Kastoria F.C.

Kastoria FC

Full name	PAE AGS Kastoria
Nickname(s)	Gounarades (Fur Trappers)
Founded	1963
Ground	Municipal Stadium of Kastoria Kastoria, Greece (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	Axilleas Stamoulis
Manager	Pasxalis Dimitriou
League	Delta Ethniki
2009-10	Gamma Ethniki, 17th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Kastoria FC, or AGS Kastoria (Greek: ΑΓΣ Καστοριάς - Αθλητικός και Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Καστοριάς), the Athletic and Gymnastic Association of Kastoria, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece.

History

The club was established in 1963 when three local sides (Aris, Atromitos and Orestias) merged to form one stronger team representing the town. In 1975, Kastoria played for the first time in the A' Ethniki of the Greek National League. Kastoria have played in the A' Division from 1975–1983 and again in 1997.

Kastoria FC won the Greek Cup in 1980 by defeating Iraklis.

Greek Cup

: Winners (1): 1979-80

Notable players

• Nikos Sarganis
• Giorgos Paraschos
• Lakis Simeoforidis
• Anestis Afendoulidis
• Alexis Alexiadis
• Giannis Argyros
• Antonis Minou
• Kyriakos Karataidis
• Minas Chantzidis
• Grigoris Papavasiliou
• Giannis Dintsikos
• Thomas Liolios
• Vasilis Nolis
• Mladen Milinkovic
• Petar Shopov

Former coaches

• Ljupco Dimovski

League history

1963 – 74: Division 2 1974 – 83: Division 1 1983 – 92: Division 2 1992 – 95: Division 3 1995 – 96: Division 2 1996 – 97: Division 1 1997 – 98: Division 2 1998 – 99: Division 3 1999 – 02: Division 4 2002 – 04: Division 3 2004 – 09: Division 2 2009 – 10: Division 3

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European matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1980-81	European Cup Winners' Cup	1st Round	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	0–2

External links

• Official Team Webpage
• Municipal Stadium of Kastoria