Panathinaikos eSports

Main article: Panathinaikos A.O.

Panathinaikos eSports

Divisions	Hearthstone League of Legends PUBG
Founded	29 December 2016; 7 years ago (29 December 2016)
Based in	Athens, Greece
Colours	Green,   White
President	Panagiotis Malakates
Manager	Paraskevas Spiliopoulos[1]
Parent group	Panathinaikos A.O.
Website	pao1908.com

The esports department of Panathinaikos was established on 29 December 2016.^[2][3][4][5] In order to launch the team, the club partnered with CowboyTV, a local game tournament organiser and owner of professional eSports team Void Gaming (established in late 2012). The latter will remain active as the youth academy and official scrim partner of the club for League of Legends.^[6]

Information

The first teams that were announced will compete in the following titles: League of Legends,^[7] Hearthstone,^[8] and FIFA.

The establishment of an NBA 2K team was announced on 2 April 2020.

Current

NBA 2K

FIFA 20

Nat.	No.	Name	Position
		Panagiotu	Goalkeeper
		Sarris	Defender
		Dimitriadis	Defender
		Ampatzis	Defender
		Stavridis	Defender
		Gisgakis	Midfielder
		Tarik Javorić	Midfielder
		Sapountzis	Midfielder
	86	Gylaris	Forward
		Thodoris Kordits

Hearthstone

Nat.	ID	Name	Position
	Logan	Hristos Boutakidis	Player
	Pain	Giorgos Karapiperis	Player
	Ryo	Dimitris Korosis	Player
	Somitequila	Sokratis Mihailidis	Player
	Tholwmenos	Kostas Sakelaridis	Player

eFootball

Nat.	ID	Name	Position
	aristos_10	Aristos Steliou	Player
	LazaTheGreek	Lazaros Semertzidis	Player
	panosboul-26	Panos Mpoulgkouridis	Player
	DIFFSIDE_45	Daniel Araujo Pereira	Player
	Oreld123	Orel Daniel	Player

Coaches

Nat.	ID	Name	Position
	Logan	Hristos Boutakidis	Hearthstone coach

Defunct teams

Final League of Legends roster

Nat.	ID	Name	Position
	Delitto	Alexandros Karalis	Top Laner
	Dom1nant	Giannis Borgazlis	Jungler
	Paris	Paris Outsis	Mid Laner
	Bananitoo	Nikos Fakis	Bot Laner
	Raxxo	Oskar Bazydło	Support
	Tobi	Alexandros Fragkos	Coach
	Anon	John Kounelis	Analyst

Honours

Domestic

• 1 League Of Legends, Gameathlon: 2018^[9][10]
• 1 League Of Legends, TIF: 2018^[9][11][12]
• 1 PUBG, Gameathlon: 2018^[9]
• 1 FIFA 20, VPG Super League: 2020^[13]
• 1 Greek National Championship in eFootball of the Hellenic Federation of Pro Evolution Soccer: 2021^[14][15]
• 1 Greek National Championship in FIFA21 VGL Superliga Greece: 2021^[16]
• 1 Greek Cup FIFA21 VGL: 2021^[17]
• 1 Greek National Championship in PUBG (Greek Series, PGS Summer Showdown): 2022^[18]
• 2 Championships Rainbow Six Siege ( Gameathlon ): 2022,^[19] 2023^[20]

International

• 1 Cup HFP Gaming - Esports Leagues (HFP LEGENDARY CUP): 2022^[21][22]
• 1 Championship in eFootball of the Hellenic Federation of Pro Evolution Soccer ( HFP ) Tag Teams – Balkan Edition: 2023^[23][24]

References

1. "Mεγάλη συνέντευξη με τον πρόεδρο του PAO E-sports στο Cowboy TV". 10 April 2021.
2. paoesports.gr - Panathinaikos AC eSports announcement^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. panathinaikos1908.gr - Ο Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο. ιδρύει τμήμα eSports! (in Greek)
4. ESPN - Greek multisport club Panathinaikos announces jump into esports
5. TSN - Panathinaikos joins march into esports
6. "paoesports.gr - Τρόπος λειτουργίας της ακαδημίας για την πρώτη ομάδα". Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
7. paoesports.gr - Πρώτος στόχος το League Of Legends Archived 2017-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
8. paoesports.gr - Hearthstone Archived 2017-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
9. "Η καλύτερη "πράσινη" χρονιά στα e-sports". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
10. Κομποθέκρας, Παναγιώτης (2018-06-04). "Gameathlon: Το σήκωσε ο Παναθηναϊκός, MVP ο Dominant!". GameSpace.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-06-20.
11. "O Panathinaikos AC Esports στην κορυφή του LGC". CowboyTV (in Greek). 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
12. "GRAND FINALS: #PAO vs #WLG". www.lgc.gr (in Greek). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
13. "Πρώτοι οι "πράσινοι" στο VPG". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
14. "HFP Legendary Greek League Group B". HFP Gaming (in Greek). 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
15. "Κούπα No1608…". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
16. "Πρωταθλητής ο Παναθηναϊκός!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
17. "Πράσινο Double στα eSports!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
18. "Κατέκτησε το πανελλήνιο πρωτάθλημα PUBG ο Παναθηναϊκός!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
19. "Παναθηναϊκή πρωτιά στο GameAthlon 2022!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
20. "Back-to-Back πρωτάθλημα στο Φάληρο". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
21. "HFP Legendary Cup". HFP Gaming (in Greek). 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
22. "Κυπελλούχος στο eFootball ο Παναθηναϊκός!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
23. "HFP Tag Teams – Balkan Edition". HFP Gaming. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
24. "Πρωταθλητής ξανά ο Παναθηναϊκός στα eSports!". HFP Gaming (in Greek). 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-05-15.

External links

• Official website of the department (in Greek)
• Official website of the club Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
• CowboyTV _ eSports Entertainment and Gaming Events Greece
• Page of "eGaming" tournament