Akritas Chlorakas

Akritas Chlorakas
Full name	Akritas Chlorakas
Founded	1971
Ground	Chloraka Municipal Stadium
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Liutauras Varanavicius
Manager	Alexandros Garpozis
League	First Division
2024–25	Second Division, 3rd of 16 (promoted)
Website	https://akritasfc.com/

Akritas Chlorakas (Greek: Ακρίτας Χλώρακας) is a Cypriot professional football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971 and currently plays in the Cypriot First 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]

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.

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] In the 2024-25 season Akritas Chlorakas again finished in 3rd place and therefore were promoted for the second time in their history to top tier and returned after 2 years in Second Division.

Current squad

As of August 2025

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	ALB	Kleton Perntreou
2	DF	POR	Diego Moreira
3	DF	CYP	Lampros Genethliou
4	DF	CYP	Stefanos Miller
5	DF	CYP	Kyriakos Antoniou
6	DF	SUI	Chris Kablan
7	FW	GUI	Thierno Barry (on loan from Krasava ENY Ypsonas)
9	FW	VEN	José Romo
10	MF	SCO	Alastair Reynolds
11	MF	CYP	Andreas Athanasiou
13	DF	RUS	Ilya Gorbachev
14	MF	ESP	Alberto Fernández
16	DF	NGA	Izuchukwu Anthony
17	MF	COL	Yair Castro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	CYP	Christos Chatzipaschalis
19	DF	CYP	Thomas Ioannou
20	MF	ESP	Adrián Riera
21	FW	CYP	Alexandros Nikolaou
22	FW	NGA	Olabiran Muyiwa
23	MF	GER	Emanuel Taffertshofer
24	MF	ENG	Nikita Dubov
26	FW	CYP	Ioannis Chadjivasilis
28	DF	BLR	Pavel Zabelin
29	DF	CYP	Nearchos Zinonos (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
30	DF	CYP	Giorgos Vasiliou
82	DF	GHA	Benson Anang
88	GK	CYP	Andreas Theokli
99	GK	ISR	Yigal Becker (on loan from APOEL)

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
8	MF	CYP	Andreas Lemesios (at Spartakos Kitiou until 31 May 2026)

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

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

[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.

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Cypriot First Division
2025–26 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol Akritas Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris ENP Ethnikos Krasava Olympiakos Omonia Omonia Ar. Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Doxa EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Karmiotissa Keravnos Nea Salamina Omonia 29M Onisilos Orfeas Othellos PAEEK Pezoporikos THOI Trust
Competition	List of foreign players
Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26