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Greek women's volleyball team
Panathinaikos AC Women's Volleyball Team is a Greek volleyball team, part of the major Athens -based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. The department was founded in 1969 and is the most successful women's volleyball team in Greece , in terms of Greek Championships won. They have won a record 26[ 1] Championships , 6 Cups , with 5 Doubles , while they hold the record for finishing undefeated the Championship 8 times (1971-1973, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2007). They hold also the record of 68 straight wins in the league including the play-offs.
They have also reached four times a European final four and two times a European final (2000 and 2009). The team currently plays in Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall .
In 2017, the club was relegated due to serious financial problems. They stayed inactive in the 2017–18 season.
Apart from the Greek players, who have traditionally been the backbone of Greece's national team , some of the greatest players in European volleyball that have played for the team over the years include Ruxandra Dumitrescu , Brižitka Molnar , Tammy Mahon , Jelena Lozancic , Olga Tocko , María Fernández , Sanja Tomasević and others.
The club has retired the jersey number 9 in honour of the team's legendary captain Ruxandra Dumitrescu .
Greek Championship (record): (26)[ 1]
1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024
Greek Cup : (6)
2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022
Double : (6)
2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022
Current women's volleyball squad[ edit ]
Season 2024–25 [ 2]
Number
Player
Position
Height (m)
Birth date
1
Irini Chatziefstratiadou
Middle blocker
1.85
(1995-09-02 ) September 2, 1995 (age 28)
2
Marianna Belia
Libero
1.65
(1998-10-24 ) October 24, 1998 (age 25)
6
Maret Grothues
Outside hitter
1.80
(1988-09-16 ) September 16, 1988 (age 35)
10
Athina Papafotiou
Setter
1.81
(1989-08-23 ) August 23, 1989 (age 34)
12
Martina Šamadan
Middle blocker
1.93
(1993-09-11 ) September 11, 1993 (age 30)
13
Penny Rogka
Libero
1.67
(1987-07-04 ) July 4, 1987 (age 37)
14
Natalia Metaxa
Middle blocker
1.85
(1992-06-08 ) June 8, 1992 (age 32)
--
Manolina Konstantinou
Outside hitter
1.84
(1993-04-10 ) April 10, 1993 (age 31)
--
Evangelia Tani
Setter
1.82
(2004-07-22 ) July 22, 2004 (age 20)
--
Georgina Antonakaki
Libero
1.75
(2002-09-16 ) September 16, 2002 (age 21)
--
Katarina Jović
Outside hitter
1.91
(1999-10-01 ) October 1, 1999 (age 24)
--
Konstantina Vlachaki
Outside hitter
1.79
(1995-05-08 ) May 8, 1995 (age 29)
--
Bogumila Biarda
Opposite
1.91
(1999-05-24 ) May 24, 1999 (age 25)
Technical and managerial staff [ edit ]
Staff
Head coach
Dragan Nešić
Assistant coach
Dimitris Markakis
Assistant coach
Agki Mpampouli
Statistician
Dimos Avtzioglou
Trainer
Vangelis Polymeropoulos
Physiotherapist
Vasilis Angelou
Kit assistant
Alexandros Mako
Team manager
Nikos Lazos
Panathinaikos women's volleyball retired numbers
N°
Player
Position
Tenure
9
Ruxandra Dumitrescu
Outside Hitter
2003–2010
Panhellenic Championship
A' National
A1 Division
Pre League
A1 Division
Pos.
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Times
26
15
6
2
1
International record [ edit ]
Season
Achievement
Notes
Champions Cup
1993-94
Quarter-final
eliminated by Matera
Cup Winners Cup
1994-95
Final Four
4th place
1995-96
7th place
1999-00
Final
2nd place, defeated by Perugia
CEV Cup
1980-81
Final Four
4th place
Challenge Cup
2008-09
Final
2nd place, defeated by Vini Monteschiavo Jesi
2009-10
Quarter-final
eliminated by Asterix Kieldrecht
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