# 2008–09 PAS Giannina F.C. season

The 2008–09 season is PAS Giannina F.C.'s 25th competitive season in the second division of Greek football and 43rd year in existence as a football club. They also compete in the Greek Cup.

## Players

Updated:-
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Place of birth | Date of birth | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Nikos Zafeiropoulos (VC2) | GK | Patras, Greece | 8 January 1974 | Levadiakos | |
| 30 | Georgios Sikalias | GK | Athens, Greece | 25 March 1986 | Ethnikos Piraeus | |
| 15 | Panagiotis Lolas | GK | Ioannina, Greece | 26 June 1992 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 34 | Athanasios Kouventaris | GK | Sidirokastro, Greece | 19 January 1983 | PAS Preveza | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Georgios Dasios (C) | RB | Ioannina, Greece | 12 May 1983 | - | |
| 3 | Kostas Pagonis | LB | Athens, Greece | 11 September 1985 | Atromitos | |
| 4 | Georgios Kousas | CB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 12 August 1982 | Apollon Kalamarias | |
| 5 | Spyros Gogolos | CB | Kerkyra, Greece | 11 August 1978 | Aris Thessaloniki | |
| 6 | Kostas Louboutis | LB | Thessaloniki, Greece | 10 June 1979 | Levadiakos | |
| 16 | Giorgos Kolios | LB | Ioannina, Greece | 28 April 1990 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 21 | Panagiotis Tzimas | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 7 January 1991 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 24 | Giorgos Karakostas | CB | Stanos, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece | 23 July 1984 | Ilisiakos | |
| 25 | Alexios Michail | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 18 August 1986 | Lamia | |
| 32 | Pavlos Vartziotis | CB | Ioannina, Greece | 27 January 1981 | Kerkyra | |
| 37 | Giannis Stathis | RB | Athens, Greece | 20 May 1987 | Panathinaikos | |
| 88 | Nikolaos Georgiadis | RB | Toronto, Canada | 23 March 1983 | Kozani | |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | Ilias Michalopoulos | ML | Athens, Greece | 15 October 1985 | Atromitos U-21 | |
| 8 | Luciano | CM | Volta Redonda, Brazil | 21 August 1972 | Atromitos | |
| 12 | Jean Marie Sylla | ML | Conakry, Guinea | 22 April 1983 | Apollon Kalamarias | |
| 14 | Kostas Pappas | CM | Ioannina, Greece | 30 November 1991 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 17 | César Castro | DM | San Cristobal, Tachira, Venezuela | 10 April 1983 | Atromitos | |
| 18 | Esteban Buján | DM | Capital Federal, Argentina | 13 July 1979 | CA Banfield | |
| 20 | David Meza | DM | Asunción, Paraguay | 15 August 1988 | Atromitos | Loan |
| 23 | Evripidis Giakos | CM / CF | Ioannina, Greece | 9 April 1991 | PAS Giannina U-21 | |
| 27 | Federico Ariel García | ML | Malagueño, Argentina | 4 January 1979 | Olympiacos Volos | Loan |
| 29 | Lucas Rimoldi | CM | Córdoba, Argentina | 10 August 1980 | Talleres | |
| 99 | Lucas Scaglia | CM | Rosario, Argentina | 6 May 1987 | Terrassa | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Giorgos Saitiotis | FW | Chalkidiki, Greece | 25 July 1981 | Niki Volos | |
| 11 | Evangelos Kontogoulidis | ST | Proastio, Kozani, Greece | 13 July 1981 | Kozani | |
| 19 | Georgios Gougoulias | ST | Schweinfurt, Germany | 7 February 1983 | Panserraikos | |
| 22 | Christos Tzanis | FW | Parapotamos, Greece | 22 April 1985 | Anagennisi Arta | |
| 77 | Ilias Solakis (VC) | FW | Florina, Greece | 15 December 1974 | Kastoria | |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window ||||||||
| 18 | Kostantinos Kaznaferis | RW | Arta, Greece | 22 June 1987 | Anagennisi Arta | |
| 10 | Christos Koutsospyros | FW | Agrinio, Greece | 14 October 1981 | Atromitos | |
| 19 | Giannis Samaras | RB | Kozani, Greece | 26 May 1983 | Thermaikos Thermis | |

### International players

* Kostas Louboutis (men's)
* Georgios Sikalias (U-21)
* Georgios Kousas (U-21)
* Kostas Pagonis (U-21)

### Foreign players

| EU Nationals | EU Nationals (Dual Citizenship) Luciano Federico Ariel García | Non-EU Nationals Esteban Buján Lucas Rimoldi Lucas Scaglia Jean Marie Sylla César Castro David Meza |

## Personnel
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Majority Owner | Alexis Kougias (until 3 July 2008) Giorgos Christovasilis (from 3 July 2008) |
| President and CEO | Alexis Kougias (until 3 July 2008) Giorgos Christovasilis (from 3 July 2008) |
| Director of Football | Thalis Tsirimokos |
| Head of Ticket Department | Alekos Potsis |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Nikos Anastopoulos (Until 3 July 2008) Ángel Guillermo Hoyos (From 10 July 2008 until 29 April 2009) Miltos Mastoras ct (From 29 April 2010 until 25 May 2009) |
| Assistant coach | Fernando Argila |
| Fitness coach | Pablo Lugitano |
| Goalkeepers Coach | Angel Argila |

### Medical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head doctor | Spyros Siaravas |
| Physio | Filipos Skordos |

## Transfers
### Summer
#### In

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 30 | GK | Georgios Sikalias | Panathinaikos | - | 17 July 2008 |
| 24 | CB | Giorgos Karakostas | Ilisiakos | - | 17 July 2008 |
| 37 | RB | Giannis Stathis | Panathinaikos | - | 19 July 2008 |
| 6 | LB | Kostas Louboutis | Levadiakos | - | 19 July 2008 |
| 17 | DM | César Castro | Atromitos | - | 22 July 2008 |
| 20 | DM | David Meza | Atromitos | Loan | 29 July 2008 |
| 8 | CM | Luciano | Atromitos | - | 5 August 2008 |
| 29 | CM | Lucas Rimoldi | Talleres | - | 12 August 2008 |
| 23 | CM / CF | Evripidis Giakos | PAS Giannina U-21 | - | |

#### Out

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | AM | Sotiris Tsatsos | Apollon Kalamarias | Released | 25 June 2008 |
| | CB / DM | Paul Adado | Panserraikos | 70.000 | 12 July 2008 |
| | CB | Nikos Zapropoulos | Panthrakikos | Released | 14 July 2008 |
| | GK | Mahamadou Sidibé | Ethnikos Achna | Released | 15 July 2008 |
| 31 | DM | Kostas Kiassos | Levadiakos | Released | 15 July 2008 |
| | AMR | Aristomenis Kapouranis | PAS Lamia | Released | 16 July 2008 |
| | DM | Alexandros Kalogeris | Keravnos Keratea | - | 21 July 2008 |
| | CB | Apostolos Avramidis | Ethnikos Filippiada | Loan | 6 August 2008 |
| | RW | Giorgos Lappas | Ethnikos Filippiada | Loan | 14 August 2008 |
| 20 | CM | Kostas Diamantidis | Fostiras | Loan | 29 August 2008 |
| | CM | Fillip Rodrigues | - | - | |

### Winter
#### In

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 99 | CM | Lucas Scaglia | Terrassa | - | 13 January 2009 |
| 18 | DM | Esteban Buján | CA Banfield | - | 13 January 2009 |
| 27 | ML | Federico Ariel García | Olympiacos Volos | Loan | 22 January 2009 |
| 19 | ST | Georgios Gougoulias | Panserraikos | - | 30 January 2009 |
| 16 | LB | Giorgos Kolios | PAS Giannina U-21 | Promoted | 17 February 2009 |
| 21 | CB | Panagiotis Tzimas | PAS Giannina U-21 | Promoted | 17 February 2009 |
| 14 | CM | Kostas Pappas | PAS Giannina U-21 | Promoted | 17 February 2009 |

#### Out

| No | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 18 | RW | Kostantinos Kaznaferis | Pyrsos Grevena | Loan | 6 January 2009 |
| 10 | FW | Christos Koutsospyros | Panachaiki | Loan | 8 January 2009 |
| 19 | RB | Giannis Samaras | Pyrsos Grevena | Loan | 16 January 2009 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

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## Competitions
### League table
#### Results summary

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#### Fixtures

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