About Panachaiki FC

Panachaiki is a Greek football club from Patras, the largest city of the Peloponnese. Its parent sports club was founded on 14 June 1891 as Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, and in 1923 it merged with the rival Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to form Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. The football department dates back to 1899, when it played its first match against a team of British sailors. The club plays in red and black at the Kostas Davourlis Stadium, its traditional home ground.

Panachaiki's best era came in the 1970s, when it was a regular member of the Greek top flight. In 1973–74 it became the first Greek club from outside Athens and Thessaloniki to play in a European competition, knocking out Grazer AK in the first round of the UEFA Cup before losing to Twente. The club also reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup in 1979 and 1997.

Since the late 1990s Panachaiki has spent most of its time in the lower divisions of Greek football, but it remains one of the oldest and best-supported clubs in the country, known as the Great Lady of the Peloponnese.