Haravgi Larissa F.C.

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Haravgi Larissa
   
Full nameΑθλητικός Πολιτιστικός Ομιλος Χαραυγή
Founded1982
Dissolved2000
GroundAnthoupoli Ground
Larissa, Greece

Haravgi Larissa F.C. (Greek: Α.Π.Ο. Χαραυγή), also known simply as Haravgi was a Greek football club, based in Larissa. The colours of the team were green and yellow.

History[]

The club was founded in 1982 as Haravgi A.E. (Greek: Α.E. Χαραυγη), in the Haravgi (former Kali Kardia) district of Larissa town (Greek: Λάρισα) located in the Thessaly region of Greece. The club started from the lower divisions of the Larissa FCA, and in 1992 with chairman Stavros Pappas at the helm it eventually gained promotion to the top amateur division which was equivalent to the 5th overall division in the Greek football league system. Haravgi stayed there for 4 seasons only to be relegated in 1996. For the next four seasons the team made several attempts to win promotion but they ended in failure. Financial troubles led to the dissolution of the club in 2000. The most famous manager of the club was former goalkeeper Theologis Papadopoulos who had even been a member of the Greek national team, while the last chairman of the club was Kostas Voutiritsas, a former Haravgi player and brother of Theodoros Voutiritsas, another former Greek national team footballer.
The club used the Anthoupoli Ground, which is part of the Anthoupoli Athletic Center complex, located in the Anthoupoli district in Larissa for its home games and it developed an intense rivalry with Anthoupoli Larissa, another local team who Haravgi shared the ground with.

Rivalries[]

The rivalry with Anthoupoli Larissa was one of the fiercest in the town and the Anthoupoli Ground was crowded even in the youth games between the rivals. The main reason for the rivalry was the vicinity of the two districts and the shared ground. Anthoupoli that produced players like Giannis Valaoras, Apostolos Tsianakas and Stelios Tsiantoulis had the upper hand in the matches between the two teams overall.

Haravgi players in Greek first division[]

Haravgi came into the spotlight in the mid 90s when two of its squads members were transferred to Alpha Ethniki teams, the highest division in the Greek football league system: and Konstantinos Mangos. These two footballers are the most important players who came out of the youth ranks of the club.[1] Striker Dimitris Pappas who is currently the coach and board member of the successor club Haravgi A.E.S. took a massive step in his career by getting transferred to AEL in the summer of 1995 under new manager Giannis Mantzourakis.
The same year midfielder Kostas Mangos caught the eye of OFI's Dutch manager Eugène Gerards and was subsequently signed by the club from Heraklion. Maggos would later on return to his hometown to play for AEL in the Greek Beta Ethniki, after even being part of an OFI squad that played in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup against teams like Ferencváros and Auxerre.[2] is also another former Haravgi footballer who became a member of AEL in 1998, without nevertheless featuring in any official game.[3]

Youngest player ever to score a hat-trick[]

Haravgi Larissa produced the youngest footballer ever to score a hat-trick. 14-year-old striker Ntinos Pontikas in his debut, scored all three goals of his team in an 4-3 away defeat by Ampelokipoi Larissa in 1996. In that game, future Greece international defender Vangelis Moras was on the bench being a squad member of AO Ampelokipoi, the club he started his career from. Pontikas' feat still remains a record in football.[4][5]

Notable players[]

Notable managers[]

Notable chairmen[]

  • Greece Stavros Pappas [10]
  • Greece Giorgos Pappas
  • Greece Kostas Voutiritsas

Modern era: Haravgi A.E.S.[]

A new sports club was formed in the early 2000s under the name of Haravgi Larissa A.E.S, (Greek: Αθλητικός και Εκπολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Χαραυγή) using orange and grey as its colours. For many it is considered the continuation of the old club. The new club started playing in the Thessaliko ground [11] [12] instead of the traditional Anthoupoli ground which Haravgi Larissa used to share with their arch rivals Anthoupoli Larissa.[13] It later created a basketball and a handball department. Both Dimitris Pappas and Konstantinos Mangos have also played for the successor club Haravgi A.E.S. in the later stages of their career.[14][15] Dimitris Pappas is the current coach of team that competes in the Larissa FCA B Division for the 2020-21 season.[16]

Reference section[]

  1. ^ "Greek league 95-96 rosters".
  2. ^ "OFI-Auxerre 3-2".
  3. ^ "Larissa F.C. squad 1998-99".
  4. ^ "the most remarkable world soccer records: hat-tricks".
  5. ^ "Τα ρεκόρ εφήβων ποδοσφαιριστών".
  6. ^ "Greek league 2003-04".
  7. ^ "Proodeftiki F.C. squad 2003-04".
  8. ^ "Οι κοινοί παίκτες ΑΕΛ και Oλυμπιακού Bόλου".
  9. ^ "ΒΟΥΤΥΡΙΤΣΑΣ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ- παλαίμαχος ποδοσφαιριστής Χαραυγής".
  10. ^ "Έφυγε" στα 65 του ο Σταύρος Παππάς".
  11. ^ "Δεν φεύγουμε από το γήπεδό μας".
  12. ^ "δημοτικό γήπεδο της Ανθούπολης".
  13. ^ "Πήρε το "ντέρμπι" η Ανθούπολη".
  14. ^ "Η ομάδα της Χαραυγής στο νέο πρωτάθλημα της Γ' ΕΠΣΛ".
  15. ^ "Κώστα Μάγγο άλλοτε παίκτη της ΑΕΛ για λογαριασμό της Χαραυγής Λάρισας".
  16. ^ "ΤΑ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ (2020-21)".

Sources[]

Koltsidas, Vangelis (2018). ΤΟ ΕΡΑΣΙΤΕΧΝΙΚΟ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟ ΣΤΟ ΝΟΜΟ ΛΑΡΙΣΑΣ (PDF). p. 83.

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