Rodos F.C.

The AS Rodos (Greek Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Ρόδος ) is a Greek football club from Rhodes. Currently the club plays in the Delta Ethniki, the fourth- highest division in the country.

History

In 1968, the club from the merger of three clubs Diagoras, Dorieas and Rodiakos Rhodes. After a team and the board of the new clubs were formed, we set a target to move up to the Alpha Ethniki. But the desired destination you did not close in the coming years and so Rodos played in the battle to avoid relegation in the second division. Only in the mid 70s, walked the results and the club improved its position annually. 1977/78 then succeeded under the leadership of Dr. Georgio Lampadi and Michalis Belli the long-awaited promotion to the top Greek league. After two years Rodos rose again in the second division. Once there, the association announced in the 1980/81 season in first place with Egaleo AO Athens, so that a play had to be played on neutral ground. In the stadium of Heraklion while Kostas Papaoikonomos scored the goal of the day and caused quite the direct promotion back to the Premier League.

In the following years, however, the AS Rodos experienced a steady decline and slipped in 1988 for the first time from even down to the amateur level. After two more ascents and descents of the club in 1994 merged with the re- formed club Diagoras Rodos. Under the name Enosi Rodos Diagoras but it rose again in 1993 to the third tier on, after two years in the amateur range from. The merger failed thus both economical and sporty, and from 1999 they played again under the name AS Rodos. In association with the crew of Panogiannion Rodos, the club managed in 2003 his date last promotion to the third division, where he plays since then. In the 2008 /09 season Rodos reached the 2nd place and thus qualified for the play-off for promotion to the second division. In the playoff game against Panetolikos Although they lost after a 1-0 lead even with 1:2, by the relegation of Apollon Kalamarias Rodos but was later able to take the course in the second division.

At the end of the 2009/10 season the club took refuge in the relegation Relegation was there after five draws and one defeat in six games but last and got back in the Football League 2 from.

League membership

Known player

  • Macedonia Nikola Gjosevski
  • Brazil Ricardo Villar
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