Apollon Pontou F.C.

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Apollon Pontou
Full nameΠ.Α.Ε. Απόλλων Πόντου
Nickname(s)Pontioi (Pontians)
Rossoneri (Red-blacks)
Founded2 August 2017; 6 years ago (2017-08-02)
GroundPolykastro Stadium
Capacity1,500
ChairmanAlex Kalas
ManagerCyril Kali
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2023–24Super League Greece 2, 12th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Apollon Pontou Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Πόντου) is a Greek professional football club based in Polykastro, Kilkis, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system.

The club took its present name after the renaming of Apollon Kalamarias F.C. to Apollon Pontou (Pontus) in 2017 amid protests from fans. The old club participated under the name until being condenmed and disavowed by the Apollon Kalamarias sports club in 2023, which resulted in the recreation of the original pre–2017 club whilst bearing the original name, starting in the lower divisions of non–league football, whilst Apollon Pontou retained its place in Super League Greece 2.

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 5 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Greece GRE Giannis Rantos
2 DF Greece GRE Alexandros Kardaris
4 DF Germany GER Valentin Metgenberg
5 MF Albania ALB Alexandro Saholli
6 MF Greece GRE Hussein Mumin
7 MF Greece GRE Giannis Kalaitzidis (third-captain)
9 FW Sweden SWE Jonathan Flensborg
10 MF Uganda UGA Chris Akena
11 FW Greece GRE Christos Albanis
13 DF France FRA Nasser Aboudou
14 MF Argentina ARG Matias Martinez
17 MF Greece GRE Miltiadis Innos
20 DF Greece GRE Alexandros Kalogeris (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Greece GRE Dimitrios Amarantidis (captain)
24 MF Argentina ARG Alex Aguado (on loan from Independiente Rivadavia)
27 MF Argentina ARG Rafael Blancq
28 MF Ukraine UKR Bogdan Novikov
30 MF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Skala
34 GK Greece GRE Vasilios Kinalis
37 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Boumpas
66 MF Greece GRE Savvas Zapounidis
69 DF Albania ALB Zog Djaloshi
73 GK Greece GRE Dimitrios Neopoulos
74 DF Greece GRE Dimitrios Apostolakis
77 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Lampiris
99 FW Argentina ARG Federico Acevedo

Management team[edit]

Position Staff
Head coach France Cyril Kali
Assistant coach Greece Ilias Abatzidis
Goalkeeper coach TBA
Fitness coach Greece Christos Kalamaras
Medical director TBA

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