Doxa Drama F.C.

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Doxa Drama FC
File:Doxadramas logo.JPG
Full name Gymnastikos Syllogos Doxa Drama
Nickname(s) Mavraetoi (Black Eagles)
Founded 1918
Ground Doxa Dramas Stadium
Drama, Greece
Ground Capacity 7,000
Owner Stavros Dailakis
Chairman Stavros Dailakis
Manager Andreas Pantziaras
League Gamma Ethniki
2014–15 Gamma Ethniki, 4th
Website Club home page

Doxa Drama F.C. is a football club based in the city of Drama, Greece.

The club currently competes in the Greek Football League.

History

Takis Loukanidis started his career in Doxa.

During World War I, near the city of Drama, Macedonia, a team of English soldiers who played football regularly in their camp inspired the local Greek population to create the first football club in the region. Founded as Peleus in 1918, the team was renamed Doxa (Glory) in 1919.

Initially, the team colors were black and white with the logo of a black clover. After the war the team's logo was permanently changed to a black eagle, while the team colours of black and white remain until today.

The first formal match of Doxa was against AOK, the team of neighbouring city Kavala. In that first game Doxa won 3–0. Doxa Dramas is one of the founders of the Greek League Alpha Ethniki, the highest tier of Greek club football. Doxa reached the final of the Greek football Cup in 1953/54, 1957/58 and 1958/59, but lost all three finals to Olympiacos.

Doxa Drama participated in Alpha Ethniki for 21 seasons. Financial and administrative turmoil, however, led to the club being relegated to Greece’s amateur division, Delta Ethniki. In 2008–2009 Doxa had a strong year in the Third Division and clinched the Gamma Ethniki North title with two games to spare. Doxa returned to Beta Ethniki after 11 years for the 2009–2010 season, where the team finished 14th in the regular season and 13th after the Beta Ethniki play-outs.

Stadium

The stadium of Doxa Drama has a capacity of 7,000 people and it is situated in the western part of the town of Drama, in the district of Komninoi.

Current squad

2015-16 season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Greece GK Anastasios Karadais
Albania GK Oresti Menka
Greece GK Evangelos Pagkakis
Greece DF Angelos Vramentzalis
Greece DF Thomas Gkaraklidis
Greece DF Stergios Laspantzis
Greece DF Konstantinos Petropoulos
Greece DF Crysostomos Revythopoulos
Greece DF Nikolaos Siampos
Greece DF Dimosthenis Tsiaras
Greece MF Konstantinos Dimantidis
Greece MF Konstantinos Kanetidis
Greece MF Alexios Koumproglou
No. Position Player
Greece MF Savvas Kyriakidis
Greece MF Athansios Ktsidis
Greece MF Ploutarchos Mpapouras
Greece MF Pantelis Ntoutsaridis
Greece MF Giannis Persidis
Greece MF Athanasios Stoikos
Greece MF Nikolaos Toungkelidis
Greece FW Nikolaos Gkaidatzis
Greece FW Michail Doulmplatzis
Brazil FW Marko dos Santos
Greece FW Antonios Charitidis
Greece FW Dimitrios Gaidartzis

Notable players

Notable managers

Achievements

  • Participation in National Divisions:
    • Championship of Eastern Macedonia:1938-39.
    • Northern regional group: 1953-54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958-59.
    • Northern regional group: 1955-56 (3d).
    • Northern regional championship: 1957-58.
    • National championship: 1956-57 (5th), 1957-58 (7th), 1958-59 (5th).
    • 1st Division (A' Ethniki, Alpha Ethniki, Superleague): 1959-60 (6th), 1960-61 (7th), 1961-62 (16th), 1963-64 (11th), 1964-65 (16th), 1979-80 (12th), 1980-81 (9th), 1981-82 (11th), 1982-83 (12th), 1983-84 (11th), 1984-85 (13th), 1985-86 (14th), 1986-87 (14th), 1988-89 (9th), 1989-90 (10th), 1990-91 (8th), 1991-92 (13th), 1992-93 (13th), 1993-94 (15th), 1994-95 (16th), 2011-12 (16th).
    • 2nd Division (B' Ethniki, Beta Ethniki, Football League): 1962-63, 1965–66, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2009-10, 2010–11, 2012-13, 2013-14.
    • 3rd Division (Γ' Ethniki, Gamma Ethniki): 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005–2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008–2009, 2014-.
    • 4th Division (Δ' Ethniki, Delta Ethniki): 1999-2000.
    • National amateur division: 2000-01, 2001–02, 2002-03.

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