Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in

Livadeia Livadeia ( el, Λιβαδειά ''Livadiá'', ; grc, Λεβάδεια, Lebadeia or , ''Lebadia'') is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia regional district. Livadeia lies north-west of Athens, west of Chalkida, south-ea ...

, Greece, the club was promoted to the

Alpha Ethniki 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 ...

, 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. It was then relegated to the Beta Ethniki again in 2006–07 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. The club most recently won promotion back into the Super League Greece after winning the Super League Greece 2 in 2021–22.

History

Levadiakos started in 1961, when local clubs Trofonios and Pallevadiaki merged into a greater club. 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

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 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 ...

after ten years, in 2005, but was immediately relegated. In the next summer, Levadiakos bought many expensive players and appointed Georgi Vasilev as manager. 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

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Crest and colours

The club's crest has

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and

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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 White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White o ...

, 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

, about 130 km north-west of Athens. The stadium itself is located on the south side of Livadeia.

Seasons in the 21st century

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

Out on loan

Former managers

* Takis Lemonis (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006) *

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(2006–07) * Georgi Vasilev (July 1, 2007 – March 3, 2008) *

(July 1, 2008 – Sept 23, 2009) *

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(Aug 28, 2011 – March 22, 2013) * Jasminko Velić (March 22, 2013 – April 25, 2013) * Takis Lemonis (May 18, 2013 – Oct 14, 2013) * Dimitrios Farantos (Oct 14, 2013 – Oct 21, 2013) * Nikos Karageorgiou (Oct 21, 2013 – Feb 11, 2014) *

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(Feb 9, 2015 – Jun 10, 2016) *

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(Jun 15, 2016 – Jan 5, 2017) * Giannis Christopoulos (Jan 7, 2017 – Feb 21, 2017) * Dimitrios Farantos (Mar 14, 2017 – Jun 30, 2017) *

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(Jun 30, 2017 – May 9, 2018) *

(Jun 7, 2018 – Oct 22, 2018) * Giuseppe Sannino (Oct 22, 2018 – Jan 21, 2019) * Nikos Karageorgiou (Jan 22, 2019 – May 11, 2019) * Dimitrios Spanos (Jul 3, 2019 – Oct 28, 2019) *

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(Oct 28, 2019 – Feb 24, 2021) * Giuseppe Sannino (Feb 24, 2021 – May 11, 2021) * Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (May 11, 2021 – Jun 30, 2021) * Giannis Taousianis (Jul 1, 2021 – Sept 22, 2022) * Jasminko Velić (Sept 22, 2022 – Present)

Personnel

Ownership and current board

Coaching staff

References

External links

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