Xanthi F.C.

Xanthi
Full name Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.
(Athletic club of Xanthi)
Short name AOX
Founded 1967 (1967)
Ground Xanthi FC Arena
Ground Capacity 7,422
Owner Christos Panopoulos
Chairman Aristeides Pialoglou
Manager Milan Rastavac
League Superleague Greece
2016–17 Superleague Greece, 6th
Website Club website

Xanthi F.C. (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε., Athletic Club Xanthi F.C.) is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

History

The club was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs: A.P.S. Aspida Xanthi (was founded in 1922) and Orfeas (was founded in 1903). The name of the team was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1991. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Skoda vehicles in Greece, bought the club from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club. In 2016 the cooperation was ended and the club's name returned to its original.

The club is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth setup. Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup or Europa League in 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2013–14 seasons. In the 2004–05 season, Xanthi finished fourth in the A Ethinki (first division, today Super League), the club's best performance in many years.

Xanthi's first appearance in the first division was in 1989.

Stadium

Xanthi FC Arena

Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located near the centre of the city, for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however has only 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.

Their appearance in the UEFA Cup saw them drawn in the qualifying rounds against English club Middlesbrough, who went on to reach the UEFA Cup final against Sevilla. Xanthi drew bravely 0–0 in the second leg, with Emerson making a return to the Riverside Stadium.

Honours

Greek Football Cup

League history

Sources:[1][2]

European matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round Italy Lazio 0–0 0–4 0–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup First round England Middlesbrough 0–0 0–2 0–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round Romania Dinamo București 3–4 1–4 4–8
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Northern Ireland Linfield 0–1 2–1 (aet) 2–2 (a)
Third qualifying round Belgium Standard Liège 1–2 1–2 2–4

Players

Current squad

As of 3 July 2017[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Athanasios Garavelis
4 Greece DF Stratos Svarnas
5 Greece DF Dimos Baxevanidis (2nd captain)
6 Spain MF Pablo de Lucas
7 Greece FW Panagiotis Triadis
8 Greece MF Konstantinos Kostas
9 Portugal FW Brito
11 Argentina MF Adrián Lucero (4th captain)
12 Honduras MF Alfredo Mejía
14 Greece GK Panagiotis Stathakis
15 Greece DF Okan Hatziterzoglu
16 Greece GK Manolis Demenikos
18 Argentina FW Matías Gastón Castro
19 Spain FW Kike Boula
No. Position Player
20 Serbia GK Živko Živković
21 Greece DF Konstantinos Fliskas (captain)
22 Croatia MF Goran Roce
24 Greece FW Petros Orphanides
25 Greece DF Lazaros Orfanides
26 Slovakia FW Erik Jendrišek
27 France DF Salimo Sylla
31 Greece DF Christos Lisgaras (3rd captain)
32 Spain DF Jorge Casado
35 Greece FW Vasilios Fasidis
66 France DF Khassa Camara
77 Greece GK Giorgos Tzelepis
97 Greece MF Rafail Melissopoulos

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player

Retired Numbers

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

No. Position Player
13 Nigeria DF Olubayo Adefemi (posthumous honor)
56 Ivory Coast DF Steve Gohouri (posthumous honor)

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Personnel

Executive
Majority owner Greece Christos Panopoulos
Chairman Greece Aristeides Pialoglou
Vice-Chairman Greece Giorgos K. Stratos
Chief executive officer Greece Nikolaos Epitropou
Board Member Greece Giorgos Berberoglou
Board Member Greece Nikos Damkalis
First team staff
Sport director Greece Giannis Papadimitriou
Head coach Serbia Milan Rastavac
Assistant coach Serbia Dragan Ilic
Assistant coach Brazil Luciano de Souza
Goalkeeper coach Greece Alekos Maladenis
Sports science & medicine manager Greece Christos Bikos
Strength & conditioning coach Greece Tasos Sideridis
Physiotherapist Greece Valantis Chatzigiannis
Caretaker Greece Chousein Tsitak
Under-20s & academy coaching staff
Academy manager Greece Periklis Kalogiannis
Academy goalkeeping coach Greece Nikos Kalaitzis
Under 20s lead coach Greece Kostas Prodromitis
Under 17s lead coach Greece Kostas Bedrelis
Under 15s lead coach Vacant

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Director of Sport

Coach history

References

  1. ↑ Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece – Final Tables 1959–1999". RSSSF.
  2. ↑ Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece – List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.
  3. ↑ "Skoda Xanthi squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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