Keravnos Keratea F.C.
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Full name | Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Κεραυνός Κερατέας | |
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Nickname(s) | Κεραυνός (Thunder) | |
Founded | 1928; 96 years ago (1928) | |
Ground | Keratea Municipal Stadium | |
Capacity | 3,500 | |
Chairman | Georgios Eleftheriou | |
Manager | Loukas Karadimos | |
League | Gamma Ethniki | |
2023–24 | East Attica First Division, 1st (promoted) | |
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Keravnos Keratea F.C. (Greek: Κεραυνός Κερατέας) is a professional football club based in Keratea, Greece, currently competing in local league East Attica A (A' EPS.AN.A.).
Background
Athletic Football Club Keravnos Keratea was unofficially founded in 1926 and was finally recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation in 1928.
The club’s name “Keravnos” (Greek: Κεραυνός) is the Greek word for "thunder."
History==
Local and regional amateur and semi-amateur championships
From 1953 to 2010, Keravnos was a member of the Athens Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών), or "EPSANA," one of the oldest Greek amateur football club associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture; the association is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup. It had also mayor wins with Olympiakos and AEK FC, such as Keraynos- AEK 5-0.
Keratea won the EPSA Cup in 1986, and also reached the Cup Final in 1979 and 1983.
In 2003, Keratea joined the newly established Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αν. Αττικής), or "EPSANA."
Keratea won the EPSANA Cup in its first three seasons, in 2003-04, 2004–05, and 2005–06, and then again in 2007-08 and 2012-13.
In 2004-05, Keratea won the national amateur cup, the Greek Football Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος).[1]
Professional championships
Keratea won the Delta Ethniki Group 9 championship in 2007-08, earning promotion to Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football, for the first time in the club's history.
In 2008-09, Keratea's first season in Gamma Ethniki, the team finished in 6th-place in the South Group.
Stadium
Keravnos Keratea plays its home matches at Keratea Municipal Stadium in Keratea. The stadium currently has a seating capacity of 3,500
Achievements
- Delta Ethniki Championship (Semi-Amateur)
- Winners (1): 2007-08 (Group 9)
- Greek Football Amateur Cup (Semi-amateur)
- Winners (1): 2005
- Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association Cup (Amateur)
- Winners (5): 2003-04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2012–13
- Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association 1st Division (Amateur)
- Winners (2): 2003-04, 2023–24
- Athens Football Clubs Association (Amateur)
- Winners (1): 1989
- Athens Football Clubs Association Cup (Amateur)
- Winners (1): 1986
References
- ^ "Greece - Amateur Cup Finals". RSSSF.
External links
- (in Greek) Keravnos Keratea - Official site