Levadiakos F.C.

Levadiakos Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–06 season, as runner-up of the Football League in 2004–05.[2] It was then relegated to the Beta Ethniki again in 2006–07[3] and returned to the top tier in 2007–08. The club finished one level above relegation that year but was relegated back to the second division by finishing 14th in 2009–10.[4] The club most recently won promotion back into the Super League Greece after winning the Super League Greece 2 in 2021–22.

Levadiakos
Full nameAPO Levadiakos Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blue-Greens
Short nameAPOL
Founded1 December 1961 (1961-12-01)
GroundLevadia Municipal Stadium
Capacity5,915[1]
OwnerAndreas Kolokythas
ChairmanKonstantinos Kolokythas
ManagerNikos Nioplias
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2022–23Super League Greece, 14th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

Levadiakos started in 1961, when local clubs Trofonios and Pallevadiaki merged into a greater club.[5] Straight after, Levadiakos played in the second division being close to relegation in almost every season. In the 1980s, the team was upgraded and in May 1987, players and supporters of the club celebrated the team's first ever promotion to Alpha Ethniki following a career great season by Konstantinos "Prince" Litinas. Levadiakos stayed there only for four seasons, returning again only in 1994 and 1995. After their second relegation, Levadiakos declined and went very lower, even struggling to clinch promotion to the 3rd division of Greece. But once more, everything changed suddenly and the team reached again the Greek Super League after ten years, in 2005,[6] but was immediately relegated.[7] In the next summer, Levadiakos bought many expensive players and appointed Georgi Vasilev as manager.[8] Vasiliev achieved to get the team to the Super League once again, and in the 2007–08 season he struggled, but managed to avoid going down again. Nevertheless, he resigned from the club and he was succeeded by Momčilo Vukotić.[9]

Crest and colours

The club's crest has blue and green vertical stripes inspired by the great Konstantinos "Prince" Litinas. It comes from the colours of Pallevadiaki (green) and Trofonio (blue), the clubs that joined in order to establish Levadiakos. The colour common to both teams was white, which was also the basic colour of the group in the early years of its foundation.

Stadium

Levadiakos' stadium was built in 1952. The stadium is located in Livadeia, about 130 km north-west of Athens. The stadium itself is located on the south side of Livadeia.[10]

Seasons in the 21st century
Season Category Position Cup
2000–01 Delta Ethniki (4th division) 4th —
2001–02 Delta Ethniki (4th division) 1st —
2002–03 Gamma Ethniki (3rd division) 3rd 1R
2003–04 Beta Ethniki (2nd division) 8th 2R
2004–05 Beta Ethniki (2nd division) 2nd 2R
2005–06 Alpha Ethniki (1st division) 14th 4R
2006–07 Beta Ethniki (2nd division) 2nd 4R
2007–08 Super League (1st division) 11th 4R
2008–09 Super League (1st division) 13th 4R
2009–10 Super League (1st division) 14th 5R
2010–11 Football League (2nd division) 4th 2R
2011–12 Super League (1st division) 7th 4R
2012–13 Super League (1st division) 11th QF
2013–14 Super League (1st division) 9th 2R
2014–15 Super League (1st division) 14th 3R
2015–16 Super League (1st division) 10th 3R
2016–17 Super League (1st division) 14th 3R
2017–18 Super League (1st division) 10th R16
2018–19 Super League (1st division) 15th GS
2019–20 Super League 2 (2nd Division) 4th 4R
2020–21 Super League 2 (2nd Division) 3rd —
2021–22 Super League 2 (2nd Division) 1st R16
2022–23 Super League (1st division) 14th R16

Best position in bold.

Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.

Players

Current squad
As of 18 August 2023[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Greece GRE Antonis Dentakis
3 DF Greece GRE Marios Vichos
4 MF Ghana GHA Stephen Hammond
6 MF Greece GRE Triantafyllos Tsapras
7 MF Ivory Coast CIV Nadrey Dago
8 MF France FRA Anthony Belmonte
9 FW Venezuela VEN José Romo
10 MF Greece GRE Georgios Nikas (on loan from Panathinaikos)
11 FW Greece GRE Michalis Kouiroukidis
12 MF Honduras HON Alfredo Mejía (captain)
16 DF Finland FIN Juha Pirinen
17 MF Greece GRE Giannis Gianniotas
20 MF Albania ALB Renild Kasemi
21 DF Spain ESP Ángel López
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Greece GRE Chrysostomos Stagos
24 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Liagas (vice-captain)
25 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Kazenga LuaLua
27 FW Argentina ARG Maximiliano Cuadra
28 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Verris
30 GK Greece GRE Giannis Angelopoulos
31 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Symelidis
55 DF Greece GRE Nikolaos Tsaras
62 DF Greece GRE Timotheos Tselepidis
70 FW Brazil BRA Lucas Poletto
74 FW Greece GRE Theodoros Tsirigotis
88 MF Greece GRE Alexandros Nikolias
97 GK Serbia SRB Stefan Stojanović
99 GK Hungary HUN Dávid Gróf

Former managers

Personnel

Ownership and current board
Position Staff
Owners Greece Andreas Kolokythas (59.93%)
Greece Konstantinos Kolokythas (10.60%)
President Greece Konstantinos Kolokythas
Vice-President Greece Lampros Balokas
CEO Greece Dimitris Pantiskos
Board member Greece Georgios Tsabis
Board member Greece Panagiota Kyriazi
Board member Greece Loukas Koutriaris

Coaching staff
Position Name Nationality
ManagerNikos NiopliasGreece
Physical fitness coachThomas GiannitopoulosGreece
Goalkeeping coachKostas ToskasGreece
PhysiotherapistLoukas KaramanisGreece
PhysiotherapistNikos PapathanasiouGreece
MasseurThanasis NikolaouGreece
MasseurGrigoris IoannouGreece
CaregiverDimitris PapadasGreece

References
  1. "levadiakos.gr". levadiakos.gr. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  2. "Greece 2004/05". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  3. "Greece 2005/06". Rsssf.com. 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  4. "Relegation with victory for Levadiakos" (in Greek). enet.gr. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. "History of Levadiakos" (in Greek). levadiakosfc.gr.
  6. "Akratitos, Larissa and Levadiakos promoted to Alpha Ethniki" (in Greek). in.gr. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2005.
  7. "The incubus of 2006" (in Greek). ritorno2015.com. 10 May 2015.
  8. "Levadiakos took over the Bulgarian Georgi Vasilev" (in Greek). in.gr. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
  9. "Vukotić, the new head coach of Levadiakos" (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  10. "The stadium of Levadiakos" (in Greek). levadiakosnews.wordpress.com.
  11. "Roster". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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