Agia Paraskevi Football Club, unofficially known as Santa (, Athlitikos Omilos Agias Paraskevis) is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece. Their home ground facilities are based in "Notou Street" at Agia Paraskevi of Athens, Greece. The club also has basketball, volleyball and futsal departments.Agia Paraskevi Volleyball
History It is affectionally known as Santa or Agia and contains a strong rivalry with Nea Ionia F.C. “Santa-Fans” is a supporters fan group with more than 15 years history from Aghia Paraskevi.Ποδόσφαιρο - Ελλάδα - Γ' Εθνική (Ν) - Αγία Παρασκευή - Contra.gr
In 1992, they won both the championship and the cup of the Athens Football Clubs Association.
In 1995, volleyball team was also created, followed by a futsal team in 1996.
In 2008, they promoted to Third Division, South Group.Α.Ο. Αγίας Παρασκευής - AGIA PARASKEVI FC - 'SANTA' They were ranked 15th during the 2010-11 season.
In 2009, SANTA's women's football team was also created.
Together with Rouf, it is the only team in Athens to have three cup titles.
Since 2013, the club is run by the American–Canadian of Greek descent entrepreneur, James Avgoustidis who wants to bring the team back to the top divisions.
Honours +Agia Paraskevi F.C. honoursTypeCompetitionTitlesWinnersRunners-upThird placeDomestic Delta Ethniki (Fourth-tier)1 2007–08 (Group 8) 2004–05 (Group 9), 2006–07 (Group 8)RegionalAthens FCA First Division3 1991–92, 2003–04, 2021–22Athens FCA Cup3 1991–92, 2004–05, 2007–08 2017–18
Shared record
Domestic performance Season by season in the higher divisions +SeasonCategoryPositionPointsGF \ GACupRef.2004–05Delta Ethniki (Group 9)3rd5242—23—2005–06Delta Ethniki (Group 8)4th5259—26—2006–07Delta Ethniki (Group 8)3rd5658—31—2007–08Delta Ethniki (Group 8)1st (C) (P)5651—14—2008–09Gamma Ethniki (Southern Group)8th4643—43First Round 2009–10Gamma Ethniki (Southern Group)8th4433—29—2010–11Football League 2 (Southern Group)15th (R)1413—62Second Round 2011–12Delta Ethniki (Group 8)12th (R)2931—31—2022–23Gamma Ethniki (Group 5)6th3729—22—2023–24Gamma Ethniki (Group 4)17th (R)1726—82— The best result is highlighted in bold.
Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals, C = Champion, P = Promotion, R = Relegation.
Greek Cup campaigns Season Round Venue Opponent Home Away Qual. Ref.1962–63First RoundEthnikos Psychiko 3–2 – Second RoundAthinais – 1–6Third RoundAg. Paraskevi Municipal StadiumPAO Ag. Dimitrios 5–0 – Fourth RoundAg. Paraskevi Municipal StadiumDoxa Vyrona 1–2 –1963–64First Round –Bye – – –Second RoundVyronas National StadiumDoxa Vyrona – 4–3 2008–09First RoundAg. Paraskevi Municipal StadiumFokikos 0–1 –2010–11First RoundAg. Paraskevi Municipal StadiumAO Chania 3–2 –Second RoundAg. Paraskevi Municipal StadiumEthnikos Asteras 0–1 –
Matches are classified as home or away depending on the team's allocation established after the Hellenic Football Federation's competition draw. Home and away games may not always take place at the designated home venue of the respective team.
Players Current squad
Notable former coaches Youth team Milan Pavlović (2003–04)
First team Miltos Gofas (2001–10, 2023–24) Ivan Nedeljković (2012–14)
List of former players
Greece
Georgios Iordanidis (1996–01) Georgios Daraklitsas (2004–06) Theodoros Koubaroulis (2005, 2006, 2009–11) Panagiotis Kouros (2006–10) Georgios Provatas (2007–08) Giannis Loukinas (2007–09) Spyros Dorovinis (2007–10) Andreas Archontakis (2008–10) Nikos Iordanidis (2008–10) Michael Banias (2009–10) Sokratis Petrou (2009–10) Thanasis Staikos (2009–10) Avgerinos Katranas (2009–10) Panagiotis Bris (2009–10) Konstantinos Mamalos (2009–10) Nikos Barboudis (2009–10) Nikolaos Karpontinis (2009–11) Vasilios Papadopoulos (2009–11, 2013) Christos Gromitsaris (2010) Panagiotis Vasilakos (2010) Thomas Makris (2010–11) Stratos Michelis (2010–11) Nikitas Tournas (2010–11) Giannis Sotirhos (2012–14) Agisilaos Pasas (2014–15) Leonidas Panagopoulos (2020) Dimitrios Sialmas (2020) Giannis Arabatzis (2022–24) Panagiotis Kontoes (2022–24) Thanasis Dimitroulas (2023–24)
Rest of Europe
André Heinisch (2009) Luigi Barbieri (2023) Sandro Semedo (2023) Ivan Nedeljković (2008–09)
Americas
Doriano Kortstam (2023–24) Andreas Chronis (2009–10)
See also Agia Paraskevi W.F.C. GS Agia Paraskevi Basketball Agia Paraskevi
References
External links Agia Paraskevi F.C. at Flashscore Agia Paraskevi F.C. at Sofascore