P.A.O. Krousonas F.C., short for Podosfairikos Athlitikos Omilos Krousona ( el, Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κρουσώνα, translated ''Football Athletic Club of Krousonas'') and also known simply as PAOK or Krousonas, is a Greek

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club, based in

Krousonas Krousonas ( el, Κρουσώνας) is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Malevizi Malevizi ( el, Μαλεβίζι) is a munici ...

, Heraklion. The club was founded in 1968, and its colors are black and white. They currently compete in the Heraklion FCA Α1 Division and host their home games in the Krousonas Municipal Stadium.

History

Krousonas is a member of the Heraklion Football Clubs Association, and has been competing in local competitions until 2006, when they won the Heraklion FCA ChampionshipΠρωταθλητές ΕΠΣ Ηρακλείου
«Ελληνικό Ποδόσφαιρο» (Greek) and earned promotion to the (now defunct) Delta Ethniki, the fourth tier of the

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. Krousonas played for seven straight seasons in the fourth division, until 2012−13, when the competition merged with the Gamma Ethniki, the country's third football division. They played for three straight seasons in the Gamma Ethniki during 2013−16, but were relegated at the end of the 2015−16 seasons and returned to local competitions after a decade in the nationals.

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