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Kallithea FC
Full name	Γ.Σ. Καλλιθέα; Gymasticos Syllogos Kallithea
Nickname(s)	Blues, England
Founded	1966
Ground	Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium; Kallithea, Athens, Greece; (Capacity: 4,200)
Chairman	Nikos Salevris
Manager	Periklis Amanatidis
League	Gamma Ethniki
2008-09	Beta Ethniki, 17th (Relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Kallithea F.C. (Greek: Γ.Σ. Καλλιθέα) is a Greek professional football club based in Kallithea, currently competing in the Greek second division (see Greek football league system).

[edit] Background

The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Kallithea (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Καλλιθέα), meaning Gymnastic Club of Kallithea, which is shortened to G.S. Kallithea (Greek: Γ.Σ. Καλλιθέα).

The club was founded on 18 August 1966, from the merger of five local clubs: Esperos, Iraklis, AE Kallitheas, Kallithaikos, and Pyrsos.^[1]

The five stars in Kallithea's club logo represent the five founding clubs.

[edit] History

[edit] League

Kallithea's first season of competitive football was in 1966-67 in the third tier of Greek football. In 1969, the club earned promotion to the second division, for the first time.

In 2002 Kallithea achieved promotion to top flight, for the first time. The first match there in the club's history was a 1-0 loss to Olympiacos at Georgios Kamaras Stadium, on 25 August 2002. The club's first win in the competition came on 14 September, a 3-2 upset of PAOK F.C. at Toumba Stadium, thanks to two goals from Theofanis Gekas.

After a 9th place finish in 2004-05, Kallithea was relegated back the following season. In 2006-07 and 2007-08, the club finished 7th and 6th in the second level, respectively.^[2]

[edit] Cup

Kallithea has reached as far as the quarterfinal stage of the Greek Cup on four occasions: in 1969-70 (eliminated by Aris Thessaloniki), in 1978-79 (eliminated by Panachaiki FC), in 1986-87 (by OFI Crete, who won the competition that year), and in 2001-02 (ousted by Olympiacos).^[3]

[edit] Stadium

Main article: Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium

Kallithea plays its home matches at Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium in Kallithea. The stadium was built in 1970, and currently has a seating capacity of 4,250.^[4]

The ground is commonly referred to by its nickname, El Paso. The site of the stadium used to be a quarry, explaining the tall rock lining the north end of the stadium. When the stadium was being built in the 1960s, Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns were very popular in Greece, and the stadium's nickname is a reference to Eastwood's 1965 film For a Few Dollars More (which had the Greek title Duel in El Paso), as the stadium's backdrop reminded people of the scenery in the movie.^[4]

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Current squad 2008/09

As of 25 October 2008

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Apostolos Papadopoulos
2	DF	Pavlos Moustafidis
4	DF	Konstantinos Pararas
5	DF	Fotios Kiskabanis
6	DF	Georgios Syros
7	MF	Luis Sarmiento
8	MF	Fotios Georgiou
9	FW	Georgios Kazantzis
10	MF	Loukas Karadimos
11	MF	Alexandros Karachalios
13	DF	Georgios Koutroubis
14	DF	Grigorios Toskas
15	MF	Tzvetomir Tchipev

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Mattheos Maroukakis
17	MF	Evagelos Platelas
18	MF	Ilias Kakaras
20	MF	Krunoslav Jambrusic
21	MF	Dimitrios Markomichalis
23	MF	Athanasios Noutsos
25	GK	Athanasios Rousiamanis
26	DF	Dimitris Alkiviadis
29	MF	Nikolaos Koustalas
33	FW	Marko Markovski
76	GK	Christos Athanasopoulos
88	MF	Labros Honos

[edit] League history

1966 – 1969: Division 3
1969 – 1982: Division 2
1982 – 1987: Division 3
1987 – 1990: Division 2
1990 – 1993: Division 3
1993 – 1994: Division 2
1994 – 1997: Division 3
1997 – 2002: Division 2
2002 – 2006: Division 1
2006 – 2009: Division 2
2009 – 2010: Division 3

Sources: ^[5]^[6]^[7]

[edit] References

^ "Greece - Mergers and name changes". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk-names.html.
^ "Greece - List of second level final tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk2hist.html.
^ "Greece - Cup data (from Quarterfinals on)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grkcuphistfull.html.
^ ^a ^b "Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium". Stadia.gr. http://www.stadia.gr/kallithea/kallithea.html.
^ Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grkhist.html.
^ Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk2hist.html.
^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk3hist.html.

[edit] External links

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[0] "Greece - Mergers and name changes". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk-names.html.

[1] "Greece - List of second level final tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk2hist.html.

[2] "Greece - Cup data (from Quarterfinals on)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grkcuphistfull.html.

[Gregoris_Lambrakis_Stadium-3] "Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium". Stadia.gr. http://www.stadia.gr/kallithea/kallithea.html.

[4] Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grkhist.html.

[5] Abbink, Dinant and Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk2hist.html.

[6] Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk3hist.html.

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