Irodotos FC
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| Full name | Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αλικαρνασσού Ηρόδοτος Podosferikós Athlitikós Sýllogos Alikarnassoú Iródotos (Irodotos Football Sports Club of Halicarnassus) | |||
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| Short name | Iródotos | |||
| Founded | 18 June 1932 | |||
| Ground | Municipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 1,500 | |||
| Chairman | Manolis Limnaios | |||
| Manager | Giannis Xatzisevastos | |||
| League | Heraklion FCA First Division | |||
| 2022–23 | Super League Greece 2, 15th (expelled) | |||
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Irodotos Football Club, short for Podosferikós Athlitikós Sýllogos Alikarnassoú Iródotos (
History
Early years and legacy
Several years after the public housing development of Nea Alikarnassos was founded (in 1925), former Halicarnassus residents and refugees established a sports club in order to strengthen the collective consciousness ties between the inhabitants of the settlement. The club was named after Herodotus (Greek: Ηρόδοτος), thus commemorating the ancient historian native to Halicarnassus. The club was officially established as Podosferikos Athlitikos Syllogos Alikarnassou Irodotos (or P.A.S.A. Irodotos) by then community president, Michalis Eleftheriadis and other prominent figures of the refugee community. In its early years, and until the end of the German occupation of Crete, Irodotos' sporting activities were primarily mild, before reverting to full activity in 1948.
Irodotos joined the Third Division of the regional
Recent years
In recent years, Irodotos have played primarily in the Gamma Ethniki, from which they were last relegated in the end of the 2014–15 season after being deducted fifteen points by the Hellenic Football Federation in response to the murder of visiting fan Kostas Katsoulis by Irodotos hooligans in the municipal Nea Alikarnassos Stadium during a Football League 2 home match vs. Ethnikos Piraeus.[1]
After the tragic incidents that took place in 2015, Irodotos made a triumphant return to the Gamma Ethniki winning four trophies in a single season during 2016−17. More specifically, Irodotos was crowned champion of the Heraklion FCA Championship, while also managing to win the Heraklion FCA Cup, along with the Greek Football Amateur Cup and eventually the Greek Amateurs' Super Cup.[2] Their next season in the Gamma Ethniki saw them win the Group 8 title and qualify to the Football League promotion play-offs, where they eventually celebrated their return to the 2nd tier of the Greek football league system after a 36-year absence.
Players
Current squad
- As of 3 March 2023
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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Honours
Domestic
Leagues
- Third Division
- Winners (1): 1975–76
- Fourth Division
- Winners (3): 1991–92, 2003–04, 2020–21
Cups
- Greek Football Amateur Cup
- Winners (1): 2016–17
- Amateurs' Super Cup Greece
- Winners (1): 2016–17
Regional
Leagues
- Heraklion FCA Championship[3]
- Winners (7): 1964−65, 1968−69, 1971−72, 1975−76, 2000−01, 2001−02, 2016−17
Cups
- Heraklion FCA Cup[4]
- Winners (8): 1975−76, 1994−95, 2001−02, 2005−06, 2007−08, 2012−13, 2015−16, 2016−17
References
- ^ "Έσβησε" ο οπαδός, αναβολή αγώνων (in Greek). Kathimerini newspaper. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Απίστευτος Ηρόδοτος κέρδισε 0-1 την ΑΕ Καραϊσκάκη και πήρε και το… 4ο! (in Greek). grandsport.gr. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (5 June 2014). "Πρωταθλητές ΕΠΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΥ (ver.2) (Greek)". ellinikopodosfero, Greek Amateur Football blog.
- ^ "H προϊστορία στο Κύπελλο ΕΠΣΗ (Greek)". mpalakritis.gr. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Greek)