Iraklis Thessaloniki

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Iraklis Saloniki
Iraklis Thessaloniki Logo.svg
Club data
Founded: 1908
Club colors: Blue White
Address: Iraklis FC
P.O. 22475
GR-55102 Thessaloniki
Website: Soccer: fciraklis.gr
Basketball: iraklisbc.gr
Volleyball: iraklisvolley.gr

Iraklis Saloniki (Greek Ηρακλής, in German Herakles ) is a Greek sports club that includes a basketball , football and volleyball department . The association, founded in 1908, is one of the most historic in Greece and, alongside Aris and PAOK, is one of the three major associations in the second largest Greek city of Thessaloniki .

history

Iraklis emerged from the music association Omilos Filomouson, founded in 1899. In 1903 the members decided to expand their activities to include sports. Initially, swimming and cycling were added, followed by soccer from 1905 . The first official game was played on April 23 of the same year. In 1906 the club took part in the demonstration tournament as part of the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens . Even since no personal goal was achieved, only 4th and last place in the final ranking remained. The official founding year of Iraklis Thessaloniki is 1908, when the merger with the Olympia Thessaloniki association took place. The first president of the association was the doctor A. Maltos.

basketball

The basketball department of Iraklis was founded in 1928 and secured the first Greek championship in its first year of existence , before the second title followed seven years later.

Since then, the club has been a fixture in the top Greek league for two years. Iraklis always held a strong position - but to this day it has not been possible to step out of the shadow of its two city rivals and the Athens teams.

The most important players wearing the Iraklis jersey include the three European champions from 2005 Nikolaos Chatzivrettas , Dimitrios Diamantidis and Lazaros Papadopoulos as well as Eleutherios Kakiousis, Roy Tarpley, Christos Tsekos, Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Jurij Zdovc .

The 2005/2006 season was a low point in the club's history. After a lot of bloodletting, the newly formed team did not manage to maintain the class and was relegated to the A2 league.

successes

Soccer

Iraklis Saloniki
Iraklis Thessaloniki Logo.svg
Basic data
Surname Iraklis Thessaloniki
Seat Thessaloniki
founding 1908
Colours Blue White
president Ioannis Mesthaneus
Website fciraklis.gr
First soccer team
Head coach GreeceGreece Ioannis Amanatidis
Venue Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Places 28,028
league Football League
2016/17 16th place in the Super League

Iraklis celebrated the greatest success so far in 1976 when he won the Greek Cup . The club plays its home games in the Kaftanzoglio Stadium , which has a capacity of 28,000 and which was also the venue for some games during the 2004 Olympic Games . At the end of the 2010/11 season , Iraklis' license was revoked. Although the team had ended the season in secured midfield, they had to relegate to the Football League . For a short time the club played again in the Super League .

successes

Trainer

player

volleyball

Iraklis won his first title with success in the cup competition in 2000. Two years later they celebrated the double, which could be repeated in the 2004/05 season. Overall, the team won the championship five times, the league cup six times and the Supercup four times. Internationally it managed to reach a final of the Champions League three times . But it was not possible to secure this title.

successes

2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012
  • Greek Cup : 6
2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012
2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on agonasport.com (en) of July 10, 2017 (accessed on July 11, 2017)