Diagoras F.C.

Diagoras Football Club (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας) is a Greek professional football club based in Rhodes, Greece. It was founded in 1905. Diagoras is named after the island's ancient boxer Diagoras. The team first played under Ottoman Rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912. No matches at all were held during the Balkan Wars and the team did not play with Greek teams until the Dodecanese joined with the rest of Greece in 1947.

Diagoras
Full nameGreek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundDiagoras Stadium
Capacity3,693[1]
OwnerCharis Papadopoulos
ChairmanVartholomeos Kampourakis
ManagerSakis Theodosiadis
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2019–20Football League Greece, 3rd (promoted)

History

The club demonstrated rich social, cultural, sporting and especially patriotic activities, because of which was dissolved by the occupying Fascist Italian authorities in 1929. Diagoras reconstituted in 1945, just prior the liberation of Rhodes and the union with Greece. They played in Super League Greece between 1986-1989.

In 1987, the club reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup, losing to OFI.

On 16 February 2012, Diagoras was expelled from the professional leagues by the Greek Professional Sports Committee.

In the 2019–2020 season, Diagoras finished in third place of the Football League and was promoted to the Super League 2, the second tier of the professional football in Greece.[2]

Players

Current squad
As of 13 January 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
4 DF  GRE Konstantinos Rougalas
5 MF  GRE Antonis Athanasiou
6 MF  BRA Doriva
7 FW  GRE Fotis Georgiou (captain)
8 MF  GRE Michalis Avgenikou
10 FW  GRE Michalis Bastakos
11 FW  GRE Alexandros Smyrlis
12 MF  ALB Shefket Hoxha
13 GK  GRE Giannis Mantzaris
14 MF  GRE Panagiotis Linardos
17 DF  GRE Thanasis Dimitroulas
18 MF  GRE Theocharis Natsis
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  GRE Alexandros Masouras
21 MF  GRE Vasilis Tsiantoulas
22 DF  GRE Dimitris Sandravelis
23 GK  GRE Giannis Bintsis
24 DF  GRE Angelos Karatasios
25 MF  AND Jordi Aláez
29 DF  GRE Christos Kontochristos
30 MF  GRE Alexis Seliniotakis
33 DF  GRE Dimitris Theodorakis
34 GK  GRE Themistoklis Tselios
44 MF  GRE Marios Kostoulas
77 DF  GRE Giorgos Manolakis

League Participation

Honours

Domestic

Leagues:

  • Beta Ethniki (Second Division)
  • Gamma Ethniki (Third Division)
  • Delta Ethniki (Fourth Division)
    • Winners (1): 2004–05
  • Dodecanese FCA Championship (Local Championship)
    • Winners (17): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1973–74, 1978–79, 2001–02, 2016–17

Cups:

  • Dodecanese FCA Cup (Local Cup)
    • Winners (12): 1947–48, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1973–74, 2003–04, 2016–17

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ Ε.Ε.Α ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΗ". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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