Kavala F.C.

AO Kavala
Full name	Athlitikos Omilos Kavala; (Athletic Club Kavala)
Nickname(s)	Blue Argonauts
Founded	1965
Ground	Municipal Kavala Stadium, Kavala
Capacity	12.500
Chairman	Stavros Psomiadis
Manager	Aad de Mos
League	Super League Greece
2009-10	Super League Greece, 6th
Home colours	Away colours

AO Kavala (Greek: Athlitikos Omilos Kavala, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα), the Athletic Club Kavala, is a professional football (soccer) club based in the city of Kavala, Greece.

History^[1]

The Macedonian club was formed in 1965 from the merger of Phillipoi Kavala, Iraklis Kavala and A.E. Kavala.

They have had a few runs in the top division of the Greek League. They were promoted to Alpha Ethniki for the first time in 1969 and stayed up for 6 years (1970 - 1975). They returned to top division in 1976 and played again for six seasons.

In 1982 the club were relegated to the Beta Ethniki (second tier of Greek football). After 11 years in Beta Ethniki and one year in Gamma Ethniki (third tier - 1988-89) they were promoted to Alpha Ethniki. There "black" period began for the team in which they played only in Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki.

2009-2010 Season

In 2009 they signed Miltiadis Sapanis and EURO 2004 winner Fanis Katergiannakis. Kavala were promoted for the first time in 9 years to Greeces top division. In their quest to remain in the top flight they have signed José Reina's back up at Liverpool, Charles Itandje and recently acquired Brazilian Denílson (January 2010 transfer window) a 2002 World Cup Winner. Additional season signings include Craig Moore, Željko Kalac, Ebi Smolarek, Diogo Rincón, Sotiris Leontiou, Serge Dié, Wilson Oruma and Frédéric Mendy, . This combined with coach Aad de Mos meant that Kavala set the league alight. They subsequently achieved notable victories in the 2009-1010 season against Iraklis FC, Panionios, AEK FC and Panathinaikos FC.

League Participation

Alpha Ethniki: 1969-1975, 1976-1982, 1994-1995, 1996-2000, 2009-

Beta Ethniki: 1965-1969, 1975-1976, 1982-1989, 1990-1994, 1995-1996, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2008-2009

Gamma Ethniki: 1989-1990, 2001-2002, 2003-2008

Stadium

The club plays in the Municipal Kavala Stadium "Anthi Karayanni"^[2].

Current squad

As of 31 August 2009^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Charles Itandje (on loan from Liverpool)
2	DF	MNE	Savo Pavićević
4	MF	AUS	Andreas Govas
5	MF	GRE	Stefanos Siontis
6	MF	CYP	Siniša Dobrasinović
7	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Popović
8	MF	GRE	Sotiris Leontiou (on loan from Panathinaikos)
9	FW	POL	Ebi Smolarek
10	MF	NGA	Wilson Oruma
11	MF	SEN	Frédéric Mendy
13	GK	GRE	Fanis Katergiannakis
14	DF	FRA	Pierre Ducrocq (Vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	BRA	Diogo Rincón
17	MF	SRB	Ivan Gvozdenović
18	DF	GRE	Evangelos Ikonomou
20	FW	POL	Łukasz Sosin
21	MF	GRE	Dimitris Petkakis
22	DF	GRE	Manolis Psomas
23	MF	GRE	Vassilis Lakis
31	GK	GRE	Giorgos Lazaridis
40	DF	BRA	Douglão
44	FW	GRE	Ilias Ioannou
77	MF	CIV	Serge Dié
80	FW	NGA	Benjamin Onwuachi
88	DF	GRE	Lazaros Theodorelis

Coaching & Medical staff^[4]

Manager: Aad de Mos
Assistant Manager: Martin Koopman
Coach: Giannis Giokas
Goalkeeper Coach: Jovan Mihailovic
Club doctor: Dr. Dimitris Tsirkas
Physiotherapist: Iosif Michailidis

Out on loan

Georgios Konstantaras no: 91
Nikolaos Soultanidis no: 33
Eoin Spencer to Academy of Chelsea FC
Apostolos Giannou to Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.
Enoc Pérez to Trikala F.C.
Patryk Aleksandrowicz to Thrasyvoulos F.C.
Emmanouil Apostolidis to Thermaikos F.C.
Kostantinos Barbas to Agrotikos Asteras F.C.
Vaggelis Galanis to Panargiakos F.C.
Markos Chatziiliadis to Nestos Chrisoupolis

Foreign players

Only five Non-EU Nationals can be registered in the Greek Super league. Foreign players with an EU passport are registered as EU-Nationals

EU Nationals

Non-EU Nationals

Notable former players

60s - 80s

90s - present

Coaches

League history

1965 – 1969: Division 2
1969 – 1975: Division 1
1975 – 1976: Division 2
1976 – 1982: Division 1
1982 – 1989: Division 2
1989 – 1990: Division 3
1990 – 1994: Division 2
1994 – 1995: Division 1
1995 – 1996: Division 2
1996 – 2000: Division 1
2000 – 2001: Division 2
2001 – 2002: Division 3
2002 – 2003: Division 2
2003 – 2008: Division 3
2008 – 2009: Division 2
2009 – 2010: Division 1

Sources: ^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Kavala's History".
^ "Anthi Karayanni Stadium".
^ "Kavala FC squad 2010".
^ "Kavala's Coaching & Medical staff".
^ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spieler/11367/craig-moore/profil.html
^ Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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[1] "Kavala's History".

[2] "Anthi Karayanni Stadium".

[3] "Kavala FC squad 2010".

[4] "Kavala's Coaching & Medical staff".

[5] ttp://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spieler/11367/craig-moore/profil.html

[6] Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[7] Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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