Achilleas Farsalon F.C.
| Founded | 1928 | ||
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| Ground | Farsala | ||
| League | EPS Larissa | ||
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Achilleas Farsalon F.C. (Greek: Αχιλλέας Φαρσάλων Α.Ο.Φ.), also known simply as Achilleas, A.O.F. or with its full name as A.O.F. Achilleus 1928 (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Φαρσάλων Αχιλλεύς), are a Greek football club, based in Farsala, the historical city near Larisa. Achilleas was founded on 1928 and has the honour to be one of the 100 most historical clubs in Greece and one of the most historical football teams of Larisa. The team participates in the 4th division of Greece (A' EPSL), but it also took part at the past at the 2nd and 3rd division. Achilleas Farsalon is proud to be the team with the most amateur cups of Larisa, 6 total. Some important players of Greek football have played at the team, like Nikolaos Kehagias, George Moustakas, Christos Dailianis at the past, Nikos Voulgaris, Apostolos Tsianakas, Vasilis Tsianakas, Christos Oikonomou, Kostas Nebegleras at the recent years. Also, the team had in its staff many famous coaches, like Horacio Morales.
The stadium of Farsala is one of the biggest stadium in Larisa, back from Alkazar and AEL F.C. Arena with capacity of 2.500 people. The fans of the team, who are called Myrmidons (Greek: Μυρμιδόνες), like the ancient Greek brave warriors from Farsala, trained by Achilles, support the team with passion and follow the team at home and away matches.
The colour of the team's shirts is yellow with black and the away shirt's colour is white.
In 2015-16 season, Achilleas Farsalon is at the 1st place of the A' EPSL championship of Larisa (4th division) and tries to step up and keep going this way in order to participate at play-offs which will promote the team at the 3rd division of Greece (Football League 2).