Thesprotos F.C.

Thesprotos Football Club (Greek: Α.Σ. Θεσπρωτός Ηγουμενίτσας) is a Greek professional football club based in Igoumenitsa, Thesprotia, Greece. The club was founded in 1948. They will play in the Football League for the season 2019–20.

Thesprotos
Full nameAthlitikos Syllogos Thesprotos
Founded1948 (1948)
GroundMunicipal Stadium of Igoumenitsa
Capacity3,500
OwnerNikos Tsiapos
ChairmanNikos Tsiapos
ManagerJuan Ramón Rocha
LeagueFootball League Greece
2019–20Football League Greece, 10th
WebsiteClub website

History

1979–1988

Thesprotos participated in the Corfu FCA Championships. He won it twice, securing his rise to the national categories. But he was not able to stay and was immediately downgraded. With the creation of FCA Thesprotia in 1984 it moved to it and began to lead. He won the 1984-85 championship and was promoted to the Delta Ethniki. Once again he failed to remain in the category. In 1986-87, they again won the local championship and competed in the 1987 amateur championship without being able to win the promotion. In 1987-88, Thesprotos again won the local championship and again competed in the Special Amateur Championship 1988. This time he managed to win his promotion to the Delta Ethniki.

1988–2003

From 1988-89 until 1994-95, Thesprotos participated in the 4th National. He starred for some years but failed to advance to the Delta Ethniki. In 1994-95 it was downgraded to local. The following year he again won the local championship and returned immediately to the 4th National. After 3 years he managed to gain promotion to the Gamma Ethniki. The relegation was immediate to the 4th National while the following year he was relegated to the locals knowing a second consecutive relegation. In 2001-02 he won the local championship and went straight to the 4th National. He was unable to stand and was relegated to the local championship.

2003–2012

In the following years, Thesprotos competed in the local championship without winning. In 2007-08 he finally won the championship and again climbed to the 4th National. For the next 4 years he competed at the 4th National. He competed in the category but failed to advance to the 3rd National. The 2011-12 season was once again downgraded to local.

2012–2018

In 2012-13 season, Thesprotos won the championship and participated in the 2013 Special Amateur Championship. He again went to the 3rd National Championship where he stayed for the following years. The 2014-15 season placed fifth while the 2015-16 season ranked 6th. The 2016-17 season finished 9th while the 2017-18 season again ranked 5th.

In 2018-19 season, Thesprotos took the second place in the championship and qualified for the anodic barrels. Defeat Niki Volos on May 5, 2019 at Panthessal Stadium 0-1 and on May 12 at Igoumenitsa 2-0 and take the historic rise in the professional categories.

Players

Current squad
As of 11 January 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  GRE Alexandros Zourkos
3 DF  GRE Georgios Karvounis
4 DF  GRE Christos Nonis (captain)
5 DF  GRE Dimitrios Stavridis
7 FW  GRE Vasilios Konstantinou
8 MF  GRE Konstantinos Koltsidas
9 FW  GRE Christos Kollas
10 MF  GRE Charilaos Bikas
11 FW  GRE Anastasios Gogos
14 MF  GRE Nikolaos Konstantakopoulos
19 FW  GRE Tryfon Kazviropoulos
22 GK  GRE Dimitrios Konstantakos
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  GRE Georgios Servilakis
33 MF  GRE Giannis Kammenis
38 FW  GRE Nikolaos Katsis
44 DF  GRE Panagiotis Kontoes
70 FW  GRE Thomas Karagiannis
71 GK  GRE Theofanis Danis
96 MF  BRA Lucas Batata
99 MF  GRE Vasilios Efthymiou
— GK  GRE Vasilis Kinalis
— FW  BRA Fernando Luis Costa
— DF  ALB Igli Doko
— FW  ARG Rodrigo Pacheco

Honours

Domestic

Leagues:

  • Delta Ethniki (Fourth Division)
    • Winners (1): 1998–99
  • Corfu–Thesprotia FCA Championship (Local Championship)
    • Winners (2): 1978–79, 1981–82
  • Thesprotia FCA Championship (Local Championship)
    • Winners (7): 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2012–13

Cups:

  • Thesprotia FCA Cup (Local Cup)
    • Winners (15): 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2017–18
  • Thesprotia FCA Super Cup (Local Super Cup)
    • Winners (1): 2017–18

Notable players

Former players
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