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 25, 1905 (March 25, 1905)
GroundDiagoras Stadium
Capacity3,693[1]
ChairmanMichalis Stathopoulos
ManagerThomas Grafas
LeagueSuper League 2
2022–23Super League 2, 10th

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 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 Angelos Tsavos
4 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Dimitriou
5 MF Greece GRE Serafim Maniotis
7 MF Greece GRE Georgios Lleshaj
8 MF Indonesia IDN Luke Xavier Keet
10 MF Greece GRE Vasilios Tsiantoulas
11 FW Greece GRE Christos Tachmatzidis
12 MF Greece GRE Mattheos Mountes (on loan from Atromitos)
13 GK Greece GRE Vasilios Sifakis (on loan from OFI)
15 DF Serbia SRB Nikola Ignjatović
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Samer Al-Mohaimeed (on loan from OFI)
17 MF Greece GRE Nikolaos Klonaris
18 MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Kostopoulos (on loan from Atromitos)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Greece GRE Michalis Stamatoulas (on loan from Atromitos)
20 MF Greece GRE Georgios Fekkas
21 MF Greece GRE Sokratis Filimonas Moustakas
22 DF Argentina ARG Juan Manuel Arias
23 DF Greece GRE Nikitas Nikolis
24 MF Netherlands NED Jonathan
25 MF Argentina ARG Matías Pardo
31 GK Greece GRE Giannis Galanis
33 FW Greece GRE Michalis Manias
68 GK Greece GRE Panagiotis Avgerinos
75 MF Nigeria NGA Mubaraq Adeshina Gata (on loan from Asteras Tripolis)
77 DF Greece GRE Georgios Manolakis
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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