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5 unusual facts about Nikos Goumas Stadium


Nikos Goumas Stadium

After AEK Athens F.C. came under its current ownership, the plan for a stadium in Nea Filadelfeia was abandoned.

In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfeia that was originally set aside for refugee housing was donated as a training ground for the refugees.

On October 2, 2013 the AEK Athens board, under Dimitris Melissanidis, presented plans of the new stadium to the municipality of Nea Filadelfeia, in order to gain permission to build.

Prvoslav Dragićević

The league was won after a long run which ended with Olympiacos winning a play-off match against eternal rivals Panathinaikos F.C. in the neutral Nikos Goumas Stadium (1-0).

Thomas Mavros

A notable moment was when during a match against AEK Athens in Nikos Goumas Stadium on 28 October 1989 he scored against them but the AEK Athens fans chanted his name as if he had just scored for AEK Athens showing how much they loved and respected him.



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