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Full name	Athlitikos Omilos Kavala (Athletic Club Kavala)
Nickname(s)	Blue Argonauts
Founded	1965
Ground	Municipal Kavala Stadium, Kavala (Capacity: 12.500)
Chairman	Stavros Psomiadis
Manager	Giannis Papakostas
League	Greek Super League
2008-09	Beta Ethniki, 3rd (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

AO Kavala (Greek: Athlitikos Omilos Kavala), the Athletic Club Kavala, is a professional football (soccer) club based in the city of Kavala, Greece.

Contents 1 History[1] 2 Stadium 3 Current squad 3.1 In on loan 3.2 Out on loan 3.3 Foreign players 3.4 Coaching & Medical staff[4] 4 Notable former players 4.1 60s - 80s 4.2 90s - present 5 Coaches 6 League history 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History^[1]

The club was formed in 1965 from the merger of Phillipoi Kavala, Iraklis Kavala and A.E. Kavala. They have had a few runs in the top division of the Greek League. First time, they promoted in Alpha Ethniki in 1969 and were playing for 12 years (1970 - 1982).

In 1982 relegated in Beta Ethniki. After 11 years in Beta Ethniki and one year in Gamma Ethniki(1988-89) they became in Alpha Ethniki. After an "elevator" they relegated and promoted again and stayed since 2000

Then starts a "black" period for the team in which they playe only in Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki In 2009 they signed players like Fanis Katergiannakis and Miltiadis Sapanis and they promoted again after 9 years in Super League Greece.

[edit] Stadium

The club plays in the Municipal Kavala Stadium "Anthi Karayanni"^[2].

[edit] Current squad

As of 31 August 2009^[3]

No. Position Player 1 GK Charles Itandje (on loan from Liverpool) 2 DF Savo Pavićević 4 DF Duje Baković 5 MF Stefanos Siontis 6 MF Siniša Dobrasinović 7 MF Aleksandar Popović 8 MF Sotiris Leontiou 10 MF Wilson Oruma 11 MF Frédéric Mendy 13 GK Fanis Katergiannakis 14 DF Pierre Ducrocq (Vice-captain) 15 FW Diogo Rincón 16 MF Željko Kalajdžić

No. Position Player 18 DF Evangelos Ikonomou 21 MF Dimitris Petkakis 22 DF Manolis Psomas 23 MF Vassilis Lakis 29 FW Apostolos Giannou 31 GK Giorgos Lazaridis 33 FW Nikos Soultanidis 40 DF Douglão 44 FW Ilias Ioannou 60 GK Željko Kalac 80 FW Benjamin Onwuachi 88 DF Lazaros Theodorelis 90 FW Robert Stambolziev

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2009.

[edit] In on loan

• Sotiris Leontiou from Panathinaikos
• Robert Stambolziev from Panathinaikos
• Charles Itandje from Liverpool

[edit] Out on loan

• Patryk Aleksandrowicz to Thrasyvoulos F.C.
• Emmanouil Apostolidis to Thermaikos F.C.
• Kostantinos Barbas to Agrotikos Asteras F.C.
• Markos Chatziiliadis to Nestos Chrisoupolis
• Vaggelis Galanis to Panargiakos F.C.
• Enoc Pérez to Trikala F.C.

[edit] Foreign players

Only five Non-EU Nationals can be registered in the Greek Super league. Foreign players with an EU passport are registered as EU-Nationals

EU Nationals Pierre Ducrocq Duje Baković Siniša Dobrasinović Wilson Oruma Željko Kalac Robert Stambolziev Frédéric Mendy Charles Itandje Aleksandar Popović

Non-EU Nationals Diogo Rincón Douglão Željko Kalajdžić Savo Pavićević Benjamin Onwuachi

[edit] Coaching & Medical staff^[4]

Manager: Giannis Papakostas Assistant Manager: ' Coach: Giannis Giokas Goalkeeper Coach: Jovan Mihailovic Club doctor: Dr. Dimitris Tsirkas Physiotherapist: Iosif Michailidis

[edit] Notable former players

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[edit] 60s - 80s Antonis Modouras Dimitris Paridis Pavlos Kopsachilis Onoufrios Charalambidis Grigoris Machairidis Kostas Liolios Sergio Espinoza Elvio Mana

Fotis Papadopoulos Dimos Filippidis Giorgos Rigas Vangelis Kapetanidis Raul Vallian Panagiotis Koiveroglou Stathis Triantafyllidis Michalis Iordanidis Dietmar Constantini

[edit] 90s - present Hernán Rodrigo López Nima Nakisa Alfred Hörtnagl Yervand Sukiasyan Nikos Argyriou Kyrillos Kallimanis Ivan Mitev Anestis Athanasiadis Giorgos Papandreou Panagiotis Logaras

Theodoros Zagorakis Fanis Katergiannakis Vassilios Lakis Giorgos Mallios Agapitos Ambelas Leszek Pisz Igor Sypniewski Dimitris Salpigidis Giorgos Nasiopoulos Nikos Karageorgiou Giorgos Stratilatis Miltiadis Sapanis

[edit] Coaches

• Vasilis Daniil
• Michalis Bellis
• Grzegorz Lato
• Kostas Iosifidis
• Nikos Goulis
• Stratos Voutsakelis

[edit] League history

1965 – 1969: Division 2 1969 – 1982: Division 1 1982 – 1989: Division 2 1989 – 1990: Division 3 1990 – 1994: Division 2 1994 – 1995: Division 1 1995 – 1996: Division 2 1996 – 2000: Division 1 2000 – 2001: Division 2 2001 – 2002: Division 3 2002 – 2003: Division 2 2003 – 2008: Division 3 2008 – 2009: Division 2 2009 – 2010: Division 1

Sources: ^[5][6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Fanclub website
• Internet fanclub website

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