Πανθρακικός) is a Greek football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963.
They stayed in this division until being relegated in 1978, but were promoted back to Beta Ethniki after a single season.
In 2004 prompting significant investment into the club from local entrepreneurs Thodoris Savakis, Tasos Karaolanis & Yiannis Kitzidis.
Zisis Tsekos, Dimitrios Kalaitzidis and Yiannis Gounaris, were fired to be replaced by manager Kostas Vasilakakis and lead the club to an 11th-place finish.
Panthrakikos started the 2007–08 season with a breach of league rules[8] in their opening game, against Chaidari, and were penalised by a four-point reduction.
Despite this penalty, Panthrakikos beat Ilisiakos 1–0 in the final game of the season to overtake PAS Giannena, finish third and gain promotion to Super League Greece for the first time.
Emilio Ferrera, was hired as manager in the summer of 2008, lead Panthrakikos to an 11th[9] place finish in their first Super League season.
On January 25, 2017, Panthrakikos withdrew from the Football League (Level 2) due to financial problems after the 12th game of the period.
The "Municipal Athletic Center" (ΔΑΚ – Δημοτικό Αθλητικό Κέντρο) was built in 1923 by the Hellenic Army near the railway station of Komotini.
In the southern grandstand at the back of, there is a big booth for the Radio and TV journalists (gate 4).
As of 18 April 2016 according to combined sources[13][14][15] Former players without Wikipedia article, based on their long-term presence in Panthrakikos, players worthy of mention are Filippos Aivazis (1967–84) who holds the record for most appearances (405) and most goals (89) in the Beta and Gamma Ethniki, Apostolos Hatziioannidis - Apostolakis (1956-64 Orfeas Komotini, 1964-69 AO Kavala, 1967-77 Panthrakikos F.C.