AO Chania F.C.

Chania

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

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 GK Erind Prifti 2 DF Anestis Chatziliadis 3 DF Anastasios Pagonis 5 DF Charalampos Brilakis 6 MF Jordan Sanderson 7 MF Stelios Nakas 10 MF Hugo Machado 11 FW Thanasis Dinopapas 12 GK Charis Abatzidis 13 MF Antonis Rikka 17 MF Michaladreas Nyktaris

No. Position Player 22 DF Vasilios Ioannidis 23 FW Giannis Gesios 28 MF Petros Kaminiotis 30 DF Dimitrios Triantafyllidis 32 DF Vasilios Fyntikakis 41 DF Alexandros Diamantopoulos 45 DF Christos Kartsabas 71 MF Alexandros Tsoutsis -- GK Manolis Kalogerakis -- 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

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Perivolia Municipal Stadium

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

• Great Shirt Sponsor: OPAP
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Legea
• Official Sponsor: ANEK Lines