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AOK Kerkyra
Full nameΑθλητικός Όμιλος Κασσιόπης ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα
(Athletic Union of Kassiopi PAE Kerkyra)
Nickname(s)Φαίακες (Faiakes/Phaeacians)
Short nameAOK
Founded1969–2013 (A.O. Kerkyra)
1984–2013 (Kassiopi F.C.)
2013–present (AOK Kerkyra)[1]
GroundKerkyra Stadium
Capacity3,000
OwnerThanasis Issaris
ChairmanGiorgos Zarkadas
ManagerAlekos Vosniadis
LeagueSuperleague Greece
2016–17Superleague Greece, 10th
Websitehttp://kerkyrafc.gr/
Current season

AOK Kerkyra (Greek: AOK Κέρκυρα),[2][3] is a Greek association football club based in Corfu, Greece, which competes in the Superleague Greece

Colours, emblem and ground

The club's colours are Maroon and Blue. The National Stadium of the town of Corfu, "E.A.K.K.", (built in 1961) is the home ground of the club.

History

Kerkyra F.C. or Kerkyra A.O. (Athletic Club of Kerkyra) such was named officially, was founded in 1969. For many years played in local championship of Corfu. But the season 1988–89 played in Gamma Ethniki. In 2002 the club was promoted in Beta Ethniki and the season 2004–05 played in A Ethniki (SuperLeague) for first time in history. The club played 5 times totally in A Ethniki, the seasons 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Kassiopi was the football club of the village Kassiopi in north-east Corfu. The club was founded in 1984 and in 2012, it became champion of Delta Ethniki Group 5 and was promoted to Football League 2 for the first time in history.[4] The next season it was finished in the third place of the championship of football (League 2 2012–13) and promoted to Football League (second division).

In the same season (2012–13) Kerkyra F.C. was relegated from Super League to Football League. On account of a lot of debts, Kerkyra F.C. couldn't play in the professional league of Football League. So the owners of the historical club of Corfu agreed with the owners of Kassiopi F.C. for the merge of two clubs in order to Kerkyra F.C continue its presence in professional leagues without debts.[5] The intention was the new club to be named PAE Kerkyra but the court approved of the name PAE AOK Kerkyra.[2][3]

Kerkyra was dismissed by Superleague Greece and automatically got relegated to Football League as they were accused and proved to commit fake transfer of shares. Kerkyra was given the last position on the league table.Next season Kerkyra got 2nd place and gained promotion into Superleague Greece along with the 1st place team AE Larissa FC.[6][7]

Kerkyra National Stadium

  • Built in 1961
  • Capacity of 2,685 (all seated)
  • Biggest attendance 5,000 (AO Kerkyra v PAS Giannina 1974)

The stadium has two stands, the main one has a roof and is where the players and officials emerge from. The second stand is situated directly opposite. This stand was constructed in 1973.

Players

Current squad

As of 16 August 2017[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Cyprus CYP Kostakis Artymatas (on loan from APOEL)
5 DF Greece GRE Anastasios Venetis (captain)
6 MF Greece GRE Nikos Kritikos
7 MF Greece GRE Fotis Georgiou
8 DF Greece GRE Aristidis Soiledis
9 FW Brazil BRA Thuram (4th captain)
10 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Zorbas
11 DF France FRA Mathieu Gomes (2nd captain)
13 GK Greece GRE Fotis Koutzavasilis
14 FW Greece GRE Giorgos Pamlidis
17 DF Greece GRE Spyros Spinoulas
18 MF Equatorial Guinea EQG Viera Ellong
19 FW Greece GRE Alexandros Kontos
20 FW Greece GRE Dimitris Melikiotis (on loan from AEK)
21 DF Greece GRE Antonis Anastasiou
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Greece GRE Stefanos Siontis
24 DF Greece GRE Giannis Ioannou (3rd captain)
25 MF Greece GRE Sotiris Balafas
26 MF Germany GER Denis Epstein
29 MF Portugal POR Kévin Diogo
30 DF São Tomé and Príncipe STP Jordão Diogo
31 GK Greece GRE Nikos Giannakopoulos
32 FW Argentina ARG Jonathan Bauman
42 GK Greece GRE Andreas Kolovouris
55 DF Greece GRE Christos Gromitsaris
71 GK Greece GRE Thomas Triantafyllos
79 FW United States USA Clinton Noka
88 MF Brazil BRA Queven
92 MF Portugal POR Fábio Nunes
96 FW Brazil BRA Matheus Vargas

Technical team

  • Manager: Alekos Vosniadis
  • Assistant manager: Ilias Papathanasiou
  • General manager: Alexandros Analitis
  • Physical trainer: Lefteris Tsoukalas
  • Goalkeeping coach: Christos Vasalos
  • Technical manager: Vasilis Provatas
  • Doctor: Alekos Koskinas
  • Physical therapist - sports Rrehabilitator: Argyris V. Rapsomanikis
  • Physical therapy assistants:
    1. Vasilis Pouloumpis
    2. Akis Ilias
    3. Aggelos Polymeris

Note: A' National = Superleague, B' National = Football League, C' National = Football League 2

Managers

References

  1. ^ sport-fm.gr Template:El icon
  2. ^ a b "Οριστικά... ΑΟΚ Κέρκυρα ΠΑΕ!". corfupress.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b Αντί για "ΠΑΕ Κέρκυρα", ονομάστηκε… "ΠΑΕ ΑΟ Κασσιώπης Κέρκυρας"! (in Greek). aokerkyra.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Η πρώτη φορά της Κασσιώπης (Kassiopi's first time)". Ethnospor (in Greek). 21 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Εκεί, εκεί στη Γ΄ Εθνική..." sdna.gr. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. ^ Οριστικό: Πέφτει η Κέρκυρα
  7. ^ Confirmation of the league table
  8. ^ "Kerkyra squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece.