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Panthrakikos 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 early years
The foundation year, 1963
Panthrakikos F.C. was formed in the town of Komotini in 1963 or 1964 when clubs Orpheas Komotini, founded in 1948 and Athlitiki Enosis Komotini, founded in 1936 were merged.[1][2][3][4][5] The new 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 Orfeas Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani[6][7] on the founding status of Xylagani in 1996–1998. Panthrakikos F.C. had no participation in any league in 1998-2001.
Re-establishment
Panthrakikos F.C.,1965
Panthrakikos F.C., 1974–1975 season
Panthrakikos vs Ergotelis, 2009–2010 season
Panthrakikos F.C., 2009–2010 season
Panthrakikos were re-established in 2001, and competed in the lowest level of local leagues. 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, Tassos Karaolanis & Yiannis Kitzidis.[8]
Kostas Vasilakakis, a former Panthrakikos player, 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.
Zisis Tsekos was hired as manager for the 2006–07 season but fired to be replaced by Dimitrios Kalaitzidis but resigned to be replaced by Yiannis Gounaris but fired to be replaced by Kostas Vasilakakis and lead the club to an 11th place finish. Panthrakikos started the 2007–08 season with a breach of league rules[9] 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, and lead Panthrakikos to an 11th [10] place finish in their first Super League season. Ilie Dumitrescu was hired as manager in May 2009 but fired after the first game of the season to be replaced by Albert Cartier, who was fired after 15 winless games. Cartier's replacement was Pavlos Dermitzakis until the end of the season, the club's final rank was the 16th place, thus was relegated to Beta Ethniki.
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).
[edit] 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. including the administration office, the press room, first aid station, physiotherapy chamber, showers and changing rooms. Three full-sized terrains (two with genuine grass, one with synthetic grass) are used for the first squad trainings. A half-sized terrain is also used for the goalkeepers trainings.
Youth Team (U-19) and football academies. Another 200 sq.m. building includes changing rooms, showers and dining room for the young players, that is the Youth team (U-19) and the football academies. A full-sized and two half-sized terrains are used by the Youth Teams.
Team Statistics 1963–present
According to combined sources [11] [12] [13] [14]
The early years 1963-2001
Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals
1963-64 3 1982-83 2 12 15-06-17 38-44
1964-65 3 1 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 -2
1980-81 2 7 17-06-15 42-48 1999-00 -2
1981-82 2 8 15-09-14 38-48 2000-01 -2
-1Panthrakikos merged with Orfeas Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani in 1996-1998
-2no participation in any league
Re-establishment 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
Current squad
As of 12 September 2011, according to combined sources [15] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Dimitris Koutsopoulos
3 Greece DF Nikos Triantafyllidis
4 Greece DF Nikos Boutzikos
5 Greece DF Yiannis Stathis
6 Greece MF Manolis Liapakis (captain)
7 Greece MF Thomas Vlachos
8 Greece MF Giorgos Moschakis
9 Greece FW Vangelis Kontogoulidis
10 Brazil FW Wellington Gonçalves
11 Greece FW Yiannis Simosis
12 Greece GK Manolis Apostolidis
13 Greece FW Nikos Soultanidis
14 Greece MF Christos Mingas
16 Greece DF Dimitris Vosnakidis
No. Position Player
17 Argentina MF Munafo Horta
18 Greece DF Dionysios Makrydimitris
19 Greece GK Dimitris Tairis
21 Greece DF Yiannis Christou
22 Argentina MF Daniel Ponce
23 Brazil MF Balú
28 Greece DF Stavros Vangelopoulos
29 Greece DF Achilleas Sarakatsanos
30 Greece GK Giorgos Sikalias
32 Greece MF Yiannis Goniadis
33 Greece MF Vangelis Reklitis
34 Turkey MF Deniz Baykara
88 Greece DF Dimitris Skliopidis
Manager & Coaching Staff
As of 22 September 2011, according to Official Site [16]
Manager & Coaching staff
Greece Savas Pantelidis Manager
Greece Aggelos Digozis Assistant Manager
Greece Vasilis Segos Coach
Greece Giorgos Bakirtzidis Goalkeeper Coach
Serbia Zoran Stoinović Youth Team Manager
Players Statistics
Appearances and Goals from 2006 – present
Only with Panthrakikos F.C., according to combined sources [17][18][19]
nat. name career Super League Beta Ethniki Nation Cup total
appear goals appear goals appear goals appear goals
Greece Yiannis Kanotidis 2008–11 40 1 43 0 4 0 87 1
France Ludovic Clement 2008–10 38 2 0 0 38 2
Burkina Faso Abdul Diallo 2006–10 37 5 47 12 4 0 88 17
Portugal Manuel Lopes 2007–11 37 1 39 1 1 0 77 2
Greece Anestis Argyriou 2007–10 37 0 0 0 3 0 40 0
Nigeria Egutu Oliseh 2008–10 35 0 1 0 36 0
Spain José Manuel Roca 2008–10 33 0 1 0 34 0
Spain Sito Riera 2008–09 28 5 1 0 29 5
Greece Vlasis Kazakis 2009–11 28 1 12 0 2 2 42 3
France Bertrand Robert 2009–11 25 4 28 8 0 0 53 12
Argentina Daniel Ponce 2008–09 25 2 1 0 26 2
2011–present
Brazil Marcelo Goianira 2009–11 25 0 16 1 1 0 42 1
Greece Fotis Konstantinidis 2005–09 22 1 54 4 8 0 84 5
Greece Spyros Vrontaras 2004–10 22 0 40 0 0 0 62 0
Brazil Robinho 2005–09 18 0 57 0 7 0 82 0
Greece Nikos Bacharidis 2001–10 16 1 23 0 7 1 46 2
Greece Achilleas Angelopoulos 2007–09 15 0 30 0 2 0 47 0
Greece Fotis Papoulis 2010–11 13 3 15 2 1 0 29 5
Cyprus Christos Charalampous 2006–09 10 0 38 3 2 0 50 3
Serbia Filip Arsenijević 2009–11 8 1 27 4 2 0 37 5
Greece Xenofon Gittas 2007–09 7 1 33 1 2 0 42 2
Hungary Gábor Erős 2006–08 57 9 2 0 59 9
Greece Dimitris Souanis 2005–08 53 12 4 2 57 14
Cyprus Marios Agathokleous 2006–08 38 9 1 0 39 9
Greece Nikos Soultanidis 2010–present 29 7 1 1 30 8
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 Alpha Ethniki Beta Ethniki
appear goals appear goals
Greece Zacharias Tilios 1963–1976
Greece Stavros Svintridis 1963–
Greece Christos Doulgerakis 1963–
Greece Apostolos Hatziioannidis 1969–
Greece Filippos Aivazis
Greece Archontis Katsaridis
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 1973–1995 256 10 140 25
Greece Zisis Tsekos 1981–2000 230 20
Former players
For all former players with a Wikipedia article see Category:Panthrakikos F.C. players.
From former players without a 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, Zacharias Tilios, Stavros Svintridis, Christos Doulgerakis, Archontis Katsaridis, Manolis Rakitzoglou, Vasilis Fotidis, Kostas Kalaitzidis and Thomas Dramalis.
Chairmen & Managers
season chairman manager level rank
2004–05 Thodoris Savakis Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 4 1
2005–06 3 3
2006–07 Thodoris Savakis
Yiannis Kitzidis Greece Zisis Tsekos
Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis
Greece Yiannis Gounaris
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 2 11
2007–08 Yiannis Kitzidis Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 2 3
2008–09 Belgium Emilio Ferrera 1 11
2009–10 Yiannis Kitzidis
Dimitris Tzelepis Romania Ilie Dumitrescu
France Albert Cartier
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis 1 16
2010–11 Dimitris Tzelepis Greece Kostas Vasilakakis
Belgium Emilio Ferrera
Greece Savas Pantelidis 2 7
2011–12 Greece Savas Pantelidis 2
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 or white or green with white vertical stripes. The club crest sits on the left side of the chest. Traditional club's shorts are green or white with green or white socks. Alternative strips for the season 2009–2010 are black shirts, shorts and socks with silver figures & details.
Traditional colours
2010–
2011–
2011–
Alternative colours
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
References
^ "Panthrakikos History".
^ "Panthrakikos History".
^ "2nd Level Table, 1962–63".
^ "2nd Level Table, year 1963–64".
^ "Mergers and Name Changes".
^ "Mergers and Name Changes".
^ "merging with Orfeas Xylagani".
^ "2006.11.03, Savakis resignation".
^ "Beta Ethniki 2006–07".
^ "Super League 2008–09".
^ "Panthrakikos History-official site".
^ "2nd Level Final Tables".
^ "3rd Level Final Tables".
^ "merging with Orfeas Xylagani".
^ "Panthrakikos squad 2010".
^ "Panthrakikos Coaching staff".
^ "Panthraxstats (pdf)".
^ "insports.gr".
^ "epo, kypello".
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