Volos Football Club ( el, Π.Α.Ε. Νέος Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Βόλου) is a Greek professional

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club based in

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

, Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the

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, the first tier of football in Greece. Volos plays its home matches at the

Panthessaliko Stadium The Panthessaliko Stadium is a stadium located at Volos, Greece. The stadium was the site of football (soccer) matches during the 2004 Summer Olympics. It was officially opened on July 30, 2004 and has a capacity of 22,700 seats, though only 21, ...

History

After years of unsuccessful efforts and negotiations between the two older football clubs of

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and Olympiakos) to be merged to create a strong football club for the city, finally in April 2017 discussions and efforts by Achilleas Beos, mayor of Volos, led to the creation of a new football club. It was decided Pydna Kitros to be dissolved and renamed and thus, Volos New Football Club was created, the official presentation of which was held on June 2. The team, which took the position of Pydna Kitros in

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for the 2017–18 season, began its preparation with significant transcriptional movements. Volos eventually won first place in Group 4 and 2nd in Group 1 of the Promotion Play-Offs, and they were promoted to the

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Stadium

Volos' stadium is located in the Neapoli area in

, in particular at the end of Neapoli. Neapoli Municipal Stadium is constructed several years at this point, but in the summer of 2017 the Municipality of Volos refurbished it on behalf of Volos NFC who will later use it as a seat. It has a capacity of 2,500 tiers, while there is a shelter on the northwest side.

Sponsorship

*Shirt Sponsor: Interwetten *Sport Clothing Manufacturer:

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*Golden Sponsor: INTERKAT

Season to season

Players

Current squad

Management team

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Kostas Bratsos Kostas Bratsos ( gr, Κώστας Μπράτσος; born 26 April 1977) is a Greek professional football manager who is the current manager of Super League club Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated mi ...

, - , Assistant coach, , Pantelis Bousias , - , Fitness coach, , Panagiotis Konomaras , - , Goalkeeper coach, , Antonis Panagiotopoulos , - , Medical director, , Parisenia Paxinou , - , Physiotherapist, , Stefanos Zisis , -

Honours

Domestic

Leagues: *

(Second Division) ** Winners (1): 2018–19 *

(Third Division) ** Winners (1): 2017–18

References

External links

Official website
Media * {{Football in Greece Football clubs in Thessaly Magnesia Sport in Volos Association football clubs established in 2017 2017 establishments in Greece