Apollon Patras
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| AU Apollo Patras Α.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών A.S. Apollon Patron |
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| Nickname(s) | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Dimitris Tofalos Arena Patras, Greece |
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| Capacity | 4,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Karapanos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Greek Basketball First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A.U. Apollon Patras (Greek: A.S. Apollon Patron) is a sporting club that includes basketball, football and others. The football team plays in the Dimitris Tofalos Field in Patras, Greece.
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[edit] History
The team was founded in 1926 in the Prosfygika neighbourhood. It entered the EPS Achaias and played many matches with Panachaiki, APS Olympiacos, Patraikos AU and Thyella. The area was in the Olympiacos Patras arena, today's Prosfygiko.
The football team was dissolved and it is mainly a basketball team today. It entered the first division, the European cups and into the Greek Cup finals in 1993. The colour is black adn white and is named after the Greek god Apollo.
Other than basketball, it also has volley.
[edit] Achievements
[edit] Football (soccer)
- Achaia championship: 1945, 1946, 1948
- Greek Football Third Division: 1967, 1976
[edit] Basketball
- A2 championship: 2003
- Second Division: 1976, 1979
- Greek Cup finalist: 1997
- Achaia local: 1956, 1958, 1971, 1973
- Participation in the Premier Division: 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006
[edit] Ping Pong
The team also plays in the ping pong competitions, the team received fourth place in 1974. It produced athletes including Dimitrios Zikos, Giorgos Glarakis, Gerasimos Roussopoulos and Spyros Kalogriopoulos. Roussopoulos as an athlete of the team won the Atomic Greek Youth Championships in 1971, he finished second in 1972 and 1973.
In 1969 together with Spyros Kalogriopoulos were Greek champions in children's doubles other as athletes from Sporting Patras.
[edit] References
- 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 website,[1]
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- A.U. Apollon Patras
- KAE Apollon Achaia-Clauss
