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{{Short description|Association football club in Greece}}
{{Infobox football club 
|clubname = Aiolikos Mytilene FC
|image    = Aiolikos Mytilène (logo).svg
|fullname = Aiolikos Football Club
|nickname = ''Aio''
|founded  = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1975|8|17}}
|ground   = [[Mytilene Municipal Stadium]]
|capacity = 3,000
|chairman = Giannis Floridis
|manager  = [[Theagenis Dionysatos]]
|league   = Lesvos FCA Second Division
|season   = [[2024–25 Lesvos FCA Second division|2024-25]]
|position = Lesvos FCA Second division, 1st
|website  = {{URL|https://www.aiolikos.gr/}}
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'''Aiolikos Football Club''' ({{Langx|el|Α.E.Π.Σ. Αιολικός Μυτιλήνης}}) is a [[Football in Greece|Greek]] professional [[association football]] club, based in [[Mytilene]].

==History==
The club was established in 1975 after a merger of two local teams&nbsp;– Atlantas and Apollon. The name '''Aiolikos''' was inspired by the [[Aeolians]], the name by which the [[Greeks|Greek]] inhabitants of [[Lesbos]] and nearby [[Aeolis]], [[Anatolia]], have been known since antiquity.

Incidentally, there was also a [[Greeks|Greek]] football club called Aiolikos that was based in Smyrna ([[İzmir]]), around 1890, which would often play matches against teams of visiting British sailors. With the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)]], many of the [[Greeks|Greek]] inhabitants of the region emigrated to Lesbos, taking their sporting traditions and clubs with them.

In 1976, Aiolikos participated for first time in Lesbos Football Clubs Association Championship. Ιn 1978, was promoted in National Amateur Division (today [[Football League 2 (Greece)|Football League 2]]) and in 1982, they participated in [[Football League (Greece)|Beta Ethniki]]. In 1985, Aiolikos contested the promotion to [[Superleague Greece|Alpha Ethniki]], but finally did not accomplish.

Until 1991, Aiolikos participated alternately in [[Football League 2 (Greece)|Gamma]] and [[Delta Ethniki]]. From 1991 to 1999, Aiolikos played unfailingly in Gamma Ethniki championship. Certain problems, mainly economic, led in 2000 the team again to the Lesbos Football Clubs Associations Championship for one season.

In 2001, Aiolikos was promoted in Delta Ethniki. The 2001–02 season was not good for Aiolikos, but they won on 25 May 2002, the [[Greek Football Amateur Cup|Amateur Cup]], afterwards the victory against Almopos Aridaia, final score 4–2.

In 2005, Aiolikos promoted again in Gamma Ethniki. They participated in that division until 29 December 2008, when they withdrew from [[Gamma Ethniki 2008-09|2008–09 season championship]], due to unsolvable economic problems, and relegated to Delta Ethniki.

In 2023, Aiolikos participated in the promotion play-offs of Gamma Ethniki, after winning their respective group, and won promotion to [[Super League Greece 2]].

==Stadium==
{{Main|Mytilene Municipal Stadium}}
[[File:Tarlas, the Mytilene Municipal Stadium, September 2012.jpg|thumb|240px|[[Mytilene Municipal Stadium]]]]

'''Mytilene Municipal Stadium''' is a multi-use [[stadium]] in [[Mytilene]], [[Greece]].  It is currently used mostly for [[Association football|football]] matches and is the home stadium of Aiolikos. The stadium holds 2,850 people, all-seated.

Stadium's nickname is Tarlas ({{Langx|el|Ταρλάς}}), which is inspired by the old name of the settlement where stadium is built. The word is originated from another Turkish word, which means tract or field.

The stadium has four gates. It has also one big stand and track. The stand is separated in 5 sections, while there are 100 seats for VIP. In 2001 was put projectors and seats have been placed on all the stand. Until then, only a little section of the stand had seats. On the occasion of [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]], have been more important projects to changing rooms and other rooms below the stand. In 2005, the placement of a shelter was decided, and in 2014, with the renovation of the stadium, it got constructed.

==Honours==

* '''[[Gamma Ethniki|Third Division]]: 2'''
** 1983–84, 2022–23
* '''[[Delta Ethniki|Fourth Division]]: 3'''
** 1981–82, 1991–92, 2004–05
* '''Lesbos FCA Championship: 6'''
** 1963–64, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2013–14
* '''[[Greek Football Amateur Cup|Amateur Cup]]: 2'''
** 1981–82, 2001–02
* '''Lesbos FCA Cup: 17'''
** 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|25 September 2023}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=LVA|name=[[Vitālijs Maksimenko]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=IND|name=[[Gurjinder Singh (footballer, born 1997)|Gurjinder Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=[[Aristotelis Kollaras]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=[[Manolis Aliatidis]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=SWE|name=[[Edin Hamidović]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=BIH|name=[[Goran Zakarić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=FRA|name=[[Ulrich N'Nomo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=GK|nat=GRE|name=Giannis Botsaris}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=ARG|name=[[Brian Benítez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=SRB|name=Nikola Ignjatović}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=GRE|name=Nikos Chalkiadakis}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=[[Nikos Karanikas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=FW|nat=GRE|name=Giannis Ioannou}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=GRE|name=Georgios Krimitzas}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=GRE|name=Stathis Kagelidis}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=[[Nikos Kechagias (footballer, born 2000)|Nikos Kechagias]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=Asterios Mouchalis}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=FW|nat=GRE|name=[[Giannis Balogiannis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=GRE|name=[[Vasilios Triantafyllakos]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=MF|nat=GRE|name=[[Konstantinos Galeadis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|pos=MF|nat=GRE|name=[[Christos Noulas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|pos=MF|nat=SRB|name=[[Dragoljub Srnić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=Konstantinos Kaouras}}
{{Fs player|no=45|pos=FW|nat=GRE|name=Apostolos Sarantidis}}
{{Fs player|no=63|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=[[Dimitrios Oungialidis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=70|pos=DF|nat=BUL|name=[[Plamen Dimov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|pos=FW|nat=SRB|name=[[Viktor Živojinović]]}}
{{Fs player|no=88|pos=GK|nat=SRB|name=[[Ivan Dokić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=89|pos=DF|nat=GRE|name=Athanasios Triantafyllou|other=on loan from [[Volos F.C.|Volos]]}}
{{Fs player|no=91|pos=GK|nat=GRE|name=Giannis Bintsis}}
{{Fs end}}

==Former coaches==
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Fotis Kokinellis
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Thanasis Dimitriadis
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Charis Ghrammos
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} [[Michalis Grigoriou]]
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Spiros Livathinos
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Konstantinos Psyropoulos
|
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Yiannis Manousos
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Markos Mavrommatis
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} [[Petros Michos]]
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Theodhoros Papalopoulos
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} [[Manolis Papamattheakis]]
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Theodoros Giakalis
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} Dimitris Papaspyrou
*{{Flagicon|Greece}} [[Apostolos Charalampidis]]
*{{Flagicon|Serbia}} [[Slobodan Krčmarević]]
|}

==See also==

{{Aiolikos F.C.}}
{{Football in Greece}}

[[Category:Mytilene]]
[[Category:Football clubs in North Aegean]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1975]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Greece]]