Xanthi F.C.

Xanthi FC

Full name

Athlitikos Omilos Xanthi

Founded

1967

Ground

Xanthi FC Arena
Xanthi, Greece

Capacity

7,361

Owner

Christos Panopoulos

Chairman

Aristeides Pialoglou

Manager

Răzvan Lucescu

League

Superleague Greece

2015–16

Superleague Greece, 13th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Xanthi F.C. (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε., Athletic Club Xanthi F.C.) is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

History

The club was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs: A.P.S. Aspida Xanthi (was founded in 1922) and Orfeas (was founded in 1903). The name of the team was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1991. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Skoda vehicles in Greece, bought the club from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club. In 2016 the cooperation was ended and the club's name returned to its original.

The club is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth setup. Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup or Europa League in 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2013–14 seasons. In the 2004–05 season, Xanthi finished fourth in the A Ethinki (first division, today Super League), the club's best performance in many years.

Xanthi's first appearance in the first division was in 1989.

Stadium

Xanthi FC Arena

Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located near the centre of the city, for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however has only 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.

Their appearance in the UEFA Cup saw them drawn in the qualifying rounds against English club Middlesbrough, who went on to reach the UEFA Cup final against Sevilla. Xanthi drew bravely 0–0 in the second leg, with Emerson making a return to the Riverside Stadium.

Honours

Greek Football Cup

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

League history

1967–85: Division 2
1985–86: Division 3
1986–89: Division 2
1989–present: Division 1 / Super League

Sources:^[1]^[2]

European matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First round	Lazio	0–0	0–4	0–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First round	Middlesbrough	0–0	0–2	0–2
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First round	Dinamo Bucureşti	3–4	1–4	4–8
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Linfield	0–1	2–1 (aet)	2–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Standard Liège	1–2	1–2	2–4

Current squad

As of 4 July 2016 ^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Luigi Cennamo
2	DF	Thanasis Papageorgiou
3	DF	Hélder Pereira
4	DF	Aristotelis Karasalidis
5	DF	Dimos Baxevanidis
6	MF	Pablo de Lucas
7	MF	Panagiotis Triadis
8	MF	Kontsantinos Kostas
9	FW	Hamza Younés
10	FW	Karim Soltani
11	MF	Adrián Lucero
15	DF	Okan Hatziterzoglu
16	MF	Theodoros Vasilakakis
17	DF	Wallace

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Antonis Ranos
20	GK	Živko Živković
21	DF	Konstantinos Fliskas (captain)
22	MF	Đorđe Lazić
23	FW	Dani Nieto
24	MF	Petros Orphanides
25	MF	Tomislav Tomić
26	MF	Lazaros Orphanides
30	FW	Ovidiu Herea
31	DF	Christos Lisgaras
33	DF	Stratos Svarnas
37	FW	Christopher
66	DF	Khassa Camara
91	GK	Michalis Zaropoulos

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player

Retired Numbers

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

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Olubayo Adefemi (posthumous honor)
14	FW	Sakis Theodoropoulos
56	DF	Steve Gohouri (posthumous honor)

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Personnel

Major shareholder: Christos Panopoulos
President: Aristeides Pialoglou
1st Vice-President Vasileios Kontovazainitis
2nd Vice-President Giannis Papadimitriou

Technical staff

Head coach: Răzvan Lucescu
Assistant coach: Luciano de Souza
Assistant coach: Nikos Dentidis
Team Manager: Giorgos Kaznaferis
Goalkeeper coach: Alekos Maladenis
Technical Director: Giannis Papadimitriou
Scouter: Kostas Konstantinidis

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Yiannis Ispirlidis (2000–04)
Marinos Ouzounidis (2004–08)

Director of Sport

Hannes Bongartz (2006–07)

Coach history

Henk Houwaart (1 July 1990 – 30 June 1991)
Howard Kendall (1994)
Kurt Jara (1 Jan 1996 – 28 Feb 1997)
Ioannis Matzourakis (1 July 1996 – 31 Dec 1999)
Nikos Karageorgiou (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2004)
Ioannis Matzourakis (1 July 2004 – 25 Sept 2006)
Takis Lemonis (4 Oct 2006 – 20 Dec 2006)
Savvas Kofidis (22 Nov 2006 – 3 May 2007)
Jörn Andersen (3 May 2007 – 10 June 2007)
Nikos Kehagias (2007)
Emilio Ferrera (1 July 2007 – 22 Oct 2007)
Nikos Kehagias (2007–08)
Ioannis Matzourakis (24 April 2008 – 30 June 2008)
Georgios Paraschos (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009)
Wolfgang Wolf (1 July 2009 – 16 Sept 2009)

Kostas Konstantinidis (interim) (2009)
Ioannis Matzourakis (21 Sept 2009 – 22 Feb 2010)
Nikos Kehagias (23 Feb 2010 – 20 Sept 2010)
Giorgos Paraschos (20 Sept 2010 – 8 Nov 2010)
Nikolaos Papadopoulos (14 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
Marinos Ouzounidis (1 July 2011 – 22 Sept 2012)
Nikos Kostenoglou (30 Sept 2012 – 2 Dec 2012)
Marinos Ouzounidis (3 Dec 2012 – 21 April 2013)
Nikolaos Karageorgiou (27 April 2013 – 17 Sept 2013)
Reiner Maurer (24 Sept 2013 – 5 Feb 2014)
Nikos Kehagias (5 Feb 2014 – 25 June 2014)
Sakis Tsiolis (27 June 2014 – 15 Sept 2014)
Răzvan Lucescu (25 Sept 2014–)

References

↑ Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-08-07). "Greece – Final Tables 1959–1999". RSSSF.
↑ Abbink, Dinant & Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-18). "Greece – List of Second Level Final Tables". RSSSF.
↑ "Skoda Xanthi squad" (in Greek). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

External links

Official Sites

Official website (Greek)
Skoda Xanthi TV channel from Goal4Replay.net (English) (Greek)

Other

(Greek) Skoda Xanthi E-fan club
(Greek) Blog about Skoda Xanthi's foreign players
(Greek) Skoda Xanthi: Auto company

Xanthi F.C. – current squad

1 Garavelis 4 Bertos 5 Baxevanidis 7 Triadis 8 Wallace 9 Soltani 10 E. Figueiredo 11 Lucero 16 Vasilakakis 17 Papasterianos 18 Kollaras 19 Barettas 20 Herea 21 Fliskas 22 Paschalakis 24 Orphanides 25 Tomić 26 Farkaš 30 Kapetanos 31 Lisgaras 33 Zaradoukas 35 Cennamo 55 Karipidis 87 Dimitrov 91 Zaropoulos 99 Ranos Manager: Lucescu

Superleague Greece teams

Current (2016–17)	AEK AEL Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Iraklis Kerkyra Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Veria Xanthi

Former	AE Kavala Akratitos Apollon Kalamaria Apollon Smyrni Aris Aspida Xanthi Athinaikos Atromitos Piraeus Chalkida Chalkidona Diagoras Doxa Drama Edessaikos Egaleo Ergotelis Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Athens^* Ethnikos Piraeus Fostiras Filippoi Kavala Goudi Athens Ionikos Iraklis Serron Kalamata Kallithea Kalloni Kastoria Kavala Korinthos Makedonikos Megas Alexandros Megas Alexandros Katerini Naoussa Niki Volos OFI Olympiakos Chalkida Olympiakos Volos Panachaiki Panargiakos Panegialios Panelefsiniakos Paniliakos Panserraikos Panthrakikos Peiraikos Syndesmos^* Pierikos Proodeftiki Rodos Thermaikos Thessaloniki Thrasyvoulos Trikala Vyzas Megara *only in pre-HFF championships

Former (from Cyprus)	AEL Limassol APOEL EPA Larnaca Olympiakos Nicosia Omonia Nicosia

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