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Giannis Taousianis
Giannis Taousianis ( gr, Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης; born 27 June 1972) is a Greek former professional football player and manager. Playing career As a player, Taousianis played for many amateur clubs in Crete. He had a short professional stint during his tenyears with Atsalenios, when the club competed in the Gamma Ethniki during 2003−2006. He made 71 appearances for the club during that period, and scored 3 goals. In May 2006, Taousianis retired at the age of 34, at the time serving as player-assistant manager under coach Pavlos Dermitzakis. Managerial career Taousianis began his coaching career in 2007, taking over management of Heraklion FCA club PAS Minoiki Heraklion. He took over Atsalenios in November the same year, staying with the club until December 2009 and boasting a record of 23 wins, 21 draws και 29 losses. In the summer of 2010, he agreed to a contract with Heraklion FCA club Giouchtas, but left the club in January 2011 to join the coaching staff o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capital city, capital of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, the administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek language, Greek as (), literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the () or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the delta of the Vardar, Axios. The Thessaloniki (municipality), municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical center, had a population of 317,778 in 2021, while the Thessaloniki metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heraklion Football Clubs Association
The Heraklion Football Clubs Association ( el, Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Ηρακλείου or Ε.Π.Σ.Η.) is an association responsible for administering football in the region of Heraklion. It is based in the city of Heraklion and is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation. The association is responsible for organizing regional Championship and Cup competitions for both adult and youth teams playing in its divisions. The association is currently one of the largest Football Clubs Associations in Greece, consisting of over 85 clubs. Its colors are blue and white and its crest features a Griffin, the official seal of the Municipality of Heraklion. History During 1925−1929, Heraklion football was dominated by the two major sporting clubs of the time, ''EGOI'' (est. 1924) and OFI (est. 1925). In the autumn of 1926, the first football league in Heraklion was organized and held with a limited number of participants, mainly feeder clubs for E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time he legal time scale its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 Super League Greece 2
The 2021–22 Super League 2, known as Super League 2 betsson for sponsorship reasons, is the third season of the Super League 2, the second-tier Greek professional league for association football clubs, since the restructuring of the Greek football league system. The season started on 6 November 2021 and will finish in May 2022. The league will be conducted of 34 teams and two groups, this is due to the restructure and abolishment of the Football League. The league will also see the introduction of B Teams of Olympiacos, PAOK, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos. B Teams are ineligible for promotion. Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season. Panachaiki, Ialysos, Santorini 2020, Orfeas Xanthi, Doxa Drama, Panionios, withdrawn from the championship. From Super League Greece 2 Promoted to Super League * Ionikos Relegated to Gamma Ethniki * Panachaiki * Doxa Drama Relegated from Super League * AEL Promoted from Football League * Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikodimos Papavasiliou
Nikodimos "Nikki" Papavasiliou ( el, Νικόδημος Παπαβασιλείου; born 31 August 1970) is a Cypriot football manager and former international midfielder. He is currently the manager of National Bank of Egypt in the Egyptian Premier League. Aside from playing and managing, Papavasiliou's background includes scouting and Academy management. He was the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League. Playing career Club career Papavasiliou began his pro football career in 1988 with Greek Alpha Ethniki club OFI, having arrived from England nd the youth teams of Oldham Athletic and Arsenal. He spent five years with the Cretan top-tier side during its "golden years", establishing himself as an attacking midfielder under coach Eugène Gerards. In August 1993, Papavasiliou was transferred to Newcastle United for £120,000 signing a two-year contract and thus becoming the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League. He made his Newcastle debut against Tottenham on 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super League Greece 2
The Super League Greece 2 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λίγκα 2) is the 28 team two-group second division of professional football in Greece, being a feeder-league to the top-level Super League usually played from September to May. History The league was founded in 2019, after the restructuring of the Greek football league championships, replacing the Football League (former Beta Ethniki) as the second level in the league pyramid. Twelve (12) clubs participated in the league's first season and second season of operation. For the third season (2021-2022) the league was restructured into a two-group league with thirty-two (32) clubs after the abolition of the third level Football League. Teams North Group South Group Results From 2019 to ''Present'' See also * Greek football league system *Greek Cup References External linksOfficial website {{UEFA second leagues 2 Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Petrakis
Giannis Petrakis ( gr, Γιάννης Πετράκης; born 20 May 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League club Levadiakos. Playing career Petrakis began his football career with his local side Asteras Perama, before moving to Heraklion and Ergotelis in 1978. In 1981 Petrakis moved to local rival OFI, playing in the Alpha Ethniki, the top level football league in Greece before returning to a Gamma Ethniki side Ergotelis in 1985, where he reached the 1985–86 Greek Cup quarterfinals. In 1988, he returned to his hometown Rethymno to play for EAR Rethymnou, before ending his career with Heraklion-based Poseidon, with whom he won his only title, the 1990–91 Delta Ethniki championship. Coaching career Petrakis began his coaching career in 1991 at Asteras Perama. He took over Ergotelis in 1992, before returning to Asteras Perama in 1994. Up next in 1997, Petrakis was hired by Heraklion-based club Irodotos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superleague Greece
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of the Greek football league system. It consists of 14 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 26 games. As of May 2022, Super League Greece is ranked 15th in the UEFA coefficient, UEFA ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in 1927, only six clubs have won the title. The current champions are Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos, based in Piraeus. History Origins Between 1905 and 1912, a Panhellenic Championship was organised by the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (SEGAS). This championship was actually a local tournament among clubs from Athens and Piraeus. After the Balkan Wars and World War I, tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epirus (region)
Epirus (; el, Ήπειρος, translit=Ípiros, ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece.Π.Δ. 51/87 “Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης” (''Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the regions, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos ΦΕΚ A 26/06.03.1987'' It borders the regions of Western Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The region has an area of about . It is part of the wider historical region of Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory. Geography and ecology Greek Epirus, like the region as a whole, is rugged and mountainous. It comprises the land of the ancient Molossians and Thesprotians and a small part of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Matzourakis
Giannis Mantzourakis ( gr, Γιάννης Μαντζουράκης; born 6 June 1949) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Early life Born in Romania to a Greek father and Romanian mother. His father an ethnic Greek and communist fighter was a refugee from the Greek civil war, who lived in Bucharest, right after the second World war. Mantzourakis speaks fluent Romanian and he also holds a Romanian citizenship. Playing career Mantzourakis began his youth football career with Şcoala Sportivă 2 București where he met Mircea Lucescu who was three years older than him. He made his senior debut in Cluj-Napoca the birthplace of his mother playing for CFR Cluj in the Romanian Second Division in 1967. Mantzourakis helped his side to get promoted to the Romanian First Division becoming the team's top goalscorer in the 1968–69 season. Right after their promotion, Mantzourakis left Cluj to play for Rapid Bucharest. In the same year he played for the Olympic te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platanias F
Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platanias (and the neighbouring village of Agia Marina) is a popular tourism village with beaches, several hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and souvenir shops. The area is especially popular with Scandinavian tourists with the season running from April to October. Not far from the coast is the island of Agioi Theodoroi. Municipality The municipality Platanias was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Kolymvari *Mousouroi *Platanias *Voukolies The municipality has an area of , the municipal unit . It lies within the Chania regional unit and is numbered 6 on the map of the Chania region. It is on the north coast, forming the eastern shore of Kissamos B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
