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Kostas Poulis
Kostas Poulis ( el, Κώστας Πούλης; 28 October 1928 – 7 December 1986) was a Greek footballer who played as a midfielder. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Club career Poulis, from a young age he loved football and AEK Athens, while he often watched training sessions of his favorite team. In 1943, during the occupation of Greece, he signed up for a team from his neighborhood, Treis Asteres and competed in the fields of the surrounding area. In 1945 after the end of the occupation, AEK Athens youth coach Giorgos Daispangos was looking for talent to fill AEK and rebuild a strong team similar to the one that dominated the last three years before the war. In a training session, he saw Poulis doing tricks with the ball and invited him to train with the club, making his dream come true. At first he was a substitute footballer, but in May 1948 the team played friendly matches in Thessaloniki and in the first game the team's left midfielder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EYDAP
The Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company ( el, Εταιρεία Ύδρευσης και Αποχέτευσης Πρωτεύουσας, ''Eteria Ydrefsis ke Apohetefsis Protevusas'', abbr. , ''EYDAP'') is the largest Greek enterprise in its sector. Based in Galatsi in Athens, it is serving 4.3 million customers in the metropolitan area of Athens with fresh water and 3.5 million customers with sewers. Company EYDAP was founded in 1980 after the merge of the two water suppliers Hellenic Water Company (EEY) and Greater Athens Sewerage Organization (OAP). The Greek state holds a majority stake in EYDAP, with further 27 percent being listed at the Athens Exchange where it belongs to the 25 companies forming the FTSE/Athex Large Cap index. Following the Greek government-debt crisis, EYDAP was planned to be fully privatized under the terms of the Eurozone Memorandum. In May 2014, the Greek Council of State A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footballers At The 1952 Summer Olympics
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league and rugby union. It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many play the other forms of football. Career Jean-Pierre Papin has described football as a "universal language". Footballers across the world and at almost any level may regularly attract large crowds of spectators, and players are the focal points of widespread social phenomena such as association football culture. Footballers generally begin as amateurs and the best players progress to become professional players. Normally they start at a youth team (any local team) and from there, based on skill and talent, scouts offer contracts. Once signed, some learn to play better football and a few advance to the senior or prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Footballers For Greece
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Greece Men's International Footballers
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Deaths
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1928 Births
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1955–56 Greek Football Cup
The 1955–56 Greek Football Cup was the 14th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens on 24 June 1956. The match was contested by AEK Athens and Olympiacos, with AEK Athens winning by 2–1. Calendar ''From Round of 32 onwards:'' Knockout phase In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. If a winner doesn't occur after the replay match the winner emerges by a flip of a coin. Bracket Round of 16 Quarter-finals , , colspan="2" rowspan="3" Semi-finals Final The 14th Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. References External linksGreek Cup 1955-56at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1955-56 Greek Cup Greek Football Cup seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949–50 Greek Football Cup
The 1949–50 Greek Football Cup was the eighth edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens on 28 May 1950. The match was contested by AEK Athens and Aris, with AEK Athens winning by 4–0. Calendar Qualification round First round , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="19" , , colspan="2" rowspan="10" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Patras/Western Greece Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="11" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Crete Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="4" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Thessaly Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="9" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948–49 Greek Football Cup
The 1948–49 Greek Football Cup was the seventh edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, replayed at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 3 July 1949, because of the previous match (19 June) draw. The match was contested by AEK Athens and Panathinaikos, with AEK Athens winning by 2–1 after extra time. Calendar Qualification round First round , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="12" , , colspan="2" rowspan="10" Second round , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Central Greece/Islands Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="4" , , colspan="2" rowspan="5" , , colspan="2" rowspan="3" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center, Crete Football Clubs Association , , colspan="2" rowspan="2" , - , colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agia Sophia Stadium
The Agia Sophia Stadium (), also known by its commercial name OPAP Arena, is the home stadium of AEK Athens FC. With an all-seater capacity of 32,500, it is the largest football-only stadium and the second largest football stadium overall in Greece. It is located in Nea Filadelfeia, a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece. Built in 2022 on the site of Nikos Goumas Stadium, the former ground of the club, the stadium is the most contemporary stadium in Greece. Name The stadium holds a founding and a commercial name. The founding name of the stadium is Agia Sophia, chosen after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, formerly a Greek Orthodox church. The name highlights the significant cultural roots of AEK and its founders from Constantinople. The commercial name of the stadium, OPAP Arena, was picked after OPAP – Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A. secured the name right for five years, starting from 2022. History In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfeia that was originally set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stathis Mantalozis
Stathis Mantalozis (1 January 1928 – 2 November 1993) was a Greek footballer. He played in ten matches for the Greece national football team from 1953 to 1957. He was also part of Greece's team for their qualification matches for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He is the all time greatest goalkeeper of Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ... with whom he played for 16 years and is considered one of the greatest goalies in the history of Greek football. References External links * 1929 births 1993 deaths Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Place of birth missing Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Greece-footy-bio-stub Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
