Panionios Volleyball Club is the volleyball department of the Greek multisport club of Panionios, based in Nea Smirni. It is one of the oldest sport sections of the club, with a presence since the early 20th century. The colours of the club are red and blue and its home arena is the Panionios Indoor Hall.
History The volleyball department of Panionios was founded in 1913 and was one of the first departments of the club. It was active as long as Panionios was in Smyrna. After the move of Panionios in Greece the volleyball team came to the country. Panionios was the team which brought volleyball to Greece. Before then, there was not any volley competition in Greece. Panionios starred in the interwar period Athenian championships, regulated by SEGAS. In the post-war period, the section dissolved and was refounded in 1970.
On 1987 the Women's Volleyball Academy is founded with mini and pangolin teams. Fruits of this effort are the conquest of the Panhellenic Championship of Pagorasides in the period 1993-94 and the corresponding of the Girls in the period 1995-96.
Men's team The volleyball department of Panionios is the first in Greece since it was founded in Smyrna in 1913. In 1919 a volleyball championship was held in Smyrna with the participation of eight clubs and the winner was Panionios. It was the first organization of volleyball games by Greek teams. The volleyball players of the club came mainly from the track and the main ones were: Dimitros Karabatis (nail), Panagiotis Retellas, Costas Papazoglou (passer), A. Vassiliadis, Kl. Drivas, Er. Isigonis and later George R.
The club's men's team remained in the lower divisions of the championship until recently. The season 2014-15 Panionios finished in the first place of the local ESPEDA championship and was promoted to A2 for the first time in its history.
Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2012-13ESPEDA 5th2013-14ESPEDA 3rd 2014-15 ESPEDA 1stPromoted to A2 Ethniki2015-16 A2 Ethniki 5th 2016-17 A2 Ethniki 5th 2017-18 A2 Ethniki 3rd 2018-19 A2 Ethniki 3rd 2019-20 A2 Ethniki 5th
Women's team Panionios was a pioneer in women's volleyball. From 1926 to 1930 he organized a "Women's Club Volleyball Championship" as well as a juniors championship among the girls 'schools of Athens under the name "Girls' Championship". The women's team of the club was formed in 1926 and participated in the championship of 1927. It consisted of L. Karabatis, A. and K. Nikolopoulou, T. Paschalidou, T. Venieropoulou, and V. Karni.
In 1928 the women's team won the Athens championship undefeated. In the qualifying group they defeated A.O. Neanidon, N. Vyronos and American College of Girls P. Faliro and qualified for the semifinals. There they prevailed over the G.O. Greek women with 15-9, 15-9. In the final he found A.O. Neanidon again, whom they defeated with 2-1 sets (7-15, 15-4, 15-4).
This year began the three-year undefeated course of the women's team of Panionios in the Athens championship, which ended in July 1930 from Paleo Faliro, in the semifinals of the Athens championship, in a match in which the blue and reds left protesting against a decision.
On February 3, 1930, the women's volleyball team of the club went to Chalkida, where it played against S.A. Chalkida, on the occasion of sports games held there. This was probably the first time a women's sports team went to the province because it was invited to a match.
Contrary to the men's team, the women's team played in first-tier division (A1 Ethniki) for five consecutive years, from 2007 to 2012. In 2005 the women's team won the B Ethniki Championship and rose to the A2 Ethniki category. Following, in 2007 the team won the A2 Ethniki Championship and was promoted to A1 Ethniki. In 2012, the team finished 11th and was relegated to A2 Ethniki category. Nowadays the women team plays in Pre League (2nd-tier).
Recent season SeasonDivisionPlaceNotes2006-07A2 Ethniki1stPromoted to A12007-08A1 Ethniki 7th2008-09A1 Ethniki 4th2009-10A1 Ethniki 4th2010-11A1 Ethniki 9th2011-12A1 Ethniki 11th Relegated to A22012-13A2 Ethniki6th 2013-14A2 Ethniki 5th 2014-15A2 Ethniki 5th2015-16A2 Ethniki9th2016-17A2 Ethniki9thPromoted to Pre League2017-18Pre League4th2018-19Pre League10th2019-20Pre League7th
Current roster 2024-2025
Players:
Ioanna Karelia Theodora Boki Elena Patrineli Nefeli Chatzigrigoriou Zoe Georgiou Theodora Sarakatsani Bianka Guri Danai Koudouna Lizaveta Chabai Elena Baka Maria Kanelou Maria Nomikou Matea Ikić Kristina Guncheva Bianka Buša Sherridan_AtkinsonSherridan_Atkinson
Head coach: Dragan Nešić
References
External links Official page