Doxa Drama F.C.

Doxa Drama FC

Full name	Gymnastikos Syllogos Doxa Drama
Nickname(s)	Mavraetoi (Black Eagles) Mavri Thyella (Black Storm)
Founded	1918
Ground	Doxa Drama Stadium Drama, Greece (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Samios Athanasios
Manager	Xaralampidhs Apostolos
League	Superleague Greece
2010-11	Football League, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Doxa Drama F.C. is a football club based in the city of Drama, Greece.

The club currently competes in the Superleague Greece.

History

During World War I, near the city of Drama, Macedonia, a team of English soldiers who played football regularly in their camp inspired the local Greek population to create the first football club in the region. Founded as Peleus in 1918, the team was renamed Doxa (Glory) in 1919.

Initially, the team colors were black and white with the logo of a black clover. After the war the team's logo was permanently changed to a black eagle, while the team colours of black and white remain until today.

The first formal match of Doxa was against AOK, the team of neighbouring city Kavala. In that first game Doxa won 3–0. Doxa Dramas is one of the founders of the Greek League Alpha Ethniki, the highest tier of Greek club football. Doxa reached the final of the Greek football Cup in 1953/54, 1957/58 and 1958/59, but lost all three finals to Olympiacos.

Doxa Drama participated in Alpha Ethniki for 19 seasons. Financial and administrative turmoil, however, led to the club being relegated to Greece’s amateur division, Delta Ethniki. In 2008–2009 Doxa had a strong year in the Third Division and clinched the Gamma Ethniki North title with two games to spare. Doxa returned to Beta Ethniki after 11 years for the 2009–2010 season, where the team finished 14th in the regular season and 13th after the Beta Ethniki play-outs.

Stadium

The stadium of Doxa Drama has a capacity of 10,000 people and it is situated in the eastern part of the town of Drama, in the district of Komninoi.

Current squad

As of 9 March 2011, according to the official website Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Dino Seremet 2 DF Georgios Chatzizisis 3 DF Dimitrios Geladaris 4 DF Theodoros Pakaltsis 9 FW Marcelo 10 FW Christos Aravidis 14 MF Nikolaos Tsimblidis 15 MF Mohamed Keita 18 MF Vítor Lima 22 MF Christos Routsis 23 DF Theodoros Papadopoulos 44 FW Petros Topouzis 55 DF Angelos Vertzos 89 FW Leandro Kappel — DF Theodoros Tripotseris

No. Position Player — DF Neven Markovic — MF Nikolaos Trellopoulos — DF Charalampos Brilakis — MF Grigorios Pitsokos — MF Christos Niaros — FW Alexis Koubroglou — GK Konstantinos Davkos — MF Leandro — MF Wanderson — MF Gábor Erős — MF Aristides Soiledis — GK Konstantinos Theodoropoulos — DF Konstantinos Samaropoulos — DF Angelos Sikalias

Past Highlights

• Participation in National Divisions:
  • Championship of Eastern Macedonia:1938-39.
  • Northern regional group: 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1958-59.
  • Northern regional group: 1955-56 (3d).
  • Northern regional championship: 1957-58.
  • National championship: 1956-57 (5th), 1957-58 (7th), 1958-59 (5th).
  • 1st Division (A' Ethniki, Alpha Ethniki): 1959-60 (6th), 1960-61 (7th), 1961-62 (16th), 1963-64 (11th), 1964-65 (16th), 1979-80 (12th), 1980-81 (9th), 1981-82 (11th), 1982-83 (12th), 1983-84 (11th), 1984-85 (13th), 1985-86 (14th), 1986-87 (14th), 1988-89 (9th), 1989-90 (10th), 1990-91 (8th), 1991-92 (13th), 1992-93 (13th), 1993-94 (15th), 1994-95 (16th).
  • 2nd Division (B' Ethniki, Beta Ethniki): 1962-63, 1965-66, 1978-79, 1987-88, 1995-96, 2009-10.
  • 4th Division (Δ' Ethniki, Delta Ethniki): 1999-2000.
  • National amateur division: 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03.
  • 3rd Division (Γ' Ethniki, Gamma Ethniki): 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.

External links

• Official Doxa Drama Website
• Unofficial Fan Website
• Information about the stadium