Panathinaikos Field Hockey

Panathinaikos Field Hockey
Full name Panathinaikos Field Hockey
Nickname(s) The Trifolium
Founded 1927, 2014 (refoundation)
Chairman Ilias Michalarias
Manager Nikos Anastasiadis
Home Ground Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre
League Greek Field Hockey League
Official Website panathinaikos1908.gr
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Active departments of Panathinaikos A.C.
Football Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Water Polo
Rugby Baseball Field Hockey
Swimming Athletics Table Tennis
Fencing Wrestling Weightlifting
Boxing Cycling Shooting
Archery Diving Modern Pentathlon
Karate Kickboxing Athletic Club

Panathinaikos Field Hockey department was refounded in 2014.

History

The field hockey department of Panathinaikos was one of the first in Greece. It was founded in 1927, while there was not a Greek league. The first athletes of the team were Cypriots or athletes from the other departments of the club. Main contributors were Renos Fragoudis, Diomidis Symeonidis and Athanasios Aravositas.

Some members of the first team were Angelos Filippou, Nikos Mantzaroglou (the table tennis athlete), Renos Fragoudis, Athanasios Aravositas, Chrisanthos Tsoukalas, Kleon Zachos, Kimon Zachos, Nikos Chrisafis, Lefteris Frantzeskakis, Angelos Messaris and Diomidis Symeonidis.

After the WWII, the department stopped its action. It was refounded in 2014.[1]

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