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Clubname: | Panathinaikos |
Nickname: | Fine Girls Amazons |
Ground: | Mets Indoor Hall |
Capacity: | 1,200 |
Chairman: | Panagiotis Malakates |
Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
Manager: | Giannis Charitonidis |
Captain: | Athina Papafotiou |
League: | Greek Women's Volleyball League |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Position: | 1st (Champions) |
Website: | https://www.pao1908.com/sports/volei-gynaikon/ |
Titles: | 26 |
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Panathinaikos AC Women's Volleyball Team is a Greek volleyball team, part of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. The department was founded in 1969 and is the most successful women's volleyball team in Greece, in terms of Greek Championships won. They have won a record 26[1] Championships, 6 Cups, with 5 Doubles, while they hold the record for finishing undefeated the Championship 8 times (1971-1973, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2007). They hold also the record of 68 straight wins in the league including the play-offs.
They have also reached four times a European final four and two times a European final (2000 and 2009). The team currently plays in Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall.
In 2017, the club was relegated due to serious financial problems. They stayed inactive in the 2017–18 season.
Apart from the Greek players, who have traditionally been the backbone of Greece's national team, some of the greatest players in European volleyball that have played for the team over the years include Ruxandra Dumitrescu, Brižitka Molnar, Tammy Mahon, Jelena Lozancic, Olga Tocko, María Fernández, Sanja Tomasević and others.
The club has retired the jersey number 9 in honour of the team's legendary captain Ruxandra Dumitrescu.
The following is the roster for the 2024–2025 season.[3]
Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date | |
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1 | Irini Chatziefstratiadou | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 2 September 1995 | |
2 | Marianna Belia | Libero | 1.65 | 24 October 1998 | |
4 | Evangelia Tani | Setter | 1.82 | 22 July 2004 | |
6 | Maret Grothues | Outside hitter | 1.80 | 16 September 1988 | |
8 | Konstantina Vlachaki | Outside hitter | 1.79 | 8 May 1995 | |
10 | Athina Papafotiou (c) | Setter | 1.81 | 23 August 1989 | |
11 | Katarina Jović | Outside hitter | 1.91 | 1 October 1999 | |
12 | Martina Šamadan | Middle blocker | 1.93 | 11 September 1993 | |
13 | Penny Rogka | Libero | 1.67 | 4 July 1987 | |
14 | Natalia Metaxa | Middle blocker | 1.85 | 8 June 1992 | |
15 | Bogumila Biarda | Opposite | 1.91 | 24 May 1999 | |
16 | Georgina Antonakaki | Libero | 1.75 | 16 September 2002 | |
22 | Manolina Konstantinou | Outside hitter | 1.83 | 10 April 1993 |
Panathinaikos women's volleyball retired numbers | |||||
N° | Player | Position | Tenure | ||
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9 | Outside Hitter | 2003–2010 |
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Pos. | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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Champions Cup | |||
1993-94 | Quarter-final | eliminated by Matera | |
Cup Winners Cup | |||
1994-95 | Final Four | 4th place | |
1995-96 | 7th place | ||
1999-00 | Final | 2nd place, defeated by Perugia | |
CEV Cup | |||
1980-81 | Final Four | 4th place | |
Challenge Cup | |||
2008-09 | Final | 2nd place, defeated by Vini Monteschiavo Jesi | |
2009-10 | Quarter-final | eliminated by Asterix Kieldrecht |
2007-2008 [4] | Adidas | Subaru | |
2008-2009 [5] | Adidas | ||
2009-2010 [6] | Asics | Tonotil / Salonpas | |
2010-2011 [7] | Asics | ||
2011-2012 [8] [9] | Asics | Evropi insurance | |
2012-2013 [10] [11] | Royal | Evropi insurance | |
2013-2014 [12] | |||
2014-2015 [13] [14] [15] | (none - only PAO) | (rear) Bolossis | |
2015-2016 [16] | (none - only PAO) | ||
2016-2017 [17] | Erreà | Allou fun park | |
2018-2019 [18] | Athlos Sport | OPAP | |
2019-2020 [19] | OPAP | ||
2020-2021 [20] | |||
2021-2022 [21] | OPAP | ||
2022-2023 [22] | Macron | OPAP |