Kozani F.C.
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| Full name | Filathlo Somateio Kozanis | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sourdia | ||
| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Municipal stadium (Kozani), Kozani, Greece | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 seated | ||
| Chairman | Leftheris Kalentiriadis | ||
| Manager | Grigoris Tsinos | ||
| League | Fourth Division | ||
| 2005-06 | Third Division-North,15th | ||
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Kozani FC is the football club of the Filathlo Somateio Kozanis. The sports club was founded in April of 1964 in Kozani, Greece following the merge between Makedonikos and Olympiakos Kozanis. In the emblem the team kept the date both teams were founded in 1928 and took the colours of Olympiakos, the red and Makedonikos, the white. Kozani FC presently plays at the Kozani stadium in Kozani.
The emblem of Kozani is the big clock of the Town Hall on a red background.
The football section of Kozani is one of the sections in sports that hasn't achieve a lot in the Greek football for the city of Kozani, resulting the team to be 3 times champions in the Fourth Division (1995,1997 and 2004) and win the promotion to the Third Division with some good performances in the past years. The best recent year in the Third Division was actually in 1999-2000 where they finished 3rd, behind Akratito and Nafpaktiako who were promoted. They also finished 3rd three more times in 1988,1990 and 1998 where they lost promotion in the last games. They haven't played in the second division though with the existing format, although the last time they participated in the Second Division was in 1982-83 whereas the second division had two groups of 20 teams each.
The year 2005-06, the club unfortunately relegated to Fourth Division (Regional Championship) failing to win the last game away at Drama. However, the crucial match το avoid the relegation was against Polykastro at home where the team drew 1-1 instead of winning and stay in the division.