Kozani F.C.

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Kozani FC
Full name Filathlo Somateio Kozanis
Nickname(s) Sourdia
Founded 1964
Ground Kozani Municipal Stadium,
Kozani, Greece
Ground Capacity 4,000
Chairman Greece Agapios Gavriilidis
Manager Greece Vasilis Papadopoulos
League Football League 2 (Group 2)
2012-2013 Delta Ethniki, 1st
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

FS Kozani is a football club from Kozani, Greece. The club was founded in April 1964 in Kozani, Greece following the merger between Makedonikos and Olympiakos Kozanis. In the emblem the team kept the date both teams were founded in 1928 and took the colours of Olympiakos, the red and Makedonikos, the white. Kozani FC presently plays at the Kozani Stadium in Kozani.

The emblem of Kozani is the big clock of the Town Hall on a red background.

The football section of Kozani is one of the sections in sports that hasn't achieved a lot in the Greek football league for the city of Kozani, resulting the team to be 3 times champions in the Fourth Division (1995,1997 and 2004) and win the promotion to the Third Division with some good performances in the past years. The best recent year in the Third Division was actually in 1999-2000 where they finished 3rd, behind Akratito and Nafpaktiako who were promoted. They also finished 3rd three more times in 1988, 1990 and 1998 where they lost promotion in the last games. They haven't played in the Beta Ethniki though with the existing format, although the last time they participated in the Beta Ethniki was in 1982-83 when the second division had two groups of 20 teams each.

After the 2005-06 season, the club, was relegated to Delta Ethniki after failing to win the last game away at Drama. However, the crucial match tο avoid the relegation was against Polykastro at home where the team drew 1-1 instead of winning and staying in the division.

In the 2006-07 season, the club played in the Delta Ethniki where it finished in the 8th place. In the 2007-08 season, the club remained another year in the Delta Ethniki and finished 3rd. In the 2008-09 season, the club played again in the Delta Ethniki and won promotion to the Gamma Ethniki. In the 2009-10 season, the club finished 13th in the North Group and remained in the Gamma Ethniki

Current Squad 2013/14

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 Greece Ampatzidis
2 Greece Stergiopoulos
3 Greece Travlos
4 Greece Providas
5 Greece Kalfas
6 Greece Karabatzakis
7 Albania Demirai
8 Greece Boulgouridis
9 Greece Pipinikas
10 Albania Hamatai
11 Greece Papadopoulos
No. Position Player
13 Greece Tafarlis
14 Greece Bebis
20 Greece Kokkinidis
21 Greece Ioannidis
23 Greece Maloutas
26 Serbia Vasilievic
27 Greece Travlos
28 Greece Simeonidis
29 Greece Tsikopoulos Y.
32 Greece Tsikopoulos I.
33 Greece Koutsomitros
26 Greece Samaras

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