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Panthrakikos F.C.

Panthrakikos Football Club (Greek: Α.Π.Σ. Πανθρακικός) is a Greek football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece during the 2008–09 season for the first time.

Panthrakikos
Full nameΑθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Πανθρακικός
Nickname(s)Kροκόδειλοι (Crocodiles)
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
GroundKomotini Municipal Stadium
Capacity6,198
ChairmanNikolaos Pachoumis
ManagerGiannis Apostolidis
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2023–24Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 3rd

History

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Early years (1963–2001)

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Panthrakikos in 1974
Panthrakikos vs Ergotelis, 2009–10
Panthrakikos F.C., 2009–10

Panthrakikos F.C. was formed in the town of Komotini in 1963. Athlitiki Enosis Komotini (Athletic Union of Komotini) which was founded in 1936, and Orpheus Komotini which was 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[5] on the founding status of Xylagani during the years 1996–1998. Competed again as Panthrakikos F.C. in lowest level of local leagues during the years 1998-2001, without any administration and without any investment. In that period, very few fans were take charge of administration.

New era (2001–present)

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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.[7] 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 2006-2007. Zisis Tsekos, Dimitrios Kalaitzidis and Yiannis Gounaris, were fired to be 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[8] 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[9] place finish in their first Super League season.
On January 25, 2017, Panthrakikos withdrew from the Football League (Level 2) due to financial problems after the 12th game of the period.

After competing in the Regional Amateur League of Thrace for over 4 years, Panthrakikos got promoted once again to Gamma Ethniki and will be competing in the competition for the 2022/23 Football Season.

Facilities

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Stadium

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Main article: Komotini Stadium

The "Municipal Athletic Center" (ΔΑΚ – Δημοτικό Αθλητικό Κέντρο) was built in 1923 by the Hellenic Army near the railway station of Komotini. Panthrakikos has played there since 1963.

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 plus 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.

Panthrakikos Athletic Center

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Panthrakikos Athletic Center
The main building of 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.

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.

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

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According to combined sources[10][11][12]

1963–2001
SeasonLevelRankW-D-LGoalsSeasonLevelRankW-D-LGoals
1963–641982–8321215–06–1738–44
1964–65316–1–114–71983–8431812–11–1741–46
1965–6613525–261984–854196–31
1966–6723340–221985–8631514–07–1748–62
1967–6831986–8731811–06–2146–72
1968–69331987–8841150–42
1969–7021407–12–1526–471988–8951
1970–712910–12–1235–341989–904458–30
1971–722717–07–1445–441990–914329–07–0686–26
1972–732914–10–1434–311991–924550–41
1973–742816–12–1243–391992–934259–27
1974–752516–11–1143–351993–944961–38
1975–7621015–05–1844–471994–9551
1976–7721214–08–1639–561995–9641245–47
1977–7821712–08–1844–461996–9745846–28
1978–794311997–98451066–43
1979–8021111–11–1634–391998–9956
1980–812717–06–1542–481999–006
1981–822815–09–1438–482000–016
2001–present
Normal SeasonPlay Off
SeasonLevelRankW-D-LGoalsRankW-D-LGoals
2001–0261
2002–035128–01–01
2003–044517–07–0639–22
2004–054124–05–0170–10
2005–063319–09–0244–21
2006–0721112–06–1640–44
2007–082317–10–0744–31
2008–0911109–06–1523–37
2009–1011603–03–2421–62
2010–112713–08–1336–38
2011–122122–07–0549–16
2012–1311010–06–1430–33
2013–1411011-08-1539-52
2014–1511211-10-1335-44
2015–1611503-08-1918-58
2016–17261803–03–2807-81
2017–185221–04–0384-21
2018–194314-04-0437-1642-4-415-14
2019–2057313-02-0350-14

-1 16 games - 32 points
-2 24 games - 55 points
-3 promotion due to the restructuring of the Beta Ethniki League
-4 38 games - 58 points
-5 Panthrakikos merged with Orfeas Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani in 1996-1998
-6 Panthrakikos withdrew from the league during the period due to financial problems
-7 Due to the reorganization of the Greek football league system the first divisions of the local championships became a 5th tier

Domestic titles

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Notable players

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Players statistics

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Appearances and goals from 2006–present

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Only with Panthrakikos F.C. As of 18 April 2016 according to combined sources[13][14][15]

NatNameCareerLevel 1Level 2Nat CupTotal
appgoalsappgoalsappgoalsappgoals
Deniz Baykara2011–16111531614115612
Antonis Ladakis2012–1685240892
Igor2013–167724318025
Thanasis Papageorgiou2013–1674280822
Christos Tzanis2012–167314838117
Giannis Christou2011–167012711201092
Dimitris Hasomeris2013–1668372755
Pape M'Bow2013–1559250642
Ioannis Potouridis2014–1657050620
Giorgos Athanasiadis2013–1657030600
Nicolas Diguiny2014–1655820578
Achilleas Sarakatsanos2011–1448027181832
José María Cases2013–154710305010
Yiannis Kanotidis2007–1140143040871
Ludovic Clément2008–10382382
Abdul Diallo2006–103754712408817
Manuel Lopes2007–1137139110772
Munafo Horta2009–1332125190662
Spyros Vrontaras2004–10 & 2012–1328040020700
Adrián Lucero2012–1328462346
Sito Riera2008–0928510295
Marama Vahirua2012–1326342305
Bertrand Robert2009–112542885312
Dimitris Papadopoulos2012–132511513012
Fotis Konstantinidis2005–0922154480845
Dimitris Koutsopoulos2010–1422055070840
Christos Mingas2011–1322026790577
Robinho2005–0918057070820
Nikos Bacharidis2001–1016123071462
Gábor Erős2006–0857920599
Dimitris Souanis2005–085312425714
Nikos Soultanidis2010–125314335617
Ronny van Es2007–082110102210

Former players

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Former players without Wikipedia article, based on their long-term presence in Panthrakikos, players worthy of mention are Filippos Aivazis (1967–84) who holds the record for most appearances (405) and most goals (89) in the Beta and Gamma Ethniki, Apostolos Hatziioannidis - Apostolakis (1956-64 Orfeas Komotini, 1964-69 AO Kavala, 1967-77 Panthrakikos F.C.), Zacharias Tilios (1964–76), Stavros Svintridis, Christos Doulgerakis, Archontis Katsaridis, Manolis Rakitzoglou, Vasilis Fotidis, Kostas Kalaitzidis and Kostas Vasilakakis (1973–81).

Chairmen and managers

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seasonchairmanmanagerlevelrank
2001–02Panagiotis Margaritis Sakis Skoulis006001
2002–03005001
2003–04 Antonis Michalakopoulos004005
2004–05Yiannis Kitzidis Kostas Vasilakakis004001
2005–06003003
2006–07 Zisis Tsekos
Dimitris Kalaitzidis
Yiannis Gounaris
Kostas Vasilakakis		002011
2007–08 Kostas Vasilakakis002003
2008–09 Emilio Ferrera (Jun 5, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009)001011
2009–10Yiannis Kitzidis
Dimitris Tzelepis		 Ilie Dumitrescu (Jul 1, 2009–Sep 20, 2009)
Albert Cartier (Sep 20, 2009–Jan 12, 2010)
Pavlos Dermitzakis (Jan 12, 2010–Jul 22, 2010)		001016
2010–11Dimitris Tzelepis Kostas Vasilakakis (Jul 25, 2010–Nov 10)
Emilio Ferrera (Nov 7, 2010 – Mar 25, 2011)
Savas Pantelidis (Mar 30, 2011 – Oct 29, 2012)		002007
2011–12 Savas Pantelidis002001
2012–13 Savas Pantelidis
Pavlos Dermitzakis (Oct 31, 2012 – Apr 30, 2013)		001010
2013–14 Apostolos Mantzios (May 9, 2013 – Nov 5, 2014)001010
2014–15 Apostolos Mantzios
José Manuel Roca (Nov 10, 2014 – Sep 16, 2015)		001012
2015–16 José Manuel Roca
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (Sep 19, 2015 – )
Giannis Hatzinikolaou (Jan 26, 2016 – )
Zoran Stoinović (Mar 16, 2016 – )		001015
2016–17 Kostas Anifantakis (– Dec 8, 2016)
Kostas Vasilakakis (Dec 10, 2016 – Jan 25, 2017)		002018
2017–18Manolis Sakalis Vangelis Kyrialanis005002
2018–19Nikolaos pachoumis Kostas Gemenetzis004003
2019–2000400

Crest and colours

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Panthrakikos crest is a sparkling flaming torch in a circle. The torch is surrounded by the club's name and the year of establishment. The club crest sits on the left side of the chest. Traditional club's colors are green and white.

Traditional colours

2007–08
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15

Alternative colours

2007–08
2008–09
2008–09B
2013–14
2014–15

References

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  1. ^ "Panthrakikos History". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2009-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Panthrakikos History". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  3. ^ "2nd Level Table, 1962–63". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  4. ^ "2nd Level Table, year 1963–64". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. ^ a b "Mergers and Name Changes". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  6. ^ "Panthrakikos F.C. foundation, 1964". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  7. ^ "2006.11.03, Savakis resignation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  8. ^ 2006–07 Beta Ethniki
  9. ^ Super League Greece 2008-09
  10. ^ "Panthrakikos History-official site". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2009-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "2nd Level Final Tables". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  12. ^ "3rd Level Final Tables". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  13. ^ "Panthraxstats (pdf)".
  14. ^ "insports.gr". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  15. ^ "epo, kypello". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
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