Skoda Xanthi F.C.

Skoda Xanthi
Full name Skoda Xanthi Athlitikos Omilos
Nickname(s) Vasilissa Tis Thrakis (Queen of Thrace)
Founded 1967, as A.C. Xanthi
Ground Skoda Xanthi Arena
Xanthi, Greece
Ground Capacity 7,422
Owner Christos Panopoulos
Chairman Aris Pialoglou
Manager Răzvan Lucescu
League Superleague Greece
2015–16 Superleague Greece, 13th
Website Club home page

Skoda Xanthi F.C. (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Skoda Ξάνθη Αθλητικός Όμιλος, F.C. Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club) is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

History

The club was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs, Aspida (was founded in 1922) and Orfeas (was founded in 1903). The name of the team was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1992. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Skoda vehicles in Greece, bought the club from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club.

The club is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth setup. FC Skoda Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup or Europa League in 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2013-14 seasons. In the 2004–05 season, Skoda Xanthi finished fourth in the A Ethinki (first division, today Super League), the club's best performance in many years.

Xanthi first appearance in the first division was in 1989.

Stadium

Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located in near the centre of the city, for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however only has 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.

Their appearance in the UEFA Cup saw them drawn in the qualifying rounds against English club Middlesbrough, who went on to reach the UEFA Cup final against Sevilla. Xanthi drew bravely 0–0 in the second leg, with Emerson making a return to the Riverside Stadium.

Honours

Greek Football Cup

League history

Sources:[1][2]

European matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round Italy Lazio 0–0 0–4 0–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup First round England Middlesbrough 0–0 0–2 0–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 3–4 1–4 4–8
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Northern Ireland Linfield 0–1 2–1 (aet) 2–2
Third qualifying round Belgium Standard Liège 1–2 1–2 2–4

Current squad

As of 14 January 2016 [3]

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 GK Athanasios Garavelis
4 Greece DF Manolis Bertos (on loan from Olympiacos)
5 Greece DF Dimos Baxevanidis
6 Greece DF Okan Chatziterzoglou
7 Greece MF Panagiotis Triadis
8 Brazil DF Wallace
9 Algeria FW Karim Soltani
11 Argentina MF Adrián Lucero
16 Greece MF Theodoros Vasilakakis
17 Greece MF Manolis Papasterianos
19 Albania FW Vasil Shkurti
21 Greece MF Konstantinos Fliskas
23 Spain MF Dani Nieto
No. Position Player
24 Greece MF Petros Orphanides
26 Slovakia DF Pavol Farkaš
28 Greece DF Dimitris Goutas (on loan from Olympiacos)
30 Greece FW Pantelis Kapetanos
31 Greece DF Christos Lisgaras
33 Greece DF Giannis Zaradoukas
35 Italy GK Luigi Cennamo
37 Brazil FW Christopher
55 Greece DF Christos Karipidis
66 Mauritania MF Khassa Camara
77 Greece FW Vasilios Fasidis
87 Bulgaria MF Nikolay Dimitrov
91 Greece GK Michalis Zaropoulos

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
99 Greece FW Antonis Ranos (to Cyprus Aris Limassol)

Retired Numbers

13Nigeria Olubayo Adefemi, defender (2011) - posthumous honor to the player that died in 2011 in a car accident.

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

See also Category:Skoda Xanthi F.C. players.

Personnel

Technical staff

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Director of Sport

Coach history

References

  1. Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece – Final Tables 1959–1999". RSSSF.
  2. Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece – List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.
  3. "Skoda Xanthi squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

External links

Official Sites
Other
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