Xanthi
Xanthi is a football (soccer) club from Greece.
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Athletic Club Skoda Xanthi is a Greece association football club, based in the city of Xanthi. Xanthi currently competes in the Super League Greece.
History
Xanthi was formed in 1967 from the merger of two local clubs, Aspida and Orfeas. The name of Xanthi was Xanthi Athletic Club, officially up to 1992. In 1991, Viamar S.A., the official importer of Škoda Auto vehicles in Greece, bought Xanthi from its previous owner and renamed it to Skoda Xanthi Athletic Club.
Xanthi is one of the best in Greece, especially in terms of their financial support and youth setup. Skoda Xanthi participated in the UEFA Cup in UEFA Cup 2001-02, UEFA Cup 2005-06, and UEFA Cup 2006-07 seasons. In the 2004-05 in Greek football season, Skoda Xanthi finished fourth in the First Division (today Super League Greece), Xanthi's best performance in many years.
Xanthi FC first played in the first division in 1989.
Stadium
Xanthi left their old stadium, the Skoda Xanthi Stadium (capacity 9,500), located in near the centre of the city for the Skoda Xanthi Arena in 2004. Their new stadium sited 8 km outside the city, near Pigadia village, has a capacity of 7,422, however only has 3 stands. When the final stand is finally built, the new capacity will be around 9,000 seats.
Staff
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Head Coach: Wolfgang Wolf
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Assistant Coach: Kostas Konstantinidis
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Goalkeeper Coach: Alekos Maladenis
Out on loan
Notable players
Greece
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Antonis Antoniadis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Paraskevas Antzas
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Kostenoglou
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Kostoulas
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Thomas Kyparissis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Triantafillos Maheridis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Christos Maladenis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Marinos Ouzounidis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Daniil Papadopoulos
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Christos Patsatzoglou
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Savvas Poursaitidis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Talikriadis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Torosidis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Makis Tzatzos
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Spyros Vallas
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Venetidis
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Zisis Vryzas
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Akis Zikos
Argentina
- Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Damian Manso
Brazil
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Veridiano Marcelo
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Luciano de Souza
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Moisés Costa
Canada
- Image:Flag of Canada.svg Tomasz Radzinski
Cyprus
- Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg Alexandros Garpozis
Morocco
- Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrahim Ouakili
Nigeria
- Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Victor Agali
Iran
- Image:Flag of Iran.svg Alireza Mansourian
Liberia
- Image:Flag of Liberia.svg Kelvin Sebwe
Peru
- Image:Flag of Peru.svg Piero Alva
Poland
- Image:Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Grzelak
- Image:Flag of Poland.svg Arkadiusz Malarz
- Image:Flag of Poland.svg Emmanuel Olisadebe
Slovakia
- Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Juraj Bucek
- Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Janočko
Turkey
- Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Deniz Baykara
Former Coaches
- Kurt Jara (1996-1997)
- Ioannis Matzourakis (1996-1999)
- Nikos Karageorgiou (2001-2005)
- Ioannis Matzourakis (2004-2006)
- Takis Lemonis (2006)
- Savvas Kofidis (2006-2007)
- Jörn Andersen (2007)
- Nikolaos Kechagias (2007)
- Emilio Ferrera (2007)
- Georgios Paraschos (2007-2008)
- Ioannis Matzourakis (2008-2009)
Former Personal
Co-Trainer
- Yiannis Ispirlidis (2000-2004)
- Marinos Ouzounidis (2004-2008)
Director of Sport
- Hannes Bongartz (2006-2007)
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