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Full name | Π.Α.Ε. Α.Π.Σ. Ατρόμητος Αθηνών (APS Atromitos Athens Football Club) | |||
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Nickname(s) | Atrómitos (Fearless) Kyanólefki(The Cyan-Whites) | |||
Founded | 31 May 1923; 101 years ago (1923-05-31) | |||
Ground | Peristeri Stadium | |||
Capacity | 8,969 | |||
Owner | Georgios Spanos | |||
President | Vasilios Betsis | |||
Manager | Pablo García | |||
League | Super League Greece | |||
2023–24 | Super League Greece, 11th of 14 | |||
Website | www | |||
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Atromitos Football Club (Greek:Π.Α.Ε. Α.Π.Σ. Ατρόμητος Αθηνών,PAE APS Atromitos Athinon), also simply known asAtromitoslit. 'Fearless'), is a Greek professionalfootball club based inPeristeri, a suburban city in theAthens agglomeration, that competes in theSuper League. Founded in 1923, club's home ground isPeristeri Stadium.
In the past few years, Atromitos has established itself as one of the most competitive and strong clubs in Greece. They wererunners-up of theGreek Cup in2011 and2012[1] and have had breakthrough runs in the league, finishing 4th in 2011–12, 3rd in2012–13, 4th in2013–14 and 4th as well in2014–15 and2018–19. Their best performance in the league has been third place, which they have achieved in the1928 and2013 seasons of theGreek Championship.
Atromitos was officially founded on 31 May 1923 when Kalomvounis, Petos, Glykofridis, Stathopoulos, Synodinos, Rigopoulos, Stamatopoulos, and other students living in Victoria Square, (which was then called Kyriakou Square) decided to form afootball team.[2] That same year, Vaggelis Stamatis, a mathematics teacher and member of the Panhellenic football league, joined Atromitos' administration board – because of his prominence in pre-war Greek football history, Stamatis' involvement increased the new team's stature in Athenian football.[2][3]
In 1924, Atromitos was accepted into the Greek football league.[2] At the time, Atromitos played at Aris Park, which was the home ground ofPanellinios andPanathinaikos.[2] During their first season in the league's first division, they ended in third place behind Panathinaikos andAEK.[2] In 1928, they defeatedGoudi 4–3 in the final game at Rouf Stadium to become champions ofAthens.[2] That same year, they took part in the firstPanhellenic Championship as Athens champions, which was organised by theHFF.[4] On 24 May 1928, they were beaten 3–1 byAris Thessaloniki (who later became champions) in anaway game, and were defeated again on 3 June byEthnikos Piraeus (5–0). On 10 June, they managed a draw at home against Ethnikos (1–1), before losing again to Aris 3–1 seven days later.[2] Overall in the national championship, Atromitos finished third.[4]
During the following two years, Atromitos stayed in the upper part of the first division of Athens, and in 1929, they finished third behindPanathinaikos andAEK.[5] They repeated the feat in 1930[6] but they were relegated from the first division of Athens in 1931, as they came last with only one point.[7]
In 1932, Ioseph Chourouktsoglou and Nikolaos Epioglou decided to move Atromitos toPeristeri. Earlier, it was located in the same area as Panathinaikos, and they had found it hard to establish a largefan base or develop a unique identity. There, they formed a merger with the local team ofAstir Peristeriou (meaning "Star"), from which comes the crest of Atromitos, a blue star.[8]
Before occupation of Greece, they played again in Panhellenic championship in the season of 1938–39.
Atromitos played in thesecond division until May 1972 when, under the coaching of Savvas Papazoglou, they were re-promoted to the first level. It proved a change too hard to handle, and they were demoted the following year. In 1975, a better-prepared Atromitos returned to the first division with a large fanbase, and ended the year in 13th place, securing their spot in the top flight. In 1976, they improved to end the season in 9th place, the best in the club's history. But, they were relegated in 1977.
By 1981, Atromitos had succeeded in attracting renowned players such as Stylianopoulos, Álvarez, Toskas and Athanasopoulos. However, despite high expectations, the club finished last in the top flight, and once more returned to the lower divisions. After years of playing in the third division, Atromitos won promotion back to the second division in May 2002 by beatingLevadiakos at Patras Stadium. The team played again in the top flight between 2005 and 2008 by merging withChalkidona[9] and returned to the top flight after playing one season in the second division in 2008–09.[10][11]
In the 2010–11 season, Atromitos made a historic run to the Greek Cup Final. However, they lost 3–0 to AEK.[12]
Atromitos finished the 1st half of the season in 4th place, together withAsteras Tripolis and 14 points from the top, but 4 points from 6th place, that doesn't redirect to the playoffs. On 6 January 2013, at the debut ofNikos Anastopoulos in the coaching position andthe Portuguese footballer Fabio, Atromitos beatKerkyra 2–0, with two headers. FromSokratis Fytanidis at the 26th minute and fromStathis Tavlaridis at the 31st minute. In other words, the win was awarded to the team by the twocentre backs. The team stayed in 4th withAsteras Tripolis, but now 6 points from the 6th place. One matchday later, they managed to get the 0–0 fromPAOK atToumba,[13] retaining the 6 points difference fromPAS Giannina. On Matchday 18, they beatPlatanias 1–0, getting to be only 3 points from 2nd place. The goal was scored byEduardo Brito.
For the 2015–16 season, Atromitos has achieved an important qualification to theUEFA Europa League playoffs after recording two wins againstAIK Stockholm, 3–1 in the first game in Sweden and 1–0 in the rematch at Peristeri Stadium. There they faced highly ratedFenerbahçe S.K. of Turkey. They lost 0–1 in the first match at Peristeri Stadium and 0–3 in the rematch in Turkey and were eliminated.
At 21 June 2017, Atromitos announcedDamir Canadi[14] as the new head coach of the club.[15] At 23 October 2017, Atromitos won AEK 0–1 in an away game[16] and then recognition began.[17][18] Atromitos finished 4th at the 2017–18 season.[19]
On 20 March 2017, announced that Canadi will manage the club also for the 2018–19 season.[20]
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The home ground of Atromitos was once well-maintained but has been recently neglected. In its early days, Peristeri had grown to become the fourth largest municipality in Greece. The first club home ground was the grounds of "Bravery", which was located beyond the lastshanty town of Evangelistria.
In 1953, Atromitos moved to their present location, which contained only central stands for the spectators; the changing rooms consisted of a small room at the end of the stands. Much later, a larger stand was built with a capacity of 6,000 spectators. It was also used for non-football purposes, such as musical performances.
During the chairmanship of Victor Mitropoulos in EPAE, blue and white plastic seats were installed in the central stand. Before theAthens Olympics, Atromitos installed floodlights and renovated the running track so the ground could be used as a coaching facility during theOlympic Games. Under the football ground there are spaces and facilities for activities such aswrestling,chess andboxing.[21]
Repairs to fragile parts of the stadium due to humidity and earthquake damage are expected to be carried out.
Since summer of 2007, Atromitos possesses a modern Sports Complex, located in the center ofPeristeri.[22] During the summer of 2004, this same Sports Complex has been used as thePeristeri Olympic Boxing Hall and includes a 3,000 spectators main pitch, an auxiliary pitch as well as a 5-a-side pitch, such as the club's offices.[23]
Plus, Atromitos possess installations situated on NATO Avenue, in theAspropyrgos area.[24] The Aspropyrgos training center includes a football pitch, dressing rooms, a fully equipped gym and a massage area.[25] The Aspropyrgos football pitch is also being used by the Atromitos U-21 and U-17 youth teams.[26]
Atromitos are based in western Athens and their main supporters club is called "Fentagin".[27] Founded in 1980, they have a space underneath the stands. They are dedicated to support the local football club and their anti-fascist and anti-racist ideas and actions.[28] The younger element of the support are known as the "Little Atoms".
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | Category | Position | Cup | Notes |
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2000–01 | Gamma Ethniki | 3rd | GS | |
2001–02 | Gamma Ethniki | 5th | GS | Promoted toBeta Ethniki |
2002–03 | Beta Ethniki | 9th | 1R | |
2003–04 | Beta Ethniki | 13th | 2R | |
2004–05 | Beta Ethniki | 15th | 2R | Relegated to Gamma Ethniki, but merged with Chalkidona and took their place in Alpha Ethniki |
Atromitos merged withChalkidona | ||||
2005–06 | Alpha Ethniki | 7th | 4R | Qualified to Uefa Cup |
2006–07 | Super League | 8th | 4R | |
2007–08 | Super League | 14th | SF | Relegated to Beta Ethniki |
2008–09 | Beta Ethniki | 1st | 4R | Promoted to Super League |
2009–10 | Super League | 7th | 5R | |
2010–11 | Super League | 11th | RU | |
2011–12 | Super League | 4th | RU | Qualified to Uefa Europa League |
2012–13 | Super League | 3rd | 3R | Qualified to Uefa Europa League |
2013–14 | Super League | 4th | QF | Qualified to Uefa Europa League |
2014–15 | Super League | 4th | GS | Qualified to Uefa Europa League |
2015–16 | Super League | 8th | SF | |
2016–17 | Super League | 8th | QF | |
2017–18 | Super League | 4th | QF | Qualified to Uefa Europa League |
2018–19 | Super League | 4th | R16 | Qualified to Uefa Europa League |
2019–20 | Super League | 8th | QF | |
2020–21 | Super League | 8th | 1R | |
2021–22 | Super League | 12th | 5R | |
2022–23 | Super League | 8th | R16 | |
2023–24 | Super League | 11th | QF |
Best position in bold.
Key: 1R = First Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, RU = Runner-up.
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Last update: 14 August 2019
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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2006–07 | UEFA Cup | 1R | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 | ![]() |
2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | PO | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ![]() |
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | PO | ![]() | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 (a) | ![]() |
2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | ![]() | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | ![]() |
2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | ![]() |
PO | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | ![]() | ||
2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–5 | ![]() |
2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | ![]() | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | ![]() |
3Q | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | ![]() |
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