title: 2000–01 Kalamata F.C. season
text: # 2000–01 Kalamata F.C. season
  
  The 2000–01 season was Kalamata' 2nd straight season on the Greek first tier. The team had finished well the previous season and was set to play in Europe for the first time. However, the team was relegated, and also exited at first opportunity both in the domestic cup and Intertoto Cup, even fielding a reserve squad in the first leg of the latter competition.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | GRE | Christos Kelpekis | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | GRE | Aristidis Galanopoulos | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | GRE | Gerasimos Belevonis | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | BRA | Claudio Alves Oliveira | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Kalogiannidis | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 7 | FW | BRA | Alessandro Soares | 30 | 10 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | GRE | Kostas Frantzeskos | 28 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
  | 9 | DF | GRE | Stathis Kappos | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 10 | DF | GHA | Charles Sampson | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | GHA | Emanuel Bentil | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 12 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Koutivas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 13 | GK | CAN | Kenny Stamatopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | GRE | Christos Gantzoudis | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | GRE | Triantafyllos Macheridis | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | FW | GRE | Thomas Troupkos | 26 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | ARG | Luis Darío Calvo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | GK | GRE | Sotiris Liberopoulos | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Bachramis | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | GRE | Thanasis Sentementes | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | FW | CYP | Giorgos Kavazis | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | FW | GRE | Ilias Anastasakos | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | FW | BRA | Hilton Gerônimo | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 27 | FW | GRE | Christos Kalantzis | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 28 | DF | ARG | Ariel Graña | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | MF | GRE | Vangelis Kourentzis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 30 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Kapetanopoulos | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | GRE | Vangelis Nastos | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 34 | FW | GRE | Georgios Kravaris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 35 | MF | GRE | Paschalis Melissas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 36 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Palmaras | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | DF | GRE | Nikos Arganis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 38 | DF | GRE | Petros Arganis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 40 | MF | GRE | Fanouris Goundoulakis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 41 | MF | GRE | Nikos Triantafyllakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | ? | GK | GRE | Konstantinos Zisimatis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | ? | DF | AUS | John Tambouras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | ? | MF | GRE | Fragiskos Keranis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | ? | MF | GRE | Vasilis Begetis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | ? | MF | GRE | Vangelis Tsoukalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | ? | FW | GRE | Konstantinos Mintziras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  ### Players who left during the season
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 17 | DF | GRE | Nikos Georgeas | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Daskalakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
  | 33 | MF | GRE | Vasilis Kosyfologos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 38 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Alevizos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  ## Managers
  
  * Vasilis Georgopoulos: start of season – 30 June 2001
  
  ## Alpha Ethniki
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 | OFI (O) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
  | 13 | PAS Giannina (R) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
  | 14 | Paniliakos (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 29 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
  | 15 | Kalamata (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
  | 16 | Athinaikos (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 20 | Relegation to Beta Ethniki |
  
  * 1 2 Head-to-head points: Panachaiki 10, OFI 4, PAS Giannina 2.
  