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Panachaiki F.C. (Greek: ΠΑΕ Παναχαϊκή) is a football club based in Patras, Greece. Founded in 1891, they play the 2015–16 season in the Greek second division. They have reached the Greek Cup semi-finals twice (1979, 1997) as well as the quarter-finals on ten occasions. Moreover, they were the first Greek club outside Athens (including Piraeus) and Thessaloniki to represent Greece in a European competition, the 1973-74 UEFA Cup. Panachaiki F.C. is the football department of Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi (P.G.E.), a multi-sport club. In 1979, the department became professional and independent. They have played their home games in various grounds since their first official game in 1899, mainly the Kostas Davourlis Stadium, their traditional home ground, and the Pampeloponnisiako Stadium. == History == The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, when ''Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos'' (Pan-Achaean Gymnastic Club) was founded. In 1894, a rival sports club, ''Gymnastiki Eteria Patron'' (Gymnastic Company of Patras), was founded in Patras by former Panachaikos' members.〔Patras' sports history 〕 It was only in 1923 that both clubs came to an agreement and decided to merge, forming ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi''. The football department was founded in 1899 by the British Arthur Morphy and the same year the football team of Panachaiki played its first friendly game against a team of British sailors (winning 4-2). During the next years, the first players of the football team were athletes from the Club's other departments, members of the British community of Patras and Italian emigrates. Panachaiki lived its greatest football glory in the early and mid 1970s, when a team led by Kostas Davourlis impressed Greece and took part in the 1974 UEFA Cup, eliminating Austrians Grazer AK before losing to Dutch team FC Twente.〔(The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation )〕 Former Manchester United Manager Wilf McGuiness took over at Head Coach for the 1974-75 season, before returning back to England 18 months later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panachaiki F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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