Clubname: | P.A.O. Krousonas |
Fullname: | Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κρουσώνα Podosfairikós Athlitikós Ómilos Krousóna (Football Athletic Club of Krousonas) |
Short Name: | PAOK |
Founded: | 1968 |
Ground: | Krousonas Municipal Stadium |
Capacity: | 1,500 |
Chairman: | Giannis Deiktakis |
Manager: | Giorgos Chatzidiamantis |
League: | Heraklion FCA Α1 Division |
Season: | 2017−18 |
Position: | Heraklion FCA Α1 Division 13th |
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P.A.O. Krousonas F.C., short for Podosfairikos Athlitikos Omilos Krousona (el| Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κρουσώνα, translated Football Athletic Club of Krousonas) and also known simply as PAOK or Krousonas, is a Greek football club, based in Krousonas, Heraklion. The club was founded in 1968,[1] and its colors are black and white. They currently compete in the Heraklion FCA Α1 Division and host their home games in the Krousonas Municipal Stadium.
Krousonas is a member of the Heraklion Football Clubs Association, and has been competing in local competitions until 2006, when they won the Heraklion FCA Championship[2] and earned promotion to the (now defunct) Delta Ethniki, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system. Krousonas played for seven straight seasons in the fourth division, until 2012−13, when the competition merged with the Gamma Ethniki, the country's third football division. They played for three straight seasons in the Gamma Ethniki during 2013−16, but were relegated at the end of the 2015−16 seasons and returned to local competitions after a decade in the nationals.