Egaleo Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αιγάλεω 1931) is a Greek professional

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club based in Egaleo, a suburb of

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, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis F.C., founded in 1931). The team currently competes in the

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, the second tier of Greek football and it holds home matches at Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium. Club colours are blue and white.

History

Egaleo was founded in 1931 by Demetrios Haniotis and Georgios Aronis, as ''Athletic Union of Ierapolis'' (Αθλητική Ένωση Ιεραπόλεως – Athlitiki Enosis Ieropoleos). In 1946, three other clubs in the district merged with A.E. Ierapoleos to form ''Athletic Club Egaleo'' (Αθλητικός Όμιλος Αιγάλεω – Athlitikos Omilos Egaleo), which managed to reach for the first time the first division in 1961. In the 2003–04 season, Egaleo managed its second better ever classification, fifth (fourth in the 1970–71 season), playing

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for the first time in 2004–05, appearing in the group stages (after defeating Gençlerbirliği of

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2–1 score on aggregate) with

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, S.S. Lazio,

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and

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, which ended with the conquest of just one point. In

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, the club finished sixth, trailing PAOK by just one point. After a disappointing 2006–07, Egaleo was relegated back to the second level. Another

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followed in the next year, and a third in 2008–09. In August 2009, a merger between Egaleo and Ilisiakos F.C. took place, as the other club participated in the second division, with the purchase being made effective by Egaleo's owner Thomas Mitropoulos; the new club, which took Ilisiakos' place, was renamed Egaleo A.O. At the end of the 2009–10 season, due to the merger being declared illegal by the Greek

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, Egaleo FC was relegated to the

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Honours

Domestic

Leagues

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:Winners (4): 1964–65, 1976–77, 1982–83, 2000–01 * Third Division :Winners (2): 1998–99, 2018–19 * Fourth Division :Winners (2): 1995–96, 2012–13

Regional

Leagues

* Athens FCA Championship **Winners (8): 1947–48, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Cups

* Athens FCA Cup **Winners (1): 2014−15

Supporters

The

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group ''Gate 12'' have friendly relation with fans of CD Leganés, the towns of Egaleo and

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happen to be twinned too.

Players

Current squad

Notable former players

''Internationally capped players or players who have over 50 appearances for the club'' * Anestis Agritis * Giorgos Barkoglou *

Eleftherios Poupakis Eleftherios "Lefteris" Poupakis (Greek: Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Πουπάκης; born 28 February 1946) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for Egaleo F.C., Olympiacos F.C., OFI ...

Giannis Skopelitis Giannis Skopelitis (Greek: Γιάννης Σκοπελίτης; born 2 March 1978) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Portsmouth Skopelitis joined FA Premier League club Portsmouth on 28 January 2005 ...

* Kostas Papoutsis *

Antonis Petropoulos Antonis Petropoulos ( el, Αντώνης Πετρόπουλος; born 28 January 1986) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was also part of Greece youth national teams. Career Egaleo Petropoulos was born on ...

* Sotiris Leontiou *

Victor Mitropoulos Victor Mitropoulos (''Βίκτωρ Μητρόπουλος, Βίκτωρας Μητρόπουλος'', born 14 February 1947) is a Greek former football defender. He played for Egaleo FC and transferred to PAO FC in 1968. He was 1971 European Cu ...

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos Dimitrios Konstantopoulos ( el, Δημήτριος Κωνσταντόπουλος; born 29 November 1978) is a Greek former international football player who played as a goalkeeper. After playing amateur football with Iraklis Ampelokipi, Kons ...

* Agustin Kola * Marko Marić * Danijel Cesarec * Daniel Edusei *

Bennard Yao Kumordzi Bennard Yao Kumordzi (born 21 March 1985) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He mostly played for Panionios and more recently Genk and Kortijk. Club career Early career in Ghana and Sweden Kumordzi start ...

Faraz Fatemi Faraz Fatemi ( fa, فراز فاطمی, born October 4, 1977) is an Iranian retired footballer. Club career He has played for a few clubs in Iran, including Fajr Sepasi, Esteghlal and Zob Ahan, as well as Egaleo F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethni ...

Olivier Makor Oliver Makor (born 9 October 1973) is a Liberian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Over his career, he played for Persik Kediri, Proodeftiki FC, Egaleo FC and Ionikos FC, among others. Makor was also a member of the Lib ...

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Srđan Kljajević Srđan Kljajević ( Cyrillic: Crђaн Kљajeвић; born 23 November 1974) is a Montenegrin goalkeeping coach and former player. Club career Born in Titograd, Kljajević began playing football with the youth side of FK Bokelj. He played for FK Z ...

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Aleksandar Stojanović Aleksandar "Dika" Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Стојановић Дика; born 19 June 1954) is a Serbian former football goalkeeper. He got 2 caps for Yugoslavia. Career After playing 5 seasons with his home town c ...

Aleko Yordan Aleko Yordan (Alekos Iordanou) ( el, Αλέκος Ιορδάνου; 10 January 1938 – 21 September 2019) was a Turkish professional footballer who played as a center back and a later manager. Club career Yordan from a very young age he showed ...

* Dragan Stojkov

Notable former managers

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Lefter Küçükandonyadis , ''Lefteris Antoniadis''; 22 December 1925 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strikers to play for Fenerbahçe and Turkey. Having won ...

Notable Chairmen

* Yiorghos Martinis (first chairman) * Nikolaos Michos * Dimitris Chaniotis * Yannis Tresos * Yiorghos Karabateas * Yannis Panteliadis * Dimitri Tusmanov * Yiorghos Dalakouras * Alexandros Stavropoulos * Christos Kanellopoulos *

* Dimitris Kalogeropoulos * Alexis Kougias * Ioannis Paltoglou

Technical staff

European matches

References

Sources

*"Απ' τις λαμαρίνες στα σαλόνια της Ευρώπης" (Nikos D. Nikolaidis, "Embryo" Publications)

External links

2003–04 EUFO team profileGOAL4Replay team profileEgaleo Ultras Group
{{Super League Greece teamlist Football clubs in Athens Association football clubs established in 1931 Football clubs in Attica 1931 establishments in Greece Super League Greece 2 clubs