The Ilioupoli Chronicle
Squad30 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Michalis Kouiroukidis
85 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Ilioupoli lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ousmane Sountoura breaks a bone — 103 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 103 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Ilias Kyritsis
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
No thanks: Mijat Gaćinović rejects the move
Ilioupoli had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at AEK, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Orestis Kreci says Ilioupoli went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Ilioupoli
Michalis Kouiroukidis and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Ilioupoli
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Ilioupoli rebuffed over Ahmed Kossonou
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AEL Larisa have kept their man, and Ilioupoli go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match28 Aug 2027
Egaleo take the points off Ilioupoli
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Evangelos Tsadjaris joins the Ilioupoli first team
- Market One of our own: Anastasios Kourbelis joins the Ilioupoli first team
- Market Apostolos Pelkas steps up from the Ilioupoli academy