Doxa Dramas FC

Full name	Doxa Dramas (Glory of Drama)
Nickname(s)	Doxa (Glory) Mavri Aeti (Black Eagles) Mavri Thyella (Black Thunder)
Founded	1918
Ground	Doxa Drama Stadium Drama, Greece (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Margarita Skoulidou
Manager	Kostas Vasilakakis
League	Beta Ethniki
2009	Gamma Ethniki, Nort Group 1st (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Doxa Dramas FC (Greek: Δόξα Δράμας), the Glory of Drama, is a football club based in the city of Drama, Greece.

The club currently competes in the Beta Ethniki of the Greek National Football Championship.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Current squad 4 Past Highlights 5 External links

[edit] History

During World War I, near the city of Drama, Macedonia, a team of English soldiers who played football regularly in their camp inspired the local Greek population to create the first football club in the region. Founded as Pileas in 1918, the team was renamed Doxa (Greek: Δόξα) in 1919.

Initially, the team colors were black and white with the logo of a black clover. After the war the team's logo was permanently changed to a black eagle, while the team colours of black and white remain until today.

The first formal match of Doxa was against Kavala, the team of a neighbouring town with the same name. In that first game Doxa won 3-0. Doxa Dramas's fortunes changed after the end of the civil war in Greece (1946-1949), eventually reaching Alpha Ethniki, the highest tier of Greek club football. Doxa reached the final of the Greek football Cup in 1953/54, 1957/58 and 1958/59, but lost all three finals to Olympiacos. Even today, some bitterness still remains amongst Doxa Dramas fans, as it is believed that at that time Olympiacos enjoyed the support of the government.^{[citation needed]} Doxa Dramas participated in Alpha Ethniki for 19 seasons. Financial and administrative turmoil, however, led to the club being relegated to Greece's amateur division, Delta Ethniki. Today, Doxa Dramas are considered a powerful team in the third tier of the Greek football championship, Gamma Ethniki. Its goal is to return to the Alpha Ethniki in the foreseeable future. In 2008-2009, Doxa had a strong year in the Third Division and clinched the Gamma Ethniki North title with two games to spare. Doxa will return to Beta Ethniki after 11 years for the 2009-2010 season with hopes of climbing back into top flight football.

[edit] Stadium

The stadium of Doxa Dramas has a capacity of 7,000 people and it is situated in the eastern part of the town of Drama, in the district of Komninoi.

Also Doxa Drama has the nickname of black-eagles.

[edit] Current squad

As of 18 August 2009, according to the official website Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 MF Nikolaos Tsimblidis 4 DF Theodoros Pakaltsis 5 DF Giorgos Samaras 6 DF Robinho 7 MF Charalampos Mouratidis 8 MF Toni González 9 FW Lazaros Mouratidis 10 MF Athanasios Pindonis 11 FW Konstantinos Aggos 13 MF Stavros Tsoukalas 14 FW Ronny van Es 16 MF Dimitrios Gikas

No. Position Player 18 MF Alassane N'Dour 19 FW Marko Markovski 20 DF Dimosthenis Papathanasiou 22 DF Dimitrios Samaras 23 MF Mihalis Galakteros 24 DF Petros Papadopoulos 25 DF Stylianos Patentalis 26 MF Dimosthenis Baxevanidis 31 GK Dimitrios Karatziovalis 44 GK Theodoros Karavelidis 77 FW Giannis Chloros 86 GK Eleftherios Topalidis 88 GK Panagiotis Papadopoulos 99 FW Antonios Macheroudis

In on loan

• Stavros Tsoukalas from PAOK FC

[edit] Past Highlights

• Participation in National Divisions:
  • Championship of Eastern Macedonia:1938-39.
  • Northern regional group: 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1958-59.
  • Northern regional group: 1955-56 (3d).
  • Northern regional championship: 1957-58.
  • National championship: 1956-57 (5th), 1957-58 (7th), 1958-59 (5th).
  • 1st Division (A' Ethniki, Alpha Ethniki): 1959-60 (6th), 1960-61 (7th), 1961-62 (16th), 1963-64 (11th), 1964-65 (16th), 1979-80 (12th), 1980-81 (9th), 1981-82 (11th), 1982-83 (12th), 1983-84 (11th), 1984-85 (13th), 1985-86 (14th), 1986-87 (14th), 1988-89 (9th), 1989-90 (10th), 1990-91 (8th), 1991-92 (13th), 1992-93 (13th), 1993-94 (15th), 1994-95 (16th).
  • 2nd Division (B' Ethniki, Beta Ethniki): 1962-63, 1965-66, 1978-79, 1987-88, 1995-96, 2009-2010.
  • 4th Division (Δ' Ethniki, Delta Ethniki): 1999-2000.
  • National amateur division: 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03.
  • 3rd Division (Γ' Ethniki, Gamma Ethniki): 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.

[edit] External links

• Official Doxa Dramas Website
• Unofficial Fan Website
• Information about the stadium

 

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