Ionikos F.C.

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Ionikos FC

Full name

Ionikos F.C.

Nickname(s)

Galanoleukoi (blue-whites)

Founded

1965

Ground

Neapolis Public Stadium
Nikea, Piraeus, Greece
(Capacity 4,999)

Owner

Christos Kanellakis

Chairman

Manolis Tsacheilidis

Manager

League

Second Division

2007-08

Beta Ethniki, 5th





Home colours





Away colours

[edit] HISTORY

Ionikos FC is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Second Division (Greece), Greece's second football league. It was founded in June of 1965, when Former president Alex Meraklidis merged two regional football clubs: Athletic Union of Nikaia and Aris Piraeus. In 1989 Ionikos joined the ranks of Alpha Ethniki (now Super League Greece), and since then has participated in the UEFA Cup in the 1998-99 season, and made it to the Greek Cup final in the 1999-2000 season. The club's colors are blue and white.

[edit] It was in 1989

When IONIKOS F.C. climbed up in the 1st League, where Mr. Nikos Kanellakis funded the club and became the new president. Only then did his visions of an ideal team become reality, by breaking the rule that gave premiership just to selected footbal clubs.

[edit] Having the full support

Of the administration, an impeccable competitive spirit and a vivid stronghold, IONIKOS F.C. confronted the three traditional football teams of Olympiakos, Panathinaikos and AEK in equal terms, if not always with victory, but definitely by giving the best impressions.

[edit] Europe

The achievement of the ultimate goal was undoubtly a dream that came true in 1999. The important and spectacular European Championship gave IONIKOS F.C. the experience and the unique opportunity to gain a placement between the giants of European football.

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Neapolis Public Stadium

The Neapolis Public Stadium (Greek: Γήπεδο Νεάπολης) is in Nikaia which is a suburb of Piraeus. It is the home ground for the football section of the Ionikos. The Neapolis Public Stadium build in 1965 and has a capisity of 4.999. Record attendance is 6.565 in a 1st division football match between Ionikos and Olympiakos on 4/2/1990.

[edit] Current squad 2008/09

As of June 3, 2008.

Squad 2007/08

Prohorenkovs

Vourexakis

Onwuachi

Makor

Sapanis

Manousakis

Poulopoulos

Ikonomou

Bartzokas

Toskas

Natsouras

Gkogkas

Kostantinidis

Fabinho

Loizidis

Ucar

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Panagiotis Bartzokas
2	DF	Efthimis Kotitsas
4	DF	Evaggelos Ikonomou
7	MF	Fabinho
9	FW	Athanasios Gkogkas
10	FW	Oliver Makor
11	FW	Andrejs Prohorenkovs
14	FW	Antonios Gionti (on loan to Agios Dimitrios)
15	GK	Dimitrios Tsoukalas
16	MF	Georgios Vourexakis
18	DF	Alexis Loizidis

No.	Position	Player
23	DF	Matias Emanuel Fontato
26	DF	Kendal Ucar
28	FW	Manolis Koletsis (on loan to AO Koropi)
31	DF	Antonios Poutas (on loan from Larissa)
32	MF	Panagiotis Nakas
40	MF	García Granero
55	MF	Antonios Natsouras
73	MF	Dimosthenis Manousakis
77	MF	Miltiadis Sapanis
80	FW	Benjamin Onwuachi
99	FW	Ioannis Lazanas

[edit] Summer Squad Changes for the 2008-09 Season

No.		Position	Player
23		DF	Matias Emanuel Fontato from Club Guarani

Out

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Georgios Poulopoulos Released by Club
19	MF	Marcelo Gutman Released by Club
29	DF	Georgios Xenidis Released by club
20	FW	Sotirios Konstantinidis Released by club
30	DF	Grigorios Toskas Released by club

[edit] Sponsorship

Mitre Sports International - Official Sportswear Partner
Casino Xanthi - Sponsor
Nectar S.A. - Sponsor
OPAP - Sponsor

[edit] Notable Former Players

Greece

Nikos Anastopoulos
Kostas Frantzeskos
Nikolaos Frousos
Nikos Tsiantakis
Michalis Vlachos
Giannis Xanthopoulos
Sokratis Ofridopoulos
Michalis Ziogas
Kostas Kottakis
Sokratis Gemelos
Thodoris Pahatouridis
Christos Mikes
Stavros Stamatis
Nikos Vamvakoulas
Sakis Tsiolis
Michalis Leontiadis
Petros Michos
Ilias Savvidis
Manolis Papadopoulos
Sotirios Konstantinidis
Christos Michail

Albania

Bolivia

Milton Coimbra

Brazil

Paolo Adrioli
Jocimar Nascimento

Uruguay

Dario Delgado
Marcelo Gutman

Peru

Dario Muchodrigo

Portugal

Filipe da Costa

Scotland

Craig Brewster

South Africa

Pierre Issa
Notsimane Pitso

Syria

Mohammad Nasser Afash

[edit] Famous Managers

Serhio Markarian (1998-1999)
Oleg Blokhin (1994-1997) - (1999-2002)

[edit] Managerial history

Player	Matches
Oleg Blokhin	1994/1997
Jacek Gmoch	1997/1998
Serhio Markarian	1998/1999
Oleg Blokhin	1999/2002
Jean-Michel Cavalli	2002
Socratis Gemelos	2002
Jacek Gmoch	2002/2003
Vaggelis Vlachos	2003/2005
Thanasis Tsiolis	2005
Sakis Tsiolis	2005
Inacio Soares Augusto	2006
Chatzinikolaou	2006/2007
Giorgos Vazakas	2007/2008
Nikos Anastopoulos	2008
Unknown	2008

[edit] Beta Ethniki 2007-08

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Panserraikos	34	18	10	5	46	19	27	64
2	Thrasyvoulos	34	18	7	9	44	27	17	61
3	Panthrakikos	34	17	10	7	44	31	13	60
4	PAS Giannina	34	16	9	9	54	38	16	57
5	IONIKOS	34	15	9	10	37	28	9	54
6	Kallithea	34	15	7	12	40	35	4	52
7	Kerkyra	34	13	11	10	39	33	6	50
8	Agrotikos Asteras	33	14	5	14	43	45	-2	47
9	Ethnikos Piraeus	34	11	12	11	32	36	-4	45
10	Ilysiakos	34	13	4	17	31	38	-7	43
11	Kalamata	34	11	9	14	30	33	-3	42
12	Ethnikos Asteras	34	10	11	13	32	37	-5	41
13	Pierikos	34	10	14	10	28	31	-3	41
14	ASK Olympiakos Volos	34	9	12	13	31	38	-7	39
15	Kastoria	34	10	9	15	26	41	-15	39
16	Egaleo	34	10	9	15	28	34	-6	39
17	Chaidari	34	8	14	12	30	31	-1	38
18	Agios Dimitrios	34	2	8	24	22	62	-40	14

Matchday	Home	Score	Away
1	Ethnikos Asteras	1-0	Ionikos
2	Ionikos	0-0	Panthrakikos
3	Kallithea	0-1	Ionikos
4	Ionikos	1-0	Panseraikos
5	Ethnikos Piraeus	1-1	Ionikos
6	Ionikos	1-1	Kalamata
7	Ionikos	1-0	Kassandra Olympiakos
8	Egaleo	1-2	Ionikos
9	Ionikos	0-0	Thrasyvoulos
10	Agios Dimitrios	0-1	Ionikos
11	Ionikos	3-1	Agrotikos Asteras
12	Kerkyra FC	0-0	Ionikos
13	Ionikos	1-0	Ilisiakos
14	Haidari	2-3	Ionikos
15	PAS Giannina	1-0	Ionikos
16	Ionikos	0-0	Kastoria
17	Pierikos	1-1	Ionikos
18	Ionikos	1-0	Ethnikos Asteras
19	Panthrakikos	1-1	Ionikos
20	Ionikos	0-1	Kallithea
21	Panseraikos	1-0	Ionikos
22	Ionikos	2-1	Ethnikos Piraeus
23	Kalamata	2-1	Ionikos
24	Kassandra Olympiakos	0-1	Ionikos
25	Ionikos	2-1	Egaleo
26	Thrasyvoulos	2-0	Ionikos
27	Ionikos	3-0	Agios Dmitrios
28	Agrotikos Asteras	4-3	Ionikos
29	Ionikos	1-2	Kerkyra
30	Ilisiakos	1-0	Ionikos
31	Ionikos	1-0	Haidari
32	Ionikos	4-1	PAS Giannina
33	Kastoria	1-1	Ionikos
34	Ionikos	0-1	Pierikos

[edit] Results by round

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L

[edit] Statistics 2007/08

Tables

Matches	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G.F.	G.A.	G.D.	Points
Home	17	10	4	3	21	9	12	34
Away	17	5	5	7	16	19	-3	20
Global	34	15	9	10	37	28	9	54

Goal Scorers

Scorers	Goals
Benjamin Onwuachi	14
Athanasios Gkogkas	4
Oliver Makor	4
Fabinho	3
Andrejs Prohorenkovs	3
Miltos Sapanis	2
Sotirios Konstantinidis	2
Antonis Natsouras	1
Manousakis	1
Granero	1
Poulopoulos	1

Attendance at Home

Match	Attendance
Panthrakikos	650
Panseraikos	1 350
Kalamata	960
Kassandra Olympiakos AS	900
Thrasyvoulos	1 900
Agrotikos Asteras	600
Ilisiakos	830
Kastoria	850
Ethnikos Asteras	1 000
Kallithea	1 300
Ethnikos Piraeus	900
Egaleo	1 360
Agios Dimitrios	1 000
Kerkyra	970
Haidari	910
PAS Giannina	4 000
Pierikos	730

[edit] Last Match

May 28, 2008 16:30 CET	Kastoria	1 – 1	IONIKOS	Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 700 Referee:
	89'Lazaridis		83' Kostantinidis	Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Attendance: 700 Referee: