Apollon Athens FC
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).
Colours: Blue and white.
They have won the Athens championship a few times but have yet to win a national title. Among their best players that have worn Apollon's jersey are:
30s - 40s
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