P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras

Diagoras

Full name	Football Societe Anonyme Gymnastic Club Diagoras 1905 Greek: Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας 1905
Nickname(s)	Γηραιός (Old man) Kυανέρυθροι (The cyan and red)
Founded	March 25, 1905; 119 years ago (March 25, 1905)
Ground	Diagoras Stadium
Capacity	3,693[1]
Chairman	Michalis Stathopoulos
Manager	Apostolos Terzis
League	Super League Greece 2
2023–24	Super League Greece 2, 8th
Home colours Away colours

PAE G.S. Diagoras 1905 (Greek: ΠΑΕ Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας 1905) is a Hellenic professional football club based in Rhodes city founded in 1905.

Diagoras is named after the island's ancient boxer Diagoras.

The team first played under Ottoman rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912 and then under the Italian occupation of the island. No matches at all were held during the Balkan Wars and the team played only with other local teams until the Rhodes and Dodecanese joined with the rest of Hellas in 1947.

History

Due to the club's extensive social, cultural, athletic, and particularly patriotic activities, the fascist Italian authorities in occupation decided to dissolve it in 1929. Diagoras reconstituted in 1945, just prior to the liberation of Rhodes and the union with the rest of Hellas. First joined the Beta Ethniki (2nd national division) in its creation in 1962-'63. They played in Alpha Ethniki (1st national division) between 1986-1989.

In 1987, the club reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup, losing to OFI.

Diagoras returned to Beta Ethinki in 2008 until 2012 and since 2020 continues to the 5th season in Super League 2.

In the 2019–2020 season, Diagoras finished in third place of the Football League (3rd tier) and was promoted to the Super League 2 (A2 division), the second tier of the professional football in Hellas.^[2]

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou 10 MF  GRE Vasilios Tsiantoulas 17 MF  GRE Nikolaos Klonaris 20 MF  GRE Georgios Fekkas 23 DF  GRE Nikitas Nikolis 26 DF  GRE Stergios Dimopoulos 31 GK  GRE Giannis Galanis 33 FW  GRE Michalis Manias 77 DF  GRE Georgios Manolakis — GK  GRE Apostolos Tsilingiris — GK  GRE Apostolos Barmpopoulos — DF  GRE Vasilios Katsoulidis (on loan from Panserraikos) — DF  ALB Zog Djaloshi — DF  GER Nico Petras

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GRE Stergios Paraskevas — DF  GRE Adriano Troka — MF  GRE Giannis Papadopoulos — MF  GRE Iraklis Garoufalias — MF  GRE Anastasios Sapountzis (on loan from Panserraikos) — MF  ALB Rakip Bregu — MF  ARG Alex Aguado (on loan from Independiente Rivadavia II) — MF  GRE Michalis Koutsoupias — MF  GRE Sotirios Kokkinis — MF  GRE Panagiotis Georgeas — MF  ARG Alfredo Blancq — FW  GRE Athanasios Lioumis — FW  ARG Thomas Oliveri (on loan from Defensa y Justicia II)

League participation

• First Division (3): 1986–1989
• Second Division (22): 1962–1968, 1974–1975, 1980–1986, 1989–1992, 2008–2012, 2020–present
• Third Division (9): 1978–1980, 1992–1993, 2005–2008, 2017–2020
• Fourth Division (5): 1993–1994, 2002–2005, 2012–2013
• Local Championships (15): 1970–1974, 1975–1978, 1998–2002, 2013–2017

Notable wins

Season Match Score 1986–87 Diagoras Rodos – Panathinaikos 2–0 1956–57 Diagoras Rodos – PAOK (for Greek Cup) 1–0 1986–87 Diagoras Rodos – PAOK 2–1 1981–82 Diagoras Rodos – Aris (for Greek Cup) 3–1

Honours

Domestic

Leagues:

• Second Division
  • Winners (1): 1985–86
    • Runners-up (4): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1982–83
• Third Division
  • Winners (3): 1974, 1979–80, 2007–08
    • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• Fourth Division
  • Winners (1): 2004–05
• Dodecanese FCA Championship (Local Championship)
  • Winners (17): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1973–74, 1978–79, 2001–02, 2016–17

Cups:

• Dodecanese FCA Cup (Local Cup)
  • Winners (13): 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1974, 2004, 2017, 2018

• Dodecanese Super Cup: Winners 2019

Rivalries: A.S. Rodos 1968

References

1. "Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας - Διαγόρας Π.Α.Ε." Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
2. "ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ Ε.Ε.Α ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΗ". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

External links

• Official website