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Ν.Ο. Πατρών Full name Naftikos Omilos Patras Colours blue, white Founded 1929 Court NOP Arena Capacity 3.000 Sports Water polo
SwimmingGreek Championships
(Water polo)1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940,
1945, 1946, 1950Greek Cup
(Water polo)1995 Len Trophy finalist 1999 NO Patras (NOP) is a water polo club participating in the First Divion of the Greek Championship (A1 Ethniki). It was founded on April 19 1929 in Patras, Western Greece and immediately become one of the protagonists of Greek water polo, dominating the 30's and 40's by winning 8 championships.During the next decades the club continually participated at the First Division (with the exception of only four seasons in the Second Division/A2 Ethniki)
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Honours
- Total Titles: 9
- Men
- Greek Championships: 8
- 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950
- Greek Cups: 1
- 1995
- Greek Cup Finalist: 6
- 1958, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
- Greek Championships: 8
Rankings[1] in the Greek First Division (A1)
Season Rank 1929-30 6th 1930-31 3rd 1931-32 - 1932-33 5th 1933-34 4th 1934-35 1st 1935-36 2nd 1936-37 1st 1937-38 1st 1938-39 1st 1939-40 1st Season Rank 1940-41 World War II 1941-42 World War II 1942-43 World War II 1943-44 World War II 1944-45 1st 1945-46 1st 1946-47 2nd 1947-48 - 1948-49 2nd 1949-50 1st 1950-51 2nd Season Rank 1951-52 2nd 1952-53 3rd 1953-54 - 1954-55 3rd 1955-56 2nd 1956-57 5th 1957-58 2nd 1958-59 2nd 1959-60 3rd 1960-61 2nd Season Rank 1961-62 2nd 1962-63 3rd 1963-64 3rd 1964-65 3rd 1965-66 3rd 1966-67 7th 1967-68 3rd 1968-69 5th 1969-70 5th 1970-71 6th Season Rank 1971-72 5th 1972-73 5th 1973-74 4th 1974-75 4th 1975-76 4th 1976-77 7th 1977-78 6th 1978-79 7th 1979-80 8th 1980-81 5th Season Rank 1981-82 6th 1982-83 8th 1983-84 9th 1984-85 10th 1985-86 7th 1986-87 7th 1987-88 - 1988-89 8th 1989-90 - 1990-91 5th Season Rank 1991-92 5th 1992-93 5th 1993-94 5th 1994-95 5th 1995-96 3rd 1996-97 3rd 1997-98 3rd 1998-99 7th 1999-00 6th 2000-01 7th Season Rank 2001-02 10th 2002-03 7th 2003-04 3rd 2004-05 7th 2005-06 11th 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2008-09 7th 2009-10 8th 2010-11 9th Greek Cup
In the Greek Water Polo Cup, N.O. Patras has reached the final 8 times, winning the trophy once. It was defeated in the following finals:
- 1957 to Ethnikos Piraeus 6-1
- 1958 to Ethnikos Piraeus 5-1
- 1992 to Olympiacos 9-8
- 1996 to Vouliagmeni 11-8
- 1997 to Olympiacos 9-8
- 1998 to Olympiacos 10-8
- 2005 to Ethnikos Piraeus 12-8
It was the Greek Cup Winner in 1995, when it defeated Vouliagmeni 13-12 in the OAKA Indoor Aquatic Centre.
European Cups
The greatest honour of NO Patras was in 1999 when it reached the LEN Trophy double finals against Újpest Budapest. In the first final, in Patras, NOP was defeated 7-12, while it won 9-10 in the second final in Budapest. Before reaching the final, NOP had eliminated Montpelier, Crişul Oradea, Adalar and Dynamo Lviv. In the quarter finals it defeated Primorac Kotor and in the semi finals it won against Real Canoe NC.
Another successful year for NOP in Europe was 1992, when it reached the semi-finals of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup.
References
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