The 2005–06 season was Ergotelis' 76th season in existence, first season in the Greek Beta Ethniki following the club's relegation during last year's Alpha Ethniki, and 8th season overall in the competition. Ergotelis also participated in the Greek cup, entering the competition in the Third Round. The content of this article covers club activities from 1 June 2005 until 31 May 2006.
The club managed to win the Championship title for the first time in its history, thus achieving its first ever professional domestic title. Furthermore, Ergotelis impressed with their performance in the Greek Football Cup, where they managed to eliminate Greek giants Panathinaikos, advancing all the way to the competition's Round of 16 (fifth round) for the first time since the mid-80s.
Players
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Notes Goalkeepers 1 Michalis Ximerakis GK 22 February 1975 (31) PANO Malia 22 Michalis Zacharioudakis GK 15 July 1986 (20) Youth system 30 Zsolt Posza GK 11 May 1977 (29) Vasas N/A Kostas Chaniotakis GK 9 July 1968 (37) APOEL also, Goalkeepers' coach Defenders 2 Alexandros Rizoulis CB 27 July 1983 (23) 5 Fragkiskos Economakis CB 19 January 1974 (32) AO Agios Nikolaos 6 Panagiotis Kordonouris CB 8 November 1975 (30) Skoda Xanthi On loan 18 Michalis Argyrakis CB 18 June 1980 (26) PANO Malia 21 Dionysis Georgopoulos CB 12 June 1984 (26) Youth system 25 Charidimos Michos RB 15 March 1981 (25) Panachaiki 27 Konstantinos Stavrakakis RB 6 September 1978 (27) OFI Crete 31 Markos Gkiatas CB 20 March 1987 (19) Diagoras Rhodes 33 Georgi Markov CB 20 January 1972 (34) Levski Sofia 34 Nikos Papadopoulos CB 5 October 1971 (34) Apollon Kalamarias 82 Paschalis Melissas LB 9 March 1982 (24) Skoda Xanthi On loan Midfielders 4 Labros Kefaloukos DM 31 March 1982 (24) OFI Crete On loan 8 Nikolaos Tzanetis CM 27 April 1979 (27) OFI Crete 10 Dimitrios Kiliaras AM 23 March 1986 (20) Youth system 11 Béla Kovács CM 30 March 1977 (29) Alki Larnaca 16 Evangelos Stathoglou DM 19 October 1988 (17) Youth system 19 Georgios Savvidis RM 27 March 1974 (32) Kallithea 20 Manolis Soutzis CM 8 July 1972 (33) EA Rethymniakou 74 Daniel Kenedy DM 18 February 1974 (32) APOEL 77 Rune Hagen LM 20 July 1975 (30) Herfølge BK Forwards 9 Patrick Ogunsoto CF 19 April 1983 (23) APOEL 14 Dragan Načevski RW 27 January 1980 (26) Vardar 29 Dimitrios Skouloudis CF 8 October 1987 (19) Youth system 97 Lucian Pârvu RW 14 June 1983 (23) Extensiv Craiova
The following players have departed in mid-season N/A Nikolaos Chalkiadakis CM 4 May 1986 (20) Irodotos Loaned out 7 Vasilios Goniotakis CF 29 November 1979 (26) PANO Malia Transferred
Out of Team 13 Galin Ivanov CM 6 April 1975 (31) Marek Dupnitsa Career-ending knee injury
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Nikos Karageorgiou Fragkiskos Economakis Admiral Almaco Aluminum Systems (−21 November 2005) OPAP (26 November 2005−)
Transfers
In Squad #PositionPlayerTransferred FromFeeDate 19 MF Georgios Savvidis Kallithea Free 15 June 2005 30 GK Zsolt Posza Vasas Free 3 July 2005 11 MF Béla Kovács Alki Larnaca Free 3 July 2005 6 DF Panagiotis Kordonouris Skoda Xanthi Loan 3 July 2005 25 DF Charidimos Michos Panachaiki Free 3 July 2005 2 DF Alexandros Rizoulis Dotieas Agia Free 5 July 2005 7 FW Vasilios Goniotakis PANO Malia Loan return 5 July 2005 N/A MF Nikolaos Chalkiadakis Irodotos Free 11 July 2005 4 MF Labros Kefaloukos OFI Crete Loan 12 July 2005 14 FW Dragan Načevski Vardar Free 14 July 2005 77 MF Rune Hagen Herfølge BK Free 20 July 2005 33 DF Georgi Markov Levski Sofia Free 21 July 2005 N/A MF Ednilson Benfica Free 28 August 200574MF Daniel Kenedy APOELFree17 December 200527MF Konstantinos Stavrakakis OFI CreteFree4 January 200682DF Paschalis Melissas Skoda XanthiOn loan19 January 2006N/ADF Ioannis Kiliaras IrodotosUndisclosed25 January 2006N/AGK Kostas Chaniotakis APOELFree27 January 2006N/AMF Javier de Pedro IFK GöteborgFree9 February 200634DF Nikos Papadopoulos Apollon KalamariasFree7 March 2006
Promoted from youth system Squad #PositionPlayerDateSigned Until29FW Dimitrios Skouloudis2 June 200530 June 201021DF Dionysis Georgopoulos13 June 200530 June 2010N/ADF Georgios Apostolakis22 June 200530 June 201022GK Michalis Zacharioudakis23 November 200530 June 201016MF Evangelos Stathoglou3 January 200630 June 2010
Total spending: 0,000 €
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToFeeDate MF Ilias Eleftheriadis PAOK Loan return 30 May 2005 GK Manolis Makrydakis End of career − 6 June 2005 DF Nikolaos Sourgias Ionia 2000 Loan 11 June 2005 FW Clement Mazibuko Mamelodi Sundowns Loan return 13 June 2005 FW Ishmael Addo Maccabi Tel Aviv Loan return 13 June 2005 MF Andriy Gircha Dynamo Kyiv Free 13 June 2005 DF Nana Falemi Vaslui Free 13 June 2005 DF Suad Fileković Mouscron Free 13 June 2005 FW Stefanos Voskaridis Veria Free 13 June 2005 DF Andreas Skentzos Rodos Free 13 June 2005 GK Kostas Chaniotakis APOEL Free 14 June 2005 DF Charalabos Charalabakis AEP Paphos Free 14 June 2005 DF Georgios Apostolakis Panthrakikos Loan 23 June 2005 DF Alkis Dimitris Veria Free 26 June 2005 MF Manolis Spyridakis Kalamata Free 26 June 2005 MF Stavros Labrakis End of career − 27 June 2005 MF Lars Schlichting Ethnikos Achna €50,000 26 August 2005 MF Ednilson Benfica Transfer Cancelled 31 August 2005 MF Jean Marie Sylla Kallithea Free 17 September 2005 DF Ioannis Kiliaras Irodotos Loan 25 January 2006 MF Nikolaos Chalkiadakis Irodotos Loan 25 January 2006 FW Vasilios Goniotakis Irodotos Free 25 January 2006 MF Javier de Pedro Burgos Free 21 March 2006 Total income: 50,000 € Expenditure: 50,000 €
Managerial changes Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Manolis Patemtzis Sacked 30 January 2006 3rd Nikos Karageorgiou 1 February 2006
Kit 2005−06
Pre-season and friendlies
Pre-season friendlies
Mid-season friendlies
Competitions
Overview CompetitionStarted roundCurrentposition / roundFinalposition / roundFirst matchLast matchBeta Ethniki11st 1st24 September 2005?Greek Football CupFirst RoundRound of 16Round of 1631 August 200521 December 2005 Last updated: 24 April 2014
Beta Ethniki
League table
Results summary
Matches
Greek Cup
Third Round Home teamScoreAway team Polykastro 0 – 5 Ergotelis (Q)
Matches
Fourth Round Home teamScoreAway team Ergotelis (Q) 1 – 0 Panathinaikos
Matches
Round of 16 Home teamScoreAway team Agrotikos Asteras (Q) 2 – 0 Ergotelis
Matches
Statistics
Goal scorers No.Pos.NationNameAlpha EthnikiGreek CupTotal 9 FW Patrick Ogunsoto 21 223 33 DF Georgi Markov 5 05 14 FW Dragan Načevski 3 25 19 MF Georgios Savvidis 3 03 11 MF Béla Kovács 2 13 10 MF Dimitrios Kiliaras 2 02 20 MF Manolis Soutzis 1 12 4 MF Labros Kefaloukos 1 01 6 DF Panagiotis Kordonouris 1 01 82 DF Paschalis Melissas 1 01 29 FW Dimitrios Skouloudis 1 01 - - - Opponent's own Goals 0 0 0 TOTAL 41 647 Last updated: 25 April 2014
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