Panionios Water Polo Club

Panionios Water Polo Club is the water polo team of Panionios multi sport club. It has got teams both men and women. The men's team of Panionios is playing in A1 Ethniki (first division) and the women's team is also playing in A1 Ethniki Women (first division).

Panionios Water Polo
Founded1985 (refounded)
LeagueA1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based inNea Smyrni, Greece
ArenaNea Smyrni naratorioum
Colors   
Head coachKostas Dimou
Websitepanionios.gr
Departments of
Panionios G.S.S.
Football Basketball Basketball
(women's)
Volleyball Waterpolo Handball
Athletics Gymnastics Swimming
Cycling Judo Chess

Men's team

Panionios had had a water polo team by the period it was based in Smyrna, before 1922. It kept up the team when it moved in Athens but some time later it was dissolved.
The water polo team of Panionios was refounded again in 1985, after the building of natatorium in Nea Smirni.
In the ’90s, the water polo men section gradually comes back to top levels and participates in the top division A1 Ethniki for several years (1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 1998-1999). However, poor economics cause the section to relegate again to B division. In season 1994-95, Panionios won the championship of A2 Ethniki (second division) and got promoted to A1 Ethniki (first division).
Since 2005, Panionios stars in the championship, finishing in the first places every year.[1] Soonly it had successes in European competitions. It played two times in the final of the LEN Euro Cup (2009 and 2011) but was defeated. Panionios had played five times in the final of the Greek cup but has been defeated in all matches.

Recent seasons
Season Division Place Notes
2001-02A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A1
2002-03A1 Ethniki8th
2003-04A1 Ethniki4th
2004-05A1 Ethniki3rd
2005-06A1 Ethniki3rdFinalist Greek Cup
2006-07A1 Ethniki5th
2007-08A1 Ethniki3rdFinalist Greek Cup
2008-09A1 Ethniki2ndFinalist Greek Cup, Finalist Len Euro Cup
2009-10A1 Ethniki2ndFinalist Greek Cup
2010-11A1 Ethniki4thFinalist Greek Cup, Finalist Len Euro Cup
2011-12A1 Ethniki5th
2012-13A1 Ethniki9th
2013-14A1 Ethniki8th
2014-15A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2015-16A2 Ethniki2ndPromoted to A1
2016-17A1 Ethniki10th
2017-18A1 Ethniki11thRelegated to A2
2018-19A2 Ethniki2ndPromoted to A1
2019-20A1 Ethniki8th
2020-21A1 Ethniki7th

Honours

Current roster

2020–21[2]
Players:

  • Greece Konstantinos Limarakis
  • Greece Matthaios Salteris
  • Greece Aristos Anagnostou
  • Greece Gregory Kapetanakis
  • Greece John spiropoulos
  • Greece Dimitrios Bouzalas
  • Greece Kostas Koukounas
  • Greece George Kalaitzis
  • Greece Dimitris Dimou
  • Canada Sean Spooner
  • Greece Dionysis Braimi
  • Greece Spyros Gavalas
  • Greece Jason Dalapas
  • Greece Dimitris Mosxovelis
  • Greece Christos helmis
  • Greece George Pournaras
  • Greece Nikos Karakasis
  • Egypt Ahmed Barakat
  • Greece Kimon Alexiou
  • Greece Dimokritos Zouridis

Coach:

  • Greece Kostas Dimou

Women's team

The women team of Panionios was founded in 1988. In season 1993-94 played in first division (A1 Ethniki) but it relegated. It played again in first division from season 2009–10 to 2011–12. In the last season (2012–13) played in A2 Ethniki and finished in second place.

Recent seasons
Season Division Place Notes
2007-08A2 Ethniki2nd
2008-09A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A1
2009-10A1 Ethniki6th
2010-11A1 Ethniki7th
2011-12A1 Ethniki8thRelegated to A2
2012-13A2 Ethniki2nd

References
  1. "Panionios Water Polo History". pgss.gr. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. "Το ρόστερ του Ευρωπαίου Πανιωνίου | Waterpolonews.gr".
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