History
The club was formed in 1963 from the merger of two rival Trikala football clubs, Achilleas of Trikala and Α.Ε.Τ. The history of these original clubs can be traced back to the early 1920s when the football in the town was starting to rising.
The merger provided an optimistic spirit for the fans of the team since the town's best teams had been merged. Concequently, it proved to be successful as, within a year, A.O.T. had won promotion to the Greek first division.
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