Panthrakikos F.C.

A.P.S Panthrakikos
Full name Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Πανθρακικός
Nickname(s) Kροκόδειλοι (Crocodiles)
Founded 1963
Ground Municipal Komotini Stadium
Capacity 6,198
Owner Amateur Panthrakikos
Chairman Babis Sakaris
Manager Kostas Gemenetzis
League A EPS Thrakis (Level 4)
2017–18 B EPS Thrakis 2nd (promotion)

Panthrakikos Football Club is a 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.

History

Early years (1963–2001)

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[7] 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)

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.[8] 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[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, lead Panthrakikos to an 11th[10] 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.

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

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

According to combined sources [11] [12] [13]

1963–2001
SeasonLevelRankW-D-LGoalsSeasonLevelRankW-D-LGoals
1963–641982–8321215–06–1738–44
1964–65316–1–114–71983–8431812–11–1741–46
1965–663525–261984–854196–31
1966–673540–221985–8631514–07–1748–62
1967–6831986–8731811–06–2146–72
1968–69311987–8841150–42
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
1977–7821712–08–1844–461996–9741846–28
1978–79311997–98411066–43
1979–8021111–11–1634–391998–9952
1980–812717–06–1542–481999–006
1981–822815–09–1438–482000–016


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 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 22 18 03–03–28 07-81
2017–18 5 2 21–04–03 84-21
2018–19 4


-1Panthrakikos merged with Orfeas Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani in 1996-1998
-2Panthrakikos withdrew from the league during the period due to financial problems

Domestic Titles

Football League: (1)

Gamma Ethniki: (1)

Delta Ethniki: (2)

Players Statistics

Appearances and Goals from 2006 – present

Only with Panthrakikos F.C. As of 18 April 2016 according to combined sources[14][15][16]

Nat Name Career Level 1 Level 2 Nat Cup Total
appgoalsappgoalsappgoalsappgoals
Turkey Deniz Baykara 2011–16 111 5 31 6 14 1 156 12
Greece Antonis Ladakis 2012–16 85 2 4 0 89 2
Brazil Igor 2013–16 77 24 3 1 80 25
Greece Thanasis Papageorgiou 2013–16 74 2 8 0 82 2
Greece Christos Tzanis 2012–16 73 14 8 3 81 17
Greece Giannis Christou 2011–16 70 1 27 1 12 0 109 2
Greece Dimitris Hasomeris 2013–16 68 3 7 2 75 5
Senegal Pape M'Bow 2013–15 59 2 5 0 64 2
Greece Ioannis Potouridis 2014–16 57 0 5 0 62 0
Greece Giorgos Athanasiadis 2013–16 57 0 3 0 60 0
France Nicolas Diguiny 2014–16 55 8 2 0 57 8
Greece Achilleas Sarakatsanos 2011–14 48 0 27 1 8 1 83 2
Spain José María Cases 2013–15 47 10 3 0 50 10
Greece Yiannis Kanotidis 2007–11 40 1 43 0 4 0 87 1
France Ludovic Clément 2008–10 38 2 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
Argentina Munafo Horta 2009–13 32 1 25 1 9 0 66 2
Greece Spyros Vrontaras 2004–10 & 2012–13 28 0 40 0 2 0 70 0
Argentina Adrián Lucero 2012–13 28 4 6 2 34 6
Spain Sito Riera 2008–09 28 5 1 0 29 5
French Polynesia Marama Vahirua 2012–13 26 3 4 2 30 5
France Bertrand Robert 2009–11 25 4 28 8 53 12
Greece Dimitris Papadopoulos 2012–13 25 11 5 1 30 12
Greece Fotis Konstantinidis 2005–09 22 1 54 4 8 0 84 5
Greece Dimitris Koutsopoulos 2010–14 22 0 55 0 7 0 84 0
Greece Christos Mingas 2011–13 22 0 26 7 9 0 57 7
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
Hungary Gábor Erős 2006–08 57 9 2 0 59 9
Greece Dimitris Souanis 2005–08 53 12 4 2 57 14
Greece Nikos Soultanidis 2010–12 53 14 3 3 56 17
Netherlands 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 & Managers

seasonchairmanmanagerlevelrank
2001–02Panagiotis MargaritisGreece Sakis Skoulis61
2002–0351
2003–04Greece Antonis Michalakopoulos45
2004–05Yiannis KitzidisGreece Kostas Vasilakakis41
2005–06 33
2006–07Greece Zisis Tsekos
Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis
Greece Yiannis Gounaris
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis		211
2007–08Greece Kostas Vasilakakis23
2008–09Belgium Emilio Ferrera (Jun 5, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009)111
2009–10Yiannis Kitzidis
Dimitris Tzelepis		Romania Ilie Dumitrescu (Jul 1, 2009–Sep 20, 2009)
France Albert Cartier (Sep 20, 2009–Jan 12, 2010)
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (Jan 12, 2010–Jul 22, 2010)		116
2010–11Dimitris TzelepisGreece Kostas Vasilakakis (Jul 25, 2010–Nov 10)
Belgium Emilio Ferrera (Nov 7, 2010 – Mar 25, 2011)
Greece Savas Pantelidis (Mar 30, 2011 – Oct 29, 2012)		27
2011–12Greece Savas Pantelidis21
2012–13Greece Savas Pantelidis
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (Oct 31, 2012 – Apr 30, 2013)		110
2013–14Greece Apostolos Mantzios (May 9, 2013 – Nov 5, 2014)110
2014–15Greece Apostolos Mantzios
SpainJosé Manuel Roca (Nov 10, 2014 – Sep 16, 2015)		112
2015–16Spain José Manuel Roca
Greece Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (Sep 19, 2015 – )
Greece Giannis Hatzinikolaou (Jan 26, 2016 – )
Serbia Zoran Stoinović (Mar 16, 2016 – )		115
2016–17Greece Kostas Anifantakis (– Dec 8, 2016)
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis (Dec 10, 2016 – Jan 25, 2017)		218
2017–18Manolis SakalisGreece Vangelis Kyrialanis52
2018–19Babis SakarisGreece Kostas Gemenetzis4-

Club crest and colours

Panthrakikos crest is a sparkling flamming 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

  1. ↑ "Panthrakikos History".
  2. ↑ "Panthrakikos History".
  3. ↑ "2nd Level Table, 1962–63".
  4. ↑ "2nd Level Table, year 1963–64".
  5. ↑ "Mergers and Name Changes".
  6. ↑ "Panthrakikos F.C. foundation, 1964".
  7. ↑ "Mergers and Name Changes".
  8. ↑ "2006.11.03, Savakis resignation".
  9. ↑ 2006–07 Beta Ethniki
  10. ↑ Super League Greece 2008-09
  11. ↑ "Panthrakikos History-official site".
  12. ↑ "2nd Level Final Tables".
  13. ↑ "3rd Level Final Tables".
  14. ↑ "Panthraxstats (pdf)".
  15. ↑ "insports.gr".
  16. ↑ "epo, kypello".
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