Anagennisi Karditsa

Full name	A.S. Anagennisi Karditsa 1904
Nickname	Kanaria (Canaries)
Short name	ASA
Founded	16 October 1904; 121 years ago (1904-10-16)
Ground	Municipal Stadium of Karditsa
Capacity	13,000
Chairman	Dimitris Papadimitriou
Manager	Dimitrios Spanos
League	Super League Greece 2
2024–25	Gamma Ethniki Group 2, 1st (Champions, promoted)
Website	anagenisifc.gr
Home colours Away colours

Anagennisi Karditsa Football Club (Greek:Α.Σ. Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας) is a Greek professionalfootball club based inKarditsa, Greece that competes in theSuper League 2, the second tier of theGreek football league system.

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Anagennisi was formed on October 16, 1904,^[1] in the southwesternThessalian city ofKarditsa as the football team of themultisport club ASA (Greek:Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Αναγέννησης - Athlitikos Syllogos Anagennisis), the Athletic Association Anagennisi. The statute of the club was signed personally by Crown PrinceConstantine I.

The first Olympic Games in Greece, in 1896, created the conditions for the creation of an athletic club in the city ofKarditsa.

From its inception in 1904, the football team of Anagennisi^[2] was not officially recognized as a distinct entity within the organization. As more of the club's athletes began to show interest in the sport, the football team began to train and play locally organized games in the stadium of central Karditsa, which later became Pavsilipo Park. With the sport's expanding popularity in Greece in the following decades, in 1924 the football team was finally given its department within ASA. Playing in the independent, regional Thessalian League from 1929 to 1962, it joined the newly established Greek second division in time for the 1962–63 season.^[3] When the Greek football league became professional in 1979, the football department of ASA was reformed as FC [a Football Public Limited Company, or PAE (Greek: ΠΑΕ - Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρία / Podosferiki Anonymi Eteria) and continued to compete asPAE Anagennisi Karditsas (FC Anagennisi Karditsa)].^[4]

One of the highlights in Anagennisi Karditsa's history is the victory overOlympiacos for theGreek Cup in 1993–94, as well as the win againstPaniliakos for the Greek semi-professional cup final in 1981. In 2008, Anagennisi Karditsa reached theGamma Ethniki play-off and beatIlioupoli 2–0 inAthens to win promotion toBeta Ethniki, which was the second tier league until 2019.

Anagennisi Karditsa holds the record for the most fans to ever attend an away game for Gamma Ethniki in 2008, with 2,000 supporters in the play-off match againstIlioupoli.^{[citation needed]} In the 2008–09 season, Anagennisi Karditsa had the fourth best average in attendance, despite having only avoided relegation in the last fixture againstVeria.

In December 2021, for the first time in its history, the club reached the Greek Cup quarterfinals, commonly referred to as the "eight" of the Greek Cup.^[5][6]

On 16 October 2024, Anagennisi Karditsa FC celebrated the 120th anniversary of its foundation.^[7]

Anagennisi Karditsa participated inSuper League 2 for the 2025–26 season.^{[8][9][10][11][excessive citations]}

The team took the name "Anagenisi" (renaissance) because the city ofKarditsa was freed in 1881 from the Ottoman Empire. 24 years later, the team was created.^[12]

Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.

Anagennisi Karditsa's main rivals areTrikala, from the neighbouring city ofTrikala, andIonikos. For many years, Anagennisi also maintained a bitter local rivalry withAOK. The fans have friendly relations with fans ofDoxa Drama,Panetolikos, andAgroticos Asteras.

Since 1949, Anagennisi Karditsa has played its home games at theMunicipal Stadium of Karditsa "Antigoni Ntrismpioti",^{[13][14][15][16][excessive citations]} located in the eastern part ofKarditsa.In January 2010, the stadium capacity was extended to 9,500 seats. Club training facilities, and the football academy, are located in the nearby southern borough ofStavros. The training center has taken the name 'Georgios Mpazis'.^[17][18]

• Third Division
  • Winners (3):1992–93,1996–97,2024–25
    • Runners-up (3): 1980–81,2007–08,2012–13
• Fourth Division
  • Winners (3): 1991–92, 2011–12,2020–21
    • Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
• Greek Football Amateur Cup
  • Winner (1): 1980–81
• Thessaly FCA Championship
  • Winners (2): 1961–62, 1962–63

• Karditsa FCA Cup
  • Winners (4): 1980–81, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12
• Karditsa FCA Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2011–12, 2024–25

As of 10 February 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GRE Konstantinos Theodoropoulos 3 DF  GRE Stavros Petavrakis 6 MF  GRE Athanasios Leonidopoulos 7 MF  GRE Georgios Manousakis 8 MF  GRE Georgios Moustakopoulos 10 MF  BRA Lucas Poletto 12 DF  GRE Michalis Bousis 14 DF  GRE Nikos Golias(captain) 17 FW  GRE Panagiotis Ballas 18 MF  GRE Athanasios Papadakos 19 MF  GRE Konstantinos Baltas 20 MF  GRE Panagiotis Ninikas 21 MF  GRE Vangelis Nikokyrakis

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  FIN Pyry Soiri 26 DF  GRE Vangelis Andreou 31 MF  GRE Paschalis Kassos 54 GK  GRE Konstantinos Balomenos(on loan fromPAOK) 70 MF  ENG Kareem Ben-Kmayal 75 DF  FRA Messemo Bakayoko(on loan fromKalamata) 86 DF  CHA Joseph Antoine Na'a 88 MF  GRE Alexandros Nikolias 90 FW  GRE Argyris Kampetsis 92 DF  GER Marco Thiede — GK  GRE Lampros Antonopoulos — MF  ESP Pablo Clavería — FW  GRE Anestis Vlachomitros — FW  GRE Panagiotis Chaikalis

• Pavlos Dermitzakis
• Vaios Karagiannis
• Sakis Tsiolis
• Georgios Vakouftsis
• Sokratis Boudouris
• Julio Mozzo^[19][20] (2010)
• Dos Santos Goncalves Wellington Daniel^[21][22] (2010)

Information correct as of the match played on 4 May 2025.Bold denotes an active player for the club.
The tables refer to Anagennisi Karditsa's players inSecond Division Greece,Greek Football Cup andThird Division Greece.

Rank	Player	Years	App
1	Sokratis Boudouris	1995–2001, 2007–2010, 2011–2015	263
2	Giorgos Bitelis	2007–2011, 2012–2018, 2020–2021	202
3	Dimitris Koutsopoulos	1998–2000, 2009–2010, 2015–2017	137
4	Dimos Tzekos	2008–2011, 2014–2021	128
5	Stergios Dimopoulos	2009–2012, 2013–2017, 2022–2023	114
6	Angelos Chatzirizos	1999–2000, 2007–2015	108
7	Nikos Golias	2012–2013, 2015–2016, 2021–	107
8	Nestoras Gekas	2017–2018, 2021–2024	93
9	Spyros Gougoudis	2012–2016, 2020–2022	91
10	Thanasis Savvas	2008–2016	85

Rank	Player	Years	Goals
1	Sokratis Boudouris	1995–2001, 2007–2010, 2011–2015	72
2	Dimos Tzekos	2008–2011, 2014–2021	19
3	Sotiris Tsiloulis	2016–2017	13
4	Angelos Chatzirizos	1999–2000, 2007–2015	12
5	Sakis Tsiolis Lampros Politis Stefanos Athanasiadis	1977–1982 2021–2022, 2023 2021–2024	11
6	Fernando Coniglio	2023–2024	10
7	Miguel Bianconi	2021–2022	8
8	Damian Gjini Thodoris Vernardos	2021–2022 2022–2024	7
9	Spyros Gougoudis Giorgos Bitelis	2012–2016, 2020–2022 2007–2011, 2012–2018, 2020–2021	6
10	Giannis Chloros Raone Doriva Panagiotis Kyparissis Ousmane Sountoura Panagiotis Plavoukos Chrysovalantis Kozoronis Nikos Golias	2013–2014 2010–2011 2010–2011 2008–2009 2017–2018 2017–2018 2022–2024 2012–2013, 2015–2016, 2021–	5

• Andreas Stamatiadis (1973–74)
• Georgios Paraschos (1994–95)
• Vaios Karagiannis (2006–08, 2010–11, 2013)
• Giannis Mangos (2016–17)
• Periklis Amanatidis (2009–10)

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