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Athens Kallithea Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Kallithea, Athens, Greece, which competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system.

Athens Kallithea
Full nameAthens Kallithea Football Club
Founded18 August 1966
GroundGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Capacity6,300
OwnerAndrew Barroway
ChairmanTed Philipakos
ManagerLeonidas Vokolos
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2021–22Super League Greece 2, 2nd
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

The club has finished as high as ninth in the Greek top flight (2004-05) and has reached as far as the quarterfinal stage of the Greek Cup on five occasions (1969–70, 1978–79, 1986–87, 2001–02, 2009–10).[1]


History



Founding and Early History


The club was founded on 18 August 1966 from the merger of five local clubs: Esperos, Iraklis, AE Kallitheas, Kallithaikos, and Pyrsos.[2]

In 1970, Kallithea’s Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium, named after the Greek liberal politician and peace activist Grigoris Lambrakis, was opened to the public.


Early 2000s in First Division


In 2002, Kallithea achieved promotion to Greece’s top division for the first time. The club’s first win in the competition was a 3–2 upset of PAOK at Toumba Stadium, thanks to two goals from Theofanis Gekas, on 14 September 2002.

After finishing ninth in 2004–05, Kallithea was relegated from the top division in 2005-06.


Recent History


In August 2021, New York-born Greek-American and Venezia FC chief brand officer Ted Philipakos led the takeover of Kallithea FC,[3] with he and his brother Peter Philipakos serving as president and vice president, respectively.

In the 2021-22 season, Kallithea finished second in Super League 2, seven points back of league winners Levadiakos for promotion to Super League 1, which was the club’s most successful season since it last appeared in the top division in 2005-06.

In September 2022, the club rebranded as Athens Kallithea FC. The presentation of the club's rebranding and 22/23 home and away shirts was met with widespread acclaim in Greece[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and abroad,[11][12][13][14][15][16] with Milan-based Rivista Undici calling it "the most beautiful restyling of the year" and London-based Versus calling it "one of the cleanest football rebrands ever."


Stadium


Athens Kallithea FC play at Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium in the Athenian district of Kallithea, located 2 km south of the Acropolis and 1 km west of Andrea Syngrou Avenue, the main road linking the Athens city center to Poseidonos Avenue and the Athens Riviera.

Built in 1970, and named after the Greek liberal politician and peace activist Grigoris Lambrakis, it is a multi-use public stadium with a seating capacity of 6,300.

The stadium is commonly referred to by its nickname “El Paso,” a reference to Clint Eastwood’s 1965 Spaghetti Western film For a Few Dollars More (which had the Greek title Duel in El Paso), as the stadium was built on the site of a quarry and features a tall rock along the north side of the pitch.


Crest and Colors



Historical


The first crest of Kallithea consisted of four circles representing the four groups of the merger of 1966, then becoming five circles with the addition of Pyrsos in 1967, which caused an issue with the Hellenic Olympic Committee. As a result, the club introduced a new crest with five stars in a diagonal line. The club’s colors were blue and white, which were the colors of the two main groups of the merger, Esperos Kallitheas and Iraklis Kallitheas.


Current


In September 2022, the club rebranded as Athens Kallithea FC, with a visual identity consisting of a stylized “AK” crest, the club’s founding year 1966, the five stars representing the founding merger of the club, and a modernized representation of the mythical figure Theseus as he appears on the flag of the Kallithea. The color gold was added to the club's original blue and white. The new logo and jerseys were designed by Bureau Borsche, the German design studio that also handled the rebranding of Inter Milan and Venezia F.C.. [17][18][19][20]


Players



Current squad


As of 23 September 2022

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 Thanasis Pantos
2 MF  GRE Georgios Manthatis
3 DF  GRE Leonidas Rossi
4 DF  GRE Ilias Evangelou
5 MF  GRE Orestis Tsintonis
6 MF  GRE Konstantinos Bouloulis
7 FW  ESP Nili
8 MF  GRE Theocharis Natsis
10 FW  ALB Flosard Malçi
11 FW  GRE Georgios Doumtsis
12 MF  GRE Constantine Edlund
13 GK  GRE Panagiotis Vosniadis
14 DF  GRE Michalis Kyrgias
15 MF  GRE Pavlos Laskaris
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK  GRE Georgios Strezos
17 FW  FRA Anthony Mounier
19 DF  GRE Vasilios Rentzas
20 DF  GRE Christos Kontochristos
21 MF  ESP Omar Santana
23 MF  GRE Stathis Vasiloudis
25 FW  GRE Giannis Loukinas
26 FW  GRE Panagiotis Kynigopoulos
31 GK  GRE Vasilios Kravaritis
33 DF  GRE Nikos Kenourgios
44 DF  GRE Konstantinos Koltsidas
77 MF  GRE Athanasios Kostanasios
88 MF  GRE Konstantinos Chatzidimpas
99 MF  BRA Demethryus

Honours


Third Division: 3

Fourth Division: 1


References


  1. "Greece – Cup data (from Quarterfinals on)". RSSSF.
  2. "Greece – Mergers and name changes". RSSSF.
  3. "Από την Venezia στην Καλλιθέα". Kathimerini.
  4. "Η Athens Kallithea FC έχει μια αποστολή για το ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο". Kathimerini.
  5. "Athens Kallithea FC: Οι νέες ποδοσφαιρικές εμφανίσεις συνάντησαν τη μόδα και είναι εντυπωσιακά stylish". Lifo.
  6. "Η Καλλιθέα ξανασυστήνεται με μοντέλο και παρουσίαση φανέλας αλά Βενέτσια!". Gazzetta.gr.
  7. "Καλλιθέα: Στη νέα εποχή με φανέλες αλά Βενέτσια, νέο όνομα και έμβλημα". Sport24.
  8. "Με άρωμα... Βενέτσια οι νέες φανέλες της Καλλιθέας!". Spor FM.
  9. "Athens Kallithea FC: Η πιο μοδάτη ελληνική ομάδα". Sportday.
  10. "Οι φανέλες της Καλλιθέας είναι ό,τι πιο ωραίο έχουμε δει στο ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο φέτος". Oneman.gr.
  11. "Introducing Athens Kallithea: Your new second team". Goal.com.
  12. "Athens Kallithea Follow Venezia FC's Path With New Home & Away Shirts". Soccerbible.
  13. "Athens Kallithea FC and Kappa Team up for one of the Cleanest Football Rebrands Ever". Versus.
  14. "Il restyling più bello dell'anno è quello dell'Athens Kallithea FC, in Grecia". Rivista Undici.
  15. "Il vostro prossimo club preferito si trova in Grecia e si chiama Athens Kallithea FC". NSS.
  16. "Nace el hermano pequeño del Venezia: Athens Kallithea". 25 Gramos.
  17. "Athens Kallithea FC Instagram post". Athens Kallithea FC.
  18. "Athens Kallithea FC Instagram post". Athens Kallithea FC.
  19. "Athens Kallithea FC Instagram post". Athens Kallithea FC.
  20. "Your next favourite club is located in Greece and is called Athens Kallithea FC". nss magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-09.



На других языках


[de] Kallithea FC

Der Kallithea FC (griechisch Γ.Σ. Καλλιθέα, Gymnasticos Syllogos Kallithea) ist ein griechischer Fußballverein aus Kallithea (Athen), der derzeit in der Football League spielt.
- [en] Athens Kallithea F.C.

[es] GS Kallithea

El Gymasticos Syllogos Kallithea es un club de fútbol griego de la ciudad de Kallithea. Fue fundado en 1966 y juega en la Segunda Superliga de Grecia.[1]

[ru] Калитея (футбольный клуб)

«Калитея»[1] — греческий футбольный клуб, представляющий в чемпионате своей страны одноимённый город. Клуб был основан в 1966 году, в результате слияния пяти местных клубов: «Эсперос», «Ираклис», «АЕ Калитея», «Калифаикос» и «Пирсос». Домашние матчи команда проводит на стадионе «Григорис Ламбракис»  (греч.) (рус., вмещающем 4 200 зрителей. В Суперлигу Греции клуб впервые пробился в 2002 году и провёл в ней в общей сложности (по состоянию на начало 2014 года) 4 сезона. Главным тренером команды с 2021 года является Воколос Леонидас  (англ.) (рус..



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