Names
After Greek antiquity
Teams in Greece
Aias Salamina F.C. after Ajax of Salamis
Aiolikos F.C. after Aeolians
Apollon Kalamarias F.C., Apollon Patras, Apollon Smyrni F.C. after Apollo
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. after Ares
Kolossos Rodou BC after Colossus of Rhodes
Diagoras F.C. after Olympic boxer Diagoras of Rhodes
Ergotelis F.C. after Olympic runner Ergoteles of Himera
Ionikos F.C. after Ionia
G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki and Iraklis Patras after Heracles
Irodotos F.C. team in Nea Alikarnassos, Crete after Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Odysseas Anagennisi F.C. after Odysseus
Olympiakos meaning Olympic in Greek,(see Ancient Olympic Games). Name of various teams including Olympiada Patras and Olympia Larissa BC. Panionios after Panionium Vyzas F.C. after Byzas Thrasyvoulos F.C. after Thrasybulus
Teams in Cyprus
Achilleas after Achilles
Apollon Limassol
Aris Limassol F.C. after Ares
Chalkanoras Idaliou after Chalcanor, Achaean king and founder of Idalion city
Ermis Aradippou after Hermes
Olympiakos Nicosia
Onisilos Sotira after Onesilus, ancient Cypriot leader in Ionian Revolt
Proteas EKA AEL after Proteus, mythology.
Teams in The Netherlands
AFC Ajax after Ajax (See also Ajax (disambiguation) for other teams) Heracles Almelo after the Greek hero Heracles Sparta Rotterdam after the Greek city-state Sparta Xerxes Rotterdam after the Persian emperor Xerxes I Achilles '29 after the Greek hero Achilles SBV Excelsior after the Latin word excelsior Fortuna Sittard after the Roman goddess Fortuna (Tyche in Greek mythology)
Teams in the Czech Republic
Various sports clubs in Prague, the Czech Republic, have been named after Greek city-state Sparta: AC Sparta Prague – football club AC Sparta Prague – floorball club BC Sparta Prague – basketball club HC Sparta Prague – ice hockey club OK Sparta Prague – foot orienteering club RC Sparta Prague – rugby club SK Sparta Krč – football club TK Sparta Prague – dancesport club
Italy
Atalanta B.C. Italian football club, after Greek heroine Atalanta. Hellas Verona F.C.In 1903 the club was named Hellas (the ancient Greek word for Greece), at the request of a professor of Classics.
England
Blackburn Olympic F.C., English football team founded in 1878 and dissolved in 1889 Blyth Spartans A.F.C., English football team founded in 1899 Huddersfield Atalanta Ladies F.C., English football team named after the heroine Atalanta Hull Ionians, English rugby team after Ionians Manchester Spartans, American football club founded in 1983
English association football leagues
Aetolian League defunct (after Aetolian League) Athenian League defunct Corinthian League defunct Delphian League defunct Isthmian League after Isthmian Games Spartan League defunct