Volos F.C.

Volos Football Club (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Νέος Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in Volos, Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League, the first tier of football in Greece. Volos plays its home matches at the Panthessaliko Stadium.[1]

Volos FC
Full nameVolos New Football Club
Founded2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
GroundPanthessaliko Stadium
Capacity22,700
ChairmanAchilleas Beos
ManagerKostas Bratsos
LeagueSuper League Greece
2022–23Super League Greece, 6th
WebsiteClub website

History

After years of unsuccessful efforts and negotiations between the two older football clubs of Volos (Niki and Olympiakos) to be merged to create a strong football club for the city, finally in April 2017 discussions and efforts by Achilleas Beos, mayor of Volos, led to the creation of a new football club. It was decided Pydna Kitros to be dissolved and renamed and thus, Volos New Football Club was created, the official presentation of which was held on June 2.

The team, which took the position of Pydna Kitros in Gamma Ethniki for the 2017–18 season, began its preparation with significant transcriptional movements. Volos eventually won first place in Group 4 and 2nd in Group 1 of the Promotion Play-Offs, and they were promoted to the Football League.

In the 2022-23 season, Volos had an excellent run in the Super League, finishing the regular season in fifth place in the Championship, but the inexperience of its players cost them and they finished the playoffs with only one point and a total of nine defeats and one draw. Paolo Fernandes was voted Volos' best player for the 2022-23 season, even though he only played 13 matches

Stadium

For its participations in the third and second division leagues, Volos NFC used the stadium located in the Neapoli area in Volos, at the edge of Neapoli. Neapoli Municipal Stadium was constructed several years ago, but in the summer of 2017 the Municipality of Volos refurbished it on behalf of Volos NFC who later used it as their seat.[2] It has a capacity of 2,500 tiers, while there is a roof on the northwest side.

After promotion to the Super League, the team uses the Panthessaliko Stadium of Volos, constructed for the 2004 Olympic Games, which has a capacity of 22,700.

Sponsorship
  • Shirt Sponsor: Novibet
  • Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Admiral
  • Golden Sponsor: INTERKAT

Season to season
Season Played Greek League Clubs competed Position finished Points W – D – L
2017–18Gamma Ethniki131st6320 – 3 – 1
2018–19Football League161st6018 – 6 – 6
2019–20Super League1411th318 – 7 – 18
2020–21Super League147th4310 – 13 – 10
2021–22Super League1410th4010 – 10 – 13
2022–23Super League146th4011 – 7 – 18

Players

Current squad
As of 9 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece GRE Marios Siampanis
3 DF Finland FIN Nikolai Alho
4 DF Greece GRE Kyriakos Aslanidis
5 DF Greece GRE Alexios Kalogeropoulos (on loan from Olympiacos)
6 MF Greece GRE Tasos Tsokanis (captain)
7 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Deletić
9 FW Slovakia SVK Samuel Mráz
10 MF France FRA Alexis Trouillet (on loan from Panathinaikos)
11 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Glavčić
12 GK Serbia SRB Ivan Kostić
13 DF Spain ESP Antonio Luna
14 MF Uruguay URU Jean Barrientos
16 DF Cyprus CYP Christos Shelis
17 DF Greece GRE Fotis Kitsos
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Argentina ARG Facundo Bertoglio
20 MF Argentina ARG Maximiliano Comba
21 MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Metaxas
22 DF Greece GRE Georgios Mygas
24 DF Guinea GUI Mikael Dyrestam
29 MF France FRA Quentin Cornette
30 GK Greece GRE Symeon Papadopoulos
31 FW Argentina ARG Juan Manuel García
32 DF Greece GRE Stathis Tachatos
45 FW Greece GRE Panagiotis Moraitis
53 MF Greece GRE Theodosis Macheras (on loan from AEK Athens)
70 DF Cyprus CYP Konstantinos Karagiannis
77 MF Turkey TUR Ahmet Engin
85 MF Greece GRE Sarantis Tselebakis

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Greece GRE Athanasios Triantafyllou (at Eolikos until 30 June 2024)

Management team
Position Staff
ManagerGreece Kostas Bratsos
Assistant coachSpain Carlos García
Fitness coachGreece Triantafyllos Ikonomou
Goalkeeper coachGreece Filippos Bolovinis
AnalystGreece Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos

Source: Volos F.C.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues:

References
  1. "Αλλάζει όψη το γήπεδο της Νεάπολης για χάρη του Βόλου Π.Σ." www.magnesiasports.gr. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. "Neapoli, home ground of Volos" (in Greek). taxydromos.gr. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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