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: Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος Ρουφ;

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: Football Athletic Club Rouf)'' is a Greek

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club, based in

Rouf, Athens Rouf ( ) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located to the west of the Athens centre, between Piraeus and Petrou Ralli Avenue. Rouf is named after a Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state ...

. The association was founded in 1947. The club has played in its traditional colours of red and white since its creation in 1947, after

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. The chairman of the club is Athanasios Kafezas, a Greek businessman. The current stadium is the ''Rouf Municipal Stadium Rouf-Dimitris Giannakopoulos'', seating 1,600 spectators.

History

In 1968, Amyna Rouf and Erigona merged with Rouf. In 2009, they promoted to

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki (, C National Division) is the Greek football league system, third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 1983 it was changed to professional. Although no ...

. During the 2011–12 season Rouf were active in the Football League 2 - South in Greece and spent their third consecutive season in the third tier of Greek football. On occasion the club has been criticised for being a "mesh up" of several Greek clubs including Olympiacos Piraeus and

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

. The average attendance at Rouf's home games in the 2011–12 season was 467, An increase on the 2010–11 season by 109. Dimitris Arnoutis is the manager and head coach of the club and has enjoyed a run of success since taking over from Michalis Papadopoulos in late 2007. He is the longest serving manager at the club since Costas Gianakis from 1956 to 1970. In the 2023–24 season, the club will play in the

after relegating from

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Ranking history

*1972:

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- Group 2: 3rd *1973: Second Division - Group 1: 3rd *1974: Second Division - Group 1: 9th *1975: Second Division - Group 1: 14th - relegated *2009:

Delta Ethniki Delta Ethniki () was the fourth level of Greek football championship. During the period of its existence, it was the lowest national division of the Greek championship. It was founded in the 1982–83 season and abolished in the 2012–13 season, ...

- Group 8: 1st (57 pts) *2010–11: Football League 2 - South Group: 11th *2011–12: Football League 2 - South Group: 12th - relegated

Season to season

Sources:

League history

Cup appearances

*Athens Cup: **1976: Defeated Kallithea F.C. 3-2 **2002: Defeated Thrasyvoulos Fyli 1-0 **2009: Defeated Olympiakos Liossia 2-1 *Greek Cup: **

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- Rouf: 2-1

References

External links

Official website
(archived 5 April 2013) {{P.A.O. Rouf Football clubs in Athens 1947 establishments in Greece Association football clubs established in 1947