AO Chania F.C.

Chania
Full name Athlitikos Omilos Chania
Founded 1945
Ground Perivolia Municipal Stadium
Chania, Greece
Ground Capacity 4,000
Owner Greece Iraklis Nyktaris
Chairman Greece Iraklis Nyktaris
Manager Greece Thomas Grafas
League Football League
2014–15 Football League, 4th (South Group)
Website Club home page

Athlitikos Omilos Chania (Athletic Club of Chania) is a football club founded in Chania in 1945. It is the city's oldest and only professional football team.

History

The club has previously played in the Second and Third Divisions and from the year 2000 until 2010 competed in the Fourth Division. In 2010 the team managed to climb back up to the Third Division, by winning the championship 10th group of the Fourth Division in the 2009-10 season. In 1970 they played for the first time in history in the second highest tier, a feat they repeated in the 2013-2014 season, for the first time in 30 years after they were relegated in 1983.

Current squad

As of 24 January, 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Albania GK Erind Prifti
2 Greece DF Anestis Chatziliadis
3 Greece DF Anastasios Pagonis
5 Greece DF Charalampos Brilakis
6 England MF Jordan Sanderson
7 Greece MF Stelios Nakas
10 Portugal MF Hugo Machado
11 Greece FW Thanasis Dinopapas
12 Greece GK Charis Abatzidis
13 Greece MF Antonis Rikka
17 Greece MF Michaladreas Nyktaris
No. Position Player
22 Greece DF Vasilios Ioannidis
23 Greece FW Giannis Gesios
28 Greece MF Petros Kaminiotis
30 Greece DF Dimitrios Triantafyllidis
32 Greece DF Vasilios Fyntikakis
41 Greece DF Alexandros Diamantopoulos
45 Greece DF Christos Kartsabas
71 Greece MF Alexandros Tsoutsis
-- Greece GK Manolis Kalogerakis
-- Greece DF Stelios Mountokalakis
Technical staff
Head coach Thomas Grafas
Assistant coach Kostas Diallas
Goalkeeping Coach Apostolos Lekidis
Fitness coach Panagiotis Konomara
Physio Giannis Katsanevakis
Physio Adam Mpoutzoukas

Club officials

Board of Directors

Position Staff
Owner Iraklis Nyktaris
President Iraklis Nyktaris
Chief Executive Antonis Simaiakis
1st Vice-President Konstantinos Tzouganakis
2nd Vice-President Konstantinos Paraskakis
3rd Vice-President Ioannis Karamousadakis
Member Nikos Vagionakis
Member Nikos Katsigiannis
Member Sofoklis Katsigiannis
Member Nektarios Malamadakis
Member Eftychios Skouloudis
Member Kontsantinos Tsouvalas
Member Giannis Stagakis
Member Konstantinos Gekas

Sponsorships

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