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).
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. 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 SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2001-02A2 Ethniki 1st Promoted to A12002-03A1 Ethniki 8th2003-04A1 Ethniki 4th2004-05A1 Ethniki 3rd2005-06A1 Ethniki 3rdFinalist Greek Cup2006-07A1 Ethniki 5th2007-08A1 Ethniki 3rdFinalist Greek Cup2008-09A1 Ethniki 2ndFinalist Greek Cup, Finalist Len Euro Cup2009-10A1 Ethniki 2ndFinalist Greek Cup2010-11A1 Ethniki 4thFinalist Greek Cup, Finalist Len Euro Cup2011-12A1 Ethniki 5th2012-13A1 Ethniki 9th 2013-14A1 Ethniki 8th 2014-15A1 Ethniki11th Relegated to A22015-16A2 Ethniki 2nd Promoted to A12016-17A1 Ethniki 10th 2017-18A1 Ethniki 11th Relegated to A22018-19A2 Ethniki 2nd Promoted to A12019-20A1 Ethniki 8th 2020-21A1 Ethniki 7th
Honours A1 Ethniki Runners-up (2):2009, 2010 Greek Water Polo Cup Runners-up (5): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 LEN Euro Cup Runners-up (2):2009, 2011
Current roster 2020–21 Players: Konstantinos Limarakis Matthaios Salteris Aristos Anagnostou Gregory Kapetanakis John spiropoulos Dimitrios Bouzalas Kostas Koukounas George Kalaitzis Dimitris Dimou Sean Spooner Dionysis Braimi Spyros Gavalas Jason Dalapas Dimitris Mosxovelis Christos helmis George Pournaras Nikos Karakasis Ahmed Barakat Kimon Alexiou Dimokritos Zouridis
Coach: 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 SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2007-08A2 Ethniki 2nd2008-09A2 Ethniki 1stPromoted to A12009-10A1 Ethniki 6th2010-11A1 Ethniki 7th2011-12A1 Ethniki 8th Relegated to A22012-13A2 Ethniki 2nd
References
External links
Official website Αφιέρωμα υδατοσφαίρισης ανδρών Α1: Πανιώνιος Hellenic Swimming Federation, Official Page