2020–21 Ergotelis F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Ergotelis' 91st season in existence and 14th overall in the second tier of the Greek football league system, and second after the foundation of the Super League 2. The contents of this article cover club activities from 1 July 2020 until 30 June 2021.

Ergotelis

2020–21 season
Chairman	Maged Samy
Manager	Giannis Taousianis (2 September 2019 − present)
Stadium	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Super League 2	7th, R.5
Greek Cup	DNP
Top goalscorer	League: 2 players (1 goal) All: 2 players (1 goal)
Home colours Away colours

The season began for the club in January 2021, after a lengthy postponement of the Super League 2 championship due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, Ergotelis, along with all other clubs participating in the competition, were excluded from participation in this year's edition of the Greek Football Cup, which was held only with the 14 teams participating in the Super League.[1]

Players

  Summer acquisition
  Winter acquisition

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Dimitrios Katsimitros		GK	12 June 1997 (23)	Anorthosis Famagusta
40	Giorgos Tzelepis		GK	12 November 1999 (21)	Xanthi
75	Nikos Psimopoulos		GK	19 June 2003 (17)	Youth system
Defenders
5	Christos Batzios		CB	15 October 1991 (29)	Kavala
8	Kyriakos Mazoulouxis		CB	1 May 1997 (23)	Free Agent
14	Nikos Peios		CB	17 June 1999 (21)	Olympiacos U−20
33	Giannis Theodorakis		CB	8 June 2001 (19)	Youth system
80	Edison Kola		CB	3 April 2001 (19)	Youth system
89	Georgios Sarris		CB	9 August 1989 (31)	Flamurtari
18	Georgios Servilakis		LB	18 May 1997 (23)	Thesprotos
24	Stelios Pozatzidis		LB	34 July 1994 (26)	Platanias
77	Arthur Bote		LB	7 January 1997 (24)	Sintrense
2	Jeffrey Neral		RB / DM	9 December 1997 (23)	Helmond Sport
	Paris Doumanis		RB	30 October 2000 (20)	Olympiacos U−19
Midfielders
20	Antonis Alexakis		CM	2 July 2001 (19)	Youth system
23	Giannis Boutsakis		CM	8 February 1994 (26)	Atsalenios
6	Giannis Koutantos		AM	31 January 2000 (21)	Youth system
10	Antonis Bourselis (VC)		AM	6 July 1994 (26)	OFI
17	Oresti Kacurri		AM	25 February 1998 (22)	Youth system
38	Ilias Tselios		AM	6 October 1997 (23)	AEK Athens
22	Abdulsamed Abdullahi		LM	19 January 1997 (24)	Den Bosch
Forwards
28	Sotirios Kokkinis		LW	11 July 2000 (20)	Willem II U−21
27	Charles Kwateng		RW	27 May 1997 (23)	Lierse
7	Giorgos Manousakis		CF	10 April 1998 (22)	Youth system
9	Themis Patrinos		CF	18 January 2001 (20)	Youth system
11	Tyrone Conraad		CF	7 March 1997 (23)	Kozakken Boys
21	Thanasis Kostanasios		CF	11 January 1999 (22)	Olympiacos
	Stathis Kapouranis		CF	20 September 2001 (19)	Youth system

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

Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Giannis Taousianis	Christos Batzios	Capelli Sport	Vitex

Transfers

  Winter Transfer Window

In

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Ref
15	DF	Dimitris Voutsas	Triglia	Loan return	30 June 2020
11	FW	Tyrone Conraad	Kozakken Boys	Free	27 July 2020	[2]
2	DF	Jeffrey Neral	Helmond Sport	Free	27 July 2020	[3]
18	DF	Georgios Servilakis	Thesprotos	Free	30 July 2020	[4]
21	FW	Thanasis Kostanasios	Olympiacos	Free	12 August 2020	[5]
22	MF	Abdulsamed Abdullahi	Den Bosch	Free	31 August 2020	[6]
24	DF	Stelios Pozatzidis	Platanias	Free	30 September 2020	[7]
89	DF	Georgios Sarris	Flamurtari	Free	13 October 2020	[8]
28	FW	Sotirios Kokkinis	Willem II U−21	Free	19 January 2021	[9]
	DF	Paris Doumanis	Olympiacos U−19	Free	19 January 2021	[10]

Promoted from youth system

Squad #	Position	Player	Date	Signed Until	Ref
33	DF	Giannis Theodorakis	10 September 2020	30 June 2024	[11]
80	DF	Edison Kola	10 September 2020	30 June 2024	[11]
6	MF	Giannis Koutantos	10 September 2020	30 June 2024	[11]
9	FW	Themis Patrinos	10 September 2020	30 June 2024	[11]
	FW	Stathis Kapouranis	30 October 2020	30 June 2024	[12]

Re-signings

Squad #	Position	Player	Date	Signed Until	Ref
5	DF	Christos Batzios	13 October 2020	30 June 2021	[13]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Ref
GK	Manolis Kalogerakis	Free Agent	Free	30 June 2020	[14]
DF	Dominik Špiriak	Dunajská Streda	Loan return	30 June 2020	[15]
DF	Vítor Barata	OF Ierapetra	Free	30 June 2020	[15]
DF	Michalis Bousis	AEK Athens	Loan return	1 July 2020
FW	Ramez Medhat	Wadi Degla	Loan return	1 July 2020
FW	Ahmet Atef	Wadi Degla	Loan return	1 July 2020
DF	Christos Batzios	Free agent	Free	1 July 2020
FW	Manolis Rovithis	Alki Oroklini	Free	1 July 2020	[16]
DF	Giannis Kiliaras	Irodotos	Free	1 July 2020	[16]
DF	Konstantinos Provydakis	Lamia	Free	1 July 2020	[17]
FW	Joseph Efford	Waasland-Beveren	Free	1 July 2020	[18]
DF	Dimitris Voutsas	A.E. Evosmos	Free	23 July 2020	[19]
FW	Antonis Stathopoulos	Ialysos	Free	23 July 2020	[19]
FW	Giannis Iatroudis	AEK Athens	Free	24 July 2020	[20]
MF	Albert Bruce	Panachaiki	Undisclosed	14 August 2020	[21]
FW	Nektarios Azizi	Almyros Gazi	Loan	10 September 2020	[22]

Transfer summary

Undisclosed fees are not included in the transfer totals.

Expenditure Summer: €0,000 Winter: €0,000 Total: €0,000

Income Summer: €0,000 Winter: €0,000 Total: €0,000

Net totals Summer: €0,000 Winter: €0,000 Total: €0,000

Kit

2018−19

Supplier: Capelli
Sponsor(s): Vitex

Home

Away

Source: ergotelisfc.gr

Friendlies

Supplier: Capelli
Sponsor(s): None

Friendlies #1

Friendlies #2

Source: ergotelis.gr

Preseason and friendlies

Preseason friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 August 2020 Friendly	Ergotelis	2 − 1	Rethymniakos	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
18:30 EEST	Conraad  38' Patrinos  55'	Report	Delimpasis  6' (pen.)	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Christos Krasagakis (Heraklion)

22 August 2020 Friendly	Irodotos	2 − 1	Ergotelis	Nea Alikarnassos, Crete, Greece
18:00 EEST	Mylonas  45' Kalamiotis  77'	Report	Bourselis  14'	Stadium: Nea Alikarnassos Municipal Stadium Referee: Christos Krasagakis (Heraklion)

28 August 2020 Friendly	Ergotelis	1 − 0	Giouchtas	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
18:00 EEST	Conraad  24' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

5 September 2020 Friendly	OFI	0 − 2	Ergotelis	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
20:00 EEST		Report	Manousakis  7',  41' (pen.)	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Petros Tsagkarakis (Chania)

16 September 2020 Friendly	Ergotelis	0 – 1	Giouchtas	Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
		Report	Mpeladakis  70'	Stadium: Agios Nikolaos Municipal Stadium

19 September 2020 Friendly	Ergotelis	2 − 0	Almyros Gazi	Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece
19:15 EEST	Bourselis  80' Kostanasios  90'	Report		Stadium: Agios Nikolaos Municipal Stadium

27 September 2020 Friendly	OF Ierapetra	1 − 2	Ergotelis	Ierapetra, Crete, Greece
17:15 EEST	Fouasis  19'	Report	Tselios  52' Kostanasios  65'	Stadium: Petros Vouzounerakis Stadium

11 October 2020 Friendly	Ergotelis	3 − 0	Irodotos	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
16:45 EEST	Manousakis  8',  90' Boutsakis  29'	Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

25 October 2020 Friendly	Ergotelis	2 − 0	OF Ierapetra	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
15.00 EET	Manousakis  25' (pen.),  37'	Report		Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Alexandros Zafeiris (Heraklion)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League 2	1	7th/5	TBD	17 January 2021	TBD

Last updated: 1 February 2021

Super League 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Diagoras	6	2	4	0	6	3	+3	10	Qualification for the Play-Off round
3	Panachaiki	5	2	3	0	9	4	+5	9
4	Ergotelis	5	3	0	2	4	3	+1	9
5	Trikala	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	8
6	Ionikos	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8

First match(es) will be played on 6 February 2021. Source: sl2fl.gr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground, only used if needed to decide teams for promotion or relegation).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	2	0	2	2	2	0	6	0	0	2	0	2	−2	2	0	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	P	L	W	W
Position	11	12	12	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: footballleaguenews.gr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

17 January 2021 1	Ergotelis	0 − 1	Ionikos	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
14:00 EET	Servilakis  13' Abdullahi  27' Batzios  42' Peios  78'	Report	Castro  6' Manalis  34' Kyrgias  50'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Angelos Aggelakis (Macedonia)

20 January 2021 2 ^1	Doxa Drama	v	Ergotelis	Drama, Greece
				Stadium: Doxa Drama Stadium

24 January 2021 3	Ergotelis	0 − 1	Levadiakos	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
14:45 EET	Peios  25' Conraad  76' Abdullahi  83'	Report	Liagas  11' Poletto  55',  80' Mygas  63' Karachalios  66'	Stadium: Pankritio Stadium Referee: Andreas Gkamaris (Athens)

27 January 2021 4	Chania	0 − 1	Ergotelis	Chania, Crete, Greece
15:00 EET	Carlito  88'	Report	Peios  21' Manousakis  56' Kostanasios  57'	Stadium: Perivolia Municipal Stadium Referee: Angelos Bakoyiannis (Athens)

31 January 2021 5	Karaiskakis	0 − 1	Ergotelis	Arta, Greece
14:45 EET	Papanikou  21' Dias  69'  90'	Report	Patrinos  65'	Stadium: Agiοi Anargirοi Municipal Stadium Referee: Pavlos Fragkoulis (Preveza-Lefkada)

6 February 2021 6	Ergotelis	v	Xanthi	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
14:45 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

10 February 2021 7	Trikala	v	Ergotelis	Trikala, Greece
15:00 EET				Stadium: Trikala Municipal Stadium

14 February 2021 8	Ergotelis	v	Diagoras	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
15:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

17 February 2021 9	OF Ierapetra	v	Ergotelis	Ierapetra, Crete, Greece
15:00 EET				Stadium: Petros Vouzounerakis Stadium

20 February 2021 10	Ergotelis	v	Panachaiki	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
14:30 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

28 February 2021 11	Ergotelis	v	Apollon Larissa	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
15:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

3 March 2021 12	Ionikos	v	Ergotelis	Nikaia, Praeus, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Neapoli Stadium

7 March 2021 13	Ergotelis	v	Doxa Drama	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

14 March 2021 14	Levadiakos	v	Ergotelis	Livadeia, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

17 March 2021 15	Ergotelis	v	Chania	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

21 March 2021 16	Ergotelis	v	Karaiskakis	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

28 March 2021 17	Xanthi	v	Ergotelis	Pigadia, Xanthi, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Xanthi FC Arena

4 April 2021 18	Ergotelis	v	Trikala	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

7 April 2021 19	Diagoras	v	Ergotelis	Rhodes, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Diagoras Stadium

11 April 2021 20	Ergotelis	v	OF Ierapetra	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

18 April 2021 21	Panachaiki	v	Ergotelis	Agyia, Patras, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium

21 April 2021 22	Apollon Larissa	v	Ergotelis	Neapoli, Larissa, Greece
17:00 EET				Stadium: AEL FC Arena

1.^ Matchday 2 vs. Doxa Drama, originally scheduled for 20 January 2021 was postponed as a result of the Greek Professional Sports Committee not granting Doxa Drama a certificate for participating in the Super League 2.[23]

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 31 January 2021 Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute. No. Name Super League 2 Greek Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Dimitrios Katsimitros 4 0 0 0 4 0 40 Giorgos Tzelepis 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 Nikos Psimopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 Jeffrey Neral 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 Christos Batzios 4 0 0 0 4 0 8 Kyriakos Mazoulouxis 4 0 0 0 4 0 14 Nikos Peios 4 0 0 0 4 0 18 Georgios Servilakis 3 (1) 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 24 Stelios Pozatzidis 1 (2) 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 33 Giannis Theodorakis 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Arthur Bote 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 80 Edison Kola 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 Georgios Sarris 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paris Doumanis 0 0 0 0 0 0 Midfielders 6 Giannis Koutantos 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Antonis Bourselis 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 17 Oresti Kacurri 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 20 Antonis Alexakis 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 22 Abdulsamed Abdullahi 2 (1) 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 23 Giannis Boutsakis 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 38 Ilias Tselios 4 0 0 0 4 0 Forwards 7 Giorgos Manousakis 4 1 0 0 4 1 9 Themis Patrinos 1 (1) 1 0 0 1 (1) 1 11 Tyrone Conraad 2 (2) 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 21 Thanasis Kostanasios 3 (1) 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 27 Charles Kwateng 2 0 0 0 2 0 28 Sotirios Kokkinis 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 Stathis Kapouranis 0 0 0 0 0 0 Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Goal scorers

  Player has departed in mid-season

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Super League 2	Total
7	FW		Giorgos Manousakis	1	1
9	FW		Themis Patrinos	1	1
TOTAL				2	2

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

S	P	N	Name	Super League 2			Total
14	DF		Nikos Peios	3	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF		Abdulsamed Abdullahi	2	0	0	2	0	0
18	DF		Georgios Servilakis	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Christos Batzios	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Tyrone Conraad	1	0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Giorgos Manousakis	1	0	0	1	0	0
21	FW		Thanasis Kostanasios	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				10	0	0	10	0	0

Last updated: 28 January 2021
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by ,   and
= Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Injury record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Type	Status	Source	Match	Inj. Date	Ret. Date
27	FW		Charles Kwateng	Patellar tendon rupture of the right foot		www.ergotelisfc.gr	vs Chania	24 December 2019	18 September 2020
8	DF		Kyriakos Mazoulouxis	Torn meniscus		www.ergotelisfc.gr	Training	7 August 2019	31 August 2020

- Player is injured
- Player has recovered from injury
Last updated: 12 August 2020
Source: Ergotelis FC

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