Panthrakikos
Full nameΑθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Πανθρακικός
Nickname(s)Kροκόδειλοι (Crocodiles)
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
GroundKomotini Municipal Stadium
Capacity6,198
ChairmanBabis Sakaris
ManagerGiannis Apostolidis
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2022–23Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 6th

Panthrakikos Football Club (Greek: Α.Π.Σ. Πανθρακικός) is a Greek football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece during the 2008–09 season for the first time.

History

Early years (1963–2001)

Panthrakikos in 1974
Panthrakikos vs Ergotelis, 2009–10
Panthrakikos F.C., 2009–10

Panthrakikos F.C. was formed in the town of Komotini in 1963. Athlitiki Enosis Komotini (Athletic Union of Komotini) which was founded in 1936, and Orpheus Komotini which was founded in 1948 were merged with Panthrakikos in 1963 and 1964 respectively.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The club participated in regional leagues until 1969, when they joined the Beta Ethniki. They stayed in this division until being relegated in 1978, but were promoted back to Beta Ethniki after a single season. They remained here until 1983. Panthrakikos finished 1982–83 12th in Beta Ethniki, but were relegated to Gamma Ethniki due to restructuring of the leagues. In 1983–84 they finished 18th position and were further relegated to Delta Ethniki. The club was promoted again to the Gamma Ethniki, and participated there in 1985–86 and 1986–87. Relegation to Delta Ethniki followed the end of the 1986–87 season. After relegation in 1995-1996, Panthrakikos merged with Orpheus Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani[5] on the founding status of Xylagani during the years 1996–1998. Competed again as Panthrakikos F.C. in lowest level of local leagues during the years 1998-2001, without any administration and without any investment. In that period, very few fans were take charge of administration.

New era (2001–present)

In 2001-2003 Panagiotis Margaritis take charge of administration as chairman and Sakis Skoulis as manager. They were promoted two seasons in a row, reaching the Delta Ethniki in 2003.
In 2004 prompting significant investment into the club from local entrepreneurs Thodoris Savakis, Tasos Karaolanis & Yiannis Kitzidis.[7] Kostas Vasilakakis, a former player of Panthrakikos, was hired as manager in the summer of 2004. In season 2004–05 Panthrakikos were champions of Delta Ethniki and were again promoted, to the Gamma Ethniki. A third-place finish in 2005–06 saw them promoted once more, to the Beta Ethniki.
Three managers were hired in the first half of the season 2006-2007. Zisis Tsekos, Dimitrios Kalaitzidis and Yiannis Gounaris, were fired to be replaced by manager Kostas Vasilakakis and lead the club to an 11th-place finish. Panthrakikos started the 2007–08 season with a breach of league rules[8] in their opening game, against Chaidari, and were penalised by a four-point reduction. Despite this penalty, Panthrakikos beat Ilisiakos 1–0 in the final game of the season to overtake PAS Giannena, finish third and gain promotion to Super League Greece for the first time. Emilio Ferrera, was hired as manager in the summer of 2008, lead Panthrakikos to an 11th[9] place finish in their first Super League season.
On January 25, 2017, Panthrakikos withdrew from the Football League (Level 2) due to financial problems after the 12th game of the period.

After competing in the Regional Amateur League of Thrace for over 4 years, Panthrakikos got promoted once again to Gamma Ethniki and will be competing in the competition for the 2022/23 Football Season.

Facilities

Stadium

Main article: Komotini Stadium

The "Municipal Athletic Center" (ΔΑΚ – Δημοτικό Αθλητικό Κέντρο) was built in 1923 by the Hellenic Army near the railway station of Komotini. Panthrakikos has played there since 1963.

The northern grandstand was built in 1950 (rebuilt 1963–1965) with a capacity of about 2,500 while the southern grandstand was built in 1970 with a capacity of about 1,500. The northern grandstand and southern grandstand were rebuilt in 2008 with a capacity of 1,608 (1,377 seats for gate 1 plus 231 seats for gate 7) and 1,090 (gate 5) respectively. In the southern grandstand at the back of, there is a big booth for the Radio and TV journalists (gate 4). Also there is special area for disabled (gate 3). The western grandstand was built in 2008 with a capacity of 2,002 (gate 6 – guests). Finally, the eastern grandstand was built in 2009 with a capacity of 1,498 (gate 2). The total capacity of OPAP-Municipal Komotini Stadium is 6,198 seats.

Panthrakikos Athletic Center

Panthrakikos Athletic Center
The main building of Panthrakikos Athletic Center

The training center is called "Panthrakikos Athletic Center". It covers a field of 42,000 sq.m. located 4 km east of Komotini at Kikidio village.

The main building covers 360 sq.m.. Includes the administration office, the press room, first aid station, physiotherapy chamber and locker room. Three full-sized terrains (two with natural turf, one with synthetic turf) are used for the first squad trainings. A half-sized terrain is also used for the goalkeepers training.

Another building 200 sq.m., which includes locker room, showers and dining room for the Youth team and the football academies. Two half-sized terrains and one full-sized are used by the Youth Teams.

Team statistics

According to combined sources [10] [11] [12]

1963–2001
Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals
1963–64 1982–83 2 12 15–06–17 38–44
1964–65 3 1 6–1–1 14–7 1983–84 3 18 12–11–17 41–46
1965–661 3 5 25–26 1984–85 4 1 96–31
1966–672 3 3 40–22 1985–86 3 15 14–07–17 48–62
1967–68 3 1986–87 3 18 11–06–21 46–72
1968–693 3 1987–88 4 11 50–42
1969–70 2 14 07–12–15 26–47 1988–89 5 1
1970–71 2 9 10–12–12 35–34 1989–90 4 4 58–30
1971–72 2 7 17–07–14 45–44 1990–91 4 3 29–07–06 86–26
1972–73 2 9 14–10–14 34–31 1991–92 4 5 50–41
1973–74 2 8 16–12–12 43–39 1992–93 4 2 59–27
1974–75 2 5 16–11–11 43–35 1993–94 4 9 61–38
1975–76 2 10 15–05–18 44–47 1994–95 5 1
1976–77 2 12 14–08–16 39–56 1995–96 4 12 45–47
1977–78 2 17 12–08–18 44–46 1996–97 45 8 46–28
1978–794 3 1 1997–98 45 10 66–43
1979–80 2 11 11–11–16 34–39 1998–99 56
1980–81 2 7 17–06–15 42–48 1999–00 6
1981–82 2 8 15–09–14 38–48 2000–01 6
2001–present
Normal Season Play Off
Season Level Rank W-D-L Goals Rank W-D-L Goals
2001–02 6 1
2002–03 5 1 28–01–01
2003–04 4 5 17–07–06 39–22
2004–05 4 1 24–05–01 70–10
2005–06 3 3 19–09–02 44–21
2006–07 2 11 12–06–16 40–44
2007–08 2 3 17–10–07 44–31
2008–09 1 11 09–06–15 23–37
2009–10 1 16 03–03–24 21–62
2010–11 2 7 13–08–13 36–38
2011–12 2 1 22–07–05 49–16
2012–13 1 10 10–06–14 30–33
2013–14 1 10 11-08-15 39-52
2014–15 1 12 11-10-13 35-44
2015–16 1 15 03-08-19 18-58
2016–17 26 18 03–03–28 07-81
2017–18 5 2 21–04–03 84-21
2018–19 4 3 14-04-04 37-16 4 2-4-4 15-14
2019–20 57 3 13-02-03 50-14

-1 16 games - 32 points
-2 24 games - 55 points
-3 promotion due to the restructuring of the Beta Ethniki League
-4 38 games - 58 points
-5 Panthrakikos merged with Orfeas Xylagani and competed as Panthrakikos Xylagani in 1996-1998
-6 Panthrakikos withdrew from the league during the period due to financial problems
-7 Due to the reorganization of the Greek football league system the first divisions of the local championships became a 5th tier

Domestic titles

Notable player

Players statistics

Appearances and goals from 2006–present

Only with Panthrakikos F.C. As of 18 April 2016 according to combined sources[13][14][15]

Nat Name Career Level 1 Level 2 Nat Cup Total
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Turkey Deniz Baykara 2011–16 111 5 31 6 14 1 156 12
Greece Antonis Ladakis 2012–16 85 2 4 0 89 2
Brazil Igor 2013–16 77 24 3 1 80 25
Greece Thanasis Papageorgiou 2013–16 74 2 8 0 82 2
Greece Christos Tzanis 2012–16 73 14 8 3 81 17
Greece Giannis Christou 2011–16 70 1 27 1 12 0 109 2
Greece Dimitris Hasomeris 2013–16 68 3 7 2 75 5
Senegal Pape M'Bow 2013–15 59 2 5 0 64 2
Greece Ioannis Potouridis 2014–16 57 0 5 0 62 0
Greece Giorgos Athanasiadis 2013–16 57 0 3 0 60 0
France Nicolas Diguiny 2014–16 55 8 2 0 57 8
Greece Achilleas Sarakatsanos 2011–14 48 0 27 1 8 1 83 2
Spain José María Cases 2013–15 47 10 3 0 50 10
Greece Yiannis Kanotidis 2007–11 40 1 43 0 4 0 87 1
France Ludovic Clément 2008–10 38 2 38 2
Burkina Faso Abdul Diallo 2006–10 37 5 47 12 4 0 88 17
Portugal Manuel Lopes 2007–11 37 1 39 1 1 0 77 2
Argentina Munafo Horta 2009–13 32 1 25 1 9 0 66 2
Greece Spyros Vrontaras 2004–10 & 2012–13 28 0 40 0 2 0 70 0
Argentina Adrián Lucero 2012–13 28 4 6 2 34 6
Spain Sito Riera 2008–09 28 5 1 0 29 5
French Polynesia Marama Vahirua 2012–13 26 3 4 2 30 5
France Bertrand Robert 2009–11 25 4 28 8 53 12
Greece Dimitris Papadopoulos 2012–13 25 11 5 1 30 12
Greece Fotis Konstantinidis 2005–09 22 1 54 4 8 0 84 5
Greece Dimitris Koutsopoulos 2010–14 22 0 55 0 7 0 84 0
Greece Christos Mingas 2011–13 22 0 26 7 9 0 57 7
Brazil Robinho 2005–09 18 0 57 0 7 0 82 0
Greece Nikos Bacharidis 2001–10 16 1 23 0 7 1 46 2
Hungary Gábor Erős 2006–08 57 9 2 0 59 9
Greece Dimitris Souanis 2005–08 53 12 4 2 57 14
Greece Nikos Soultanidis 2010–12 53 14 3 3 56 17
Netherlands Ronny van Es 2007–08 21 10 1 0 22 10

Former players

Former players without Wikipedia article, based on their long-term presence in Panthrakikos, players worthy of mention are Filippos Aivazis (1967–84) who holds the record for most appearances (405) and most goals (89) in the Beta and Gamma Ethniki, Apostolos Hatziioannidis - Apostolakis (1956-64 Orfeas Komotini, 1964-69 AO Kavala, 1967-77 Panthrakikos F.C.), Zacharias Tilios (1964–76), Stavros Svintridis, Christos Doulgerakis, Archontis Katsaridis, Manolis Rakitzoglou, Vasilis Fotidis, Kostas Kalaitzidis and Kostas Vasilakakis (1973–81).

Chairmen and managers

season chairman manager level rank
2001–02 Panagiotis Margaritis Greece Sakis Skoulis 006 001
2002–03 005 001
2003–04 Greece Antonis Michalakopoulos 004 005
2004–05 Yiannis Kitzidis Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 004 001
2005–06 003 003
2006–07 Greece Zisis Tsekos
Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis
Greece Yiannis Gounaris
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis		 002 011
2007–08 Greece Kostas Vasilakakis 002 003
2008–09 Belgium Emilio Ferrera (Jun 5, 2008 – Jun 30, 2009) 001 011
2009–10 Yiannis Kitzidis
Dimitris Tzelepis		 Romania Ilie Dumitrescu (Jul 1, 2009–Sep 20, 2009)
France Albert Cartier (Sep 20, 2009–Jan 12, 2010)
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (Jan 12, 2010–Jul 22, 2010)		 001 016
2010–11 Dimitris Tzelepis Greece Kostas Vasilakakis (Jul 25, 2010–Nov 10)
Belgium Emilio Ferrera (Nov 7, 2010 – Mar 25, 2011)
Greece Savas Pantelidis (Mar 30, 2011 – Oct 29, 2012)		 002 007
2011–12 Greece Savas Pantelidis 002 001
2012–13 Greece Savas Pantelidis
Greece Pavlos Dermitzakis (Oct 31, 2012 – Apr 30, 2013)		 001 010
2013–14 Greece Apostolos Mantzios (May 9, 2013 – Nov 5, 2014) 001 010
2014–15 Greece Apostolos Mantzios
SpainJosé Manuel Roca (Nov 10, 2014 – Sep 16, 2015)		 001 012
2015–16 Spain José Manuel Roca
Greece Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (Sep 19, 2015 – )
Greece Giannis Hatzinikolaou (Jan 26, 2016 – )
Serbia Zoran Stoinović (Mar 16, 2016 – )		 001 015
2016–17 Greece Kostas Anifantakis (– Dec 8, 2016)
Greece Kostas Vasilakakis (Dec 10, 2016 – Jan 25, 2017)		 002 018
2017–18 Manolis Sakalis Greece Vangelis Kyrialanis 005 002
2018–19 Babis Sakaris Greece Kostas Gemenetzis 004 003
2019–20 004 00

Crest and colours

Panthrakikos crest is a sparkling flaming torch in a circle. The torch is surrounded by the club's name and the year of establishment. The club crest sits on the left side of the chest. Traditional club's colors are green and white.

Traditional colours

2007–08
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15

Alternative colours

2007–08
2008–09
2008–09B
2013–14
2014–15

References

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  8. ^ 2006–07 Beta Ethniki
  9. ^ Super League Greece 2008-09
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