Fostiras F.C.

Φωστήρας Ταύρου) is a Greek football club based in Tavros, a suburb of Athens, Greece.

The club's original emblem was the Phoenix which was later abolished because it was associated with the 1967 Greek junta.

The first match of the club mentioned was on 30 January 1927 against Atromitos Neapolis (Exarchia) and ended 2-2.

Atromitos played with: Tzonakis, Kampouropoulos G. Angelatos and A. Melanitis and from Fostir, Vafoulas and Markopoulos."

The first team of Fostiras, which remained almost the same until the beginning of the 1930s, consisted of the following players: S. Ladonikolas, Zaridis, I. Mavropoulos, O. Christofidis, Th.

This team gradually gained a great reputation, as it remained unbeaten in matches with unofficial clubs until 1930.

By the summer of 1930, they joined ESPA had scored 32 wins, 3 draws and only one defeat and had a goal difference of 119-26.

AEN was founded in September 1929 by brothers Stefanos, Nikolaos and Panagis Kristalidis, Ant.

They immediately set up their own regular-sized stadium and started racing with other unofficial clubs.

In the core team of AEN G. Zarifis (goalkeeper), K. Baketatzis, Al. Kalafatis (defenders), N. Lazaratos, Ant.

He began to create his legend in the early post-war years, when he first joined the FCA Athens, where he fought successfully throughout the 1950s and 1960s, with opponents of AEK, Panathinaikos, Apollon Athens, Panionios, Egaleo, Athinaikos, Atromitos Peristeri etc.

In the first postwar period in the team were: Spyros Gialampidis, Stamatis Tsiskakis, Dimitsanas, Pilatos, Chatzigiannis, Mantalopoulos, Bebis, Neofytou, Mylonakis, Fabritsis, Kaparitsis, Dimasanitsis, Kaparatzian, Tsalavoutas, Tsalatzis Pavlidis, Exapichidis, Bobotas etc.

He qualified for the final of the 1955-56 Greek Championship, where he competed in the second group (central) and finished 4th in 5 teams.

Fostiras gained their "Slayer of the Giants" nickname in the 1940s because of their fighting spirit against stronger opponents.