Levadiakos

Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–06 season, as runner-up of the Football League in 2004–05. It was then relegated to the Beta Ethniki again in 2006–07 and returned to the top tier in 2007–08. The club finished one level above relegation that year but was relegated back to the second division by finishing 14th in 2009–10. The club most recently won promotion back into the Super League Greece after winning the Super League Greece 2 in 2023–24.

History

Levadiakos started in 1961, when local clubs Trofonios and Pallevadiaki merged into a greater club. Straight after, Levadiakos played in the second division being close to relegation in almost every season. In the 1980s, the team was upgraded and in May 1987, players and supporters of the club celebrated the team's first ever promotion to Alpha Ethniki following a career great season by Konstantinos "Prince" Litinas. Levadiakos stayed there only for four seasons, returning again only in 1994 and 1995. After their second relegation, Levadiakos declined and went very lower, even struggling to clinch promotion to the 3rd division of Greece. But once more, everything changed suddenly and the team reached again the Greek Super League after ten years, in 2005, but was immediately relegated. In the next summer, Levadiakos bought many expensive players and appointed Georgi Vasilev as manager. Vasiliev achieved to get the team to the Super League once again, and in the 2007–08 season he struggled, but managed to avoid going down again. Nevertheless, he resigned from the club and he was succeeded by Momčilo Vukotić.

Crest and colours

The club's crest has blue and green vertical stripes inspired by the great ''Konstantinos "Prince" Litinas''. It comes from the colours of Pallevadiaki (green) and Trofonio (blue), the clubs that joined in order to establish Levadiakos. The colour common to both teams was white, which was also the basic colour of the group in the early years of its foundation.

Stadium

Levadiakos' stadium was built in 1952. The stadium is located in Livadeia, about 130 km north-west of Athens. The stadium itself is located on the south side of Livadeia.

Seasons in the 21st century

Best position in bold.

Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

* Super League 2
** Winners (2): 2021–22, 2023–24
*Gamma Ethniki
** Winners (2): 1965–66, 1981–82
*Delta Ethniki
** Winners (1): 2001–02
* Euboea–Boeotia FCA Championship
** Winners (1): 1961–62
* Boeotia FCA Cup
** Winners (1): 2000–01

Managerial history

* Takis Lemonis (1 July 2005 – 30 June 2006)
* Sakis Tsiolis (2006–07)
* Georgi Vasilev (1 July 2007 – 3 March 2008)
* Momčilo Vukotić (1 July 2008 – Sept 23, 2009)
* Quique Hernández (Sept 25, 2009 – 1 March 2010)
* Dimitrios Farantos (1 March 2010 – Sept 17, 2010)
* Vasilis Vouzas (Sept 17, 2010 – 16 March 2011)
* Giannis Papakostas (16 March 2011 – 20 Aug 2011)
* Georgios Paraschos (28 Aug 2011 – 22 March 2013)
* Jasminko Velić (22 March 2013 – 25 April 2013)
* Takis Lemonis (18 May 2013 – 14 Oct 2013)
* Dimitrios Farantos (14 Oct 2013 – 21 Oct 2013)
* Nikos Karageorgiou (21 Oct 2013 – 11 Feb 2014)
* Savvas Pantelidis (12 Feb 2014 – 9 Feb 2015)
* Akis Mantzios (9 Feb 2015 – 10 Jun 2016)
* Ratko Dostanić (15 Jun 2016 – 5 Jan 2017)
* Giannis Christopoulos (7 Jan 2017 – 21 Feb 2017)
* Dimitrios Farantos (14 Mar 2017 – 30 Jun 2017)
* José Anigo (30 Jun 2017 – 9 May 2018)
* Akis Mantzios (7 Jun 2018 – 22 Oct 2018)
* Giuseppe Sannino (22 Oct 2018 – 21 Jan 2019)
* Nikos Karageorgiou (22 Jan 2019 – 11 May 2019)
* Dimitrios Spanos (3 Jul 2019 – 28 Oct 2019)
* Sotiris Antoniou (28 Oct 2019 – 24 Feb 2021)
* Giuseppe Sannino (24 Feb 2021 – 11 May 2021)
* Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (11 May 2021 – 30 Jun 2021)
* Giannis Taousianis (1 Jul 2021 – Sept 22, 2022)
* Jasminko Velić (Sept 22, 2022 – 15 Feb 2023)
* Giannis Petrakis (16 Feb 2023 – 30 Jun 2023)
* Nikos Nioplias (1 Jul 2023 – 18 Dec 2023)
* Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (19 Dec 2023 – 28 May 2024)
* Nikos Papadopoulos (27 Jun 2024 – present)

Personnel

Ownership and current board

References

External links

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Levadiakos
at Super League

Levadiakos
at UEFA

{{Football in Greece

Boeotia
Football clubs in Central Greece
Association football clubs established in 1961
1961 establishments in Greece
Livadeia