PAE Kerkyra

AOK Kerkyra

Full name

Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κασσιόπης ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα
(Athletic Union of Kassiopi PAE Kerkyra)

Nickname(s)

Φαίακες (Faiakes/Phaeacians)

Short name

AOK

Founded

1969–2013 (A.O. Kerkyra)
1984–2013 (Kassiopi F.C.)
2013–present (AOK Kerkyra)^[1]

Ground

Kerkyra Stadium

Capacity

3,000

Owner

Thanasis Issaris

Chairman

Giorgos Zarkadas

Manager

Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos

League

Superleague Greece

2016–17

Superleague Greece, 10th

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

AOK Kerkyra (Greek: AOK Κέρκυρα),^[2]^[3] is a Greek association football club based in Corfu, Greece, which competes in the Superleague Greece

Colours, emblem and ground

The club's colours are Maroon and Blue. The National Stadium of the town of Corfu, "E.A.K.K.", (built in 1961) is the home ground of the club.

History

Kerkyra F.C. or Kerkyra A.O. (Athletic Club of Kerkyra) such was named officially, was founded in 1969. For many years played in local championship of Corfu. But the season 1988–89 played in Gamma Ethniki. In 2002 the club was promoted in Beta Ethniki and the season 2004–05 played in A Ethniki (SuperLeague) for first time in history. The club played 5 times totally in A Ethniki, the seasons 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Kassiopi was the football club of the village Kassiopi in north-east Corfu. The club was founded in 1984 and in 2012, it became champion of Delta Ethniki Group 5 and was promoted to Football League 2 for the first time in history.^[4] The next season it was finished in the third place of the championship of football (League 2 2012–13) and promoted to Football League (second division).

In the same season (2012–13) Kerkyra F.C. was relegated from Super League to Football League. On account of a lot of debts, Kerkyra F.C. couldn't play in the professional league of Football League. So the owners of the historical club of Corfu agreed with the owners of Kassiopi F.C. for the merge of two clubs in order to Kerkyra F.C continue its presence in professional leagues without debts.^[5] The intention was the new club to be named PAE Kerkyra but the court approved of the name PAE AOK Kerkyra.^[2]^[3]

Kerkyra was dismissed by Superleague Greece and automatically got relegated to Football League as they were accused and proved to commit fake transfer of shares. Kerkyra was given the last position on the league table.Next season Kerkyra got 2nd place and gained promotion into Superleague Greece along with the 1st place team AE Larissa FC.^[6]^[7]

Kerkyra National Stadium

Built in 1961
Capacity of 2,685 (all seated)
Biggest attendance 5,000 (AO Kerkyra v PAS Giannina 1974)

The stadium has two stands, the main one has a roof and is where the players and officials emerge from. The second stand is situated directly opposite. This stand was constructed in 1973.

Players

Current squad

As of 19 July 2017^[8]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Giannis Arabatzis
2	DF	Aristidis Soiledis
3	DF	Vladimir Dimitrovski
4	DF	Antonis Anastasiou
5	DF	Anastasios Venetis (captain)
6	MF	Kévin Diogo
7	MF	Fotis Georgiou
8	MF	Denis Epstein
9	FW	Thuram (4th captain)
10	MF	Panagiotis Zorbas
11	DF	Mathieu Gomes (2nd captain)
13	GK	Fotis Koutzavasilis
14	FW	Giorgos Pamlidis

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Nikos Kritikos
17	DF	Spyros Spinoulas
18	MF	Viera Ellong
19	FW	Alexandros Kontos
21	FW	Mateus Vargas
24	DF	Giannis Ioannou (3rd captain)
25	MF	Sotiris Balafas
30	DF	Jordão Diogo
31	GK	Nikos Giannakopoulos
55	DF	Christos Gromitsaris
71	GK	Thomas Triantafyllos
92	MF	Fábio Nunes

Technical team

Manager: Alekos Vosniadis
Assistant manager: Ilias Papathanasiou
General manager: Alexandros Analitis
Physical trainer: Lefteris Tsoukalas
Goalkeeping coach: Christos Vasalos
Technical manager: Vasilis Provatas
Doctor: Alekos Koskinas
Physical therapist - sports Rrehabilitator: Argyris V. Rapsomanikis
Physical therapy assistants:
1. Vasilis Pouloumpis
2. Akis Ilias
3. Aggelos Polymeris

Note: A' National = Superleague, B' National = Football League, C' National = Football League 2

Managers

Nikos Pantelis (1996)
Babis Tennes (2003)
Nikos Anastopoulos (July 1, 2003–Jan 11, 2005)
Giorgos Foiros (Jan 25, 2005–April 21, 2005)
Babis Tennes (July 1, 2005–Feb 12, 2008)
Nikos Pantelis (Dec 1, 2008–May 31, 2009)
Babis Tennes (July 27, 2009–Nov 30, 2010)
Božidar Bandović (Nov 30, 2010–Nov 9, 2011)
Javi Gracia (Nov 14, 2011–March 28, 2012)
Timos Kavakas (March 28, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
Apostolos Mantzios (July 1, 2012–Feb 6, 2013)
Giannis Papakostas (Feb 7, 2013–April 29, 2013)
Michalis Grigoriou (July 24, 2013–June 13, 2015)
Sakis Tsiolis (June 26, 2015–Aug 19, 2016)
Angelos Digozis (Sep 9, 2016–Nov 24, 2016)
Michalis Grigoriou (Nov 24, 2016–April 11, 2017)

References

↑ sport-fm.gr (in Greek)
1 2 "Οριστικά... ΑΟΚ Κέρκυρα ΠΑΕ!". corfupress.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
1 2 Αντί για "ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα", ονομάστηκε… "ΠΑΕ ΑΟ Κασσιώπης Κέρκυρας"! (in Greek). aokerkyra.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
↑ "Η πρώτη φορά της Κασσιώπης (Kassiopi's first time)". Ethnospor (in Greek). 21 May 2012.
↑ "Εκεί, εκεί στη Γ΄ Εθνική...". sdna.gr. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
↑ Οριστικό: Πέφτει η Κέρκυρα
↑ Confirmation of the league table
↑ "Kerkyra squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece.

External links

Official website (in Greek)

Kerkyra FC – current squad
1 Zouboulakis 4 Karagiannidis 5 Venetis 7 Souanis 8 Kritikos 10 Zorbas 11 Gomes 13 Koutzavasilis 14 Cardozo 16 Paraskevaidis 17 Pamlidis 18 Ellong 19 Kontos 22 Arabatzis 27 Makridis 28 Baldovaliev 29 Andreopoulos 30 Diogo 33 Kampantais 34 Vlachos 44 Datidis 55 Gromitsaris 59 Ioannou 71 Triantafyllos 77 Georgakopoulos 83 Nikić 88 Fábio 90 Iseris Manager: Vosniadis

Superleague Greece teams
Current (2017–18)	AEK AEL Apollon Smyrni Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Kerkyra Lamia Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Xanthi
Former	AO Kavala AEL Kalloni Akratitos Apollon Kalamaria Aris Aspida Xanthi Athinaikos Atromitos Piraeus Chalkida Chalkidona Diagoras Doxa Drama Edessaikos Egaleo Ergotelis Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Athens^* Ethnikos Piraeus Fostiras Filippoi Kavala Goudi Athens Ionikos Iraklis Serron Kalamata Kallithea Kastoria Kavala Korinthos Makedonikos Megas Alexandros Megas Alexandros Katerini Naoussa Niki Volos OFI Olympiakos Chalkida Olympiakos Volos Panachaiki Panargiakos Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Paniliakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Peiraikos Syndesmos^* Pierikos Proodeftiki Rodos Thermaikos Thessaloniki Thrasyvoulos Trikala Vyzas Megara *only in pre-HFF championships
Former (from Cyprus)	AEL Limassol APOEL EPA Larnaca Olympiakos Nicosia Omonia Nicosia

Top level Greek football league seasons
Panhellenic Championship	SEGAS Championship: 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 FCA Championship: 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 HFF Championship: 1927–28 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950–51 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
Alpha Ethniki	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Superleague Greece	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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