- Athinaikos F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Athinaikos AS FC
fullname = "PAE Athinaikos Athlitikos Syllogos"
(Athenian Athletic Association FC)
nickname = "Lordi tou Vyrona" (Lords of Byron) "Athne" (Athinaikos Neas Elvetias)founded = 1917
ground =National Stadium of Vyrona ,Vyronas ,Athens
capacity = 4,340
chairman = -
manager = -
league =
season = 2004-05
position = -
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF|pattern_-=|pattern_-=_-|pattern_-=|yAthinaikos, officially known as Athinaikos AS FC (Greek: Αθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος - Athinaikos Athlitikos Syllogos), the "Athenian Athletic Association", is a Greek association football club based in the city of
Athens ,Greece . The club is also referred to, unofficially, as AthinaikosVyronas after the Athens suburb in which the team is based.History
The club was formed in 1917 and was a foundation member of the
Hellenic Football Federation .At the start of 1950's, the team was relocated to the suburbs of
Vyronas and merged with Nea Elvetia (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωση Νέας Ελβετίας), the local club, which was formed in 1935. The club was named Athinaikos Neas Elvetias AS (Greek: Αθηναϊκός Νέας Ελβετίας Αθλητικός Σύλλογος), but it was commonly referred to as Athinaikos or AthNE (Greek: AΘ.Ν.Ε.).The team plays in the municipal stadium of Vyrona, which has a capacity of 4,340 [http://www.stadia.gr/vyronas/vyronas-gr.html] . The team's nickname is "Lords of Byron", a reference to
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron , commonly known as Lord Byron, who fought and died for Greek independence. The area ofVyronas was named after him as a tribute.Athinaikos established two more departments of
Handball andBasketball .The most historical moment of the club was in season 1991-92 where they played against Manchester United in the first round of the
Cup Winners' Cup . They drew the first leg 0-0 at home and took the English giants into extra-time at Old Trafford before losing 2-0.
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