P.A.O. Rouf

P.A.O. Rouf (Greek: Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ρουφ; English: Football Athletic Club Rouf) is a Greek football club, based in Rouf, Athens. The association was founded in 1947. The club has played in its traditional colours of red and white since its creation in 1947, after World War II. The chairman of the club is Athanasios Kafezas, a Greek businessman. The current stadium is the Municipal Stadium Rouf, seating 1,600 spectators

P.A.O. Rouf
Full namePodosfairikós Athlitikós Ómilos Rouf
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundRouf Municipal Stadium
Capacity1,600
ChairmanThodoris Kounadis
ManagerDimitris Arnaoutis
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2019–20Athens FCA, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

In 1968, Amyna Rouf and Erigona merged with Rouf.

In 2009, they promoted to Gamma Ethniki. During the 2011–12 season Rouf were active in the Football League 2 - South in Greece and spent their third consecutive season in the third tier of Greek football. On occasion the club has been criticised for being a "mesh up" of several Greek clubs including Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos.

The average attendance at Rouf's home games in the 2011–12 season was 467, An increase on the 2010–11 season by 109. Dimitris Arnoutis is the manager and head coach of the club and has enjoyed a run of success since taking over from Michalis Papadopoulos in late 2007. He is the longest serving manager at the club since Costas Gianakis from 1956 to 1970.

In the 2012–13 season, the club played in the Delta Ethniki (Group 2).

Ranking history
  • 1972: Second Division - Group 2: 3rd
  • 1973: Second Division - Group 1: 3rd
  • 1974: Second Division - Group 1: 9th
  • 1975: Second Division - Group 1: 14th - relegated
  • 2009: Delta Ethniki - Group 8: 1st (57 pts)
  • 2010–11: Football League 2 - South Group: 11th
  • 2011–12: Football League 2 - South Group: 12th - relegated

Season to season
  • 1961 – 62: Athens Division A2
  • 1969 – 75: Division 2
  • 1995 – 96: Athens Division 2
  • 2002 – 09: Athens FCA
  • 2009 – 12: League 2
  • 2012 – 13: League 3

Sources:[1][2]

League history
Season Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Tier 6 Tier 7 Tier 8 Pts. Pl. W L T GS GA Diff. Greek Cup
1957–58[3]665304233
1958–59[4]1430172128
1960–61[5]1254253124
1961–62[6]12567
1963–64[7]1156303946
1964–65[8]1257304850
1965–66[9]671245850
1975–76[10]2 (G1)49306118unknown
1976–77[11]4 (G1)43325122unknown
1977–78[12]163389536unknown

Cup appearances
  • Athens Cup:
    • 1976: Defeated Kallithea F.C. 3-2
    • 2002: Defeated Thrasyvoulos Fyli 1-0
    • 2009: Defeated Olympiakos Liossia 2-1
  • Greek Cup:
    • 1976: Niki Volos - Rouf: 2-1

Notable former players
  • Michael Giannoukakis
  • Ioannis Georgopoulos (later appeared in Apollon Athens)
  • Giannakopoulos brothers
  • Vasilis Kandias (later appeared in Fostiras Tavros)
  • Kotsos brothers
  • Georgios Labrou (later appeared in Ionikos)
  • Panagiotis Livas (later appeared in Halkida and the Greek national team)
  • Polioudakis
  • Athanassios Remoundos (later appeared in Ethnikos Piraeus and Ethnikos Elpida)
  • Sainis
  • Simatos brothers
  • Stergios Stergiou (later appeared in Olympiacos, Panegialios and Ionikos)
  • Takounas
  • Themis Vangis (later appeared in Panathinaikos and Aris Thessaloniki)
  • Xynias

References
  1. Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". RSSSF.
  3. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1957–58 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  4. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1958–59 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  5. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1960–61 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  6. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1961–62 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  7. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1963–64 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  8. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1964–65 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  9. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1965–66 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  10. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1975–76 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  11. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1976–77 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
  12. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1977–78 - Greek Wikipedia (in Greek)
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