Panathinaikos (table tennis club)
| Nicknames | The Trifolium Vazeli |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
| Stadium | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| President | Dimitris Vranopoulos |
| Head coach | Lefteris Makras Nikos Zervas |
| Website | pao1908.com pao1908.com |
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The table tennis department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1924 by player Nikos Mantzaroglou. Through the next decades Panathinaikos became one of the best table tennis teams in Greece with a lot of successes in both men and women.
In 1974, the men's team had its biggest success in the European competitions. In the ETTU Cup, Panathinaikos passed Turnerschaft Innsbruck, Centro Sportivo Milano, TTC Rot-Weiß Hamburg and reached the semi-finals, where they were disqualified by Hertha BSC Berlin.
Honours
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Men (12):
- 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1975
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Women (3):
- 1972, 1973, 1974
- Greek Cup, Men (3):
- 1965,1966, 1969
- Greek Cup, Women (2):
- 1972, 2022
- ETTU Cup, Men
- Semi-finals (1): 1974
- ETTU Europe Trophy, Men
- Winners (1): 2024
- ETTU Europe Trophy, Women
- Winners (1): 2022
Current players
Season 2025–26
Men's squad
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Women's squad
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Former Notable players
Men
- Andrej Gaćina
- Jorge Campos
- Emmanuel Lebesson
- Spyros Giannakopoulos
- Giannis Kalogiannis
- Nikos Kostopoulos
- Maria Louka
- Stamatina Louka
- Nikos Mantzaroglou
- Kostas Priftis
- Lena Ralli
- Eleni Vlachaki
- Jakub Dyjas
- João Monteiro
- Kristian Karlsson
- Betty Janes Klosky
Women
Sources
- 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
- Official website (in Greek)