The Kalamata Chronicle
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Kalamata go back to the board over Nikos Grammatikakis
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $40.0K — a club that wants Nikos Grammatikakis enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Francisco Facello turns down Kalamata
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Chacarita Juniors keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Piñeiro in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kalamata this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kalamata bid $38.0K for Nikos Grammatikakis
The offer went to Volos NPS this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Chacarita Juniors tell Kalamata: Francisco Facello is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kalamata promote Efthymios Samaris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Efthymios Samaris has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kalamata promote Fotios Alexiou from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fotios Alexiou has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kalamata promote Stavros Tsimikas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stavros Tsimikas has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vasileios Bakasetas joins the Kalamata first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vasileios Bakasetas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.