Full name | Athlitikos Omilos Chania |
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Founded | 1945 |
Ground | Perivolia Municipal Stadium |
Capacity | 3,700 |
Owner | Iraklis Nyktaris |
Chairman | Iraklis Nyktaris |
Manager | Sakis Papavasiliou |
League | Football League |
2016–17 | Football League, 17th relegated |
Website | Club website |
Athlitikos Omilos Chania (Athletic Club of Chania) is a football club founded in Chania in 1945. It is the city's oldest and only football team, although Platanias is located about 10km east.
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.
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