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 First Division.^[1] Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play their home games at the Chloraka Municipal Stadium.

Akritas Chlorakas

Full name	Akritas Chlorakas
Founded	1971; 52 years ago (1971)
Ground	Chloraka Municipal Stadium
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Liutauras Varanavicius
Manager	Bruno Akrapović
League	First Division
2021–22	Second Division, 3rd (promoted)
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 Second and Third 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.

Current squad

As of 11 October 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ALB Kleton Perntreou 2 DF   FRA Wilguens Paugain 3 DF   LUX Seid Korac (on loan from Esbjerg) 4 DF   FRA Souleymane Fofana 5 DF   FRA Hamed Karamoko Dramé 6 MF   CIV Ibrahim Pekegnon Kone 8 MF   ESP Abraham González 9 FW   RUS Magomedkhabib Abdusalamov (on loan from Pafos) 10 MF   BRA Juninho Carpina 11 DF   RUS Nikita Dubov 12 DF   CYP Giorgos Vasiliou 17 FW   ESP Jawad El Jemili 18 FW   BRA Pedrinho (on loan from Ponte Preta) 19 MF   ESP Javier Eraso 20 MF   CYP Vasilis Demosthenous 21 DF   ARG Balthazar Bernardi (on loan from Boca Juniors)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   POR Matheus Clemente 23 GK   BRA Guilherme 24 DF   CRO Vinko Međimorec 25 FW   CYP Stavros Gavriel (on loan from APOEL) 26 DF   CGO Loïs Fauriel 27 MF   RUS Ivan Alekseev (on loan from Rodina Moscow) 29 DF   BIH Edin Šehić 30 FW   BRA Rodrigo Varanda (on loan from Corinthians) 33 FW   BRA Reginaldo (on loan from Audax) 55 GK   HUN Ákos Onódi 58 MF   CYP Giorgos Vasou (Captain) 63 DF   BIH Ivan Šaravanja 70 DF   CYP Constantinos Karagiannis 73 FW   CYP Iasonas Pikis (on loan from Nea Salamina) 77 FW   BRA Davi Araújo 80 FW   CPV Vasco Lopes 99 GK   CYP Christodoulos Pazaros

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF   CYP Ioannis Katsiamis (at Alki Oroklini until 30 June 2023) 7 FW   MKD Besart Abdurahimi (at Pafos until 30 June 2023)

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2022

Club officials

Board of directors

Position	Staff
President	Vasos Theodorou
Vice- President	Nikos Paspas
Secretary	Michalis Anastasiou
Academy Director	Filippos Adamou
Members	Antonis Pentaras
	Demetris Demetriou
	Andronikos Spyrou
	Savvas Tooulias

Technical and medical staff

Position	Staff
Team manager	Themis Agathokleous
Technical director	Bolivar Silveira
Head coach	Bruno Akrapović
1st Assistant coach	Marc Velasco Borell
2nd Assistant coach	Arnau Alcoverro Blade
Goalkeeper coach	Marc Sole Sureda
Fitness coach	Eduardo Caro Balada
Medical staff
Physiotherapist	Lucia Lafuente Gonzalez

General Manager: Nikolas Liasides

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.