Kavala Football Club^[1] (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα, lit. 'Athletic Club Kavala') is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Kavala, Greece. They compete in the Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the Greek football league system. The club's home ground is the Anthi Karagianni Stadium.

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Kavala

Full name	Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα (Athletic Club Kavala)
Nickname(s)	Argonauts Light Brigade of the North
Short name	AOK
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Ground	Anthi Karagianni Stadium
Capacity	10,550
Investor	Giannis Diamantidis
Chairman	Antonis Antoniou
Manager	Timos Kavakas
League	Gamma Ethniki
2023–24	Gamma Ethniki (Group 1), 1st (promoted)
Website	Club website
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The club was formed in 1965 from the merger of Phillipoi Kavala, Iraklis Kavala and A.E. Kavala.^[2]

They have had a few runs in the top division of the Greek League. They were promoted to Alpha Ethniki for the first time in 1969 and stayed up for six years (1970 through 1975). They returned to the top division in 1976 and played again for six seasons.

In 1982 the club were relegated to the Beta Ethniki (second tier of Greek football). After 11 years in Beta Ethniki and one year in Gamma Ethniki (third tier – 1988–89) they were promoted to Alpha Ethniki. Their "black" period began for the team in which they played only in Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki.

The emblem of the club is the ancient trireme, as architecture engineer Christos Batsis designed it. According to the instigator of the emblem of Kavala, the boat is a trireme, where the oars are the footballers, the cloth the administration and the fancy the fans of the club. These three elements together lead Kavala to the harbors that are the targets the team puts each time. All of this certainly has to do with the fact that Kavala is a coastal city and its world closely related to the wet element. The original element of the emblem of Kavala was hanging on the door of the design of the late Christos Batsis until he died.

For a while, the emblem contained the then name of the "Puma Nea Kavala Football Club" team.

The Anthi Karagianni Municipal Stadium (Greek: Δημοτικό Στάδιο Ανθή Καραγιάννη), formerly the Kavala National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kavala, Greece. It is the homebase of Kavala FC. The stadium was built in 1970, and currently has a seating capacity of 10,500. It is named after the paralympic athlete, Anthi Karagianni, who won three silver medals in the 2004 Paralympic Games.

• Greek Cup
  • Semi-finals: 1964–65, 1994–95, 2009–10

• First Division (19): 1969–1975, 1976–1982, 1994–1995, 1996–2000, 2009–2011
• Second Division (23): 1965–1969, 1975–1976, 1982–1989, 1990–1994, 1995–1996, 2000–2001, 2002–2003, 2008–2009, 2012–2014, 2021–2022
• Third Division (15): 1989–1990, 2001–2002, 2003–2008, 2014–2021, 2022–present
• Fourth Division (1): 2011–2012

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Best position in bold.

Key: 1R = First Round, 2R = Second Round, 3R = Third Round, 4R = Fourth Round, 5R = Fifth Round, GS = Group Stage, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals.

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Name Apps Georgios Mallios 171 Georgios Koltsis 124 Konstantinos Vakirtzis 117 Georgios Peglis 114 Anestis Athanasiadis 109 Leszek Pisz 101 Kyrillos Kallimanis 91 Ivan Mitev 85 Anastasios Tsapanidis 82 Panagiotis Logaras 79

Name Goals Leszek Pisz 26 Benjamin Onwuachi 24 Nikos Soultanidis 23 Anestis Athanasiadis 22 Giorgos Papandreou 21 Georgios Nasiopoulos 19 Georgios Mallios 10 Bartosz Tarachulski 8 Serge Dié 7 Dimitrios Orfanos 7

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