Ethnikos Alexandroupoli F.C.

Ethnikos Alexandroupoli F.C. (Greek: Εθνικός Αλεξανδρούπολης) is an association football club based in Alexandroupoli, a city in the Evros prefecture of northern Greece. It was established in 1927.

Ethnikos Alexandroupoli
Full nameMousikos Gymnastikos Syllogos Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
(Music and Gymnastics Club Ethnikos Alexandroupolis)
Nickname(s)Ethnikos
Founded1927
1973 (refounded)
1999 (refounded)
GroundFotis Kosmas Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanValsamidis Panagiotis
ManagerKonstantinos Vourdoglou
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2015-16Gamma Ethniki (Group 1) 15th, Relegated
WebsiteClub website

History

Ethnikos participated 7 times in the Beta Ethniki between 1963 and 1974,[1] 8 times in the Gamma Ethniki between 1983 and 1994[2] and in the 1972 Greek Amateur Cup final as G.S. Alexandroupoli, where it lost against Fivos Kremasti at Karaiskaki Stadium.[3]

In 1969, due to a law by the regime of the Colonels which ruled Greece at the time,[4] Ethnikos was merged with Doxa Alexandroupoli to form G.S. Alexandroupoli. In 1973, Ethnikos re-established its football department and in 1995 it was merged with A.O. Alexandroupoli, a club formed by G.S. Alexandroupoli and Kyklopas Makris, to form Orfeas Alexandroupoli, which in 1999 it was renamed Enosi Thraki.[5] In the same year, Ethnikos Alexandroupoli was re-established at the local Evros championships,[6] where it currently plays.

See also

References
  1. Abbink, Dinant; Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (18 May 2005). "Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (18 May 2005). "Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (4 Jun 2005). "Greece - Amateur Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. "Η ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΥΠΟΔΕΙΚΝΥΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΣΥΓΧΩΝΕΥΣΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ ΔΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΞΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΘΛΗΤΩΝ (The General Secretary points towards merger of clubs for athletes' benefit)". Athlitiki Echo (in Greek). Athens. 10 June 1967.
  5. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (18 Aug 2004). "Greece - Mergers and Name Changes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  6. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 Mar 2004). "Greece Club Directory 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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