Panserraikos F.C.
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| Full name | FC Panserraikos | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Λιοντάρια (Lions) Ερυθρόλευκοι (The red-whites) | ||
| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Serres Stadium Serres, Greece | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Petros Theodoridis | ||
| Manager |  Dragan Kokotovic | ||
| League | Beta Ethniki | ||
| 2008-09 | Super League Greece, 15th (Relegated) | ||
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Panserraikos FC is the football club of Serres in Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos was formed in 1964 when two local clubs, Iraklis and Apollon, merged. Their current home ground is Stadium of Serres, built in 1926. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in northern Greece, and had had a near-continuous presence in the First Division in the 60's and 70's.
Since their last relegation in 1992 the club had been struggling in the Second Division, and were even relegated to the Third Division twice, in 1993 and 1996, yet promptly returning to the second tier on both occasions. The club did come close to promotion a few times, missing out on 5 points in 1998 and on just one point in 2000.
In 2008, Panserraikos managed to end a 16-year wait, gaining promotion to the newly-formed Greek Super League. Managed by Giannis Papakostas, the club had been leading the Second Division table for the most part of the season, even securing a top-three spot with two games to spare - though they had narrowly escaped another relegation in the previous two seasons.
In July 2009, Panserraikos presented Argentinian Guillermo Angel Hoyos as new coach.
On March 4, 2009, Panserraikos won a historic match against Panathinaikos FC in the Olympic Stadium in Athens for the Greek Cup quarter finals with a score of 3-2 after being up 0-3 for 71 minutes. The first match leg ended at a 0-0 score. This amazing result landed Panserraikos a spot in the final 4 of the Greek Cup where they will compete against AEK Athens FC for a spot in the finals. What made this result so special was that many starters for the team were either injured, or suspended. This is Panserraikos first time in the final 4 of the Greek Cup. However, the team's situation in the league remains low and in fact, Panserraikos will play again in Beta Ethniki in the start of the 2009-10 season.
After an indifferent start to their Beta Ethniki campaign, their season has now sparked into life after a surprise 3-1 win over giants Olympiakos in the Greek Cup making it one of their bigger wins in recent history.
Current squad
As of 18 January 2010[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ^ 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) - ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". RSSSF.
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