarakis, Gerasimos Roussopoulos, and Spyros Kalogriopoulos. Roussopoulos was a member of the team that won the Atomic Greek Youth Championships in 1971, and finished second in 1972 and 1973.
In 1969, along with Spyros Kalogriopoulos, they were Greek champions in the children's doubles, as athletes of Sporting Patras.[2]
Gallery
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Apollon PatrasIndoor Hall, Perivola.
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Dimitris Tofalos Arena.
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Prosfygika Stadium football field.
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Prosfygika Stadium.
References
edit- ^ Apollonpatras.gr Old Index (in Greek). Archived September 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Apollonpatras.gr (in Greek).
- Newspapers: Peloponnisos, I Imera, Proodos, I Gnomi, Patras Spor, Neologos, Patraiki Evdomadas, Fos, Allagi, Ta Gegonota and Ethnikos Kyrix
- Lefkoma, 100 Years of Football (Soccer) in Patras – City of Patras 2006
- Axaioi3.gr
- Sportsnet.gr
- A.U. Apollon Patras
- KAE Apollon Achaia-Clauss
External links
edit- Official Website (in Greek)
- KAE apollon Achaia-Clauss (in Greek)