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Panthrakikos
Full namePanthrakikos Football Club
Nickname(s)Crocodiles (Kροκόδειλοι)
Founded1963
GroundOPAP-Municipal Komotini Stadium
Capacity6,198
OwnerTasos Karaolanis
ChairmanDimitris Tzelepis
ManagerApostolos Mantzios
LeagueSuperleague Greece
2013–14Superleague Greece, 10th
Websitehttp://www.panthrakikos.com/

Panthrakikos Football Club is a football club in Komotini of Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece during the season 2008–2009 for the first time.

History

The foundation year, 1963
Panthrakikos vs Ergotelis, 2009–2010 season
Panthrakikos F.C.,1965
Panthrakikos F.C., 2009–2010 season
Panthrakikos F.C., 1974–1975 season

The early years, 1963-2001
Panthrakikos F.C. was formed in the town of Komotini in 1963. Athlitiki Enosis Komotini who founded in 1936, and Orpheus Komotini who founded in 1948 were merged with Panthrakikos in 1963 and 1964 respectively.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The club participated in regional leagues until 1969, when they joined the Beta Ethniki. They stayed in this division until being relegated in 1978, but were promoted back to Beta Ethniki after a single season. They remained here until 1983. Panthrakikos finished 1982–83 12th in Beta Ethniki, but were relegated to Gamma Ethniki due to restructuring of the leagues. In 1983–84 they finished 18th position and were further relegated to Delta Ethniki. The club was promoted again to the Gamma Ethniki, and participated there in 1985–86 and 1986–87. Relegation to Delta Ethniki followed the end of the 1986–87 season. After relegation in 1995-1996, Panthrakikos merged with Orpheus Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani[7][8] on the founding status of Xylagani in 1996–1998. Competed again as Panthrakikos F.C. in lowest level of local leagues in 1998-2001, without any administration, without any investment. In that period, very few fans were take charge of administration.

New Era, 2001–present
In 2001-2003 Panagiotis Margaritis take charge of administration as chairman and Sakis Skoulis as manager. They were promoted two seasons in a row, reaching the Delta Ethniki in 2003.
In 2004 prompting significant investment into the club from local entrepreneurs Thodoris Savakis, Tasos Karaolanis & Yiannis Kitzidis.[9] Kostas Vasilakakis, a former player of Panthrakikos, was hired as manager in the summer of 2004. In season 2004–05 Panthrakikos were champions of Delta Ethniki and were again promoted, to the Gamma Ethniki. A third place finish in 2005–06 saw them promoted once more, to the Beta Ethniki.
Three managers were hired in the first half of the season 2007-2008. Zisis Tsekos, Dimitrios Kalaitzidis and Yiannis Gounaris, were fired to replaced by manager Kostas Vasilakakis and lead the club to an 11th place finish. Panthrakikos started the 2007–08 season with a breach of league rules[10] in their opening game, against Chaidari, and were penalised by a four point reduction. Despite this penalty, Panthrakikos beat Ilisiakos 1–0 in the final game of the season to overtake PAS Giannena, finish third and gain promotion to Super League Greece for the first time.
Emilio Ferrera, was hired as manager in the summer of 2008, lead Panthrakikos to an 11th [11] place finish in their first Super League season.

OPAP - Municipal Komotini Stadium

Main article: Komotini Stadium
OPAP-MKS Gate 2 Ultras
OPAP-MKS Gate 1-7 & 6

The Stadium Municipal Athletic Center (ΔΑΚ – Δημοτικό Αθλητικό Κέντρο) was built in 1923 near Komotini Railway Station. Panthrakikos has played at MAC since 1963.

In 2009 the Stadium was renamed to OPAP-Municipal Komotini Stadium (ΟΠΑΠ-Δημοτικό Γήπεδο Κομοτηνής) after the Greek betting organization OPAP which is the stadium sponsor.

The northern grandstand was built in 1950 (rebuilt 1963–1965) with a capacity of about 2,500 while the southern grandstand was built in 1970 with a capacity of about 1,500. The northern grandstand and southern grandstand were rebuilt in 2008 with a capacity of 1,608 (1,377 seats for gate 1 & 231 seats for gate 7) and 1,090 (gate 5) respectively. In the southern grandstand at the back of, there is a big booth for the Radio and TV journalists (gate 4). Also there is special area for disabled (gate 3). The western grandstand was built in 2008 with a capacity of 2,002 (gate 6 – guests). Finally, the eastern grandstand was built in 2009 with a capacity of 1,498 (gate 2). The total capacity of OPAP-Municipal Komotini Stadium is 6,198 seats plus six booths, with ten persons capacity each of those. Building of southern grandstand is planned instead of existing construction, with a capacity of about 4,500 (total ~9,600).

Panthrakikos Athletic Center

Panthrakikos Athletic Center. The main building
Panthrakikos Athletic Center

The training center is called "Panthrakikos Athletic Center". It covers a field of 42,000 sq.m. located 4 km east of Komotini at Kikidio village.

First squad. The main building covers 360 sq.m.. Includes the administration office, the press room, first aid station, physiotherapy chamber and locker room. Three full-sized terrains (two with natural turf, one with synthetic turf) are used for the first squad trainings. A half-sized terrain is also used for the goalkeepers training.

Youth Team and football academies. Another building 200 sq.m., which includes locker room, showers and dining room for the Youth team and the football academies. Two half-sized terrains and one full-sized are used by the Youth Teams.

Team Statistics 1963–present

According to combined sources [12] [13] [14] [15]

The early years, 1963–2001
Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals
1963–64 1982–83 2 12 15–06–17 38–44
1964–65 3 1 6–1–1 14–7 1983–84 3 18 11–13–16 41–46
1965–66 3 5 25–26 1984–85 4 1 96–31
1966–67 3 5 40–22 1985–86 3 15 14–07–17 48–62
1967–68 3 1986–87 3 18 11–06–21 46–72
1968–69 3 1 1987–88 4 11 50–42
1969–70 2 14 07–12–15 26–47 1988–89 5 1
1970–71 2 9 10–12–12 35–34 1989–90 4 4 58–30
1971–72 2 7 17–07–14 45–44 1990–91 4 3 29–07–06 86–26
1972–73 2 9 14–10–14 34–31 1991–92 4 5 50–41
1973–74 2 8 16–12–12 43–39 1992–93 4 2 59–27
1974–75 2 5 16–11–11 43–35 1993–94 4 9 61–38
1975–76 2 10 15–05–18 44–47 1994–95 5 1
1976–77 2 12 14–08–16 39–56 1995–96 4 12 45–47
1977–78 2 17 12–08–18 44–46 1996–97 41 8 46–28
1978–79 3 1 1997–98 41 10 66–43
1979–80 2 11 11–11–16 34–39 1998–99 52 -
1980–81 2 7 17–06–15 42–48 1999–00 6
1981–82 2 8 15–09–14 38–48 2000–01 6

-1Panthrakikos merged with Orfeas Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani in 1996-1998
-2Panthrakikos withdrew from the league during the period due to financial problems

New Era, 2001–present
Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals
2001–02 6 1
2002–03 5 1 28–01–01
2003–04 4 5 17–07–06 39–22
2004–05 4 1 24–05–01 70–10
2005–06 3 3 19–09–02 44–21
2006–07 2 11 12–06–16 40–44
2007–08 2 3 17–10–07 44–31
2008–09 1 11 09–06–15 23–37
2009–10 1 16 03–03–24 21–62
2010–11 2 7 13–08–13 36–38
2011–12 2 1 22–07–05 49–16
2012–13 1 10 10–06–14 30–33
2013–14 1 10 11-08-15 39-52
2014–15 1

Honours

Domestic Titles and honours

Players

Current squad

As of 22 August 2014, according to combined sources [16]

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 Portugal POR Daniel Fernandes (on loan from FC Twente)
2 DF Greece GRE Thanasis Papageorgiou
5 MF Spain ESP Guille
6 MF Honduras HON Alfredo Mejía
7 MF Greece GRE Christos Tzanis
8 FW Greece GRE Vassilis Triantafyllakos
9 MF France FRA Nicolas Diguiny
10 MF Spain ESP José María Cases
11 FW Greece GRE Dimitris Hasomeris
13 DF France FRA Sofyane Cherfa
15 DF Senegal SEN Pape M'Bow
18 DF Greece GRE Nikos Tsoumanis
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Zdravos-Rizos
20 MF Turkey TUR Deniz Baykara (captain)
21 DF Greece GRE Giannis Christou
22 MF Greece GRE Nikos Katharios
23 MF Brazil BRA Romeu
24 GK Greece GRE Alexandros Paschalakis
30 GK Greece GRE Giorgos Athanasiadis
32 FW England ENG Hakeem Araba
84 MF Greece GRE Antonis Ladakis
99 FW Brazil BRA Igor de Souza
— DF Greece GRE Ioánnis Potourídis

Manager & Coaching Staff
As of 28 May 2014, according to Official Site [17]

Manager & Coaching staff
Greece Apostolos Mantzios Manager
Greece Simos Pavlidis Assistant Manager
Greece Grigoris Bizas Coach
Greece Giannis Plavoukos Goalkeeper Coach
Greece Nikos Bacharidis Youth Team Manager

Players Statistics

Appearances and Goals from 2006 – present

Only with Panthrakikos F.C. As of 3 July 2014 according to combined sources [18][19][20]

Nat Name Career Level 1 Level 2 Nat Cup Total
app goals app goals app goals app goals
Turkey Deniz Baykara 2011–present 60 2 31 6 10 1 101 9
Burkina Faso Abdul Diallo 2006–10 37 5 47 12 4 0 88 17
Greece Yiannis Kanotidis 2007–11 40 1 43 0 4 0 87 1
Greece Giannis Christou 2011–present 48 1 27 1 9 0 84 2
Greece Fotis Konstantinidis 2005–09 22 1 54 4 8 0 84 5
Greece Dimitris Koutsopoulos 2010–2014 22 0 55 0 7 0 84 0
Greece Achilleas Sarakatsanos 2011–2014 48 0 27 1 8 1 83 2
Brazil Robinho 2005–09 18 0 57 0 7 0 82 0
Portugal Manuel Lopes 2007–11 37 1 39 1 1 0 77 2
Greece Spyros Vrontaras 2004–10 & 2012–13 28 0 40 0 2 0 70 0
Argentina Munafo Horta 2009–13 32 1 25 1 9 0 66 2
Greece Christos Mingas 2011–13 22 0 26 7 9 0 57 7
Greece Antonis Ladakis 2012–present 51 2 2 0 53 2
France Bertrand Robert 2009–11 25 4 28 8 53 12
Greece Christos Tzanis 2012–present 40 7 7 3 47 10
Greece Nikos Bacharidis 2001–10 16 1 23 0 7 1 46 2
France Ludovic Clément 2008–10 38 2 38 2
Argentina Adrián Lucero 2012–13 28 4 6 2 34 6
Brazil Igor 2013–present 31 11 1 1 32 12
Greece Dimitris Papadopoulos 2012–13 25 11 5 1 30 12
French Polynesia Marama Vahirua 2012–13 26 3 4 2 30 5
Spain Sito Riera 2008–09 28 5 1 0 29 5
Spain José María Cases 2013–present 19 6 1 0 20 6
Greece Nikos Soultanidis 2010–12 53 14 3 3 56 17
Greece Dimitris Souanis 2005–08 53 12 4 2 57 14
Hungary Gábor Erős 2006–08 57 9 2 0 59 9
Netherlands Ronny van Es 2007–08 21 10 1 0 22 10

Appearances and Goals in Early years

According to combined sources

Nat Name Career Level 1 Level 2 Nat Cup Total
app goals app goals app goals app goals
Greece Christos Doulgerakis 1964–
Greece Stavros Svintridis 1964–
Greece Zacharias Tilios 1964–76
Greece Apostolos Hatziioannidis 1969–77
Greece Filippos Aivazis 1967-84 405 89 36 22 441 111
Greece Archontis Katsaridis
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 1973–95 256 10 140 25 396 35
Greece Zisis Tsekos 1981–00 230 20

Former players

Former players without Wikipedia article, based on their long term presence in Panthrakikos, players worthy of mention are Filippos Aivazis who holds the record for most appearances and most goals in the Beta Ethniki, Apostolakis (1956-64 Orfeas Komotini, 1964-69 AO Kavala), Zacharias Tilios, Stavros Svintridis, Christos Doulgerakis, Archontis Katsaridis, Manolis Rakitzoglou, Vasilis Fotidis and Kostas Kalaitzidis.

Chairmen & Managers

chairman season manager level rank
Panagiotis Margaritis 2001–02 Greece Sakis Skoulis 6 1
2002–03 5 1
2003–04 Greece Antonis Michalakopoulos 4 5
Yiannis Kitzidis 2004–05 Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 4 1
2005–06 3 3
2006–07 Greece Zisis Tsekos
Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis
Greece Yiannis Gounaris
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis		 2 11
2007–08 Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 2 3
2008–09 Belgium Emilio Ferrera (June 5, 2008 – June 30, 2009) 1 11
Yiannis Kitzidis
Dimitris Tzelepis		 2009–10 Romania Ilie Dumitrescu (July 1, 2009–Sept 20, 2009)
France Albert Cartier (Sept 20, 2009–Jan 12, 2010)
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (Jan 12, 2010–July 22, 2010)		 1 16
Dimitris Tzelepis 2010–11 Greece Kostas Vasilakakis (July 25, 2010–Nov 10)
Belgium Emilio Ferrera (Nov 7, 2010–March 25, 2011)
Greece Savas Pantelidis (March 30, 2011–Oct 29, 2012)		 2 7
2011–12 Greece Savas Pantelidis 2 1
2012–13 Greece Savas Pantelidis
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (Oct 31, 2012–April 30, 2013)		 1 10
2013–14 Greece Apostolos Mantzios (May 9, 2013–) 1 10
2014–15 Greece Apostolos Mantzios 1

Club crest and colours

The Panthrakikos crest is a sparkling flamming torch in a circle. The torch is surrounded by the club's name and the year of establishment. Traditional club's shirts are green . The club crest sits on the left side of the chest. Traditional club's shorts are black with black socks. Alternative strips for the season 2009–2010 are orange shirts, black shorts and socks.

Traditional colours
2010–
2011–
2011–
Alternative colours
2006–2008
2008–2009
2010–2011
2013–2014

References

  1. ^ "Panthrakikos History".
  2. ^ "Panthrakikos History".
  3. ^ "2nd Level Table, 1962–63".
  4. ^ "2nd Level Table, year 1963–64".
  5. ^ "Mergers and Name Changes".
  6. ^ "Panthrakikos F.C. foundation, 1964".
  7. ^ "Mergers and Name Changes".
  8. ^ "merging with Orfeas Xylagani".
  9. ^ "2006.11.03, Savakis resignation".
  10. ^ "Beta Ethniki 2006–07".
  11. ^ "Super League 2008–09".
  12. ^ "Panthrakikos History-official site".
  13. ^ "2nd Level Final Tables".
  14. ^ "3rd Level Final Tables".
  15. ^ "merging with Orfeas Xylagani".
  16. ^ "Panthrakikos squad 2010".
  17. ^ "Panthrakikos Coaching staff".
  18. ^ "Panthraxstats (pdf)".
  19. ^ "insports.gr".
  20. ^ "epo, kypello".
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