NO Patras (NOP), (Greek: Ναυταθλητικός Όμιλος Πατρών = Nautical Club of Patras), is a water polo club participating in the First Division of the Greek Championship (A1 Ethniki).
History
NOP was founded on April 19, 1929, in Patras, Western Greece and immediately became one of the protagonists of Greek water polo, dominating the 1930s and 1940s by winning 8 Greek Championships. During the next decades the club continually participated at the First Division (with the exception of six seasons in the Second Division/A2 Ethniki). The club also reached 8 times the final of the Greek Water Polo Cup, winning the trophy in 1995. NO Patras was the runner-up of the LEN Trophy in 1999.
Honours
National Titles: 9 Men Greek Championship Winners (8): 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950 Greek Cup Winners (1): 1995 finalists (7): 1957, 1958, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005 LEN Euro Cup finalists (1): 1999
Rankings in the Greek First Division (A1 & A Ethniki)
A1 League: 24 participations
Season Rank1929-30 6th1930-313rd1931-32 -1932-33 5th1933-34 4th1934-351st1935-362nd1936-371st1937-381st1938-391st1939-401st1940-44 World War II1944-451st1945-461st1946-472nd1947-48-1948-492nd1949-501st1950-512nd
Season Rank1951-522nd 1952-533rd1953-54-1954-553rd1955-562nd1956-575th1957-582nd1958-592nd1959-603rd1960-612nd1961-622nd 1962-633rd1963-643rd1964-653rd1965-663rd1966-67 7th1967-683rd1968-695th1969-705th
Season Rank1970-716th1971-725th 1972-735th1973-744th1974-754th1975-764th1976-777th1977-786th1978-797th1979-808th1980-815th1981-826th 1982-838th1983-849th1984-8510th1985-867th1986-877th1987-88 A21988-89 8th
Season Rank1989-90 A21990-91 5th1991-925th 1992-935th1993-945th1994-955th1995-963rd1996-973rd1997-983rd1998-99 7th1999-00 6th2000-01 7th2001-0210th 2002-037th2003-043rd 2004-057th2005-06 11th2006-07 A22007-08 A2
Season Rank2008-09 7th2009-10 8th2010-11 9th2011-12 10th2012-13 12th2013-14 A22014-15 A22015-16 A22016-17 11th2017-18 A22018-19 A22019-20 A2
Greek Cup
In the Greek Water Polo Cup, N.O. Patras has reached the final 7 times, winning the trophy once. The team was the Greek Cup Winner in 1995, when they defeated Vouliagmeni 13-12 in the OAKA Indoor Aquatic Centre.
It was defeated in the following finals: 1958to Ethnikos Piraeus 5–21992to Olympiacos9–81996to Vouliagmeni11–81997to Olympiacos9–81998to Olympiacos10–82005to Ethnikos Piraeus 12–8
European Cups
The greatest honour of NO Patras was in 1999 when they reached the LEN Trophy double finals against Újpest Budapest. In the first final, in Patras, NOP was defeated 7-12, while it won 9-10 in the second final in Budapest. Before reaching the final, NOP had eliminated Montpellier, Crişul Oradea, Adalar and Dynamo Lviv. In the quarter-finals they defeated Primorac Kotor and in the semi-finals the Real Canoe NC.
Another successful year for NOP in Europe was in 1992, when they reached the semi-finals of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup.
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