Ilisiakos
Full nameAthletic Club Ilisiakos
Founded1927 (1927)
GroundMunicipal Stadium of Zografou
Capacity2,716
ChairmanPanagiotis Oikonomou
ManagerAndreas Mantzounis
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2022-23Athens FCA, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Ilisiakos Football Club (Greek: Ηλυσιακός A.O.) is an Athens-based football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, et al.. They played in Delta Ethiniki until 2003. Ilisiakos spent the majority of its later history in the Greek second division; however, the footballing arm of the club merged with Egaleo F.C. in August 2009 and was renamed as Egaleo. This merger was cancelled by Greek courts.

Previous crest

History

Ilisiakos is one of the oldest known sports clubs in Greece. It was founded in the last century, in 1927, with registration number in the HFF No. 15.

Prior to the founding of Ilisiakos, Dafni Ilisia pre-existed in 1924, as an independent association which competed in an open space (plot), located east of the Hilton Hotel, between Hatzigianni Mexi, Iridanou and Vasilissis Sofias streets.

In this team, which was the leaven for the establishment of Ilisiakos, Spyros Kollimenos played as a goalkeeper, Thanassis Kavouras, Lefteris Nautis, Athanasios Portelanos and others, who then formed the core of the newly formed team of El.

So in 1927 Ilisiakos was born, by some romantic and dreamy young people of that time (Michalis Xydis, Livaditis, Lambropoulos, Eugenopoulos, Plessas etc.) with only a part of football, initially included in the Third Athens EPSA, of which he was also Founding member, playing in various stadiums such as the Panhellenic, the Gymnastics Academy in Daphne and Panathinaikos.

Michalis Xydis, a well-known climber and pioneer of the association's founding, is said to have been the godfather of the name "Ilisiakos".

Rumors have it that the name was given by its founder, in honor of the "Elysian Fields", the place where the brave went when they fell in battle. (That is why it is also written with "H" instead of "I"). According to official data, Elysiakos was based in the Coupons (as the area was called in the 19th century) and not the Ilisia, since the borders of the Coupons were the Ilisos River and covered the fans of a wider area of Athens (Center, Pagrati, Kaisariani, Ampelokipi, Goudi, etc.) and not only a certain district.

The original emblem for the club was the footballer in action, to be soon replaced by a laurel-crowned Ita, which has since been established and remains unchanged to this day. The spelling of the word Elysiakos at that time was written in two sigmas, "Ilisiakos", with colors yellow and black.

The first stadium, where they played until 1951, was located in Ilisia, east of the Ilissos River, between Alkmanos, Potamianou and Antimachou streets, where the Crowne Plaza Hotel is now located. They played in this stadium until 1951, participating in the local championships of EPSA.

Players

Current squad

As of 27 August 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Greece GRE Christos Vamvakas
GK Greece GRE Staikos Pantazis
DF Greece GRE Vasilis Michelis (3rd captain)
DF Greece GRE Kostas Christopoulos
DF Greece GRE Dimitris Tsaraousis
DF Greece GRE Thanasis Ragavas
DF Greece GRE Nikos Pontikis
DF Albania ALB Alexandros Pouleri
DF Greece GRE Marios Tsamoulis
DF Albania ALB Arion Hoxha
MF Greece GRE Akis Samiotis (club captain)
MF Greece GRE Lazaros Velissaris
MF Greece GRE Apostolis Giannopoulos
MF Albania ALB Mateo Rusit
MF Albania ALB Ovis Bushaj
MF Albania ALB Renato Serani (vice-captain)
MF Greece GRE Dimitris Voutsiotis
MF Greece GRE Vaggelis Goutsoulas
FW Greece GRE Panagiotis Salapatas (4th captain)
FW Greece GRE Akis Apostolopoulos

Former players

As of 13 August 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Greece GRE Evangelos Miamis
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