Apollon Kalamarias FC
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| Full name | PAE Apollon 1926 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Pontioi (Pontians) Rossoneri (Red-blacks) | ||
| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | Apollon Kalamaria Stadium, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Owner |  Avraam Persidis |
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| Chairman | Avraam Persidis |
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| Manager | Apostolos Pappas |
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| League | Gamma Ethniki | ||
| 2014–15 | Football League (North), 11th Relegated | ||
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Apollon Kalamarias FC is a Greek football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]
History
The football club was formed in January 1926.[citation needed]
The team had been in and out of Greek first division until international businessman and former owner of Kalamata F.C., Stavros Papadopoulos, bought the team in 2001. Papadopoulos invested money into the team and brought in many young players from Brazil, and the team gained promotion to the Greek first division within two years. Papadopoulos has relinquished the running of the team since 2004.[citation needed]
They played their first match in the A National Division on 25 October 1959.[citation needed]
Panagiotis Kyprianidis was the first Apollon Kalamarias footballer to play for the Greek National team on 22 May 1963).[citation needed]
The first match in the top division was on 4 September 1983 against PAOK.[citation needed]
Record man of participations: Dimitris (Takis) Toboulidis is the football player with the most participations in the history of Apollon Kalamarias in the A' National Division.[citation needed]
Current squad
2015–16 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Domestic Titles and honors
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- Second Division:
- 1972–73, 1982–83, 1991–92
- Third Division:
- 1979–80, 2012–13
- EPSM Championship:
- 1957–58, 1975–76
- Second Division:
References
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External links
- Use dmy dates from April 2013
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2015
- Articles with unsourced statements from March 2015
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015
- Apollon Kalamarias F.C.
- Apollon Kalamarias
- Association football clubs established in 1926
- Thessaloniki (regional unit)
- Athletic history of Thessalonica
- Football clubs in Central Macedonia
- 1926 establishments in Greece
