Apollon Patras
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A.S. Apollon Patras (Greek: A.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών) is a sporting club that includes basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and ping pong.
History
The team was founded in 1926 in the ProsfygikaProsfygika
Prosfygika or Prosfigika is a neighbourhood in the southern Greek city of Patras. It was founded in 1922 as refugees from Asia Minor arrived in the city during the Greco-Turkish War....
neighbourhood. The football club entered the EPS Achaias and played many matches against Panachaiki
Panachaiki
Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...
, APS Olympiacos, Patraikos and Thyella. The area was in the Olympiacos Patras arena, today's Prosfygika
Prosfygika
Prosfygika or Prosfigika is a neighbourhood in the southern Greek city of Patras. It was founded in 1922 as refugees from Asia Minor arrived in the city during the Greco-Turkish War....
stadium.
The football team was later dissolved and today Apollon is mainly a basketball team , KAE Apollon Patras
Apollon Patras BC
Apollon Patras BC, named after the Greek God Apollo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Patras, Greece. The club was founded in the year 1926. Apollon Patras BC is the basketball club of the Greek sports athletic union AS Apollon Patras...
. It is a regular member of the Greek Basketball First Division (A1 Ethniki
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...
), participated in the European cups and played the Greek basketball Cup
Greek basketball Cup
The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation .-History and format:...
final in 1997, losing the trophy by Olympiacos BC
Olympiacos BC
Olympiacos B.C. , also known simply as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional basketball club, part of Olympiacos CFP, based in Piraeus. The basketball club, founded in 1931, is one of the most successful in Greece and a traditional powerhouse in European competitions...
(78-80). The club is named after the Greek god Apollo
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
and its colour is black and white.
Football
- Achaia championship winner: 1945, 1946, 1948
- Partecipations in Greek Football Third Division (South): 1967, 1976
Basketball: Apollon Patras BCApollon Patras BCApollon Patras BC, named after the Greek God Apollo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Patras, Greece. The club was founded in the year 1926. Apollon Patras BC is the basketball club of the Greek sports athletic union AS Apollon Patras...
Men's team- Participations in the Premier Division (A1 EthnikiA1 EthnikiThe Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...
): 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Titles (8):
- A2 LeagueA2 EthnikiThe HEBA A2 or commonly called, the Greek A2 League, is the second division of the highest professional basketball competition among pro clubs in Greece. It is operated by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association . The league has 16 teams...
: 1992, 2003 - Second Division: 1976, 1979
- Achaia local championships: 1956, 1958, 1971, 1973
- Greek CupGreek basketball CupThe Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation .-History and format:...
finalist: 1997
- A2 League
Women's team
- Achaia local championship winner: 1998, 2006, 2007
Volleyball
Men's team- Achaia local championship winner: 1998, 2005, 2007
- Participations in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002
- Participations in the Third National Division: 2004, 2006
Women's team
- Achaia local championship winner: 2007, 2008
- Participations in the Second National Division: 2001, 2002
Table tennis
The team also plays in the table tennisTable tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
competitions and it took the fourth place in 1974. It produced athletes including Dimitrios Zikos, Giorgos Glarakis, Gerasimos Roussopoulos and Spyros Kalogriopoulos. Roussopoulos as an athlete of the team won the Atomic Greek Youth Championships in 1971, he finished second in 1972 and 1973.
In 1969 together with Spyros Kalogriopoulos they were Greek champions in the children's doubles as athletes of Sporting Patras.