great victories, such as away from Panathinaikos and Ionikos with 0-1 respectively, and home games against Akratitos, Aris and Iraklis with 5-1, 3-1 and 1-0 respectively. In the 2003-04 season, with only 4 wins (all home), 8 draws and 18 defeats, he finished in the 16th and final position, behind Panileoakos and Akratitos, thus knowing the relegation to the second class. More special, out of 4 in total, was the win for the 3rd game, Olympiakos with 1-0 and the other 3, Panelioukos and OFI prevailed with 2-0 respectively and Iraklis with 3-2. On the contrary, despite the team's poor performance in the championship, the Greek Cup of the same period (2003-04) made a decent course, in which Kassandra and Akratite reached out to the quarter-finals, with difficulty (4-3 in the penalty shootout) from Kastoria. 2004-present: Economic problems and low categories 2004-2007: Beta Ethniki, debts of the club, economic impasse and first demotion in Delta Ethniki Then downgrading to the 2nd National and the financial problems he was facing began a downward period for the history of Progressive. In the Second National, he played three consecutive bouts (2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07) when he finished in 16th place and deferred. The financial problems and debts of the FCE, which had in the meantime arisen, led initially to Yannis Karras's chairman in thoughts about a merger with Hermes Korydallos, something that never happened after the strong reaction and denial of the veteran footballers and fans of the club. Finally, he decided not to take part in the Third National Championship, since he was unable, but to be downgraded directly to the lowest and first amateur category, Delta Ethniki, for the first time in the club's history, to bankrupt as a club and consequently to get rid of its debts [73], as provided by the Sporting Law, resulting in intense controversy, with many protests and complaints from the side of organized supporters to the President of the Club and for 21 consecutive years financier of Progressive, Yannis Karras [76], who became responsible for this team's progress, and eventually resigned, in the middle of summer 2007. With the demotion to D Ethniki and the dissolution of the FC, he turned into an amateur form, as "Α.Ο. Proodeftiki Youth ", relying on the amateur club. 2007-2011: Delta Ethniki In the 4th National, an unprecedented category for Proodeftiki, where they were first found due to financial