Apollon in Smyrna (1891-1922) Apollon was founded in
1891 and was re-instated in
1905. The first members from the club belonged earlier to Orpheas Smyrnis, the ancestor of
Panionios. The metropolitan bishop of Smyrna
Chrysostomos was among the founders of Apollon. In 1894, three years after its foundation, Apollon acquired its own stadium. A few years later the stadium moved in the Smyrni's district of Agios Tryfonas. In 1904, Apollon organised the
Apollonian Games, the annual athletics games in Smyrna. Athletes of all the nations in Smyrna take part in the Games besides Turks. In 2003, the stadium was named
Georgios Kamaras after the name of the notable player of Apollon. Apollon was two times the finalist of the championship. Other achievements were the third place in the championship of 1963, and the presence in the final of the
Greek Football Cup in 1996 when they were defeated by
AEK Athens. The Volleyball and Water Polo sections of Apollon have reached up to second division in their sports. In current season Volleyball and Water Polo team play in A2 Ethniki (2nd-tier). The basketball team had played in
Beta Ethniki in 1991-92 and 1992–93 seasons and now it plays in
Gamma Ethniki (4th tier). ==Departments==