Oikonomos Tsaritsani F.C.
| Full name | Oikonomos Tsaritsanis Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1953 | ||
| Ground | Municipal Stadium "Georgios Mitsibonas" | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Christos Moultsias | ||
| Manager | Giorgos Kaltekis | ||
| League | Larisa FCA | ||
| 2020–21 | Gamma Ethniki, 14th (relegated) | ||
| Website | http://www.oikonomos.gr | ||
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Oikonomos Football Club (Greek: Α.Ο. Οικονόμος Τσαριτσάνης) is a Greek football club, based in Tsaritsani, Larissa regional unit. The association was founded in 1953.
History
[edit]Oikonomos started from the lower divIsions of the Larissa FCA. In 2009 the club came close to promotion to Delta Ethniki but finished runners-up. The following 2009–10 season they were promoted to the Greek fourth division and in 2011, another promotion followed to the Football League 2 for the first time in history after becoming champions of the 2010–11 Delta Ethniki.[1]
In the 2011-12 Oikonomos missed out on promotion to Beta Ethniki in the play-off round. The club played in Football League 2 for 5 seasons until 2015–16. Oikonomos returned to the third tier in 2018 and returned to the Larissa FCA in 2021.
Legendary centre-back Giorgos Mitsibonas (1988 Greek champion) started his career from the club as striker in late 1970s.
Nikoulis: hat-trick record
[edit]On 10 October 2010 during the match against Apollon Larissa (4–1), Oikonomos' forward Alexis Nikoulis scored a record hat-trick from direct free-kicks.[2] Nikoulis' record equalized that of Kostas Frantzeskos of 1997 in Greek football. He is one of the few players worldwide to achieve such a feat.
Notable players
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Giorgos Mitsibonas- Thanasis Basbanas
- Apostolos Tsianakas
- Alexis Nikoulis
- Giannis Vaitsis
- Antonis Poutas
- Christos Veletanis
Notable managers
[edit]- Giorgos Kaltekis
- Kostas Katsaras
Honours
[edit]- Delta Ethniki champions: 1
- 2010–11
- Larissa FCA Champions: 2
- 2009–10, 2017–18
- Larissa FCA Cup Winners: 1
- 2017–18
- Delta Ethniki champions: 1
References
[edit]- ^ Οικονόμος Τσαριτσάνης: Από το ζενίθ στο ναδίρ [Oikonomos Tsaritsani: From zenith to nadir]. Eleftheria (in Greek). Oikonomos F.C. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Nikoulis' hat trick record". larisagoal.gr/ (in Greek).
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Greek)
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