Panachaiki

Panachaiki GE
Full name Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi
(Pan-Achaean Athletic Union)
Nickname(s) Megali Kyria tis Peloponnisou
(Great Lady of Peloponnesus)
Rossoneri
Founded 1891
Ground Kostas Davourlis Stadium, Agyia
Patras, Greece
(Capacity: 11.400)
Μajor shareholder Alexios Kougias
Manager Ilias Fyntanis
League Football League
2010-11 Football League 2, 1st (South Group) (promoted)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση - Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi), the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.

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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, eliminating Austrians Grazer AK before losing to Dutch team Twente.[2]

Titles

National (7)

Stadium

The team's privately owned arena is the Kostas Davourlis Stadium, the capacity of which is 11.321 seats. Despite that Panachaiki has also been using the much bigger Pampeloponnisiako Stadium from time to time.

Season to season

Football Squad 2011-12

Νο. Nat. Name Date Of Birth Former Club
Goalkeepers
12. Thanasis Drakopoulos 26-02-1988 Atromitos Lappa
31. Apostolos Androutsos 26-07-1989 Panegialios
1. Arkadiusz Malarz 19-06-1980 Ael Limassol
Defenders
60. Konstantinos Foufoulas 25-10-1984 Ilioupoli
4. Giorgos Lampropoulos 09-02-1987 Achaiki
14. Giannis Ioannou 09-04-1984 Vyzas Megaron
6. Giorgos Kokkinis 27-04-1989 Ethnikos Piraieus
3. Kostas Pagonis 11-09-1985 Ethnikos Piraieus
17. Spiros Spinoulas 08-04-1986 Aspropyrgos
8. Theodoros Pakaltsis 09-05-1978 Doxa Dramas
23. Andreas Chronis 25-04-1989 Agia Paraskevi
16. Stilianos Andrikos 18-06-1990 Vyzas Megaron
Midfielders
21. Giannis Koiliaras 09-06-1988 Trikala
13. Francisco Emilio Pol Hurtado 17-09-1987 Deportivo Petare
5. Alexandros Tsemperidis 26-07-1986 Ethnikos Piraieus
7. Dejan Miloseski 27-12-1982 Gornik Leczna
26. Thanasis Ntinas 12-01-1989 Zakynthos
2. Kiriakos Damianidis 12-03-1989 Anagennisi Epanomis
10. Alsid Tafili 20-08-1987 Teuta Durrës
22. Panagiotis Atmatzidis 22-10-1986 Vyzas Megaron
15. Theofanis Zarkos 26-11-1991 Korinthos
18. Konstantinos Mendrinos 28-05-1985 Aris
27. Sotiris Zelios 05-07-1993 Amateur Panachaiki
28. Γιάννης Μπουρλάκης 14-12-1993 Amateur Panachaiki
Forwards
19. Leonidas Kyvelidis 08-02-1986 Egaleo
20. José Emilio Furtado 14-03-1983 PAS Giannina
11. Giannis Chloros 30-10-1978 Egaleo
Coach
Ilias Fintanis
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Notable football players

Famous athletes

European matches

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1st Round Grazer AK 2-1 1–0
2nd Round FC Twente 1-1 0-7
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 5 Stabæk IF 1–1
FC Dynamo Moscow 1–2
B36 Tórshavn 4–2
K.R.C. Genk 2-4

References

Notes

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ Rsssf, website about football statistics.[1]

External links

Official sites
Unofficial sites
2011–12 Football League 2 South