Almopos Aridea F.C.

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'''Almopos Aridea Football Club''' ({{langx|el|Αλμωπός Αριδαίας}}) is a Greek professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Aridaia|Aridea]], [[Pella (regional unit)|Pella]], Greece.

==History== Almopos Aridea was founded in 1926 and its name derives from the ancient region of Almopia, located in the homonymous town of Pella.

The club's last appearance in a professional championship was in the 1984–85 season, when it competed in the [[Beta Ethniki]], where it was relegated due to a deduction.

In recent years, they have been competing in local EPS categories. Pella. In the 2015–16 season, they finished undefeated and had the absolute victory in the championship and climbing bar, with the exception of two clashes, where he was tied, thus winning the promotion to the [[Gamma Ethniki]].

Since [[2021–22 Super League Greece 2|2021–22]] season until [[2022–23 Super League Greece 2|2022–23]] season, it participated in [[Super League Greece 2|Super League 2]]. In season [[2023–24 Super League Greece 2|2023–24]] Almopos expelled from the category, due to non-issuance of a Super League 2 certificate.

==Players==

===Current squad=== {{updated|1 August 2023|}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almoposfc.gr/playersstuff/|title=Team|publisher=Almopos Aridea F.C.|access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Giorgos Konstas}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=[[Thomas Tsimpoukas]]}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Konstantinos Kyriakidis}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=[[Dimitrios Souliotis]]}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=[[Dimitrios Aslampaloglou]]}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=[[Georgios Sournakis]]}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=Rafail Pettas}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=GRE|pos=FW|name=Christos Tachmatzidis}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=Pavlos Eppas}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=GRE|pos=FW|name=[[Dimitris Popovic]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=[[Vangelis Kerthi]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=ALB|pos=DF|name=Keldi Lesaj}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Konstantinos Karypidis}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=GRE|pos=FW|name=Dimitris Tsipouras}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=Dimitris Toulis}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Rafail Gialamoudis}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=Majk Bregna}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Georgios Tsiakoumis}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=GRE|pos=GK|name=Konstantinos Tentzeris}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Leonel Rivas]]}} {{Fs player|no=56|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Georgios Makrydakis}} {{Fs player|no=74|nat=GRE|pos=MF|name=[[Vasilis Pelkas]]}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Giorgos Manolakis}} {{Fs player|no=79|nat=GRE|pos=FW|name=[[Themis Patrinos]]}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=SRB|pos=GK|name=[[Ivan Dokić]]}} {{Fs player|no=97|nat=GRE|pos=GK|name=Manolis Ikonomakis}} {{Fs end}}

==Honours==

===Domestic=== * '''[[Gamma Ethniki|Third Division]]: 1''' ** 1983–84 * '''Fourth Division: 2''' ** 1993–94, 2019–20 * '''Pella FCA Champions: 6''' ** 1971–72, 1987–88, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2015–16 * '''Pella FCA Cup Winners: 2''' ** 2001–02, 2005–06

==Notable former players== *[[Antonis Minou]] *[[Loukas Vyntra]] *[[Giannis Taralidis]] *[[Ilias Solakis]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Central Macedonia]] [[Category:Pella (regional unit)]] [[Category:Association football clubs established in 1926]] [[Category:1926 establishments in Greece]]