AOK Kerkyra, also known as PAE AOK Kerkyra (Greek: ΠΑΕ ΑΟ Κασσιώπης Κέρκυρας),[1][2] is a Greek association football club based in Corfu, Greece, which competes in the Greek superleague.

Colours, emblem and ground

The club's colors are Maroon and Blue. The National Stadium of the town of Corfu, "E.A.K.K.", (built in 1961) is the home ground of the club.
History

Kerkyra F.C. or Kerkyra A.O. (Athletic Club of Kerkyra) such was named officially, was founded in 1969. For many years played in local championship of Corfu. But the season 1988-89 played in Gamma Ethniki. In 2002 the club was promoted in Beta Ethniki and the season 2004-05 played in A Ethniki (SuperLeague) for first time in history. The club played 5 times totally in A Ethniki, the seasons 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Kassiopi was the football club of the village Kassiopi in north-east Corfu. The club was founded in 1984 and in 2012, it became champion of Delta Ethniki Group 5 and was promoted to Football League 2 for the first time in history.[3] The next season it was finished in the third place of the championship of football league 2 (2012-13) and promoted to Football League (second division).

In the same season (2012-13) Kerkyra F.C. was relegated from Super League to Football League. On account of a lot of debts, Kerkyra F.C. couldn't play in the professional league of Football League. So the owners of the historical club of Corfu agreed with the owners of Kassiopi F.C. for the merge of two clubs in order to Kerkyra F.C continue its presence in professional leagues without debts.[4] The intention was the new club to be named PAE Kerkyra but the court approved of the name PAE AOK Kerkyra.[1][2]
Kerkyra National Stadium

Built in 1961
Capacity of 2,685 (all seated)
Biggest Attendance 5,000 (AO Kerkyra v PAS Giannina 1974)

The stadium has two stands, the main one has a roof and is where the players and officials emerge from. The second stand is situated directly opposite. This stand was constructed in 1973.
Current squad

As of 9 January 2015 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player
1 Lithuania GK Ernestas Šetkus
13 Greece GK Fotis Koutzavasilis
2 Greece DF Panagiotis Vlachos
3 Greece DF Konstantinos Manolas
4 Greece DF Aristotelis Karagiannidis
5 Greece DF Anastasios Venetis
6 Greece DF Giorgos Paraskevaidis
22 Greece DF Stefanos Siontis
23 Republic of Macedonia DF Vladimir Dimitrovski
30 Portugal DF Jordão Diogo (on loan from Vitória)
31 Greece DF Angelos Zouboulakis
33 Greece DF Nikos Mentis
7 Greece MF Panagiotis Zorbas

No. Position Player
8 Argentina MF Sebastián Nayar
10 Armenia MF Gevorg Ghazaryan
14 Argentina MF Horacio Cardozo
16 Greece MF Nikos Kritikos
17 Greece MF Grigoris Chadrinos
19 Greece MF Alexandros Kontos
20 Spain MF Javito
80 Greece MF Giorgos Gardikiotis
88 Portugal MF Fábio (on loan from Atromitos)
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Saša Kajkut
11 France FW Mathieu Gomes
15 Serbia FW Marko Markovski
77 Greece FW Kostas Georgakopoulos
Technical team

. Manager: Michalis Grigoriou
. Assistant Manager: Giannis Georgiadis
. Physio: Lefteris Tsoukalas
. Goalkeeping Coach: Christos Vasalos
. Technical Manager: Vasilis Provatas
. Doctor: Alekos Koskinas
. Head Physical Therapist - Sports Rehabilitator: Argyris V. Rapsomanikis
. "Physical Therapy Assistants":

1. Vasilis Pouloumpis. 2. Akis Ilias. 3. Aggelos Polymeris.

Note: A' National = Superleague, B' National = Football League, C' National = Football League 2
Managers

Greece Nikos Pantelis (1996)
Greece Babis Tennes (2003)
Greece Nikos Anastopoulos (July 1, 2003–Jan 11, 2005)
Greece Giorgos Foiros (Jan 25, 2005–April 21, 2005)
Greece Babis Tennes (July 1, 2005–Feb 12, 2008)
Greece Nikos Pantelis (Dec 1, 2008–May 31, 2009)
Greece Babis Tennes (July 27, 2009–Nov 30, 2010)
Serbia Božidar Bandović (Nov 30, 2010–Nov 9, 2011)
Spain Javi Gracia (Nov 14, 2011–March 28, 2012)
Greece Timos Kavakas (March 28, 2012–June 30, 2012)
Greece Apostolos Mantzios (July 1, 2012–Feb 6, 2013)
Greece Giannis Papakostas (Feb 7, 2013–April 29, 2013)
Greece Michalis Grigoriou (July 24, 2013–)

References

"Οριστικά... ΑΟΚ Κέρκυρα ΠΑΕ!". corfupress.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
"Αντί για “ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα”, ονομάστηκε… “ΠΑΕ ΑΟ Κασσιώπης Κέρκυρας”!" (in Greek). aokerkyra.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
"Η πρώτη φορά της Κασσιώπης (Kassiopi's first time)". Ethnospor (in Greek). 21 May 2012.
"Εκεί, εκεί στη Γ΄ Εθνική...". sdna.gr. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
"Kerkyra squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece.