# Edessaikos F.C.

Edessaikos Football Club (Greek: Εδεσσαϊκός) is a Greek football club based in Edessa, Greece currently playing in the Pella FCA Second Division. Edessaikos was founded in 1960 and has won the Gamma Ethniki a record 4 times (1977, 1983, 1987, 1989). Edessaikos also won the Balkans Cup in 1993.

## History

Edessaikos is a football club based in Edessa Greece. It was founded in 1960 when three local clubs – Aris, Iraklis, Ethnikos – merged. Edessaikos was a founding member of the Pella Football Clubs Association in 1971. The club has participated in the Greek Football A Division between 1993 and 1997. From 2010 to 2017, Edesaikos competed in the A1 League of Pella (fifth tier overall), after getting relegated from Delta Ethniki during the 2009–10 season. Edessaikos also has a well-organised youth academy system. Edessaiko's academies the season 2011–2012 was champions of the 1st group of Pella on 98–97 ages.
On 21 May 2017, Edessaikos won the Championship by winning 1–0 at the final. Since then, the team competes in Gamma Ethniki.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 24 September 2019
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 |
| — | GK | GRE | Stathis Vasiliadis |
| — | DF | GRE | Angelos Kiortsis |
| — | DF | GRE | Andreas Charavitidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Giannis Papadimitriou |
| — | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Mavropoulos |
| — | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Avramidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Argyris Toufas |
| — | DF | GRE | Grigoris Kasapidis |
| — | DF | GRE | Christos Konstantinidis |
| — | MF | GRE | Anastasios Papoutzidis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Vasilios Poupis |
| — | MF | GRE | Lefteris Karatzaoglou |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Passalis |
| — | FW | GRE | Georgios Mylonas |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Sfetkos |
| — | FW | GRE | Vangelis Petkos |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Tsolakidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Giannis Pantelidis |
| — | FW | GRE | Georgios Karadimos |
| — | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Ypsilos |

## Honours
### Domestic

* Second Division
** Winners (2): 1962–63 (Group 4), 1964–65 (Group 4)
* Third Division
** Winners (3): 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89
* Greek FCA Winners' Championship
** Winners (1): 1977
* Pella FCA First Division
** Winners (6): 1975–76, 1976–77, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2016–17
* Pella FCA Cup
** Winners (8): 1981–82, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2018–19

### International

* Balkans Cup
** Winners (1): 1993

### Notable wins

* Season
* Match
* Score
* 1994–93
* Edessaikos – Panathinaikos
* 2–0
* 1994–95
* Edessaikos – AEK Athens
* 2–1
* 1992–93
* Edessaikos – PAOK
* 3–1
* 1993–94
* Edessaikos – PAOK
* 2–0
* 1994–95
* Edessaikos – PAOK
* 1–0
* 1995–96
* PAOK – Edessaikos
* 0–1
* 1992–93
* Edessaikos – Aris
* 2–1
* 1993–94
* Edessaikos – Aris (for Greek Cup)
* 1–0
* 1994–95
* Edessaikos – Aris (for Greek Cup)
* 1–0
* 1994–95
* Aris – Edessaikos (for Greek Cup)
* 0–1
* 1996–97
* Edessaikos – Aris
* 1–0

## Colours and badge

Traditionally the club's colours are green and white. Edessaikos' badge consists of a trident, together with the name of the club placed above the trident. Edessaikos fans aren't many, but they are passionate. Their nickname is "WaterBoys".