Apollon Larissa F.C.

Apollon Larissa Football Club (Greek: ΑΟ Απόλλων Λάρισας) is a Greek professional football club based in Filippoupoli, Larissa, Greece. It plays its home matches at the Philippoupoli Ground.

Apollon Larissa
Full nameΑΟ Απόλλων Λάρισας
Founded1930 (1930)
GroundPhilippoupoli Ground
Capacity5,000
ChairmanChristos Terzoudis
ManagerTasos Venetis
LeagueLarissa FCA First Division
2022–23Super League Greece 2, 15th (withdrew)
WebsiteClub website
Anniversary logo of the team in 2015 for the 85 years since the foundation.

History

Apollon Larissa is one of the oldest and most historic groups that were created in the city of Larissa. The club was founded in 1930 by students of the Averofius Farm School of Larissa in a rural settlement of the city of Philipoupoli and its first name was "Dimitra". The name "Apollon" the team took it in 1952. Its colours are blue and white.[1] Twelve years later, in 1964, Apollon Larissa managed and played it for the first time in Greek second division, but did not win a league match at that level.[2] The club also had a fine run in the 199798 Greek Cup, reaching the quarterfinals.[3] There followed several years of "drought" in the local championship of Larissa and Delta Ethniki, but in the late 1980s and especially in the early and mid 1990s the team made an excellent run in Gamma Ethniki, giving very good football. In the Greek Cup, Apollon Larissa biggest distinction was the 1997–98 season when they reached the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by Iraklis. Apollon Larissa has shown many remarkable players that some of them wore the shirt of National Hellas and played in foreign tournaments such as Nikos Patsiavouras, Kostas Kolomitrosisis, Vaios Athanasiou, Nikos Michopoulos, Pavlos Adamos, Stelios Hassiotis and Tasos Venetis. This is also contributed by the fact that the club owns athletic facilities in the city of Filippoupoli, where the team has a capacity of about 5,000 spectators. In May 2011, Apollon Larissa was relegated to the regionalized fifth level of Greek football, ending a period of 31 years in the national third and fourth divisions.[4] In 2016, they were promoted to Gamma Ethniki for the second time in the history of the club since 1964. In the 2014–15 season, Apollon Larissa will fight for many years in the A1 category of Larissa (local category), which they departed until next season. The demobilization of the team resulted in the team being born again from its ashes and the administration was flanked by young people with a desire to work and with the aim of returning the team directly to the local class and at the same time organizing all the departments of the Academy today it has about 150 children.

Honours

Leagues

Winners (1): 2016–17
Winners (2): 1990–91, 2003–04
Winners (5): 1963–64, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1978–79, 2015–16
Winners (2): 1957–58, 1958–59
Winners (1): 1954–55

Cups

Winners (7): 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2015–16

Team statistics

Season to season

Seasons Category Position
1930–1960 FCA Thessaly
1960–1964 FCA Larissa
1964–1965 Second Division 16th
1965–1979 FCA Larissa
1979–1980 Third Division 13th
1980–1981 FCA Larissa
1981–1982 Third Division 6th
1982–1983 Fourth Division 2nd
1983–1984 9th
1984–1985 2nd
1985–1986 3rd
1986–1987 3rd
1987–1988 4th
1988–1989 3rd
1989–1990 Third Division 16th
1990–1991 Fourth Division 1st
1991–1992 Third Division 5th
1992–1993 6th
1993–1994 6th
1994–1995 6th
1995–1996 3rd
1996–1997 3rd
1997–1998 14th
1998–1999 Fourth Division 6th
Seasons Category Position
1999–2000 Fourth Division 9th
2000–2001 4th
2001–2002 7th
2002–2003 3rd
2003–2004 1st
2004–2005 Third Division 16th
2005–2006 Fourth Division 11th
2006–2007 9th
2007–2008 4th
2008–2009 9th
2009–2010 11th
2010–2011 11th
2011–2012 A' FCA Larissa 5th
2012–2013 5th
2013–2014 14th
2014–2015 A1 FCA Larissa 1st
2015–2016 A' FCA Larissa 1st
2016–2017 Third Division 1st
2017–2018 Second Division 10th
2018–2019 3rd
2019–2020 6th
2020–2021 9th
2021–2022 11th
2022–2023 15th

References

  1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 January 2005). "Greece Team Colors". RSSSF.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (23 October 2004). "Greece - Second Level All-Time Table". RSSSF.
  3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (7 October 1999). "Greece Cup 1997/98". RSSSF.
  4. Archontoula, Christos (9 May 2011). Υποβιβάστηκε ο Απόλλων Λάρισας (in Greek). Eleftheria.gr. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
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