Apollon Kalamarias FC

Apollon Kalamarias
Full name Π.Α.Ε. Απόλλων Πόντου
Nickname(s) Pontioi (Pontians)
Rossoneri (Red-blacks)
Founded 24 January 1926 (1926-01-24)
Ground Apollon Kalamaria Stadium
Ground Capacity 6,500
Owner Kosmas Kalaitzidis
Chairman Alexandros Nerantzis
Manager Dimitris Kalaitzidis
League Football League
2016–17 Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st (promoted)
Website Club website

Apollon Kalamarias FC is a Greek football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]

History

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.

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).

The first match in the top division was on 4 September 1983 against PAOK.

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.

Players

Current squad

As of 19 July 2017

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

No. Position Player
Spain GK Jonathan López
Greece GK Manolis Kalogerakis
Greece GK Stathis Vasiliadis
France DF Cyril Kali
Greece DF Stefanos Kapias
Greece DF Dimitris Samaras
Greece DF Georgios Ioannidis
Greece DF Dimitrios Amarantidis
Greece DF Miltiadis Lionis
Greece DF Nikolaos Georgiadis
Greece DF Spyros Gougoudis
Greece MF Alexandros Kalogeris
No. Position Player
Greece MF Giannis Kalaitzidis
Greece MF Alexandros Vergonis
Greece MF Dimitrios Nikolopoulos
Brazil MF Eduardo Brito
Portugal FW Tavares
Greece FW Panagiotis Symelidis
France FW Gaël N'Lundulu
Greece FW Giannis Dalianopoulos
Greece FW Leonidas Kyvelidis
Greece FW Lazaros Moisiadis
Greece FW Dimitrios Chasomeris
Serbia FW Vladan Milosavljev

Domestic Titles and honors

References

  1. "Apollon Kalamarias FC". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 22 March 2015.


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