History
The association was founded in 1928 and the name means 'Macedonian'. In 2008, they were promoted to Football League 2 after a fourteen-year absence from the National Leagues. The club's best moments were in the 40's when the team was struggling for the Greek Championship (1947) but didn't make it and in the 80's when Makedonikos was playing in the 1st Division ('82-'83) and was one of the strongest teams in the 2nd Division. Many great Greek football players played for Makedonikos F.C. over the years. Giorgos Karamihalos, Fanis Tountziaris, Nikos Sakellaridis made their name wearing the green shirt of Makedonikos while other famous footballers played in 'Efkarpia' sometime in their career. Damanakis, Gounaris, Giannakoulas, Beltsos, Fanaras, Kermanidis, Drambis, Tsironis, Nikoloudis, Terzanidis, Iordanidis are some of them.
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