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Panathinaikos B.C.
Panathinaikos B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός), also simplified to Panathinaikos or PAO and officially referred to as Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for sponsorship reasons, is the professional basketball team of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O.. It is owned by the Giannakopoulos family.
The parent athletic club was founded in 1908, while the basketball team was established in 1919, making it one of the oldest in Greece. Along with Aris, Panathinaikos is one of the only teams never to have been relegated, with participation in every Greek First Division Championship.
Panathinaikos has developed into the most successful basketball club in Greek basketball history and one of the most successful in European basketball, establishing its own dynasty. The team has won seven EuroLeague Championships, forty Greek Basket League Championships, twenty-one Greek Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, one Greek Super Cup, and two Triple Crowns. They hold the record for the most consecutive Greek League titles, with nine consecutive championships (2003–2011), as well as the most consecutive Greek Basketball Cup titles, winning six from 2012 to 2017. Panathinaikos also counts a championship from 1921 organized by the YMCA, although it is not officially recognized by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association because it predates the creation of the Hellenic Basketball Federation. The team plays its home games at the Telekom Center Athens, which has a capacity of 18,300 for basketball. Panathinaikos holds the world record for the longest title-winning streak, spanning 27 seasons from 1995–96 to 2021–22, during which the team won at least one title each season and 43 titles overall.
Many top-class players have represented the club over the years, including Dominique Wilkins, Fragiskos Alvertis, Byron Scott, Nick Galis, John Salley, Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonio Davis, Stojko Vranković, Dino Rađja, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Nick Calathes, Nikola Peković, Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Mike Batiste, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Željko Rebrača, Vassilis Spanoulis, Dejan Tomašević, Nikos Oikonomou, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Byron Dinkins, İbrahim Kutluay, Mike James, Sani Bečirovič, Jaka Lakovič, Marcelo Nicola, Hugo Sconochini, Nando Gentile, Pepe Sánchez, Darryl Middleton, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Žarko Paspalj, Nikos Chatzivrettas, Dimos Dikoudis, Oded Kattash, Alexander Volkov, John Amaechi, Tiit Sokk, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Jason Kapono, Arijan Komazec, Edgar Jones, Romain Sato, Johnny Rogers, Tony Delk, Drew Nicholas, James Gist, Stéphane Lasme, Jonas Mačiulis, Roko Ukić, Robertas Javtokas, Ioannis Bourousis, Keith Langford, Jimmer Fredette, Kostas Sloukas, Juancho Hernangómez, Mathias Lessort, and Kendrick Nunn. Combined with the successful management of former long-time presidents Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos and the leadership of the most successful coach in EuroLeague history, Željko Obradović, Panathinaikos became the most successful team in Europe over the last quarter-century.
Panathinaikos is the only team on the European continent to win seven EuroLeague titles (1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2024) since the establishment of the modern EuroLeague Final Four format in 1988 (no other club has won more than four championships in this period). They were also runners-up in 2001. Panathinaikos reached the EuroLeague Final Four thirteen times overall (1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2024, 2025).
Panathinaikos started as a football club in 1908. In 1919, basketball was still unknown in Greece. During that period Giorgos Kalafatis with other athletes participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris and attended basketball games between the Allies of World War I. When he later returned to Greece with the necessary equipment, he set up the Panathinaikos basketball club, led by Apostolos Nikolaidis.[citation needed]
In 1919, PAO played their first match against X.A.N. Thessaloniki (YMCA), another club also pioneer of basketball in Greece, a match which took place at the Panathenaic Stadium.[citation needed]
In 1937, Kalafatis managed to create a new Panathinaikos team that, during the following year, tried to catch up with already established clubs like the YMCA, Ethnikos G.S. Athens, Panionios, Aris and Iraklis. Angelos Fillipou, Nikos Mantzaroglou, Litsas and Dimitrakos were the ringleaders of the group and were later joined by Telis Karagiorgos, Thymios Karadimos, Giorgos Bofilios, Philipos Papaikonomou, Petros Polycratis and Nikos Polycratis. During the German occupation that followed, Dimitris Giannatos (founding member of the basketball team) was executed by the Nazis for his resistance action.[citation needed]
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Panathinaikos B.C.
Panathinaikos B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός), also simplified to Panathinaikos or PAO and officially referred to as Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for sponsorship reasons, is the professional basketball team of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O.. It is owned by the Giannakopoulos family.
The parent athletic club was founded in 1908, while the basketball team was established in 1919, making it one of the oldest in Greece. Along with Aris, Panathinaikos is one of the only teams never to have been relegated, with participation in every Greek First Division Championship.
Panathinaikos has developed into the most successful basketball club in Greek basketball history and one of the most successful in European basketball, establishing its own dynasty. The team has won seven EuroLeague Championships, forty Greek Basket League Championships, twenty-one Greek Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, one Greek Super Cup, and two Triple Crowns. They hold the record for the most consecutive Greek League titles, with nine consecutive championships (2003–2011), as well as the most consecutive Greek Basketball Cup titles, winning six from 2012 to 2017. Panathinaikos also counts a championship from 1921 organized by the YMCA, although it is not officially recognized by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association because it predates the creation of the Hellenic Basketball Federation. The team plays its home games at the Telekom Center Athens, which has a capacity of 18,300 for basketball. Panathinaikos holds the world record for the longest title-winning streak, spanning 27 seasons from 1995–96 to 2021–22, during which the team won at least one title each season and 43 titles overall.
Many top-class players have represented the club over the years, including Dominique Wilkins, Fragiskos Alvertis, Byron Scott, Nick Galis, John Salley, Dimitris Diamantidis, Antonio Davis, Stojko Vranković, Dino Rađja, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Nick Calathes, Nikola Peković, Panagiotis Giannakis, Fanis Christodoulou, Mike Batiste, Antonis Fotsis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Željko Rebrača, Vassilis Spanoulis, Dejan Tomašević, Nikos Oikonomou, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Byron Dinkins, İbrahim Kutluay, Mike James, Sani Bečirovič, Jaka Lakovič, Marcelo Nicola, Hugo Sconochini, Nando Gentile, Pepe Sánchez, Darryl Middleton, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Žarko Paspalj, Nikos Chatzivrettas, Dimos Dikoudis, Oded Kattash, Alexander Volkov, John Amaechi, Tiit Sokk, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Jason Kapono, Arijan Komazec, Edgar Jones, Romain Sato, Johnny Rogers, Tony Delk, Drew Nicholas, James Gist, Stéphane Lasme, Jonas Mačiulis, Roko Ukić, Robertas Javtokas, Ioannis Bourousis, Keith Langford, Jimmer Fredette, Kostas Sloukas, Juancho Hernangómez, Mathias Lessort, and Kendrick Nunn. Combined with the successful management of former long-time presidents Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos and the leadership of the most successful coach in EuroLeague history, Željko Obradović, Panathinaikos became the most successful team in Europe over the last quarter-century.
Panathinaikos is the only team on the European continent to win seven EuroLeague titles (1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2024) since the establishment of the modern EuroLeague Final Four format in 1988 (no other club has won more than four championships in this period). They were also runners-up in 2001. Panathinaikos reached the EuroLeague Final Four thirteen times overall (1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2024, 2025).
Panathinaikos started as a football club in 1908. In 1919, basketball was still unknown in Greece. During that period Giorgos Kalafatis with other athletes participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris and attended basketball games between the Allies of World War I. When he later returned to Greece with the necessary equipment, he set up the Panathinaikos basketball club, led by Apostolos Nikolaidis.[citation needed]
In 1919, PAO played their first match against X.A.N. Thessaloniki (YMCA), another club also pioneer of basketball in Greece, a match which took place at the Panathenaic Stadium.[citation needed]
In 1937, Kalafatis managed to create a new Panathinaikos team that, during the following year, tried to catch up with already established clubs like the YMCA, Ethnikos G.S. Athens, Panionios, Aris and Iraklis. Angelos Fillipou, Nikos Mantzaroglou, Litsas and Dimitrakos were the ringleaders of the group and were later joined by Telis Karagiorgos, Thymios Karadimos, Giorgos Bofilios, Philipos Papaikonomou, Petros Polycratis and Nikos Polycratis. During the German occupation that followed, Dimitris Giannatos (founding member of the basketball team) was executed by the Nazis for his resistance action.[citation needed]