Makedonikos F.C.

Makedonikos

Full name	Makedonikos
Founded	1928
Ground	Makedonikos Stadium
Capacity	8,100
Chairman	Pavlos Andronis
Manager	Georgios Avramidis
League	A1 Macedonian League
2015-16	A1 League (Macedonia) 1st
Home colours Away colours

Makedonikos Football Club (Greek : ΠΑΕ Μακεδονικός) is a Greek professional football club, based in Efkarpia. It was originally based in Neapoli and most of his fans come from this area, though the club is famous in all westside areas of Thessaloniki.

History

The association was founded in 1928 and the name means 'Macedonian'. At the time of its formation the club's original name was Prosfygiki Enosis (Refugees Union - the founders were Greek refugees who came from Turkey after the 1922 war disaster) but they were forced to change it in 1936 after the Metaxas government suggestion.

The club's best moments were in the 40's when the team was struggling for the Greek Championship (1947) but didn't make it and in the 80's when Makedonikos took part in the Superleague (1st Division Championship) ('82-'83) and was relegated after a play-out match against Panionios (3-2 final score). Makedonikos FC still stands out as the only Greek team who managed not to be beaten by Olympiakos F.C. (0-0 in Efkarpia and 1-1 in Karaiskakis Stadium). They also managed not to lose a game in Efkarpia against P.A.O.K. F.C. (0-0), Aris F.C. (1-0), Iraklis F.C. (0-0), A.E.K. Athens F.C. (1-0), Panathinaikos F.C. (3-0), the most famous clubs of the Greek League. They also made it to the 1980 Greek Cup semi-final where they were eliminated by Kastoria F.C., who finally won the Cup. Makedonikos F.C. was also one of the strongest clubs in the 2nd Division throughout the 80's, the late 70's and in the early 90's. In 2008, they were promoted to Football League 2 after a fourteen-year absence from the National Leagues. As for 2016, the club won the EPSM Cup by winning 2-1 in the final at Toumba Stadium and were also champions of the EPSM A1 Division having lost only twice.

Many great Greek football players joined Makedonikos F.C. over the years. Giorgos Karamihalos, Fanis Tountziaris, Nikos Sakellaridis made their name wearing the green shirt of Makedonikos while other famous footballers played in Efkarpia sometime in their career. Giannis Damanakis, Giannis Gounaris, Christos Giannakoulas, Kostas Iliadis, Theodoros Apostolidis, Thomas Beltsos, Grigoris Fanaras, Panagiotis Kermanidis, Kostas Drambis, Kostas Tsironis, Giorgos Koulakiotis, Takis Nikoloudis, Christos Terzanidis, Michalis Iordanidis are some of them.

Squad 2015/2016

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

No. Position Player 90 GK Prodromos Karavelidis 21 GK Ioannis Gaitanidis 99 GK Filoktimonas Psomas 93 DF Armen Avalyan 4 DF Alexandros Antoniadis 14 DF Charalampos Damianidis 5 DF Konstantinos Koutinis 2 DF Georgios Baskakis 94 DF Apostolos Bitzenis-Nigdelis 3 DF Theodoros Papadopoulos 25 DF Dimitrios Poptsis 19 DF Panagiotis Tsiabazis 33 MF Blendar Lieshaj 45 MF Nikolaos Pampoldakis 8 MF Georgios Garifallos

No. Position Player 70 MF Andreas Kristallis 6 MF Christos Likidis 7 MF Vasilios Pappas 20 MF Ioannis Pechlivanis 17 MF Thomas Poursanidis 9 MF Ioannis Stasinopoulos 38 MF Geropos Tsiligeridis 10 FW Ioannis Zagnaferis 11 FW Ioannis Papapostolou 16 FW Konstandinos Priftis 23 FW Theodoros Tsiapadas

Honours

• • Fourth Division: 1
    • 2007-08
  • Football League: 1
    • 1981-82
  • Football League 2: 1
    • 1988-89

Regional

• • EPSM Championship: 2
    • 1946-47, 2015-16
  • EPSM Cup: 1
    • 2015-16

References

Α.Π.Σ. Μακεδονικός Νεάπολης

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