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Xanthi FC
Full nameAthlitikos Omilos Xanthi
Founded1967
GroundXanthi FC Arena
Xanthi, Greece
Capacity7,361
OwnerChristos Panopoulos
ChairmanAristeides Pialoglou
ManagerRăzvan Lucescu
LeagueSuperleague Greece
2015–16Superleague Greece, 13th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Xanthi F.C. (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε., Athletic Club Xanthi F.C.) is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

History

The club was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs: A.P.S. Aspida Xanthi (was founded in 1922) and Orfeas (was founded in 1903). The name of the team was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1991. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Skoda vehicles in Greece, bought the club from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club. In 2016 the cooperation was ended and the club's name returned to its original.

The club is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth setup. Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup or Europa League in 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2013–14 seasons. In the 2004–05 season, Xanthi finished fourth in the A Ethinki (first division, today Super League), the club's best performance in many years.

Xanthi's first appearance in the first division was in 1989.

Stadium

Xanthi FC Arena

Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located near the centre of the city, for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however has only 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.

Their appearance in the UEFA Cup saw them drawn in the qualifying rounds against English club Middlesbrough, who went on to reach the UEFA Cup final against Sevilla. Xanthi drew bravely 0–0 in the second leg, with Emerson making a return to the Riverside Stadium.

Honours

Greek Football Cup

League history

Sources:[1][2]

European matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round Italy Lazio 0–0 0–4 0–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup First round England Middlesbrough 0–0 0–2 0–2
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 3–4 1–4 4–8
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Northern Ireland Linfield 0–1 2–1 (aet) 2–2
Third qualifying round Belgium Standard Liège 1–2 1–2 2–4

Current squad

As of 4 July 2016 [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Luigi Cennamo
2 DF Greece GRE Thanasis Papageorgiou
3 DF Portugal POR Hélder Pereira
4 DF Greece GRE Aristotelis Karasalidis
5 DF Greece GRE Dimos Baxevanidis
6 MF Spain ESP Pablo de Lucas
7 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Triadis
8 MF Greece GRE Kontsantinos Kostas
9 FW Tunisia TUN Hamza Younés
10 FW Algeria ALG Karim Soltani
11 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Lucero
15 DF Greece GRE Okan Hatziterzoglu
16 MF Greece GRE Theodoros Vasilakakis
17 DF Brazil BRA Wallace
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Greece GRE Antonis Ranos
20 GK Serbia SRB Živko Živković
21 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Fliskas (captain)
22 MF Serbia SRB Đorđe Lazić
23 FW Spain ESP Dani Nieto
24 MF Greece GRE Petros Orphanides
25 MF Croatia CRO Tomislav Tomić
26 MF Greece GRE Lazaros Orphanides
30 FW Romania ROU Ovidiu Herea
31 DF Greece GRE Christos Lisgaras
33 DF Greece GRE Stratos Svarnas
37 FW Brazil BRA Christopher
66 DF Mauritania MTN Khassa Camara
91 GK Greece GRE Michalis Zaropoulos

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Retired Numbers

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Nigeria NGA Olubayo Adefemi (posthumous honor)
14 FW Australia AUS Sakis Theodoropoulos
56 DF Ivory Coast CIV Steve Gohouri (posthumous honor)

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

See also: Category:Skoda Xanthi F.C. players

Personnel

Technical staff

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Director of Sport

Coach history

References

  1. ^ Abbink, Dinant; Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (7 August 2003). "Greece – Final Tables 1959–1999". RSSSF. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Abbink, Dinant; Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (18 May 2005). "Greece – List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Skoda Xanthi squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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