A.P.S. Zakynthos

A.P.S. Zakynthos
Full name A.P.S. Zakynthos (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Sillogos Zakynthos)
Founded 1961
Ground Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground, Zakynthos, Greece
Ground Capacity 2,000
Owner Greece Stelios Gounaris
Chairman Greece Stelios Gounaris
Manager Serbia Vanja Radinović
League Football League
2013–14 Football League (North Group), 9th

A.P.S. Zakynthos Greek (Α.Π.Σ. Ζάκυνθος, Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Ζάκυνθος) is a Greek football club, based in Zakynthos, Greece. It was founded in 1969.

History

The club was officially founded in 1969 after the merger of two other local clubs, one of them founded in 1961, explaining the older foundation date on the team's logo.

The team had the chance to win promotion to Beta Ethniki in 1973 and in 1975 when they won the local championship of Ileia - Zakynthos, thus taking part to the Promotion Play-Offs against other local unions' champions from southern Greece.

However, they failed to be promoted, finishing in their promotion group's 2nd place both of the times while only the 1st teams of each Play - Off group was to be promoted.

From the middle of the 1970s until the early 1980s, the team was participating in a new amateur championship named "Ethniki Erasitechniki", which was the 3rd highest level of football at the time in Greece. It is also the first format of the today's Gamma Ethniki Championship. In 1982, the club was relegated to newly created, Greek 4th National Division and in 1987 when they were relegated to local championships.

The years that followed the club was constantly promoting and relegating between Delta Ethniki and Zakynthos' Local Championship.

Finally, in 1997, they were able to avoid being relegated again from Delta Ethniki. In the years that followed they kept performing continuously in the league by regularly finishing in the top-half of the table.

In 2006 they were promoted for their first ever time to semi-professional Gamma Ethniki after winning the championship in Delta Ethniki's 6th Group.

However, their debut in the division was not ideal and they were relegated again in the 4th tier of Greece after finishing last in their group in 2006 - 2007 season.

They re-won the title in their group the next season, though, and were instantly repromoted to Gamma Ethniki were they stabilized. In 2011- 2012 season the team achieved its highest ever position finishing 3rd in their group and competing in the promotion Play-Offs without success.

In 2013 they were promoted for the first time in the club's history to the fully professional Beta Ethniki, even though they had had a mediocre season finishing in 7th place. Basically, they were favoured from HFF's decision to increase the number of teams in Beta Ethniki, resulting in promotion of more teams from 3rd division. Still, they weren't initially to be promoted but some clubs from the upper division decided not to participate in the championship due to financial problems leaving empty places that were filled with additional teams from Gamma Ethniki, including the team of Zakynthos.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Dimitrios Politis
3 Greece DF Spyros Apostolou
4 Greece DF Konstantinos Kyriakidis
5 Greece DF Giannis Kallivokas
6 Greece DF Alexandros Kabouris
7 Morocco MF Jaouad Zairi
8 Greece MF Rafail Pettas
9 Greece FW Nikolaos Lekkas
11 Greece FW Giannis Vythoulkas
12 Greece DF Lazaros Orfanidis (on loan from Greece Skoda Xanthi)
14 Greece FW Theofilos Samaris
16 Greece MF Stefanos Geranios
17 Belgium FW Allan Meddour
18 Nigeria MF David Nazim
19 Greece MF Giannis Pechlivanopoulos
20 Greece MF Dimitrios Anastasiadis
No. Position Player
21 Greece MF Sotiris Zelios
22 Greece DF Nikolaos Pettas
23 Greece DF Dimitrios Vosnakidis
26 Poland FW Kamil Krol
27 Greece MF Dimitrios Kovatsis
28 Greece MF Panagiotis Tavtaridis
29 Greece FW Leonidas Kostoulas
32 Greece FW Stathis Karamalikis
33 Greece DF Thomas Graikos
36 Greece MF Nikos Kourellas
45 Greece MF Vasilios Dontsos
77 Greece GK Panagiotis Papadopoulos
80 Greece MF Giannis Balabanos
90 Albania MF Olsi Vulka
91 Greece FW Konstantinos Kardaris
99 Canada GK Amraj Lally

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Notes
1977/78 3 Ethniki Erasitechniki 18th Relegated, -2 pts
1978/79 4 Local Championships 1st Champions, Promoted
1979/80 3 Ethniki Erasitechniki 6th
1980/81 3 Ethniki Erasitechniki 18th -12 points
1981/82 3 Ethniki Erasitechniki 14th Relegated, -6 pts
1982/83 4 Delta Ethniki -
1983/84 4 Delta Ethniki -
1984/85 4 Delta Ethniki -
1985/86 4 Delta Ethniki 2nd
1986/87 4 Delta Ethniki - Relegated
1987/88 5 Local Championships 1st Champions, Promoted
1988/89 4 Delta Ethniki - Relegated
1989/90 5 Local Championships 1st Champions, Promoted
1990/91 4 Delta Ethniki -
1991/92 4 Delta Ethniki - Relegated
1992/93 5 Local Championships 1st Champions, Promoted
1993/94 4 Delta Ethniki - Relegated
1994/95 5 Local Championships 1st Champions, Promoted
1995/96 4 Delta Ethniki - Relegated
Season Tier Division Place Notes
1996/97 5 Local Championships 1st Champions, Promoted
1997/98 4 Delta Ethniki -
1998/99 4 Delta Ethniki 3rd
1999/00 4 Delta Ethniki 9th
2000/01 4 Delta Ethniki 6th
2001/02 4 Delta Ethniki 9th
2002/03 4 Delta Ethniki 6th
2003/04 4 Delta Ethniki 7th
2004/05 4 Delta Ethniki 3rd
2005/06 4 Delta Ethniki 1st Champions, Promoted
2006/07 3 Gamma Ethniki(South) 18th Relegated
2007/08 4 Delta Ethniki 1st Champions, Promoted
2008/09 3 Gamma Ethniki(North) 6th
2009/10 3 Gamma Ethniki(South) 4th
2010/11 3 Gamma Ethniki(North) 13th
2011/12 3 Gamma Ethniki(South) 3rd Promotion Play-Offs
2012/13 3 Gamma Ethniki(North) 7th Promoted
2013/14 2 Football League(North) 9th

Notable Players

External links

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