PAS Giannina F.C.

Óscar Álvarez he played four years for PAS Giannina

The first official match was for the Greek Cup against Pindos Konitsas in 2 October 1966. The result was 4–0 for PAS Giannina.[5][6]

PAS Giannina was a mid-table club of the Second Division until 1971. In 1966–67, the club finished 6th.[7] In 1967–68, it finished 10th.[7] In 1968–69, it finished 5th.[7] In 1969–70, it finished 7th.[7] In 1970–71, it finished 13th.[7]

In 1971, the Portuguese Gómez de Faria[8][9] was signed as manager.[10] In 1971–72, PAS Giannina finished 13th.[7] In the middle of the season, three Argentine players were signed: Alfredo Glasman, Jose Pasternac and Eduardos Kontogeorgakis (who is Eduardo Rigani's son). At the end of the season, three more Argentine players were signed: Juan Montes, Oscar Alvarez[11] and Eduardo Lisa.[10] PAS Giannina was in the race for promotion. In 1972–73, the club finished second.[7] In 1973–74, it finished first[7] and was promoted to the First division.[12]

PAS Giannina was in the First Division for 10 years. The club finished several times near the top of the First Division table, often earning victories over more established Greek teams such as Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and PAOK. The effective and spirited play of the club during these years drew flattering comparisons with the famous Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam, and the moniker "Ajax of Epirus" has stuck with the team ever since.

In 1974–75, PAS Giannina finished 9th.[7] In 1975–76, PAS Giannina finished 5th for the first time.[7] This position is the record high for the club. In 1976–77, it finished 11th.[7] In 1977–78, the club finished 5th again.[7] The club qualified for the Balkans Cup for the first time in its history. In 1978–79, it finished 14th. In 1979–80, it finished 6th.[7] In the middle of the season, former Poland national team coach Jacek Gmoch was signed from the Epirote club.[13] It was a brief but a reasonably successful tenure. In 1980–81, it finished 11th.[7] In 1981–82, it finished 14th.[7] In 1982–83, it finished 9th.[7]

The period following the aforementioned peak years of the club generally marked a sharp decline in the fortunes of it as many of its top stars moved on or retired outright without being satisfactorily replaced. In 1983–84, PAS Giannina finished 15th. It was in a tie with Panionios. There was a play out match in Larissa between the two clubs. Panionios won the match 2–0. PAS Giannina relegated in the Second Division.[14] In 1984–85, the club finished first[7] in the Second Division and was promoted to the First Division. In 1985–86, it finished 13th.[7] In 1986–87, it finished 16th and was relegated to the Second Division[7]

Giourkas Seitaridis international Euro 2004 Champion with Greece, played for PAS Giannina F.C. from 1998 to 2001

In 1987–88, it finished 12th.[7] In 1988–89, it finished 4th.[7] The club qualified for the promotion playoffs with Ethnikos Piraeus, Apollon Kalamarias, Korinthos, Diagoras and Veroia. It failed to get promoted.[15] In 1989–90, it finished third and got promoted to the First Division.[7][16] In 1990–91, the club finished 18th and was relegated to the Second Division.[7] In 1991–92, the club finished 14th.[7] In 1992–93, it finished 10th.[7] PAS Giannina qualified for the Balkans Cup for the second time in its history. In 1993–94, it finished 5th.[7] Also the club was runner up in the Balkans Cup 1993–94. In 1994–95, it finished 8th. In 1995–96, it finished 12th.[7] In 1996–97, it finished 16th.[7] PAS Giannina was relegated to the Third Division for the first time in its history.[17]

PAS Giannina was in the Third Division for the first time in its history. In 1997–98, it finished first[7] and got promoted to the Second division.[18] In 1998–99, it finished 4th,[7] failing to get promoted to the First Division. In 1999–00, it finished third[7] and qualified for the promotion playoffs with Egaleo and Panserraikos. PAS Giannina won Panserraikos 3–1 and draw with Egaleo 1–1. After that the club promoted to the First Division.[19] In 2000–01, it finished 13th[7] and qualified to the relegation playoffs. The club relegated after a 3-game playoff with OFI Crete.[20] In 2001–02, PAS Giannina finished first and promoted to the First Division.[7]

PAS experienced a fair degree of instability in these years. In 2002–03, PAS Giannina finished 14th. After the penalty of 90 points the club finished 16th and relegated. The penalty of 90 points imposed on it by the Greek football association (EPO) for financial reasons.[21] There were a lot of financial problems in season 2003–04. The club finished 14th and qualified to playout with Ilisiakos. The club lost 3–1 and relegated in the Third division for the second time in its history. The club turned on a semi-professional status.

Christos Patsatzoglou, played for PAS Giannina F.C. from 2010 to 2013

The control of the club switched over to attorney Alexis Kougias. In 2004–05, the club finished second and failed to get promoted.[7][22] In 2005–06 it finished second and got promoted to Second Division.[22] In 2006–07, PAS Giannina finished 5th.[7] Also, PAS Giannina reached the semifinals of the Greek Cup 2006–07 against AE Larissa FC. PAS Giannina lost 2–0 both home and away match. On the quarter-final PAS Giannina won Olympiacos, 2–0 at home and lost 2–1 in Karaiskakis Stadium of an extra-time goal from Evangelos Kontogoulidis before a hostile crowd.[23]PAS Giannina finished 4th in the Second Division in the 2007–08 season, failing to get promoted.

In the summer of 2008, ownership of the club was passed over to Giorgos Christovasilis, a businessman from Athens whose roots are from the Epirus region. He signed Guillermo Ángel Hoyos as manager[24] and some great players such as Luciano.[25] In the 2008–09 season, the club promoted as second in the Super League.

In the summer of 2009, the club signed players such as Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Konstantinos Mendrinos, Ilias Kotsios.[26] In 2009–10, the club finished 15th and got relegated one more time.[7] On the other hand, the club was successful in the Greek Cup. PAS Giannina reached the semifinals for the second time in its history. In the quarter final PAS Giannina won PAOK 4–0 in Zosimades Stadium.[27][28] In the semifinals, the club lost from Panathinaikos on aggregate 2–4.

Tomás De Vincenti Tomas de Vicenti played for PAS Giannina F.C. from 2009 to 2013

In the 2010–11 season, PAS Giannina was promoted as second again to Super League.[7] The club takes part in Super League every year. In 2011–12, PAS Giannina finished 8th.[7] In 2012–13, PAS Giannina finished 5th and qualified for the playoffs with Atromitos, Asteras Tripolis and PAOK for the first time in its history.

It started with 2 wins but at the end it finished 4th. The club qualified for Europa League. PAS Giannina were not licensed to play in the Europa League and therefore were replaced by the next Europa League licensed team in the table, not already qualified for any European competition, which was Skoda Xanthi. In 2013–14, the club finished 11th, a safe mid-table position. In 2014–15, the club finished 6th. Also that year, there were awards for the manager and two players. Giannis Petrakis won the best manager of the year award. Charis Charisis won the best young player of Greek Super League award and Markos Vellidis won the best goalkeeper award.[29]

In 2015–16, the club finished 6th again.[30] PAS Giannina qualified for UEFA Europa League 2016–17 because Panionios was excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons.[31] The club qualified for European competitions, except Balkans Cup, for the first time in its history.

In 2016–17, the club takes part in the Super League. The club finished 9th. An important moment was the charity match for the refugees between the veterans of the club and FC Barcelona.[32] The charity match and activities were organized by the Barça Players Association in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and with the support of PAS Giannina FC.[33]

In 2017–18, the club finished 9th again in the Super League. Also, PAS Giannina reached the quarterfinals in the Greek Cup.[34] In 2018–19, after an awful season, PAS Giannina finished 14th and relegated to the Super League 2. There were many changes at the club. Petrakis left the club after years and a new manager, Argirios Giannikis was hired. Some players, with many years at the club, left it as well. Michail, Tzimopoulos, Lila, Giakos left the club. Some young players like Liasos, Lolis, Naumets took part at first 11. Also, Giorgos Dasios returned to the club as Director of Football. PAS Giannina was first when the championship was suspended. On 22 June 2020, it was announced that the ranking on 12 March 2020 is the final ranking. PAS Giannina won the Super League Greece 2 in the season 2019–20 and been the first team to win the new competition and the club was promoted to Super League 1.[35] In 2020-21,the club finished 8th on the regular season. It finished 9th after the end of play out. The team got into the semi-final of the Greek Cup in the season 2020-21 after beating Atromitos and Panathinaikos.[36][37][38][39]PAS Giannina reached semi finals for the third time in its history. In the semifinals, the club lost from Olympiacos on aggregate 2–4.

• Super League (First Division)
  • 1975–76, 5th place: 30 games, 36 points, 15 wins, 6 draws, 9 defeats, goals 40–33
  • 1977–78, 5th place: 34 games, 38 points, 14 wins, 10 draws, 10 defeats, goals 45–39
  • 1979–80, 6th place: 34 games, 37 points, 14 wins, 9 draws, 11 defeats, goals 50–44
  • 2012–13, 5th place: 30 games, 44 points, 12 wins, 8 draws, 10 defeats, goals 28–24
  • 2014–15, 6th place: 34 games, 53 points, 13 wins, 14 draws, 7 defeats, goals 47–33
  • 2015–16, 6th place: 30 games, 42 points, 12 wins, 6 draws, 12 defeats, goals 36–40
• Super League 2 (Second Division)
  • Champions (4): 1973–74, 1984–85, 2001–02, 2019–20
• Gamma Ethniki (Third Division)
  • Champions (1): 1997–98
• Greek Cup
  • Semi-Finals (3): 2006–07, 2009–10, 2020–21

• ''Balkans Cup
  • Runners-Up (1): 1993–94

• Best Manager in Greece
  • Giannis Christopoulos: 2012–13
  • Giannis Petrakis: 2014–15

• Best Young Player
  • Charis Charisis: 2014–15[43]

• Best Goalkeeper
  • Markos Vellidis: 2014–15[44]

Last update: 5 August 2016

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Odd	3–0[45]	1–3[46]	4–3
		3Q	AZ	1–2[47]	0–1[48]	1–3

As of 21 January 2022[58][59]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Yuri Lodygin 2 DF  GRE Manolis Saliakas 4 DF  GRE Epaminondas Pantelakis 5 MF  GRE Zisis Karachalios 6 DF  GRE Giannis Kargas (vice-captain) 7 MF  GRE Panagiotis Triadis 8 MF  ARG Fabricio Brener (on loan from Belgrano) 9 FW  ESP Pedro Conde 10 MF  ESP Juan Domínguez 11 FW  COL Juan José Perea 12 DF  GER Louis Poznański 15 DF  ARG Rodrigo Erramuspe 17 MF  GER Jan-Marc Schneider 18 MF  GUI Ahmad Mendes Moreira

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  GRE Alexandros Lolis 20 MF  GRE Alexis Triadis 22 MF  GRE Stefanos Siontis (captain) 24 DF  GRE Antonis Ikonomopoulos 27 MF  USA Caleb Stanko 28 FW  GRE Leonid Mina 29 DF  GER Michael Gardawski 33 DF  GRE Dimitrios Karagiannis 43 DF  BEL Marvin Peersman 64 GK  GRE Vasilios Soulis 70 MF  GRE Iasonas Kirkos 77 DF  GRE Giannis Rizos 80 MF  GRE Angelos Liasos 99 GK  GRE Vasilios Athanasiou

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  GRE Stavros Pilios (at Iraklis Thessaloniki until 30 June 2022)