Full name | Athletic Football Club Keravnos Kerateas Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Κεραυνός Κερατέας |
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Nickname(s) | Thunder Κεραυνός |
Founded | 1928 |
Ground | Keratea Municipal Stadium Keratea, East Attica, Greece |
Capacity | 3,500 |
Chairman | Panagiotis Pylarinos |
Manager | Thanasis Petouris |
League | East Attica A Local |
Keravnos Kerateas F.C. (Greek: Κεραυνός Κερατέας) is a professional football club based in Keratea, Greece, currently competing in local league East Attica A (A' EPS.AN.A.).
Athletic Football Club Keravnos Kerateas was unofficially founded in 1926 and was finally recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation in 1928.
The club’s name “Keravnos” (Greek: Κεραυνός) is the Greek word for "thunder."
From 1953 to 2003, Keravnos was a member of the Athens Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αθηνών), or "EPSA," one of the oldest Greek amateur football club associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture; the association is a member of the Hellenic Football Federation and organizes a regional football league and cup.
Keratea won the EPSA Cup in 1986, and also reached the Cup Final in 1979 and 1983.
In 2003, Keratea joined the newly established Eastern Attica Football Clubs Association (Greek: Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Αν. Αττικής ), or "EPSANA."
Keratea won the EPSANA Cup in its first three seasons, in 2003-04, 2004–05, and 2005–06, and then again in 2007-08 and 2012-13.
In 2004-05, Keratea won the national amateur cup, the Greek Football Amateur Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Ερασιτεχνικών Ομάδων Ελλάδος).
Keratea won the Delta Ethniki Group 9 championship in 2007-08, earning promotion to Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football, for the first time in the club's history.