Agia Paraskevi F.C.

Agia Paraskevi Football Club, unofficially known as Santa (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Αγίας Παρασκευής, Athlitikos Omilos Agias Paraskevis) is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece. Their home ground facilities are based in "Notou Street" at Agia Paraskevi of Athens, Greece. The club also has basketball, volleyball and futsal departments.

Agia Paraskevi

Full name	Athlitikos Omilos Agias Paraskevis (Athletic Union of Agia Paraskevi)
Nickname(s)	Santa (Saint)
Founded	1931 (1931)
Ground	Municipal Stadium of Agia Paraskevi
Capacity	2,800
Chairman	Vaggelis Stathopoulos
Manager	Miltos Gkofas
League	Athens FCA First Division
2023–24	Gamma Ethniki (Group 4), 17th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

It is affectionally known as Santa or Agia and contains a strong rivalry with Nea Ionia F.C. “Santa-Fans” is a supporters fan group with more than 15 years history from Aghia Paraskevi.

In 1992, they won both the championship and the cup of the Athens Football Clubs Association.

In 1995, volleyball team was also created.

In 1996, team was create football futsal team.

In 2008, they promoted to Third Division, South Group. They were ranked 15th during the 2010-11 season.

In 2009, SANTA's women's football team was also created.

Together with Rouf, it is the only team in Athens to have three cup titles.

Since 2013, the club is run by the American–Canadian of Greek descent entrepreneur, James Avgoustidis who wants to bring the team back to the top divisions.

Current squad

As of 13 July 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
—	GK	GRE	Giannis Arabatzis
—	GK	GRE	Nikolaos Sfyridis
—	GK	GRE	Panagiotis Panousis
—	GK	GRE	Emmanouil Mema
—	GK	GRE	Anastasios Zotos
—	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Stylianopoulos
—	DF	GRE	Xenofon Kastaniotis
—	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Platykostas
—	DF	ALB	Edi Haxhiu
—	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Kontoes
—	DF	GRE	Antonios Kouraklis
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Zachos
—	DF	GRE	Thanasis Dimitroulas
—	DF	GRE	Vangelis Avlonitis
—	DF	GRE	Vangelis Kollias

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Georgios Michailidis
—	MF	GRE	Stelios Mytakis
—	MF	GRE	Serxhio Prifti
—	MF	GRE	Nikolaos Tsinias
—	MF	GRE	Thomas Bubullima
—	MF	GRE	Athanasios Theodoridis
—	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Dimitriou
—	MF	GRE	Antonios Antoneas
—	MF	GRE	Michalis Koutsoupias
—	FW	GRE	Georgios Mouzos
—	FW	GRE	Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos
—	FW	GRE	Alexandros Seferis

Honours and achievements

Domestic competitions

Leagues:

• Delta Ethniki (Fourth-tier)
  • Winners (1): 2007–08

Regional competitions

Leagues:

• Athens FCA First Division
  • Winners (3): 1992, 2004, 2022

Cups:

• Athens FCA Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 2005, 2008
  • Runners-Up (1): 2018

See also

• GS Agia Paraskevi
• Basketball Agia Paraskevi