Panachaiki

Panachaiki GE

Full name	Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi (Pan-Achaean Gymnastic Union)
Nickname(s)	Megali Kyria tis Peloponnisou (Great Lady of Peloponnesus
Founded	1891
Ground	Kostas Davourlis Stadium, Patras, Greece
Capacity	11,321
Chairman	Kostas Makris
Manager	Vassilis Stravopodis
League	Beta Ethniki
2005-06	Beta Ethniki

Panachaiki Patras is a Greek sports club, founded in 1891 as Patras Gymnastic Club. It's current stadium is Pampelonisiakobut its privately owned arena is Panachaiki stadium.

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.

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]

Famous football players

• Themis Rigas
  
• Kostas Davourlis
  
• Vassilis Stravopodis
  
• Dimitris Spentzopoulos
  
• Petros Leventakos
  
• Andreas Michalopoulos
  
• Manolis Pappas
  
• Christos Apostolidis
  
• Giorgos Vaitsis
  
• Grigoris Georgatos
  
• Raymond Kalla
  
• Joël Epalle
  
• Kostas Katsouranis
  
  

Famous athletes

• Nikolaos Andriakopoulos
  
• Antonios Pepanos
  
• Stephanos Christopoulos
  
• Louis Zutter
  
• Dimitrios Tofalos
  
• Themistoklis Diakidis
  
• Konstantinos Kozanitas
  
• Alexandros Nikolaidis
  

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
  
  

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]

Links

Official website

Panachaiki Stadium

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