Apollon Kalamarias FC

Apollon 1926
Full name PAE Apollon 1926
Nickname(s) Pontioi (Pontians) Rossoneri (Red-blacks)
Founded 1926
Ground Apollon Kalamaria Stadium, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ground Capacity 7,000
Owner Greece Avraam Persidis
Chairman Greece Avraam Persidis
Manager Greece Apostolos Pappas
League Gamma Ethniki
2014–15 Football League (North), 11th Relegated
Departments of Apollon Kalamarias
Football Basketball Volleyball

Apollon Kalamarias FC is a Greek football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]

History

The football club was formed in January 1926.

The team had been in and out of Greek first division until international businessman and former owner of Kalamata F.C., Stavros Papadopoulos, bought the team in 2001. Papadopoulos invested money into the team and brought in many young players from Brazil, and the team gained promotion to the Greek first division within two years. Papadopoulos has relinquished the running of the team since 2004.

They played their first match in the A National Division on 25 October 1959.

Panagiotis Kyprianidis was the first Apollon Kalamarias footballer to play for the Greek National team on 22 May 1963).

The first match in the top division was on 4 September 1983 against PAOK.

Record man of participations: Dimitris (Takis) Toboulidis is the football player with the most participations in the history of Apollon Kalamarias in the A' National Division.

Current squad

2015–16 season

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

No. Position Player
Greece GK Panagiotis Konstantinou
Greece GK Efstathios Vasileiadis
Greece GK Panagiotis Ziakas
Greece DF Dimitris Fitas
Greece DF Vasileios Polianidis
Greece DF Dimitrios Mpoulgouridis
Greece DF Konstantinos Samaroipoulos
Greece DF Georgios Tzintzis
Greece DF Antonios Tsaousis
Greece DF Georgios Mantzios
Greece DF Panagiotis Vakoulis
Greece DF Dimitrios Triantafyllidis
Greece DF Serafim Moysidis
Greece MF Panagiotis Giaksis
No. Position Player
Greece MF Christos Arapis
Greece MF Ilias Provatidis
Greece MF Anastasios Koukoulekis
Greece MF Makis Moutzouris
Greece MF Georgios Sapanidis
Greece MF Stylianos Pozatzidis
Greece FW Angelos Vilanakis
Greece FW Savvas Symeonidis
Greece FW Athanasios Athanasiadis
Greece FW Angelos Mitsikas
Greece FW Marios Zanettou
Greece FW Dimitrios Mponeris
Greece FW Iasonas Papadimitriou

Domestic Titles and honors

References

  1. "Apollon Kalamarias FC". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

External links


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