Aspropyrgos F.C.

Aspropyrgos Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Ασπρόπυργος) is a Greek professional football club based in Aspropyrgos, Athens, Greece.

Aspropyrgos
Full nameAspropyrgos Football Club
Founded1995 (1995)
GroundAspropyrgos Municipal Stadium
Capacity2,000
ChairmanIoannis Meletiou
ManagerKrzysztof Warzycha
LeagueFootball League Greece
2019–20Football League Greece, 11th

History

The club was founded in 1995 with the merger of the older clubs "Panaspropyrgiakos" ["Πανασπροπυργιακός"] (founded in 1947 from the union of all of the city's teams and from 1951 participated in Piraeus FCA championships)[1] and Doxa Aspropyrgos, with the name Enosis Aspropyrgos.

In 2009, it was promoted to Football League 2 (Greece). Enosis participated at Delta Ethniki in the 2008–09 season and finished in 1st place of 7th group before promoted to Football League 2.[2]

Before the merger in the 1977-78 Greek football season, the team defeated Doxa Megalopoli 1–0 in a draw in the Greek Amateur Cup which was held in Tavros southwest of Athens.[3]

In its career, the team headed to the finals of the Greek Amateur Cup where it lost the cup to Volida Corfu in the 2008–09 season. The following season, participated in the Hellas Online Cup and defeated Aia Salamis (3–1), Diagoras Rhodes (1–1, 5–3 in penalty kicks) and Ethnikos Asteras (2–1). Enosis was defeated by Aris 3–4.

Players

Current squad
As of 18 August 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
5 DF  GRE Panagiotis Zonas (captain)
6 DF  GRE Odysseas Nikolaou
10 FW  GRE Michalis Frangos
11 FW  ARG Lucas Poletto
13 DF  GRE Manolis Nikolakakis
14 MF  GRE Fotis Kostaras
17 FW  GRE Angelos Mavridis
18 FW  GRE Vladimiros Karimpidis
21 MF  GRE Lampros Zacharos
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  GRE Angelos Logothetis
31 DF  GRE Ilias Ropas
99 GK  GRE Giannis Oikonomopoulos
— GK  SRB Filip Dmitrović
— DF  SRB Siniša Mladenović
— MF  MLI Modibo Dembélé
— FW  SRB Nikola Karaklajić
— FW  MLI Lamine Traoré

References
  1. "Panaspropyrgiakos", Athlitiki Iho, 20/5/1952. (in Greek)
  2. "Κυρίαρχος..." sentragoal.gr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. Athlitiki Iho, 21/6/1978. (in Greek)
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