Anorthosis Famagusta FC 2088501 225993868 2008-07-16T10:49:10Z Anarxia 48290 /* European Record */ Add reference to UEFA and format it as a table. {{Football club infobox | clubname = Anorthosis Famagusta FC| image = [[image:ANO .png]] | fullname = '''Anorthosis Famagusta FC''' | nickname = '''Μεγάλη Κυρία''' (Signora Vecchia)| founded = [[1911]] | ground = [[G.S.E.]] and [[Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium]],<br />[[Larnaca]], [[Cyprus]] | capacity = 10,002| chairman = Andreas Panteli | manager = [[Temuri Ketsbaia]] | league = [[Cypriot First Division]] | season = [[Cypriot First Division 2007-08|2007-08]] | position = 1<sup>st</sup> | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=0000FF|body2=0000FF|rightarm2=0000FF|shorts2=0000FF|socks2=0000FF| }} '''Anorthosis Famagusta FC''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου = ''Anorthosi Ammochostou'') is a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[soccer|football]] and [[volleyball]] club which was originally based in [[Famagusta]], but is now based temporarily in [[Larnaca]]. ==History== The club was founded in Famagusta in [[January 30]] [[1911 in football (soccer)|1911]]. After the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] 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 has been abandoned and in a bad condition since 1974. <!--Whether the occupation was "illegal" or not depends on one's loyalties in the Cyprus issue. Saying "occupied," without any qualifier, is about as NPOV as possible.--> Anorthosis won 13 [[Cypriot Championship|championship]] titles, their last in season 2007-[[2008 in football (soccer)|2008]]. They have won the [[Cypriot Cup]] 10 times (1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2007). Additionally, they have won the [[Cyprus Super Cup|Super Cup trophy]] 6 times. The current president of the team is Andreas Panteli and the current coach is former Georgian International [[Temuri Ketsbaia|Timur Ketsbaia]], who was also a player in the team. On [[26 July]] [[2005 in football (soccer)|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 [[UEFA Champions League|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]]. They were then defeated 6-1 on aggregate by the Italian team [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]]. Anorthosis qualifed for the 2007-08 UEFA Cup by way of their Cypriot Cup win. They entered the competition at the First Qualifying round stage. Aggregate victories over Vardar and CFR 1907 Cluj saw them move through to the First Round proper. Anorthosis were drawn against English Premier League side [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. The first leg was played at White Hart Lane on 20th September 2007 which Tottenham Hotspur won 6-1. On October 4th 2007 the second leg resulted in a 1-1 draw after Keane equalised for Tottenham after Fabinho had put Anorthosis ahead. The volleyball team won their first trophy in 1972-73, and since that time, the Cypriot Championship was organized by Greek Volleyball Federation, as Champions they gained the right to compete in the Greek National First Division. However, they withdrew from the Championship, when five matches before the end of the competition because of the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|Turkish invasion]]. Since then they have dominated Cypriot Volleyball, having been crowned Champions and Cup winners more times than any other team. They have won the Championship 16 times, the Cup 14 times, and the Super Cup 5 times. ==Stadium== {{main|Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium}} The 10,000 seat [[Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium]] serves as the home of Anorthosis Famagusta FC. ==Supporters== Anorthosis has the third biggest support base (around 18%) in Cyprus. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, occupation and expulsion of the residents of Famagusta from their home town, the supporters of Anorthosis ended up being spread out in the remaining part of Cyprus. Most of them live in Larnaca and Limassol. The Organised fans (Ultras) are known as MAXHTEC (Fighters) and occupy the North stand at Antonis Papadopoulos stadium. == Current squad == {{fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Albania|name=[[Arjan Beqaj]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Greece|name=[[Theodoros Tripotseris]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Lambros Lambrou]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Greece|name=[[Nikos Katsavakis]]|pos=DF|other=[[Captain (football)|Vice captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973)|Nikos Nicolaou]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (football)|Captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Montenegro|name=[[Siniša Dobrasinović]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Portugal|name=[[Tiquinho]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Greece|name=[[Giannis Skopelitis]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Poland|name=[[Łukasz Sosin]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Portugal|name=[[Paulo Sérgio da Costa|Paulo Costa]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Greece|name=[[Nikolaos Frousos]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Netherlands|name=[[Jeffrey Leiwakabessy]]|pos=DF}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Georgia|name=[[Klimenti Tsitaishvili|Koba Tsitaishvili]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=France|name=[[Vincent Laban]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Giorgos Panagi]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=Serbia|name=[[Predrag Ocokoljić]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Constantinos Samaras]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Andreas Constantinou]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=France|name=[[Cédric Bardon]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Greece|name=[[Georgios Georgiou]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Hungary|name=[[Zoltán Nagy]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Gavriel Constantinou]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=67|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Giorgos Theodotou]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=Cyprus|name=[[Stefanos Voskaridis]]|pos=MF}} {{fs end}} === Transfers 2008/09 === '''In''' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Serbia|pos=DF|name=[[Predrag Ocokoljić]]|other=from [[AEL FC|AEL Limassol]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Greece|pos=MF|name=[[Giannis Skopelitis]]|other=from [[Atromitos F.C.]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Cyprus|pos=MF|name=[[Stefanos Voskaridis]]|other=from [[Kallithea F.C.]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Portugal|pos=MF|name=[[Fábio André da Silva Ferraz|Tiquinho]]|other=from [[AEL FC|AEL Limassol]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Montenegro|pos=MF|name=[[Siniša Dobrasinović]]|other=from [[AC Omonoia]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Cyprus|pos=DF|name=[[Giorgos Theodotou]]|other=from [[AC Omonoia]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Greece|pos=DF|name=[[Georgios Georgiou]]|other=from [[Atromitos F.C.]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Netherlands|pos=DF|name=[[Jeffrey Leiwakabessy]]|other=from [[Alemannia Aachen]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=France|pos=MF|name=[[Cédric Bardon]]|other=from [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.]]}} {{Fs end}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Greece|pos=DF|name=[[Savvas Poursaitidis]]|other=to [[APOEL FC]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Slovenia|pos=MF|name=[[Anton Žlogar]]|other=to [[AC Omonia]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Rwanda|pos=DF|name=[[Hamad Ndikumana]]|other=to [[AC Omonia]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Egypt|pos=DF|name=[[Amir Azmy]]|other=to [[Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil|pos=MF|name=[[William Boaventura]]|other=to [[Metallurg Donetsk]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Cyprus|pos=DF|name=[[Loukas Louka]]|other=to [[Alki Larnaca]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Bulgaria|pos=MF|name=[[Metodi Deyanov]]|other= [[Released]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Serbia|pos=FW|name=[[Milan Belić]]|other=to [[AEP Paphos FC]]}} {{Fs end}} ==Club officials== ===Board of Directors=== *President: '''Andreas Panteli''' *Substitute President: '''Antonis Demetriou''' *Vice President: '''Pantelis Shimitras''' *Executive Director: '''Ntinos Toumazis''' *Commercial Director: '''Panikos Panayiotou''' *Financial Director: '''Giorgos Paphitis''' *Stadium Facilities Director: '''Savvas Kakos''' ===Coaching Staff=== * Manager: '''[[Temuri Ketsbaia]]''' {{flagicon|Georgia}} * Assistant Manager: '''[[Soso Tchedia]]''' {{flagicon|Georgia}} * Goalkeeping Coach: '''Michalis Pamboris''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * Fitness Coach: '''Michalis Michael''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * Team Manager: '''Ioulios Konnaris''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * Team Nutritionist: '''Katia Petrakidou''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * Team Housekeeper: '''Antonis Panayiotou''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} ===Medical Staff=== * Club Doctor: '''Dr Sergios Sergiou''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * Assistant Club Doctor: ''' Dr. Nikos Themistokleous''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * First Team Physiotherapist: '''Nikos Ioannou''' {{flagicon|Cyprus}} * Μasseur: '''Svetoslav Atanasov''' {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} * Μasseur: '''Plamen Panov''' {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} ==Sponsorship== *Official Shirt Sponsor - '''Quality Group''' *Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer - '''[[Nike]]''' *Official Athletism Sponsor - '''Domus Island''' *Official Stadium Sponsor - '''Quality Group''' *Official Communication Sponsor - '''[[Lumiere TV|LTV]]''' *Official Sport Drink - '''[[Powerade]]''' ===Other Sponsors=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *'''Cucina & Cucina Ltd''' *'''ΕΚΑ Ltd''' *'''Fanos N. Epiphaniou''' *'''[[Ford Motor Company]]''' *'''Pokka''' *'''Jermino Electrical Appliances''' *'''P. DAVID''' *'''Christakis Elia & Sons Ltd''' *'''Kypros & Geranis Ltd''' *'''[[KPMG]]''' *'''FYSAIR LTD''' *'''[[Haier]]''' *'''Hassapis Land Developers''' *'''CYFAST''' *'''SAPO''' {{col-2}} *'''[[LG Group|LG]]''' *'''Aldecor Exclusive''' *'''Evangelou Tecnical Systems''' *'''Cycom Business Solutions Ltd''' *'''[[KPMG]]''' *'''Christos Nikola & Sons Ltd''' *'''EF.CHRI.SO Ltd''' *'''Karpasia Coop''' *'''Kyriakos Antoniou Limniotis Ltd''' *'''Matthaiou Bros''' *'''Pampos Charalampous Alousystem''' *'''Photiou Contractors & Developers''' *'''Women's Co-operative Bank of Cyprus Ltd''' *'''Xenis Toumazou & Sons Ltd''' *'''HILCOM Ltd''' {{col-end}} ==Notable Former Managers== *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Ioannis Matzourakis]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Andreas Michaelides *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Andreas Mouskallis *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Vasilev (born 1946)|Georgi Vasilev]] *{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Anghel Iordănescu]] *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Dusan Mitošević *{{flagicon|Greece}} Lakis Petrooulos *{{flagicon|Greece}} Nicos Karoulias *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Peter Cormack]] *{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gyula Zsengellér]] ==Notable Former Players== {{col-begin-small}} {{col-2}} *{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Temuri Ketsbaia]] *{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Georgi Kinkladze]] *{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Altin Haxhi]] *{{flagicon|Albania}} [[Arjan Beqaj]] *{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Romik Khachatryan]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ilian Kiriakov]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mário Jardel]] *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Alessandro Soares]] *{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Steven Bryce]] *{{flagicon|England}} [[Dave Swindlehurst]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Ioannis Okkas]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Nicos Papavasiliou]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Fivos Vrachimis *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Costas Foti *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Panayiotis Engomitis]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Nicos Panayiotou]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Demetris Ioannou]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Vassos Melanarkitis]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Andreas Melanarkitis]] *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Panicos Pounas *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Stefanos Lyssandrou *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} Michalis Pamboris {{col-2}} *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Giorgos Xenides]] *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Costas Kiasos]] *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Leonidas Kampantais]] *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Vassilis Borbokis]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Marco Haber]] *{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Attila Tököli]] *{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Nordin Wooter]] *{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Michael Obiku]] *{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Wojciech Kowalczyk]] *{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Radoslaw Michalski]] *{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Sławomir Majak]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Iain Jardine]] *{{flagicon|Serbia}}{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Siniša Gogić]] *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Zoran Milinković *{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Slobodan Krčmarević]] *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Toza Sabouric *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Vlatan Tomic *{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Vesko Mihajlović]] *{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Magdy Tolba]] *{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Oscar Crino]] {{col-end}} ==Achievements== ====Football==== *{{sport honours|[[Cypriot First Division|Cypriot Championship]]|13|1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, [[Cypriot First Division 1999-00|2000]], [[Cypriot First Division 2004-05|2005]], [[Cypriot First Division 2007-08|2008]]}} *{{sport honours|[[Cypriot Cup]]|10|1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, [[Cypriot Cup 2006-07|2007]]}} *{{sport honours|[[Cyprus FA Shield]]|7|1962, 1964, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007}} [http://www.anorthosisfc.com Anorthosis Famagusta FC Official Website] ====Men's Volleyball==== *'''Cypriot Championship''' (17 in total): 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008 *'''Cypriot Cup''' (14 in total): 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005 *'''Cypriot Super Cup''' (6 in total) : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005 * [http://www.anorthosisvolley.com www.anorthosisvolley.com (The official site of Anorthosis Famagusta Volleyball)] ====Women's Volleyball==== *'''Cypriot Championship''' (3 in total): 2002, 2004, 2005. *'''Cypriot Cup''' (2 in total): 2004,2008 *'''Cyprus FA Shield''' (4 in total): 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005. ====Women's Handball==== *'''Cypriot Championship''' (3 in total): 1999, 2000, 2001 *'''Cypriot Cup''' (3 in total): 1999, 2000, 2001 *'''Cypriot Super Cup''' (2 in total): 1999, 2000 ==European Record== ''Last Update: [[16 July]] [[2008]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=52897/domestic.html|publisher=UEFA|title=Team Profile|date=2008-07-16|accessdate=2008-07-16}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" align="center" |- ! Competition ! Played ! Won ! Drawn ! Lost ! GF ! GA |- | [[UEFA Champion's League]] || 25 || 8 || 6 || 11 || 30 || 32 |- | [[UEFA Cup]] || 36 || 10 || 5 || 21 || 40 || 77 |- | [[UEFA Cup Winner's Cup]] || 6 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 34 |- | [[Intertoto Cup]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 9 |- | '''''TOTAL''''' || '''''69''''' || '''''18''''' || '''''12''''' || '''''39''''' || '''''71''''' || '''''152''''' |} ==Kit Providers and Main Sponsors== *2008-2009 [[Nike]] - Quality Group *2007-2008 [[Umbro]] - Quality Group *2006-2007 [[Diadora]] - Cyta (Mivision) *2005-2006 [[Diadora]] - Cyta (Mivision) *2004-2005 [[Adidas]] - Cyta (Mivision) *2003-2004 [[Adidas]] - Alliance Reinsurance *2002-2003 [[Adidas]] - KEO ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.anorthosisfc.com/ Anorthosis Famagusta FC Official Website (In ENGLISH and GREEK)] *[http://www.anorthosisvolley.com www.anorthosisvolley.com (The official site of Anorthosis Famagusta Volleyball)] *[http://www.maxhtec.net/ West Terrace Service Crew - MAXHTEC.NET - Anorthosis Supporters Website ] *[http://www.af-fc.com/ Anorthosis Famagusta The best football Team in Cyprus.] *[http://www.anorthosis.net/ ANORTHOSIS.NET - The Blue news portal and Fan's Forum ] *[http://www.anorthosis.co.uk/ The Blue news portal in ENGLISH ] {{Anorthosis FC Squad}} {{Cypriot First Division}} {{fb start}} {{UEFA Cup 2007-08}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1911]] [[Category:Anorthosis Famagusta| ]] [[Category:Cypriot football clubs|Anorthosis Famagusta]] [[Category:Cypriot volleyball clubs|Anorthosis Famagusta]] [[de:Anorthosis Famagusta]] [[el:Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου]] [[es:Anorthosis Famagusta]] [[fr:Anorthosis Famagouste]] [[id:Anorthosis Famagusta FC]] [[it:Anorthosis Famagosta]] [[lt:Anórthōsis Ammóchōstos]] [[nl:Anorthosis Famagusta]] [[ja:アノルトシス・ファマグスタ]] [[pl:Anorthosis Famagusta]] [[pt:Anorthosis Famagusta FC]] [[ru:Анортосис]] [[tr:Anorthosis Famagusta FC]]