Erani Filiatra

The Athletic and Football Council of Erani (Greek: Εράνη) is a sporting club in Filiatra, Greece. It includes football (soccer), basketball^[1] and chess.^[2]

Informative sources

Erani was founded in 1935 and was fully recognized in 1947. Its colours are green and white. Its name came from Erana, an ancient city in the area of Triphylia.

Football (soccer)

In football (soccer), they had participated in the championship role in the organizations of the Messinia FCA and won the prefectural championship several times. It most wins are in the Messinia Cup with six titles and nine participations in the finals.

From 1989-90, the team participated in many times in the Fourth Division and the Third Division in the 1993-94 season. In recent years and the 2009-10 season, they currently play in the Fourth Division.

Players

From Erani featured many famous footballers or soccer players which played in teams at the first and second division. The most famous of these were the Liberopoulos brothers:

• Nikos Liberopoulos, played with his great career at PAO, AEK and in Germany.
• Sotiris Liberopoulos, played for the Greek team under 21 and played many times in the First Division.

Playoff history

The time that Erani entered the finals was in 1990 and challenged Miltiadis and lost 2-1, their next chance was in 1992 and challenged with Apollon Kalamata, their luck for their first title failed as they lost 2-1, then again Erani lost 2-1 with Messini the following year. Their first cup was not achieved until 1995 when they bet Omonoia Kalamata 3-0. In 2001, they won their second beating Messiniakos 3-2, their third beating Pamissos Messini 2-0 and their fourth with the same team but tied apiece but won by penalty kicks. Their fifth was with another rival Sperchogeia beating them 1-0. Their sixth and recent title was won when the Erani beat over Messiniakos with 1-0.

Achievements

• Messinia Football Clubs Association:

1989

• Messinia Cup (6):

1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009

• Messinia Cup (finalist) (3):
• 1990, 1992, 1993

Current players

As of the 2008-09 season:

• Adamopoulos
• Alexandropoulos
• Anastasopoulos
• Andreopoulos
• Anestopoulos
• Assimakopoulos
• Athanassopoulos
• Haralambos Diniotis
• Ilias Diniotis
• Giannis
• Giannakopoulos
• Varouchas Hatzipanagiotis
• Kollias
• Korbis
• Mantzavinos
• Mouhikas
• Nikolopoulos
• Panagiotakopoulos
• Panagiotidis
• Pinchioni
• Tsonis
• Zokos

Basketball

The team plays locally in the EKASKENOP championships.^[3] In the 2007-08 season, Erani plays in the third division.

References

External links

• Municipality of Filatra Official website of Erani