# 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 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Stergios Dimopoulos |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Chnaris (on loan from OFI Crete) |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Iraklis Garoufalias |
| 7 | MF | PAR | Richard Salinas |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Giannis Papadopoulos |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Athanasios Lioumis |
| 10 | MF | GRE | Vasilios Tsiantoulas |
| 12 | FW | GRE | Christos Almpanis |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Alex Aguado (on loan from Independiente Rivadavia II) |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Nasser Aboudou |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Thomas Oliveri (on loan from Defensa y Justicia II) |
| 21 | MF | ALB | Rakip Bregu |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Georgios Fekkas |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Nikitas Nikolis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | GER | Nico Petras |
| 27 | FW | GRE | Leonardo Nikolli |
| 29 | MF | GRE | Manolis Faitakis (on loan from OFI Crete) |
| 31 | GK | GRE | Giannis Galanis |
| 32 | DF | GRE | Stergios Paraskevas |
| 33 | FW | GRE | Michalis Manias |
| 59 | DF | GRE | Michalis Stamatoulas (on loan from Atromitos) |
| 66 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Georgeas |
| 69 | DF | ALB | Zog Djaloshi |
| 75 | GK | GRE | Apostolos Tsilingiris |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Georgios Manolakis |
| 87 | GK | GRE | Vasilios Sifakis (on loan from OFI Crete) |
| 99 | GK | GRE | Thomas Kappakas |

## 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 (15): 1970–1974, 1975–1978, 1998–2002, 2013–2017

## 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