Chalkida F.C. Explained

Clubname:	AC Chalkis
Fullname:	Athletic Football Club of Chalkida
Nickname:	Μπλε (Blue) Νερατζούρι (Nerazzurri) Κυανόμαυροι (Cyan-Blacks)
Short Name:	AOH
Ground:	Municipal Stadium of Chalkida
Capacity:	1,694
Chairman:	Vaggelis Tsaliagkos
Manager:	Vaggelis Togias
League:	Evia FCA First Division
Position:	Gamma Ethniki (Group 3), 13th (relegated)
Website:	https://aochalkis.gr/
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Athletic Club Chalkis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Χαλκίς), also known as A.C. Chalkida, is an association football club based in Chalkida, Greece. The club was founded in 1967 upon the merger of Olympiakos Chalkida and Evrypos Chalkida. Its colours are black and blue and its symbol is the nymph Arethusa.

Their greatest honour was winning the Beta Ethniki in 1968 and playing in the 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki. They currently play in the Group 3 of Gamma Ethniki.

History

Before the merger

A.C. Chalkis was founded in 1967 after a merger between the biggest clubs in the city, Olympiakos Chalkida and Evrypos, who were both competing in the Greek Second Division at the time, with Olympiakos finishing 4th and Evrypos 9th.^[1]

Due to a law by the regime of the Colonels which ruled Greece since April 1967, athletic clubs that were based in the same city were forced to merge with each other.^{[2] [3]} As a result, Olympiakos Chalkida and Evrypos were merged in summer 1967 and the resulting club was named A.C. Chalkis^[4] in order to represent the city of Chalkis as a whole.

A.C. Chalkis

In the following 1967–68 season and first one after the merger, Chalkida finished 1st in Beta Ethniki's Northern Group and was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki for the first time.^[5] However, they were immediately relegated after one season, as they finished 17th in the 1968–69 Alpha Ethniki, second last only to AEL Limassol.^[6]

Until 1989 the team competed in the Beta and Gamma Ethniki championships, without repeating the success of their first season, although they won 2 Gamma Ethniki championships in 1977 and 1987.^{[7] [8]} From 1989 to 1996 the team was competing in the lower Gamma and Delta Ethniki championships, and from 1996 to 2003 only in the Delta Ethniki.

Decline

In 2003 A.C. Chalkis returned to the national championships after seven years, participating in the 2003–04 season of Gamma Ethniki and finishing 11th.^[9] Although having finished in a safe mid-table position, the team was in a financial turmoil; the entire squad was released ^[10] and negotiations with potential investors were unsuccessful.^[11] After a planned merger with local club Doxa Prokopiou was not implemented, Chalkida decided to pull out of every championship, remain inactive for a year and re-appear at the local Evia Football Club Association leagues for the 2005–06 season.^[12]

A.C. Chalkis finished 1st in the A1 Division of Evia and was promoted to the Delta Ethniki in 2010.^[13] The club also won the Evia Amateur Cup six times and finished as runners-up once, with their last victory being in 2012.^[14]

Achievements

• Beta Ethniki
  • Winners (1): 1967–68
• Gamma Ethniki
  • Winners (1): 1986–87
• Delta Ethniki
  • Winners (3): 1991–92, 1993–94, 2002–03
• Evia FCA Championship
  • Winners (4): 1976–77, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2021–22
• Evia FCB Championship
  • Winners (1): 2007–08
• Evia FCA Cup
  • Winners (7): 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2018
  • Runners-up (1): 2000

Notable wins

Season Match Score 1968 Chalkida – AEK Athens (friendly match) 1–0 1977 Chalkida – AEK Athens (friendly match) 1–0

External links

• Evia Football Clubs Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables. Abbink. Dinant. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 May 2012. 29 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230129122846/https://rsssf.org/tablesg/grk2hist.html. live.
2. News: Η ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΥΠΟΔΕΙΚΝΥΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΣΥΓΧΩΝΕΥΣΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΩΝ ΔΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΞΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΘΛΗΤΩΝ (The General Secretary points towards merger of clubs for athletes' benefit). 10 June 1967. Athlitiki Echo. el. Athens.
3. Web site: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Ευβοίας, Οι πρώτες ομάδες (Evia Football Clubs Association, the first clubs). Evia Football Clubs Association. el. 16 May 2012. 27 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101027231935/http://epsevias.gr/history.php?catid=3. dead.
4. Web site: Greece - Mergers and Name Changes. Mastrogiannopoulos. Alexander. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 May 2012. 29 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230129133312/https://rsssf.org/tablesg/grk-names.html. live.
5. Web site: Greece - List of Second Level Final Tables. Abbink. Dinant. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 May 2012. 29 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230129122846/https://rsssf.org/tablesg/grk2hist.html. live.
6. Web site: Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999. Abbink. Dinant. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 May 2012. 11 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231011072459/http://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkhist.html. live.
7. News: Η Χαλκίδα κάνει σήμερα τον γύρο του θριάμβου (Chalkida performs the victory march today). Vazogiannis. M.. 15 June 1977. Athlitiki Echo. el. 16 May 2012.
8. Web site: Greece - List of Third Level Final Tables. Mastrogiannopoulos. Alexander. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 May 2012. 29 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230129122925/https://rsssf.org/tablesg/grk3hist.html. live.
9. Web site: Greece Third Level 2003/04. Alexander. Mastrogiannopoulos. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 May 2012. 12 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712012146/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk3-04.html. live.
10. News: Χαλκίδα: Οργή και απογοήτευση (Chalkida: Anger and disappointment). 3 August 2004. Athlitiki Echo. el.
11. News: "Βουλιάζει" η Χαλκίδα (Chalkida "sinking"). 26 July 2004. Athlitiki Echo. el.
12. News: Χαλκίδα: Τέλος εποχής (Chalkida: End of an era). 6 September 2006. Athlitiki Echo. el.
13. Web site: Evia FCA competitions, 2009 - 10 standings. Evia Football Clubs Association. el. 16 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120508033153/http://epsevias.gr/score2009.php. 8 May 2012. dead.
14. Web site: ΤΕΛΙΚΟΙ ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟΥ (Amateur Cup finals). Evia Football Clubs Association. el. 16 May 2012. 13 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120513191650/http://www.epsevias.gr/caphis.php. live.