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; 54 years ago (1971)
Ground	Chloraka Municipal Stadium
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Liutauras Varanavicius
Manager	Alexandros Garpozis
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] 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 15 July 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  UKR Denys Vakulyk 3 DF  MDA Doru Calestru 4 DF  CYP Stefanos Miller 5 DF  CYP Kyriakos Antoniou 8 MF  CYP Andreas Lemesios 10 MF  SCO Alastair Reynolds 11 FW  MAR Yusri El Kandoussi 17 MF  CYP Marios Kokkinoftas

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  CYP Thomas Ioannou 22 GK  CYP Efthyvoulos Tryfonos 30 DF  CYP Giorgos Vasiliou 77 MF  CYP Andreas Athanasiou 88 GK  CYP Andreas Theokli — MF  CYP Christos Chatzipaschalis — MF  ENG Adil Nabi — MF  ESP Alberto Fernández

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