Apollon Kalamarias
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| Full name | PAE Apollon Kalamarias (FC Apollon of Kalamaria) |
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| Nickname(s) | Rossoneri (Red-blacks) Pontioi (Pontians) |
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| Founded | 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Kalamaria Stadium, Kalamaria, Greece |
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| Capacity | 7,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Ilias Damilos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Makis Katsavakis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Super League Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 9nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek association football club based in the city of Kalamaria, southeast of Thessaloniki, Greece.
The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.
[edit] History
When thousands of Pontic Greek refugees established themselves in and around Thessaloniki after the Greco-Turkish War and the subsequent population exchange, a group of them formed a musical club to continue their local traditions. Aptly, the club's first emblem was the image of the Apollo, Greek God of music and poetry.
Growing in popularity amongst the inhabitants of Kalamaria, the club soon expanded with a theatrical department, and later, a sports department. It was around this time the club colours were chosen - red, to signify the Pontian blood spilt during the years of the genocide, and black, to signify mourning for lost homelands. The football club was formed in January, 1926.
The team had been mired in the Greek second division until international businessman and former owner of Kalamata FC, Stavros Papadopoulos, bought the team in 2001. Papadopoulos invested money into the team and brought in many young players from Brazil, and the team gained promotion to the Greek first division within two years. Papadopoulos has since relinquished the running of the team since 2004.
The team is planning to build a new modern stadium (15,000 seats) in 2008.
[edit] Current squad
Nationality given from place of birth
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