Chania FC

Club crest during 2017–19.

During the 2016–17 Greek Second Division season, Chania were represented in the Greek Second Division by two clubs, namely AO Chania of the city of Chania, and Kissamikos, based in the neighboring town of Kissamos. Kissamikos had quickly established itself in the Football League, managing to outgrow, and eventually outperform its more prestigious local competitor AO Chania. Facing insurmountable financial issues, AO Chania were forcibly relegated to the Gamma Ethniki at the end of the season after being deducted 33 points, while simultaneously having its licence revoked. In the summer of 2017, Kissamikos owner at the time Antonis Rokakis proposed a merger of the two clubs in an attempt to form a new, strong outfit to represent the region, and more specifically the city of Chania (as the region's competitor in the Greek Super League, Platanias is based in the neighboring town and municipality of Platanias). The initiative was eventually approved on 19 August 2017,[1] however, any club that would result from a potential merger would inherit the financial obligations of AO Chania. As such, Kissamikos changed its name to AO Chania − Kissamikos, retaining its original crest and colors,[2][3] while the club's home ground was relocated to Perivolia Municipal Stadium in Mournies, Chania.[4] The entire merger was met with fierce opposition by the supporters of Kissamikos.[5] On the other hand, supporters of AO Chania demanded Kissamikos' name and crest be completely erased, basically turning the club into a modern continuation of AO Chania.[6]

The new club became serious competitors in the two years following the merger, finishing 4th during the 2017–18 season, and 6th in 2018–19, thus becoming eligible to play in the 2019-formed Super League 2.

In the summer of 2019, the club's board of directors changed the club's name to PAE Chania (Greek: ΠΑΕ Χανιά), indicating their intent to represent the entire Chania regional unit.[7][8] The 2019–20 season saw Chania FC achieve its best result to date, finishing third in the Super League 2.

As of 1 October 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GRE Dimitrios Katsimitros 2 DF  ALB Franc Ymeralilaj 5 DF  GRE Christos Batzios 6 MF  MTN Khassa Camara 7 FW  POR Carlitos 8 MF  GRE Kaloudis Lemonis 9 FW  GRE Antonis Kapnidis 10 MF  GRE Lampros Politis 11 FW  GRE Stefanos Martsakis 16 DF  POR Luís Rocha 17 DF  ALB Oresti Kacurri 18 FW  ALB Angelos Kola 19 MF  GUI Lass Bangoura 20 DF  GRE Angelos Zioulis 21 GK  GRE Manolis Kalogerakis

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  GRE Venizelos Pentarakis 23 DF  GRE Stratos Chintzidis 24 DF  GRE Georgios Servilakis 26 DF  ALB Emiljano Shehu 27 FW  GRE Georgios Manalis 28 FW  GRE Sotirios Kokkinis 29 FW  RUS Valentin Zekhov 30 MF  BRA Lucas Guedes 31 GK  GRE Christos Despotopoulos 33 DF  CTA Cédric Yambéré 38 MF  GRE Ilias Tselios 47 MF  GRE Antonis Bourselis 70 MF  GRE Giannis Boutsakis 88 FW  GRE Lazaros Eleftheriadis 99 MF  NGA David Nazim