P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras

PAE G.S. Diagoras 1905 (Greek: ΠΑΕ Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας 1905) is a Hellenic professional football club based in Rhodes city founded in 1905.

Diagoras
Full nameFootball Societe Anonyme Gymnastic Club Diagoras 1905
Greek: Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας 1905
Nickname(s)Γηραιός (Old man)
Kυανέρυθροι (The cyan and red)
FoundedMarch 25th, 1905 (March 25th, 1905)
GroundDiagoras Stadium
Capacity3,693[1]
ChairmanAnastasia Zampetoula Karpathaki
ManagerAngelos Digozis
LeagueSuper League 2
2021–22Super League 2, 12th

Diagoras is named after the island's ancient athlete Diagoras.

The team first played under Ottoman Rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912 and then under the italian occupation of the island. No matches at all were held during the Balkan Wars and the team played only with other local teams until the Dodecanese joined with the rest of Greece in 1948.

History

Due to the club's extensive social, cultural, athletic, and particularly patriotic activities, the fascist Italian authorities in occupation decided to dissolve it in 1929. Diagoras reconstituted in 1945, just prior to the liberation of Rhodes and the union with the rest of Hellas. He first joined the Beta Ethniki (2nd national division) in its creation in 1962-'63. They played in Alpha Ethniki (1st national division) between 1986-1989.

In 1987, the club reached the semi-finals of the Greek Cup, losing to OFI.

Diagoras returned to Beta Ethinki in 2008 until 2012.

In the 2019–2020 season, Diagoras finished in third place of the Football League (3rd tier) and was promoted to the Super League 2 (Beta Ethniki), the second tier of the professional football in Hellas.[2]

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Greece GRE Theodoros Petrakis
3 DF Greece GRE Giorgos Magkakis
5 DF Morocco MAR Abdelhamid El Kaoutari
7 FW Greece GRE Giorgos Vourgountzis
8 MF Greece GRE Konstantinos Mpoumpas
9 FW Algeria ALG Yanis Lahiouel
11 MF Brazil BRA Thomaz Cavallieri
14 FW Greece GRE Thanasis Papaioannou
16 MF Greece GRE Serafim Maniotis
17 MF Greece GRE Giannis Parastatidis
19 FW France FRA Mohamed Diaf
20 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Tatsis
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Greece GRE Vasilis Tsiantoulas
22 GK Greece GRE Alexandros Athanasopoulos
23 GK Greece GRE Giannis Bintsis
25 DF Croatia CRO Dino Grozdanic
31 GK Greece GRE Giannis Galanis
33 DF Greece GRE Michalis Manias
39 FW Serbia SRB Bogdan Stamenković
55 DF Albania ALB Shefket Hoxha
66 MF Greece GRE Thanasis Karamanis
75 FW Nigeria NGA Mubaraq Adeshina
77 MF Greece GRE Asterios Ikonomikos
88 MF Serbia SRB Viktor Lukić

League participation
  • First Division (3): 1986–1989
  • Second Division (22): 1962–1968, 1974–1975, 1980–1986, 1989–1992, 2008–2012, 2020–present
  • Third Division (9): 1978–1980, 1992–1993, 2005–2008, 2017–2020
  • Fourth Division (5): 1993–1994, 2002–2005, 2012–2013
  • Local Championships (8): 1998–2002, 2013–2017

Notable wins
Season Match Score
1986–87 Diagoras Rodos – Panathinaikos 2–0
1956–57 Diagoras Rodos – PAOK (for Greek Cup) 1–0
1986–87 Diagoras Rodos – PAOK 2–1
1981–82 Diagoras Rodos – Aris (for Greek Cup) 3–1

Honours

Domestic

Leagues:

  • Second Division
  • Third Division
  • Fourth Division
    • Winners (1): 2004–05
  • Dodecanese FCA Championship (Local Championship)
    • Winners (17): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1973–74, 1978–79, 2001–02, 2016–17

Cups:

  • Dodecanese FCA Cup (Local Cup)
    • Winners (13): 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1974, 2004, 2017, 2018
  • Dodecanese Super Cup: Winners 2019


Rivalries: A.S. Rodos 1968

References
  1. "Γ.Σ. Διαγόρας - Διαγόρας Π.Α.Ε." Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  2. "ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ Ε.Ε.Α ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΒΟΛΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛΗ". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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