Kallithea FC

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Kallithea FC

Full name

Γ.Σ. Καλλιθέα
Gymasticos Syllogos Kallithea

Nickname(s)

Blues , England

Founded

1966

Ground

Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium

also known as El Paso Stadium, Kallithea, Athens

Capacity

4,200

Chairman

Nikos Salevris

Manager

Christos Georgiou

League

Beta Ethniki

2005-06

15th (out of 16), Relegated to Beta Ethniki





Home colours





Away colours

Kallithea FC (Kallithea, Athens, Greece, in Greek Γ.Σ. Καλλιθέα) [1] was founded in 1966 from the amalgamation of four local football (soccer) clubs: Esperos [2] (played in Greek Division 1 in years 1948-49, 1949-50 and 1954-55), Iraklis (Hercules), AE Kallitheas and Kallithaikos. A fifth club (Pyrsos) joined next year (1967). The five stars in the club's logo depict the five founders.

Kallithea FC (in Greek GS Kallithea, Gymnasticos Syllogos Kallithea) started playing in Division 3 in year 1966. In year 1969 was promoted to Division 2 and in year 2002 to Division 1.

Since its foundation (1966) Kallithea FC has played for 15 periods in Division 3 (1966-1969, 1975, 1982-1987, 1990-1993, 1994-1997), 21 periods in Division 2 (1969-1975, 1976-1982, 1987-1990, 1993, 1997-2002) and 4 periods in Division 1 (2002-2006).

In January 2005 the top scorer of the Greek Championship, Theofanis Gekas, was transferred from Kallithea FC to Panathinaikos. In July 2005 Tasos Kyriakos, was transferred from Kallithea FC to Olympiakos.

Football ground: Kallithea Municipal Stadium "Gregoris Lambrakis" (capacity 5,000) at the Sikelia Heights, also known as "El Paso", a name acquired during the 1960s after the "For a Few Dollars More" spaghetti-western film.

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[edit] Current team players (2005-2006)

Number	Player	Position	Birth Year	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
15	Kostas Drampalis	GK	1983	Paradeisos Maroussi
32	Giorgos Souloganis	GK	1975	Lamia FC
35	Panagiotis Koliakis	GK	1986	Akratitos FC
52	Panagiotis Bartzokas	GK	1975	Akratitos FC
Defenders
2	Vasilis Karatzas	RB	1982	Tamynaikos Aliveriou
3	Vagelis Tsiolis	LB	1981	Panionios NFC
4	Achilleas Angelopoulos	CB	1977	Nafpaktiakos Asteras
5	Giorgos Koulakiotis	CB	1977	PAOK FC
6	Borislav Georgiev	RB	1974	Lokomotiv Sofia
12	Giorgos Kliafas	CB	1986	Anagennisi Karditsas
18	Xenophon Belegrinis	RB	1981	Chaidari FC
25	Anastasios Venetis	CB	1980	Akratitos FC
33	Michalis Tzormpatzakis	RB	1982	Irodotos FC
Midfielders / Wingers
7	Todor Yanchev	AM	1976	CSKA Sofia
8	Radislav Dragisevic	CM	1971	Kallithea FC
17	Grigoris Psarris	AM	1987	Hannover 96
19	Agisilaos Pasas	CM	1983	AE Mesolongiou
20	Cristo Telkinski	AM	1979	Akratitos FC
23	Amiran Mujiri	CM	1974	CSKA Sofia
28	Giannis Rovas	CM	1986	Anagennisi Karditsas
40	Jean Marie Sylla	DM	1983	Ergotelis FC
Forwards
9	Christos Koutsospyros	CF	1981	Panachaiki FC
10	Thanassis Tsingas	CF	1982	Paniliakos FC
11	Goran Petkovic	CF	1975	FK Zemun
21	Giannis Lazanas	CF	1980	Aris FC
22	Dimitris Diamantis	CF	1979	Chaidari FC
26	Pavlos Moustafidis	CF	1986	Kallithea FC
31	Charalambos Gontzos	CF	1982	Olympiakos Lavriou
31	Branko Radovanovic	CF	1981	Amkar Perm

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