Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Papaflessia yakatumidzwa mukuremekedza Papaflessas, mupristi wechiGiriki uye mutungamiriri wemauto aizivikanwa akafira muHondo yeManiaki
panguva yeGreek Revolution. Musangano wacho wakatangwa muna 1954 uye wakaitirwa munhandare yeMessiniakos kutozosvikira muna 1968, apo chiito chechiuto chakamisa mhemberero. Musangano wemitambo wakadzorerwa muna 1984 uye zviitiko zvakaitirwa muKalamata Metropolitan Stadium zvainyanya kukwikwidzwa pakati pevatambi vemuno. Muna 1994 musangano wacho wakawedzerwa kuti ubatanidze vatambi vokune dzimwe nyika. Vakambokwikwidza kare vanosanganisira vakawana menduru yegoridhe yeOlympic Stefka Kostadinova naYelena Yelesina uye vatambi veEngland Dwain Chambers naJohn Regis.