APEA Akrotiri

APEA FC (Greek: ΑΠΕΑ; Αθλητική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση Ακρωτηρίου, Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosi Akrotiriou) is a Cypriot football club, based in Akrotiri. The club currently compete in the Cypriot Second Division after gaining promotion in the 2024/2025 Cypriot Third Division. APEA also has a U19 team that competes in the Cypriot U19 Third Division.

APEA FC Akrotiri

Full name	Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosi Akrotiriou
Nickname	Flamingos
Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Ground	Akrotiri Community Stadium
Capacity	1,000
President	Mehdi Mohtasham
Coach	Nikita Kovalchuk
League	Second Division
Website	https://apeafc.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

APEA FC was formed in 1955. In January 2020, the club was taken over by Dutch businessman. In May 2021, a portion of the club was purchased by an American venture capitalist Rob Steiner.^[1]

On January 15, 2022, APEA made history by being the first club from the Fourth-Tier to transfer a player to the First-Tier of Cyprus football with Nick Kaaijmolen joining PAEEK FC.^[2]

On the 10th of April 2022, APEA FC made history by being crowned champions of the STOK Elite Division after defeating 'Group B' winners AEP Polimedion^[3] in the championship game 1–0. The team were crowned champions of their group after finishing the season of 22 games, with 16 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, scoring 63 goals along the way and only conceding 7 goals.^[4]

2022-2023 Season

APEA concluded the first round of games in 5th place, qualifying for the top 8 promotion group, only 1 point from promotion places with 8 wins, 5 losses, and 2 draws. They concluded the promotion round in 4th place missing the promotion spot by 1 place, with 6 wins, 7 losses, and a draw.

2024-25 Season

In the 2024-25 season is so far APEA best ever season. By gaining Promotion to the Second Division and by winning the Cypriot Third and Fourth Division Cup.

Players

Current squad

As of 14 September, 2025^[5]

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 3 DF  CYP Stylianos Stylianou 5 DF  CYP Pavlos Nearchou 6 MF  FRA Mounir Boutarfa 9 FW  CYP Martinos Zinonos 10 FW  CYP Andreas Komodikis 11 FW  CYP Michalis Christodoulou 13 DF  CPV Delmiro 14 DF  CYP Christos Sergiou 18 MF  CYP Alexios Philip Loizidis 19 FW  CYP Alexandros Antreou 20 DF  CYP Antonis Psichas 23 MF  CYP Konstantinos Louvaris 26 DF  FRA Jason Ngouabi

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  CPV Kévin Oliveira 29 FW  COD Jean-Jacques Ngita 30 MF  CYP Marios Theocharous 33 DF  NED Boy Nijgh 42 MF  IRN Fardin Rabet 44 MF  CYP Marios Mitsis 57 GK  SRB Nikolas Tonic 71 FW  SRB Milan Kovacev 77 GK  CYP Stylianos Konstantinou 99 FW  GAB Jalex Jose — GK  NIR Dylan Berry — DF  CYP Leonidas Kyriakou — DF  CYP Konstantinos Chatzitofis

See also

• APEA Akrotiri U19