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Skoda Xanthi
Club crest
Full nameSkoda Xanthi Athlitikos Omilos
Nickname(s)Vasilissa Tis Thrakis (Queen of Thrace)
Founded1967, as A.C. Xanthi
GroundSkoda Xanthi Arena
Xanthi, Greece
Capacity7,422
OwnerChristos Panopoulos
ChairmanAris Pialoglou
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
LeagueSuperleague Greece
2015–16Superleague Greece, 13th
Websitehttp://www.skodaxanthifc.gr
Current season

Skoda Xanthi F.C. (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Skoda Ξάνθη Αθλητικός Όμιλος, F.C. Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club) is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

History

The club was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs, Aspida (was founded in 1922) and Orfeas (was founded in 1903). The name of the team was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1992. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Skoda vehicles in Greece, bought the club from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club.

The club is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth setup. FC Skoda Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup or Europa League in 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2013-14 seasons. In the 2004–05 season, Skoda Xanthi finished fourth in the A Ethinki (first division, today Super League), the club's best performance in many years.

Xanthi first appearance in the first division was in 1989.

Stadium

Skoda Xanthi Arena

Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located in near the centre of the city, for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however only has 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.

Their appearance in the UEFA Cup saw them drawn in the qualifying rounds against English club Middlesbrough, who went on to reach the UEFA Cup final against Sevilla. Xanthi drew bravely 0–0 in the second leg, with Emerson making a return to the Riverside Stadium.

Honours

Greek Football Cup

League history

Sources:[1][2]

European matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round Italy Lazio 0–0 0–4 0–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup First round England Middlesbrough 0–0 0–2 0–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 3–4 1–4 4–8
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Northern Ireland Linfield 0–1 2–1 (aet) 2–2
Third qualifying round Belgium Standard Liège 1–2 1–2 2–4

Current squad

As of 14 January 2016 [3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece GRE Athanasios Garavelis
4 DF Greece GRE Manolis Bertos (on loan from Olympiacos)
5 DF Greece GRE Dimos Baxevanidis
6 DF Greece GRE Okan Chatziterzoglou
7 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Triadis
8 DF Brazil BRA Wallace
9 FW Algeria ALG Karim Soltani
11 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Lucero
16 MF Greece GRE Theodoros Vasilakakis
17 MF Greece GRE Manolis Papasterianos
19 FW Albania ALB Vasil Shkurti
21 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Fliskas
23 MF Spain ESP Dani Nieto
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Greece GRE Petros Orphanides
26 DF Slovakia SVK Pavol Farkaš
28 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Goutas (on loan from Olympiacos)
30 FW Greece GRE Pantelis Kapetanos
31 DF Greece GRE Christos Lisgaras
33 DF Greece GRE Giannis Zaradoukas
35 GK Italy ITA Luigi Cennamo
37 FW Brazil BRA Christopher
55 DF Greece GRE Christos Karipidis
66 MF Mauritania MTN Khassa Camara
77 FW Greece GRE Vasilios Fasidis
87 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Dimitrov
91 GK Greece GRE Michalis Zaropoulos

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
99 FW Greece GRE Antonis Ranos (to Cyprus Aris Limassol)

Retired Numbers

13 – Nigeria Olubayo Adefemi, defender (2011) - posthumous honor to the player that died in 2011 in a car accident.

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

See also Category:Skoda Xanthi F.C. players.

Personnel

Technical staff

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Director of Sport

Coach history

References

  1. ^ Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (7 August 2003). "Greece – Final Tables 1959–1999". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (18 May 2005). "Greece – List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Skoda Xanthi squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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