Anagennisi Karditsa F.C.

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Anagennisi Karditsa
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Full nameA.S. Anagennisi Karditsa 1904
Nickname(s)Kanaria (Canaries)
Short nameASA
Founded16 October 1904; 117 years ago (1904-10-16)
GroundMunicipal Stadium of Karditsa
Capacity9,500
ChairmanDimitris Papadimitriou
ManagerPeriklis Amanatidis
LeagueSuper League 2
2020–21Gamma Ethniki–Group 3, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Anagennisi Karditsa Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας) is a Greek professional football club based in Karditsa, Greece, which competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system. The club holds the record of the most participations in the Beta Ethniki, having played there 34 seasons in total.

History[]

One of the oldest clubs in Greek football, Anagennisi was formed in 1904 in the southwestern Thessalian city of Karditsa as the football team of the multisport club ASA (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αναγέννησης - Athlitikos Syllogos Anagennisis), the Athletic Association Anagennisi. The name of the club comes from the Greek word for Renaissance. The statute of the club was signed personally by Crown Prince Constantine I.

From its inception in 1904, the football team of ASA was not officially recognized as a distinct entity within the organization. As more of the club's athletes began to show interest in the sport, the football team began to train, and play locally organized games, in the area of central Karditsa (which later became the Pavsilipo Park). With the sport's expanding popularity in Greece in the following decades, in 1924 the football team was finally given its own department within ASA. Playing in the independent, regional Thessalian League from 1929 to 1962, it joined the newly established Greek second division in time for Season 1962-63. When the Greek football league became professional in 1979, the football department of ASA was reformed as a Football Public Limited Company, or PAE (Greek: ΠΑΕ - Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρία / Podosferiki Anonymi Eteria) and continued to compete as PAE Anagennisi Karditsas (FC Anagennisi Karditsa).

One of the highlights in Anagennisi Karditsa's history is the victory over Olympiacos for the Greek Cup in 1993-94 as well as the win against Paniliakos for the Greek semi-professional Cup final in 1981. In 2008 Anagennisi Karditsa reach the Gamma Ethniki play-off and beat Ilioupoli 2-0 in Athens to win promotion to Beta Ethniki.

Anagennisi Karditsa is a well-supported club by regional football standards, and their passion is very well known. They hold the record for the most fans to ever attend an away game for Gamma Ethniki in 2008, with 2.000 supporters in the play-off match against Ilioupoli. In 2008-09 season Anagennisi Karditsa had the fourth best average in attendance despite having only avoided relegation in the last fixture against Veria.

Supporters & Rivalries[]

Anagennisi Karditsa's main rivals are Trikala, from the neighbouring city of Trikala, and Ionikos. For many years, Anagennisi also maintained a bitter local rivalry with AOK. The fans have friendly relations with fans of Doxa Drama and Panetolikos.

Stadium[]

Municipal Stadium of Karditsa

Since 1949, Anagennisi Karditsa plays its home games at the Municipal Stadium of Karditsa (Δημοτικό Στάδιο Καρδίτσας), located in the eastern part of Karditsa. In January 2010 the stadium capacity was extended to 9,500 seats. Club training facilities, and football academy, are located in the nearby southern borough of Stavro.

Honours[]

Leagues[]

Cups[]

  • Karditsa FCA Cup
    • Winners (4): 1980–81, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12
  • Karditsa FCA Super Cup
    • Winners (1): 2011–12

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 18 January 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece GRE Nestoras Gekas
2 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Koutromanos (captain)
3 DF Canada CAN James Stamopoulos
6 MF Greece GRE Kostas Plegas
7 MF Brazil BRA Higor Vidal
8 MF Greece GRE Anastasios Lagos
9 FW Brazil BRA Miguel Bianconi
11 FW Greece GRE Georgios Xerras
12 DF Greece GRE Dimitrios Kalabokas
13 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Zangos
14 DF Greece GRE Nikos Golias (third-captain)
15 GK Greece GRE Kleomenis Theologis
16 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Ballas
17 MF Greece GRE Georgios Oikonomou
20 DF Greece GRE Nikos Karanikas
21 MF Spain ESP Martín Bengoa
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Albania ALB Damian Gjini
23 MF Greece GRE Vasilios Theologis
25 FW Greece GRE Panagiotis Manios
27 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Bakratsas
29 FW Senegal SEN Magaye Gueye
30 MF Greece GRE Lampros Politis
31 DF Greece GRE Spyros Gougoudis (vice-captain)
33 FW Greece GRE Stefanos Athanasiadis
39 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Kotsonis
40 MF Greece GRE Elini Dimoutsos
55 DF Argentina ARG Juan Larrea
61 GK Serbia SRB Filip Dmitrović
77 MF Belgium BEL Ziguy Badibanga
88 FW Greece GRE Vasilios Koutsianikoulis
95 MF Brazil BRA Lukas Brambilla

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Greece GRE Giannis Anagnopoulos (at Atromitos Palama until 30 June 2022)

Notable players[]

Notable coaches[]

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