Panionios G.S.S.

Panionios G.S.S.
Full namePanionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis
Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης
NicknameKyanerythroi (Blue-Reds)
Istorikos (Historic)
Panthers
Founded1890 as Orpheus Smyrni
Colours    Red, Blue
ChairmanThodoris Ntantos
TitlesBalkans Titles: 1
WebsiteClub home page

Panionios G.S.S. (Greek: Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis), the Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna, is a Greek multi-sport club founded in 1890. Originally based in Smyrna/Izmir, the club was uprooted in the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922. It is now based in the suburban town of Nea Smyrni, located in the Attica, and where many of the refugees from Smyrna settled.[1]

The Panionios football team has won the Greek Cup twice (1979, 1998) while the Panionios basketball team won the Greek Cup in 1991.

Panionios has a long tradition of raising talented athletes in many sports (e.g. Fanis Christodoulou, Thomas Mavros, Nikos Anastopoulos, Dimitris Saravakos, etc.)

  1. ^ "Όταν ο Πανιώνιος έδειχνε τον δρόμο για τον γυναικείο αθλητισμό σε μια ανδροκρατούμενη κοινωνία".