PAS Giannina F.C.

PAS Giannina

Full name	Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα (Panepirotic Athletic Association Giannina)
Nickname(s)	Ajax of Epirus Pagourades (Canteen Men)
Founded	1966
Ground	Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina, Greece (Capacity: 7,500 (seated))
Μajor shareholder	Giorgos Hristovasilis
Chairman	Giorgos Hristovasilis
Manager	Stéphane Demol
League	Superleague
2010-11	Football League , 2nd (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

PAS Giannina (Greek: Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα – Panipeirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina), the Panepirotic Athletic Association Giannina, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capital of Greece’s Epirus region.

Following the 2010–11 season, PAS was promoted to Greece’s Super League division. The club is probably best known among Greek football spectators for its fervent support and its status as the Epirus region's preeminent football club.

History

The rise of the 'Ajax of Epirus'

PAS was formed in 1966 as a result of the union of the two local teams – Atromitos and Averof. During its 1970s and early 1980s prime, the provincial club was bolstered by the acquisition of six Argentine players of Greek descent (Oscar Alvarez, Edouardo Rigani, Juan Montez, Jose Pasternac, Alfredo Glasman and Edouardo Lisa, with De Faria as coach) and procured several finishes near the top of the National Division table, often earning victories over Greece’s more established big city teams such as Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK and PAOK. The club’s effective and spirited play during the 1970s drew flattering comparisons with that of the Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam, and the moniker “Ajax of Epirus” has stuck with the team ever since. In 1980 former Poland national team coach Jacek Gmoch took the helm of the Epirote club for what was a brief but reasonably successful tenure.

In the doldrums: Mid-1980s and 90s

The period following the club's aforementioned peak years generally marked a sharp decline in the club's fortunes as many of its top stars moved on or retired outright without being satisfactorily replaced. PAS languished in the lower rungs of Greek football from the mid 1980s onwards, having only managed to stubbornly climb back up to the top flight for a single season in 1990 before being immediately demoted. The club would spend the remainder of the 1990s in the lower divisions.

Bumpy ride: 2000 to 2009

PAS has experienced a fair degree of instability in recent years. Under the stewardship of businessman Manthos Kolempas, the club showed signs of a mild resurgence by managing to be promoted to the National Division twice since 2000. The club was relegated, however, from the top flight after the 2000–1 season following a controversial 3-game playoff with OFI Crete and again after the 2002–3 season following sanctions of 65 points imposed on it by the Greek football association (EPO) after a unique and dubious decision.^{[citation needed]} While there were other teams in the Superleague that owed at least 30 million euros, only PAS Giannina were relegated.

Related administrative and financial issues threatened to cause the club to be stripped of its professional status and relegated to the amateur division indefinitely. This was ultimately averted and the club's control switched over to controversial attorney Alexis Kougias, who oversaw the promotion of the team from the Tertiary Division (Gamma Ethniki) to the Second Division (Beta Ethniki). PAS finished 5th in the Second Division after the 2006–7 season and finished 4th after the 2007–8 season, coming very close to promotion and only losing out on the last match day.

In the summer of 2008 ownership of the club was passed over to Yiorgos Christovasilis, a businessman from Athens whose roots stem from the Epirus region. He brought on Guillermos Ollos as coach for the 2008–09 season,in which they succeeded in promoting the team in Greek Super League for the next season. PAS Giannina will reach the first Greek division and as a coach was employed Georgios Paraschos that was elected Manager of the year with Iraklis in 1996.

Second Greek Cup Semi-final

After 6 seasons with the PAS Giannina set foot at Alpha Ethniki, now called Super League Greece, to cope with this great commitment and experience of the past, the chairman Yiorgos Christovasilis hired from Siena, the Greek international goalkeeper Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos. But he did not stop there, he also hired, Ilias Kotsios former Panathinaikos and an old acquaintance of Italian football, Ibrahima Bakayoko for playing in the ranks of Messina and Livorno and returned from a good season at PAOK finished second behind Olympiakos. From Olympiakos come Konstantinos Mendrinos winning the title in Greece. The PAS Giannina was also on traied to hire national champions with the national team of Greece, like the former Roma defender giant Traianos Dellas, Angelos Basinas former captain in force at Portsmouth and Giannis Goumas but in the end it wasn't found that agreement with them. In January of 2010 is called as a coach, an old acquaintance of the Italian championship Nikos Anastopoulos in place of Georgios Paraschos. On 20 January 2010, PAS Giannina reach the first knockout round of the Greek Cup against dell'Atromitos, team coached by Giorgos Donis former flag of the team of Epirus. On 2 February 2010, the PAS Giannina at the Zosimades Stadium inflicts 4–0 to PAOK FC of Italians Bruno Cirillo, Mirko Savini and other players like Zisis Vryzas and Theodoros Zagorakis, that they've played in Italy. Where the European goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias, that won Euro 2004 with Greece, couldn't stop the Ianotes strikers and PAS Giannina will face Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup semi-final for the second time in the history of the club's main city of Ioannina.

Honors and distinctions

Over the years, PAS has competed in the National Division for a total of 15 seasons. The club has never won the National Championship or the Greek Cup, but it has won lower division titles throughout its history and represented the Greek football league in the 1978-9 and 1993-4 Balkans Cup tournaments. During its peak years in the National Division, the club twice finished in the 5th place position (1975-6, 1977–8 seasons) and once in the 6th place spot (1979–80 season). The most famous player to have donned the blue and white PAS jersey in recent years is defender Giourkas Seitaridis, who later played for Panathinaikos, FC Porto, Dynamo Moscow, and Atlético Madrid as well as the triumphant Euro 2004 Greece squad. On January 31, 2007, PAS clinched a spot in the Greek Cup semifinals by virtue of an extra-time goal from Evangelos Kontogoulidis before a hostile crowd in Karaiskakis Stadium. With an aggregate score of 3–2, PAS also became the first ever lower division club to eliminate Olympiacos from the Greek Cup tournament.

• National Division
  • 1975–76, 5th place: 30 games, 36 points, 15 wins, 6 draws, 9 losses, goals 40–33
  • 1977–78, 5th place: 34 games, 38 points, 14 wins, 10 draws, 10 losses, goals 45–39
  • 1979–80, 6th place: 34 games, 37 points, 14 wins, 9 draws, 11 losses, goals 50–44
• Second division
  • 1973–74, second division champion
  • 1985–86, second division champion
  • 2001–02, second division champion

Rivalries

PAS fans feel deep antipathy towards the clubs from Athens, AEK Athens, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos.

There is hostility with OFI Crete based on the events surrounding their 2001 playoff. In contrast, derby matches against nearby AO Kerkyra are competitive in the sporting sense but do not evoke the same feelings of enmity from PAS supporters.

Nicknames

PAS Giannina was given the nickname Ajax of Epirus (Greek: Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου) in the 70's, thanks to their impressive football style which was likened licentia poetica to the style of the famous Dutch club.

Because of the strong connection between the city of Ioannina and the club, the fans of PAS Giannina are also called Pagourades (Παγουράδες, literally The Canteen Men). This nickname applies to all the people from Ioannina and comes from an old legend, according to which they once tried to drain the local lake dry by using their canteens.

Current squad

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 Karim Fegrouche 2 DF Georgios Dasios (captain) 3 MF Andi Lila 4 DF Ilias Kotsios 5 DF Anastasios Pantos 6 MF Alexios Michail 7 MF Anastasios Kyriakos 8 MF Themistoklis Tzimopoulos 9 FW Héctor Luis Cuevas 10 FW Ibrahima Bakayoko 11 MF Leandro Becerra 14 MF Emiljano Vila 15 MF Tomas De Vincenti 16 DF Paraskevas Andralas

No. Position Player 17 MF Fotis Georgiou 20 MF Paul Keita 21 DF Ismaël Bouzid 22 FW Christos Tzanis 23 DF Marios Ikonomou 26 MF Manolis Skoufalis 27 DF Vanderson 29 MF Jaouad Zairi 30 GK Charalambos Tabasis 31 MF Giannis Ioannou 71 GK Fotis Kipouros 77 MF Christos Patsatzoglou 93 FW Mamadou Bagayoko

Notable former players

Greece Kostas Andriopoulos Andreas Bonovas Thanasis Bretanos Giorgos Donis Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Takis Grammeniatis Evangelos Kontogoulidis Thomas Kyparissis Nikos Lappas Nikos Liakos Alkis Mantos Vasilis Papachristou Vasilis Papagelis Lakis Papaioannou Thanasis Papazoglou Giorgos Priskas Georgios Saitiotis Yourkas Seitaridis Dimitris Sialmas Nikos Spiropoulos Thalis Tsirimokos Thomas Tsourlidas Algeria Salim Arrache

Argentina Oscar Alvarez Esteban Buján Alfredo Glasman Edouardo Lisa Juan Montez Jose Pasternac Edouardo Rigani Lucas Rimoldi Belgium Patrick Dimbala Brazil Luciano de Souza Cameroon Guy Armand Feutchine Côte d'Ivoire Gilles Domoraud Germany Ivica Majstorović Guatemala Guillermo Ramírez Carlos Ruiz

Guinea Jean Marie Sylla Liberia Joe Nagbe Mali Mahamadou Sidibe Portugal José Furtado Serbia Dragan Kokotovic Zdenko Muf Slovenia Mirnes Šišić Uruguay Vicente Estavillo Nicholas Schenone Zimbabwe Nagoli Kennedy

According to the Official site of Pas Giannina F.C.

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2009.

For recent transfers, see List of Greek football transfers summer 2011.

Club anthem

PAS Giannina's club anthem was composed by Kitsakis Alekos. PAS Giannina Club Anthem

ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα
Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου
Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα
Απόγονοι του Πύρρου
ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ
Και σίγουρα θα πας
Στην Α' Εθνική
Ομάδα θρυλική

Greek	Greek Transliteration	English Translation
First stanza
ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική	ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική	ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Ajax of Epirus ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Ajax of Epirus Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική
Chorus
ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Απόγονοι των Σουλιωτών Γιαννιώτες λεοντάρια Δείξτε και στο ποδόσφαιρο Πως είστε παλικάρια ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Νικήστε μεσ'τα γήπεδα Τον κάθε αντίπαλό σας Κι εμείς τα Ηπειροτόπουλα Είμαστε στο πλευρό σας ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Προχώρησε ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Συνέχισε τους άθλους Γιατί έχεις πάντα στο πλευρό Τους θρυλικούς φιλάθλους ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική	ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Απόγονοι των Σουλιωτών Γιαννιώτες λεοντάρια Δείξτε και στο ποδόσφαιρο Πως είστε παλικάρια ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Νικήστε μεσ'τα γήπεδα Τον κάθε αντίπαλό σας Κι εμείς τα Ηπειροτόπουλα Είμαστε στο πλευρό σας ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Προχώρησε ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Συνέχισε τους άθλους Γιατί έχεις πάντα στο πλευρό Τους θρυλικούς φιλάθλους ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική
Second stanza
ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Απόγονοι των Σουλιωτών Γιαννιώτες λεοντάρια Δείξτε και στο ποδόσφαιρο Πως είστε παλικάρια ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Νικήστε μεσ'τα γήπεδα Τον κάθε αντίπαλό σας Κι εμείς τα Ηπειροτόπουλα Είμαστε στο πλευρό σας ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική Προχώρησε ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Συνέχισε τους άθλους Γιατί έχεις πάντα στο πλευρό Τους θρυλικούς φιλάθλους ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου Μη σας τρομάζει τίποτα Απόγονοι του Πύρρου ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Και σίγουρα θα πας Στην Α' Εθνική Ομάδα θρυλική	ΠΕΙΡΑΝ ΤΟΝ ΓΕΡΟ ΜΟΥ: O ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΠΕΙΡΑΝ ΤΟΝ ΓΕΡΟ ΜΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΤΜΗΜΑ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΕΙΠΕ Ο ΔΟΙΙΚΗΤΗΣ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,Ο ΓΙΟΣ ΣΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΛΗΤΑΡΑΣ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΕΙΝΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΞΗΚΟΜΑΝΗΣ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΜΠΟΥΚΑΡΑΝ ΜΠΑΤΣΟΙ ΜΕΣ ΤΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΣΧΕΣΑΝ ΤΑ ΕΞΕΙΣ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,10 ΓΡΑΜΜΑΡΙΑ ΗΡΩΙΝΗ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΚΑΙ 1,5 ΚΙΛΟ ΧΑΣΙΣ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΤΗ ΜΑΣΤΟΥΡΑ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΠΟΥ ΜΕ ΑΦΗΣΑΝ ΝΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΙΩ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΚΑΣΚΟΛ ΠΟΥ ΧΩ ΣΤΟΝ ΤΟΙΧΟ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,ΠΟΥ ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΠΑΣ ΣΕ ΑΓΑΠΩ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ,Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΟΛΕ...	Ι ΚΙΑΝ ΔΕΝ ΓΝΩΡΙΣΑ ΧΑΡΕΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΕΣ: TI KIAN ΔΕΝ ΓΝΩΡΙΣΑ ΧΑΡΕΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΕΣ,ΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΝ ΔΕΝ ΠΗΓΑ ΣΕ ΕΝΑΝ ΤΕΛΙΚΟ!ΕΝΑ ΜΟΝΑΧΑ ΞΕΡΩ ΝΑ ΦΩΝΑΖΩ Ο ΠΑΣ ΟΛΕ ΣΕ ΑΓΑΠΩΩΩ!................................. FORZA ΓΙΑΝΝΕΝΑΡΑ: FORZA ΓΙΑΝΝΕΝΑΡΑΑΑ,ΠΑΝΤΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΩΩΩΩΩ!ΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟ,AJAX Σ'ΑΓΑΠΩΩΩΩ FORZA ΓΙΑΝΝΕΡΑΑΑΑΑ,ΠΑΝΤΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΩΩΩΩΩ!ΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟ,AJAX Σ'ΑΓΑΠΩ
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ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου	ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα Άγιαξ της Ηπείρου	ΠΑΣ ΠΑΣ Giannina Ajax of Epirus
Chorus

External links

• Pasgiannina.gr
• Pasgianninashop.gr PAS GIANNINA SHOP
• PAS.gr Forum PAS Giannina fans
• Blue Vayeros PAS Giannina fans
• Apei Rotan PAS Giannina fans
• Blue Vayeros Thessaloniki PAS Giannina fans
• Stadio Zossimades
• Stadio panipeirotiko