P.A.O. Rouf

P.A.O. Rouf

Full name	Podosfairikós Athlitikós Ómilos Rouf
Founded	1947
Ground	Municipal Stadium Rouf
Capacity	1,600
Chairman	Dave Stamatiadis
Manager	Dimitris Arnaoutis
League	Athens A Local
2013–14	Athens A Local, 4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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.

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 Olympiakos 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. Recent rumours suggest that the club could soon see a level of investment coming from a further shareholder that would see them become the richest team in Greece.

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]							6		65	30	42	33
1958–59[4]							14		30	17	21	28
1960–61[5]							12		54	25	31	24
1961–62[6]						1			25	67
1963–64[7]							11		56	30	39	46
1964–65[8]							12		57	30	48	50
1965–66[9]							6		71	24	58	50
1975–76[10]					2 (G1)				49	30	61	18					unknown
1976–77[11]					4 (G1)				43	32	51	22					unknown
1977–78[12]					1				63	38	95	36					unknown

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 and 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 (Greek)
4. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1958–59 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
5. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1960–61 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
6. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1961–62 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
7. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1963–64 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
8. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1964–65 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
9. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1965–66 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
10. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1975–76 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
11. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1976–77 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)
12. ΕΠΣ Αθηνών 1977–78 - Greek Wikipedia (Greek)

External links

• Official website (Greek)