# 2005–06 Ergotelis F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Ergotelis' 76th season in existence, first season in the Greek Beta Ethniki following the club's relegation during last year's Alpha Ethniki, and 8th season overall in the competition. Ergotelis also participated in the Greek cup, entering the competition in the Third Round. The content of this article covers club activities from 1 June 2005 until 31 May 2006.
The club managed to win the Championship title for the first time in its history, thus achieving its first ever professional domestic title. Furthermore, Ergotelis impressed with their performance in the Greek Football Cup, where they managed to eliminate Greek giants Panathinaikos, advancing all the way to the competition's Round of 16 (fifth round) for the first time since the mid-80s.

## Players

Summer acquisition  Winter acquisition
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Michalis Ximerakis | GK | 22 February 1975 (31) | PANO Malia | |
| 22 | Michalis Zacharioudakis | GK | 15 July 1986 (20) | Youth system | |
| 30 | Zsolt Posza | GK | 11 May 1977 (29) | Vasas | |
| N/A | Kostas Chaniotakis | GK | 9 July 1968 (37) | APOEL | also, Goalkeepers' coach |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Alexandros Rizoulis | CB | 27 July 1983 (23) | | |
| 5 | Fragkiskos Economakis | CB | 19 January 1974 (32) | AO Agios Nikolaos | |
| 6 | Panagiotis Kordonouris | CB | 8 November 1975 (30) | Skoda Xanthi | On loan |
| 18 | Michalis Argyrakis | CB | 18 June 1980 (26) | PANO Malia | |
| 21 | Dionysis Georgopoulos | CB | 12 June 1984 (26) | Youth system | |
| 25 | Charidimos Michos | RB | 15 March 1981 (25) | Panachaiki | |
| 27 | Konstantinos Stavrakakis | RB | 6 September 1978 (27) | OFI Crete | |
| 31 | Markos Gkiatas | CB | 20 March 1987 (19) | Diagoras Rhodes | |
| 33 | Georgi Markov | CB | 20 January 1972 (34) | Levski Sofia | |
| 34 | Nikos Papadopoulos | CB | 5 October 1971 (34) | Apollon Kalamarias | |
| 82 | Paschalis Melissas | LB | 9 March 1982 (24) | Skoda Xanthi | On loan |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Labros Kefaloukos | DM | 31 March 1982 (24) | OFI Crete | On loan |
| 8 | Nikolaos Tzanetis | CM | 27 April 1979 (27) | OFI Crete | |
| 10 | Dimitrios Kiliaras | AM | 23 March 1986 (20) | Youth system | |
| 11 | Béla Kovács | CM | 30 March 1977 (29) | Alki Larnaca | |
| 16 | Evangelos Stathoglou | DM | 19 October 1988 (17) | Youth system | |
| 19 | Georgios Savvidis | RM | 27 March 1974 (32) | Kallithea | |
| 20 | Manolis Soutzis | CM | 8 July 1972 (33) | EA Rethymniakou | |
| 74 | Daniel Kenedy | DM | 18 February 1974 (32) | APOEL | |
| 77 | Rune Hagen | LM | 20 July 1975 (30) | Herfølge BK | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Patrick Ogunsoto | CF | 19 April 1983 (23) | APOEL | |
| 14 | Dragan Načevski | RW | 27 January 1980 (26) | Vardar | |
| 29 | Dimitrios Skouloudis | CF | 8 October 1987 (19) | Youth system | |
| 97 | Lucian Pârvu | RW | 14 June 1983 (23) | Extensiv Craiova | |

### The following players have departed in mid-season

| N/A | Nikolaos Chalkiadakis | CM | 4 May 1986 (20) | Irodotos | Loaned out |
| 7 | Vasilios Goniotakis | CF | 29 November 1979 (26) | PANO Malia | Transferred |

### Out of Team

| 13 | Galin Ivanov | CM | 6 April 1975 (31) | Marek Dupnitsa | Career-ending knee injury |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Nikos Karageorgiou | Fragkiskos Economakis | Admiral | Almaco Aluminum Systems (−21 November 2005) OPAP (26 November 2005−) |

## Transfers

Winter Transfer Window

### In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 19 | MF | Georgios Savvidis | Kallithea | Free | 15 June 2005 |
| 30 | GK | Zsolt Posza | Vasas | Free | 3 July 2005 |
| 11 | MF | Béla Kovács | Alki Larnaca | Free | 3 July 2005 |
| 6 | DF | Panagiotis Kordonouris | Skoda Xanthi | Loan | 3 July 2005 |
| 25 | DF | Charidimos Michos | Panachaiki | Free | 3 July 2005 |
| 2 | DF | Alexandros Rizoulis | Dotieas Agia | Free | 5 July 2005 |
| 7 | FW | Vasilios Goniotakis | PANO Malia | Loan return | 5 July 2005 |
| N/A | MF | Nikolaos Chalkiadakis | Irodotos | Free | 11 July 2005 |
| 4 | MF | Labros Kefaloukos | OFI Crete | Loan | 12 July 2005 |
| 14 | FW | Dragan Načevski | Vardar | Free | 14 July 2005 |
| 77 | MF | Rune Hagen | Herfølge BK | Free | 20 July 2005 |
| 33 | DF | Georgi Markov | Levski Sofia | Free | 21 July 2005 |
| N/A | MF | Ednilson | Benfica | Free | 28 August 2005 |
| 74 | MF | Daniel Kenedy | APOEL | Free | 17 December 2005 |
| 27 | MF | Konstantinos Stavrakakis | OFI Crete | Free | 4 January 2006 |
| 82 | DF | Paschalis Melissas | Skoda Xanthi | On loan | 19 January 2006 |
| N/A | DF | Ioannis Kiliaras | Irodotos | Undisclosed | 25 January 2006 |
| N/A | GK | Kostas Chaniotakis | APOEL | Free | 27 January 2006 |
| N/A | MF | Javier de Pedro | IFK Göteborg | Free | 9 February 2006 |
| 34 | DF | Nikos Papadopoulos | Apollon Kalamarias | Free | 7 March 2006 |

### Promoted from youth system

| Squad # | Position | Player | Date | Signed Until |
| 29 | FW | Dimitrios Skouloudis | 2 June 2005 | 30 June 2010 |
| 21 | DF | Dionysis Georgopoulos | 13 June 2005 | 30 June 2010 |
| N/A | DF | Georgios Apostolakis | 22 June 2005 | 30 June 2010 |
| 22 | GK | Michalis Zacharioudakis | 23 November 2005 | 30 June 2010 |
| 16 | MF | Evangelos Stathoglou | 3 January 2006 | 30 June 2010 |
Total spending: 0,000 €

### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ilias Eleftheriadis | PAOK | Loan return | 30 May 2005 |
| GK | Manolis Makrydakis | End of career | − | 6 June 2005 |
| DF | Nikolaos Sourgias | Ionia 2000 | Loan | 11 June 2005 |
| FW | Clement Mazibuko | Mamelodi Sundowns | Loan return | 13 June 2005 |
| FW | Ishmael Addo | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Loan return | 13 June 2005 |
| MF | Andriy Gircha | Dynamo Kyiv | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| DF | Nana Falemi | Vaslui | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| DF | Suad Fileković | Mouscron | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| FW | Stefanos Voskaridis | Veria | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| DF | Andreas Skentzos | Rodos | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| GK | Kostas Chaniotakis | APOEL | Free | 14 June 2005 |
| DF | Charalabos Charalabakis | AEP Paphos | Free | 14 June 2005 |
| DF | Georgios Apostolakis | Panthrakikos | Loan | 23 June 2005 |
| DF | Alkis Dimitris | Veria | Free | 26 June 2005 |
| MF | Manolis Spyridakis | Kalamata | Free | 26 June 2005 |
| MF | Stavros Labrakis | End of career | − | 27 June 2005 |
| MF | Lars Schlichting | Ethnikos Achna | €50,000 | 26 August 2005 |
| MF | Ednilson | Benfica | Transfer Cancelled | 31 August 2005 |
| MF | Jean Marie Sylla | Kallithea | Free | 17 September 2005 |
| DF | Ioannis Kiliaras | Irodotos | Loan | 25 January 2006 |
| MF | Nikolaos Chalkiadakis | Irodotos | Loan | 25 January 2006 |
| FW | Vasilios Goniotakis | Irodotos | Free | 25 January 2006 |
| MF | Javier de Pedro | Burgos | Free | 21 March 2006 |
Total income: 50,000 € Expenditure: 50,000 €

## Managerial changes

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Manolis Patemtzis | Sacked | 30 January 2006 | 3rd | Nikos Karageorgiou | 1 February 2006 |

## Kit
### 2005−06

Supplier: Admiral Sponsor(s): Almaco Aluminium Systems, OPAP
| Home | Away | Third | Home( 2) |
Source: Patris newspaper

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Beta Ethniki | 1 | 1st | 1st | 24 September 2005 | ? |
| Greek Football Cup | First Round | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 31 August 2005 | 21 December 2005 |
Last updated: 24 April 2014

## Beta Ethniki
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ergotelis (C, P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 56 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Kerkyra (P) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 56 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Aris (P) | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 54 | Promotion to Super League |
| 4 | Thrasyvoulos | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 53 | |
| 5 | Veria | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 41 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 February 2014. Source: Competitive matches

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Greek Cup
### Third Round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Polykastro | 0 – 5 | Ergotelis (Q) |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Fourth Round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Ergotelis (Q) | 1 – 0 | Panathinaikos |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Round of 16

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Agrotikos Asteras (Q) | 2 – 0 | Ergotelis |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Total |
| 9 | FW | | Patrick Ogunsoto | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 33 | DF | | Georgi Markov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | FW | | Dragan Načevski | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | MF | | Georgios Savvidis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Béla Kovács | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Dimitrios Kiliaras | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | | Manolis Soutzis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Labros Kefaloukos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Panagiotis Kordonouris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 | DF | | Paschalis Melissas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | | Dimitrios Skouloudis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| - | - | - | Opponent's own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 41 | 6 | 47 |
Last updated: 25 April 2014