The Ilioupoli Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Argyris Liatsikouras turns down Ilioupoli
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Olympiacos keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ilioupoli
Michalis Kouiroukidis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jorge Juliá falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ilioupoli promote Panagiotis Tsimikas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Panagiotis 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: Andreas Limnios joins the Ilioupoli first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andreas Limnios is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eleftherios Androutsos steps up from the Ilioupoli academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eleftherios Androutsos has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Dimitrios Manolas steps up from the Ilioupoli academy
- Squad This league is too small for Roger Tamba
- Squad No place for Michalis Patiras in the new shape
- Transfer targets Ilioupoli try to borrow Filip Bainović