Pafos FC

Pafos FC

Full name	Pafos F.C.
Founded	10 June 2014 (2014-06-10)
Ground	Geroskipou Stadium, Geroskipou, Cyprus
Ground Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Christakis Kaizer
Manager	Sofoklis Sofokleous
League	Cypriot Second Division
Website	Club home page

Pafos F.C. (Greek: Πάφος F.C.) is a Cypriot football team based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2014 after the merger of AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos. Their home stadium is Geroskipou Stadium and they are currently competing in the Cypriot Second Division.

History

Pafos F.C. was founded on 10 June 2014, after the merge of AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos.^[1] In the 2013–14 season, AEK Kouklia competed in the Cypriot First Division for the first time in their history, but got relegated at the end of the season. The same season, AEP Paphos (which were created after the merge of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras) were competing in the Cypriot Second Division, but were facing huge economic problems and were constantly punished with point deductions. After the 2013–14 season finished, discussions began between the two clubs to create a new club to the Paphos district, in order to have a healthy and economically competitive team.^[2]

On 9 June 2014, the two clubs in a separate general meeting approved the creation of the new team, Pafos FC.^[3][4] On 10 June 2014, was held the first meeting of the fans of the new team, with the presence of political persons and football players from Paphos.^[1] The first chairman of the new team was Christakis Kaizer, who was the president of AEK Kouklia and one of the protagonists of the effort to create the new club.^[5] The new team will use as home stadium the Geroskipou Stadium in Geroskipou.

The team's first coach was Radmilo Ivančević, who served as AEP Paphos coach in the past.^[6] Pafos FC will compete in the 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division, in their first season as a club.

Badge and colours

The logo of Pafos FC is a variation of AEP Paphos's logo, including the team name and 2014 as the year of establishment, and the figure of the hero Evagoras Pallikaridis. The logo also includes the team's colors, the blue, white and yellow.^[7][8]

Current squad

As of 31 January 2015

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Demetris Leoni 2 DF Stefanos Miller 4 DF Pantelis Pitsillos 5 FW Charalambos Demosthenous 7 MF Ivan Forbes 8 MF Giorgos Sielis 9 FW Stamatis Pantos 10 MF Hugo Moutinho 11 MF Lewis Aniweta 12 MF Tasos Makris 16 FW Polis Filippou

No. Position Player 17 DF Thomas Ioannou 19 MF Alexandros Garpozis 21 FW Wesllem 25 DF Panayiotis Ioannou 30 GK Zsolt Sebők 37 FW Panayiotis Zachariou 44 MF Jurica Grgec 55 DF Ioannis Savva 77 DF Demetris Filippou 84 FW Chris Dickson DF Charalambos Charalambous

On loan

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

No. Position Player FW Panayiotis Loukaidis (on loan to Akritas Chlorakas until December 2014)

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2014–15.

References

External links

• Official website (Greek)

Cypriot Second Division 2014–15 clubs AEZ Anagennisi APEP Aris L. Digenis V. Elpida ENAD Paralimni Parekklisia Karmiotissa N. & S. Erimis Olympiakos N. Omonia A. Pafos Associated competitions First Division Third Division Fourth Division Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup Cypriot Cup LTV Super Cup Seasons 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15