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in the

Achaia Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

prefecture.

History

The club is one of the most popular in the entire prefecture of

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

. The team was first created on June 14, 1930 and in the same year, the team entered the third division. Until 1938, the team reached the first category and played a protagonistic role and conquered many titles. In 1959 the team played under the Olympiacos name and played in the second division in the 1960–61 season, they played in the same division by renaming the club back to Thyella. Its colours are blue and white. They belong to the

Achaea Football Clubs Association Achaea Football Clubs Association ( el, Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αχαΐας) is one of the oldest Greek amateur football clubs associations, representing teams from the Greek regional unit of Achaea. History I ...

and won the Achaea championship two times. The team entered the fourth division. For many years, the team played in the Prosfyghika Stadium and today plays in the same stadium which constructed after the games of the former president and player Fotis Aravantinou and Dimitris Andresas and the president Panagiotis Thanopoulos. It has a central field along with two others, two of them plays in grass.

Participation

Beta Ethniki The Football League ( el, Φούτμπολ Λιγκ) was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super Lea ...

: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 *

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...

: 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006 *

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: 1985, 1987, 2002, 2003

Achievements

* Achaea FCA League: 7: :1951, 1952, 1953, 1974, 1984, 1986, 2001 *

: 1: :2003 * Achaea Cup 1 :1973 *Second and Third Division Youth Championships: 1 :2005

References

*''This article is mostly translated and incorporated from the

'' *Main Archive *Patras Press Museum *'' Proodos'' newspaper *Newspapers: '' Peloponnisos'', '' I Imera'', ''

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'' *Lefkoma ''100 Chronia Patraiko Podosfairo'' (''100 Years of Football (Soccer) in Patras''), City of Patras, 2006 *Book: ''Fostiras 35 Chronia poreias'' (''Fostiras: 35 Years'') Vasilios Kyriazis 2005 *https://web.archive.org/web/20070320150933/http://www.axaioi3.gr/ *Thyella

External links

Official website
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