Kassandra Football Club was a Greek football club based in

Kassandra, Chalkidiki Kassandra () or Kassandra Peninsula () is a peninsula and a municipality in Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Kassandreia. Municipality The municipality Kassandra was formed at the 2011 local government reform by ...

, Greece. Its colours were red and white.

History

Kassandra Athletic Club was a Greek football club based in Kassandria in the prefecture of

Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region co ...

. The team was founded in 1947 and held its home games at the Municipal Stadium of Kassandreia, with a capacity of 2,040 spectators. They started its course as "Aris Kassandreias" in 1968, from the championships of the then newly established FCA Chalkidiki, where they became the champion of the top category of the prefecture, in the periods 1992–93 and 1999–2000, a period in which she achieved a double, as well as winning the prefecture cup, while the following period, 2000–01, they were crowned for the second time cup winner. They were then renamed as the "Kassandra Athletic Club" and competed in the championship of the

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, in which it was crowned champion in the Fourth Group, for the period 2000–01, while winning promotion to the

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...

. They participated as a professional association club under the name "A.C. Kassandra Football Club", in the Gamma Ethniki in the period 2001–02, finishing in second place in the standings, when it was promoted to the Beta Ethniki. They remained there for two consecutive periods. In the summer of 2004, after an agreement between the people of A.C. Kassandra F.C., with the heads of the steering committee of the football department of

Olympiacos Volos Olympiacos Volos Football Club ( el, Π.Α.Ε. Α.Σ. Ολυμπιακός Βόλου 1937) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, Greece. They currently participating in the Gamma Ethniki. History In 1938 Olympiacos ac ...

, the club was renamed A.S.K. Olympiacos Volos Football Club, with the club of Chalkidiki, in essence, no longer exists. In 2005 a new team was created with the name "Aris Kassandreia 2005", as a continuation of the tradition of the previous one and which is also based at the Municipal Stadium of Kassandreia.

Honours

Leagues

(Fourth National Division) : Winners (1): 2000–01 *FCA Chalkidiki Championship (Local Championship) : Winners (2): 1992–93, 1999–2000 *FCA Chalkidiki Cup (Local Cup) : Winners (2): 1999–2000, 2000–01

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Veterans of Kassandra F.C.
Defunct football clubs in Greece Association football clubs established in 1947 1947 establishments in Greece Football clubs in Central Macedonia