Atromitos Football Club is a football club based in Peristeri, Athens that plays in the
Super League Greece.
It was founded in 1923 and its home ground is the 10,200-seater Peristeri Stadium
History Early years
Atromitos FC was officially founded in May 1923 when Kalomvounis, Petos, Glykofridis,
Stathopoulos, Synodinos, Rigopoulos, Stamatopoulos, and other students living in Victoria Square
decided to form a football team.
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.
First league steps In 1924, Atromitos was accepted into the Greek
football league.
At the time, Atromitos played at Aris Park, which was the home ground of Panellinios and
Panathinaikos.
During their first season in the league's first division, they ended in third place
behind Panathinaikos and AEK.
In 1928, they defeated Goudi 4–3 in the final game at Rouf Stadium to become champions
of Athens.
That same year, they took part in the first Panhellenic Championship as Athens champions,
which was organised by the HFF.
On 24 May 1928, they were beaten 3–1 by Aris Thessaloniki in an away game, and were
defeated again on 3 June by Ethnikos Piraeus.
On 10 June, they managed a draw at home against Ethnikos, before losing again to Aris 3–1
seven days later.
Overall in the national championship, Atromitos finished third.
During the following two years, Atromitos stayed in the upper part of the first division
of Athens, and in 1929, they finished third behind Panathinaikos and AEK.
They repeated the feat in 1930 but they were relegated from the first division of Athens
in 1931, as they came last with only one point.
Move to Peristeri In 1932, Iosiph Chouroukchoglou and Nikolaos
Epioglou decided to move Atromitos to Peristeri.
Earlier, it was located in the same area as Panathinaikos, and they had found it hard
to establish a large fan base or develop a unique identity.
Before occupation of Greece, they played again in Panhellenic championship in the season
of 1938–39.
Atromitos played in second division until May 1972 when, under the coaching of Savva
Papazoulou, 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 relegated in 1977.at 1979 atromitos had the better defence nick giannelos
By 1981, Atromitos had succeeded in attracting renowned players such as Stylianopoulos, Álvarez,
Toskas and Athanasopoulos.
However, despite high expectations, the club played for the last time 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 beating Levadiakos FC at Patra stadium.
The team played again in the top flight between 2005–2008 by merging with Halkidona and
returned to the top flight after playing one season in the second division in 2008–2009.
In the 2010–2011 season Atromitos Fc made a historic run to the Greek Cup Final.
However, they lost 3–0 to AEK. 2012–13 season
Atromitos finished the 1st half of the season in 4th place, together with Asteras 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 of Nikos Anastopoulos in the coaching position and the Portuguese
footballer Fabio, Atromitos beat Kerkira 2–0, with two headers.
From Sokratis Fytanidis at the 26th minute and from Stathis Tavlaridis at the 31st minute.
In other words, the win was awarded to the team by the two centre backs.
The team stayed in 4th with Asteras, but now 6 points from the 6th place.
One matchday later, they managed to get the 0–0 from PAOK at Toumba, retaining the 6
points difference from PAS Giannina.
On Matchday 18, they beat Platanias 1–0, getting to be only 3 points from 2nd place.
The goal was scored by Eduardo Brito. 2013–14 season
The 2013-14 pre-season friendly against West Bromwich Albion was lost by 3-1.
Supporters Atromitos are based in western Athens and
their main supporters club is called "Fentagin", a grammatically incorrect type of "Fedayeen".
Founded in 1980, they have a space underneath the stands.
They are dedicated to support the local football team.
The younger element of the support are known as the "Little Atoms".
Previous chairmen Former chairmen of the club include Iosiph
Chouroukchoglou, Nikolaos Epioglou, Nikolaos Chakiris, Adonis Galaios, Stefanos Kaloumenos,
Evaggelos Stais, Takis Anevlavis, Adonis Ksipnitos, Pavlos Panoutsopoulos, Stamatis Glykos, Andreas
Koulopoulos, Giorgos Douros, Vasilis Petrou, Yiannis Kurtis, Kostas Stathakis, Vasilis
Chigos and Tasos Papanikolas.
Giorgos Spanos is the present chairman.
Stadium 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
last shanty 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 the Athens Olympics, Atromitos installed floodlights and renovated the running track
so the ground could be used as a coaching facility during the Olympic Games.
Under the football ground there are spaces and facilities for activities such as wrestling,
chess and boxing.
Repairs to fragile parts of the stadium due to humidity and earthquake damage are expected
to be carried out.
Current squad As of 8 August 2013
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team as defined
under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The Club Athletic staff
Other information Last updated: 2 July 2013
Source: Atromitos F.C.
Former coaches Alekos Sofianidis
Vladimir Petrović Georgios Paraschos
Dragan Kokotović Guillermo Angel Hoyos
Paulo Campos Dragan Kokotović
Vasilis Vouzas Giorgos Donis
Dušan Bajević Nikos Anastopoulos
Georgios Paraschos Ricardo Sá Pinto
European competitions record Last update: 10 August 2012
Notes 1R: First round
3Q: Third qualifying round PO: Play-off round
Honours Greek Cup
Runners-up: 2011, 2012 Football League
Champions: 1979–80, 2008–09 References
External links Official website
Club history at official site Club guide, at AlbionRoad.com