Panathinaikos

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Panathinaikos Basketball Club (Greek name: Κ.Α.Ε. Παναθηναϊκός, transliterated into English as: K.A.E. Panathinaikos) is the professional basketball team of the multi-sports Athens-based sport club Panathinaikos. The team is also widely known by the name PAO, which stands for Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos. The basketball club is owned by the pharmaceutical magnates Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanassis Giannakopoulos. The parent athletic club was founded in 1908 and the basketball team in 1922, and it has since developed into the most successful basketball team in Greece and among the best in Europe. Panathinaikos has won 30 Greek National Championships, 12 Greek Cups, 5 European Championships (Euroleague) (from 1996-2009) and 1 Intercontinental Cup (also known as the FIBA International Championship).Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included: Dominique Wilkins, Byron Scott, Antonio Davis, Dino Radja, Tracy Murray, Tony Delk, John Salley, Nikos Galis, Dejan Bodiroga, Panagiotis Giannakis, Željko Rebrača, Stojko Vranković, Žarko Paspalj, Fanis Christodoulou, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Fragiskos Alvertis, Dimitris Diamantidis, Vassilis Spanoulis, among others. Such players, along with the successful management of Pavlos Giannakopoulos and of course with the guidance of the most successful coach in Europe and one of the best in the world, Željko Obradović, have made Panathinaikos the most successful and popular team of the last two decades in Europe and the only team in the continent that has won five Euroleague titles after the modern era final four format was established. Overall, and on the basis of its achievements in Greece and Europe, Panathinaikos basketball team is widely considered as the most successful Greek sport team ever.