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AO Xanthi
Full nameAO Xanthi Football Club
Nickname(s)Akrítes (Frontiersmen)
Short nameAOX
Founded1 January 1967; 57 years ago (1967-01-01)
GroundXanthi FC Arena
Capacity7,422
OwnerChristos Panopoulos
ChairmanAristides Pialoglou
ManagerMilan Rastavac
LeagueSuper League
2017–18Super League, 6th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

AO Xanthi Football Club (Greek: Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) 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.

Crest and colours

Crest

In the early years, the team's emblem consisted exclusively of Democritus. A new emblem with small changes was introduced in 1985. The emblem was retained in this form until 1991 when elements of VIAMAR SA, a new owner of the club, were added. In 1996, Skoda's brand was added. A further change in the emblem took place in 2001, with the addition of the soccer ball, while in 2007 a different version of the particular emblem was presented. In 2012 a new emblem was presented, in which the bust of Democritus was now in the middle.

Colours

Xanthi's colours are red and white.

Stadium

Xanthi FC Arena

Xanthi left their old stadium, the Xanthi Ground (capacity 9,500), located near the centre of the city, for the Xanthi FC 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. The stadium is located in the same place as the sports center of the Thracian Club, a real jewel for Greek football. The sports center includes, among other things, seven stadiums, as well as the hotel "Le Chalet". The construction of the stadium itself, costing € 6,500,000.

The first game at the Xanthi FC Arena took place on September 18, 2004, with the team of Xanthi being imposed 3–1 on Aris Thessaloniki for the 1st match of Alpha Ethniki Championship for the 2004–05 season.

The stadium was officially inaugurated by the Brazilian legend Pelé on May 12, 2005.[1][2]

On January 16, 2005, and before the game with Ionian a fan of Xanthi, Stamatis Georgoudakis lost his life. Since then the Gate B-C has been named after the stadium. The ticket record was played with Panathinaikos on January 20, 2007 with 6,642 spectators. In the summer of 2016, the stadium was renamed "Xanthi FC Arena".

Honours

Greek Cup

League history

Sources:[3][4]

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 București 3–4 1–4 4–8
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Northern Ireland Linfield 0–1 2–1 (aet) 2–2 (a)
Third qualifying round Belgium Standard Liège 1–2 1–2 2–4

Players

Current squad

As of 22 August 2018[5]

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 Greece GRE Athanasios Garavelis
4 DF Portugal POR Dinis Almeida (on loan from Monaco)
5 DF Greece GRE Dimos Baxevanidis (vice-captain)
6 MF Spain ESP Pablo de Lucas (4th captain)
7 FW Netherlands NED Jeffrey Sarpong
8 DF Mauritania MTN Khassa Camara
9 MF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Kovačević
10 MF Serbia SRB Petar Đuričković
11 MF France FRA Sofiane Khadda
14 GK Greece GRE Panagiotis Stathakis
15 DF Greece GRE Okan Chatziterzoglou
16 FW Greece GRE Giannis Fakis
17 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Thymianis
18 FW Argentina ARG Matías Castro
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Equatorial Guinea EQG Kike
20 GK Serbia SRB Živko Živković
21 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Fliskas (captain)
23 FW Greece GRE Okan Suleiman
24 FW Greece GRE Petros Orphanides
26 FW Slovakia SVK Erik Jendrišek
27 DF Senegal SEN Salimo Sylla
30 DF Greece GRE Dimitrios Meliopoulos
31 DF Greece GRE Christos Lisgaras (3rd captain)
32 DF Spain ESP Jorge Casado
35 FW Greece GRE Vasilios Fasidis
40 GK Greece GRE Georgios Tzelepis
77 FW Cape Verde CPV Brito
97 MF Greece GRE Rafail Melissopoulos

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in association football

Notable former players

See also: Category:Xanthi F.C. players

Personnel

Executive
Owner Greece Christos Panopoulos
Chairman Greece Aristides Pialoglou
Vice-Chairman Greece Giorgos K. Stratos
Chief executive officer Greece Nikolaos Epitropou
Board Member Greece Giorgos Berberoglou
Board Member Greece Nikos Damkalis
First team staff
Sport director Greece Giannis Papadimitriou
Head coach Serbia Milan Rastavac
Assistant coach Serbia Milos Velebit
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeper coach Greece Alekos Maladenis
Sports science & medicine manager Greece Christos Bikos
Strength & conditioning coach Greece Tasos Sideridis
Physiotherapist Greece Valantis Chatzigiannis
Caretaker Greece Chousein Tsitak
Under-20s & academy coaching staff
Academy manager Greece Periklis Kalogiannis
Academy goalkeeping coach Greece Nikos Kalaitzis
Under 20s lead coach Greece Kostas Prodromitis
Under 17s lead coach Greece Kostas Bedrelis
Under 15s lead coach Vacant

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Director of Sport

Managerial history

References

  1. ^ "Pelé: "The most modern sports center"". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 13 May 2005.
  2. ^ "Pelé: "Well done in Xanthi!"". tanea.gr. Retrieved 13 May 2005.
  3. ^ Abbink, Dinant; Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (7 August 2003). "Greece – Final Tables 1959–1999". RSSSF. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Skoda Xanthi squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
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