Anorthosis Famagusta FC

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Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Full name

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Nickname(s)

Μεγάλη Κυρία (Siniora Vechia)

Founded

1911

Ground

G.S.E. and Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium,
Larnaca, Cyprus

Capacity

9,319

Chairman

Andreas Panteli

Manager

Temuri Ketsbaia

League

Cypriot First Division

2005-06

4th





Home colours





Away colours

Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου = Anorthosi Ammochostou) is a Cypriot football club, which comes from Famagusta. It was founded in January 30, 1911. After the north of Cyprus was occupied by Turkey in 1974, Anorthosis became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. Anorthosis Home Stadium in occupied Famagusta is G.S.E. (Gymnastic Club Evagoras) which is abandoned and in bad condition since 1974. Anorthosis won 12 championship titles, their last in season 2004-2005. They have won the Cyprus Cup 9 times including in 1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002 and in 2003 and 6 times the Super Cup trophy. The current president of the team is Andreas Panteli and the current coach is former Georgian International Timur Ketsbaia, who is also a player in the team.

On 26 July 2005 they achieved one of the greatest results in Cypriot football history when they beat the Turkish team Trabzonspor 3-1 in the first leg of their second round Champions League qualifying match. They lost the second leg 1-0 in Turkey, but progressed 3-2 on aggregate. In the third-round qualifying tie against the Scottish team Rangers, Anorthosis lost the first leg 2-1, and the second leg 2-0, so dropped into the first round of the UEFA Cup, where they were defeated 6-1 on aggregate by Italian team Palermo.

1 Stadium
2 Titles
3 Current Football Squad
- 3.1 Technical Team
- 3.2 Past Famous Players
4 European Record
5 Kit Provider
6 External links

[edit] Stadium

Main article: GSE Stadium

Anorthosis and the other team of Famagusta, Nea Salamis FC used to play until 1974 in GSE Stadium in Famagusta. After Anorthosis became a refugee team, because of the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus, which resulted Famagusta, the town that Anorthosis is based- to fall under the Turkish occupation, the team used for home several stadiums like Dasaki Stadium in Dasaki Achnas, old and new GSZ Stadium in Larnaca and Tsirion Stadium in Limassol.

Finally in 1986 the team built its own stadium in Larnaca named Antonis Papadopoulos. The initial capacity of the stadium was about 6,000 but gradually increased during the years to 13,000. After a major recondition in 1997, capacity reduced to 9,319 (all seated). In 2005 the east stand named "Quality Stand" in favor of the club's main sponsor. "Quality Stand" is a two story stand which holds the newly-build VIP Boxes (upper story), Press Room, Dress Rooms, Bar etc. In 2006 the stadium went through another recondition including the build of VIP Boxes in the upper section of west stand, the launching of the automatic ticketing issue and enntrance system, the replacing of metal front fence with clear plexiglass for security reasons and for maximized field view. Also some other facitities are offered in the west stand such as new restrooms, bar, fan's shop etc.

The stadium also hosted some matches of the Cyprus national football team. In that stadium, Cyprus national team achieved its greatest success against Spain by a score 3-2.

The last years, due to UEFA criteria, the stadium is not allowed by UEFA to be used for European competitions. For this reason, Anorthosis used the Neo GSP Stadium in their last participation in European competitions in 2005.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Football

Cyprus Championship (12 in total): 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005.
Cyprus Cup (9 in total): 1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003.
Cyprus Super Cup (6 in total) : 1962, 1964, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000.

[edit] Men's Volleyball

Cyprus Championship (16 in total): 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007.
Cyprus Cup (14 in total): 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005.
Cyprus Super Cup (5 in total) : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005.

[edit] Women's Volleyball

Cyprus Championship (3 in total): 2002, 2004, 2005.
Cyprus Cup (1 in total): 2004.
Cyprus FA Shield] (4 in total): 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005.

[edit] Women's Handball

Cyprus Championship (3 in total): 1999, 2000, 2001.
Cyprus Cup (3 in total): 1999, 2000, 2001.
Cyprus Super Cup (2 in total): 1999, 2000.

[edit] Current Football Squad

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Costas Constantinou
3	DF	Lambros Lambrou
4	DF	Nikos Katsavakis
5	MF	Nicos Nicolaou (captain)
6	MF	Christos Marangos
7	DF	Savvas Poursaitides
8	MF	Fabio dos Santos Perreira "Fabinho"
9	FW	Mário Jardel
10	MF	Stelian Carabas
11	FW	Nicos Froussos
12	DF	Theodoros Tripotseris

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia
15	MF	Charis Drakos
16	GK	Paco Bazán
17	FW	Marian Pahars
21	MF	Giorgos Panagi
23	DF	Constantinos Samaras
31	DF	Hamad Ndikumana
36	MF	Anton Žlogar
75	GK	Arjan Beqaj
78	DF	Loukas Louka
77	MF	Alessandre Soares
88	FW	William Boaventura

[edit] Technical Team

Manager/Player: Temuri Ketsbaia
Assistant Manager: Christakis Kassianos
Goalkeeper's Manager: Michalis Paboris
Trainer: Michalis Michael
Team Doctor: Dr Sergios Sergiou

[edit] Past Famous Players

[edit] European Record

European Competitions Record
Champions League: 7 Wins, 6 Draws, 11 Loses
Cup Winners Cup: 0 Wins, 1 Draw, 5 Loses
UEFA Cup: 7 Wins, 3 Draws, 20 Loses
Intertoto Cup: 0 Wins, 0 Draws, 2 Loses
Total: 14 Wins, 10 Draws, 38 Loses

[edit] Kit Provider

[edit] External links

Cypriot First Division, 2006-2007
AEK Larnaca \| AEL FC \| AEP Paphos \| Anorthosis Famagusta \| APOEL \| Apollon Limassol \| Aris Limassol \| Ayia Napa \| Digenis Morphou \| EN Paralimni \| Ethnikos Achna \| Nea Salamis Famagusta \| Olympiakos Nicosia \| AC Omonia
Football in Cyprus
Cyprus Football Association - National team - List of football clubs in Cyprus
Competitions: Cypriot First Division - Cyprus Cup - Cyprus FA Shield