Panathinaikos WPC

Main article: Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos

Nicknames	The Trifolium
Founded	1930
League	A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based in	Athens, Greece
Arena	Ilisio Swimming Pool
Colours	Green and White
President	Ilias Mihalarias
Head coach	Theodoros Lorantos
Website	panathinaikos1908.gr

Active departments of Panathinaikos AC
Football	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)
Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Water Polo
Athletics	Swimming	Diving
Table tennis	Cycling	Modern pentathlon
Fencing	Archery	Shooting
Boxing	Wrestling	Weightlifting
Karate	Kickboxing	Field hockey
Rugby (Men's)	Rugby (Women's)

Panathinaikos AC Water Polo, founded in 1930, is the water polo department of Panathinaikos A.C., the Athens-based Greek multi-sport club. Despite its early establishment it doesn't have any particular honours so far. The best result it has achieved in the A1 Ethniki Water Polo is the second place.

History in the Greek Championship

Panathinaikos AC Water Polo was initially established in 1930, but three years later it was forced to close because of the lack of a swimming pool. The club was re-established in 1959. Without facing any particular difficulties it won the tournaments of the lower divisions and managed to qualify for the first division 3 years later, in 1962. In the years 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Panathinaikos WPC reached the third position. In 1993 PAO WPC returned for another time to second division. Until now PAO WPC have never won a national title.

In 2011 the club took the third place, along with the participation ticket for the first time in its history in the LEN Euroleague. The club ended up in the third place once again in the season 2013-2014. The team finished second for the first time in its history in the season 2014-15.

Greek Cup

In the Greek Water Polo Cup Panathinaikos participated in the final in the season 2014-15.

The team had previously reached the semi-finals in the seasons: 1983-84, 1984-85, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

European Honours

Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

In its first participation in the LEN Euroleague (2011–12), Panathinaikos succeeded in advancing from the preliminary round to the first group stage. The club succeeded in winning against Kharkiv and VK Primorac Kotor (8-11) but it was eventually eliminated from the second group stage.
Following its elimination from the Euroleague, PAO went on to compete in the LEN Trophy, where it advanced until the round of "16" after winning against Le Ben and eventually having a draw 7-7 against Galatasaray. Finally Panathinaikos did not advance to the quarter finals after being eliminated by Panionios 6-8 in OAKA, and 13-14 (10-12) in Nea Smirni.

Current Roster

Season 2015–2016

No.	Nat.	Player	Birth
Goalkeepers
		Filippos Karampetsos	1977
		Iason Grigoriadis	1996
		Anastasios Pitoulis	1997
		Loukas Kalomenidis	1997
Defense
		Grigoris Kapetanakis	1997
		Panteleimon Kalogerakos	1996
		George Torakis	1989
		Giannis Gavalas	1983
Offense
		John Conway	1991
		Dionisis Karountzos	1985
		Panagiotis Vitellas	1991
		Ioannis Pantazopoulos	1997
		Dimos Dermitzakis	1991
		Tomislav Primorac	1980
		Athanasios Skliros	1998
		Stathis Hatzistefanou	1997
		Panagiotis Mpertolis	1998
		Thomas Konstantinou	1998
Center
		Georgios Afroudakis	1976
		Michael Sartzetakis	1996
		Dimitris Papadimitriou	1998
Coach
		Theodoros Lorantos

Notable players

Nikos Anagnostopoulos Georgios Afroudakis Zachos Afroudakis Giannis Bostantzoglou Petros Egogiannis Kostas Dandolos Makis Georgaras Kostas Kasidokostas Grigoris Kasidokostas Aris Kefalogiannis Giorgos Katsaounis Kostas Kokkinakis Vasilis Labatos

Theodoros Lorantos Konstantinos Loudis Fontas Moudatsios Ioakeim Marcelos Petros Pomonis Vangelis Patras Tasos Papanastasiou Giorgos Reppas Dimitris Seletopoulos Panikos Chrisostomou Dmitry Apanasenko Chris Humbert

External links

• Official website (Greek)