Panthrakikos F.C.
Full name | Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Πανθρακικός | ||
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Nickname(s) | Kροκόδειλοι (Crocodiles) | ||
Founded | 1963 | ||
Ground | Komotini Municipal Stadium | ||
Capacity | 6,198 | ||
Chairman | NIKOLAOS PACHOUMIS | ||
Manager | Giannis Apostolidis | ||
League | Gamma Ethniki | ||
2022–23 | Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 6th | ||
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Panthrakikos Football Club (
History
Early years (1963–2001)
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
New era (2001–present)
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.
Three managers were hired in the first half of the season 2006-2007.
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
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
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
According to combined sources [10] [11] [12]
1963–2001 | |||||||||
Season | Level | Rank | W-D-L | Goals | Season | Level | Rank | W-D-L | Goals |
1963–64 | 1982–83 | 2 |
12 | 15–06–17 | 38–44 | ||||
1964–65 | 3 | 1 | 6–1–1 | 14–7 | 1983–84 | 3 | 18 | 12–11–17 | 41–46 |
1965–661 | 3 | 5 | 25–26 | 1984–85 | 4 | 1 | 96–31 | ||
1966–672 | 3 | 3 | 40–22 | 1985–86 | 3 | 15 | 14–07–17 | 48–62 | |
1967–68 | 3 | 1986–87 | 3 | 18 | 11–06–21 | 46–72 | |||
1968–693 | 3 | 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 | 45 | 8 | 46–28 | |
1978–794 | 3 | 1 | 1997–98 | 45 | 10 | 66–43 | |||
1979–80 | 2 |
11 | 11–11–16 | 34–39 | 1998–99 | 56 | |||
1980–81 | 2 |
7 | 17–06–15 | 42–48 | 1999–00 | 6 | |||
1981–82 | 2 |
8 | 15–09–14 | 38–48 | 2000–01 | 6 |
2001–present | |||||||
Normal Season | Play Off | ||||||
Season | Level | Rank | W-D-L | Goals | 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
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2 | 7 | 13–08–13 | 36–38 | |||
2011–12
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2 | 1 | 22–07–05 | 49–16 | |||
2012–13 | 1 | 10 | 10–06–14 | 30–33 | |||
2013–14 | 1 | 10 | 11-08-15 | 39-52 | |||
2014–15 | 1 | 12 | 11-10-13 | 35-44 | |||
2015–16 | 1 | 15 | 03-08-19 | 18-58 | |||
2016–17
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26 | 18 | 03–03–28 | 07-81 | |||
2017–18 | 5 | 2 | 21–04–03 | 84-21 | |||
2018–19 | 4 | 3 | 14-04-04 | 37-16 | 4 | 2-4-4 | 15-14 |
2019–20 | 57 | 3 | 13-02-03 | 50-14 |
-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
- Football League
- Champions (1): 2011–12
- Gamma Ethniki
- Winners (1): 1978–79
- Delta Ethniki
- Winners (2): 1984–85, 2004–05
Notable player
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Dimitris Papadopoulos
Players statistics
Appearances and goals from 2006–present
Only with Panthrakikos F.C. As of 18 April 2016 according to combined sources[13][14][15]
Nat | Name | Career | Level 1 | Level 2 | Nat Cup | Total | ||||
app | goals | app | goals | app | goals | app | goals | |||
Deniz Baykara | 2011–16 | 111 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 156 | 12 | |
Antonis Ladakis | 2012–16 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 2 | |||
Igor
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2013–16 | 77 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 25 | |||
Thanasis Papageorgiou | 2013–16 | 74 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 2 | |||
Christos Tzanis | 2012–16 | 73 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 81 | 17 | |||
Giannis Christou | 2011–16 | 70 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 109 | 2 | |
Dimitris Hasomeris
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2013–16 | 68 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 5 | |||
Pape M'Bow | 2013–15 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 2 | |||
Ioannis Potouridis | 2014–16 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
Giorgos Athanasiadis | 2013–16 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||
Nicolas Diguiny | 2014–16 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 8 | |||
Achilleas Sarakatsanos | 2011–14 | 48 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 83 | 2 | |
José María Cases | 2013–15 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 10 | |||
Yiannis Kanotidis
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2007–11 | 40 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 1 | |
Ludovic Clément | 2008–10 | 38 | 2 | 38 | 2 | |||||
Abdul Diallo | 2006–10 | 37 | 5 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 17 | |
Manuel Lopes | 2007–11 | 37 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 2 | |
Munafo Horta
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2009–13 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 2 | |
Spyros Vrontaras | 2004–10 & 2012–13 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |
Adrián Lucero | 2012–13 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 6 | |||
Sito Riera | 2008–09 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | |||
Marama Vahirua | 2012–13 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 5 | |||
Bertrand Robert | 2009–11 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 53 | 12 | |||
Dimitris Papadopoulos
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2012–13 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | |||
Fotis Konstantinidis | 2005–09 | 22 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 84 | 5 | |
Dimitris Koutsopoulos | 2010–14 | 22 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 84 | 0 | |
Christos Mingas | 2011–13 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 7 | |
Robinho
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2005–09 | 18 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 0 | |
Nikos Bacharidis | 2001–10 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 2 | |
Gábor Erős | 2006–08 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 9 | |||
Dimitris Souanis
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2005–08 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 14 | |||
Nikos Soultanidis | 2010–12 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 17 | |||
Ronny van Es | 2007–08 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 |
Former players
- Former players with Wikipedia article see Category:Panthrakikos F.C. players.
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
season | chairman | manager | level | rank |
2001–02 | Panagiotis Margaritis | Sakis Skoulis | 6 | 1 |
2002–03 | 5 | 1 | ||
2003–04 | Antonis Michalakopoulos | 4 | 5 | |
2004–05 | Yiannis Kitzidis | Kostas Vasilakakis | 4 | 1 |
2005–06 | 3 | 3 | ||
2006–07 |
2 |
11 | ||
2007–08 |
Kostas Vasilakakis | 2 |
3 | |
2008–09 | Emilio Ferrera (Jun 5, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009) | 1 | 11 | |
2009–10 | Yiannis 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) |
1 | 16 |
2010–11 | Dimitris Tzelepis | Savas Pantelidis (Mar 30, 2011 – Oct 29, 2012) |
2 | 7 |
2011–12 | Savas Pantelidis |
2 | 1 | |
2012–13 | (Oct 31, 2012 – Apr 30, 2013) | 1 | 10 | |
2013–14 | Apostolos Mantzios (May 9, 2013 – Nov 5, 2014) |
1 | 10 | |
2014–15 | José Manuel Roca (Nov 10, 2014 – Sep 16, 2015) |
1 | 12 | |
2015–16 | José Manuel Roca (Mar 16, 2016 – )Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (Sep 19, 2015 – ) Giannis Hatzinikolaou (Jan 26, 2016 – ) Zoran Stoinović |
1 | 15 | |
2016–17 | Kostas Anifantakis (– Dec 8, 2016) Kostas Vasilakakis (Dec 10, 2016 – Jan 25, 2017) |
2 | 18 | |
2017–18 | Manolis Sakalis | Vangelis Kyrialanis | 5 | 2 |
2018–19 | Nikolaos pachoumis | Kostas Gemenetzis | 4 | 3 |
2019–20 | 4 |
Crest and colours
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
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2009–10
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2010–11
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2011–12
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2012–13
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2013–14
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2014–15
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Alternative colours
2007–08
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2008–09
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2008–09B
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2013–14
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2014–15
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References
- ^ "Panthrakikos History". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Panthrakikos History". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ^ "2nd Level Table, 1962–63". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "2nd Level Table, year 1963–64". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ a b "Mergers and Name Changes". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Panthrakikos F.C. foundation, 1964". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
- ^ "2006.11.03, Savakis resignation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ 2006–07 Beta Ethniki
- Super League Greece 2008-09
- ^ "Panthrakikos History-official site". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "2nd Level Final Tables". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "3rd Level Final Tables". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Panthraxstats (pdf)".
- ^ "insports.gr". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "epo, kypello". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
External links
- Official site[usurped] (in Greek)
- Panthracrocs; news, photos, statistics (in Greek)