Panachaiki 2005 F.C.
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Full name | Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi (Pan-Achaean Gymnastic Union) |
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Nickname(s) | Megali Kyria tis Peloponnisou (Great Lady of Peloponnesus) |
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Founded | 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Kostas Davourlis Stadium, Patras, Greece (Capacity 11.321) |
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Manager | Ange Postecoglou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Gamma Ethniki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-07 | 10th Gamma Ethniki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση - Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi), the Pan-Achaean Gymnastic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.
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[edit] History
The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, when Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos was founded. In 1894, a rival sports club, Gymnastiki Eteria Patron, was founded in Patras by former Panachaikos' members.[1] It was only in 1923 that both clubs came to an agreement and decided to merge, forming Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.
Panachaiki is a multisport club, whose athletes have won several Olympic medals. Emblematic figures in Panachaiki's history are weightlifter Dimitrios Tofalos and Kostas Davourlis, leader of the great football team that impressed Greece in the seventies and took part in the 1974 UEFA Cup (fell against FC Twente in the second round).[2]
[edit] Stadium
The team's privately owned arena is the Kostas Davourlis Stadium, the capacity of which is 11.321 seats.
[edit] Notable football players
- Themis Rigas
- Kostas Davourlis
- Vassilis Stravopodis
- Dimitris Spentzopoulos
- Petros Leventakos
- Andreas Michalopoulos
- Manolis Pappas
- Christos Apostolidis
- Giorgos Vaitsis
- Grigoris Georgatos
- Kostas Katsouranis
- Raymond Kalla
- Joël Epalle
- Walter Wagner
[edit] Famous athletes
- Nikolaos Andriakopoulos
- Antonios Pepanos
- Stephanos Christopoulos
- Dimitrios Tofalos
- Themistoklis Diakidis
- Konstantinos Kozanitas
- Alexandros Nikolaidis
- Louis Zutter
[edit] References
- Polites, N.G. (1994). Sports in Patras, Tome A, The fist decade 1891-1900. Patras: Achaikes Ekdoseis. ISBN 960 7164 91 1.
- Polites, N.G. (1997). Sports in Patras, Tome B, From the Tofalos period to the foundation of Panachaiki. Patras: Achaikes Ekdoseis. ISBN 960 7164 92 x.
- Rsssf, website about football statistics[2]
- Municipality of Patras, 100 years of football in Patras, 2006
- Kokkovikas, K. , The sports past of Achaia, 2004
[edit] Notes
- ^ Patras' sports history Polites, N.G. (1994). Sports in Patras, Tome A, The fist decade 1891-1900. Patras: Achaikes Ekdoseis. ISBN 960 7164 91 1.
- ^ Rsssf, website about football statistics.[1]
[edit] External links
- Official sites
- (Greek) Official website
- Unofficial sites
Gamma Ethniki South Group 2008/09
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