Goncalo Feio set to replace Giorgos Antonopoulos at Asteras Tripolis

Preliminary deal in Greece

Greek outlet sport24.gr reported a preliminary agreement under which Goncalo Feio will become head coach of Asteras Tripolis, succeeding Giorgos Antonopoulos. Most reports give the Portuguese coach's age as 36, while iefimerida puts it at 38. According to the reports, Feio was already in Greece on 2 November and an official announcement was expected within hours. Iefimerida says the contract runs for two and a half years and that he arrived in Tripoli on Monday, 2 November, together with his family. His first training session with the players is set for the morning of Tuesday, 3 November.

A career that has rarely settled

Feio began as an assistant to Kiko Ramírez at Xanthi in 2019, a post he held from July to November according to Nautemporiki. He then led Motor Lublin to two promotions before moving to Legia Warsaw, where he won the Polish Cup in 2025 and took the club to the Conference League quarter-finals, including an away win over Chelsea. He later coached Radomiak and left after a few months following an altercation with a city councillor. At Dunkirk he did not reach his first official match, and his last job was Tondela, where the team played eight second-tier games under him, winning two, drawing two and losing four, and was relegated during his spell. Combined, he managed fewer than 20 matches at Dunkirk, Radomiak and Tondela, against more than 50 each at Legia and Motor.

Asteras' start to the season

Asteras sits 12th in the Super League with six points, four behind the safe eighth place. The number of games played differs between reports, with nine league matches cited in some and eight in others. The club has been without a stable coaching arrangement since the change of coach, and Nautemporiki reports that management is counting on Feio to give the side a new direction and a more consistent run in the championship. Antonopoulos is the coach Feio is replacing.

Staffing and next steps

Iefimerida reports that Feio will bring two Norwegian assistants to Tripoli. One will focus on the individual development of players, an area Feio stresses, while the other will take on more organisational work and technical and tactical preparation. The same report says the club ran an extended scouting process before choosing him, and that Feio presented his own analysis of the club, its squad and its players during talks. The official announcement is still pending, and the coming weeks will show whether Asteras can close the four-point gap to eighth place under its new coach.