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Revision as of 11:37, 31 October 2017

Platanias
File:Platanias logo.gif
Full nameΑθλητικός Όμιλος Πλατανιά Χανίων
(Athletic Club Platanias of Chania)
Nickname(s)Red Trifolium
Founded15 March 1931; 93 years ago (1931-03-15)
GroundPerivolia Municipal Stadium
Capacity4,527
Owner(s)Stelios Varouxakis
Manolis Mathioulakis
Antonis Kokolodimitrakis
ChairmanManolis Mathioulakis
ManagerVacant
LeagueSuperleague Greece
2016–17Superleague Greece, 7th
Websitehttp://www.fcplatanias.gr/
Current season

Athlitikos Omilos Platania Chanion (commonly referred to as Platanias F.C. or simply Platanias) is a Greek football club based in Platanias, Chania. The association was founded in 1931 by Antonis Varouxakis. The club currently competes in the Superleague for the first time in their history, after winning the promotion play-offs of 2011–12 Football League.

History

In 1942–43, AO Platanias struggled in the final Cup against the traditional rivals Talos but having significant absences, such as Galanis, who brought a gun wound in the abdomen.

Although Platanias lost the match, the final had a special importance because of the shirts of the players. The jerseys were made from Nazi flags that had been stolen from the warehouses of the Germans, and residents had turned into the athletic apparel seamstresses in the village. From this fact it was introduced the red on the jerseys of the team. With the same jerseys, the team competed even against football teams of German soldiers.

In 1945, the team languished due to heavy immigration and the civil war that caused many players to leave their homeland.

In 1958, the club was reestablished by Manolis Mathioulakis and first president Emmanuel Kallitsakis playing at local third category.

Then Platanias became a member of the Union of Football Associations of Chania and from the first year climbed category, where it remained until 1969.

In 1970, they played for the first time in the first "local category".

In 1971 Platanias had another important game against the Renaissance Chania (today Ionia), but because of the political situation of the time, the team was punished and remained inactive until 1975.

After the restoration in 1975, Platanias was reestablished, struggling to C local class, where they remained for two years and then went to B', where they played another two years before to play in the A category.

From 1980 begins the rise of Platanias, who participated in the National Amateur Championships (equivalent to the existing C "National") contestant in Greece.

After their first two matches, the team demoted and then took a radical renewal, with footballers inhabitants of Platanias.

In 1985, they moved category (D "National"), but relegated the same year. For three years they fought in the First local championship Chania.

In 1989, they went to the Fourth National class for two periods.

In 1993, after relegation, struggled for a year in the Regional Championship and won. After relegation in 2002 they fought in the local league.

Between 2002 and the period from 2008 to 2009, they played in Crete Regional Championship having a starring role collecting 305 points in total.

The best, by then, football year in the history of Platanias, was the 2008–09 and after a stunning season champion emerging regional championship.

The road to the top

In 2009–10 season, the team fighting for the first time to Gamma Ethniki and manages, after a long race effort, remain in class. Specifically, he won 38 points in all 34 games, finishing in 12th position in the league!

The next year 2010–11 Football League 2 Platanias out excellent performances and managed to finish in the 5th place. but gained promotion due to Koriopolis scandal, when many teams were relegated from the Football League.

The period 2011–12 at Football League starts with the best conditions for Platanias, who manages to stand out from the beginning and even won the title of "champion of winter." The last day finds Platanias in fifth in the standings with 60 points, while promotion play-offs of 2011–12 Football League the team of Chania making excellent appearances against Kallithea, Kalloni and Panachaiki to take first place and ascend to the Superleague, which is struggling in the period 2012–13 Superleague Greece, for the first time in their history, but also more generally in the history of Chania's football.

First season in Superleague

The first season in Superleague Greece, Platanias finished in 9th place with 36 points. He beat historical teams of the category such as Panathinaikos with 2 wins home & away (totally 3 with Greek Cup win), AEK with 1 home win & Aris with 2 wins home & away. The biggest impact of this season, is about eliminated Panathinaikos in Fourth Round of Greek Cup on a two-legged match.

Emblem

Platanias' symbol is a red trifolium, probably from a designer's mistake who instead of a platanus foil, he designed a simple trefoil. The name of the village "Platanias" means "area of Platanus".

Facilities

Platanias & Maleme Municipal Grounds

The municipal ground of Platanias, built in 1959 and still exists today, was built by the same residents who were using hoes to dig the field with donkeys carrying soil used to fill the field. However, at that time were working on the basis of Marathi and an employee, resident of Platanias, Kostas Tsigounakis, volunteered to help build the stadium using a machine – loader base. Today FC Platanias uses three pitches, two of which (grounds of Platanias and Maleme) belongs to Municipality of Platanias and one (Perivolia Municipal Stadium) in the Municipality of Chania. The ground of Platanias, which located within the village, have plastic turf of modern standards since 2008–09 period.

The municipal ground of Maleme is land granted by the Greek Air Force in Platanias, who built the stadium with natural grass. Platanias played in this ground, until 2011–12 period. In these, indeed, installations, contains another ground, which like the ground of Platanias use for their workouts teams Academies FC Platanias. [1]

Perivolia Municipal Stadium

From the season 2012–13 the team competes in Perivolia Municipal Stadium of Chania, which took place in record time, extensive upgrading and modernization work at all levels to meet in full all the obligations set by the organizing principle of Superleague and NOVA TV. The Municipal Ground of Perivolia has now "morphed" into a modern football stadium, with two tiers (one of them covered), journalists theories, comfortable – brand new changing rooms for athletes and referees (female assistants are separate changing rooms), dispensary, gym, comfortable office for the observer of the match, great room for press conferences and other venues. [2]

Club sponsors

Season Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2010–11 Macron Lotto
2011–12 Macron OPAP
2012–13 Macron Tzoker
2013–14 Macron Tzoker
2014–15 Macron Tzoker
2015–16 Macron Stoiximan.gr
2016–17 Macron Pame Stoixima

| 2017–18|| Luanvi || Pame Stoixima |}

Honours

Domestic Titles and honours

Winners (1): 2008–09

League Performance

Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA Pts
2008–09 Delta Ethniki 1 30 19 7 4 61 15 66
2009–10 Football League 2 12 32 10 9 13 32 36 39
2010–11 Football League 2 5 30 14 7 8 42 23 52
2011–12 Football League 5 34 17 9 8 41 20 60
2012–13 Superleague 9 30 10 6 14 29 42 36
2013–14 Superleague 14 34 10 8 16 39 48 38
2014–15 Superleague 9 34 12 8 14 32 30 44
2015–16 Superleague 9 30 10 9 11 32 30 39
2016–17 Superleague 7 30 11 9 10 34 38 42

Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; Pts = Points
Colors: Gold = winner; Green = promoted.

Professional history

Statistics

Most appearances in professional divisions

Player Matches
Greece Kostas Mendrinos 91
Greece Fanouris Goundoulakis 91
Cameroon Yaya Banana 90
Spain Juan Aguilera 89
Greece Thomas Nazlidis 86

Top-scoring players in professional divisions

Player Goals
Greece Thomas Nazlidis 23
Greece Nikos Katsikokeris 19
Spain David Torres 18
Greece Markos Maragoudakis 15
Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis 15

Players

Current squad

As of 31 July 2017[3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF State of Palestine PLE Saanto Abdel Salam Fouflia
4 MF Serbia SRB Filip Stanisavljević
5 DF Greece GRE Christos Karipidis
6 DF France FRA Pierrick Cros
7 FW Ukraine UKR Yevhen Budnik
8 MF Greece GRE Vasileios Pliatsikas
9 FW Poland POL Piotr Grzelczak
10 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Clarck N'Sikulu
11 MF Montenegro MNE Miloš Stojčev
14 MF Greece GRE Manolis Patralis
16 MF Albania ALB Renato Ziko
17 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Clévid Dikamona
20 MF Greece GRE Vasilis Angelopoulos
21 GK Greece GRE Dimitris Kasotakis
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Australia AUS Felix Dimitrakis
24 MF India IND Grundijer Singh
25 DF Greece GRE Giannis Stathis
27 DF Brazil BRA Vanderson (Captain)
30 GK France FRA David Oberhauser
33 MF Greece GRE Nikos Korovesis
34 DF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Pryndeta
35 GK Ukraine UKR Vadym Shevchuk
39 FW Greece GRE Giannis Papanikolaou
40 MF Greece GRE Elini Dimoutsos
55 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Stamou
82 DF Syria SYR Abdul Rahman Oues
90 MF Spain ESP Didac Devesa
92 GK Greece GRE Antonis Kokkalas

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Platanias U20 Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Greece GRE Markos Kourakis
GK Greece GRE Manolis Chnaris
DF Albania ALB Franko Lamge
DF Greece GRE Christoforos Tsatsaronis
DF Greece GRE Dimitris Koronakis
DF Greece GRE Manolis Mpouchlis
DF Greece GRE Georgios Konstantinidis
DF Greece GRE Alexandros Spintzos
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Lampakis
MF Greece GRE Dimitris Tsakmakis
MF Greece GRE Evgenios Rousakis
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Greece GRE Georgios Amarantidis
MF Greece GRE Georgios Giannakidis
MF Greece GRE Vasilis Mathioudakis
MF Greece GRE Stelios Lekkas
MF Albania ALB Irdis Merolli
MF Greece GRE Manolis Vourtsanis
MF Greece GRE Nikos Vasilakis
FW Greece GRE Vasilios Kokakis
FW Greece GRE Petros Kamposos
FW Greece GRE Antonios Amarantidis
FW Greece GRE Manolis Papadakis

Club officials

Board of directors

Management staff
President & CEO Manolis Mathioulakis
Vice–President Antonis Kokolodimitrakis
Department Head Stelios Varouxakis
General Chief Dimitris Mathioulakis
Chief Executive Theofanis Xintavelonis
Technical Director Labros Maltezos
Secretary General Manolis Tsiritakis
Member Dimitris Alexakis
Member Christos Pramateutakis
Member Grigoris Kokolantonakis
Member Andreas Maraboutakis
Member Manolis Tzineurakis
Member Apostolos Apostolakis

Technical and medical staff

Technical staff
Head coach Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Fitness coach Lewnidas Papadakis
Goalkeeper coach Giorgos Berneanou
Physio Michalis Kyvernitakis
Physio Katerina Kokologianni
Physio Pateros Giannis
Doctor Giannis Sfirakis
Carer Saridakis kostas
Carer Mpaxevanidis Lysimahos
Carer Mpaxevanidis Vaggelis

Notable former players

Managerial history

References

  1. ^ Γήπεδα Πλατανιά & Μάλεμε – Π.Α.Ε. ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ. Fcplatanias.gr.
  2. ^ Δημοτικό Γήπεδο Περιβολίων – Π.Α.Ε. ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ. Fcplatanias.gr.
  3. ^ http://www.fcplatanias.gr/%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%ac%ce%b4%ce%b1/%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%b4%ce%bf%cf%83%cf%86%ce%b1%ce%b9%cf%81%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%ad%cf%82/
  4. ^ "Platanias squad". fcplatanias.gr.