ɪt wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn ɑːktˈoʊbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪks baɪ dɪsˈæɾɪsfˌaɪd ˈæθliːts ʌvðɪ ɛθnˈɪkoʊz ˈæθᵻnz ænd wʌzɐ fˈaʊndɪŋ mˈɛmbɚ bˈoʊθ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn ʌvðɪ ˈæθᵻnzpˈɜːɹiːəs fˈʊtbɔːl klˈʌbz ɐsˌoʊsɪˈeɪʃən sˈɪns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wˈʌn ænd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɪks ʌvðə hɛlˈɛnɪk fˈʊtbɔːl fˌɛdɚɹˈeɪʃən.
It was founded in October 1906 by dissatisfied athletes of the Ethnikos Athens and was a founding member both in 1919 of the Athens-Piraeus Football Clubs Association (since 1921) and in 1926 of the Hellenic Football Federation.