Apollon originally was founded in Smyrna in 1891 and moved to Athens in 1922 after Asia Minor Disaster.

The club's colours are blue and white and its emblem is the ancient God Apollo.

[1][2] The first members from the club belonged earlier to Orpheas Smyrnis, the ancestor of Panionios.

The money from the selling was used for the buying an area in Rizoupoli where the new stadium of Apollon was built.

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 it was defeated by AEK.

The Volleyball and Water Polo sections of Apollon have reached up to second division in their sports.