Panegialios F.C.

Panegialios

Full name

Panegialios Gymnastics Club

Nickname(s)

Black Storm,Pasades toy Egiou

Founded

1927

Ground

Aigio National Stadium
Aigio

Capacity

7,000

Chairman

Xristos Mistakidis

Manager

Leonidas Vokolos

League

Football League

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Panegialios (Greek: Παναιγιάλειος Γ.Σ. (Panegialios Gymnastics Club, referring to Aigialeia, a subprefecture covering the northeastern part of Achaea) is a football club based in Aigio, Greece. Panaigialios has a long tradition in Greek football championships and has several appearances in the Greek Super League (former A' Ethniki), 2nd Division and 3rd Division. Additionally the team has reached twice the semi-finals of the Greek Cup competition. Panegialios is one of the most successful and popular teams in Achaea and Peloponnese.

History

The club was founded on 25 February 1927 in Egio by local selected community members. The man who inspired the idea of the formation of a football club in Egio was Zisimos Livas. Livas, a well-known architect, together with Nick Gardeniotis, C. Sakellaropoulos, Ir. Anastasopoulos, K. Eliopoulos, K. Liritzis, Chr. Papandianos, etc. have established Panegialios G.S. It is worth to mention that the effort for the formation of a football club in Egio had begun from Livas in 1924. Until 1927 Livas and the other co-founders have raised money in order to establish the club. Finally in February 1927 they submitted the statute foundation of the club to the local judicial authorities.

Nicknames

Panegialios nickname since the late-1950s was Mavri Thiella (Black Storm). Also his players called Pasades tou Aigiou because they were very well paid for that era.

Greek cup

Panegialios has a big tradition in Greek Cup and twice reached the semi finals, in 1959 and 1981. Both has lost the qualification in the final from Olympiacos Piraeus. Additionally the club has reached the quarter finals twice.

Club crest and colours

Like most old football clubs, Panegialios did not initially have any badge displayed on their shirts. The club's crest depicts two wrestlers of Greco-Roman wrestling. It is quite unusual for a football club to have a crest that refers to wrestling but the explanation has to do with Panegialios founder, Zisimos Livas. Livas was a lover Greco-Roman wrestling and had been an athlete of wrestling in Panellinios G.S. So in 1954 after the death of Zisimos Livas, the President of the Club Sotirios Panagiotopoulos in order to honor him, has decided to adopt the club the two wrestlers as a crest. The colours of the team are black and white since 1927.

Supporters

Panegialios F.C. has always had loyal supporters. The first fan club was created during the 1970s. It was called Sindesmos Filathlon Aigiou (S.f.A.) and later changed in Sindesmos Filathlon Panaigialeiou. In 2006 Bianconeri Club has established with strong presence in Panaigialios matches until nowadays.

Stadium-Facilities

Panegialios home ground is Aeghio Municipal (formerly "National") Stadium which has two stands along the sides of the pitch. The capacity is 7000 seats. The west stand has plastic seats, which were installed in 1999. It did not feature a grass pitch until 1983, while the running track was completed in 2011.

Built in: 1951 (Latest redevelopment in 1985)
Record attendance: 14,119 (Panaeghialios FC vs Olympiacos CFP - in 1963)

League divisions

League appearances

Panegialos league appearances in national divisions since 1958-59. It is one of the few clubs that has participated in all four national Greek divisions.

Alpha Ethniki - 7 appearances
Beta Ethniki - 20 appearances
Gamma Ethniki - 15 appearances
Delta Ethniki - 15 appearances

National

2012-13: Gamma Ethniki (Third division) (South Group) 2nd
2013-14: Football League (South Group): 5th
2014-15: Football League (South Group): 6th
2015-16: Football League: 12th
2016-17: Football League

Current squad

As of 10 September 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Giorgos Strezos
16	GK	Dimitrios Tsapalos
55	GK	Christos Athanasopoulos
28	GK	Vasilis Athanasiou
2	DF	Dimitrios Sandravelis
22	DF	Apostolos Stikas
6	DF	Konstantinos Vlachos
5	DF	Panagiotis Kontoes
24	DF	Georgios Koutsopodiotis
44	DF	Demo Leli
33	DF	Christos Rellas
3	DF	Andreas Polychroniadis
4	DF	Aris Rotas
17	MF	Thanasis Patiniotis

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Serafim Moisidis
25	MF	Alexandros Michalopoulos
71	MF	Konstantinos Kaznaferis
13	MF	Giorgos Katidis
99	MF	Leonidas Skartsilas
8	MF	Vasilis Bouzas
10	FW	Giannis Bourlakis
9	FW	Panagiotis Xoblios
79	FW	Stelios Kritikos
7	FW	Ilias Tsiligiris
11	FW	Trifon Kazviropoulos

Notable players

Old team, 1927

Nikos Alefantos
Savvas Papazoglou
Grigoris Aganian
Lakis Sofianos
Nikos Karamanlis
Kostas Davourlis
Kristen Viikmäe
Mixalis Kritikopoulos
Sergio Espinosa

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Ownership	Antonios Rellas
President and CEO	Christos Mistakidis
Vice-President	Antonios Rellas
Board member	Panagiotis Gousas
Board member	Athanasios Sotiropoulos
Board member	Nikolaos Merkouris

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Leonidas Vokolos
Assistant Coach	Giorgos Haritos
Fitness Coach	Andreas Fousekis
Goalkeepers Coach	Giorgos Fousekis
Head doctor	Xristos Papadopoulos
Physio	Kostas Fousekis

Current sponsorships

References

External links

Football League

2016–17 teams	Acharnaikos AEL Kalloni Agrotikos Asteras Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Smyrni Aris Chania Kallithea Kissamikos Lamia OFI Panachaiki Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Sparti Trikala Zakynthos

Seasons	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Superleague Greece teams

Current (2016–17)	AEK AEL Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Iraklis Kerkyra Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Veria Xanthi

Former	AE Kavala Akratitos Apollon Kalamaria Apollon Smyrni Aris Aspida Xanthi Athinaikos Atromitos Piraeus Chalkida Chalkidona Diagoras Doxa Drama Edessaikos Egaleo Ergotelis Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Athens^* Ethnikos Piraeus Fostiras Filippoi Kavala Goudi Athens Ionikos Iraklis Serron Kalamata Kallithea Kalloni Kastoria Kavala Korinthos Makedonikos Megas Alexandros Megas Alexandros Katerini Naoussa Niki Volos OFI Olympiakos Chalkida Olympiakos Volos Panachaiki Panargiakos Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Paniliakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Peiraikos Syndesmos^* Pierikos Proodeftiki Rodos Thermaikos Thessaloniki Thrasyvoulos Trikala Vyzas Megara *only in pre-HFF championships

Former (from Cyprus)	AEL Limassol APOEL EPA Larnaca Olympiakos Nicosia Omonia Nicosia

Football in Greece

Overview	Hellenic Football Federation List of Unions Awards By number of titles List of clubs List of venues

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League competitions	Superleague Football League Gamma Ethniki Delta Ethniki FCA Winners' Championship Local Championships Football League System Panhellenic Championship (defunct) Champions Top goalscorers Superleague Football League Women's top division

Cup competitions	Greek Cup Super Cup League Cup (defunct) Gamma Ethniki Cup Amateurs' Super Cup Amateurs Cup Women's Cup

Miscellaneous	P.O.K. Koriopolis scandal 2015 Greek football scandal Greek football clubs in European competitions

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