The athletic union was founded in 1961, in a tavern that was owned by Birba, at Messolongiou and Fotila Streets.
The first sporting club departments of the parent athletic association included: track and field, basketball, volleyball, and cycling.
The biggest achievement of the track and field department was a second-place finish in the Panhellenic climax, after Panellinios GS.
That track team featured many athletes from Greece, and it entered into many local championships in all of their categories.
The most famous athlete of the department was Nikos Angelopoulos, who achieved victory in the Balkan Track And Field Games in Sofia, in 1980, in the men's 200m with a record time of 20.71.