P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras

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

Full name	Football Societe Anonyme Gymnastic Club Diagoras 1905 Greek: Ποδοσφαιρική Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Διαγόρας 1905
Nickname(s)	Γηραιός (Old man) Kυανέρυθροι (The cyan and red)
Founded	March 25, 1905 (March 25, 1905)
Ground	Diagoras Stadium
Capacity	3,693
Chairman	Michalis Stathopoulos
Manager	Thomas Grafas
League	Super League Greece 2
2023–24	Super League Greece 2, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Diagoras is named after the island's ancient boxer 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 Rhodes and Dodecanese joined with the rest of Hellas in 1947.

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. 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 and since 2020 continues to the 5th season in Super League 2.

In the 2019–2020 season, Diagoras finished in third place of the Football League (3rd tier) and was promoted to the Super League 2 (A2 division), the second tier of the professional football in Hellas.

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
1	GK	GRE	Georgios Ladas
2	DF	GRE	Angelos Tsavos
4	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Dimitriou
8	MF	IDN	Luke Xavier Keet
9	FW	GRE	Antonis Dermitzakis
10	MF	GRE	Vasilios Tsiantoulas
11	FW	GRE	Christos Tachmatzidis
14	MF	GRE	Athanasios Papatolios
17	MF	GRE	Nikolaos Klonaris
20	MF	GRE	Georgios Fekkas

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	GRE	Sokratis Filimonas Moustakas
22	DF	ARG	Juan Manuel Arias
23	DF	GRE	Nikitas Nikolis
24	MF	NED	Jonathan
26	DF	GRE	Stergios Dimopoulos
31	GK	GRE	Giannis Galanis
33	FW	GRE	Michalis Manias
68	GK	GRE	Panagiotis Avgerinos
77	DF	GRE	Georgios Manolakis
88	MF	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
  • Winners (1): 1985–86
    • Runners-up (4): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1982–83
• Third Division
  • Winners (3): 1974, 1979–80, 2007–08
    • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• 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

External links

• Official website