EA Patras

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EA Patras
Full name	Enosi Athlopedion Patron
Founded	1927
Ground	Ayios Dionysios, Patras, Greece (Capacity 2,200)
League	A1
2006-07	7th
Home colours 　 Away colours

EA Patras is a Greek omnisports club founded in 1927 and based in Patras. It is mostly known for its volleyball and boxing sections, which compete at the highest level in Greece. The volleyball section won the greek championship in 1938, whereas the boxing section won the national title in 1979, 1983, 1984, 1988 and 1989.

Having Athens' and Thessaloniki's major volleyball clubs excluded, EAP - representing Patras - was only the second club, after Orestiada, that made it to the final of the Greek Volleyball Cup, in 2008. It lost 1-3 to Panathinaikos VC. It took the fifth place in A1 Ethniki three times in a row (2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06), participating in the European Federation Cup in 2005-06.

[edit] Honours

• Total Titles: 4

• • Greek Championships: 1938
  • Second Division (A2 Ethniki) Championships: 2002
  • Third Division (B Ethniki) Championships: 1996
  • Fourth Division (C Ethniki) Championships: 1993
  • Greek Cup finalist: 2008

[edit] Rankings in the Greek First Division