Edessaikos F.C.

Edessaikos Football Club (Template:Langx) is a Greek football club based in Edessa, Greece currently playing in the Pella FCA Second Division. Edessaikos was founded in 1960 and has won the Gamma Ethniki a record 4 times (1977, 1983, 1987, 1989). Edessaikos also won the Balkans Cup in 1993.

History

Edessaikos is a football club based in Edessa Greece. It was founded in 1960 when three local clubs – Aris, Iraklis, Ethnikos – merged. Edessaikos was a founding member of the Pella Football Clubs Association in 1971. The club has participated in the Greek Football A Division between 1993 and 1997. From 2010 to 2017, Edesaikos competed in the A1 League of Pella (fifth tier overall), after getting relegated from Delta Ethniki during the 2009–10 season. Edessaikos also has a well-organised youth academy system. Edessaiko's academies the season 2011–2012 was champions of the 1st group of Pella on 98–97 ages.

On 21 May 2017, Edessaikos won the Championship by winning 1–0 at the final. Since then, the team competes in Gamma Ethniki.

Players

Current squad

As of 24 September 2019

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	Template:Fba/core	Stathis Vasiliadis
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Angelos Kiortsis
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Andreas Charavitidis
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Giannis Papadimitriou
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Dimitrios Mavropoulos
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Panagiotis Avramidis
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Argyris Toufas
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Grigoris Kasapidis
—	DF	Template:Fba/core	Christos Konstantinidis
—	MF	Template:Fba/core	Anastasios Papoutzidis

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	Template:Fba/core	Vasilios Poupis
—	MF	Template:Fba/core	Lefteris Karatzaoglou
—	MF	Template:Fba/core	Dimitrios Passalis
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Georgios Mylonas
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dimitrios Sfetkos
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Vangelis Petkos
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Giannis Tsolakidis
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Giannis Pantelidis
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Georgios Karadimos
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dimitrios Ypsilos

Honours

Domestic

• Second Division
  • Winners (2): 1962–63 (Group 4), 1964–65 (Group 4)
• Third Division
  • Winners (3): 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89
• Greek FCA Winners' Championship
  • Winners (1): 1977
• Pella FCA First Division
  • Winners (6): 1975–76, 1976–77, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2016–17
• Pella FCA Cup
  • Winners (8): 1981–82, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2018–19

International

• Balkans Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993

Notable wins

Season Match Score 1994–93 Edessaikos – Panathinaikos 2–0 1994–95 Edessaikos – AEK Athens 2–1 1992–93 Edessaikos – PAOK 3–1 1993–94 Edessaikos – PAOK 2–0 1994–95 Edessaikos – PAOK 1–0 1995–96 PAOK – Edessaikos 0–1 1992–93 Edessaikos – Aris 2–1 1993–94 Edessaikos – Aris (for Greek Cup) 1–0 1994–95 Edessaikos – Aris (for Greek Cup) 1–0 1994–95 Aris – Edessaikos (for Greek Cup) 0–1 1996–97 Edessaikos – Aris 1–0

Colours and badge

Traditionally the club's colours are green and white. Edessaikos' badge consists of a trident, together with the name of the club placed above the trident. Edessaikos fans aren't many, but they are passionate. Their nickname is "WaterBoys".

External links

• Ένωση Ποδοσφαρικών Σωματείων Πέλλας-Pella Football Clubs Association Template:In lang