Asteras Tripolis F.C.
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| Full name | P.A.E. Asteras Tripolis | ||
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| Nickname(s) | "The yellow-blue" | ||
| Founded | 1931 | ||
| Ground | Asteras Tripolis Stadium, Tripoli, Greece | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Evangelos Kritikos | ||
| Manager |  Carlos Carvalhal | ||
| League | Super League Greece (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα) | ||
| 2007-08 | Super League Greece, 7th | ||
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| B Ethniki 2006-07 Winners |
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Asteras Tripolis is a Greek football club from the town of Tripoli, Greece. Asteras was founded in 1931, in the area near the railway station and formally recognized from the courts with the 312/1931 act. After some time, for unknown reasons, Asteras was inactive and during 1932 all the football clubs of the town temporary dissolved.
History
During that period Minas Tsavdaris was in Tripoli, and founded a football team named “Keramikos” with black & White colors, influenced by the name of the area he was leaving. The team of “Keramikos” was never formally recognized and during 1938 Minas Tsavdaris used the constitution of Asteras and integrated the players of “Keramikos”. This way Asteras reassembled. During 1939 EPOT was founded, Asteras plays for the Championship of the period 1939-1940, with open teams like Aris Tripolis, AEK Tripolis, Olympiada Tripolis. WWII stops (as it was expected) all sport activities in Tripoli, and like all Teams of the town Asteras dissolved.
After WWII , Asteras refounded under the name Neos Asteras and recognized under the act No.508 of the court of Tripoli on the 23rd of June 1947. During the decade of the 50’s, Asteras takes part in the championship of Enosi Podosfairikon Somation Arcadias (Union of Football Teams of Arcadia), winning the title of Champion five consecutive times (1957 - 1962). Asteras played for two years in B’ Ethniki (1961 - 1963). It is the first team of Tripolis that played in this high a league and one of the charter members of B’ Ethniki. The summer of 1963, Asteras integrated with Ari – Atromito, that had been integrated as well a year earlier. This way was created Athlitikos Omilos Tripolis. AOT.
The AOT was based in the constitution of Asteras, that changed to Omilos. At the same time another team created under the name “SEFA Aris - Atromitos” afterwards renamed “SEFA Arcadicos”. Omilos was alive until 1968, and was dissolved with the act No.345 of the Tripoli court, after it was integrated with Arcadikos to form Panarcadikos.
The new history of Asteras as we know it until today, started in 1978 and was formally recognized under the act of No.368 of Tripolis court, since then it takes part with success in the regional championship of Arcadia, it counts five participations for D Ethniki, one in G’ Ethniki, B’ Ethniki, 1 in Superleague. The club is the best in Arcadia, especially in terms of their financial support and youth setup.
On May 12, 2007 the club clinched a promotion spot to the Super League Greece for the 2007-08 season.
Having been unbeaten at home since 2001 until November 2006 as they moved up 4 divisions(in Greek cup vs. 1st division Xanthi 1-0 and in regular season 2-1 to Kastoria), Asteras then made a spectacular start to their first season in the Super League. Their first ever win in Super League was against Panathinaikos FC, 1-0. This was followed by their first away win in Super League against OFI Crete, 0-3. However perhaps their most memorable games so far this season was a 1-0 home victory over Olympiakos and 2-1 victory over AEK Athens. Asteras is the only newcomer team in the Superleague to beat Panathinaikos FC, Olympiakos, PAOK (home and away) and AEK Athens all in its début season.
Paulo Campos left Asteras on 24 February 2008 and the team now continues with, up until then assistant manager of the team, Panagiotis Tzanavaras.
Stadium
Asteras Tripolis Stadium is a privately owned stadium in Tripoli, Greece. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Asteras Tripolis. The stadium is commonly referred to as Wembley after the famous British stadium. It holds 5,000 and will one day be another training pitch for Asteras.
The owners are currently building a new stadium, Asteras Tripolis New Stadium, with a capacity of 15,000 seats. The Stadium will be ready for the 2008-2009 season.
First Team Squad
As of February 10, 2008 according to combined sources on the official website http://www.asterastripolis.gr and http://www.superleaguegreece.net:
| Asteras Tripolis Possible Lineup for 07/08 Season. . |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad Changes for 2007/08 season
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Winter Squad Changes for 2007/08 season
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Notable players
Managers
Panagiotis Tzanavaras is the current Manager for Asteras Tripolis. He took Paulo Campo's place on February 2008, he was the previous assistant manager.
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Technical staff
| Name | Role |
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| Borovilos Dimitrios
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General Director |
| Borovilos Giorgos
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Consultant Manager |
| Skorpidas Babis
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Director |
| Tzanavaras Panagiotis
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Manager |
 William Hautman
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Trainer |
| Xatzopoulos Polivios
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Scouting |
| Nikos Kapogiannis
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Academy Staff |
| Panagiotopoulos Christos, Leontios Dimitris, Terzis Dimitris
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Academy Manager |
 Jerry Ougen
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Goalkeeper Coach |
| Panagiotis Melas, Tsakotos Giorgos, Dimitrakopoulos Kostas
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Doctors |
| Alexantros Kastritis, kostas Papas, Kostas Diamantopoulos
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Physio |
| Tsatsoulis Spyros
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Statistics |
Honours
Domestic Titles and Honours
- Total Titles: 15
- Second Division: 1
- 2007
- Third Division: 1
- 2006
- Fourth Division: 1
- 2005
- Arcadian Championship (Fifth Division):8
- 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1988, 1990, 2003
- Arcadian Cup:3
- 1990, 2004, 2005
- Arcadian Double:1
- 1990
- Second Division: 1
Asteras Tripolis Professional History
- 1 season in the Super League Greece
- 3 season in the Second Division
- 2 seasons in the Third Division
- 5 seasons in the Fourth Division
European Titles and Honours Asteras Tripolis has not participated in any European competition yet.
External links
Official sites
- Template:El icon Official website
- Asteras Tripolis TV channel from Goal4Replay.net Template:En icon Template:Gr icon
Fans
- [1] Asteras Tripolis Stadium in English
- [2] Fan Forum in Greek and English
- [3] Fan Forum in Greek, English section, From Greece, News etc
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