Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion

Karmiotissa

Full name	Athletic Cultural Center Karmiotissa Αθλητικό Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Καρμιώτισσα
Founded	1979
Ground	Pano Polemidia Community Stafium, Pano Polemidia, Cyprus
Ground Capacity	1.500
Chairman	Nicos Papas
Manager	Liasos Louka
League	Cypriot Second Division
2014-15	5th
Home colours Away colours

Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia (Greek: Καρμιώτισσα Πάνω Πολεμιδιών) is a Cypriot football club based in Pano Polemidia, Limassol. Since 2013 the team competes in the Second Division where it played for the first time in its history. The club colors are red and white. The home ground of the football team is the Community Stafium of Pano Polemidia.^[1]

History

Karmiotissa was founded in 1979 and played mostly in the championships of STOK.^[2] The club has appeared 2 times in national divisions in 1986-87 and 2009–10 and two times in the Fourth Division. The club's name comes from the chapel of Virgin Mary Karmiotissa located in Pano Polemidia.^[2] In 2009, Karmiotissa played in the championships of STOK and won its promotion to Cypriot Fourth Division by winning Enosis Neon Ypsona 4-0 in the last match, returning after years in the Cyprus Football Association's leagues.^[3] During the same season, Karmiotissa won the cup of STOK while lost 2-1 from THOI Monagriou in the final of the cup winners of STOK.^[4]

In the 2009–10 season, competing in the fourth division, the club finished in the 8th place of the league and gained its participation in the league for the next season. In the 2010–11 season, the club ranked 4th just only one point away from the third place which secures the promotion to the third division, achievement which succeeded following season by finishing in the second place of the league.^[2] The promotion to the third division followed the promotion to the second division, after Karmiotissa finished in the first place of the league and together conquered the championship.^[5] However, for the season 2013-2014 it had been pre-decided to separate the second division into two groups, resulting Karmiotissa to participate in group B2, with B1 group being the next higher level and not the first division.^[6][7] For that season the club awarded from Cyprus Football Association as moral club in the Cypriot Third Division.^[8]

The next year, participating in B2 group, the club won the championship and the same time the participation in the B1 group.^[9][10][11] However, the CFA decided the consolidation of the two groups and the restoration of second Division in a single one for the season 2014-15. Karmiotissa ranked in the fifth place which is the highest in its history.^[12] In addition, the club reached the quarter finals of the Cypriot Cup 2014-15 in which eliminated from AC Omonia.^[13]

The progress of Karmiotissa in CFA competitions

Season	Championship											Cup
	Division	Place	Teams	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals		Points		Competition	Phase
								For	Against
2009-10[14]	D'	8	15	28	11	6	11	46	53	39		Lower Divisions' Cup	Second phase[15]
2010-11[16]	D'	4	14	26	13	5	8	49	36	44		Not participated.[17]
2011-12[18]	D'	2	15	28	17	6	5	60	22	57		Not participated.[19]
2012-13[20]	C'	1	14	26	17	5	4	49	19	56		Not participated.[21]
2013-14[22]	Β2	1	8	28	17	7	4	55	23	58		Cypriot Cup	First phase[23]
2014-15[12]	B'	5	14	26	12	2	12	36	29	38		Cypriot Cup	Quarter-finals[13]
Awarded points: Win=3 points, Draw=1 point, Loss=0 points

Current Squad

As of 21 September 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 Jorge 2 DF Ioannis Savva (on loan from Pafos FC) 4 MF Evgenios Kyriacou 5 GK Takis Taki 6 MF Christos Modestou 7 FW Savvas Kyrpou 8 MF Zé Vítor 9 FW Marios Pastellis 10 MF Andreas Kyriacou (Captain) 12 FW David Opara 13 MF Andreas Rousounidis 14 FW Alkiviadis Christofi (Vice-captain) 15 FW David Bangurah 16 MF Neophytos Hadjispyrou

No. Position Player 17 DF Constantinos Demetriou 18 MF Edgar Marcelino 19 MF Marios Louka 20 MF Liasos Louka 21 MF Nikolaos Soulidis 26 GK Venizelos Sygkrasitis 27 DF Andreas Fotiou 29 FW Stamatis Pantos 30 DF Evagoras Frangoudes 40 FW Nicolas Loukaidis 70 FW Dimitris Popovits (on loan from PAOK) 75 DF Alain Logombe 77 FW Leonard 88 DF Panayiotis Aresti

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2015.

Honours

• Cypriot Second Division B2: 1

2013-14

• Cypriot Third Division: 1

2012-13

References

External links

• Karmiotissa Official Page
• CFA profile
• Soccerway profile

Cypriot Second Division 2015–16 clubs AEZ Anagennisi ASIL Digenis V. Elpida ENAD Parekklisia Karmiotissa N. & S. Erimis Olympiakos N. Omonia A. Othellos PAEEK THOI Associated competitions First Division Third Division Fourth Division Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup Cypriot Cup Cypriot 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 2015–16