Kerkyra FC
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| A.O. Kerkyra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Athlitikos Omilos Kerkyra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Faiakes (Faiakians) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Kérkyras Stadium , Kerkyra |
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| Capacity | 2,685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Spyros Kalogiannis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Mpampis Tennes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Super League Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 2nd (Second Division), promoted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kerkyra FC, or A.O. Kerkyra (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κέρκυρα - Athlitikos Omilos Kerkyra), the Athletic Club Kerkyra, is a Greek football club based in Corfu or Kerkyra Island.
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[edit] Club history
It was formed in 1967 as "Kerkyraikos F.C." following a merge of three Corfu clubs ("Aris Kerkyras" est 1924, "Helespontos" est 1923 and "Asteras Kerkyras" est 1926). These three teams alongside "Olympos Garitsas" where dominating Corfu Local Championship before the creation of Greek National Leagues in 1967. In order to represent Corfu in the National B' Class League the three teams decided to merge in 1967. Due to some players' dispute with "Olympos Garitsas" in 1969 the team had to change its name to "A.O. Kerkyra".
[edit] Colors, emblem and ground
The club's colors are Maroon and Blue, depicting the colors of the island and it's emblem is the ancient Corfiot's ("Faiakes") trireme, which is the island's emblem. The National stadium of the town of Corfu, "E.A.K.K.", (built in 1955) hosts A.O. Kerkyra since it's foundation. The ground is situated along side the airport which is ideal for passing tourists and visitors and is easy to find. The ground has had some work undertake over the summer which now means the ground has even more seats.
[edit] Current status
After 36 years in lower divisions A.O. Kerkyra managed to reach top-level "Alpha Ethniki" in 2004. The long effort to success was inspired by chairman Spyros Kalogiannis who took control in 1999 and managed to climb three division in 4 years. Though the long awaited "Alpha Ethniki" didn't end up as expected as the club was relegated, taking the last place in the final table. After a successful year in B' Ethniki, 2005-2006 season ended with Kerkyra celebrating another chance in Alpha Ethniki.
[edit] Current Roster
[edit] Goalkeepers
- 01.
Dino Seremet - 33.
Thanasis Georgiou - 76.
Mahamadou Sidibè
[edit] Defenders
- 02. Alexandros Vitouladitis
- 03.
Mikael Yourassowsky - 05. Giorgos Pasios
- 06. Xenophontas Moschogiannis
- 12. Anestis Anastasiadis
- 21.
Giorgos Pelagias - 22. Giorgos Tzavelas
- 24. Panagiotis Petras
- 39. Grigoris Toskas
[edit] Midfielders
- 07.
Fillip Rodriguez da Silva - 08. Vaggelis Koutsoures
- 10. Loukas Karadimos
- 11. Christos Kagkiouzis
- 13. Gustavo Veronesi
- 14. Manolis Skoufalis
- 15. Danilo Saveljič(loan)
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Frank Manga Guella - 20. Flavio Jose de Carvalho
- 28. Christos Mpourmpos
[edit] Attackers
- 09. Giorgos Zacharopoulos
- 18. Alexandre Joaquim D'Akol
[edit] Manager:
[edit] Historic presidents
- Dimitris Tsagkaratou, 1970
[edit] Historic players
- Parginos, 1970s
- Zarifis, 1970s
- Fofonka Ederson, 2005-2006
[edit] External links
- (Greek) Official Website
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