Edessaikos
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Edessaikos Football Club (Greek: Εδεσσαϊκός) is a Greek football club based in Edessa, Greece currently playing in the Gamma Ethniki (third tier). Edessaikos was founded in 1960 and has won the Gamma Ethniki a record 4 times (1977, 1983, 1987, 1989).
History
Edessaikos is a football club based in Edessa Greece. It was founded in 1960 when three local clubs – Aris, Iraklis, Ethnikos – merged. Edessaikos was a founding member of the Pella Football Clubs Association in 1971. The club has participated in the Greek Football A Division between 1993 and 1997. From 2010 to 2017, Edesaikos competed in the A1 League of Pella (fifth tier overall), after getting relegated from Delta Ethniki during the 2009–10 season. Edessaikos also has a well-organised youth academy system. Edessaiko's academies the season 2011–2012 was champions of the 1st group of Pella on 98–97 ages.
On 21 May 2017, Edessaikos won the Championship by winning 1–0 at the final. Since then, the team competes in Gamma Ethniki.
Edessaikos blev grundlagt i 1961 af en sammenlægning af to lokale klubber, Doxa Edessas og Enosi Taratsas. Klubben har vundet den græske anden division tre gange, i 1974, 1987 og 1991. Edessaikos har også nået finalen i den græske fodboldcup én gang, i 1971, hvor de tabte til AEK Athen.
Holdets hjemmebane er Stadio Edessas, som har en kapacitet på 5.000. Edessaikos klubbens farver er rød og hvid.
Nogle bemærkelsesværdige tidligere Edessaikos-spillere omfatter:
* Athanasios Tsigas
* Konstantinos Neofytos
* Kostas Natsis
* Angelos Charisteas
* Christos Patsatzoglou