Welcome Serafim,welcome Dimitris

The club of Athens Kickers is proud to announce one more double transfer. The Koulosousas family, Serafim and Dimitris are the newest assets of the club. We want to welcome them in the Athens Kickers family.
With those latest transfers we are closing the 2008.

We want to wish to all the members of the Kickers and their families the best for the year to come

Satellite of Ilioupoli

The last official tournament of the year 2008, the 2nd satellite of the season, was played in Ilioupoli.
Another great performance of the Athens Kickers players was there.
In the Under 15 our two participants Tasos Maroulas and Manos Kapsabelis reached the semis in a 12 player’s competition. Newcomer Manos Lysikatos reached the last 8.
In the veterans another all Kickers final took place. Marcos Kapsabelis and Giorgos Aggelinas once again faced one another. But this time the smile was for Giorgos.
In the open we had three players. Thanasis Vlassopoulos was the best of the other two (Argyris Poulidis and Giannis Vlassopoulos) as he was the only one who managed to Qualify from the groups of 5. Then he stayed on the Barrage stage as he lost on sudden death by Pappas 2-3.

IO OF ILIOUPOLI

The second International Open in Greece was played in Ilioupoli the weekend 13-14 of December.
Athens Kickers were there and they did a great job. A semi final in the team event and wins in 2 out of the 3 individuals’ categories was the sum.

In the teams an easy qualification from the group as second, (lost against Falcons 0-3) send us to play a semi final against the local team of Roligans. A dramatic game was played. It was draw 2-2 at the end but unfortunately we were one goal down (8-9), so our Boys (Giorgos Aggelinas, Marcos Kapsabelis, Aggelos Tsakiris, Thanasis and GiannisVlassopoulos) didnt get to the final.

In the individuals we had another comfortable win of Giannis in the under 15. With a series of wins he lifts the trophy as he bet in the final Dimitris Koulossousas. The other 2 of the Kickers were also in good shape. Manos Kapsabelis reached the semi final and Tasos Maroulas the last 8.

In the veterans a full Athens kickers final was played. Marcos won Giorgos in Sudden death 1-0 and won the tournament. Argyris Poulidis stayed on groups.
In the open category the best was Giorgos. He reached the last 8, when Marcos stayed in the last 16. Argyris amd Giannis Vlassopoulos stayed on the groups and Thanasis in the Barrage stage.

World Ranking November 2008

TEAMS:
1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 3568.5
2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2634.5
3 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 – PISA Team A pis ITA 2423.25
4 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 2087
5 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 2058.75
6 WORTHING FIVESTAR Team A wor ENG 1677.88
7 TSC FALCONS ATHENS Team A fal GRE 1645.25
8 BOLOGNA TIGERS SUBBUTEO Team A bol ITA 1612.25
9 AS HENNUYER Team A hen BEL 1576.50
10 SC CHARLEROI Team A cha BEL 1382.1
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33(+11) ATHENS KICKERS SC 411

OPEN:

61(-4) JAIME SILVA 303,75

113(+16) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 187.25

118(-6) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 178.05
126(-5) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 170.48

235(+67) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 65.1

399 THANASIS VLASSOPOULOS 31.75

546(-9) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75

599(-8) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS 17

626 GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 14.13

685(-7) FANIS ELLINAS 12

741(-13) GIANNIS SERBOS 10.5

U15:

8(+1) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 690

87(+4) EMMANOUIL KAPSAMPELIS 52.5

147(+11) MAROULAS ANASTASIOS 22.5

U19:

56 GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 54

VETS:

24(+11) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 509.1

25(+2) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 478.5
46(-1) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 276.75
121(-7) FANIS ELLINAS 72

211 ARGYRIS POULIDIS 27

Extraordinary news

1. Fotis Labi is erased by the team of Athens Kickers
2. Diamantis Labi is erased by the team of Athens Kickers

GP Berlin-Super Giannis

Weekend 29-30 of November the Athens kickers team went to Berlin, in order to participate in the German GP. The team consisted by Thanasis and Giannis Vlassopoulos, Aggelos Tsakiris, Argyris Poulidis and Giorgos Aggelinas.

In the teams event we qualified as second from the group (won against Dortmund 2-1 and lost against Delft 0-3) to the quarter finals.
Then we had to play against Mattesburg. The final score was 2-2 but unfortunately we were short by three goals. The critical game was between Argyris vs M. Haider (2-3 for the Austrian) but Argyris had big complaints about the refereeing of this game.

In the Individuals we had:
The bright future of the club shined in 3 categories.
The 9 years old Giannis won the U12 easily 7-0 in the final against Broer,
Reached the semifinal in the U15 and the last 8 in U19.

In Open Thanasis Vlassopoulos in his first ever european tour stayed in the groups.
Both Giorgos and Argyris qualified from the group just to lose in the barrage stage against Bambersky 2-4 and Grorund 0-1 sd.
Aggelos reached the last 16 but then he stopped on Blumel 1-2.


In the Veterans Tsakiris was the best of the 3. He was very unlucky and lost on the last 8 against Bambersky on shots. Poulidis lost in barrage against Thoen 0-2 and Giorgos stayed in groups thanks to Henk Landzaat..

Greek National Team Championship

Sunday November 23rd the day 1 (out of 3) of the Greek National Team Championship took place in Illioupoli Athens.
Our team (Giorgos Aggelinas, Marcos Kapsabelis, Argyris Poulidis, Thanasis and Giannis Vlassopoulos) played 6 games, won 3 lost 3. Unfortunately we had two last minutes players cancellation in participating with the team. Giannis Karvounis and mostly Aggelos Tsakiris failed to appear in the tournament. So we gathered 9 points out of the possible 18. At the league table we lay in the 4th place – equal with Aek- with 9 points.
Let’s have a look at the team results: won Lions B 2-0, Highlanders 4-0 and Mirmidones with the same score. We lost Falcons 0-3, Roligans 0-4 and Atlas 1-3.
The league table is Falcons, Roligans and Atlas 18. Kickers and Aek 9, Lions A 6, Highlanders A 4, Mirmidones 2, Highlanders B 1, Lions B 0.

Thanasis joins us

The team of Athens Kickers gladly announces that Thanasis Vlassopoulos is the new member of our team. Thanasis is the father of our last transfer Giannis Vlassopoulos and this season was till now with no club. The previous season he was a player of Highlanders Haidari.Thanasis will make his first appearance with the club this weekend in the Greek Team Championship and the next one in Berlin.
Go Kickers Go.

GP BRUSSELS

The first travel abroad for the season 2008-09 took place in the Brussels GP the weekend 8-9 of November.
The Athens Kickers team (Aggelos Tsakiris, Giorgos Aggelinas, Marcos Kapsabelis,Fotis Labi) didn’t manage to qualify from a hard group. We lost 0-2 against Delft and 0-3 against Stella Artois Milano and we finished third on a group of 4 (we beat Brussels ‘C’ 3-0).
On the individuals Giorgos WAS GREAT. He played in the veterans and he managed to reach the semis. 5 straight wins (one in sudden death in the quarter finals against Manganello) sealed a place in the semis. Then he lost against the world champion Martin Bom 0-2.
Aggelos and Marcos also played in the veterans. Marcos lost in the barrage game against Nico Marks on shots and Aggelos in the last 16 on shots against Martin Bom.
Fotis played in the open. He was qualified from the groups and lost in the last 32 against Roufosse 1-5.

Satellite of Pireaus

Sunday 2nd of November we had the first satellite tournament in Greece for the running season. The Athens Kickers team (Fotis Labi, Aggelos Tsakiris, Giorgos Aggelinas, Marcos Kapsabelis and Argyris Poulidis), won their group against AEK and Roligans “B”. In the semifinal we lost on goals after a final score 2-2 against Atlas.
In the Veterans Giorgos Aggelinas reached the final but he was very unlucky and lost 1-2 .
In the U15 Manos Kapsabelis reached the semi final. At the same time Tasos Maroulas stayed in the barrage stage.In the Open Argyris Poulidis was our best player on the day. He reached the last eight. Marcos Kapsabelis stopped at the last 16,Fotis Labi stopped at barrage round and Diamantis Labi didn’t manage to qualify from the group.

World Ranking October 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 3222.00

2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2589.50

3 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 – PISA Team A pis ITA 2423.25

4 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 1946.25

5 WORTHING FIVESTAR Team A wor ENG 1944.13

6 TSC FALCONS ATHENS Team A fal GRE 1645.25

7 BOLOGNA TIGERS SUBBUTEO Team A bol ITA 1612.25

8 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 1602.00

9 AS HENNUYER Team A hen BEL 1570.50

10 SC CHARLEROI Team A cha BEL 1380.60

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44(-8) ATHENS KICKERS SC 325.5

OPEN:
57(-3) JAIME SILVA 303,75
112(-6) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 182.85

121(+3) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 171.53
129(-18) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 157.25
302(-12) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 45
476 (+37) FOTIS LABI 24
539(+3) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75
591(+1) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS 17
678(=) FANIS ELLINAS 12
728(+3) GIANNIS SERBOS 10.5
799(-4) DIAMANTIS LABI 8

U15:
9(=) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 600
91(-2) EMMANOUIL KAPSAMPELIS 45
158(+5) MAROULAS ANASTASIOS 15

VETS:
27(=) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 388.5
35(+1) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 332.1

45(-5) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 258.75

114(+1) FANIS ELLINAS 72

World Ranking September 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 3212.00

2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2541.00

3 WORTHING FIVESTAR Team A wor ENG 2428.63

4 CCT BLACK & BLUE Team A pis ITA 2173.25

5 AS HENNUYER Team A hen BEL 1851.50

6 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 1710.50

7 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 1657.00

8 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI Team A nap ITA 1591.00

9 BOLOGNA TIGERS SUBBUTEO Team A bol ITA 1582.25

10 SC CHARLEROI Team A cha BEL 1557.00

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36(+7) ATHENS KICKERS SC 370.5

OPEN:

54(-1) JAIME SILVA 321,75

106(+20) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 190.05

111(-1) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 184.25

124(=) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 171.53

290(+27) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 47.4

513 (+36) FOTIS LABI 24

542(=) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75

592(+578) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS 17

678(+8) FANIS ELLINAS 12

731(-110) GIANNIS SERBOS 10.5

795 DIAMANTIS LABI 8

U15:

9 GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 600

89 EMMANOUIL KAPSAMPELIS 45

163 MAROULAS ANASTASIOS 15

VETS:

27(+17) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 388.5

36(+6) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 332.1
40(+16) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 312.75
115(+5) FANIS ELLINAS 72

IO OF PIRAEUS

Weekend 27-28 of September the first Greek International Open of the season was played in Pireus.
Athens kickers dominated in two of the four categories veterans and under 15.
In the veterans (12 players played) Aggelos Tsakiris won the event as he beat in the final 3-1 another Kicker’s player Marcos Kapsabelis. Giorgos Aggelinas reached the semis (lost against Aggelos 0-2).
In the under 15 category (16 participants), our latest transfer singing Giannis Vlassopoulos was simply unstoppable. With a numerous winning streak he once again lift the trophy. Other kickers players Manos Kapsabelis and Dimitris Maroulas also played but they stuck in the groups.
In the open category (61 players) the best result for a Kicker player was achieved by Giorgos Aggelinas as he reached the last 8. Marcos Kapsabelis and Giannis Karvounis were second best as they stopped in the last 16. Aggelos Tsakiris, Argyris Poulidis and Diamantis Labi reached the last 32. Fotis Labi also played in the tournament.

In the team event Kickers won their group against Atlas and Lions “C” team. Then we qualified to the last eight and we had to play against Olympia SC. A comfortable win sealed for Kickers a place in the semi finals of the international open. In the semis we had to face Roligans but our boys (Aggelos Tsakiris, Fotis Labi, Giannis Karvounis and Giorgos Aggelinas) didn’t make it.

Go Kickers go

WELCOME GIANNAKIS

The club of Athens kickers is proud to announce the latest transfer. The magnificent Giannis Vlassopoulos. The undisputed best U15 player (although he is just 9 years old) in Greece in the newest transfer of the club.
Giannis had won almost all tournaments in the U15 categories the last two years in Greece. His biggest achievement till now should be the participation in the Vienna WC 2008. There he could play in the U12 but he chooses to far more difficult U15 category. Even that he made this choice just for the experience; he managed to qualify to the last 16.
Already #13 in the world ranking aims too high for the years to come and the Kickers Family will be there to support him .

Go Giannis go, go Kickers go

Diamantis Labi joins us

Athens Kickers are proud to announce a new member in the teams’ roster. Diamantis Labi (25) -the oldest brother of Fotis-who is back in action after seven years is the name. We want to welcome him in the team and we are sure that he has a lot to offer to us as we will do for him.

World Ranking August 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG 3268,25

2 ACS PERUGIA 2559

3 SAN SIRO WORTHING FIVESTAR 2468

4 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 GRANDUCATO – PISA 2209,25

5 AS HENNUYER 1851,5

6 REAL MURCIA CF 1806,13

7 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO 1657

8 BOLOGNA TIGERS 1568,75

9 CHARLEROI 1557

10 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI 1528

11 TSC FALCONS ATHENS 1457,5

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43(+1) ATHENS KICKERS SC 323,25

OPEN:

53(=) JAIME SILVA 336,75
110(-1) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 193,5
124(=) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 170,03
126(-1) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 163,65
317(+1) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 43
513 (+3) FOTIS LABI 21
542(+1) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75
621(+5) GIANNIS SERBOS 14,1
686(+5) FANIS ELLINAS 12

1170 GIANNIS KARVOUNIS 2

VETERANS:

42(+1) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 287,1
44(+1) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 276

56(=) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 234

120(+3) FANIS ELLINAS 72

World Ranking July 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG 3247,25

2 SAN SIRO WORTHING FIVESTAR 2468

3 ACS PERUGIA 2379

4 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 GRANDUCATO – PISA 2113,25

5 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI 2008

6 AS HENNUYER 1827,5

7 REAL MURCIA CF 1806,13

8 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO 1603

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44(=) ATHENS KICKERS SC 323,25

OPEN:

53(-15) JAIME SILVA 336,75

109(-6) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 193,5

124(-9) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 170,03

125(-8) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 168,65

318(+55) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 43

516 (NEW) FOTIS LABI 21

543(-14) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75

626(-12) GIANNIS SERBOS 14,1

686(-7) FANIS ELLINAS 12

VETERANS:

43(+2) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 287,1

45(+2) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 276
56(=) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 234
123(-3) FANIS ELLINAS 72

Giannis Karvounis Joins Athens Kickers

Athens Kickers are proud to announce that Giannis Karvounis will play for our team the coming season.
Giannis Karvounis the last two seasons was a Falcons Athens player, is one of the most experience player in Greece.
We want to welcome him in our family.

World Ranking June 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG 2893,25
2 SAN SIRO WORTHING FIVESTAR 2511,5

3 ACS PERUGIA 2234
4 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 GRANDUCATO – PISA 2197,25
5 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI 2008
6 AS HENNUYER 1934
7 REAL MURCIA CF 1775,63
8 DEVILS AUSTRIA 1696,88
9 MILANO 1648
10 SC CHARLEROI 1557
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44(+5) ATHENS KICKERS SC 323,25

OPEN:
38(+19) JAIME SILVA 441,75
103(-21) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 193,5
115(+36) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 170,03
117(-5) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 168,65
373(+52) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 43
529(-5) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75

614(-130) GIANNIS SERBOS 14,1
679(+97) FANIS ELLINAS 12

VETERANS:
45(+32) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 287,1
47(+236) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 276

56(+13) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 234

120(+54) FANIS ELLINAS 72

PORTO GP

Jaime Silva, our Portuguese player, participated in his country’s GP.
The Portuguese GP was played the weekend 5-6 of July in Porto.
Jaime lost his group to Garcia and qualified as second as he beat Coutinho.
In the barrage stage to the way for the last 16 he played against Coll. Unfortunately after a goalless game and sudden death, Jaime lost on shots.

WORLD CUP WIEN 2008

Athens Kickers were present in the biggest festival of the year.
Two of our players Marcos Kapsabelis and Giorgos Aggelinas took part in the individuals, Marcos in open category and Giorgos in the veterans.
In the open category Marcos managed to qualify as second in his group. Daniele Bertelli the ex world champion was first and the Swiss Baumeler was third. So Marcos in the last 32 had to play against the Spaniard Raul Benita. Marcos lost 1-2.Giorgos in the veterans had more or less the same results. Second in his group, winner was Gunter Bambersky and third was Jeremy Bradley. Then Giorgos lost 1-3 against Erich Hinkelmann

ATHENS GP-AGGELOS WINS-KICKERS & JAIME IN SEMIS

The weekend 7-8 of June we had the annual Athens Grand Prix. The Athens kicker’s team was there and managed to succeed some worthily to mentioned results.
Day one we had the individuals veterans and the team event.
In the veterans Kickers dominated. Aggelos Tsakiris lift easily the trophy. Giorgos Aggelinas reached the semi just to loose against Aggelos. The other two players that participated Fanis Ellinas and Marcos Kapsabelis, qualified from the group and lost to the last eight.
At the team event we lead the group with 3 easy wins against Atlas Glyfada, Pireas Lions and Haidari Highlanders. Then in the barrage game we beat Olympia 3-1 and reached the semi final. Then we meet the famous Roligans, lost 3-1 (8-4 on goals). Later on Roligans won the final against Falcons.

Day 2 we had the Open category. 7 kickers were there. Jaime Silva was great and with a record of 6 straight wins reached the semi final. Then he lost 1-2 against Nikos Beis who finally won the tournament.
Marcos Kapsabelis reached the quarter final (lost against Beis). Giorgos Aggelinas leave the tournament undefeated in the last 16) lost on shots against Archimandritis).
Aggelos Tsakiris, Fotis Labi and Argiris Poulidis stayed in the last 32 and Fanis Ellinas was the only one who didnt qualify from the group.

Go kickers go

World Ranking May 2008

TEAMS:
1 TFC MATTERSBURG 2837

2 SAN SIRO WORTHING FIVESTAR 2511,5

3 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 GRANDUCATO – PISA 2137,25

4 AS HENNUYER 1988

5 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI 1972

6 ACS PERUGIA 1946

7 REAL MURCIA CF 1775,63

8 DEVILS AUSTRIA 1696,88

9 MILANO 1648

10 SC CHARLEROI 1557

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49(+2) ATHENS KICKERS SC 245,25

OPEN:

57(-5) JAIME SILVA 321,75

82(-9) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 238,5

112(-14) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 172,65

151(-33) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 125,03

373(-75) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 34

484(-120) GIANNIS SERBOS 21,6

524(-45) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75

776(-13) FANIS ELLINAS 8

VETERANS:

69(+11) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 180

77(-4) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 149,1

174(-10) FANIS ELLINAS 36

283(-10) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 6

MAJOR OF BOLOGNA

Weekend May 31- June 1 our team participated in one of the biggest events of the year the Italian Major of Bologna.
Saturday May 31 we had the team event. The four players that filled the team were: Giorgos Aggelinas, Jaime Silva, Marcos Kapsabelis and Fotis Labi. The team managed to qualify the group as we finished second while the European champions Black and Blue Pisa won the group and Rieti were third. In the barrage stage we had to face the home team of Bologna. Unfortunately we lost on goal difference as we drew 2-2.

In the individuals Giorgos and Marcos played in the veteran’s category. Giorgos didn’t manage to qualify the group. Marcos was qualified and lost in the last 16 against the later on finalist Severino Gara.

In the open category Fotis qualified (Saturday afternoon) from the qualification session. Then he joined (Sunday morning) Jaime in the last 96.
In the new groups Fotis although that he won Spanish international Vicente Benita a he didn’t qualify on goals as all three players had the same points. The same luck for Jaime. A tough group with Navarro Mateos and Stefano Buono was the end for Jaime.

Go kickers go

World Ranking April 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG 2879

2 SAN SIRO WORTHING FIVESTAR 2511,5

3 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI 2278

4 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 GRANDUCATO – PISA 2185,25

5 AS HENNUYER 2100,5

6 ACS PERUGIA 2012

7 DEVILS AUSTRIA 1885,88

8 BOLOGNA TIGERS SUBBUTEO 1609,25

9 REAL MURCIA CF 1583,63

10 SC CHARLEROI 1455

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51(-1) ATHENS KICKERS SC 221,25

OPEN:
52(+2) JAIME SILVA 327
73(=) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 257,25
98(-6) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 191,78
118(+4) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 153,15
298(+14) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 43,38
364(+12) GIANNIS SERBOS 32,1
479(+18) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75
763(+12) FANIS ELLINAS 8

VETERANS:
73(+2) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 145,5
80(=) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 132
164(+2) FANIS ELLINAS 36
273(=) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 6

Greek Ranking-Final

The Final Rankings for Kickers players are:

OPEN:

#3 Marcos Kapsabelis

#8 Sarantis Papidakis

#9 Aggelos Tsakiris

#10 Giorgos Aggelinas

#13 Argyris Poulidis

#15 Fotis Labi

VETS:

#1 Marcos Kapsabelis

#2 Giorgos Aggelinas

#4 Aggelos Tsakiris

#7 Fanis Ellinas

Giorgos is the New Greek Veteran Champion

Weekend 19-20 of April the annual Greek championship was played in Athens.
Our player participated with full success in all three categories.
In the veterans in an all Athens Kickers final Giorgos Aggelinas is the New Greek Veteran Champion as he beat in a sudden death final Marcos Kapsabelis. That result can confirm that Giorgos will play in the Vienna World Cup.
In the junior category our two under twelve players Manos Kapsabelis and Tasos Maroulas reached the semi finals. The champion is Giannis Vlassopoulos (Highlanders).
In the open category we participated with 6 players. the best were Sarantis Papidakis and Markos Kapsabelis reaching the last 8. At the meantime Aggelos Tsakiris, Argiris Poulidis and Fotis Labi reached the last 16.

Go kickers Go

World Ranking March 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG 2722,5
2 CCT EAGLES NAPOLI 2278
3 SAN SIRO WORTHING FIVESTAR 2274,5
4 DEVILS AUSTRIA 2215,88
5 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 GRANDUCATO – PISA 2215,25
6 ACS PERUGIA 2175,5
7 AS HENNUYER 2058,5
8 REAL MURCIA CF 1583,63
9 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO 1581,25
10 BOLOGNA TIGERS SUBBUTEO 1549,25

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50(-2) ATHENS KICKERS SC 221,25

OPEN:

54(-1) JAIME SILVA 327

73(+1) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 257,25

92(-8) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 209,28

122(+1) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 153,15

312(-10) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 43,38

376(-4) GIANNIS SERBOS 32,1

497(+328) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75

775(-64) FANIS ELLINAS 8

VETERANS:

75(+6) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 145,5

80(+10) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 132

166(=) FANIS ELLINAS 36

273(=) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 6

Greek ranking

With only the Greek champion remaining the Kickers players can find themselves in the following positions
No 4 Marcos Kapsabelis
No 9 Giorgos Aggelinas
No 10 Aggelos Tsakiris
No 11 Sarantis Papidakis
No 14 Argyris Poulidis
No 20 Fotis Labi

Greek divisions A B

Sunday march 30, the Greek divisions had their last games. 6 Kickers players participated on these categories. Aggelinas Giorgos, Papidakis Sarantis and Kapsabelis Marcos in division A, while Tsakiris Aggelos, Poulidis Argyris and Labi Fotis in division B.
In division A (champion is Kostas Triantafillou) Marcos finished 7th, Sarantis 8th and Giorgos 10th.
In division B Aggelos finished 2nd (promoted to division A for the season 2008-9), Argyris was 10th and Fotis 12th.

Major of Mons

The most popular tournament of the season, the major of Mons, was played the weekend 1-2 of March. Athens kickers were there with 5 players: Aggelos Tsakiris, Jaime Silva, Giorgos Aggelinas, Marcos Kapsabelis and Sarantis Papidakis.

Saturday 1 the team event was played. Our team was drawing in the group 12 alongside Issy-les-Moulineaux, SC Temploux and SC Flanders. After a dramatic series of games we lost our first game against Issy 1-2. But the comeback was superb. 2 wins (2-1 against Temploux and 4-0 against Flanders) bring us in the first place of the final standing as we have 3 teams with equal points.
In the phase of 24 to 16 our team had to face the club of Malta Hamrun. Unfortunately we lost 1-2 with the goal difference on our side.

The same day we had the veterans’ tournament. Both our players Marcos Kapsabelis and Giorgos Aggelinas had familiar results. They both managed to qualify from the group, just to loose in the second round (32 to 16). Severino Gara – who later won the tournament) beat Marcos 2-0 and Ron Corsten beat Giorgos 2-1.

Sunday 2 we had the individual open category. All five of our players participated in the tournament but just 4 of them made it to the knock out rounds. Marcos Kapsabelis lost both his group games against Justin Leroy and Chris Thomas.
Sarantis Papidakis with two wins and one defeat qualified as second of the group (leaving Sergio Loureiro out). Giorgos Aggelinas (1 win and two draws) was also second of the group. The same happened with Tsakiris as he lost against Darren Clark. On the other hand Jaime Silva was the winner of the group as he beat David Fraikin and drawn against Vincenzo Varriale.
In the first knock out only Aggelos manage to qualify, Jaime lost against Robert Lenz 0-3, Giorgos against Alain Hanotiaux 0-4 and Sarantis against Stefano Capossela 0-2.
Finally Tsakiris lost in his next game against Mark Gaucci 0-1.