2013–14 Atromitos F.C. season

Atromitos Athens F.C.
2013–14 season
Chairman	Georgios Spanos
Manager	Georgios Paraschos
Stadium	Peristeri Stadium (Capacity: 10,200)
Europa League	Play-off round
	← 2012–13 2015–16 →

The 2013–14 season of Atromitos F.C. is the 91st in the club's history and the second consecutive season that the club will be participating in the UEFA Europa League. It will also be the sixth consecutive season that the club will be competing in Superleague Greece.

Events

Squad Changes

8 June: A termination of contract with Manolo occurs, since the player couldn't live up to the expectations of the club.^[1]
10 June: Papadopoulos signs a two-year contract with the club.^[2]
15 June: Fotis Georgiou signs a three-year contract with the club.^[3]
17 June: Chigozie Udoji leaves the club, since his contract doesn't get renewed, despite the fact that he was in the starting eleven a lot of games last season.^[4]
19 June: Socrates Fytanidis renews his contract with the club for four years.^[5]
26 June: Javier Umbides signs a two-year contract with the club.^[6]
27 June: Pitu Garcia renews his contract with the club for one more year.^[7]
30 June: Christos Arkoudas signs a one-year contract with the club.^[8]
1 July: The first training of the club for the new year took place, and every member of the club, not only the players, was sanctificated, with 1,000 fans present at the stadium.^[9]
3 July: Michalis Sifakis signs a one-year contract with the club, with an option of a one-year renewal.^[10]
7 July: Luigi Cennamo signs a one-year contract with the club, with a one-year renewal option.^[11]
8 August: Njazi Kuqi signs a mutual consent termination of his contract with the club.^[12]

Important Moments

29 August: Atromitos achieve their first win in European matches, as well as their first away win in Europe, beating AZ Alkmaar 0–2. Unfortunately, this win was insufficient to give them the ticket for the group stage, since Atromitos had lost the first leg at home 1–3, with Alkmaar proceeding on away goals.

Club

Athletic staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Georgios Paraschos
Coach assistant	Panayiotis Gungides
Goalkeeping coach	Slobodan Sujica
Fitness coach	Sotirios Kakaryias
Technical Director	Ioannis Aggelopoulos
General Director	Spyridon Sofianos
Scouter	Apostolos Apostolou
Medical Director	Nikolaos Piskopakis
Doctor	Petros Kapralos
Physiotherapist	Panayiotis Ambeliotis
Physiotherapist	Nikolaos Zafiropoulos
Caregiver	Nikolaos Katsikas
Exercise Physio	Georgios Ziogas
Bus driver	Angelos Verikakis

Last updated: 2 July 2013
Source: Atromitos F.C.

Other information

President & CEO	Georgios Spanos
Vice President	Evangelos Batayiannis
Vice CEO	Ekaterini Koxenoglou
Ground Manager	Panayiotis Michaletos
Press Director	Pavlos Katonis
Marketing Director	Spyridon Boulousis
Security Director	Georgios Petrou
Information Director	Roberto Panayos
Accountants Director	Vasilios Karakatsanis
Club Lawyer	Argirios Livas
Secretary Director	Christina Moschona
Tickets Director	Marios Panayos
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Peristeri Stadium (10,200 / 102x65 metres)

Last updated: 2 July 2013
Source: Atromitos F.C.

Players

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League			Cup			Europa League			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Start	Apps	Goals	Start	Apps	Goals	Start	Apps	Goals	Start
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Luigi Cennamo	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Michalis Sifakis	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0
35	GK	Vasilios Barkas	19	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Theodoros Papoutsoyiannopoulos	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Arango Jamal	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Stathis Tavlaridis	33	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	0
6	DF	Sokratis Fytanidis	29	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	5	1	0
13	DF	Evangelos Nastos	33	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0
18	DF	Kostas Giannoulis	26	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	4	1	0
24	DF	Nikolaos Lazaridis	34	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	5	1	0
35	DF	Christos Gromitsaris	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Christos Arkoudas	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	Eduardo Brito	31	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	4	1	0
8	MF	Fotis Georgiou	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Thanasis Karagounis	22	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	1	4	0	0
14	MF	Manolis Kallergis	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Panayiotis Ballas	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0
17	MF	Walter Iglesias	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	0
21	MF	Elini Dimoutsos	25	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	4	2	0
23	MF	Javier Umbides	31	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	1	5	1	0
26	MF	Pitu Garcia	29	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	5	2	0
Forwards
9	FW	Stefano Napoleoni	32	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	3	4	1	0
11	FW	Dimitris Papadopoulos	27	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	2	3	0	0
20	FW	Tasos Karamanos	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	Fábio Moreira Tavares	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0

International Players

Player Infos		Activity
National team	Player	Active	Non-A.
Greece	Michalis Sifakis	✔
Greece	Kostas Giannoulis	✔
Greece	Sokratis Fytanidis	✔
Greece	Stathis Tavlaridis		✔
Greece U21	Thanasis Karagounis	✔
Greece U20	Panayiotis Ballas	✔
Greece	Elini Dimoutsos	✔
Greece	Dimitris Papadopoulos	✔

Transfers

Summer

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
10 June 2013	FW	Dimitris Papadopoulos	Panthrakikos	Free
15 June 2013	MF	Fotis Georgiou	PAS Giannina	Free
26 June 2013	MF	Javier Umbides	Orduspor	Free
30 June 2013	DF	Christos Arkoudas	AEK Athens	Free
3 July 2013	GK	Michalis Sifakis	Charleroi	Free
7 July 2013	GK	Luigi Cennamo	Maccabi Netanya	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
2 June 2013	FW	Vangelis Mantzios	Levadiakos	Free
8 June 2013	GK	Manolo	Gimnàstic	Free
17 June 2013	MF	Chigozie Udoji	Aris FC	Free
21 June 2013	DF	Ioannis Skondras	PAOK	300.000 €
1 July 2013	MF	Chumbinho	Olympiacos	Loan return
3 July 2013	GK	Velimir Radman	Expiration of contract
3 July 2013	GK	Fotis Karagiolidis	AEK Athens	Free
11 July 2013	DF	Bruno Pereira	PAS Giannina	Free
8 August 2013	FW	Njazi Kuqi	Mutual consent

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
11 August 2013	FW	Fotis Kaimakamoudis	Mandraikos^[13]
13 August 2013	DF	Anastasios Kantoutsis	Kalamata

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Superleague Greece	1	4th (Alpha Order)	—	17 August
Greek Football Cup	Round of 32	Quarter-Finals	Quarter-Finals	26 September	12 February
Europa League	Play-off round	Play-off round	Play-off round	22 August	29 August

Last updated: 7 March 2014

Superleague Greece

League Table

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Results Summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	16	7	4	43	19	+24	55	10	4	0	25	6	+19	6	3	4	18	13	+5

Last updated: 7 March 2014.
Source: Superleague Greece

Results by round

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Matches

Friendlies

22 July 2013 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	2 – 1	Atromitos	Leigh, Greater Manchester
21.30 UTC	Gómez 6' (pen.) Fortuné 34'	Report	Karamanos 76'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

26 July 2013 Friendly	Sheffield United	2 – 2	Atromitos	Sheffield
21.30 UTC	Porter 2' Taylor 90'	Report	Napoleoni 10', 25'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 3,331

29 July 2013 Friendly	West Bromwich Albion	3 – 1	Atromitos	Shrewsbury
21.30 UTC +2	Anelka 55' Berahino 75' Rosenberg 87'	Report	T. Karagounis 12'	Stadium: New Meadow^[14] Attendance: High Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 August 2013 Friendly	Levadiakos	1 – 2	Atromitos	Livadeia
19.00 UTC +2	Manolas 44'	Report	Umbides 53' Karamanos 90+1'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

10 August 2013 Friendly	Atromitos	3 – 1	Apollon Smyrni	Peristeri
20.00 UTC +2	Karagounis 3' Brito 27' D. Papadopoulos 39'	Report	Petropoulos 11'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium

4 September 2013 Friendly	Ionikos Nikaias	0 – 1	Atromitos	Nikaia, Attica
20.00 UTC +2		Report	Karagounis 52'	Stadium: Neapolis Public Stadium

Superleague Greece

17 August 2013 1	Atromitos	2 – 2	Ergotelis	Peristeri
19.15 UTC +2	D. Papadopoulos 18' 87' Umbides 25' Dimoutsos 28'	Report	Badibanga 8' 63' Anastasakos 36' 81' Chanti 48' Jovanović 58' 74' Bouchalakis 59'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Aristomenis Koutsiaftis

25 August 2013 2	Olympiacos Piraeus	2 – 1	Atromitos	Piraeus
21.30 UTC +2	Samaris 32' Fuster 51' Saviola 54'	Report	Lazaridis 30' Brito 34' Napoleoni 47' Tavlaridis 48' Dimoutsos 50' Umbides 55'	Stadium: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Elias Spathas

2 September 2013 3	Atromitos	2 – 0	Aris	Peristeri
19.15 UTC +2	Udoji 22' (o) Tavlaridis 35' Napoleoni 38'	Report	Ikonomopoulos 30' Kyrgias 33' Tsoumanis 49' Tatos 67'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Konstantinos Ioannidis

17 September 2013 4	PAS Giannina	1 - 0	Atromitos	Ioannina
19:30 (UTC+2)	Tsoukalas 67'			Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Referee: Ioannis Kampaxis

21 September 2013 5	Atromitos	2 - 0	Apollon Smyrni	Peristeri
18:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Praxiteles Zaxariades

28 September 2013 6	Kalloni	0 - 1	Atromitos	Attica
16:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Athens) Referee: Anastasios Kakos

5 October 2013 7	Asteras Tripoli	2 - 2	Atromitos	Tripoli
16:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Referee: Georgios Kominis

19 October 2013 8	Atromitos	3 - 0	Levadiakos	Peristeri
16:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Georgios Kyzas

26 October 2013 9	Skoda Xanthi	0 - 2	Atromitos	Xanthi
15:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Skoda Xanthi Arena Referee: Praxiteles Zaxariades

4 November 2013 10	Atromitos	1 - 1	Panetolikos	Peristeri
19:30 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Christos Mitsios

10 November 2013 11	Panionios	2 - 1	Atromitos	Nea Smyrni
15:00 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Referee: Georgios Daskalopoulos

23 November 2013 12	Atromitos	1 - 0	Veria	Peristeri
17:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Markos Lampropoulos

30 November 2013 13	Platanias	1 - 1	Atromitos	Chania
17:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Dimitris Styliaras

8 December 2013 14	Atromitos	3 - 0	OFI	Peristeri
17:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Ioannes Topouzis

14 December 2013 15	Panathinaikos	1 - 2	Atromitos	Athens
19:30 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou

18 December 2013 16	Atromitos	1 - 1	PAOK	Peristeri
17:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Anastasios Kakos

21 December 2013 17	Atromitos	3 - 1	Panthrakikos	Peristeri
17:15 (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: Anastasios Giaxos

TBA 18	Ergotelis	v	Atromitos	Heraklion
TBA				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 19	Atromitos	v	Olympiacos	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 20	Aris	v	Atromitos	Thessaloniki
TBA				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 21	Atromitos	v	PAS Giannina	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 22	Apollon Smyrni	v	Atromitos	Rizoupoli
TBA				Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 23	Atromitos	v	Kalloni	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 24	Atromitos	v	Asteras Tripoli	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 25	Levadiakos	v	Atromitos	Levadia
TBA				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 26	Atromitos	v	Skoda Xanthi	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 27	Panetolikos	v	Atromitos	Agrinio
TBA				Stadium: Panetolikos Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 28	Atromitos	v	Panionios	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 29	Veria	v	Atromitos	TBD
TBA				Stadium: TBD Referee: TBA

TBA 30	Atromitos	v	Platanias	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 31	OFI	v	Atromitos	Herakleion
TBA				Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 32	Atromitos	v	Panathinaikos	Peristeri
TBA				Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 33	PAOK	v	Atromitos	Toumba
TBA				Stadium: Toumba Stadium Referee: TBA

TBA 34	Panthrakikos	v	Atromitos	Komotini
TBA				Stadium: Komotini Municipal Stadium Referee: TBA

Cup

25 September 2013 1/16 Final 1st leg^[15]	Fostiras	0 - 1	Atromitos	TBD
TBA	Kampasis 90'		Iglesias 33' Papoutsogiannopoulos 75' Karamanos 76'	Stadium: TBD Referee: TBA

30 or 31 October 2013 1/16 Final 2nd leg	Atromitos	7 - 0	Fostiras	Peristeri
TBA	Georgiou 6' Kaaramanos 16' 30' Iglesias 41' T. Karagounis 63' Tavlaridis 70'		Kampasis 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Referee: TBA

Europa League

22 August 2013 Play-off round 1st leg	Atromitos	1 – 3	AZ	Peristeri
19.30 UTC +2	Fytanidis 46' Giannoulis 65' D. Papadopoulos 76' (pen.)	Report	Viergever 7' Guðmunsson 51', 90+3' Jóhnannsson 73' Alvarado 76' Overtoom 89'	Stadium: Peristeri Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

29 August 2013 and 30 August 2013 Play-off round 2nd leg	AZ	0 – 2	Atromitos	Alkmaar
19.00 UTC +1 (Until 56:29) and 11.00 UTC +1 (From 56:30), because of a fire caused from the restaurant of AZ.	Henriksen 2' Alvarado 19' Gouweleew 55'	Report	Dimoutsos 22' D. Papadopoulos 53' Karagounis 75' Iglesias 76' Pitu Garcia 84'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Antony Gautier

References

^ "Termination of contract with Manuel Reina "Manolo"". Retrieved 2 July 2013. Published by atromitosfc.gr.
^ "Our new "star", Dimitris Papadopoulos!". Retrieved 2 July 2013. Published by atromitosfc.gr.
^ Our second new star, Fotis Georgiou! Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013. In Greek.
^ Udoji leaves Atromitos. (in Greek) Published by sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ Renewal of contract with Socratis Fytanidis. (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ Our third new star, Javier Umbides! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ Renewal of contract with virtuose Pitu Garcia! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ Christos Arkoudas is a player of Atromitos! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ Party in the first meeting of the new season! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ The "cerberus" of the goalposts, Michalis Sifakis, is ours! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ Cennamo Luigi a player of Atromitos! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ Termination of contract with Njazi Kuqi. (in Greek) Published by Atromitos F.C. Official Website. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
^ Fotis Kaimakamoudis on loan to Mandraikos (in Greek) Published by [www.atromitosfc.gr Atromitos F.C. Official Website.] Retrieved 13 August 2013.
^ West Brom to play two friendlies in Shropshire. Published by [www.shropshirestar.com Shropshire Star.] Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^ EPO - Hellenic Football Federation 10 September 2013.

[1] "Termination of contract with Manuel Reina "Manolo"". Retrieved 2 July 2013. Published by atromitosfc.gr.

[2] "Our new "star", Dimitris Papadopoulos!". Retrieved 2 July 2013. Published by atromitosfc.gr.

[3] Our second new star, Fotis Georgiou! Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013. In Greek.

[4] Udoji leaves Atromitos. (in Greek) Published by sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[5] Renewal of contract with Socratis Fytanidis. (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[6] Our third new star, Javier Umbides! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[7] Renewal of contract with virtuose Pitu Garcia! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[8] Christos Arkoudas is a player of Atromitos! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[9] Party in the first meeting of the new season! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[10] The "cerberus" of the goalposts, Michalis Sifakis, is ours! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[11] Cennamo Luigi a player of Atromitos! (in Greek) Published by atromitosfc.gr. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[12] Termination of contract with Njazi Kuqi. (in Greek) Published by Atromitos F.C. Official Website. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

[13] Fotis Kaimakamoudis on loan to Mandraikos (in Greek) Published by [www.atromitosfc.gr Atromitos F.C. Official Website.] Retrieved 13 August 2013.

[14] West Brom to play two friendlies in Shropshire. Published by [www.shropshirestar.com Shropshire Star.] Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[15] EPO - Hellenic Football Federation 10 September 2013.

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