Diagoras F.C.

Diagoras Football Club (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας) is a Greek professional football club based in Rhodes, Greece. It was founded in 1905. Diagoras is named after the island's ancient boxer Diagoras. The team first played under Ottoman Rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912. No matches at all were held during the Balkan Wars and the team did not play with Greek teams until the Dodecanese joined with the rest of Greece in 1947.

Diagoras
Full nameGreek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundDiagoras Stadium
Capacity3,693[1]
ChairmanVartholomeos Kampourakis
ManagerPetros Routzieris
LeagueFootball League
2018–19Gamma Ethniki (Group 6), 2nd

History

The club demonstrated rich social, cultural, sporting and especially patriotic activities, because of which was dissolved by the occupying Fascist Italian authorities in 1929. Diagoras reconstituted in 1945, just prior the liberation of Rhodes and the union with Greece. They played in Super League Greece between 1986-1989.

In 1987 the club reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup, losing to OFI.

On 16 February 2012, Diagoras was expelled from the professional leagues by the Greek Professional Sports Committee.[2]

Players

Current squad
As of 13 January 2020

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 Nikos Agorastos
2 DF Kyriakos Evangelidakis
3 DF Theodoros Papadopoulos
5 DF Stathis Provatidis (captain)
6 MF Leonidas Kasneci
7 FW Fotis Georgiou (vice-captain)
8 MF Giannis Karpathakis (third-captain)
9 FW Christiano Mendy
11 FW Spyros Glynos (on loan from Panionios)
12 MF Angelos Piniotis
17 MF Giannis Bourlakis
18 MF Serginho
No. Position Player
20 MF Stamatis Kontos
21 MF Antonis Athanasiou
22 DF Giorgos Agiotis
23 FW Martin Zhelev
25 MF Michalis Avgenikou
26 DF Anastasios Chouzouris
31 FW Nikos Routzieris
33 FW Georgios Barbarousis
34 GK Themistoklis Tselios
37 FW Vangelis Patsarouchas
77 DF Giorgos Manolakis
99 FW Georgios Goulas

Honours

Domestic

Leagues:

  • Beta Ethniki (Second Division)
  • Gamma Ethniki (Third Division)
  • Delta Ethniki (Fourth Division)
    • Winners (1): 2004–05
  • Dodecanese FCA Championship (Local Championship)
    • Winners (17): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1973–74, 1978–79, 2001–02, 2016–17

Cups:

  • Dodecanese FCA Cup (Local Cup)
    • Winners (12): 1947–48, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1973–74, 2003–04, 2016–17

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ Ε.Ε.Α ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΗ". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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