ILTEX Lykoi F.C.
ILTEX Lykoi (Greek: ΗΛΤΕΞ Λύκοι) is a former football club based in Kalochori, Thessaloniki, Greece. The team was owned by the Greek businessman Kostas Iliadis.
Mr Iliadis was the owner of a group of companies that consisted of Iltex Lykoi, Knitting Mills of Pieria, Iltex S.A, Dyeing Industry of Sindos S.A, Dyeing Industry of Kilkis S.A, Iltex Construction company S.A, with a total turnover of 70 million Euro and 900 people staff. Iliadis group of companies was the most important textile company in Greece for more than a decade (1990–2003). In 2004 the problems of reduced demand, inadequate financing from banks to textile industry, forced Mr Iliadis to bankruptcy and the football club merged with the team Anagennisi Epanomi. The most important highlight in the team's history was the participation in Greek Second division in the late 1990s.
Naming
ILTEX is the teams sponsor. It stands for Iliadis Textile and was the company owned by the club's president. Lykoi means Wolves in Greek. The founder of the club, Kostas Iliadis, was unfortunatelly killed in a car accident (August 9, 2009).
Badge
The club's badge featured a wolf head in black color.
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