:''The first version of this article has been based in the text of Θύελλα Πατρών of the Greek Wikipedia published under the

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.'' {{Infobox football club , clubname = Thyella Patras , nickname = , image = Thyella Patras.gif , fullname = , founded = {{Start date and age, df=yes, 1930, 6, 14 , ground = Fotis Aravantinos Stadium , capacity = , chairman = Takis Thanopoulos , manager = Sakis Pefanis , league = Achaea FCA , season =

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, position = Gamma Ethniki, 11th (relegated) , pattern_la1 = _blue_stripes , pattern_b1 = _bluestripes , pattern_ra1 = _blue_stripes , leftarm1 = ffffff , body1 = fffff , rightarm1 = ffffff , shorts1 = ffffff , socks1 = ffffff , pattern_la2 = , pattern_b2 = _thinwhitesides , pattern_ra2 = , leftarm2 = 0000ff , body2 = 0000ff , rightarm2 = 0000ff , shorts2 = 0000ff , socks2 = 0000ff Thyella ("Storm") (Greek: Α.Π.Σ. Θύελλα ''A.P.S. Thyella'') is an athletic club in

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

in the

Achaia Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

prefecture.

History

The club is one of the most popular in the entire prefecture of

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

. The team was first created on June 14, 1930 and in the same year, the team entered the third division. Until 1938, the team reached the first category and played a protagonistic role and conquered many titles. In 1959 the team played under the Olympiacos name and played in the second division in the 1960–61 season, they played in the same division by renaming the club back to Thyella. Its colours are blue and white. They belong to the

Achaea Football Clubs Association Achaea Football Clubs Association () is one of the oldest Greece, Greek amateur Football (soccer), football clubs associations, representing teams from the Greek regional unit of Achaea. History It was founded in 1927 in Patras. Members included ...

and won the Achaea championship two times. The team entered the fourth division. For many years, the team played in the Prosfyghika Stadium and today plays in the same stadium which constructed after the games of the former president and player Fotis Aravantinou and Dimitris Andresas and the president Panagiotis Thanopoulos. It has a central field along with two others, two of them plays in grass.

Participation

Beta Ethniki The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 *

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 ...

: 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006 *

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, ...

: 1985, 1987, 2002, 2003

Achievements

* Achaea FCA League: 7: :1951, 1952, 1953, 1974, 1984, 1986, 2001 *

: 1: :2003 *

Achaea Cup Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

1 :1973 *Second and Third Division Youth Championships: 1 :2005

References

*''This article is mostly translated and incorporated from the Greek Wikipedia'' *Main Archive *Patras Press Museum *'' Proodos'' newspaper *Newspapers: ''

Peloponnisos The Peloponnese ( ), Peloponnesus ( ; , ) or Morea (; ) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge ...

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I Imera ''I Imera'' (Greek: Η Ημέρα, English: The Day) was a newspaper that was based in Patras in the Achaea regional unit in Greece. Its editor-in-chief was Theodoros Kamperos. See also *List of newspapers in Greece The number of national ...

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I Gnomi The number of national daily newspapers in Greece was 68 in 1950 and it increased to 156 in 1965. Mid through the Greek financial crisis in 2016, on a national level there were 15 daily general interest, 11 daily sports, 4 daily business, 10 week ...

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Patra Spor Patra may refer to: * Patra (singer) (born 1972), female reggae artist * Patra Sherani, town and union council of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan, Pakistan * Patra TV, television station in Patras, Greece * Patras, port city in western Greece ...

'' *Lefkoma ''100 Chronia Patraiko Podosfairo'' (''100 Years of Football (Soccer) in Patras''), City of Patras, 2006 *Book: ''Fostiras 35 Chronia poreias'' (''Fostiras: 35 Years'') Vasilios Kyriazis 2005 *https://web.archive.org/web/20070320150933/http://www.axaioi3.gr/ *Thyella

External links

Official website
Association football clubs established in 1930 Sport in Patras Football clubs in Western Greece 1930 establishments in Greece