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Aiolikos
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Full nameAiolikos Football Club
Nickname(s)Wind
Founded17 August 1975; 49 years ago (1975-08-17)
GroundMytilene Municipal Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJim Antonakas
ManagerGiannis Georgaras
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2019–20Gamma Ethniki, 7th
Websitehttps://www.aiolikos.gr/

Aiolikos Football Club (Greek: Α.E.Π.Σ. Αιολικός Μυτιλήνης) is a Greek association football club, based in Mytilene. They currently play on the 7th group of Gamma Ethniki.

History

The club was established in 1975 after a merger of two local teams – Atlantas and Apollon. The name Aiolikos was inspired by the Aeolians, the name by which the Greek inhabitants of Lesbos and nearby Aeolis, Anatolia, have been known since antiquity.

Incidentally, there was also a Greek football club called Aiolikos that was based in Smyrna (Izmir), around 1890, which would often play matches against teams of visiting British sailors. With the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), many of the Greek inhabitants of the region emigrated to Lesbos, taking their sporting traditions and clubs with them.

In 1976, Aiolikos participated for first time in Lesbos Football Clubs Association Championship. Ιn 1978, was promoted in National Amateur Division (today Football League 2) and in 1982 participated in Beta Ethniki. In 1985, Aiolikos contested the promotion to Alpha Ethniki, but finally did not accomplish.

Until 1991, Aiolikos participated alternately in Gamma and Delta Ethniki. From 1991 to 1999, Aiolikos played unfailingly in Gamma Ethniki championship. Certain problems, mainly economic, led in 2000 the team again to the Lesbos Football Clubs Associations Championship for one season.

In 2001, Aiolikos was promoted in Delta Ethniki. The 2001–02 season was not good for Aiolikos, but they won on May 25, 2002, the Amateur Cup, afterwards the victory against Almopos Aridaia, final score 4–2.

In 2005, Aiolikos promoted again in Gamma Ethniki. They participated in that division until December 29, 2008, when they withdrew from 2008–09 season championship, due to unsolvable economic problems, and relegated to Delta Ethniki.

Stadium

Mytilene Municipal Stadium

Mytilene Municipal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Mytilene, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Aiolikos. The stadium holds 2,850 people, all-seated.

Stadium's nickname is Tarlas (Greek: Ταρλάς), which is inspired by the old name of the settlement where stadium is built. The word is originated from another Turkish word, which means tract or field.

The stadium has four gates. It has also one big stand and track. The stand is separated in 5 sections, while there are 100 seats for VIP. In 2001 was put projectors and seats have been placed on all the stand. Until then, only a little section of the stand had seats. On the occasion of 2004 Olympic Games, have been more important projects to changing rooms and other rooms below the stand. Although had been decided in 2005 the placement of a shelter, it has not been constructed yet.

Honours

  • Gamma Ethniki: 1
    • 1983–84
  • Delta Ethniki: 3
    • 1981–82, 1991–92, 2004–05
  • Lesbos FCA Championship: 6
    • 1963–64, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2013–14
  • Amateur Cup: 2
    • 1981–82, 2001–02
  • Lesbos FCA Cup: 17
    • 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18

Players

Current squad

As of 21 February 2020

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 Spyros Vrontaras
GK Greece GRE Nikos Sfyrlas
GK Greece GRE Alexandros Kokkinidis
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Kalampokas
DF Greece GRE Stratos Valios
DF Greece GRE Angelos Gavalas
DF Greece GRE Christos Barkas
DF Greece GRE Antonis Kalafatis
DF Greece GRE Christoforos Tsouvaltsidis
DF Greece GRE Georgios Agrimakis
DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Kritikos
MF Greece GRE Nikos Drakoulis
MF Guinea GUI Sekou Soumah
MF Serbia SRB Luka Spoljarits
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Katsikis
MF Greece GRE Georgios Tsompanellis
MF Greece GRE Christos Palamoutsis
MF Albania ALB Paolo Mataj
MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Francis Kalombo
MF Greece GRE Georgios Antonakas
FW Greece GRE Fivos Tsipas
FW Greece GRE Georgios Alagiannis
FW Greece GRE Aris Lamprakis
FW Greece GRE Christos Antoniou
FW Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Antonov
FW Greece GRE Georgios Sofianis
FW Greece GRE Dimitrios Bourous

Former coaches

  • Greece Fotis Kokinellis
  • Greece Thanasis Dimitriadis
  • Greece Charis Ghrammos
  • Greece Michalis Grigoriou
  • Greece Spiros Livathinos
  • Greece Konstantinos Psyropoulos
  • Greece Yiannis Manousos
  • Greece Markos Mavrommatis
  • Greece Petros Michos
  • Greece Theodhoros Papalopoulos

See also