Anagennisi Karditsa F.C.
Anagennisi Karditsa Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας) is a Greek professional football club based in Karditsa, Greece, which competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system. The club holds the record of the most participations in the Beta Ethniki, having played there 36 seasons in total.
Wikipedia links: Α.Σ. Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας (ποδόσφαιρο)
History[edit]
One of the oldest clubs in Greek football, Anagennisi was formed in 1904 in the southwestern Thessalian city of Karditsa as the football team of the multisport club ASA (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αναγέννησης - Athlitikos Syllogos Anagennisis), the Athletic Association Anagennisi. The name of the club comes from the Greek word for Renaissance. It takes this name because 23 years ago, in 1881, the city of Karditsa was freed from the Ottoman empire. The statute of the club was signed personally by Crown Prince Constantine I.
From its inception in 1904, the football team of ASA was not officially recognized as a distinct entity within the organization. As more of the club's athletes began to show interest in the sport, the football team began to train, and play locally organized games, in the area of central Karditsa (which later became the Pavsilipo Park). With the sport's expanding popularity in Greece in the following decades, in 1924 the football team was finally given its own department within ASA. Playing in the independent, regional Thessalian League from 1929 to 1962, it joined the newly established Greek second division in time for Season 1962-63. When the Greek football league became professional in 1979, the football department of ASA was reformed as a Football Public Limited Company, or PAE (Greek: ΠΑΕ - Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρία / Podosferiki Anonymi Eteria) and continued to compete as PAE Anagennisi Karditsas (FC Anagennisi Karditsa). At the decate of 1970 dominated at the games of SuperLeague2 with the other squad of Karditsa A.O. Karditsa. Both of the two teams was nearly to achive the promotion to SuperLeague1 (1st division). But their competition between them, missed the opportunity to merge in one team and -perhaps- the chance to achive the promotion to Super League
One of the highlights in Anagennisi Karditsa's history is the victory over Olympiacos Pireaus for the Greek Cup in 1993-94 as well as the win against Paniliakos for the Greek semi-professional Cup final in 1981. In 2008 Anagennisi Karditsa reach the Gamma Ethniki play-off and beat Ilioupoli 2-0 in Athens to win promotion to Beta Ethniki.
Anagennisi Karditsa is a well-supported club by regional football standards, and their passion is very well known. They hold the record for the most fans to ever attend an away game for Gamma Ethniki in 2008, with 2.000 supporters in the play-off match against Ilioupoli. In 2008-09 season Anagennisi Karditsa had the fourth best average in attendance despite having only avoided relegation in the last fixture against Veria.
History[edit]
One of the oldest greek football clubs Anagennisi Karditsas is the 8th oldest team in Greek Football History
Partecipations in Leagues (Greece):
2nd division SuperLeague2 | 34 | (including 2023-24) |
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3nd division C National Amateur Division | 19 | |
4th division (Delta Ethniki) | 6 | |
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Supporters and rivalries[edit]
Anagennisi Karditsa's main rivals are Trikala, from the neighbouring city of Trikala, and Ionikos. For many years, Anagennisi also maintained a bitter local rivalry with AOK. The fans have friendly relations with fans of Doxa Drama, Panetolikos and Agroticos Asteras. The team, also has many similarities with the team Peñarol, as well as both of them are very old teams (1904 and 1891), they have the same colors (black-yellow), and the same nickname
Stadium[edit]
Since 1949, Anagennisi Karditsa plays its home games at the Municipal Stadium of Karditsa, located in the eastern part of Karditsa. In January 2010 the stadium capacity was extended to 9,500 seats. Club training facilities, and football academy, are located in the nearby southern borough of Stavro.
Honours[edit]
Leagues[edit]
- Third Division
- Fourth Division
- Winners (3): 1991–92, 2011–12, 2020–21
- Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
- Winners (3): 1991–92, 2011–12, 2020–21
- Greek Football Amateur Cup
- Winner (1): 1980–81
- Thessaly FCA Championship
- Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63
Cups[edit]
- Karditsa FCA Cup
- Winners (4): 1980–81, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12
- Karditsa FCA Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2011–12
Players[edit]
Current squad[edit]
- As of 28 October 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players[edit]
Notable coaches[edit]
- Andreas Stamatiadis (1973–74)
- Georgios Paraschos (1994–95)
- Vaios Karagiannis (2006–08, 2010–11, 2013)
- Giannis Mangos (2016–17)