Panelefsiniakos F.C.

For the basketball club, see Panelefsiniakos B.C.
Panelefsiniakos F.C.
Full name Paneleusiniakos Athletikos Omilos
(Panelefsiniakos Athletic Club)
Nickname(s) Stachyoforoi
Founded 1931
Ground Municipal Stadium of Eleusina,
Elefsina, Greece
Ground Capacity 1,800
Owner Greece Dimopoulos Bros
Chairman Greece Spyros Dimopoulos
Manager Greece Thanasis Dimopoulos
League Football League
2014-15 Gamma Ethniki (Group 3) 1st, (Promoted)
Logo of the team until 2015

Panelefsiniakos F.C. (Greek: Πανελευσινιακός Α.Ο.), the Panelefsiniakos Athletic Club, is a football club based in the city of Elefsina, Greece. The club currently competes in Football League. The team was formed in 1931.

History

Panelefsiniakos was formed in 1931.[1] The club has played in the top level of Greek football, the Alpha Ethniki, three times (1962, 1968 and 1999), but was relegated after each season. The club has also played in the second level, Beta Ethniki, for 25 seasons.[2]

After a series of relegations, the club is played for a lot of years in the local West Attica championships.[3] In 2013, the team promoted in the Football League 2 after 11 years. The new administrators of the team give hope for the future to the fans, signed experienced players from Football League and well-known players in Greece, such as Wellington Gonçalves and Ivan Rusev, who played a lot of years in the Greek Superleague.

Stadium

The current stadium of Panelefsiniakos is the Municipal Stadium of Elefsina (capacity 1,800) located in Elefsina, which built in 1978 and opened in 1981. Next to the stadium, there is the fitness center, which constitutes a part of the athletic center. It also has seats for journalists and beaten path. The old stadium of the team was "Evangelos Doukas Stadium".

Honours and achievements

Winners (2): 1961, 1967
Winners (1): 2015
Winners (3): 2004, 2009, 2012
Winners (1): 1961
Winners (1): 1947
Winners (1): 1946

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 DF Christos Paligeorgos
3 Greece DF Kyriakos Tsigkros
4 Greece DF Stelios Andrikos
5 Greece MF Leonidas Kasneci
6 Greece MF Nikos Dimopoulos
7 Greece MF Ioannis Botonakis
9 Greece FW Nikos Giannitsanis
13 Greece MF Ilias Kakaras
14 Greece MF Andreas Kornelatos
17 Greece FW Panagiotis Plavoukos
18 Greece GK Spyros Stergiotis
20 Greece GK Ioannis Bantikos
21 Greece FW Aggelos Pournos
No. Position Player
22 Greece GK Kostas Maniatis
23 Greece MF Spyros Papakonstantinou
24 Greece MF Ioannis Tsolakidis
25 Albania DF Ilia Despollari
29 Greece FW Vangelis Chaliotis
30 Cameroon DF Ibrahim Walidjo
35 Greece MF Christos Vourvachakis
44 Greece DF Theodoros Litsos
77 Croatia MF Ivor Weitzer
90 Greece FW Zisis Naoum
95 Greece FW Georgios Eleftheriadis
Greece MF Giannis Stamatakis

Professional history

League history

Notable Former Players

Greek players
Foreign players

References

  1. "Ιστορία Πανελευσινιακού (Panelefsiniakos history)" (in Greek). paneleusiniakosfc.gr. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2004-03-21). "Greece Club Directory 2003/04". RSSSF.
  3. "A Division standings" (in Greek). West Attica FCA. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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