PAS Lamia 1964

Foundation and early years

On June 1, 1964, when the representatives of the clubs of Fthiotida decided to "carve out" a common course, A.S. Lamia was established. In order to reach the final decision, it took a long time and endless hours of negotiations. The "Queen of Fthiotida", as it is called, comes from the merger of Lamiakos and Palamiaki.

In 1961 Hellenic Football Federation decided that from the next season (1962–63) the 2nd National Division, at which Olympiacos Lamia would compete at that time, would consist of 60 teams divided into four groups and the champion from each group would also take the rally for the First National. As a result, at the end of the 1961–62 championship in a general assembly held by the members of Olympiacos Lamia (17/6/1962), they decided to propose to Palamiaki their merger and the creation of a new club and while initially the answer to the "yellow-black" was affirmative, their suggestion that the new group be called Palamiaky was not accepted and so "marriage ended in divorce".

The sinking of the negotiations with Palamiaki led to the new general assembly the members of Olympiacos (24/7/1962), where it was decided to merge the "redcurrants" with the Pamfthiotikos, named Lamiakos, who represented the prefecture in B National in the period 1963–64, but in the same year, the ticket for the category took and Palamiaiki as the champion of the National Team, with the result that Lamia was represented by two clubs in the category. This was also the time to create an association that would come from the union of the largest groups in the city.

On May 25, 1964, at the initiative of the then mayor of Lamia and the football players of the prefecture, a general meeting was held, which did not have the expected result, as it initially resulted in the creation of two new clubs of the AS. Lamia and the AS Thermopylae, however, a week later, on June 1, 1964, it was decided that the latter merged with AS. Ghoul.

Major paths

Although the "Cyan-Whites" had reached six times near the First National, they had not managed to rise to the first category (until 2017). Nevertheless, their course over the years, combined with the remarkable appearances against the great forces of Greek football in the institution of the cup (2–1 and 1–0 with AEK in the Panathinaikos FC and with Panathinaikos in the defeat of 1–5, but with the hosts leading to the 15th with Rizopoulos' head and accepting four goals after the first ten minutes of the extension), they have made PAS Lamia 1964 particularly popular in the prefecture of Fthiotida.

Recent years

PAS Lamia came close to rising in the 2nd National Championship after many years in 2006–07, but eventually finished fourth. During the 2007–08 season and while there were administrative changes, the international player of AEK and Olympiacos, Daniel Batista, was recruited as a coach, but again he did not manage to distinguish himself, winning 13th place with difficulty, ensuring the stay in category 3, bringing 40 points, just 7 over the relegation zone. The following year (2008–09) they were downgraded to D National Division.

In the summer of 2012 Lamia merged with Farmer Lianokladiou, who at that time were in D Ethniki, replacing them in the category, renamed PAS. Lamia 1964. In the period 2012–13 they finished first in the 4th group in the regional championship, leaving A.O. Karditsa 5 points behind. At the same time they also won the cup of Fthiotida, defeating Achilles Domokos with 3–1 in the final.

The following year (2013–14) they finished first in their group at the C National, ensuring the rise for the second division (Football League) in 2014–15. During the 2014–15 season they competed in the 2nd League of the Football League, where they gained the fourth position. The following year (2015–16) they were ranked fifth in the same championship.

Promotion to Super League

In the 2016–17 season, PAS Lamia won the promotion to Super League (2017–18) for the first time in their history in Greek football.

First year in Super League

In 2017–18 PAS Lamia had a very satisfying first year in Super League. Getting some very good results, they gained the 13th place with 30 points, securing a spot in the 2018–19 Super League. Such results were: Asteras Tripolis–PAS Lamia 1–3, PAS Lamia–Panionios 1–0, PAS Lamia–Panathinaikos 1–1, PAS Lamia–Asteras Tripolis 1–0, Platanias–PAS Lamia 1–2, PAS Lamia–PAS Giannina 2–1. The highlight of the year was the elimination of Panathinaikos in the last 16 of the Greek Cup with a 4–2 aggregate (4–1 at home, 0–1 away).

Current squad

As of 5 September 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Bojan Šaranov 2 DF Stavros Vasilantonopoulos (on loan from AEK Athens) 3 DF Iordanis Papargyriou 4 DF Daniel Adejo 5 DF Christos Karipidis 6 MF Abdul Osman 7 MF Thanasis Karagounis 8 DF Vasileios Pliatsikas 9 FW Jerónimo Barrales 10 MF Facundo Bertoglio 11 FW Tasos Karamanos 14 DF Anestis Anastasiadis (captain) 16 MF David Andronic 17 MF Hachim Mastour 18 FW Lazar Romanić

No. Position Player 20 FW Georgios Lampropoulos 21 MF Elini Dimoutsos 22 GK Nikos Melissas (on loan from PAOK) 23 DF Giannis Skondras 24 FW Yevhen Budnik 25 MF Angelos Piniotis 26 MF Denis Epstein 27 DF Vanderson (4th captain) 32 MF Marko Blažić (vice-captain) 45 FW Nikolaos Tsoukalos 50 DF Mark Asigba 61 MF Konstantinos Bouloulis (3rd captain) 73 GK Georgios Bantis 77 MF Vasilis Kostika 99 GK Panagiotis Katsikas