Keravnos Keratea F.C.

Keravnos Keratea
Full name Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea
Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Κεραυνός Κερατέα
Nickname(s) Thunder
Κεραυνός
Founded 1928
Ground Keratea Municipal Stadium
Keratea, East Attica, Greece
(Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman
Manager Dimitrios Makrodimitris
2009-10 Gamma Ethniki, 10th (South Group)
Home colours
Away colours

Keravnos Keratea F.C. (Greek: Κεραυνός Κερατέα) is a professional football club based in Keratea, Greece, currently competing in Gamma Ethniki, the Greek third division.

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Background

Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea was unofficially founded in 1926 and was finally recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation in 1928.

The club’s name “Keravnos” (Greek: Κεραυνός) is the Greek word for "thunder."

History

Local and regional amateur and semi-amateur championships

From 1953 to 2003, Keravnos was a member of the Athens Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών), or "EPSA," one of the oldest Greek amateur football club associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture; the association is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup.

Keratea won the EPSA Cup in 1986, and also reached the Cup Final in 1979 and 1983.

In 2003, Keratea joined the newly-established Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αν. Αττικής ), or "EPSANA."

Keratea won the EPSANA Cup in its first three seasons, in 2003-04, 2004-05, and 2005-06, and then again in 2007-08.

In 2004-05, Keratea won the national amateur cup, the Greek Football Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος) [1].

Professional championships

Keratea won the Delta Ethniki Group 9 championship in 2007-08, earning promotion to Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football, for the first time in the club's history.

In 2008-09, Keratea's first season in Gamma Ethniki, the team finished in 6th-place in the South Group.

Stadium

Keravnos Keratea plays its home matches at Keratea Municipal Stadium in Keratea. The stadium currently has a seating capacity of 3,500

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Michalis Karsos
2 Panteleimon Batsos
3 Krystian Laberski
4 Stamatis Anagnostou
5 Anastasios Zacharias
7 Israel Pedro
7 Giorgos Georgiou
8 Nikos Gemisis
9 Nikos Kouskounas
10 Alexandros Kalogeris
11 Giorgos Batris
13 Giorgos Priftis
14 Anastasios Lykoudis
No. Position Player
17 Dimitris Lioumis
19 Christos Papasotiriou
21 Christos Rigas
22 Epameinondas Koutromanos
24 Christos Pappas
27 Panagiotis Katsikis
29 Dimitris Boukas
30 Theodoros Dougeroglou
32 Dimitris Apostolidis
33 Stamatis Syrigos
39 Giorgos Poulos
44 Anastasios Christofileas
99 Lambros Polizos

Achievements

Notable former players

Greece

References

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