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P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras

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Diagoras
Full nameFootball Societe Anonyme Gymnastic Club Diagoras 1905
Greek: Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας 1905
Nickname(s)Γηραιός (Old man)
Kυανέρυθροι (The cyan and red)
FoundedMarch 25, 1905; 119 years ago (March 25, 1905)
GroundDiagoras Stadium
Capacity3,693[1]
ChairmanMichalis Stathopoulos
ManagerApostolos Terzis
LeagueSuper League Greece 2
2023–24Super League Greece 2, 8th

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

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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

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Current squad

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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 Greece GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou
10 MF Greece GRE Vasilios Tsiantoulas
17 MF Greece GRE Nikolaos Klonaris
20 MF Greece GRE Georgios Fekkas
23 DF Greece GRE Nikitas Nikolis
26 DF Greece GRE Stergios Dimopoulos
31 GK Greece GRE Giannis Galanis
33 FW Greece GRE Michalis Manias
77 DF Greece GRE Georgios Manolakis
GK Greece GRE Apostolos Tsilingiris
GK Greece GRE Apostolos Barmpopoulos
DF Greece GRE Vasilios Katsoulidis (on loan from Panserraikos)
DF Albania ALB Zog Djaloshi
DF Germany GER Nico Petras
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Greece GRE Stergios Paraskevas
DF Greece GRE Adriano Troka
MF Greece GRE Giannis Papadopoulos
MF Greece GRE Iraklis Garoufalias
MF Greece GRE Anastasios Sapountzis (on loan from Panserraikos)
MF Albania ALB Rakip Bregu
MF Argentina ARG Alex Aguado (on loan from Independiente Rivadavia II)
MF Greece GRE Michalis Koutsoupias
MF Greece GRE Sotirios Kokkinis
MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Georgeas
MF Argentina ARG Alfredo Blancq
FW Greece GRE Athanasios Lioumis
FW Argentina ARG Thomas Oliveri (on loan from Defensa y Justicia II)

League participation

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  • 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

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

Honours

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Domestic

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Leagues:

  • Second Division
  • Third Division
  • 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

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  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.
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