Acharnaikos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Αχαρναϊκός) is a Greek
football club
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based in
Acharnes
Acharnes ( el, Αχαρνές, , before 1915: Μενίδι Menidi, ) is a northwestern suburb of Athens, Attica, Greece. With 106,943 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the most populous municipality in East Attica. It is part of the Athens Urban ar ...
(Menidi area),
Attica
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,
Greece
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. It was created in 1938 and was founded in 1953. The club was known as Yperochi Menidi until 1961. It plays in Acharnes Stadium, which has a 4,450
seating capacity
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. The club´s logo is a
cloverleaf with two
alphas in the left and top and an
omicron
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at the right.
Acharnaikos competes in the
Football League
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, the second division of the
Greek football league system
The Greek football league system includes four levels in which teams can possibly make it to the Super League 1, Greece's highest division of football.
Cup eligibility
Greek Football Professional Cup: Levels 1 to 2
Greek Football Amateur Cup: ...
. However, in November 2017 it was expelled from the league for the 2017–2018 season for failure to pay players. 40 players were subsequently released.
Achievements
*
Athens FCA: (1, not fully listed)
:::
1970
Events
January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...
Positions
Until the 1990s, Acharnaikos participated with Athens FCA
* Athens FCA 1969-70: 1st (Group B: 1st)
* Athens FCA 1976-77: 2nd (Group A: 1st)
League and cup history
Yperochi Menidi (before 1961)
Acharnaikos (since 1961)
References
External links
News, results, full coverage
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Association football clubs established in 1953
1953 establishments in Greece
Acharnes