Anagennisi Karditsa Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας) is a Greek professional football club based in

Karditsa Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly. Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the ...

, Greece, which competes in the

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, the second tier of the Greek football league system. The club holds the record of the most participations in the Beta Ethniki, having played there 36 seasons in total.

History

One of the oldest clubs in Greek football, Anagennisi was formed in 1904 in the southwestern

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city of

as the football team of the multisport club ASA ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αναγέννησης - Athlitikos Syllogos Anagennisis), the ''Athletic Association Anagennisi''. The name of the club comes from the Greek word for ''Renaissance''. The statute of the club was signed personally by Crown Prince

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. From its inception in 1904, the football team of ASA was not officially recognized as a distinct entity within the organization. As more of the club's athletes began to show interest in the sport, the football team began to train, and play locally organized games, in the area of central Karditsa (which later became the Pavsilipo Park). With the sport's expanding popularity in Greece in the following decades, in 1924 the football team was finally given its own department within ASA. Playing in the independent, regional Thessalian League from 1929 to 1962, it joined the newly established Greek second division in time for Season 1962-63. When the Greek football league became professional in 1979, the football department of ASA was reformed as a Football Public Limited Company, or PAE (

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: ΠΑΕ - Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρία / Podosferiki Anonymi Eteria) and continued to compete as PAE Anagennisi Karditsas (''FC Anagennisi Karditsa''). One of the highlights in Anagennisi Karditsa's history is the victory over

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

for the

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in 1993-94 as well as the win against

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for the

semi-professional Cup final in 1981. In 2008 Anagennisi Karditsa reach the

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play-off and beat

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2-0 in

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to win promotion to Beta Ethniki. Anagennisi Karditsa is a well-supported club by regional football standards, and their passion is very well known. They hold the record for the most fans to ever attend an away game for

in 2008, with 2.000 supporters in the play-off match against

. In 2008-09 season Anagennisi Karditsa had the fourth best average in attendance despite having only avoided relegation in the last fixture against

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Supporters & Rivalries

Anagennisi Karditsa's main rivals are

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, from the neighbouring city of

, and Ionikos. For many years, Anagennisi also maintained a bitter local rivalry with

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. The fans have friendly relations with fans of

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and

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

Stadium

Since 1949, Anagennisi Karditsa plays its home games at the Municipal Stadium of Karditsa (Δημοτικό Στάδιο Καρδίτσας), located in the eastern part of

. In January 2010 the stadium capacity was extended to 9,500 seats. Club training facilities, and football academy, are located in the nearby southern borough of Stavro.

Honours

Leagues

* Third Division **Winners (3): 1969, 1992–93, 1996–97 ***Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 2007–08,

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*Fourth Division **Winners (3): 1991–92, 2011–12,

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***Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2003–04 *

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** Winner (1): 1980–81 * Thessaly FCA Championship **Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63

Cups

*Karditsa FCA Cup **Winners (4): 1980–81, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12 *Karditsa FCA Super Cup **Winners (1): 2011–12

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Pavlos Dermitzakis Pavlos Dermitzakis ( gr, Παύλος Δερμιτζάκης; born 29 June 1969) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League 2 club Panserraikos. Playing career Dermitzakis began his f ...

Vaios Karagiannis Vaios Karagiannis ( el, Βάιος Καραγιάννης; born 25 June 1968) is a former Greek professional footballer who played as a defender and current manager. Club career Karagiannis started from Enippea Iteas Karditsa and then went to ...

Sakis Tsiolis Sakis Tsiolis ( el, Σάκης Tσιώλης; born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Playing career As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AEL, Ionikos and Paniliakos. Tsioli ...

Georgios Vakouftsis Georgios Vakouftsis ( el, Γιώργος Βακουφτσής; born 30 January 1980) is a Greek footballer. He last played for PAEEK FC in Cyprus, previously he played for Anagennisi Karditsa in the Gamma Ethniki. A striker, he is 192 cm ta ...

Notable coaches

* Andreas Stamatiadis (1973–74) *

Georgios Paraschos Georgios Paraschos ( el, Γεώργιος Παράσχος; born 23 August 1952) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Playing career As a football player, he began his career from the youth academy of PAOK in 1967. He ...

(1994–95) *

(2006–08, 2010–11, 2013) *

Giannis Mangos Giannis Mangos ( el, Γιάννης Μάγγος; born 26 July 1982) is a Greek professional football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a gover ...

(2016–17)

External links

Official websiteGate 3 - Karditsa Fans (Official)ASA Club AnthemEthniko Stadion Karditsas at Stadia.granagenisi-karditsas.gr
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