Ionia 1890. The initial 100 members of the music club "Orpheus" decide to expand their activities into Greek culture, with sports activities for boys and adolescents in the general area of Smyrni. As the Greek element is very intense and active in the borders of Asia Minor, the subscriptions of new members are impressive. Thus, Panionios of Smyrni was born, based in the largest port of Smyrni and during the first year numbered more than 1000 members.

Smyrni 1922. The beautiful Smyrni beach is on fire and the destruction of the Greek population of Asia Minor stops any kind of activities for Panionios. The honorary president of the club, Chryssostomos of Smyrni is no longer with the people of Smyrni that arrive in the Greek motherland by the hundreds, who amongst their few worldly possessions they have the spirit in establishing Panionios Neas Smyrnis. The football team is once again in operation and participates in the first post-war Athens championship attracting one thousand fans in each "blue and red" game. As the years went by, Panionios brought forward players of international stature whose names still echo in the ears of younger generations. Who can forget the "hero of Tampere", the memorable Nikos Pentzaropoulos, Nikos Zarkadis, Fotis Tsolias, Thanasis Saravakos, Staikos and Tsounikas from the 50's, Kyriakos Kazantzidis, Stathis Haitas, Giorgos and Yiannis Giannakopoulos, Stelios Sohos, the Papoulias brothers from the 60's, Achileas Athanasoulas, Victor Theofilopoulos, Giorgos Skrekis, Giorgos Dedes from the 70's, and dozen of other players.

The majority of Nea Smyrni is responsible for the management of PAE Panionios as of the 1992-1993 season, and has had a major contribution to the rejuvenation of the team. The majority of Nea Smyrni decided to manage Panionios based on historical and social reasons, knowing well its long history, while it has an unbreakable historical link with the largest athletic ambassador of the city.

1 Cup - 1979

Panionios Team Photo

Panionios Roster - Coach: Evald Linen (Germany)

No. Last Name  First Name Position D.O.B Previous Team 1 Koenig Miroslav Goalkeeper 01/06/72 Zilina 2 Maniatis Giannis Defender 12/10/86 Thiva 3 Gaspar Jozsef Defender 23/08/77 Dlosyour 4 Berthe Sekou Defender 07/10/77 W.Bromwich 5 Pletsch Marcelo Defender 13/05/76 Kaiserslautern 7 Skoufalis Manolis Midfielder 21/08/78 Kerkyra 8 Kpaetanos Costas Midfielder 27/10/84 Iraklis 9 Djeabbour Refik Forward 08/03/84 Atromitos 10 Lourenco Luis Midfielder 05/06/83 Setuball 11 Aravidis Christos Forward 13/03/87 Akratitos 12 Tabasis Haralabos Goalkeeper 10/05/86 Attikos 13 Koutsopoulos Vangelis Defender 02/02/81 Paok 14 Makos Grigoris Midfielder 18/01/87 Elioupoli 15 Kumordzi Benard Midfielder 21/03/85 Egaleo 16 Wagner Rebeiro Midfielder 14/11/87 Ituano 17 Kondis Giannis Forward 04/01/89 Panaxiakos 18 Delura Michael Forward 01/07/85 Gladbach 19 Majstorovic Ivica Midfielder 20/09/81 Unterhaching 20 Goundoulakis Fanouris Midfielder 13/07/83 Kalamata 21 Spiropoulos Nikos Defender 10/10/83 Pas Giannina 22 Kresic Dario Goalkeeper 11/01/84 Trier 23 Fernadez Dario Midfielder 24/09/78 Chacarita 24 Pavlou Kyriakos Forward 04/09/86 Aek Larisa 25 Kondoes Giannis Defender 24/05/86 Fostiras 26 Bourelakos Lazaros Defender 09/07/87 Am.Panionios 27 Gousoulis Efthimis Midfielder 29/12/84 Marko 28 Nikolaou Marios Midfielder 04/10/83 Aris Lemesou 30 Gitsalis Spiros Defender 17/05/89 Am.Panionios 32 Tsaousis Nikos 24/06/88 Am.Panionios 35 Sialmas Dimitris Forward 19/06/86 Ethnikos Asti 37 Panagiotou Dimitris 23/04/88

Panionios in Super League

Year Division P W D L G Pts 1979-80 A 15th 9 9 16 36-48 27 1980-81 A 13th 9 12 13 45-49 30 1981-82 A 7th 14 8 12 39-31 36 1982-83 A 14th 11 7 16 31-44 29 1983-84 A 16th 9 5 16 29-36 23 1984-85 A 8th 9 12 9 34-40 30 1985-86 A 5th 14 6 10 38-33 34 1986-87 A 4th 11 11 8 36-22 33 1987-88 A 10th 8 10 12 32-34 26 1988-89 A 10th 10 7 13 32-36 27 1989-90 A 9th 8 14 12 43-52 30 1990-91 A 10th 9 12 13 38-54 30 1991-92 A 16th 9 11 14 32-51 29 1992-93 B 3rd 17 9 8 56-28 60 1993-94 A 9th 12 7 15 49-58 43 1994-95 A 14th 10 6 18 36-58 36 1995-96 A 17th 8 5 21 35-59 29 1996-97 B 1st 19 10 5 57-21 67 1997-98 A 11th 10 6 18 41-54 36 1998-99 A 15th 9 5 20 42-58 32 1999-00 A 8th 14 3 17 50-62 45 2000-01 A 9th 9 9 12 39-42 36 2001-02 A 7th 8 11 7 37-33 35 2002-03 A 5th 15 8 7 35-25 53 2003-04 A 6th 12 11 7 40-29 47 2004-05 A 11th 8 11 11 25-32 35 2005-06 A 11th 9 5 16 33-45 32 2006-07 Super League 5th 12 9 9 33-31 45