Egaleo Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Αιγάλεω 1931) is a Greek professional football club based in Aigaleo, a suburban town in the Athens urban area, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis F.C., founded in 1931). The team currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football and it holds home matches at Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium.

Egaleo
Full nameΑθλητικός Όμιλος Αιγάλεω
A.O. Egaleo Football Club
Nickname(s)City [1]
Founded1931; 93 years ago (1931)
GroundStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Capacity8,217
ChairmanKonstantinos Tsikrikas
ManagerApostolos Charalampidis
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2022–23Super League Greece 2, 10th

Club colours are blue and white.

History edit

Egaleo was founded in 1931 by Demetrios Haniotis and Georgios Aronis, as Athletic Union of Ierapolis (Αθλητική Ένωση Ιεραπόλεως – Athlitiki Enosis Ieropoleos). In 1946, three other clubs in the district merged with A.E. Ierapoleos to form Athletic Club Egaleo (Αθλητικός Όμιλος Αιγάλεω – Athlitikos Omilos Egaleo), which managed to reach for the first time the first division in 1961.

In the 2003–04 season, Egaleo managed its second better ever classification, fifth (fourth in the 1970–71 season), playing UEFA Cup for the first time in 2004–05, appearing in the group stages (after defeating Gençlerbirliği of Turkey 2–1 score on aggregate) with FK Partizan, S.S. Lazio, Middlesbrough and Villarreal CF, which ended with the conquest of just one point. In the league, the club finished sixth, trailing PAOK by just one point.

After a disappointing 2006–07, Egaleo was relegated back to the second level. Another relegation followed in the next year, and a third in 2008–09.

In August 2009, a merger between Egaleo and Ilisiakos F.C. took place, as the other club participated in the second division, with the purchase being made effective by Egaleo's owner Thomas Mitropoulos; the new club, which took Ilisiakos' place, was renamed Egaleo A.O.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, due to the merger being declared illegal by the Greek Council of State, Egaleo FC was relegated to the Delta Ethniki.

Honours edit

Domestic edit

Leagues edit

Winners (4): 1964–65, 1976–77, 1982–83, 2000–01
Winners (2): 1998–99, 2018–19
Winners (2): 1995–96, 2012–13

Regional edit

Leagues edit

  • Athens FCA Championship
    • Winners (8): 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Cups edit

Supporters edit

The ultras group Gate 12 have friendly relation with fans of CD Leganés, the towns of Egaleo and Leganés happen to be twinned too.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 6 January 2024

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  GREDimitrios Katsimitros
2DF  GREPantelis Theologou
3MF  GREIraklis Garoufalias
5DF  ALBKostandin Kariqi
6MF  SLEJohn Kamara
7FW  GREGeorgios Daviotis
8MF  ARGCristian Ramírez
9FW  GREChristos Kollas (captain)
10FW  SRBBogdan Stamenković
11MF  GREAnastasios Dimitriadis
14MF  GRENikos Konstantakopoulos
15DF  GREIlias Evangelou
17FW  GREChristos Marathonitis
19FW  GREMichalis Bastakos
20DF  GREAngelos Zioulis
21FW  GREStavros Zarokostas
22DF  GREEfthymis Pavlakis
No.Pos. NationPlayer
24FW  ALBMarkeljan Misku
27DF  GREVasilios Politis
29MF  GREParis Babis
30DF  GREKonstantinos Tampas
31GK  GREDimitrios Fontalis
33GK  GREIlias Kyritsis
37GK  GREVasilios Tsimopoulos
40MF  NGAPhilip Ikeocha
45FW  GREGiannis Varkas
55DF  ALBAntonio Miço
60DF  SURDelvechio Blackson
70FW  GREIoakim Zygeridis
73GK  RUSGleb Nesposudniy
77FW  ALBEmiljano Bullari
88MF  GREKonstantinos Chatzidimpas
99MF  NGADavid Nazim

Notable former players edit

Internationally capped players or players who have over 50 appearances for the club

Notable former managers edit

Notable Chairmen edit

Technical staff edit

NameRole
Dragan ĐukanovićManager
Stavros BairamisAssistant manager
Konstantinos DiallasFitness Coach

European matches edit

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAway
2002–03UEFA Intertoto Cup3rd Round Fulham1–10–1
2003–04UEFA Intertoto Cup3rd Round Koper2–32–2
2004–05UEFA Cup1st Round Gençlerbirliği1–01–1
Group Stage
(Group E)
Middlesbrough0–1
Partizan Belgrade0–4
Lazio2–2
Villarreal0–4
2005–06UEFA Intertoto Cup3rd Round Žalgiris Vilnius1–33–2

References edit

  1. ^ "Club's history | official wedsite". www.aoaigaleo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 9 April 2022.

Sources edit

  • "Απ' τις λαμαρίνες στα σαλόνια της Ευρώπης" (Nikos D. Nikolaidis, "Embryo" Publications)

External links edit