Borgå Akilles

Borgå Akilles (Finnish: Porvoon Akilles), or more commonly just Akilles, is a bilingual Finnish sports club from the city of Porvoo (Swedish Borgå). Akilles, named for Achilles in ancient Greek mythology, was founded in 1902 and is one of the oldest active football clubs in Finland.

Full nameBorgå Akilles Fotboll

NicknamesAkilles, De Gröna (The Green Ones), Killen (lads)

Founded1902

GroundBorgå Bollplan
Porvoo
Finland

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Borgå Akilles

Full name	Borgå Akilles Fotboll
Nicknames	Akilles, De Gröna (The Green Ones), Killen (lads)
Founded	1902
Ground	Borgå Bollplan Porvoo Finland
Capacity	Unknown
Manager	Johan Britschgi
League	Kolmonen
Home colours Away colours

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In Finland the club is mostly known for bandy. It plays in the highest division, Bandyliiga. It became Finnish champions in 1981, 1985, 2020 and 2021 and won the Finnish Cup in 2019.

The football team won promotion to the Finnish Third Division in 2006. The club also has active sections in cycling, track and field, handball, orienteering, skiing, and fitness sport.