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Athens
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, Greece. They currently play in the Alpha Division of the
Football League
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championship, which is the third level of the Greek football pyramid. They maintain a quite strong academy of youngsters.
History
Akratitos spent their first years in relative obscurity, until they rose from the lower ranks to the top flight under the managership of Giannis Pathiakakis, who died on the pitch during a training session in 2002. The stadium was subsequently named after him.
Akratitos spent 3 consecutive seasons (2001-02 until 2003–04) in the
Alpha Ethniki
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before being relegated in 2004 after losing a relegation match against
Ergotelis
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which took place in
Makedonikos Stadium
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The stadium ...
,
Thessaloniki
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. The following season Akratitos were re-promoted to Alpha Ethniki.
The 2005-06 season was meant to be their last in the Greek top-flight, as they finished last and were relegated again to the
Beta Ethniki
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, but they decided to withdraw from the professional leagues completely and were automatically demoted to the
Delta Ethniki
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. During that season they also achieved the lowest attendance ever in the Alpha Ethniki, with only 26 spectators watching their home game against
Skoda Xanthi
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.
The team faced another relegation in 2009, when they finished 12th in Group 7 of the
Delta Ethniki
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and got relegated to the local
West Attica
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championships.
European matches
In July 2003 Akratitos took part in the
Intertoto Cup
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. They played against Finnish team AC Allianssi for the second round, using their youth team, and were eliminated.
Beta Ethniki
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