Keravnos Keratea F.C.

Keravnos Keratea

Full name	Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Κεραυνός Κερατέα
Nickname(s)	Thunder Κεραυνός
Founded	1928
Ground	Keratea Municipal Stadium Keratea, East Attica, Greece
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Panagiotis Pylarinos
Manager	Thanasis Petouris
League	East Attica A Local
Home colours Away colours

Keravnos Keratea F.C. (Greek: Κεραυνός Κερατέα) is a professional football club based in Keratea, Greece, currently competing in A' EPS.AN.A.

Background

Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea was unofficially founded in 1926 and was finally recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation in 1928.

The club’s name “Keravnos” (Greek: Κεραυνός) is the Greek word for "thunder."

History

Local and regional amateur and semi-amateur championships

From 1953 to 2003, Keravnos was a member of the Athens Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών), or "EPSA," one of the oldest Greek amateur football club associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture; the association is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup.

Keratea won the EPSA Cup in 1986, and also reached the Cup Final in 1979 and 1983.

In 2003, Keratea joined the newly established Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αν. Αττικής ), or "EPSANA."

Keratea won the EPSANA Cup in its first three seasons, in 2003-04, 2004–05, and 2005–06, and then again in 2007-08 and 2012-13.

In 2004-05, Keratea won the national amateur cup, the Greek Football Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος).^[1]

Professional championships

Keratea won the Delta Ethniki Group 9 championship in 2007-08, earning promotion to Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football, for the first time in the club's history.

In 2008-09, Keratea's first season in Gamma Ethniki, the team finished in 6th-place in the South Group.

Stadium

Keravnos Keratea plays its home matches at Keratea Municipal Stadium in Keratea. The stadium currently has a seating capacity of 3,500

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 Giorgos Pappas 2 Giorgos Priftis 3 Sotiris Megagiannis 4 Stamatis Anagnostou 5 Christos Papasotiriou 7 Dimitris Lioumis 7 Giorgos Georgiou 8 Christos Kontogiannis 9 Giorgos Batris 10 Sadri Kriemadhi 11 Giorgos Romas 13 Christos Pappas 14 Dimitris Efremidis

No. Position Player 17 Dimitris Romas 19 Dimitris Katsikis 21 Kostas Stamatis 22 Giannis Mastrokostas 24 Christos Eleftheriou 27 Christos Michalis 29 Andreas Skoufos 30 Antonis Papatheodorou

Achievements

• Delta Ethniki Championship (Semi-Amateur)
  • Winners (1): 2007-08 (Group 9)

• Greek Football Amateur Cup (Semi-amateur)
  • Winners (1): 2005

• Athens Football Clubs Association Cup (Amateur)
  • Winners (1): 1986

• Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association Cup (Amateur)
  • Winners (5): 2003-04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012-13

References

1. "Greece - Amateur Cup Finals". rsssf.com.

External links

• (Greek) Keravnos Keratea - Official site