Egaleo F.C.
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Full name | PAE Egaleo | ||
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Nickname(s) | city | ||
Founded | 1931 | ||
Ground | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium, Egaleo, Athens, Greece | ||
Capacity | 8,217 | ||
Chairman | Dimitrios Koukis | ||
Manager | Georgios Hatzaras | ||
League | Alpha Ethniki | ||
2005-06 | Alpha Ethniki, 10th | ||
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Egaleo FC is a Greek football club from Egaleo, Athens that plays in the "Stavro Mavrothalassitis" stadium named after an old mayor of Egaleo, and played an important role in the stadium's construction. The stadium's capacity is (in theory) larger than 3,530 seats but several stands are currently unusable due to earthquake damage. The current coach is George Vazakas and the club colours are blue and white. It is the second biggest football club of the west suburbs of Athens, after Atromitos F.C.
History
Egaleo was formed in 1931, as Ierapolis sport Association, by Demetrios Haniotis and Georgios Aronis. In 1946, four clubs in Aigaleo sport club merged. This club enforced 1960/1961 for the first time promotions in season to the highest division of Greek football. In the season 1970/71 the club finished as fourth, the highest class ring ever. In season 2004/05 for the first time Uefa cup football was gained, in group E with FK Partizan, S.S. Lazio, Middlesbrough FC and Villareal but Egaleo fell out with only 1 point. That same season Egaleo FC finished 6th in the Greek league after PAOK with 45 points.
Current squad
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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President:Dimitrios Koukis
Club Secretary:Evangelos Pistolis
Press Officer:Theodoros Papadopoulos
Coach:Georgios Hatzaras
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