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Levadiakos
APO Levadiakos (logo).svg
Full nameAPO Levadiakos Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blue-Greens
Short nameAPOL
Founded1 December 1961; 61 years ago (1961-12-01)
GroundLevadia Municipal Stadium
Capacity5,915[1]
OwnerAndreas Kolokythas
ChairmanKonstantinos Kolokythas
ManagerGiannis Petrakis
LeagueSuper League Greece
2021–22Super League Greece 2, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Levadiakos Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–06 season, as runner-up of the Football League in 2004–05.[2] It was then relegated to the Beta Ethniki again in 2006–07[3] and returned to the top tier in 2007–08. The club finished one level above relegation that year but was relegated back to the second division by finishing 14th in 2009–10.[4] The club most recently won promotion back into the Super League Greece after winning the Super League Greece 2 in 2021–22.

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Greek language

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy, southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

Association football

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Super League Greece

Super League Greece

The Super League Greece 1, or Super League 1 Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. It consists of 14 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 26 games.

Livadeia

Livadeia

Livadeia is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia regional district. Livadeia lies 90 km (56 mi) north-west of Athens, 64 km (40 mi) west of Chalkida, 63 km (39 mi) south-east of Lamia, 44 km (27 mi) east-south-east of Amfissa, and 91 km (57 mi) east-north-east of Nafpaktos. The town lies some five kilometres west of Greek National Road 3, to which it is linked by National Road 48.

Football League (Greece)

Football League (Greece)

The Football League was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as Beta Ethniki and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier and it was eventually abolished in 2021 when the 2021–22 Super League 2 went from a 12 team to a 36 team league, absorbing most of the clubs from the Football League.

Super League Greece 2

Super League Greece 2

The Super League Greece 2 is the 30 team two-group second division of professional football in Greece, being a feeder-league to the top-level Super League usually played from September to May.

2021–22 Super League Greece 2

2021–22 Super League Greece 2

The 2021–22 Super League 2, known as Super League 2 betsson for sponsorship reasons, is the third season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since the restructuring of the Greek football league system.

History

Levadiakos started in 1961, when local clubs Trofonios and Pallevadiaki merged into a greater club.[5] Straight after, Levadiakos played in the second division being close to relegation in almost every season. In the 1980s, the team was upgraded and in May 1987, players and supporters of the club celebrated the team's first ever promotion to Alpha Ethniki following a career great season by Konstantinos "Prince" Litinas. Levadiakos stayed there only for four seasons, returning again only in 1994 and 1995. After their second relegation, Levadiakos declined and went very lower, even struggling to clinch promotion to the 3rd division of Greece. But once more, everything changed suddenly and the team reached again the Greek Super League after ten years, in 2005,[6] but was immediately relegated.[7] In the next summer, Levadiakos bought many expensive players and appointed Georgi Vasilev as manager.[8] Vasiliev achieved to get the team to the Super League once again, and in the 2007–08 season he struggled, but managed to avoid going down again. Nevertheless, he resigned from the club and he was succeeded by Momčilo Vukotić.[9]

Crest and colours

The club's crest has blue and green vertical stripes inspired by the great Konstantinos "Prince" Litinas. It comes from the colours of Pallevadiaki (green) and Trofonio (blue), the clubs that joined in order to establish Levadiakos. The colour common to both teams was white, which was also the basic colour of the group in the early years of its foundation.

Stadium

Levadiakos' stadium was built in 1952. The stadium is located in Livadeia, about 130 km north-west of Athens. The stadium itself is located on the south side of Livadeia.[10]

Seasons in the 21st century

Season Category Position Cup
2000–01 Delta Ethniki (4th division) 4th
2001–02 Delta Ethniki (4th division) 1st
2002–03 Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) 3rd 1R
2003–04 Beta Ethniki (2nd division) 8th 2R
2004–05 Beta Ethniki (2nd division) 2nd 2R
2005–06 Alpha Ethniki (1st division) 14th 4R
2006–07 Beta Ethniki (2nd division) 2nd 4R
2007–08 Super League (1st division) 11th 4R
2008–09 Super League (1st division) 13th 4R
2009–10 Super League (1st division) 14th 5R
2010–11 Football League (2nd division) 4th 2R
2011–12 Super League (1st division) 7th 4R
2012–13 Super League (1st division) 11th QF
2013–14 Super League (1st division) 9th 2R
2014–15 Super League (1st division) 14th 3R
2015–16 Super League (1st division) 10th 3R
2016–17 Super League (1st division) 14th 3R
2017–18 Super League (1st division) 10th R16
2018–19 Super League (1st division) 15th GS
2019–20 Super League 2 (2nd Division) 4th 4R
2020–21 Super League 2 (2nd Division) 3rd
2021–22 Super League 2 (2nd Division) 1st R16

Best position in bold.

Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.

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2002–03 Gamma Ethniki

2002–03 Gamma Ethniki

The 2002–03 Gamma Ethniki was the 20th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Poseidon Neon Poron was crowned champion, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Ergotelis also won promotion as a runner-up, Levadiakos was also promoted after defeating Kavala 2-1 in a single play-off match at Alcazar Stadium in Larissa between the 14th placed team of Beta Ethniki and the 3rd placed team of Gamma Ethniki, and Niki Volos was administratively promoted due to the withdrawal of Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos from Beta Ethniki due to the debts.

2003–04 Beta Ethniki

2003–04 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki 2003–04 complete season.

2004–05 Beta Ethniki

2004–05 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki 2004–05 complete season.

2006–07 Beta Ethniki

2006–07 Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki 2006–07 complete season.

2010–11 Football League (Greece)

2010–11 Football League (Greece)

The 2010–11 Football League is the second division of the Greek professional football system and the first season under the name Football League after previously being known as Beta Ethniki. Its regular season began on 12 September 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011; the promotion play-offs, originally scheduled to take place immediately afterwards, were postponed to late July 2011 in wake of the Koriopolis scandal.

2019–20 Super League Greece 2

2019–20 Super League Greece 2

The 2019–20 Super League 2 was the first season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since restructuring of the Greek football league system.

2020–21 Super League Greece 2

2020–21 Super League Greece 2

The 2020–21 Super League 2 was the second season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since restructuring of the Greek football league system.

2021–22 Super League Greece 2

2021–22 Super League Greece 2

The 2021–22 Super League 2, known as Super League 2 betsson for sponsorship reasons, is the third season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since the restructuring of the Greek football league system.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2023[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Greece GRE Antonis Dentakis
3 DF Greece GRE Marios Vichos
4 MF Ghana GHA Stephen Hammond
5 DF Hungary HUN Paulo Vinícius
6 MF Greece GRE Triantafyllos Tsapras
7 MF Sweden SWE Filip Sachpekidis
8 MF Greece GRE Georgios Nikas (4th captain)
11 MF Brazil BRA Jonas Toró (on loan from Panathinaikos)
12 MF Honduras HON Alfredo Mejía (captain)
15 GK Greece GRE Giannis Angelopoulos
16 MF Portugal POR António Xavier (on loan from Panathinaikos)
17 MF Greece GRE Giannis Gianniotas
18 FW Sweden SWE Alexander Jeremejeff (on loan from Panathinaikos)
19 MF Greece GRE Georgios Vrakas (on loan from PAOK)
20 MF Portugal POR Thierry Moutinho
22 DF New Zealand NZL Themistoklis Tzimopoulos (3rd captain)
24 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Liagas (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Kazenga LuaLua
26 MF Slovakia SVK Michal Škvarka
27 FW Greece GRE Konstantinos Doumtsios
28 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Verris
29 DF Cameroon CMR Patrick Bahanack
30 DF Greece GRE Stavros Panagiotou
31 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Symelidis
32 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Konstantinidis
33 DF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Paz
42 MF France FRA Abdoulaye Dabo (on loan from Olympiacos)
44 GK Croatia CRO Matej Marković
55 DF Greece GRE Nikolaos Tsaras
77 MF France FRA Anthony Belmonte
94 MF Mali MLI Bakary Sako
97 GK Serbia SRB Stefan Stojanović
99 GK Hungary HUN Dávid Gróf

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Greece GRE Christos Voutsas (at Panathinaikos B until 30 June 2023)
MF Albania ALB Renild Kasemi (at Veria until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Brazil BRA Gabriel Barbosa (at Kukësi until 30 June 2023)
FW Greece GRE Theodoros Tsirigotis (at AEL until 30 June 2023)

Retired Numbers

10 – Ιn honor of Giannis Kompotis, the owner of the club

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FIFA eligibility rules

FIFA eligibility rules

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Defender (association football)

Defender (association football)

In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.

Hellenic Football Federation

Hellenic Football Federation

The Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), also known as the Greek Football Federation is the governing body of football in Greece. It contributes in the organisation of Superleague Greece and organizes the Greek Cup and the Greece national team. It is based in Athens.

Antonis Dentakis

Antonis Dentakis

Antonis Dentakis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club Levadiakos.

Marios Vichos

Marios Vichos

Marios Vichos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League club Levadiakos.

Midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively right back role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments.

Ghana Football Association

Ghana Football Association

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is a governing body of association football based in Accra. Founded in 1957, The association was dissolved by the Ghanaian Minister of Sport, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, on 7 June 2018, after the uncovering of corruption by investigative video footages. In October 2019, a new president, Kurt Okraku, was elected and the association reconvened upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was elected vice president in November 2019.

Stephen Hammond (footballer)

Stephen Hammond (footballer)

Stephen Kwabena Hammond is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Greek Super League club Levadiakos.

Hungarian Football Federation

Hungarian Football Federation

The Hungarian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian league and the Hungarian national team. It is based in Budapest.

Paulo Vinícius (footballer, born 1990)

Paulo Vinícius (footballer, born 1990)

Paulo Vinícius Souza dos Santos is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Greek Super League club Levadiakos and the Hungary national team. He was born in Brazil, and became a Hungarian citizen on 10 March 2017 and thus eligible to play internationally for Hungary.

Swedish Football Association

Swedish Football Association

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Filip Sachpekidis

Filip Sachpekidis

Filip Filipos Lars Sachpekidis is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Greek Super League club Levadiakos, as a right winger and centre forward.

Former managers

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Greece

Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.

Sakis Tsiolis

Sakis Tsiolis

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Bulgaria

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Serbia

Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosovo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city.

Momčilo Vukotić

Momčilo Vukotić

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Spain

Spain

Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country primarily located in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. The largest part of Spain is situated on the Iberian Peninsula; its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa. The country's mainland is bordered to the south by Gibraltar; to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea; to the north by France, Andorra and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. With an area of 505,990 km2 (195,360 sq mi), Spain is the second-largest country in the European Union (EU) and, with a population exceeding 47.4 million, the fourth-most populous EU member state. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Bilbao.

Quique Hernández

Quique Hernández

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Dimitrios Farantos

Dimitrios Farantos

Dimitrios Farantos is a Greek football manager.

Giannis Papakostas

Giannis Papakostas

Giannis Papakostas is a Greek football manager. Papakostas began his coaching career at Eleusina and Chalkidona and PAS Giannina that he brought into the semi-final of Greek Cup in the season 2006–2007. Papakostas later cut his teeth on such clubs as Panserraikos and Kavala FC.

Georgios Paraschos

Georgios Paraschos

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BiH (БиХ) or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about 20 kilometres long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tuzla and Zenica.

Jasminko Velić

Jasminko Velić

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Personnel

Ownership and current board

Position Staff
Owners Greece Andreas Kolokythas (59.93%)
Greece Konstantinos Kolokythas (10.60%)
President Greece Konstantinos Kolokythas
Vice-President Greece Lampros Balokas
CEO Greece Dimitris Pantiskos
Board member Greece Georgios Tsabis
Board member Greece Panagiota Kyriazi
Board member Greece Loukas Koutriaris

Coaching staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager Giannis Petrakis Greece
Physical fitness coach Thomas Giannitopoulos Greece
Goalkeeping coach Kostas Toskas Greece
Physiotherapist Loukas Karamanis Greece
Physiotherapist Nikos Papathanasiou Greece
Masseur Thanasis Nikolaou Greece
Masseur Grigoris Ioannou Greece
Caregiver Dimitris Papadas Greece

Source: "Levadiakos F.C.", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 20th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levadiakos_F.C..

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