Kallithea
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Athens Kallithea Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ "Athens Kallithea FC", ΠΑΕ Άθενς Καλλιθέα) is a Greek professional football club based in Kallithea, a city and a suburb in the Athens, Greece, which competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system.
The club has finished as high as ninth in the Greek top flight (2004–05) and has reached as far as the quarterfinal stage of the Greek Cup on five occasions (1969–70, 1978–79, 1986–87, 2001–02, 2009–10).
History
Founding and early history
The club was founded on 18 August 1966 from the merger of five local clubs: Esperos, Iraklis, AE Kallitheas, Kallithaikos, and Pyrsos.
In 1970, Kallithea's Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium, named after the Greek liberal politician and peace activist Grigoris Lambrakis, was opened to the public.
Early 2000s in first division
In 2002, Kallithea achieved promotion to Greece's top division for the first time. The club's first win in the competition was a 3–2 upset of PAOK at Toumba Stadium, thanks to two goals from Theofanis Gekas, on 14 September 2002.
After finishing ninth in 2004–05, Kallithea was relegated from the top division in 2005-06.
Recent history
In the 2021-22 season, Kallithea finished second in Super League 2, seven points back of league winners Levadiakos for promotion to Super League 1, which was the club's most successful season since it last appeared in the top division in 2005–06.
In September 2022, the club rebranded as Athens Kallithea FC. The presentation of the club's rebranding and 22/23 home and away shirts was met with widespread acclaim in Greece and abroad, with London-based Versus calling it "one of the cleanest football rebrands ever."
In the 2022-23 season, AKFC missed out on promotion to Super League 1 by one point, finishing second in Super League 2 for the second consecutive season.
Kallithea har en rig historie og har vundet det græske cup to gange, i 1947 og 1949. Klubben har også deltaget i UEFA Cup Winners' Cup og UEFA Europa League i flere omgange.
Nogle af de notable spillere, der har spillet for Kallithea, inkluderer:
* Georgios Katidis
* Grigoris Paraskevas
* Kostas Manolas
* Kostas Fortounis
* Vasilis Torosidis
Kallithea har et stærkt rivalisering med naboklubben Panionios. De to hold har mødt hinanden mange gange gennem årene, og kampene er kendt for deres intense atmosfære.
I de senere år har Kallithea oplevet økonomiske vanskeligheder, men klubben forbliver en vigtig del af det lokale samfund i Kallithea. Klubben drives af en gruppe frivillige, og fansene er kendt for deres passion og loyalitet.