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STEP BY STEPThe story of how Panathinaikos was born ... In 1890, in the area of Exarhia, a few hundred meters away from the stadium of Panathinaikos in Athens(also called the Leoforos stadium because of its location at Alexandra Leoforos), George Calafatis was born, the founder of Panathinaikos. George Calafatis studied medicine at the University of Athens and gymnastics at the Academy of Gymnastics. He was a great talent in throw, jump and trace. However his passion rested with football. When he was 18 and already a champion in the team of Panellinios he was making efforts to create a football team. All the big fields in Athens, sited mainly at Goudi and Rouf, were the first football fields of the newborn Calafatis team. Moreover when Panellinios refused to proceed to the founding of an official football team, George Calafatis created the ancestor team of Panathinaikos, called Athens Football Club. This was in autumn 1908. Among the founders, except George Calafatis, were his brother Alexander who also was the first president, D. Doukakis, P. Bouboulis, E Chricis (vice president), Granitsas, Mantzakos, Papageorgiou, Gaetas, Demertzis, I. Stavropoulos, Pashos, Misakian, Reppas, Sapounias, Garoufalias.

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Our trip through the time...

The first flag of liberty During the years of occupation, manager of the stadium, Antonis Vrettos, had transformed certain areas of the stadium with no access into places of resistance. At illegal mee...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:02:00 PST

Determining Feautures

The first foreign coach 1928 was a milestone, as at that time Panathinaikos was struggling to get reorganized after the troublesome disputes with EPO and the long time of stagnation in the playing fie...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:00:00 PST

POK: The alliance of the Eternals

Founding of EPO and beginning of problems 1926. Just at the time when Greek football started to gain international recognition there was friction between football teams and EPO resulting in the first ...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:58:00 PST

Apostolos Nikolaidis

Apostolos Nikolaidis marked Panathinaikos with his personality during the first years of the intervening period between the two world wars. He was born in Filippoupoli in east Thrace in 1896. He was a...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:57:00 PST

The first international game

On the 26th of April 1925 Panathinaikos played its first international game with the Yugoslavian team Vitoria Zagreb, scoring 1-1. The match took place at the Leoforos stadium and the score was consid...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:56:00 PST

PAO is the final name

In 1924 in the framework of the third championship of EPSA, Panathinaikos participated the games with its final and last name Panathinaikos Athletic Group (PAO). This final name was given to the team ...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:55:00 PST

Creation of the Greek National Team

1918: The First World War is over. Even though troubles were not yet over for Greece, football activity begun again in 1918 and PPO (Panellinios Podosfairikos Omilos) changed its name into Panhellinic...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:53:00 PST

Loukas Panourgias

The wars had an enormous negative impact in the athletic events after 1912. Most of the athletes were already in the army. However during this period Loukas Panourgias, one of the top players, later t...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:49:00 PST

The first split

Even though the financial situation of the team as well as its performance were flourishing, Calafatis fell out with financing factor M Marinakis and consequently left, taking away with him many playe...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:47:00 PST

Costas Tsiklitiras

Costas Tsiklitiras was an athlete of Panellinios and it was with the colors of this historical team that he became an Olympic champion. At the Olympic Games of Stockholm in 1912 he won a golden metal ...
Posted by Panathinaikos on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:46:00 PST