Panathinaikos (table tennis club)

Panathinaikos
NicknamesThe Trifolium
Vazeli
Founded1924
Based inAthens, Greece
StadiumLeoforos Alexandras Stadium
PresidentPanagiotis Malakates
Head coachLefteris Makras
Nikos Zervas
Websitepao1908.com
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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.