Panserraikos Football Club (), the All-Serres Football Club, is a Greek football club based in Serres, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in northern Greece and had a near-continuous presence in the First Division in the 1960s and 70s.
History Panserraikos was formed on 1946 in Serres, when two local clubs, Apollon and Iraklis, merged. Evangelos Chatziathanasiadis was the first president of Panserraikos, with Angelos Angelousis as honorary president and Theodoros Athanasiadis as vice president. The colors of the club were red and white, which symbolized the great power that came from this historic merger. Leo of Amphipolis was chosen as the brand that showed the strength and warlike virtues of the people of Serrai. Panserraikos participated in the national championships for the first time in the 1964–65 season. Then, they played in the Beta Ethniki, since both Apollon and Iraklis were playing in this category last season. The dynamics of the newly formed club was huge and so Panserraikos immediately won its promotion to the Alpha Ethniki, finishing first with a difference of 11 points from the second MENT.
Since their last relegation in 1992 the club had been struggling in the Beta Ethniki, and were even relegated to the Third Division twice, in 1993 and 1996, yet promptly returning to the second tier on both occasions. The club did come close to promotion a few times, missing out on 5 points in 1998 and on just one point in 2000.
In 2008, Panserraikos managed to end a 16-year wait, gaining promotion to the Greek Super League. Managed by Giannis Papakostas, the club had been leading the Second Division table for the most part of the season, even securing a top-three spot with two games to spare – though they had narrowly escaped another relegation in the previous two seasons.
On 4 March 2009, Panserraikos won a historic match against Panathinaikos in the Olympic Stadium in Athens for the Greek Cup quarter finals with a score of 3–2 after being up 3–0 for 71 minutes. The first match leg ended at a 0–0 score. This result landed Panserraikos a spot in the final 4 of the Greek Cup where they played against AEK Athens for a spot in the finals. What made this result so special was that many starters for the team were either injured, or suspended. This was Panserraikos' first time in the semifinals of the Greek Cup. However, Panserraikos was relegated and played once again in the 2009–10 Beta Ethniki. After an indifferent start to their Beta Ethniki campaign, their season has now sparked into life after a surprise 3–1 win over giants Olympiakos in the Fourth Round of 2009–10 Greek Cup making it one of their bigger wins in recent history.
Panserraikos finished 5th in 2009–10 Beta Ethniki, but took the 1st place in the play-offs and gained the promotion to the 2010–11 Super League. For one more season in Super League Panserraikos didn't escape the relegation to 2011–12 Football League. After a disappointing season, Panserraikos finished 7th in 2011–12 Football League, and played in Football League for the second consecutive season. Panserraikos finished 8th in 2012–13 Football League, but was relegated to the new amateur 3rd Greek Division due to financial problems, after the death of its chairman Petros Theodoridis and a controversial and unsuccessful attempt by his son Lazaros Theodoridis to sell the club to Russian investor Mr. Konstantin Vostrikov, a self-declared business tycoon who was claiming to construct a 10,000-seat stadium. Mr. Vostrikov's faults as president and CEO together with the amateur handlings of his associate Dimitris Troshkov (member of the board) are considered to be the main and only causes of the club's relegation to the amateur 3rd Greek Division.
Crest and colours
The club adopted the Lion of Amphipolis as their emblem. The typical kit of the team is that of a shirt with red and white vertical stripes, and red shorts and socks. The shirt has taken different forms during the history of the club, for example with thin or wider stripes. The second most common kit is the all-red one or the all-white one.
Stadium
The headquarters of Panserraikos are the Serres Municipal Stadium. As its name implies, it belongs to the Municipality of Serres and has been assigned to the group for its needs. It is one of the oldest courts. It was originally built in 1926 and had a dirt terrain, while there was only one ramp on the west side. The capacity at that time did not exceed the 3,000 standing viewers. After 1964 when Panserraikos was basically founded, the team's need for a better pitch became more imperative. It was preceded in 1972 when the Municipal Stadium of Serres had a record audience of 14,200 in a match of Panserraikos with AEL. That year our team competed in the Football League and claimed the rise with the Thessalian team. That game had ended with a 1–1 draw, but Panserraikos was the one who eventually became champion. In 1976, the stadium took its current form in the stands. This year, work was done to build a turf. The stadium of Serres at that time contained 15,000 upright spectators. The facelift continued in an attempt to hide his age in 2005. It was then that 9,500 plastic seats were placed in all the stands. This brought down its capacity as it was natural. Finally, after years of waiting, headlights were installed.
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Records and statistics Information correct as of the match played on 1 July 2026. Bold denotes an active player for the club.The tables refer to Panserraikos' players in Super League Greece, Greek Football Cup, Second Division Greece, Third Division Greece and Delta Ethniki.
Top 10 Most Capped Players RankPlayerYearsApp1 Dimitris Aivazidis1979–19923782 Giorgos Georgiadis2007–2011, 2019–20211653 Giannis Voskopoulos2007–2011, 2015–20181534 Antonis Kyrou Božidar Tadić1999–20062006–2010, 2012, 2014–20151485 Giorgos Siakkas2004–2009, 2012–2013, 2014–20181456 Dimitris Anakoglou2008–2013, 2021–20241397 Nikos Arabatzis2000–20051138 Christos Melissis2001–20061129 Christos Routsis2005–2010, 2014–201811010 Vangelis Mitsopoulos2003–2007108
Top 10 Goalscorers RankPlayerYearsGoals1 Thanasis Gogas2004–2007, 2014–2015342 Giorgos Georgiadis2007–2011, 2019–2021303 Dušan Jovanović1997–1998, 2002–2004294 Hicham Kanis Sambégou Bangoura Dimitris Gourtsas2021–20232009–20132008–2009, 2011–2012, 2017–2018, 2019–2021265 Jefté Betancor2024–2025256 Nikolay Petrunov1990–1992237 Giorgos Tsifoutis1987–1990, 1999–2002188 Leozinho Božidar Tadić2009–20112006–2010, 2012, 2014–2015179 Giorgos Gougoulias Giorgos Panagiotidis2007–2008, 2012–20131999–20031610 Furtado2015–201613
Honours Greek League Second Division Champions (5): 1964–65, 1971–72, 1979–80, 2007–08, 2022–23 Third Division Champions (2): 1993–94, 2014–15 Fourth Division Champions (1): 2019–20
League history
1964–1965: Division 2 1965–1971: Division 1 1971–1972: Division 2 1972–1979: Division 1 1979–1980: Division 2 1980–1984: Division 1 1984–1985: Division 2 1985–1986: Division 1 1986–1987: Division 2 1987–1988: Division 1 1988–1989: Division 2 1989–1992: Division 1 1992–1993: Division 2 1993–1994: Division 3 1994–1995: Division 2 1995–1996: Division 3 1996–2008: Division 2 2008–2009: Division 1 2009–2010: Division 2 2010–2011: Division 1 2011–2013: Division 2 2013–2015: Division 3 2015–2018: Division 2 2018–2019: Division 3 2019–2020: Division 4 2020–2021: Division 3 2021–2023: Division 2 2023–2026: Division 1 2026–present: Division 2
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Club records Record Attendance: 14,200 vs Larissa, Beta Ethniki, 25 June 1972 Record League Home Victory: 6–1 vs AEL Limassol, Alpha Ethniki, 1969 Record League Away Victory: 9–4 vs Levadiakos, Beta Ethniki, 29 March 1998 Highest League Position: 8th in Alpha Ethniki, seasons 1969–1970 and 1980–1981 Lowest League Position: 18th in Alpha Ethniki, season 1979–1980
Notable managers
Ilie Oană 1969-1971 Vladimír Táborský Ioannis Gounaris Christos Archontidis Nikos Anastopoulos 1999-2000 Makis Katsavakis Konstantinos Iosifidis Dušan Mitošević Lajos Détári 2005 Giannis Papakostas Hugo Broos 2008-2009 Ángel Pedraza Guillermo Ángel Hoyos 2009-2010 Dragan Kokotović Momčilo Vukotić Josu Uribe Kostas Vasilakakis Paulo Campos Pavlos Dermitzakis Pablo García
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