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S2.E1 ∙ 1984. The Corfu playoffs

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1984, Panathinaikos and Aris clashed in the neutral court of Corfu for the title of basketball champion. They were tied in the regular season and for the first time the winner would be decided by playoffs. Panathinaikos beat Aris.

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S2.E2 ∙ 1980 & 1984. The farewell matches of the "General"

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1980 Mimis Domazos played, in a celebratory atmosphere, for the last time wearing the national flag, in a friendly match in the "Apostolos Nikolaidis" Stadium against Australia, which ended 3-3.

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S2.E3 ∙ The magic 20 years of the "Blond"

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Giannis Ioannidis wrote his own great history in Greek basketball.

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S2.E4 ∙ 1926 - 1993. The glorious Apollon from Kalamaria

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Apollon Kalamaria, now called Apollon Pontus, was a great team in the fifties and until 1963. It is the club that has expressed more the grief of the refugees and bloodshed of the genocide.

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S2.E5 ∙ The voice of Diakogiannis

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

He is the greatest among Greek sports journalists. The great Giannis Diakogiannis.

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S2.E6 ∙ Tel Aviv (1994) and Zaragoza (1995). Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, the eternal opponents clash in the Final Four

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1994, in Tel Aviv, thousands of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos fans had turned out for the big clash in the semi-final. Olympiacos won but in the final they lost to Badalona. A year later in Zaragoza, the eternal opponents clashed again.

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S2.E7 ∙ 1996 - Panathinaikos' first European League championship win in Paris

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1996, the dreams of the Gianakopoulos brothers, in charge of Panathinaikos, came true for the first time and their money paid off when they won the first European Championship with Panathinaikos. Six more would follow.

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S2.E8 ∙ 1997. The first European success of Olympiacos in Rome

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1997 in Rome, Ivkovic's Olympiacos, led by Rivers, beat easily Barcelona in the final and brought the first European title to Piraeus, Olympiacos' home base.

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S2.E9 ∙ 1986-1990. When Greece established itself as a world powerhouse in the World Cup. Part I

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1986 came the first great success of Greek basketball, with the 10th place in the World Cup in Spain. This was followed by a 5th place in the 1990 World Cup, in Argentina.

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S2.E10 ∙ 1994-98. When Greece established itself as a world powerhouse in the World Cup. Part II

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The 4th place in the Basketball World Cup in Canada, in 1994 and in Greece, in 1998.

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S2.E11 ∙ 1949-1969. The magic of summer friendly matches. Part I

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Since the very old days, great teams from abroad used to come to poor Greece for friendly matches.

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S2.E12 ∙ 1970-1981. The magic of summer friendly matches. Part II

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The 1970s brought great opponents to Greece for the summer friendly matches. In a period full of political tensions, such as the cruelty of the junta, the tragedy in Cyprus and the transition to democracy, they served as a break of joy.

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S2.E13 ∙ 1974. The exotic trip of the Greek National Team to Brazil

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

It was the most poetic moment in the history of Greek football. In 1974 the Greek National Team, coached by Alketas Panagoulias, traveled to the distant Rio de Janeiro to face the Brazilian National Team in the famous Maracana.

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S2.E14 ∙ 1946 - 1981. In the neighborhoods with bare stadiums. Egaleo and Atromitos Peristeri

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In the 1970s, grass had been laid in some of the country's stadiums, but there were still several that, due to economic hardship but also by design (to have an advantage on home soil), remained bare.

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S2.E15 ∙ 1991-1994. Two triumphs and two tragedies. PAOK's basketball adventure in Europe

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1991 PAOK beat Zaragoza in Geneva, winning the Cup Winners' Cup 76-72. The following year, in Nantes, coached by Ivkovic, the team was going to double its successes, but in the crucial last minute, a big mistake, cost them the cup.

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S2.E16 ∙ 1960-1990. Great moments at Kaftanzogleio Stadium

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The Kaftanzogleio Stadium was inaugurated in 1960, in the presence of the Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis and Queen Frederica. By that time, it was the largest Greek stadium, with a capacity of up to 45,000 spectators.

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S2.E17 ∙ 1952-1977. The stars of the pole vault. Giorgos Roubanis and Christos Papanikolaou

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Giorgos Roubanis was a great pole vault athlete, who won the bronze medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Christos Papanikolaou rose to the top of the world when he achieved the then great world record, the mythical 5.49m.

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S2.E18 ∙ 1952-2022. Stelios Serafidis - AEK for life

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Stelios Serafidis, who passed away at the end of 2021, was an unsurpassed figure of Greek football.

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S2.E19 ∙ 1953-1967. The Greek National Team of the Stone Age

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

From the first post-war years until 1967, when the Greek national team 'came of age' by crushing Austria 4-1, many years passed when the team representing Greece was adrift.

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S2.E20 ∙ 1963-1981. Actors vs. journalists

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Actors vs. journalists was a festive match, held every few years, entertaining fans in times (1960-1981) when television either didn't exist or was still in its infancy.

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S2.E21 ∙ 1987 - The transition to the new era of basketball

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In June 1987, a few days after the triumph of the Greek national team in the Eurobasket, a friendly match was played between the Greek team and the European All-star team. The purpose was to honor the famous Vasilis Goumas.

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S2.E22 ∙ The Slayer of Giants

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The Fostiras club was born in the area of Nea Sfageia, today's Tavros, as an existential reaction to the extreme poverty in the slums of the refugees after 1922.

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S2.E23 ∙ Panserraikos and Kavala. The small forces of Northern Greece

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Panserraikos was in the top division for the first time in the mid-60s. Kavala, in the 1970s and until the early 1980s, remained almost easily in the big leagues and achieved great victories by relying on local talent.

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S2.E24 ∙ 1993 & 1997. The "Turk-eater" Aris

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Aris won two European cups against Turkish teams in 1993 and 1997.

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S2.E25 ∙ The unforgettable charm of Aris in basketball in the '80s

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In the 1980s and especially after the arrival of Panagiotis Giannakis in 1984, Aris created an organization that has never been seen before in the history of Greek sports.

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S2.E26 ∙ 1982-1992. The unforgettable derbies between Aris and PAOK in basketball

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The derbies between Aris and PAOK in their common home, the Alexandreio Melathron arena, between 1982-1992, were much more than local sports matches.

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S2.E27 ∙ 1962-1972. The overlooked players of AEK Athens

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1963, 1968 and 1971, AEK celebrated equivalent number of championships, due also to players who were never recognized for their enormous contribution.

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S2.E28 ∙ 1985 - The forgotten championship win of PAOK

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1985 PAOK won a key championship. It was only the second up to that point (the next one didn't come until 2019) and came just after the great player, Koudas', departure.

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S2.E29 ∙ 1978-1981. The Aris of the golden three years

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Aris in the 3-year period between 1978-1981 made history through the great football the team played, managing to beat all its rivals at home in 1978-79, to make the great European progress the following year but to lose the championship.

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S2.E30 ∙ 1925-1950. The football of the romantic years

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The founding of Olympiacos by the Andrianopoulos family, the stars of Aris and Iraklis, the conditions of the games, the slogans of those years, players like Panathinaikos' Ilias Stafylidis and the various incidents of that era.

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S2.E31 ∙ 1981-1984. The Greek National Team of Christos Archontidis

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Christos Archontidis was one of the most unique and idiosyncratic coaches in the history of Greek football. His brief stint on the bench of the Greek national team (1981-84) made history.

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S2.E32 ∙ Stelios Kyriakidis, the unforgettable hero of the Boston Marathon

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1946, the gaunt Stelios Kyriakidis won the Boston Marathon, representing a Greece that was just emerging from occupation and entering the civil war. A fascinating story of fortitude, heroism and greatness.

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S2.E33 ∙ Let's Go Gioutsos

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Nikos Gioutsos was born in a village outside Kastoria and left at the age of 7, under the weight of the civil conflict, for Hungary. There, he became a great footballer and returned to Greece in 1964, as a player of Olympiacos.

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S2.E34 ∙ Georgios Delikaris - The Caress of God

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Georgios Delikaris is probably not the best Greek footballer of all time. But he is the one who was loved more than anyone else, who ignited the greatest passions with his transfer from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos.

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S2.E35 ∙ The "Greek" Puskas

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The famous Ferenc Puskas was associated with Greece in many ways.

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S2.E36 ∙ 1974 -1994. Reportage of nostalgia of ERT

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In the rich archives of ERT there is a multitude of sports news reports of the 1970s and 1980s, whose interest has acquired enormous historical and sentimental value.

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S2.E37 ∙ 1984. The final of shaved heads

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In 1984, the clash between PAOK and Aris, in the finals of the Greek Cup, made history. Coach Matthaiou's idea of the PAOK players shaving their heads inspired the desired passion and the cup was painted in PAOK black and white.

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S2.E38 ∙ The great OFI of Eugene Gerard

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

OFI was included in the First National League for the first time in 1968. By 1985, however, they had not made any great breakthroughs. This started off with the arrival of the great Dutch coach Eugene Gerrard.

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S2.E39 ∙ The Olympic stadium between 1982-1997

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Through rare archival footage we follow the foundation, the first works and the biggest sporting and non-sporting moments (e.g. the concert of Dionysis Savvopoulos in 1983) of Olympic stadium.

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S2.E40 ∙ Philippos Syrigos and the epic "Sports Encounters"

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In the 1980s, Philippos Syrigos and Kostas Georgiadis, in the show "Sports Encounters", "interrogated" notable figures of Greek sports, adopting an entirely unconventional style.

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S2.E41 ∙ The Son of the Sun. The Case of Vasilis Hatzipanagis

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Everyone agrees that Vasilis Hatzipanagis was the top artist of Greek football.

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S2.E42 ∙ 1987-88. The historic run of Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In the year 1987-88, Panathinaikos made a great run to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. He eliminated Auxerre of Éric Cantona, the then great Juventus of Ian Rush, Hungary's Honved, only to be eliminated, unfairly, by Belgium's Bruges.

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S2.E43 ∙ Great moments of Panionios in the 1980s

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Panionios in the second half of the 1980s, after overcoming the hurdles of the two playoffs to stay in the major league, experienced a significant bloom, coached by the famous Belgian Urbain Braems.

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S2.E44 ∙ The low expectations of Greek basketball before the heights of 1987

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Small arenas, forgotten heroes, an inability to make free transfers, teams without sponsors and rich presidents. Greek basketball, however, was exciting, purely Greek, with some expatriates from the USA and Canada.

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S2.E45 ∙ The unforgettable Larissa of the 1980s

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The Larissa club of the 1980s was the big surprise. A championship, in 1988, a cup, in 1985, two more appearances in finals, significant matches in Europe, a 'sacred' stadium, Alcazar, great stars, great coaches.

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S2.E46 ∙ European football through the ERT of the 1970s & 1980s

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In the 80s, with ERT's color television, fans could see European football much more often. The big matches of the European cups, culminating in the May finals, along with the finals of the FA Cup and highlights of European championships.

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S2.E47 ∙ Ethnikos and Ethnikaras

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Ethnikos, already from the 1950s and until 1987 when Dimitris Karelas left, was an important team. Giannis Mantzouranis, the well-known 'Ethnikaras', was perhaps the purest fan in the history of Greek football.

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S2.E48 ∙ The heroic early years of Greek track and field before Voula Patoulidou's Olympic gold medal in 1992

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

These were not times of big successes. Some medals in the Balkan games, some participation in the finals of European championships or Olympic games, dreaming of the top six. But there was passion, dedication, patience and perseverance.

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S2.E49 ∙ Football in Thessaloniki before 1979 and the advent of professionalism

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Starting with an unpublished interview of Kleanthis Vikelidis in 1977 inside the Charilaou Stadium, we meet figures from the football world of Thessaloniki, Aris, PAOK, Iraklis.

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S2.E50 ∙ 1971-1981 - In the pitch of the Second National League

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

What were the stadiums and matches of the Second National League like in the 1970s and 1980s? A unique atmosphere reminiscent of the Wild West, dry stadiums, tragic refereeing, great players, passion and fanaticism.

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