Apollon Limassol (women)
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Apollon Limassol is a women's football team from Cyprus
. It's currently the leading them in the country, having won three consecutive doubles. Its squad features several Romania
n internationals. It's the women's team of Apollon Limassol
and was established in 2007.
Apollon made headlines after beating two-times European champion Umeå IK
in their second appearance in the Champions League. This is regarded as one of the biggest surprises in European women's football. Apollon reached the Round of 32, where it was knocked out by Zvezda Perm
. Apollon again progressed past the qualifying stage in the 2011-12 season.
Vlora Bajraktaraj
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
. It's currently the leading them in the country, having won three consecutive doubles. Its squad features several Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n internationals. It's the women's team of Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon F.C...
and was established in 2007.
Apollon made headlines after beating two-times European champion Umeå IK
Umeå IK
Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...
in their second appearance in the Champions League. This is regarded as one of the biggest surprises in European women's football. Apollon reached the Round of 32, where it was knocked out by Zvezda Perm
Zvezda 2005 Perm
Zvezda 2005 Perm ) is Russian professional women's football club.-History:The club is based in the city of Perm and takes its name from men's team Zvezda Perm, which was dissolved in 1997...
. Apollon again progressed past the qualifying stage in the 2011-12 season.
Honours
- Cypriot First DivisionCypriot First Division (women)The Cypriot First Division is the women's football league of Cyprus.It is running since 1998-1999 season.The winning team of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. Although a Cypriot team entered the Champions League every year from 2003-04 onwards, in 2008-09 Apollon...
(3): 2009, 2010, 2011 - Cypriot CupCypriot Women's CupThe Cypriot Women's Cup is the national women's football cup competition in Cyprus.-List of finals:The cup was first held in 2000. No editions were played in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.- Performance by club :- External links:*...
(3): 2009, 2010, 2011
UEFA Competitions History
| Season | Competition | Stage | Result | Opponent |
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| 2009-10 | Champions League | Qualifying Stage | 4-0 |  Maccabi Holon |
| 0-1 |  RossiyankaWFC Rossiyanka WFC Rossiyanka is a Russian women's football club from Krasnoarmeysk near Moscow.The team was founded in 1990 as a futsal club. Futsal was played until 1998, when the club left it and concentrated in football. The teams first season was 1999 and ended in a 5th place... |
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| 2-0 |  St. Francis |
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| 2010-11 | Champions League | Qualifying Stage | 6-1 | Sarajevo SFK 2000 SFK 2000 is a women's football club from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Zenska liga BiH. The club was established in 2001, the name was chosen from the men's football club.In short time the team reached the... |
| 4-1 |  UmeåUmeå IK Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In... |
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| 3-0 | ASA Tel Aviv |
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| Round of 32 | 1-2 1-2 | Zvezda Perm Zvezda 2005 Perm Zvezda 2005 Perm ) is Russian professional women's football club.-History:The club is based in the city of Perm and takes its name from men's team Zvezda Perm, which was dissolved in 1997... |
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| 2011-12 | Champions League | Qualifying Stage | 14-0 |  Progrès Niedercorn |
| 8-0 |  Swansea City |
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| 2-1 |  Lehenda Chernihiv |
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| Round of 32 | 2-2 1-2 |  Sparta PrahaAC Sparta Praha (women) The women's section of AC Sparta Praha is a women's football club from Prague, Czech Republic. Together with their local neighbor Slavia, Sparta dominates the national league winning 15 of the 18 titles while Slavia won the other three. They attended the UEFA competitions several times and got... |
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Current squad
As of 28 September 2011Former players
Nelly Atanasova Petya Petkova Kirsten Rolls Teodora Dragoescu Eniko Kadar Frankie Brown Hayley LauderHayley Lauder
Hayley Lauder is a Scottish female international football midfielder. She currently plays for Spartans Women in the Scottish Women's Premier League. She has also played for Apollon Limassol in the 2011-12 Champions League qualifying stage....
Vlora Bajraktaraj