Akritas Chlorakas

Akritas Chlorakas (Greek: Ακρίτας Χλώρακας) is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971 and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division.^[1] Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play their home games at the Chloraka Municipal Stadium. The club is owned by Lithuanian investor Liutauras Varanavičius.^[2]

Akritas Chlorakas

Full name	Akritas Chlorakas
Founded	1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Ground	Chloraka Municipal Stadium
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Liutauras Varanavicius
Manager	Jason Puncheon
League	Second Division
2023–24	Second Division, 12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Founded in 1971, Akritas Chlorakas joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1973, competing in the Cypriot Third Division. For many years, Akritas fluctuated between the third and second division, winning the Third Division a total of three times, and winning the Cypriot Cup for Lower Divisions on one occasion.^{[more detail needed]}

Akritas Chlorakas finished third in the 2021-22 Cypriot Second Division, and was promoted to the First Division for the first time in the club's history. Despite some impressive results, including wins against Omonia, AEL, and Anorthosis (three times), Akritas finished in 13th place and was relegated in the 2022-23 season.^[3]

Current squad

As of 29 September, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UKR Denys Vakulyk 2 DF  POR Vasco Coelho 3 DF  MDA Doru Calestru 4 DF  CYP Stefanos Miller 5 DF  CYP Kyriakos Antoniou 7 FW  KAZ Galymzhan Kenzhebek 8 MF  CYP Andreas Lemesios 9 FW  NGA Prince Ofire 10 MF  SCO Alastair Reynolds 11 FW  NED Yusri El Kandoussi 14 MF  CYP Pavlos Charidimou 16 MF  CYP Alexandros Nikolaou 17 MF  CYP Marios Kokkinoftas 19 DF  CYP Thomas Ioannou

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CYP Charis Charalampous 21 FW  CYP Konstantinos Adamou 22 GK  CYP Efthyvoulos Tryfonos 23 MF  LVA Brets Dreimanis 26 FW  CYP Ioannis Chatzivasili 30 DF  CYP Giorgos Vasiliou 31 DF  GRE Nikolas Nastaris 70 DF  CYP Nikolas Georgiou 77 MF  CYP Andreas Athanasiou 79 FW  CYP Spyros Nikolaou 88 GK  CYP Andreas Theokli 96 FW  GRE Mark Sifneos 99 FW  CYP Michalis Christodoulou (on loan from Karmiotissa FC)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board of directors

Position	Staff
President	Vasos Theodorou
Vice- President	Andronikos Spyrou
Secretary	Michalis Anastasiou
Academy Director	Filippos Adamou
Members	Konstantinos Papazosimas
	Kypros Komodromos
	Vasilis Charalampous

Technical and medical staff

Position	Staff
Team manager	Themis Agathokleous
Technical director	Fytos Kyriakou
Head coach	Jason Puncheon
1st Assistant coach	Christos Tsapatsoulis
Goalkeeper coach	Saimon Tsiakkas
Fitness coach	Alexis Perikleous
Recovery coach	Konstantinos Pachitis
Medical staff
Physiotherapist	Giannos Ioannou

Achievements

• Cypriot Third Division
  • Winners (3): 1976–77, 2008–09, 2015–16
• Cypriot Cup for Lower Divisions
  • Winners (1): 2014–15

References

1. "Προκήρυξη Πρωταθλήματος Cyta 2022 - 2023". www.cfa.com.cy. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
2. "Limassol second-tier club gets Russian YouTuber makeover". Financial Mirror. August 18, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
3. Kiliaris, Kyriacos (May 14, 2023). "Cyprus football giants going under". Financial Mirror. Retrieved November 27, 2023.