New depart

Thanasis Vlassopoulos announce his depart.

2 New departs

Argyris Poulidis departs from Athens Kickers and become for the next season a free agent.
Giorgos Aggelinas announce his decision to leave from Athens Kickers.Next stop for the Orient Express will be ...... soon

Giannakis joins S.S. Lazio TFC

La S.S. Lazio TFC è lieta di comunicare il tesseramento del seguente giocatore:
- Giannis VLASSOPOULOS
esordiente nella FISCT
I Presidenti e i compagni di squadra danno il benvenuto al nuovo giocatore e alla sua famiglia che si uniscono al progetto della S.S. Lazio TFC.

We are very proud to announced that our young gun Giannis Vlassopoulos joins S.S. Lazio TFC.

We wish him the very best in his career.

Dai Giannis dai.

E andiamoooo

Markos joins Lions

Markos Kapsabelis joins Pireaus Lions.
Also Manos Kapsabelis,Tasos Maroulas and Manos Lysikatos joins Lions.

We like to thanks all the above players and we wish good luck to all.

Giorgos Aggelinas The Orient Express

Giorgos had a magnificent performance (9-10 of May) in Finland(Espoo).
He made a world record 3 out of 3 wins in a FISTF circuit. He was just unstoppable and he lifts all the trophies as he won IO and GP in the open category and the GP in the veterans. In the same weekend Argyris Poulidis had an average performance. He finished third in the veterans, and stayed on the groups and on the barrage stage in the open.

Team Greek championship (day 2)

The day 2 (out of 3) of the team champion was played in Ilioupoli at 26th of April. Kickers played 4 games and we manage to win 2 (Lions and AEK) and lost another 2 (Falcons, Atlas).
At the end of day 2, we lay in the 4th place of the table.
The table is: 1 Falcons 30, 2 Atlas 24, 3 Roligans 24, 4 Kickers 15, 5 Aek 15, 6 Lions A 6, 7 Mirmidones 3, 8 Lions B 0.

2 Wild Cards for Kickers

Two Athens Kickers players, the best Greek under 15 player Giannis Vlassopoulos and the best Greek veteran Giorgos Aggelinas managed to gain wild cards for the next World cup (Rotterdham).

Here is the FISTF announcement:

2. Qualified players for the World CupFISTF has just published a list of players qualified for the next FISTF World Cup 2009. These players qualified throught the world rankings.

LIST OF QUALIFIED PLAYERS IN VETERANS

1 - Hinkelmann Erich (AUT) - WR1

2 - Bom Martijn (NED) - WR2

3 - De Francesco Stefano (ITA) - WR3

4 - Finardi Paolo (ITA) - WR4

5 - Monica Giacomo (ITA) - WR5

6 - Granados Cuellar Juan Carlos (ESP) - WR7

7 - Eyes Paul (USA) - WR9

8 - Noronha Nuno (POR) - WR10

9 - Mifsud Joseph (MLT) - WR11

10 - Bolte Rene (NED) - WR13

11 - Bamberzky Günther (AUT) - WR14

12 - Landzaat Henk (NED) - WR15

13 - Gomez Fernando (ESP) - WR17

14 - Vivron Thierry (FRA) - WR19

15 - Deinhart Gregg (USA) - WR20

16 - Aggelinas Giorgos (GRE) - WR21

LIST OF QUALIFIED PLAYERS IN U15

1 - Tagliaferro Diego (ITA) - WR1

2 - Manganello Andrea (ITA) - WR2

3 - Timmers Mitchell (NED) - WR3

4 - Kwiatkowski Marcel (GER) - WR4

5 - Vlassopoulos Giannis (GRE) - WR7

6 - Willeijns Jovi (NED) - WR8

7 - Borg Angelo (MLT) - WR10

8 - Vanek Dominik (CZ) - WR11

Patras Cup

The 1st Patras Cup in one open category was played in city of Patra Sunday April 25th. The Athens Kickers participated with 5 players.

Kapsabelis Markos was the big winner!

Vlassopoulos Thanasis was 4th.

Vlassopoulos Giannis passed the group but was excluded at last 8.

Koulosousas Serafeim and Koulosousas Dimitris stayed in the groups.

National tournament Dimitris Salamouris

The 2nd National tournament in the Open and the U15 category was played in Piraeus Sunday April 12th.
The Kickers dominated once more the U15 category. The usual suspect Giannis Vlassopoulos was once more the winner in the youngsters. Dimitris Koulosousas reached the semi finals, Manos Kapsabelis stayed in the barrage and Tasos Maroulas didn’t manage to qualify from the groups.
In the Open Aggelos Tsakiris returned to the good performances and reached the semis in division one. Giorgos Aggelinas stayed in the barrage, as Thanasis Vlassopoulos and Marcos Kapsabelis in the groups in the same category.
In division two Argyris Poulidis lost in the groups and Serafim Koulosousas finish third.

Extraordinary news

1. Giannis Serbos is erased by the team of Athens Kickers

World Ranking March 2009

TEAMS:
1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 4468.5
2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2456
3 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 2315
4 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 – PISA Team A pis ITA 2179.5
5 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 1910.25
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30(+4) ATHENS KICKERS SC 426
192 ATHENS KICKERS SC B 12

OPEN:
70(-2) JAIME SILVA 275.25
118(-6) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 180.6
126(-7) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 172.88
129(-8) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 167.75
217(+4) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 73.13
233(+8) THANASIS VLASSOPOULOS 64.3
478(+8) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 23.58
591(+85) SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 15.85
676(+8) FANIS ELLINAS 12
914(-231) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 6
1036(+21) GIANNIS SERBOS 3.75
1315(+32) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS -10


U15:
7(=) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 865 *WC*
18(=) DIMITRIS KOULOSOUSAS 450.5
47(-4) EMMANOUIL KAPSABELIS 141.5
74(-4) ANASTASIOS MAROULAS 84.5
240(-21) MANOS LYSIKATOS 10


U19:
66(-1) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 54


VETS:
22(-1) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 625.35
24(+2) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 532.5
25(+3) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 487.5
123(+11) SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 78.75
130(=) FANIS ELLINAS 72
173(-2) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 40.5

Young Guns-Greek team event u15 champions

Sunday March 30th, the first (at least the last decade) Greek team champion for under 15 players was played in Illioupoli.
Athens kickers consisted by Giannis Vlassopoulos, Tasos Maroulas, Dimitris Koulosousas, Manos Kapsabelis and Manos Lysicatos, wrote history for the club. They lift the trophy after a hard battle against the extraordinary teams of Piraeus Lions and Ilioupoli Roligans.
The future of the club is written with golden letters and the Athens Kickers family are extremely happy with the youngsters

National tournament

Sunday march 15th, the 1st national tournament was played in Piraeus.

In the under 15 category kickers dominated. Giannis Vlassopoulos was the winner and Dimitris Koulosousas was second.

In the open category we had: in division one Giorgos Aggelinas stayed in the quarter finals and Thanasis Vlassopoulos stayed in the groups.

In division 2 Marcos Kapsabelis win the title, Serafim Koulosousas was 4th and Argyris Poulidis was 8th.

Major of Mons

Athens Kickers were present in the biggest tournament of the season, the famous major of Mons.
And our presence was impressive. 8 players (the biggest ever number of players from a single Greek club), 2 teams (included the first ever participation for our B team).
Unfortunately the results of both the two teams and our players were not so good. All our players and teams if they were qualified from the group, stayed in the barrage.
The B team (Serafim and Dimitris Koulosousas, Giannis and Thanasis Vlassopoulos) stayed on the group as they lost against the hosts of Hennuyer and the Italians Sessana. The A team (Giorgos Aggelinas, Jaime Silva, Argyris Poulidis and Marcos Kapsabelis), qualified from the group as second (lost against Stembert, won against Palermo) but then lost in the barrage against Napoli.

In the open Jaime qualified from the group just to lose against Casciano in the barrage. Serafim, Argyris and Thanasis stayed in the group.
The same happened in the veterans as Serafim stayed again in the group, as at the same time Giorgos and Marcos lost in the barrage.
Another barrage defeat was there for our two U15 players. Giannis and Dimitris didn’t have any further luck to proceed any further.

World Ranking February 2009

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 4408.5

2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2649.5

3 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 – PISA Team A pis ITA 2292.75

4 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 2201

5 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 2058.75

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34(-2) ATHENS KICKERS SC 420

OPEN:

68(+2) JAIME SILVA 281.25

112(-2) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 192.6

119(+4) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 184.88

121(+6) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 179.75

221(=) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 71.33

241(+85) THANASIS VLASSOPOULOS 60.7

486(+44) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 23.58

676(+13) SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 12.25

682(+15) FANIS ELLINAS 12

683(-133) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 12

1057(-306) GIANNIS SERBOS 3.75

1347(-743) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS -10

U15:

7(=) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 825 *WC*

18(=) DIMITRIS KOULOSOUSAS 410.5

43(+4) EMMANOUIL KAPSABELIS 141.5

70(+9) ANASTASIOS MAROULAS 84.5

219(=) MANOS LYSIKATOS 10

U19:

65(-3) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 54

VETS:

21(=) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 613.35

26(=) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 532.5

28(-1) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 475.5

130(-2) FANIS ELLINAS 72

134(+15) SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 66.75

171(-1) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 40.5

World Ranking January 2009

TEAMS:
1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 4108.5
2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2787.5
3 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 – PISA Team A pis ITA 2273.25
4 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 2237
5 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 2058.75
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32(=) ATHENS KICKERS SC 447


OPEN:
70(-1) JAIME SILVA 281.25
110(-5) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 199.5
123(-6) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 183.98
127(-7) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 179.75
221(-2) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 68.93
326(=) THANASIS VLASSOPOULOS 42.7
530(-4) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 20.88
550(=) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75
604(-4) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS 17
689(-7) SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 12.25
697(-8) FANIS ELLINAS 12
751(-5) GIANNIS SERBOS 10.5


U15:
7(=) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 825 *WC*
18(-1) DIMITRIS KOULOSOUSAS 410.5
47(-2) EMMANOUIL KAPSABELIS 126.5
79(-5) ANASTASIOS MAROULAS 69.5
219(-8) MANOS LYSIKATOS 10


U19:
62(-4) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 54


VETS:
21(+1) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 587.1 *WC*
26(-1) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 472.5
27(-1) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 438
128(-5) FANIS ELLINAS 72
149(-3) SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 51.75
170(-1) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 40.5

Athens Kickers video

Ilioupoli Satellite and GP Utrecht

The 3rd Greek Satellite of the season was played Sunday 8th of February in Ilioupoli. The Kicker’s players once again shined in this event.
In the Veterans the “classical” final Marcos Kapsabelis and Giorgos Aggelinas was played once again this season. Now Marcos had the upper hand as he beat Giorgos 3-1.

In the under 15 we had 2 players Tasos Maroulas and Manos Kapsabelis. Both of them reached the semifinal.

Another semifinalist for Athens Kickers was Thanasis Vlassopoulos in the Open category. In the same category Argyris Poulidis reached the last 8. At the mean time Marcos stayed in the last 16 and Both Giorgos Aggelinas and Giannis Vlassopoulos didn’t manage to qualify from the groups.


The same day another 2 Kickers played in a FISTF event. Serafim Koulosousas in his first travel out of the Greek borders and Aggelos Tsakiris participated in the Utrecht GP. Both of them played in the veterans. Aggelos reached the last 8 losing 0-2 from the Dutch De Jong. Serafim stayed in the groups after a bizarre draw between the two Dutch opponents Bolte and Creemers in the last game (!!!) of the group.

KICKERS DOMINATE THE GREEK RANKING

After almost half season is over the three different categories of the Greek ranking can find in their highest position the Kickers players.
In U15 the top3 are kickers: Giannis Vlassopoulos, Dimitris Koulosousas and Manos Kapsabelis.
In the Veterans the two on the top are Giorgos Aggelinas and Marcos Kapsabelis.
In the Open Giorgos Aggelinas lays in the second place.
Here you can see our players in all categories:

OPEN:

2 GIORGOS AGGELINAS

11 MARCOS KAPSABELIS

13 AGGELOS TSAKIRIS

22 THANASIS VLASSOPOULOS

29 GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS

32 ARGYRIS POULIDIS

40 GIANNIS KARVOUNIS

49 DIMITRIS KOULOSOUSAS

62 FANIS ELLINAS

70 SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS

U15:

1 GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS

2 DIMITRIS KOULOSOUSAS

3 EMMANOUIL KAPSABELIS

7 ANASTASIOS MAROULAS

20 MANOS LYSIKATOS

VETS:

1 MARCOS KAPSABELIS

2 GIORGOS AGGELINAS

10 AGGELOS TSAKIRIS

11 SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS

14 ARGYRIS POULIDIS

Kickers’ excellence in National Cup

In the National Cup that took place in Pireaus, Sunday 18th of January, Kickers made a massive impression. 12 players were there and shined in all the individual competitions.
In the under 15 an all kickers final between Giannis Vlassopoulos and Dimitris Koulosousas, gave the trophy to Giannis. Manos Kapsabelis was at the semis and Manos Lysikatos and Maroulas Tasos stayed in the last 16.
In the Open we had 9 players. Aggelos Tsakiris and Giorgos Aggelinas reached the semis after excellent performance.But in the semis two unlucky results,Aggelos 3-4 down vs Triantafyllou and Giorgos 0-2 down to Nikos Beis.. Markos Kapsabelis stayed in the last 16. Dimitris Koulosousas. Thanasis and Giannis Vlassopoulos reached the last 32 and at the meantime Argyris Poulidis, Serafim Koulosousas and Fanis Ellinas stayed in the first round.
In the plate competition Serafim Koulosousas lift the trophy while Fanis Ellinas stayed in the semi final.In the team event the draw was not so polite to us. We faced Roligans in the last eight and we didn’t manage to qualify. We lost 3-1 even if we were equal till 25 minutes.

World Ranking December 2008

TEAMS:

1 TFC MATTERSBURG Team A mat AUT 3778.5

2 ACS PERUGIA Team A per ITA 2682.5

3 CCT BLACK & BLUE 1983 – PISA Team A pis ITA 2273.25

4 TSC STELLA ARTOIS MILANO Team A mil ITA 2087

5 REAL MURCIA CF Team A mur ESP 2058.75

6 TSC FALCONS ATHENS Team A fal GRE 1727.75

7 BOLOGNA TIGERS SUBBUTEO Team A bol ITA 1612.25

8 WORTHING FIVESTAR Team A wor ENG 1577.88

9 AS HENNUYER Team A hen BEL 1576.50

10 SC CHARLEROI Team A cha BEL 1314.6

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32(+1) ATHENS KICKERS SC 456

OPEN:
69(-8) JAIME SILVA 281.25
105(+13) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 201.3

117(+9) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 183.98

120(-7) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 179.75
219(+16) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 70.73
326(+73) THANASIS VLASSOPOULOS 42.7

526(+100) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 20.88
550(-4) SARANTIS PAPIDAKIS 18,75
600(-1) GIANNIS KARVOUNIS 17
682 SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 12.25
691(-6) FANIS ELLINAS 12
746(-5) GIANNIS SERBOS 10.5

U15:
7(+1) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 825 *WC*

17 DIMITRIS KOULOSOUSAS 410.5
45(+42) EMMANOUIL KAPSABELIS 126.5
74(+73) ANASTASIOS MAROULAS 69.5

211 MANOS LYSIKATOS 10

U19:
58(-2) GIANNIS VLASSOPOULOS 54

VETS:
22(+2) GIORGOS AGGELINAS 587.1 *WC*
25(=) AGGELOS TSAKIRIS 472.5

26(+20) MARCOS KAPSABELIS 438

123(-2) FANIS ELLINAS 72

146 SERAFIM KOULOSOUSAS 51.75
211(+41) ARGYRIS POULIDIS 40.5