Veria New Football Club ( el, Νέος Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Βέροια 2019 Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional

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club based in

Veria Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of I ...

, Greece. It was founded in 2019. The club plays in the

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, the second tier of Greek football. It plays its home matches at the Veria Municipal Stadium.

History

Foundation

Veria NFC was established on July 17, 2019. During the summer transfer window in 2019, Veria's board achieved to sign some significant players like Giannis Pasas and the

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midfielder

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as their goal was to achieve promotion to

. Veria participated in the third tier championship of Greek football,

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during 2019–20 season and finished 6th as the championship was suspended due to

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and didn't allow them to compete for the promotion in the remaining fixtures. Veria's head coach at the time was

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who succeed

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who was fired mid season due to club's poor performance in the league. Georgiadis and Veria terminated the contract in consensus on 23 June 2020.

2020–21: Promotion to Super League 2

On 28 July 2020, Veria signed the experienced Greek coach

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as the club's new manager. During

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, Veria participated again in

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as the one league, two groups plan for

didn't go through due to a court order by the referee judges' court. Veria competed in north group where they finished 1st and won the promotion to

for next season as champions. In the summer transfer window prior to the championship beginning and having as a goal to win the league, the club signed some significant players including

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, Michalis Boukouvalas and

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that helped to achieve the club's goal.

2021–: Super League 2

After winning the promotion to

, the club announced the renewal of Pavlos Dermitzakis' contract as head coach for the club in July 7th, 2021. During the 2021 summer transfer window, Veria announced some significant players including

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, Petros Orfanidis and

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. During the winter transfer window of the same season Veria signed the

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midfielder Ergys Kace. On April 27, Veria beat in an away game the team of Thesprotos with score 1–3 in the 33rd round of the league and secured the 1st place of the North group, qualifying for the promotional play off round where they'll face the winner of South group,

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and they were also named champions of their divisional group. Veria lost both games against Levadiakos to 1–0 score and qualified to the play out round of

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were they will face

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as their last chance to win promotion this year. Veria defeated at home 1–2 and after an away 1–1 draw at Lamia failed to achieve promotion to the top tier division. On June 30, 2022, Bikas Group announced that the club is for sale and that they are immediately leaving the club after being disappointed by the club's failure to promote to

blaming the

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for allowing only 1 team out of 34 to promote directly to the top tier division of the Greek football through play off games. Veria was crowned champion of the North Group of Super League 2 after 34 matchdays but was forced to participate in play off games with the South Group winner for the promotion to Super League. Under their leadership the club won 3 league titles in 4 seasons while they were forced to stay in the same division despite being champions twice. On July 14, 2022, Veria's board informed head coach

that they won't be renewing his contract. As Bikas Group didn't find any potential buyer for the club, a group of small local businessmen decided to step forward and take charge of Veria's board for the next season for the club to keep playing in the

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. While Bikas Group remains the major shareholder of the club, the club is run by a new board of which chairman was appointed Stergios Diamantis. The new board appointed Konstantinos Anyfantakis on 22 July 2022 as manager. Veria's plan for the new season as they failed to win promotion to Super League was to keep a low budget and create a team based on young local talented players and a touch of experienced ones. Anyfantakis quit Veria's job on 6 December 2022, claiming personal reasons. Giannis Mantziaridis, assistant of Anyfantakis, was appointed as a temporary head coach till Veria finds their next head manager. After Anyfantakis departure, Veria appointed Spyros Baxevanos as head coach. During the uncertainty and tough period that Veria went through, long term captain of the club, Stelios Marangos terminated his contract citing personal reasons.

Crest and colours

The "B" in crest stands of the city of Veria while the crown stands for "Queen of the North", 2019 indicates the year of the club's foundation. The club's colours are black, white, gold, and gray. Black represents the dynamic of the team, white stands for the pure moral values and the financial stability of the club, while gray represents the fans, the soul of the club. Last but not least, gold represents the radiance of the club.

Kit evolution

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Stadium

Veria Municipal Stadium is a

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. It is used for

matches, and is the home stadium of the club. It was built in 1925 by members of music and gymnastics association Megas Alexandros. The stadium holds about 7,000. It is situated off the city centre. It is the headquarters of Veria NFC since the founding of the club in 2019.

Supporters

The club's official supporters group is known as ''Club of Fans of Veria "Gate 4"'' and it's been supporting the club since day one.

Most receipts

Honours

Domestic

League

Super League 2 North Group *Winners (1): 2021–22

*Winners (1):

Season to season

League participation

(2): 2021–present *

(2): 2019–2021

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Most appearances

Most goals

Personnel

Coaching staff

Source
Veria NFC

Managerial history

(Jul 17, 2019 – Nov 18, 2019) *

(Nov 19, 2019 – Jun 23, 2020) *

(Jul 28, 2020 – Jun 30, 2022) * Kostas Anyfantakis (Aug 1, 2022 – Dec 6, 2022) * Spyros Baxevanos (Jan 6, 2023 – present)

Management

Former presidents

References

External links

Official websites
Official website

Veria
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Veria NFC Football clubs in Central Macedonia Association football clubs established in 2019 2019 establishments in Greece Super League Greece 2 clubs