Athletic Club Skoda Xanthi (Π.Α.Ε. Skoda Ξάνθη Α.ό.) is a Greek football club, based in the city of Xanthi. The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.
History
The club was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs, Aspida and Orfeas. The name of the team was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1992. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Skoda vehicles in Greece, bought the club from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club.
The club is one of the best in Greece, especially in terms of their financial support and youth setup. Skoda Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup in 2001-02, 2005-06, and 2006-07 seasons. In the 2004-05 season, Skoda Xanthi finished fourth in the First Division (today Super League), the club's best performance in many years.
Xanthi FC first played in the first division in 1989.
Stadium
Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located in near the centre of the city for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however only has 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.
Current squad
As of September 01, 2008:Out on loan:
Notable players
Greece- Antonis Antoniadis
- Paraskevas Antzas
- Nikos Kostenoglou
- Athanasios Kostoulas
- Thomas Kyparissis
- Triantafillos Maheridis
- Christos Maladenis
- Marinos Ouzounidis
- Daniil Papadopoulos
- Christos Patsatzoglou
- Savvas Poursaitidis
- Ilias Talikriadis
- Vasilis Torosidis
- Makis Tzatzos
- Spyros Vallas
- Stelios Venetidis
- Zisis Vryzas
- Akis Zikos
Argentina
- Damian MansoBrazil
- Veridiano Marcelo
- Luciano
- EmersonCanada
- Tomasz RadzinskiCyprus
- Alexandros GarpozisMorocco
- Abderrahim OuakiliNigeria
- Victor AgaliIran
- Alireza Mansourian
Liberia
- Kelvin SebweSlovakia
- Juraj Bucek
- Vladimír JanočkoPeru
- Piero AlvaPoland
- Rafał Grzelak
- Arkadiusz Malarz
- Emmanuel Olisadebe
External links
Official Sites
Other
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Last updated on Thursday October 09, 2008 at 01:41:32 PDT (GMT -0700)
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