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[[Image:Apollon-Athens.png|thumb|200px|Apollon Athens - team crest]]
 
[[Image:Apollon-Athens.png|thumb|200px|Apollon Athens - team crest]]
 
[[Image:1938-apollon-team.jpg|thumb|200px|The 1938 ''Light Brigade'']]
 
[[Image:1938-apollon-team.jpg|thumb|200px|The 1938 ''Light Brigade'']]
Founded in [[Smyrna]], [[Asia Minor]], in [[1891]], Apollon moved to Greece in the [[1920s]] following the [[Asia Minor disaster]]. Their home stadium is in [[Rizoupolis]] in northern [[Athens]]. Apollon have gone since the [[1930s]] under the nickname "The Light Brigade" (Greek: Ελαφρά Ταξιαρχία), named after the 1936 Hollywood movie release [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027438/ The Charge of the Light Brigade], after winning the [[1938]] regional Athens championship.
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'''Apollon Athens''', also known as '''Apollon Smyrna''', is a Greek [[football (soccer)|football]] founded in [[Smyrna]], [[Asia Minor]], in [[1891]].
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Apollon moved to Greece in the [[1920s]] following the [[Asia Minor disaster]]. Their [[Rizoupolis Stadium|home stadium]] is in [[Rizoupolis]] in northern [[Athens]]. Apollon have gone since the [[1930s]] under the nickname "The Light Brigade" (Greek: Ελαφρά Ταξιαρχία), named after the 1936 Hollywood movie release [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027438/ The Charge of the Light Brigade], after winning the [[1938]] regional Athens championship.
  
 
Colours: Blue and white.
 
Colours: Blue and white.
  
They have won the Athens championship a few times ([[1924]], [[1938]], [[1948]], [[1958]]) but have yet to win a national title.
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They have won the Athens championship a few times ([[1924]], [[1938]], [[1948]], [[1958]]) but have yet to win a national title.
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Apollon have been crowned [[Football B Division]] champions in [[1970]], [[1973]] and [[1975]].
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They are currently ([[2011]]) playing in the Greek [[Football C Division]].  
  
 
Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are:
 
Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are:
  
 
=== 30s - 40s ===
 
=== 30s - 40s ===
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*[[Kostas Damalas]]
 
*[[Kostas Damalas]]
*Hadjisavvas
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*Michailidis
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*Ch. Mavrommatis
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*[[Andreas Hadjisavvas]]
 
*Pananos
 
*Pananos
*Deliyiannis
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*[[Kimon Deliyiannis]]
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*[[Giorgos Gasparis]]
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*Th. Papadimitriou
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*Kosmadopoulos
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*[[Andreas Fouskas]]
 
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*Gikas
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*Kirikos
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*Anagnostopoulos
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*Antikakis
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*Roussos
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*Prokopiou
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*[[Kostas Gikas]]
 
*Vouvoudakis
 
*Vouvoudakis
 
*Hadjivasilis
 
*Hadjivasilis
 
*Gizoris
 
*Gizoris
 
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*Ger. Karpozilos
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*P. Dimitriou
 
*[[Romylos Fronimidis]]
 
*[[Romylos Fronimidis]]
 
*[[Vasilis Grigoriadis]]
 
*[[Vasilis Grigoriadis]]
 
*[[Michalis Stratos]]
 
*[[Michalis Stratos]]
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*Ger. Stratos
 
*[[Takis Passas]]
 
*[[Takis Passas]]
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*[[Antonis Kasimatis]]
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*Tzavaras
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*Smyrlianos
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== 50s - 60s ===
 
=== 50s - 60s ===
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*Kansos
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*Mylonopoulos
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*[[Christos Darakis]]
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*[[Vangelis Mavropoulos]]
 
*[[Giorgos Kamaras]]
 
*[[Giorgos Kamaras]]
 
*[[Mitsos Moustakas]]
 
*[[Mitsos Moustakas]]
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*[[Charalambos Taouxis]]
 
*[[Charalambos Taouxis]]
 
*[[Antonis Dermatis]]
 
*[[Antonis Dermatis]]
*Bethanis
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*[[Kostas Ardizoglou]]
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*[[Yiannis Bethanis]]
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*[[Panagiotis Bechrakis]]
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*[[Spyros Geroukalis]]
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*[[Polydoros Yiannimbas]]
 
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*[[Savvas Papazoglou]]
 
*[[Savvas Papazoglou]]
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*[[Dimitris Taktikos]]
 
*[[Dimitris Taktikos]]
 
*[[Tasos Vasiliou]]
 
*[[Tasos Vasiliou]]
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*[[Giorgos Frangou]]
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*[[Tasos Ploumbis]]
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*[[Takis Stasinopoulos]]
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*[[Savvas Savvidis]]
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*[[Nikos Porichis]]
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*[[Andreas Roussis]]
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*[[Dimitris Skordas]]
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*[[Vasilis Mastrakoulis]]
 
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*[[Vasilis Mastrakoulis]]
 
 
*[[Kostas Vertsonis]]
 
*[[Kostas Vertsonis]]
 
*[[Vangelis Paschalis]]
 
*[[Vangelis Paschalis]]
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=== 70s - 80s ===
 
=== 70s - 80s ===
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|- valign=top
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*D. Alexiou
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*[[Kostas Antoniou]]
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*[[Yiannis Apostolou]]
 
*[[Christos Ardizoglou]]
 
*[[Christos Ardizoglou]]
*[[Yiannis Pathiakakis]]
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*[[Giorgos Athanasiadis]]
*[[Nestor Errea]]
 
*[[Takis Economopoulos]]
 
*[[Nikos Karoulias]]
 
 
*[[Elias Berios]]
 
*[[Elias Berios]]
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*[[Mario Bonic]]
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*[[Petros Bontzos]]
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*[[Arne Dokken]]
 
*[[Yiannis Dontas]]
 
*[[Yiannis Dontas]]
 
*[[Antonis Drakopoulos]]
 
*[[Antonis Drakopoulos]]
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*[[Takis Economopoulos]]
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*[[Giorgos Emmanouil]]
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*[[Nestor Errea]]
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*[[Alexis Fabiatos]]
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*R. Fallero
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*S. Filtsos
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*N. Gavasiadis
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*[[Zoran Jeftovic]]
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*[[Davorin Jurisic]]
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*Karanikas
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*Sp. Karavelis
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*[[Nikos Karoulias]]
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*[[Giorgos Kastanos]]
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*[[Walter Kelsch]]
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*[[Lefteris Kouis]]
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*[[Nikos Kourkounas]]
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*[[Zygmunt Kukla]]
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*N. Loukas
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*Maggioros
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*[[Zoran Majstorovic]]
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*Makrodimitris
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*[[Kostas Negris]]
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*[[Theodoros Neofytou]]
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*[[Kostas Nikolaidis]]
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*N. Pantelidis
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*Al. Papageorgiou
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*[[Yiannis Pathiakakis]]
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*[[Lefteris Poupakis]]
 
*[[Kostas Pozapolidis]]
 
*[[Kostas Pozapolidis]]
*[[Giorgos Kastanos]]
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*[[Elias Rammos]]
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*F. Rodriguez
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*Stambacher
 
*[[Dimitris Svoronos]]
 
*[[Dimitris Svoronos]]
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*E. Syrigos
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*[[Takis Timotheou]]
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*[[Thalis Tsirimokos]]
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*I. Tsivoglou
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*[[Ivan Valian]]
 
*[[Michalis Vlachos]]
 
*[[Michalis Vlachos]]
*[[Elias Rammos]]
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*[[Lefteris Poupakis]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== 90s - Today ===
 
=== 90s - Today ===
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*[[Aris Karasavvidis]]
 
*[[Aris Karasavvidis]]
 
*[[Theofilos Karasavvidis]]
 
*[[Theofilos Karasavvidis]]
 
*[[Thanasis Kolitsidakis]]
 
*[[Thanasis Kolitsidakis]]
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*[[Imre Katsenbach]]
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*[[Dimos Kavouras]]
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*[[Antonis Platinakis]]
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*[[Kostas Batsinilas]]
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*[[Alvertos Papadakis]]
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*[[Dimitris Roussos]]
 
*[[Antonis Minou]]
 
*[[Antonis Minou]]
 
*[[Kostas Mavridis]]
 
*[[Kostas Mavridis]]
 
*[[Lefteris Velentzas]]
 
*[[Lefteris Velentzas]]
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*[[Vangelis Kefalas]]
 
*[[Vangelis Kefalas]]
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*[[Theodoros Alexis]]
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*[[Nikos Chamouzas]]
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*[[Christos Kondilis]]
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*[[Milenko Kosavevic]]
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*[[Takis Konstantakopoulos]]
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*[[Sakis Moustakidis]]
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*[[Christos Petropoulos]]
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*[[Dimitrios Ioannou]] 
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*[[Elias Boulios]]
 
*[[Demis Nikolaidis]]
 
*[[Demis Nikolaidis]]
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*[[Takis Karagiozopoulos]]
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*[[Theodoros Antonakos]]
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*[[Giorgos Xanthopoulos]]
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*[[Ily Seou]]
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*[[Giorgos Kavaratzis]]
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*[[Kostas Ioannou]]
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*[[Frank Klopas]]
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*[[Blendar Kola]]
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*[[Tasos Mitropoulos]]
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*[[Apostolos Pikoulidis]]
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*[[Predrag Barniak]]
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*[[Antonis Damigos]]
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*[[Predrag Erak]]
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*[[Panagiotis Lachanas]]
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*[[Manolis Papadopoulos]]
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*[[Yiannis Tatsis]]
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*[[Andreas Theodoropoulos]]
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*[[Vasilis Xanthis]]
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*[[Stavros Lambriakos]]
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*[[Kostas Chalkias]]
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*[[Kostas Raptis]]
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*[[Thanasis Karanikolas]]
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*[[Kostas Theodorakos]]
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*[[Giorgos Karagounis]]
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*[[Vladan Milojevic]]
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*[[Nikos Sakellaridis]]
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*[[Yiannis Thomaidis]]
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*[[Jovica Damianovic]]
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*[[Nikola Dikoume]]
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*[[Pantelis Konstantinidis]]
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*[[Alban Busi]]
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*[[Yiannis Vourexakis]]
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*[[Kostas Giannakis]]
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*[[Inrit Fortuzi]]
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*[[Michalis Chatzis]]
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*[[Spyros  Chatzis]]
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*[[Waldemar Adamczik]]
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*[[Christos Laios]]
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*[[Elias Anastasakos]]
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*[[Giorgos Diamantis]]
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*[[Vaggelis Koentas]]
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*[[Nikos Kourkounas]]
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*[[Guy Bouele]]
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*[[Jozef Wandzik]]
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*[[Stojan Belaic]]
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*[[Panagiotis Dendakis]]
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*[[Christos Gantsoudis]]
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*[[Theofylaktos Nikolaidis]]
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*[[Thanasis Paggouras]]
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*[[Ali Rezan Mansurian]]
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*[[Miloe Petkovic]]
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*[[Giorgos Podaras]]
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*[[Nikos Sfakianakis]]
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*[[Zoran Ciric]]
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*[[Theodoros Papadimitriou]]
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*[[Nikos Skarmoutsos]]
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==Coaches==
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*[[Djina Simonovski]]
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*[[Dezso Bundzsak]]
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*[[Stavros Makris]]
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*[[Takis Asimakopoulos]]
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*[[Bert Theunissen]]
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*[[Thomas Masikas]]
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*[[Lakis Petropoulos]]
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*[[Gerd Prokop]]
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*[[Yiannis Pathiakakis]]
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*[[Christos Archontidis]]
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*[[Dragan Kokotovic]]
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*[[Babis Tennes]]
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*[[Andreas Michalopoulos]]
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*[[Nikos Kovis]]
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*[[Stefanos Gaitanos]]
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*[[Petros Bontzos]]
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*[[Vasilis Stasinopoulos]]
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*[[Nikos Kourkounas]]

Latest revision as of 13:38, February 10, 2021

Apollon Athens - team crest
The 1938 Light Brigade

Apollon Athens, also known as Apollon Smyrna, is a Greek football founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1891.

Apollon moved to Greece in the 1920s following the Asia Minor disaster. Their home stadium is in Rizoupolis in northern Athens. Apollon have gone since the 1930s under the nickname "The Light Brigade" (Greek: Ελαφρά Ταξιαρχία), named after the 1936 Hollywood movie release The Charge of the Light Brigade, after winning the 1938 regional Athens championship.

Colours: Blue and white.

They have won the Athens championship a few times (1924, 1938, 1948, 1958) but have yet to win a national title.

Apollon have been crowned Football B Division champions in 1970, 1973 and 1975.

They are currently (2011) playing in the Greek Football C Division.

Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are:

30s - 40s

  • Kirikos
  • Anagnostopoulos
  • Antikakis
  • Roussos
  • Prokopiou
  • Kostas Gikas
  • Vouvoudakis
  • Hadjivasilis
  • Gizoris

50s - 60s

70s - 80s

90s - Today

Coaches