page_title: Panionios G.S.S.
section_title: New Smyrna (Nea Smyrni) era (1938–today)
hierarchical_section_title: Panionios G.S.S. / History / New Smyrna (Nea Smyrni) era (1938–today)
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
context_page_description: Panionios G.S.S., the Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna, is a Greek multi sport club founded in 1890. Originally based in Smyrna/Izmir, the club was uprooted in the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922. It is now based in the Athenian suburb of Nea Smyrni, in Greece, where many of the refugees from Smyrna settled.
  The Panionios football team has won the Greek Cup twice while the Panionios basketball team won the Greek Cup in 1991.
  Panionios has a long tradition of raising talented athletes in many sports
context_section_description: After the construction of stadium, Panionios regrouped the football team. Panionios football team won the championship of EPS Athens in 1951 and it was the runner-up of Panhellenic championship the same year. The next year it was the runner up of the Football Cup where defeated by Olympiacos in the replay game (the first match had finished 2-2). Panionios football team evolved to one of the protagonists of Greek championship with steady presence in first division. It was runner-up of the championship one more time, in 1971 and also it has won two football cups in 1979 and 1998. Furthermore, Panionios has important presence in basketball and the last years in water polo. Panionios Basketball team has won a Greek cup in 1989 and one time was a runner-up of the championship (1987). The team has a steady presence in the first division finishing many times in the top four of the championship. The Panionios basketball women team has won a championship in 2007. The last years, Panionios has a successful team in water polo. So far, it has played two times in the final of LEN Trophy and five times in the final of Greek cup. The most successful department of Panionios is the Track and Field team. The women Track and Field team has won 21 Panhellenic championships so far.
caption: Hellinikon Olympic Arena
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