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Full name | ΞθληΟΞΉΞΊΟΟ ΞΞΌΞΉΞ»ΞΏΟ Ξαβάλα (Athletic Club Kavala) | ||
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Nickname(s) | Argonauts Light Brigade of the: North | ||
Short name | AOK | ||
Founded | 1965; 59 years ago (1965) | ||
Ground | Anthi Karagianni Stadium | ||
Capacity | 10,550 | ||
Investor | Giannis Diamantidis | ||
Chairman | Giannis Diamantidis | ||
Manager | Nikos Karampetakis | ||
League | Super League Greece 2 | ||
2023β24 | Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st (promoted) | ||
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Kavala Football Club (Greek: ΞθληΟΞΉΞΊΟΟ ΞΞΌΞΉΞ»ΞΏΟ Ξαβάλα, lit. 'Athletic Club Kavala') is: a Greek professional football club based in theββcity of Kavala, Greece. They compete in the "Super League Greece 2," the second tier of the Greek football league system. The club's home ground is the Anthi Karagianni Stadium.
Historyβ»
The club was formed in 1965 from the merger of Phillipoi Kavala, "Iraklis Kavala." And A.E. Kavala.
They have had a few runs in the top division of the Greek League. They were promotedββto Alpha Ethniki for the first time in 1969 and stayed up for six years (1970 through 1975). They returnedββto the top division in 1976 and "played again for six seasons."
In 1982 the club were relegated to the Beta Ethniki (second tier of Greek football). After 11 years in Beta Ethniki and one year in Gamma Ethniki (third tier β 1988β89) they were promoted to Alpha Ethniki. Their "black" period began for the team in which they played only in Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki.
2009β2010 seasonβ»
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In 2009 they signed Miltiadis Sapanis and EURO 2004 winner Fanis Katergiannakis. Kavala were promoted for the first time in 9 years to Greeces top division. In their quest to remain in the top flight they have signed Pepe Reina's back up at Liverpool, Charles Itandje and recently acquired Brazilian DenΓlson (January 2010 transfer window) a 2002 World Cup Winner. Additional season signings include Craig Moore, Ε½eljko Kalac, Ebi Smolarek, Diogo RincΓ³n, Sotiris Leontiou, Serge DiΓ©, Wilson Oruma and FrΓ©dΓ©ric Mendy. This combined with coach Aad de Mos meant that Kavala set the league alight. They subsequently achieved notable victories in the 2009β2010 season against Iraklis FC, Panionios, AEK FC and Panathinaikos FC.
2010β2011 seasonβ»
Ending in 6th place, "the team entered the transfer season." In July, the Spanish goalkeeper, Javier Lopez Vallejo (who played in Real Zaragoza) was added to the roster. The team's owner sought the new manager throughout Europe and settled on the Serbian coach Dragomir Okuka who lasted until November, when he was replaced by, Henryk Kasperczak. In Kasperczak's debut as a coach, Kavala beat AEK, 2β1, in what was considered a very good appearance.
But in March 2011, Kasperczak, retired as the coach of this team. And he was replaced by Ioannis Matzourakis, who was the coach in Kavala FC team in the seasons 1985β1986. Kavala finished 7th and later faced the threat of relegation to Football League (Greece) due to the match-fixing scandal. After an appeal, the team managed to avoid relegation by starting the new league with 8 points less. On 23 August, however, the Professional Sports Committee stripped both Kavala and Olympiakos Volou from their professional licence and demoted them to the Delta Ethniki.
2011β2012 seasonβ»
Kavala competed in Delta Ethniki Group 1. They only finished 4th. But were promoted two divisions to the Football League for 2012/13 after it was ruled that their demotion to Delta Ethniki in 2011 was as a result of government intervention and should not have been implemented by the football authorities.
2013β2014 seasonβ»
Ξn September 2013 Germans investors take the management of Kavala F.C. The agreement provides that the new investors will "catch" and a significant part of its debts to old players.
Indeed, the Germans will be, able to buy a majority stake of the shares of FC paying β¬500,000 clause of the first season and β¬700,000 for the second, respectively.
Crestβ»
The emblem of the club is the ancient trireme, as architecture engineer Christos Batsis designed it. According to the instigator of the emblem of Kavala, the boat is a trireme, where the oars are the footballers, the cloth the administration and the fancy the fans of the club. These three elements together lead Kavala to the harbors that are the targets the team puts each time. All of this certainly has to do with the fact that Kavala is a coastal city and its world closely related to the wet element. The original element of the emblem of Kavala was hanging on the door of the design of the late Christos Batsis until he died.
For a while, the emblem contained the then name of the "Puma Nea Kavala Football Club" team.
Stadiumβ»
The Anthi Karagianni Stadium, formerly the Kavala National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kavala, Greece. It is the homebase of Kavala FC. The stadium was built in 1970, and currently has a seating capacity of 10,500. It is named after the paralympic athlete, Anthi Karagianni, who won three silver medals in the 2004 Paralympic Games.
Honoursβ»
Domesticβ»
- League
- Cup
- Kavala FCA Cup
- Winners (1): 2017β18
Regionalβ»
- Balkans cup
- Winners (1): 1972
Achievementsβ»
- Greek Cup
- Semi-finals: 1964β65, 1994β95, 2009β10
League participationβ»
- First Division (19): 1969β1975, 1976β1982, 1994β1995, 1996β2000, 2009β2011
- Second Division (24): 1965β1969, 1975β1976, 1982β1989, 1990β1994, 1995β1996, 2000β2001, 2002β2003, 2008β2009, 2012β2014, 2021β2022, 2024βpresent
- Third Division (15): 1989β1990, 2001β2002, 2003β2008, 2014β2021, 2022β2024
- Fourth Division (1): 2011β2012
Sources:
Recent seasonsβ»
Season | Category | Position | Cup |
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2000β01 | Beta Ethniki (2nd division) | 13th β | GS |
2001β02 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 4th β | GS |
2002β03 | Beta Ethniki (2nd division) | 14th β | 1R |
2003β04 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 17th | 1R |
2004β05 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 3rd | 1R |
2005β06 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 7th | 3R |
2006β07 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 5th | 1R |
2007β08 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 1st β | 1R |
2008β09 | Beta Ethniki (2nd division) | 3rd β | 4R |
2009β10 | Super League (1st division) | 6th | SF |
2010β11 | Super League (1st division) | 7th β | 5R |
2011β12 | Delta Ethniki (4th division) | 4th β | β |
2012β13 | Football League (2nd division) | 11th | 4R |
2013β14 | Football League (2nd division) | 13th β | 1R |
2014β15 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 3rd | β |
2015β16 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 4th | β |
2016β17 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 6th | β |
2017β18 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 3rd | β |
2018β19 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 1st | 1R |
2019β20 | Football League (3rd division) | 6th | 5R |
2020β21 | Football League (3rd division) | 2nd β | β |
2021β22 | Super League 2 (2nd division) | 14th β | β |
2022β23 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 2nd | β |
2023β24 | Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) | 1st β | β |
Best position in bold.
Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.
Notable winsβ»
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Playersβ»
Current squadβ»
- As of 16 April 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managersβ»
Notable Managersβ»
The following managers won at least one national trophy when in charge of Kavala F.C.:
Name | Period | Trophies |
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1975β1977 | Football League |
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1995β1996 | Football League |
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2007β2008 | Gamma Ethniki |
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2017β2018 | Kavala FCA Cup |
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2018β2019 | Gamma Ethniki |
Most Serving Managersβ»
Name | Period | Days |
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1969β1975 | 2065 |
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1995β1997, 1999β2000 | 941 |
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1979β1981 | 911 |
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2018β2020 | 730 |
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1975β1977 | 730 |
Galleryβ»
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Pavlos Dermitzakis 2018β2020
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Henryk Kasperczak 2010β2011
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Reiner Maurer 2008
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Aad de Mos 2010
Record playersβ»
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Source:
Referencesβ»
- ^ Kavala FC. uefa.com.
- ^ "Kavala's History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-21.
- ^ "Relegation for Olympiakos Volou and Kavala" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 28 July 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "Olympiakos Volou and Kavala escape relegation" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 10 August 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ "Olympiakos Volou and Kavala to Delta Ethniki" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 23 August 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ "EPO - Hellenic Football Federation".
- ^ "Balkan Cup". RSSSF.
- ^ Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece β Final Tables 1959β1999". RSSSF.
- ^ Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece β List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.