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| − | [[Category:Football Clubs]][[Image:Apollon-Athens.png|thumb|200px|Apollon Athens - team crest]]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). | + | [[Category:Football Clubs]] |
| + | [[Image:Apollon-Athens.png|thumb|200px|Apollon Athens - team crest]] | ||
| + | [[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. | ||
Colours: Blue and white. | Colours: Blue and white. | ||
| − | They have won the Athens championship a few times but have yet to win a national title. | + | 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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Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are: | Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are: | ||
Revision as of 18:40, November 3, 2005
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.
Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are:
30s - 40s
- Kostas Damalas
- Hadjisavvas
- Pananos
- Deliyiannis
- Gikas
- Vouvoudakis
- Hadjivasilis
- Gizoris
- Romylos Fronimidis
- Vasilis Grigoriadis
- Michalis Stratos
- Takis Passas
50s - 60s
- Giorgos Kamaras
- Mitsos Moustakas
- Aristides Kamaras
- Charalambos "Babis" Serafidis
- Charalambos Taouxis
- Antonis Dermatis
- Savvas Papazoglou
- Stathis Tsanaktzis
- Yiannis Holevas
- Nikos Simigdalas
- Dimitris Taktikos
- Tasos Vasiliou
- Vasilis Mastrakoulis
- Kostas Vertsonis
- Vangelis Paschalis
- Takis Asimakopoulos
- Vasilis Kyriakou
70s - 80s
- Christos Ardizoglou
- Yiannis Pathiakakis
- Nestor Errea
- Takis Economopoulos
- Nikos Karoulias
- Elias Berios
- Yiannis Dontas
- Antonis Drakopoulos
- Kostas Pozapolidis
- Giorgos Kastanos
- Dimitris Svoronos
- Michalis Vlachos
- Elias Rammos
- Lefteris Poupakis