Levadiakos F.C.

Levadiakos Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece 2. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–06 season, as runner-up of the Football League in 2004–05.[2] It was then relegated to the Beta Ethniki again in 2006–07[3] and returned to the top tier in 2008–09. The club finished one level above relegation that year but was relegated back to the second division by finishing 14th in 2009–10.[4]

Levadiakos
Full nameAPO Levadiakos Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blue-Greens
Short nameAPOL
Founded1 December 1961 (1961-12-01)
GroundLevadia Municipal Stadium
Capacity5,915[1]
OwnerAndreas Kolokythas
ChairmanKonstantinos Kolokythas
ManagerSotiris Antoniou
LeagueSuper League 2
2019–20Super League 2, 4th
WebsiteClub website

History

Levadiakos started in 1961, when local clubs Trofonios and Pallevadiaki merged into a greater club.[5] Straight after, Levadiakos played in the second division being close to relegation in almost every season. In the 1980s, the team was upgraded and in May 1987, players and supporters of the club celebrated the team's first ever promotion to Alpha Ethniki. Levadiakos stayed there only for four seasons, returning again only in 1994 and 1995. After their second relegation, Levadiakos declined and went very lower, even struggling to clinch promotion to the 3rd division of Greece. But once more, everything changed suddenly and the team reached again the Greek Super League after ten years, in 2005,[6] but was immediately relegated.[7] In the next summer, Levadiakos bought many expensive players and appointed Georgi Vasilev as manager.[8] Vasiliev achieved to get the team to the Super League once again, and in the 2007–08 season he struggled, but managed to avoid going down again. Nevertheless, he resigned from the club and he was succeeded by Momčilo Vukotić.[9]

Crest and colours

The club's crest has blue and green vertical stripes. It comes from the colours of Pallevadiaki (green) and Trofonios (blue), the clubs that joined in order to establish Levadiakos. The colour common to both teams was white, which was also the basic colour of the group in the early years of its foundation.

Stadium

Levadiakos' stadium was built in 1952. The stadium is located in Livadeia, about 130 km north-west of Athens. The stadium itself is located on the south side of Livadeia.[10]

Players

Current squad
As of 24 October 2020[11]

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  GRE Nestoras Gekas
3 MF  GRE Marios Vichos
4 MF  GRE Giorgos Nikas
6 MF  GRE Triantafyllos Tsapras
7 FW  GRE Panagiotis Symelidis
8 MF  CIV Emmanuel Koné
9 FW  CYP Nestoras Mytidis
11 FW  GRE Giorgos Marinos (on loan from Olympiacos)
12 MF  HON Alfredo Mejía (captain)
14 MF  GRE Serafim Maniotis (on loan from PAOK)
16 DF  GRE Vangelis Theocharis (on loan from Panathinaikos)
17 FW  GRE Tilemachos Karampas
19 MF  ESP Nili
20 FW  ALB Giorgos Kakko
21 MF  GRE Zisis Karachalios
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  GRE Giorgos Mygas
23 GK  GRE Giannis Angelopoulos
24 DF  GRE Panagiotis Liagas
29 FW  FRA Ulrich N'Nomo
30 DF  GRE Stavros Panagiotou
66 FW  GRE Christos Tzioras
70 FW  BRA Lucas Poletto
74 FW  GRE Antonis Gaitanidis (on loan from PAOK)
88 GK  MNE Vuko Vujović
97 GK  SRB Stefan Stojanović
99 GK  GRE Panagiotis Bessis
— DF  GRE Stergios Dimopoulos
— MF  BRA Rodrigo Figueiredo
— FW  BRA Miguel Bianconi
— MF  CYP Ioannis Kosti (on loan from Olympiacos)

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
— GK  NGA Edward Ogbebor-Onaiwu (at Pannafpliakos until 30 June 2021)
— FW  GRE Vangelis Makris (at Atromitos Chiliomodi until 30 June 2021)

Former managers

Personnel

Ownership and current board
Position Staff
Owners Andreas Kolokythas (59.93%)
Konstantinos Kolokythas (10.60%)
President Konstantinos Kolokythas
Vice-President Lampros Balokas
CEO Dimitris Pantiskos
Board member Georgios Tsabis
Board member Panagiota Kyriazi
Board member Loukas Koutriaris

Coaching staff
Position Name Nationality
ManagerSotiris Antoniou
Physical fitness coachThomas Giannitopoulos
Goalkeeping coachKostas Toskas
PhysiotherapistLoukas Karamanis
PhysiotherapistNikos Papathanasiou
MasseurThanasis Nikolaou
MasseurGrigoris Ioannou
CaregiverDimitris Papadas

References
  1. "levadiakos.gr". levadiakos.gr. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  2. "Greece 2004/05". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  3. "Greece 2005/06". Rsssf.com. 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  4. "Relegation with victory for Levadiakos" (in Greek). enet.gr. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. "History of Levadiakos" (in Greek). levadiakosfc.gr.
  6. "Akratitos, Larissa and Levadiakos promoted to Alpha Ethniki" (in Greek). in.gr. Retrieved 25 May 2005.
  7. "The incubus of 2006" (in Greek). ritorno2015.com.
  8. "Levadiakos took over the Bulgarian Georgi Vasilev" (in Greek). in.gr. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
  9. "Vukotić, the new head coach of Levadiakos" (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  10. "The stadium of Levadiakos" (in Greek). levadiakosnews.wordpress.com.
  11. "Roster". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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