Panathinaikos women's basketball


Panathinaikos AC Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of the major Greek multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. The club is based in Athens, Greece. The department was founded in 1937 creating the first and oldest women's basketball team in the country. Pavlos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos Indoor Hall is the home arena of the team.
They have won the Greek Championship 5 times and the Greek Cup 3 times.
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History

The Panathinaikos women's basketball team was the first to be founded in Greece, in 1937, and undoubtedly represents yet another pioneering achievement of the “Shamrock” club.
The “Greens” began to make their presence felt in the early 1950s, notably winning the Athens Championship in 1950, while a few years later, in 1954, they claimed the Easter Cup. A little earlier, in 1948, Panathinaikos’ second team had won the Mantellos Cup.
Up until around 1967, the core of the team often consisted of athletes who were members of families of the club's athletes or officials, and they had been training at the indoor court on Leoforos Avenue since around 1960.
Since 1983, the team has competed in the top division championships, though it was relegated in the 2017–18 season, when it was forced to play with youth players.
In the meantime, the “Fighting Souls” celebrated four Greek Championships and one Greek Cup.
The team's most outstanding season is considered to be 1999–2000, when it won both the championship and the cup under the administration of Thodoris Aloupis.
The team's coach was Yasemi Samantoura, while the roster included Robinson, Van Gorp, Kalentzou, Nikolaidou, Papadimou, Papamichail, Trialoni, Liakou, Koumioti, and Rogiti.

Honours

Greek Championship

Notable players

Completed list of former Panathinaikos Women players by Eurobasket.com