AEL Kalloni F.C.

Kalloni

Full name	Αθλητική Ένωση Λεκανοπεδίου Καλλονής (Athletic Union of Kalloni Basin)
Nickname(s)	Sardeles (Sardines)
Founded	15 May 1994 (1994-05-15)
Ground	Mytilene Municipal Stadium Mytilene, Greece
Ground Capacity	3,000
Owner	Nikos Michalakis
Chairman	Giorgos Vazakas
League	Football League
2015–16	Superleague Greece, 16th (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Athlitiki Enosi Lekanopediou Kallonis Football Club (Greek: Π.Α.Ε. Αθλητική Ένωση Λεκανοπεδίου Καλλονής – pronounced [aθlitiˈki ˈe̞nosi le̞kanope̞ˈðiu kaloˈnis]), commonly referred to as AEL Kallonis or Kalloni, is a Greek football club, based in Mytilene, Lesbos.

They competed in Superleague Greece from 2013 to 2016.

History

The club was established in 1994 after a merger of Arisvaios Kalloni (est. 1954) and Apollon Dafia (est. 1969), two clubs that had been based in villages in the wider area of Kalloni, the club's original seat.

2002–03 season

In 2002 they promoted in Delta Ethniki but they relegated to local championship of Lesbos. Being one of the weakest club of their group and without having any professional contract, they only achieved four wins.

2007–08 season

The advent of Prokopis Kartalis who had played at Alpha Ethniki as a player of Skoda Xanthi marks the beginning of the glorious course of the club. Kartalis emerged team's top scorer and AEL Kalloni easily won Lesbos local championship and the promotion to Delta Ethniki.

2008–09 season

In 2008–09 season, they promoted in Delta Ethniki and, even though outsider, they came close to take the first place. They were placed in a group that also competed Athenian clubs and finished 5th.

2009–10 season

During the 2009–2010 season AEL Kalloni, making an amazing second round and having the best defense and the second best goals for record in their group managed to win the first place and, for the first time ever, promotion to Football League 2.

2010–11 season

In the club's first season in a professional league, in the North Group of Football League 2, they placed 2nd, a place that led them to a mini league (play-offs) against Vyzas, the 2nd-place team of South Group, and the third-placed teams of each group, Fokikos and Iraklis Psachna. The winner of the league would be promoted in Football League. However, due to the relegation of five clubs by the previous version Football League, play-offs were not carried out, so Kalloni promoted directly with all clubs that would competed in play-offs, Anagennisi Giannitsa and Platanias to 2011–12 Football League.

Kalloni seasons

• Delta Ethniki was abolished in 2013, as it was merged with Football League 2, the third tier of the Greek football league system.

Greek Cup appearances

Crest and colours

Apollon and Arisvaios' crests

Apollon Dafia's crest depicted ancient god Apollo. The club's colours were blue and white. The crest of Arisvaios Kalloni were vertical strips in green and white colour, in the center of which were shown two runners. Up and down of strips, the name of the club was appeared.

Kalloni's original crest

Kalloni's original logo

Initially, it had been decided the colours of the new club to be green and white. After a malfunction of a printer, the green colours were printed in crimson. The executives of the club felt that this change would bring luck, so this variation was finally maintained.

There were two other variations, the one in blue and white and the other in yellow and blue.

New logo

A new crest was created in 2011 summer. It is a circle that in its interior has crimson and white vertical stripes and in its center there is a blue shield with two handshaking hands in laurel leaves at the bottom of which is written the establishment year, much like the original logo. In the exterior of the circle, the club's full name is indicated with white letters in blue background.

Ground

Kalloni uses the Mytilene Municipal Stadium. Until then, they used Kostas Kenteris stadium, situated in Kalloni. The stadium was built in 2002. It had one tier in its west, with a capacity about 900, all-seated. In 2010, when Kalloni promoted to Football League 2, some necessary repairs were made in order to make it appropriate for the proper conduct of matches. In 2009 a secondary field was constructed for training the first team and its academies. From 2011–12 season, the Mytilene Municipal Stadium has been made the club's home, because of the unsuitability of their physical home.

Honours

Players

First-team squad

As of September 11, 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Dimitris Tairis 2 MF Dimitris Zouliotis (c) 3 DF Spyros Apostolou 4 DF Panagiotis Arnaoutoglou 5 MF Lazaros Tzelidis 6 MF Alexis Dallas 7 FW Florenc Keri 9 FW Lucian Burdujan 10 FW Anderson Paraíba 11 FW Michalis Frangos 12 FW Aris Lambrakis 16 DF Kyriakos Evaggelidakis 17 GK Fotis Papazoglou 19 FW Giorgos Sofianis 20 DF Antonis Karageorgis

No. Position Player 21 MF Giorgos Agrimakis 22 MF Giannis Giorgou 23 DF Giannis Savva 24 DF Stelios Pozatzidis 25 DF Thanasis Repetsas 26 MF Rafail Gioukaris 27 MF Patroklos Krotsidas 30 FW Efthimis Gkamagkas 32 FW Dimitris Litainas 33 MF Stefan Stefanović 37 MF Lambros Triantafyllou 40 GK Nikos Mallis 87 GK Kostas Maniatis 88 MF Andreas Dambos 99 FW Alexandros Hintaseli

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2016

Retired Numbers

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

No. Position Player 8 MF Luciano de Souza

Club officials

• Owner & Chairman: Nikos Michalakis

AEL Kalloni Football Club

• Chief Executive Officer: Prokopis Kartalis
• General Manager: Dimitris Aggelonias

Coaching and medical staff

• Head coach: Giorgos Vazakas
• Assistant manager: Apostolos Papanikolaou
• Goalkeepers' coach: Giannis Georgiadis
• Fitness trainer: Panagiotis Konomaras
• Club doctor: Dimitris Varvagiannis

Managerial history

External links

• Official website (Greek)