Panathinaikos (table tennis club) explained

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The table tennis department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1924 by player Nikos Mantzaroglou. Through the next decades Panathinaikos became one of the best table tennis teams in Greece with a lot of successes in both men and women.

In 1974, the men's team had its biggest success in the European competitions. In the ETTU Cup, Panathinaikos passed Turnerschaft Innsbruck, Centro Sportivo Milano, TTC Rot-Weiß Hamburg and reached the semi-finals, where they were disqualified by Hertha BSC Berlin.

Honours

• Greek Clubs' Championship, Men (12):
  • 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1975
• Greek Clubs' Championship, Women (3):
  • 1972, 1973, 1974
• Greek Cup, Men (3):
  • 1965,1966, 1969
• Greek Cup, Women (2):
  • 1972, 2022
• ETTU Cup, Men
  • Semi-finals (1): 1974
• ETTU Europe Trophy, Men
  • Winners (1): 2024
• ETTU Europe Trophy, Women
  • Winners (1): 2022

Current players

Season 2024–25

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Men's squad Name Nat. Konstantinos Angelakis Zisis Doukeris Panagiotis Gionis Giorgos Konstantinopoulos Kostas Konstantinopoulos João Monteiro Álvaro Robles

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Women's squad Name Nat. Maria Artsetou Ioanna Gerasimatou Matilda Hansson Konstantina Paridi Ana Tofant Katerina Toliou Vasiliki Tzimou

Former Notable players

Men

• Andrej Gaćina
• Jorge Campos
• Emmanuel Lebesson
• Spyros Giannakopoulos
• Giannis Kalogiannis
• Nikos Kostopoulos
• Maria Louka
• Stamatina Louka
• Nikos Mantzaroglou
• Kostas Priftis
• Lena Ralli
• Eleni Vlachaki
• Jakub Dyjas
• Kristian Karlsson
• Betty Janes Klosky

Women

• Dina Meshref
• Szandra Pergel
• Katarzyna Grzybowska
• Elizabeta Samara

Sources

• 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
• Official website