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Supporters. P.A.O.K. is the most widely supported sports-club in Northern Greece and one of the 4 most popular in the country (along with the big-three of capital Athens and Piraeus). PAOK's traditional fanbase comes from the city of Thessaloniki, where the club is based, as well as from the rest of Macedonia region and Northern Greece.
A total of 20 Greek clubs have participated in European competitions so far. Olympiacos made the first appearance when they took part in the 1959–60 European Cup and is the club with the most apps/matches in total. They are also the only Greek team to have claimed a European trophy, after winning the UEFA Youth League, at youth level, and ...
Weightlifting. Aris FC ( Greek: ΠΑΕ Άρης ), commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki [3] or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. It is one of the largest clubs in Greece. The club competes in the Super League Greece for a sixth consecutive year having been promoted from Super ...
History. Founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976, Decathlon started with a store in Lille, France. Its holding company was formerly known as Oxylane.. The company expanded abroad a decade later: to Germany in 1986, Spain in 1992, Italy in 1993, [citation needed] Belgium in 1997, Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in 2003, India and Romania in 2009, Turkey and Czech ...
Most free kick goals: Kostas Frantzeskos, 32. Most penalties scored: Giorgos Skartados, 27 (out of 33 attempts - 81.8% conversion rate). Most consecutive penalties scored: Achilleas Aslanidis and Neto Guerino, 9. Most goals scored in a game: Takis Raptopoulos, 6 (PAOK – AE Chalastra 10–1, Greek Cup, 21 December 1958).
Corfu (/ k ɔːr ˈ f (j) uː / kor-FEW, - FOO, US also / ˈ k ɔːr f (j) uː / KOR-few, -foo) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced ⓘ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the nation's northwestern frontier.
The most popular team sports in Greece are football, basketball, volleyball, water polo and handball. The first four sports have a big tradition in Greece as well as have taken place official championships since the decade of twenties or thirties. The official handball championship commenced with delay, in 1980, but won popularity gradually.
The Super League Greece 1 ( Greek: Σούπερ Λιγκ Ελλάδας 1 ), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The members of the cooperative are the ...