Apollon Kalamarias FC
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| Full name | PAE Apollon 1926 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Pontioi(Pontians) Rossoneri (Red-blacks) | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | Apollon Kalamaria Stadium, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Owner |
 Vasilis Anatolitis | ||
| Chairman |
Vasilis Anatolitis | ||
| Manager |
Panagiotis Dilberis | ||
| League | Football League | ||
| 2014–15 | Football League (North), 11th Relegated | ||
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Apollon Kalamarias FC is a Greek football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]
History
When thousands of Pontic Greek refugees settled 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. The club's first emblem was the image of ancient Olympian god 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, and black. The football club was formed in January 1926.
The team had been in and out of Greek first division until international businessman and former owner of Kalamata F.C., 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 relinquished the running of the team since 2004.
The first board of directors of Apollon Kalamarias (January 1926)
President: Emmanuel Magiopoulos (oil painter), Vice – President: Konstantinos Theodoridis (Professor), general secretary: Georgios Argyrakos (Civil servant), Cashier: Plouton Agathopoulos (Coffee housekeeper), Members of Administrative Council: Theodoros Manos: (Juridical), Charalampos Odontopoulos (Businessman), Konstantinos Savvaidis (Businessman).
They played their first match in the A National Division on 25 October 1959.
Panagiotis Kyprianidis was the first Apollon Kalamarias footballer to play for the Greek National team on 22 May 1963).
First match in our ground: 23 September 1973. The return of Apollon Kalamarias in the A' National Division, after nine years, had separate importance for another reason. The match of our team against Fostiras (1–1) was the first that was occurred in Apollon Kalamarias own Stadium in the First Category. For the history, the first goal of Apollon Kalamarias in the team's "house" was scored by Foulatsiklis and Kokkonidis was the first player who played as a change (on the 67 instead Papadopoulos).
Record of tickets in our ground: On 7 October 1973 at the match against Panathinaikos (0–2) was realised all seasons record of tickets in A National Division for the ground of Apollon Kalamarias. The number of tickets was 8,375 and this record remains until today.
The first match as a F.C.: On 4 September 1983 took place the first match of Apollon Kalamarias in the First National Category as a Football Club (against PAOK in Harilaou Stadium). On the 60 Ilias Chatzieleftheriou scored the first "professional" goal. The Yugoslavian goalkeeper Dragan Simeounovic was the first foreign player, who wore the jumper of Apollon Kalamarias.
First player as a change: On 23 September 1973, in the home match against Fostiras (1–1), Kokkonidis became the first player in the history of Apollon Kalamarias in the First National Division who played as a change (on 67 at the position of Papadopoulos).
Record man of participations: Dimitris (Takis) Toboulidis is the football player with the most participations in the history of Apollon Kalamarias in the A' National Division. He was born on 10 January 1960 in the village of Thermopigi of Serres and started playing in Apollon Kalamarias in 1976. He played in our team until the end of the nineties and his position was in the centre of defence. He is the unique footballer in the history of Apollon Kalamarias in the A National Category, who participated in more than 200 matches and until today remains the record man of participations with totally 233. Also, he has scored five times.
One hundred games as a Football Club: On 14 December 1986 Apollon Kalamarias played against AEK. This game was our team's hundredth in the Professional Championship.
First "professional" winning: Apollon Kalamarias first winning at the professional First National Division took place in Thessaloniki on 25 September 1983. Our team played against AEK and the result was 1–0
Current squad
As of 3 February, 2015. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Domestic Titles and honors
- Second Division: 3
- 1972-73, 1982-83, 1991-92
- Third Division: 2
- 1979-80, 2012-13
- EPSM Championship: 2
- 1957–58, 1975-76
- Second Division: 3
References
- ↑ "Apollon Kalamarias FC". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
External links
Official sites
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