Panserraikos F.C.

Panserraikos
Full name	FC Panserraikos
Nickname(s)	Λιοντάρια (Lions); Ερυθρόλευκοι (The red-whites)
Founded	1964
Ground	Serres Stadium; Serres, Greece; (Capacity: 9,500)
Chairman	Petros Theodoridis
Manager	Angel Petraza
League	Super League Greece;
2008-09	Super League Greece, 15th (Relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

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Panserraikos FC is the football club of Serres in Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos was formed in 1964 when two local clubs, Iraklis and Apollon, merged. Their current home ground is Stadium of Serres, built in 1926. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in northern Greece, and had had a near-continuous presence in the First Division in the 60's and 70's.

Since their last relegation in 1992 the club had been struggling in the Second Division, and were even relegated to the Third Division twice, in 1993 and 1996, yet promptly returning to the second tier on both occasions. The club did come close to promotion a few times, missing out on 5 points in 1998 and on just one point in 2000.

In 2008, Panserraikos managed to end a 16-year wait, gaining promotion to the newly-formed Greek Super League. Managed by Giannis Papakostas, the club had been leading the Second Division table for the most part of the season, even securing a top-three spot with two games to spare - though they had narrowly escaped another relegation in the previous two seasons.

December 2008, they presented spain Template:Angel Petraza as new coach.

On March 4, 2009, Panserraikos won a historic match against Panathinaikos FC in the Olympic Stadium in Athens for the Greek Cup quarter finals with a score of 3-2 after being up 0-3 for 71 minutes. The first match leg ended at a 0-0 score. This amazing result landed Panserraikos a spot in the final 4 of the Greek Cup where they will compete against AEK Athens FC for a spot in the finals. What made this result so special was that many starters for the team were either injured, or suspended. This is Panserraikos first time in the final 4 of the Greek Cup. However, the team's situation in the league remains low and in fact, Panserraikos will play again in Beta Ethniki in the start of the 2009-10 season.

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[edit] Current squad

As of 19 January 2009 (2009 -01-19)^[update]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dimitrios Kottaras
2	DF	Kostantinos Kallimanis
3	MF	Cyril Kali
4	DF	Ioannis Voskopoulos
6	DF	Georgios Siakkas
7	FW	Georgios Georgiadis
8	FW	Kris Bright
10	MF	Božidar Tadić
12	MF	Paul Adado
15	DF	Christos Pipinis
16	DF	Aris Giannopoulos
17	DF	Ninoslav Milenković
19	FW	Nino Bule

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Sotirios Konstantinidis
22	DF	Dimitrios Anakoglou
23	DF	Anastasios Papazoglou
24	DF	Aleksandar Mutavdžić (also )
30	GK	Georgios Valsamakis
33	GK	Fotis Kipouros
34	MF	Deniz Baykara
61	DF	Georgios Papadopoulos
66	MF	Aggelos Digkozis
78	MF	Nastja Čeh
97	FW	Dimitrios Gkourtsas
99	FW	Sambégou Bangoura