Panelefsiniakos F.C.

Panelefsiniakos F.C.

Full name	Paneleusiniakos Athletikos Omilos (Panelefsiniakos Athletic Club)
Nickname(s)	Stachyoforoi
Founded	1931
Ground	Municipal Stadium of Eleusina, Elefsina, Greece
Ground Capacity	1,800
Manager	Fotis Thanelas
League	Football League 2
2013-14	Football League 2 (Group 5) 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Panelefsiniakos F.C. (Greek: Πανελευσινιακός Α.Ο.), the Panelefsiniakos Athletic Club, is a football club based in the city of Elefsina, Greece. The club currently competes in the Football League 2. The team was formed in 1931.

History

Panelefsiniakos was formed in 1931.^[1] The club has played in the top level of Greek football, the Alpha Ethniki, three times (1962, 1968 and 1999), but was relegated after each season. The club has also played in the second level, Beta Ethniki, for 25 seasons.^[2]

After a series of relegations, the club is played for a lot of years in the local West Attica championships.^[3] In 2013, the team promoted in the Football League 2 after 11 years. The new administrators of the team give hope for the future to the fans, signed experienced players from Football League and well-known players in Greece, such as Wellington Gonçalves and Ivan Rusev, who played a lot of years in the Greek Superleague.

Stadium

The current stadium of Panelefsiniakos is the Municipal Stadium of Elefsina (capacity 1,800) (located in Elefsina, which built in 1978 and opened in 1981. Next to the stadium, there is the fitness center, which constitutes a part of the athletic center. It also has seats for journalists and beaten path. The old stadium of the team was "Evangelos Doukas Stadium".

Honours and achievements

• Football League

Winners (2): 1961, 1967

• Association Football Clubs West Attica

Winners (3): 2004, 2009, 2012

• First Division of Piraeus Local Championship

Winners (1): 1961

• Second Division of Piraeus Local Championship

Winners (1): 1947

• Third Division of Piraeus Local Championship

Winners (1): 1946

Current squad

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

No. Position Player GK Mattheos Tsakiltzidis DF Theodoros Konstantinidis DF Giorgos Papanagiotou FW Stratos Michelis MF Dimitris Makridis MF Pantelis Rizogiannis FW Charalampos Sidiropoulos DF Michalis Katsikias

No. Position Player MF Ivan Rusev GK Dimitris Nikolakis DF Filippos Alexandropoulos MF Michalis Maris DF Dimosthenis Kolovos FW Thanos Kouskounas FW Stratos Doukakis DF Anastasios Tsoumagas

Professional history

• 3 seasons in Superleague
• 27 seasons in Football League
• 13 seasons in Football League 2
• 7 seasons inDelta Ethniki
• 5 seasons in the Regional Leagues

League history

Notable Former Players

Greek players

• Ioannis Kalitzakis
• Thomas Kyparissis
• Kostas Fragolias
• Giorgos Barkoglou
• Alekos Rantos
• Manolis Psomas
• Alexandros Kaklamanos
• Georgios Zacharopoulos
• Nikolaos Platanos
• Charalambos Economopoulos
• Lefteris Kouvidis

Foreign players

• Oleh Protasov
• Koffi Amponsah
• Ivan Rusev
• Wellington

References