Keravnos Keratea F.C.

Keravnos Keratea

Full name	Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Κεραυνός Κερατέας
Nickname(s)	Κεραυνός (Thunder)
Founded	1928 (1928)
Ground	Keratea Municipal Stadium
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Georgios Eleftheriou
Manager	Loukas Karadimos
League	Gamma Ethniki
2023–24	East Attica First Division, 1st (promoted)
Home colours

Keravnos Keratea F.C. (Greek: Κεραυνός Κερατέας) is a professional football club based in Keratea, Greece, currently competing in local league East Attica A (A' EPS.AN.A.).

Background

Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea was unofficially founded in 1926 and was finally recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation in 1928.

The club’s name “Keravnos” (Greek: Κεραυνός) is the Greek word for "thunder."

History==

Local and regional amateur and semi-amateur championships

From 1953 to 2010, Keravnos was a member of the Athens Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών), or "EPSANA," one of the oldest Greek amateur football club associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture; the association is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup. It had also mayor wins with Olympiakos and AEK FC, such as Keraynos- AEK 5-0.

Keratea won the EPSA Cup in 1986, and also reached the Cup Final in 1979 and 1983.

In 2003, Keratea joined the newly established Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αν. Αττικής), or "EPSANA."

Keratea won the EPSANA Cup in its first three seasons, in 2003-04, 2004–05, and 2005–06, and then again in 2007-08 and 2012-13.

In 2004-05, Keratea won the national amateur cup, the Greek Football Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος).

Professional championships

Keratea won the Delta Ethniki Group 9 championship in 2007-08, earning promotion to Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football, for the first time in the club's history.

In 2008-09, Keratea's first season in Gamma Ethniki, the team finished in 6th-place in the South Group.

Stadium

Keravnos Keratea plays its home matches at Keratea Municipal Stadium in Keratea. The stadium currently has a seating capacity of 3,500

Achievements

• Delta Ethniki Championship (Semi-Amateur)
  • Winners (1): 2007-08 (Group 9)
• Greek Football Amateur Cup (Semi-amateur)
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association Cup (Amateur)
  • Winners (5): 2003-04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012–13
• Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association 1st Division (Amateur)
  • Winners (2): 2003-04, 2023–24
• Athens Football Clubs Association (Amateur)
  • Winners (1): 1989
• Athens Football Clubs Association Cup (Amateur)
  • Winners (1): 1986

External links

• (in Greek) Keravnos Keratea - Official site