Giouchtas F.C.

Giouchtas
Full nameΑθλητικός Όμιλος Αρχανών “ο Γιούχτας”
Athlitikós Ómilos Archanón “ó Gioúchtas”
“Giouchtas” Athletic Club of Archanes
Founded25 July 1957; 67 years ago (1957-07-25)
GroundArchanes National Stadium “Markomichelakio”
ChairmanPetros Asmargiannakis
ManagerMichalis Soutzis
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2023–24Super League Greece 2, 10th (relegated)

A.O. Giouchtas F.C., short for Athlitikos Omilos Archanes “Giouchtas” (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Αρχανών “ο Γιούχτας”, translated Athletic Club of Archanes “Giouchtas”) and also known simply as Giouchtas, is a Greek football club, based in Archanes, Heraklion. The club is named after Mount Juktas, overlooking the town of Archanes. The club was founded in 1957 and its traditional colors are green and white. They currently compete in the Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the Greek football league system, and host their home games in the Archanes National Stadium, known also as “Markomichelakio Stadium”. They have previously played for two seasons in the Gamma Ethniki during 2013-15.

History

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Giouchtas was established on July 25, 1957 as a means to spread sports in the Archanes region.[1] The club eventually gained its own football ground after a local doctor, Michalis Markomichelakis donated 8,119 square meters of land for a stadium to be built.[1] The venue was completed in 1962, and was named “Markomichelakio”, in honor of this generous donation.[1]

Giouchtas have enjoyed relative success in regional competitions, having won the Heraklion FCA Cup on two consecutive occasions in 2009 and 2010.[2] In 2007, Giouchtas managed a promotion to the Delta Ethniki, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system. They played in the fourth Division until 2013, when they earned promotion to the Gamma Ethniki for the first time in club history.[3] They played two season in the third Division before being relegated in 2015.

In 2018, Giouchtas won their first Heraklion FCA Championship, managing a return to the Gamma Ethniki after a three-year absence.[4]

Honours

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Domestic

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Regional

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 24 September 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
1 GK Cyprus CYP Dimitrios Priniotaki
2 DF Egypt EGY Youssef Ibrahim
4 DF Greece GRE Minas Tzanis (captain)
5 DF Greece GRE Giannis Theodorakis
7 FW Greece GRE Athanasios Kostanasios
8 MF Greece GRE Georgios Kissas
9 FW Greece GRE Vangelis Alexopoulos
10 FW Greece GRE Nikos Vrettos
11 FW Greece GRE Manolis Rovithis
12 MF Ghana GHA Albert Bruce
13 DF Greece GRE Georgios Touglis
14 DF Greece GRE Lazaros Geladaris
15 GK Greece GRE Michalis Kapetanakis
16 MF Greece GRE Antonis Daskalakis
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Greece GRE Alexandros Lolis (on loan from PAS Giannina)
18 FW Greece GRE Spyros Orfanoudakis
19 FW Greece GRE Vangelis Nikokyrakis
20 DF Greece GRE Nikos Kornilakis
21 GK Greece GRE Georgios Kollias
23 DF Argentina ARG Ignacio Liporace
27 MF Greece GRE Giannis Stakakis
30 MF Greece GRE Giannis Boutsakis
32 MF Greece GRE Angelos Tsiris (on loan from PAS Giannina)
33 DF Greece GRE Manolis Fazos
37 GK Greece GRE Antonis Makatounakis
77 MF Albania ALB Renato Gjini
80 DF Albania ALB Edison Kola
88 MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Polychronis

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ: Η ιστορία του 60χρονου Γιούχτα" (in Greek). patris.gr. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. ^ "Η "χρυσή βίβλος" του Κυπέλλου ΕΠΣΗ" (in Greek). neakriti.gr. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01.
  3. ^ "Πρωταθλητής ο ΠΟΑ, ανέβηκε και ο Γιούχτας, ανοικτές δύο θέσεις στο φινάλε του Περιφερειακού" (in Greek). creteplus.gr.
  4. ^ "Οι 53 πρωταθλήτριες που παίρνουν εισιτήριο για τη Γ' Εθνική" (in Greek). goalpost.gr. Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
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