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NEW ERA FOR THESSALONIKI FC!!!

2010-03-16T12:05:00.001-07:00

THESSALONIKI FC TURNS THE PAGE
The time has come for the Keane gameworld to reset and bring the reign of the greek clubs to an end !!! It's been a hell of a ride with a lot of highlights for our club as well as the majority of "The Greek gang".However this is not the end !!! We are ready for a new start and definitely up for the challenge!

So as expected, our creative department in association with P&P (hehe) is proud to present the new emblem that will accompany our team on their quest for glory as well as the new kit of the team !!!

Our new emblem couldn't be anything less than a tribute to our homeland, the gorgeous city of Thessaloniki!!!It is marked with the emblem of A.S. PAOK as well as the figures of white tower and Alexander the Great, the greatest greek figure to have ever lived.

Thessaloniki FC Season 8 kits

2009-06-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

SEASON 7 KITS + LIVE PICS

2009-05-25T04:27:00.000-07:00

Our New Adidas KITS for season 7 and some eye candy for the fans

Henri Saivet

Aliaksandr Hleb

Miralem Sulejmani

DANIEL STURRIDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-05-14T06:16:00.000-07:00

WE GOT HIM!!!A world class addition to the squad!!!Daniel Sturridge joined the team and is ready to kick some serious butt alongside Saivet!The only problem the manager faces is how he can fit all these attacking players...After some games it seems he has ended up using Danny up front , Wellington as AMR , Hleb and Sulejmani as MCs with Polanski completing the trio and Henri Saivet an the AML positions but with specific instructions to go next to Sturridge whenever he pleases.Saivet is in a monstrous form
scoring 137 goals at 197 games (so far) and Sturridge has already 32 goals in 56 apps this season!!!

Season 6 kits

2009-04-29T15:16:00.000-07:00

ALIAKSANDR HLEB

2009-04-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

Please DO TURN SOUND OFF !!!

MIRALEM SULEJMANI

2009-04-23T07:06:00.000-07:00

HENRI SAIVET COMPILATION

2009-04-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

Building a rock solid defence

2009-04-22T14:08:00.000-07:00

Season 6 is just around the corner and our team who had a nasty season 5, finishing 11th in the premiership of XEFA , has decided to invest in strengthening our back line.
Nicolas Seube is rumored to be out of the manager's plans for good so
Vasily Berezutskiy is the one to take up his role as a DR instead of DC.

Mehdi Benatia will also be moving positions.He is assigned to the DC
post instead of MC/DM.The youngster is showing great potential in training
playing as DC and is hoping to prove his worth.

So far so good , we already know these guys.But for the remaining 2 positions we have something special.First of all the fact that Rivarola is showing marks that his age is holding the team back led to the signing of JOSE MARIA BASANTA!A great DL with exceptional marking tackling abilities.Realy good pace , accell and of course great jumping and heading on top of being 1.88m.
And last but not least we have the return of the king !!!Our towering scoring DC HUMBERTO MENDOZA who had to leave the team in a time where wage crisis had hit all teams , returns back where he belongs!Back in the Alexander the Great stadium to hear his name once more from our crazy fans!!!

We look forward to a great new season and this time we know exactly what we r up against :)

2009-04-11T02:56:00.000-07:00

Aliaksandr Hleb is now a Kalamaria resident !!! The 1.300.000 bid was enough for Thessaloniki FC to aqquire his services !He was transfered from brother club Barcalonika FC and made a hell of a start getting great ratings and scoring in his 2nd game.A world class player who completes a deadly attack pattern along with Saivet , Sulejmani and De Smet.Belarus , 12 points.

Thessaloniki FC sign Nestor Ortigoza !!!

2009-04-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

Yes its true!!We finally found a good MC after a long search and a lot of denials from other clubs to negotiate.Today Rotterdam United auctioned Nestor and the scouting team noticed it at once!He was in the manager's shortlist for a while now , and he was approached again some time ago.So that was the time , we talked for a while with his former manager and the deal was set!The price to bring him in was 250.000 which was a fair price considering his mv was 170.000 and is currently rising.
He is already labeled as the next Mokhtari due to his similar technical ability.Some say he might even overcome Youseff.All we have to do is wait and see.Welcome on board :)

STRIKERS

2009-04-02T12:51:00.000-07:00

HENRI SAIVET

Date of birth	October 26, 1990 (1990-10-26) (age 18)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker, Left/Right AM

Henri Saivet is a French footballer who is considered to be a promising talent, drawing comparison to fellow French striker Thierry Henry.

Saivet signed his first professional contract with FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 2007, thus making him the youngest professional player in the history of FC Girondins de Bordeaux.He also made quite an impact at the UEFA Under17 European Championship with his national team.

Henri is the team's basic striker despite his age.He has taken a heavy burden but he is managing to do great so far.An explosive striker who is known for his power , speed and tecnhique.There has been many transfer speculations and he was chased by numerous groups,but Henri is staying focused and of course he is staying put.He is indispensable to the club.The future lies at his feet.

STIJN DE SMET

Full name	Stijn Camiel De Smet
Date of birth	March 27, 1985 (1985-03-27) (age 23)
Place of birth	Bruges, Belgium
Height	183 cm
Playing position	attacking midfielder/forward

Stijn De Smet (born March 27, 1985 in Bruges) is a Belgian professional football player.Since the 2004-2005 season, De Smet is being selected for the matches of the Belgian national under-21 team. He was also part of the squad that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.He is a hard worker on the pitch and a mighty threat from the left side if he notices a weak spot in the opposing defence.

MIDFIELDERS

2009-04-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

ALIAKSANDR HLEB

Full name	Aliaksandr Paŭlavich Hleb
Date of birth	1 May 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 27)
Place of birth	Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Winger / Attacking midfielder

Hleb is a world famous player who will shine in every team he ll ever play.He joined us from our brother club Barcalonika fc one of the BEST (if not the best) teams in KEANE.An amazing playmaker who creates killer balls all the time and with great dribling abilities.A total gem of a player.

MIRALEM SULEJMANI

Full name	Miralem Sulejmani
Date of birth	5 December 1988 (1988-12-05) (age 20)
Place of birth	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger

Miralem joined just recently the team for the (ridiculous) ammount of 500.000 pounds after his former club decided to sell him.There are simply no words to describe this gem of a player.Scores , passes , dribbles, hes got the whole package.A top class player who helps the most in every game and a true match winner.

EUGEN POLANSKI

Full name	Eugen Polanski
Date of birth	March 17, 1986 (1986-03-17) (age 22)
Place of birth	Sosnowiec, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder

Eugen is a recent part of our team but he is doing great already.He has blended well with the rest of the squad and he will develop in a top class player really soon.His commanding presence on the pitch and his leadership skills , provide us with a solid backbone.Did i mention his great stamina ? :)

NESTOR ORTIGOZA

Full name	Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza
Date of birth	July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder

Ortigoza came after a long search for a replacement to Mokhtari.A great technician with amazing passing and scoring skills but poor physical ability (currently :P).Rated with 7.01 at his debut , playing 90 minutes unfit , is definetly a sign of this players class and will.

MEHDI BENATIA

Full name	Mehdi El Mouttaqui Benatia
Date of birth	April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 21)
Place of birth	Évry, Essonne, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender

Benatia comes from Thessaloniki FC's recently dismantled youth squad and has earned himself a place in the team since youssef mokhtari retired and miralme sulejmani joined.A natural defender who is used as an MC or DM most of the time due to the teams lack of players however performing as expected.He is also able to score headers from set pieces occasionaly.

RENATINHO

Full name : Renato de Cassio Negrao
Age : 31 (currently)
Place of birth : Somewhere in brazil ^^
Height : 168cm
Playing position : MR/AM/R/FC

Renatinho came as a bench warmer to the team and that shows in the aqquiring price we got him (1 pound).However he amazed everyone playing awesome football , carrying the ball around like a real pro and making top class defenders look really bad.

Season 5 goals and expectations

2009-04-02T05:07:00.000-07:00

So its time for season 5.We come from a succesfull season 4 but things are not looking so good.Even though we have managed to establish ourselves in 80th to 60th position in the gameworld rankings an unexpected injury of Henri Saivet wrecked the team's form for 2 days in the begining of the Division matches.We have started playing against the big teams of our league and are currently counting 2 wins 3 draws and 7 defeats.On top of that we had a major clearout of the team , releasing or selling the youths with not much prospect and the old guys who couldnt contribute any more and of course a trully sad event.The retirement of our legendary playmaker Youssef Mokhtari
A player who took our team by the hand and pulled it to the premiership.His stats speak for themselves.

He was always helping the team either by scoring or giving assists, but also by dictating the midfield.He will be greatly missed.

So the team is now left with 16 players including two GKs.Injuries are our worst fear and finding our form back is our main objective.

Summing up it is going to be a hard season and we our aiming to a respectable position in the mid table.Its still early so we ll be back with more as soon as possible.

Season 4 Round-Up

2009-04-02T04:48:00.000-07:00

We 've been away for a long time but the news team has come back with more coverage and a better "marketing" group ;) (thanks G) It's been a stunning 4th season for Thessaloniki FC which started great and we managed to sustain our top form till the end of the season.During that month we recorded great wins against strong players and eventually got on the much anticipated top100 in the gameworlds ranking!!!And of course we couldnt leave out the fact that our club enjoys its first official title!!!That's right, after a tough series of games and a lot of changes in the top positions , we locked our "bad selves" in the closet and gave our all to finish 1st and win the Xtreme Evening Championship!!!(Ishmael Miller in the picture , with the so much anticipated trophy)That gave us the automatick ticket to the Xtreme Evening Premiership to join major clubs such as Vagelis' Byron City , Tasos' Kalithea North End Reds, Grampus 8 my hamster Pipi United and others.It is a big joy to also have Dikefalos FC promoted from championship tou premiership , so now its 4 greek teams in the division!

We also participated in the non-premiership XEFA cup which we failed to win in the final as the match auto resolved and lost to Smuts City.However its been a thrilling ride and we enjoyed every single moment.

Moving on to the next season...

Thessaloniki FC official kits

2009-03-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

Finally our official home ,away and 3rd kit are revealed

2009-03-07T12:17:00.000-08:00

Henri Saivet in Thessaloniki FC kit!!!

Huge signing !!!

2009-01-20T06:04:00.000-08:00

We have been away for a while but this time we couldn't help ourselves posting even though we are too busy this time around...The reason is no other than our greatest signing so far!!! We managed to sign powerfull striker ISHMAEL MILLER for 825,000 pounds (MV is 1,300,000) at 10,000 wages

Full name	Ishmael Anthony Miller
Date of birth	5 March 1987 (1987-03-05) (age 21)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Midfielder/Striker

Thessaloniki sign Edu

2009-01-03T07:30:00.000-08:00

Moments ago Thessaloniki FC presented their new signing Eduardo Goncalves de Oliveira (He prefers Edu :P) who has arrived at Makedonia Airport of Thessaloniki this afternoon.With the sale of Everton and Berglund the team remained with only two strikers Saivet and De Smet so it was only a matter of time until they signed another forward.With the injury of Saivet adding a lot more pressure , and with other managers overpricing their players , the signing of Edu came as the best solution.The deal price was 500,000 pounds.The player stated he was very happy to join our squad and that he is ready to make an impact in the field.

DEFENDERS and GK

2009-01-01T10:20:00.000-08:00

VASILY BEREZUTSKIY

Full name	Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth	June 20, 1982 (1982-06-20) (age 26)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender

HUMBERTO MENDOZA

Full name	Humberto Antonio Mendoza
Date of birth	October 2, 1984 (1984-10-02) (age 24)
Place of birth	Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender

JOSE MARIA BASANTA

Full name	José María Basanta
Date of birth	April 3, 1984 (1984-04-03) (age 25)
Place of birth	Tres Sargentos, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender

GERMAN RIVAROLA

Full name	Germán Ezequiel Rivarola
Date of birth	April 18, 1979 (1979-04-18) (age 29)
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender

NICOLAS SEUBE

Date of birth	August 11, 1979 (1979-08-11) (age 29)
Place of birth	Toulouse, France
Height	1.80 m
Playing position	Defender

VLADIMIR DISLJENKOVIC

Date of birth	July 2, 1981 (1981-07-02) (age 27)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper

Thessaloniki F.C. @ English Champions Cup

2009-01-01T09:39:00.000-08:00

It's not much but at least it's SOMETHING :D At last our team started showing signs
of progress.Among other competitions we joined the ECC comp where after 4 group games we managed to finish top of the group unbeatable, leaving the oustanding danish team "Aarhus FC" second , beating them with 1-0 (Saivet 5').

Group Stage
1st)Thessaloniki F.C. 8
2nd)Aarhus F.C. 5
3rd)Tabernacle F.C. 5
4th)Kid Chameleon 4
5th)The Young Ones 3

Stage of Sixteen

Next on the 16stage, we confronted Israeli team Beitar Katamonim in a tough game who ended 2-2 at full time with our team managing to catch up to our rivals twice as Ruslan Kostyshyn turned the game to a personal matter.He took the team on his shoulders and scored two beautiful goals sending the game to the extra time.After a scoreless half hour, we won the penalties with our keeper E.Lobos saving their 6th shot.

Beitar Katamonim 2 - 2 Thessaloniki F.C.
Zandberg scored 10' Kostyshyn (50',80')
Gunnlaugsson scored 59'

We ll get back to you soon with the Quarter Final coverage.

Everton and Thessaloniki F.C. part ways

2009-01-01T09:05:00.000-08:00

Early this morning Everton met Thessaloniki F.C. board's denial to offer him a contract of 8,000pounds wage.It was decided that he was not performing good enough for that kind of money and was released.However Everton, before leaving, gave a strong response scoring the winning goal at our team's surprise win over tremendous Kalamata F.C. which happened to be his last game.So long hijo.

Extreme Evening Division 1B

2009-01-01T08:29:00.000-08:00

So the groups are announced and as expected we land on division 1b.Our team took a while to stop losing EVERY game so we ended up here.

Its always nice to have a challenge and a goal to achieve.We ll start from low and we ll give our best to join our fellow managers' rank.

Ladies and gentlemen ... Eugen Polanski!!!

2008-12-30T11:54:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day...We our proud to announce the signing of Eugen Polanski!!!
The 22 years old German midfielder was playing for Kleomenis Kefalas' illustrius Kalamata F.C. before the two sides agreed terms for the transfer.The manager stated his belief that Eugen will be a star player as long as he keeps working hard.Let's all hope for the best.Here is a little information about the youngster.

Polanski is a midfielder and had played for Borussia Mönchengladbach professionally since the 2004–05 season, joining the club from local Concordia Viersen in July, 1994. In his third Bundesliga appearance, against Bayer Leverkusen on November 19, 2005 (1-1), Polanski scored his first, and so far only, Bundesliga goal. Used either in central defensive midfield or on the right side midfield, the member of the German U-21 team had been representing Germany all the way through in his youth and often showed up as captain of the selections.

Vigorously turning down a hasty effort of Poland's then manager Pawel Janas to switch back nationalities in time to represent the country of his birth at the 2006 World Cup, Polanski was a key member of the German Under-21 team at the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006, scoring a magnificent long-range goal in the fixture against Serbia and Montenegro. His form during the tournament made former Champions League finalist AS Monaco enquire about his services, receiving a swift and proper rejection from Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Mass players offload

2008-12-30T10:47:00.000-08:00

As most of my fellow managers know our team was auto selected at first...So many players were just too expensive for the team in comparison to their efficiency...I hope they do well in their future careers...One the most notable exit is the one of Fredrik Berglund...It was decided that he would be offered the same wage this season but he got a better offer from another club.So long and thanks to all of them :)

Players out:

Fredrik Berglund (29) S to Marketeers United for 34,000pounds
Richard Kingson (30) GK to AFC Linford for 500pounds
Mark Keneddy (32) MC,AML to AFC Salop for 100pounds
Clint Hill (30) DLC to Dartmoor Harriers for 9,000pounds
Danny Coid (27) WB RL released
Ryan France (28) WB R released
Paul Murphy (23) AMLC released

Everton's future is still uncertain...A decision will be made untill this thursday...

Our team's most promising talent "Henri Saivet "

2008-12-29T15:28:00.000-08:00

For those who don't know this young fella , check his skills over here (he is 16 in the video)

2008-12-29T15:01:00.000-08:00

Our team's emblem is a tribute to Thessaloniki's -and for a lot of people's hearts, Greece's as well- best football club, PAOK and of course our beloved city.Thessaloniki is the capital of Makedonia (yeah you can call it Macedonia if you want but this is wrong spelling) which is a geographical department of greece and once a great empire who ruled a great part of the world.Many lands have been taken over back then, some of which(look at our northern neighbour country F.Y.R.O.M.) tried to take credit of our history shamelessly giving their country a name that is our legacy.Makedonia's capital used to be Pella , a beautiful place deep in greece.Our emblem bears some lines of the makedonia's anthem.

Thessaloniki F.C. Squad

2008-12-29T13:12:00.000-08:00

So let's meet our squad:

First , our striking force consisted of both talented youth and experienced hard workers, is managing to keep our team in a good scoring status so far.If only we conceded less :P So here we go...Our STRIKERS