Evangelos Mytilineos period .282000.E2.80.932004.29 Iraklis 1908 Thessaloniki F.C.

iraklis squad 1999–2000 season

the team sold in 2000 prominent greek businessman evangelos mytilineos €3,500,000 (1.18 billion drachmas). despite acquisition of many promising players during first summer, 2000–2001 campaign didn t have expected results, club finishing in 5th position, out of european qualification spots. however, iraklis managed progress 2nd round of uefa cup, achieved memorable (although without effect) win on 1. fc kaiserslautern in fritz-walter-stadion. next summer, mytilineos s first move sell highly rated striker , fans favorite michalis konstantinou panathinaikos, setting new record highest fee received domestic transfer. move worsened relationship between new owner , fans, while weakened club, since konstantinou not replaced. manager giannis kyrastas, considered 1 of greece s bests, replaced previous coach angelos anastasiadis in second tenure managed qualified once again uefa cup on small budget. in 2004, mytilineos announced desire leave team , therefore sell giorgos spanoudakis (a friend of school years, used first vice-president of club), €1, since team heavily in debt. spanoudakis initiated series of expensive unsuccessful deals polish international cezary kucharski , serie veteran giuseppe signori, driving team close bankruptcy. later tried rid of team selling yet unknown businessman named dimitris houlis, had been president of akratitos f.c.. after 5-month period during houlis controlled team, greek football commission annulled transfer, raising questions in media regarding handling of previous 1 between mytilinaios , spanoudakis, too.

ivan jovanović, player , later coach of team

in january 2004, savvas kofidis, famous player of team in 1980s, became team s manager. during 2005–06, led iraklis acclaimed 4th-place finish, playing effective , attractive football, creating club record 13 consecutive wins @ home. however, considerable debts players, coaches , state, spanoudakis started 2006–07 season attempting reconcile iraklis finances selling joël epalle , panagiotis lagos, instrumental in previous year s success. next year kofidis resigned manager of considerably weakened team after iraklis lost 7 , drew 2 of first 9 games in greek super league , additionally eliminated uefa cup in time wisła kraków. 2006–07 season ended in hard breaking fashion team gained survival greek super league in last matchday, after breaking 39 matches unbeaten home run of skoda xanthi.