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Aiolikos
Full name	Aiolikos Football Club
Nickname(s)	Wind
Founded	17 August 1975; 49 years ago
Ground	Mytilene Municipal Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Giannis Floridis
Manager	Konstantinos Panagopoulos
League	Lesvos FCA Second Division
2023–24	Super League Greece 2, 11th (relegated)
Website	https://www.aiolikos.gr/
Home colours	Away colours

Aiolikos Football Club (Greek: Α.E.Π.Σ. Αιολικός Μυτιλήνης) is a Greek professional association football club, based in Mytilene.

History

The club was established in 1975 after a merger of two local teams – Atlantas and Apollon. The name Aiolikos was inspired by the Aeolians, the name by which the Greek inhabitants of Lesbos and nearby Aeolis, Anatolia, have been known since antiquity.

Incidentally, there was also a Greek football club called Aiolikos that was based in Smyrna (İzmir), around 1890, which would often play matches against teams of visiting British sailors. With the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), many of the Greek inhabitants of the region emigrated to Lesbos, taking their sporting traditions and clubs with them.

In 1976, Aiolikos participated for first time in Lesbos Football Clubs Association Championship. Ιn 1978, was promoted in National Amateur Division (today Football League 2) and in 1982, they participated in Beta Ethniki. In 1985, Aiolikos contested the promotion to Alpha Ethniki, but finally did not accomplish.

Until 1991, Aiolikos participated alternately in Gamma and Delta Ethniki. From 1991 to 1999, Aiolikos played unfailingly in Gamma Ethniki championship. Certain problems, mainly economic, led in 2000 the team again to the Lesbos Football Clubs Associations Championship for one season.

In 2001, Aiolikos was promoted in Delta Ethniki. The 2001–02 season was not good for Aiolikos, but they won on 25 May 2002, the Amateur Cup, afterwards the victory against Almopos Aridaia, final score 4–2.

In 2005, Aiolikos promoted again in Gamma Ethniki. They participated in that division until 29 December 2008, when they withdrew from 2008–09 season championship, due to unsolvable economic problems, and relegated to Delta Ethniki.

In 2023, Aiolikos participated in the promotion play-offs of Gamma Ethniki, after winning their respective group, and won promotion to Super League Greece 2.

Stadium

Mytilene Municipal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Mytilene, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Aiolikos. The stadium holds 2,850 people, all-seated.

Stadium's nickname is Tarlas (Greek: Ταρλάς), which is inspired by the old name of the settlement where stadium is built. The word is originated from another Turkish word, which means tract or field.

The stadium has four gates. It has also one big stand and track. The stand is separated in 5 sections, while there are 100 seats for VIP. In 2001 was put projectors and seats have been placed on all the stand. Until then, only a little section of the stand had seats. On the occasion of 2004 Olympic Games, have been more important projects to changing rooms and other rooms below the stand. In 2005, the placement of a shelter was decided, and in 2014, with the renovation of the stadium, it got constructed.

Honours

Third Division: 2
- 1983–84, 2022–23
Fourth Division: 3
- 1981–82, 1991–92, 2004–05
Lesbos FCA Championship: 6
- 1963–64, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 2000–01, 2013–14
Amateur Cup: 2
- 1981–82, 2001–02
Lesbos FCA Cup: 17
- 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18

Players

Current squad

As of 25 September 2023

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
2	DF	LVA	Vitālijs Maksimenko
3	DF	IND	Gurjinder Singh
4	DF	GRE	Aristotelis Kollaras
5	DF	GRE	Manolis Aliatidis
9	FW	SWE	Edin Hamidović
10	MF	BIH	Goran Zakarić
11	MF	FRA	Ulrich N'Nomo
13	GK	GRE	Giannis Botsaris
14	MF	ARG	Brian Benítez
15	DF	SRB	Nikola Ignjatović
19	MF	GRE	Nikos Chalkiadakis
20	DF	GRE	Nikos Karanikas
21	FW	GRE	Giannis Ioannou
22	MF	GRE	Georgios Krimitzas
23	MF	GRE	Stathis Kagelidis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	GRE	Nikos Kechagias
26	DF	GRE	Asterios Mouchalis
27	FW	GRE	Giannis Balogiannis
28	MF	GRE	Vasilios Triantafyllakos
30	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Galeadis
33	MF	GRE	Christos Noulas
42	MF	SRB	Dragoljub Srnić
44	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Kaouras
45	FW	GRE	Apostolos Sarantidis
63	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Oungialidis
70	DF	BUL	Plamen Dimov
80	FW	SRB	Viktor Živojinović
88	GK	SRB	Ivan Dokić
89	DF	GRE	Athanasios Triantafyllou (on loan from Volos)
91	GK	GRE	Giannis Bintsis