2007-2008 Season
- Pierikos started in fascinating manner in the 2007-2008 season. In the first matcday Pierikos won Kastoria by 3-0 (Pierikos' biggest win in the season) at home. In the second matchday Pierikos played again at home and won 2-1 versus PAS Giannina. After that Pierikos' manager Giorgos Vazakas resigned and the team was unable to find its starting form under guidance of German manager Thomas Kost.
- In a game against ASK Olympiakos Volos the match referee showed 9 yellow cards, 2 red cards to the players of Pierikos plus a dubious penalty for ASK Olympiakos Volos (saved by the goalkeeper of Pierikos). Besides the team playing with 9 players, almost all of them having yellow cards, Pierikos was able to hold the match in a 0-0 score until the 68th minute. Then the referee Sidiropoulos gave a dubious foul, just outside the Pierikos area which ended up in the net making the score 1-0. After the 80th minute 3 players of Pierikos got out of the game for getting injured (Serginho 82', Garozis 84', Kalambakas 89') and thus Pierikos had just 3 players on field. The final whistle had gone in the 89th minute of the game. In the end 48 fouls were given against Pierikos, while only 8 against ASK Olympiakos Volos
- A disciplinary committee decided that the game should be recorded as a 3-0 win by ASK Olympiakos Volos, plus Pierikos should have 3 points deducted. Their decision was based on the assumption that the Pierikos players were making up their injuries in their game against ASK Olympiakos Volos.
- Pierikos struggled until the end of the season to avoid relegation to the 3rd Division, and finally managed it after an away win against Ionikos in the last matchday with a score of 1-0.
- The team finally ended the league in the 13th position (out of 18 teams) gathering 42 points. The team scored 28 goals (the leagues 3rd worst scoring record) and conceded 31 This was the 3rd best defence after the league champions Panserraikos(conceded 19 goals) and the league runner-up Thrasyvoulos (conceded 27).
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