PAE G.S. Diagoras 1905 ( el, ΠΑΕ Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας 1905) is a hellenic professional
football club based in
Rhodes
Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...
city founded in 1905.
Diagoras is named after the island's ancient athlete
Diagoras.
The team first played under
Ottoman Rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912 and then under the italian occupation of the island. No matches at all were held during the
Balkan Wars and the team played only with other local teams until the
Dodecanese joined with the rest of Greece in 1948.
History
The club demonstrated rich social, cultural, sporting and especially patriotic activities, because of which was dissolved by the occupying Fascist Italian authorities in 1929. Diagoras reconstituted in 1945, just prior to the liberation of Rhodes and the union with the rest of Hellas.
He first joined the Beta Ethniki (2nd national division) in its creation in 1962-'63. They played in Alpha Ethniki (1st national division) between 1986-1989.
In 1987, the club reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup, losing to
OFI.
Diagoras returned to Beta Ethinki in 2008 until 2012.
In the 2019–2020 season, Diagoras finished in third place of the
Football League (3rd tier) and was promoted to the
Super League 2 (Beta Ethniki), the second tier of the professional football in Hellas.
Players
Current squad
League Participation
*
First Division (3): 1986–1989
*
Second Division
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(22): 1962–1968, 1974–1975, 1980–1986, 1989–1992, 2008–2012, 2020–present
*
Third Division (9): 1978–1980, 1992–1993, 2005–2008, 2017–2020
*Fourth Division (5): 1993–1994, 2002–2005, 2012–2013
*Local Championships (8): 1998–2002, 2013–2017
Honours
Domestic
Leagues:
*
Second Division
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** Winners (1):
1985–86
***Runners-up (4): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1982–83
*
Third Division
** Winners (3): 1974, 1979–80,
2007–08
*** Runners-up (1):
2018–19
*Fourth Division
** Winners (1): 2004–05
*Dodecanese FCA Championship (Local Championship)
** Winners (17): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1973–74, 1978–79, 2001–02, 2016–17
Cups:
*Dodecanese FCA Cup (Local Cup)
** Winners (13): 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1974, 2004, 2017, 2018
*Dodecanese Super Cup: Winners 2019
Rivalries: A.S. Rodos 1968
References
External links
Official Website
{{Football in Greece
Association football clubs established in 1905
Rhodes (city)
Football clubs in South Aegean
1905 establishments in Greece
Sport in Rhodes
Multi-sport clubs in Greece
Super League Greece 2 clubs