Apollon Smyrnis F.C.

Apollon Smyrnis
Full nameΑπόλλων Σμύρνης
(Apollon Smyrnis Football Club)
Nickname(s)Ελαφρά Ταξιαρχία (Light Brigade)
Κυανόλευκοι (Blue-Whites)
Founded1891; 133 years ago (1891)
GroundGeorgios Kamaras Stadium
Capacity14,200
ChairmanPanagiotis Katavelos
ManagerGiannis Georgaras
LeagueAthens FCA First Division
2023–24Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 12th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Apollon Smyrnis Football Club (Greek: Απόλλων Σμύρνης) is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Greek Gamma Ethniki.

It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), a sports society that was founded in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, by Anatolian Greeks in 1891 and is one of the oldest Hellenic sports clubs.[1][2] Following the compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey the club was re-established in Athens in 1923 and is also known as Apollon Athens.

Apollon Smyrnis has also departments basketball, volleyball, water polo and other sports.[3]

  1. ^ "Club Apollon Smyrna". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ "History". fcapollon.gr. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Amateur Apollon Smyrnis official website" (in Greek). apollongs.gr. Archived from the original on 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-11.