Football South Australia’s annual awards night took place at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Saturday night.
It saw over 950 members of the South Australian football family gather to celebrate the achievements of the 2022 season.
In attendance was Football Australia’s Chairman, Chris Nikou; South Australian Minister for Recreation Sport and Racing, Katrine Hildyard MP; CEO of the Office for Recreation Sport and Racing, Kylie Taylor and CEO of Sport SA, Leah Cassidy.
Amongst those recognised and awarded on the night were eight people of Greek heritage.
For the Men’s National Premier League awards, Adelaide Olympic’s Jason Konstandopoulos was one of ten finalists in the running for player of the year, whilst Adelaide City’s, Paul Pezos, won coach of the year.
In the Women’s National Premier League Awards was Adelaide Comet’s forward, Chrissy Panagaris who was part of the women’s national premiere league team of the year and a finalist for player of the year.
Winning the State League Two player of the year and Golden Boot was Pontian Eagles’ Anthony Dimas, whilst Northern Wolves’ Tanya Dimitropoulos won the women’s division 4 north player of the year.
In the under-18s and reserve award categories were a further three players of Greek heritage, with West Adelaide’s Alex Giannacopoulos winning State League One U18 player of the year, Adelaide Comets’ Ryan Diamantis winning National Premier League U18 player of the year and Adelaide Comets’ Lukas Ikonomopoulos winning National Premier League Reserve player of the year.
For the full list of winners, visit footballsa.com.au
