Cypriot First Division
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The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus
. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank
and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Marfin Laiki).
Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. The rule for three points for a win has been applied since 1992, before then two points were awarded for a win. Teams are ranked by total points, the matches between the teams, then goal difference
and then goals scored. If teams are still equal they are deemed to occupy the same position. If the champions, teams for relegation or qualification for other competitions thus cannot be decided, a series of play-off match(es) are played between the affected teams, although this has yet to occur. Since the establishment of the league and until 2005-06, goal difference had the biggest ranking after total points. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champions. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Cypriot Second Division
and the top three teams from the 2nd Division promoted in their place.
The league champions are entitled to entrance in the UEFA Champions League
in the second qualifying round. The winner of the Cypriot Cup automatically enters the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The runner-up and third placed team in the league enters the UEFA Europa League on the second qualifying round. If the cup winners are also league champions, then the losing cup finalists are granted a UEFA Europa League berth. If the cup winners qualify for Europe by their league position, then the fourth-placed team in the league qualifies for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
The First Division has had 14 teams since the 1989-90 season, apart from the 1994-95 season when the league was reduced temporarily to 13 teams. For some years there has been discussion about reducing the number of teams in the first division. This is partly driven by some of the mid-table clubs not being involved for much of the season in either the Championship or qualification for Europe, or relegation.
Since 1911, when Anorthosis Famagusta FC
was founded, many clubs were established and in 1932 the Cypriot Championship began annually at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organized by a different football club which caused some conflicts between some of the teams.
As football became more established, the clubs were united in agreeing that an official body was needed to regulate the sport. And in September 1934, the Cyprus Football Association
(CFA) was formed and the Cypriot Championship and Cup began to take place annually. The first Champions of Cyprus were Trast AC
in 1935 but the club folded three years later. The 1930s were dominated by , who won five championship in a row until 1940. Like other Championships in the World, the Cypriot Championship was interrupted, due to World War II from 1941 until 1945.
World War II was followed by the Greek Civil War
, which caused a lot of fanaticism between Greeks
. Since the majority of the island are Greek Cypriots
, it had a lot of influence in their society too, including sport. In 1948, some clubs were involved in politics and criticized the left-wing as responsible for the War. Several footballers from those clubs criticized their club but that followed the expulsion of those players from their teams. Those players then went on to help establish new clubs with their own Association and their own football competitions. Until 1953 there were two separate football Championships in Cyprus and two different Associations. However, in 1953, the two Associations unified Cypriot football, and the teams which were established in 1948 under the separate association, were allowed to become members of the CFA. Only AC Omonia
was accepted into the First Division. And due to the addition of more clubs that season, relegation and promotion begun in Cypriot football.
The Cypriot Championship unification, lasted for only two seasons. In 1955, Çetinkaya Türk S.K.
, who had been the only Turkish Cypriot team playing in the Cypriot First Division since 1934-35, withdrew from the Championship and with other Turkish Cypriot teams, established the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation
, with its own competitions. The reason behind this was political, as the Turkish Cypriot leadership were supporting the partition of the island. However, this Federation was never recognized and no team of that federation could play in international competitions.
The independence of Cyprus in 1960, was followed by full membership for the Cyprus Football Association to UEFA in 1962. From 1963, the champions of the Cyprus, could compete in the European Champions Cup and the Cup winners in the European Cup Winners Cup. Since 1971
, the runners up in the Greek Cypriot First Division can compete in the UEFA Cup. From 1967 until 1974, the Greek Cypriot Champions were promoted to the Greek First National Division. Greek Cypriot teams were relegated every season from the Alpha Ethniki, apart from 1974, when APOEL managed to remain in the Greek Championship which meant that Cyprus would have two teams in Alpha Ethniki. However, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
that year, APOEL and AC Omonoia (the champion of Cyprus for 1974) withdrew from the League.
The Greek Cypriot championship was abandoned in the 1963-64 season due to the bicommunal conflicts between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
.
AC Omonia dominated the Greek Cypriot Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 12 championship in 13 seasons. In 1976, Omonia player Sotiris Kaiafas was the top scorer not only in Cyprus but also in Europe with 39 goals winning the European Golden Boot
. Anorthosis Famagusta dominated Cyprus football between 1995 and 2000, losing the championship during those years only once in 1996.
The last 10 years from 2001 until 2011 APOEL had been the most successful club by winning almost one championship every two years, counting 5 championship titles in total.
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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...
. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank
Marfin Popular Bank
Marfin Popular Bank is the second largest banking group in Cyprus behind the Bank of Cyprus. Trading on the island as Laiki Bank , it currently holds a 15% share of the market in loans and a 19% share of deposits. Its shares are listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange and the Athens Stock Exchange...
and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League (Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Marfin Laiki).
Format
At present, 14 clubs compete in the league. Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, which makes a total of 26 games for each club. Since 2007-08 the league has a second round. In the second round the first 12 teams are separated into groups of 4 teams according to their position at the end of the first round. The last two teams are relegated to the second division. The points from the first round are carried to the second round and the teams play the other teams twice.Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. The rule for three points for a win has been applied since 1992, before then two points were awarded for a win. Teams are ranked by total points, the matches between the teams, then goal difference
Goal difference
In sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points....
and then goals scored. If teams are still equal they are deemed to occupy the same position. If the champions, teams for relegation or qualification for other competitions thus cannot be decided, a series of play-off match(es) are played between the affected teams, although this has yet to occur. Since the establishment of the league and until 2005-06, goal difference had the biggest ranking after total points. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champions. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Cypriot Second Division
Cypriot Second Division
- Structure :Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 26 games per team. The topthree clubs are promoted to the first division and the bottom three are relegated to the third division.- Teams :...
and the top three teams from the 2nd Division promoted in their place.
The league champions are entitled to entrance in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
in the second qualifying round. The winner of the Cypriot Cup automatically enters the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The runner-up and third placed team in the league enters the UEFA Europa League on the second qualifying round. If the cup winners are also league champions, then the losing cup finalists are granted a UEFA Europa League berth. If the cup winners qualify for Europe by their league position, then the fourth-placed team in the league qualifies for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
The First Division has had 14 teams since the 1989-90 season, apart from the 1994-95 season when the league was reduced temporarily to 13 teams. For some years there has been discussion about reducing the number of teams in the first division. This is partly driven by some of the mid-table clubs not being involved for much of the season in either the Championship or qualification for Europe, or relegation.
History
Football was introduced to Cyprus early in the 20th century by the British. Initially played in the island's schools, it proved hugely popular and a number of clubs were duly formed.Since 1911, when Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6...
was founded, many clubs were established and in 1932 the Cypriot Championship began annually at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organized by a different football club which caused some conflicts between some of the teams.
As football became more established, the clubs were united in agreeing that an official body was needed to regulate the sport. And in September 1934, the Cyprus Football Association
Cyprus Football Association
The Cyprus Football Association is the governing body of football in Cyprus. It organizes the football league, whose top league is Cypriot First Division, Cypriot Cup, Cyprus FA Shield and the Cypriot national football team. It is based in Nicosia. It Football was introduced to Cyprus early in...
(CFA) was formed and the Cypriot Championship and Cup began to take place annually. The first Champions of Cyprus were Trast AC
Trast AC
Trast Athletic Club was a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia. It was a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The disestablishment of the Pancyprian Football Organization ") in 1924 led to the creation of two new clubs: Trast AC and Panergatikos...
in 1935 but the club folded three years later. The 1930s were dominated by , who won five championship in a row until 1940. Like other Championships in the World, the Cypriot Championship was interrupted, due to World War II from 1941 until 1945.
World War II was followed by the Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...
, which caused a lot of fanaticism between Greeks
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
. Since the majority of the island are Greek Cypriots
Greek Cypriots
Greek Cypriots are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community at 77% of the population. Greek Cypriots are mostly members of the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity...
, it had a lot of influence in their society too, including sport. In 1948, some clubs were involved in politics and criticized the left-wing as responsible for the War. Several footballers from those clubs criticized their club but that followed the expulsion of those players from their teams. Those players then went on to help establish new clubs with their own Association and their own football competitions. Until 1953 there were two separate football Championships in Cyprus and two different Associations. However, in 1953, the two Associations unified Cypriot football, and the teams which were established in 1948 under the separate association, were allowed to become members of the CFA. Only AC Omonia
AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...
was accepted into the First Division. And due to the addition of more clubs that season, relegation and promotion begun in Cypriot football.
The Cypriot Championship unification, lasted for only two seasons. In 1955, Çetinkaya Türk S.K.
Çetinkaya Türk S.K.
Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü which is also known as KIRMIZI ŞİMŞEKLER is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in Nicosia.-History:Lefkoşa Türk Spor Kulübü was founded in 1930, and was one of the founding members of the Cypriot First Division in 1934, the sole Turkish Cypriot team in the league...
, who had been the only Turkish Cypriot team playing in the Cypriot First Division since 1934-35, withdrew from the Championship and with other Turkish Cypriot teams, established the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation
Cyprus Turkish Football Federation
The Cyprus Turkish Football Federation is the top division of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Football Federation, which is not recognised by other federations]...
, with its own competitions. The reason behind this was political, as the Turkish Cypriot leadership were supporting the partition of the island. However, this Federation was never recognized and no team of that federation could play in international competitions.
The independence of Cyprus in 1960, was followed by full membership for the Cyprus Football Association to UEFA in 1962. From 1963, the champions of the Cyprus, could compete in the European Champions Cup and the Cup winners in the European Cup Winners Cup. Since 1971
UEFA Cup 1971-72
The UEFA Cup 1971–72 was the inaugural year of the competition. It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final....
, the runners up in the Greek Cypriot First Division can compete in the UEFA Cup. From 1967 until 1974, the Greek Cypriot Champions were promoted to the Greek First National Division. Greek Cypriot teams were relegated every season from the Alpha Ethniki, apart from 1974, when APOEL managed to remain in the Greek Championship which meant that Cyprus would have two teams in Alpha Ethniki. However, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus, launched on 20 July 1974, was a Turkish military invasion in response to a Greek military junta backed coup in Cyprus...
that year, APOEL and AC Omonoia (the champion of Cyprus for 1974) withdrew from the League.
The Greek Cypriot championship was abandoned in the 1963-64 season due to the bicommunal conflicts between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots are the ethnic Turks and members of the Turkish-speaking ethnolinguistic community of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The term is used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, whose Ottoman Turkish forbears colonised the island in 1571...
.
AC Omonia dominated the Greek Cypriot Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 12 championship in 13 seasons. In 1976, Omonia player Sotiris Kaiafas was the top scorer not only in Cyprus but also in Europe with 39 goals winning the European Golden Boot
European Golden Boot
The European Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league...
. Anorthosis Famagusta dominated Cyprus football between 1995 and 2000, losing the championship during those years only once in 1996.
The last 10 years from 2001 until 2011 APOEL had been the most successful club by winning almost one championship every two years, counting 5 championship titles in total.
2011-12 Clubs
Club | Location | 2010-11 season |
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AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC |Kition]] Athletic Union") is a Cypriot Sports club, based in the port of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs: EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club has football section, basketball sections for men AEK Larnaca B.C... |
Larnaca Larnaca Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort... |
4th |
AEL | Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... |
8th |
Alki Alki Larnaca FC Alki Larnaca is a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and the club's colours are blue and red. They reached the Cypriot Cup final on 5 occasions without a win.1979 was the best year in club's history... |
Larnaca Larnaca Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort... |
11th |
Anagennisi Dherynia Anagennisi Dherynia Anagennisi Deryneia is Cypriot football team based in Deryneia, Famagusta. The club was founded in 1920 and they joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1972. The team will play in the Cypriot First division in 2011. It has participated in the first and second divisions and Cypriot Third... |
Dherynia | 2D Cypriot Second Division - Structure :Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 26 games per team. The topthree clubs are promoted to the first division and the bottom three are relegated to the third division.- Teams :... 3rd |
Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
Larnaca Larnaca Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort... |
3rd |
APOEL | Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... |
1st |
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... |
Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... |
5th |
Aris | Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... |
2D Cypriot Second Division - Structure :Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 26 games per team. The topthree clubs are promoted to the first division and the bottom three are relegated to the third division.- Teams :... 1st |
Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni FC Enosis Neon Paralimni is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.-History:... |
Paralimni Paralimni Paralimni is a town situated in the South East of Cyprus, a little way inland, within the Famagusta District. Since the Turkish invasion and occupation of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974, it has increased in size and status, due to the migration of many refugees fleeing from the North... |
7th |
Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou is a Cypriot football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of Larnaca. Founded in 1958, it currently plays in the Cypriot First Division.-History:... |
Aradippou Aradippou Aradippou is a municipality in Cyprus located on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. It was established in 1986 following a referendum of local residents. It has a population of approximately 20,000.-Eyxternal Link:*http://aradippou.org.cy/... |
10th |
Ethnikos Achnas | Achna Achna Akhna , is a village in Cyprus in the Famagusta District, just North of the United Nations Buffer Zone. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the displaced residents built a new village south of the old location.... |
9th |
Nea Salamis | Larnaca Larnaca Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort... |
2D Cypriot Second Division - Structure :Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 26 games per team. The topthree clubs are promoted to the first division and the bottom three are relegated to the third division.- Teams :... 2nd |
Olympiakos Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... |
6th |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... |
2nd |
Champions
- 1934/35-2006/07 Pancypriot Championship
- 2007/08-present Marfin Laiki League
Season | Winner |
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1934-35 Cypriot First Division 1934-35 Cypriot First Division 1934-35 was the first official league in Cyprus. Eight teams participated and Trast AC won the championship.-League standings:-References:*... |
Trast AC Trast AC Trast Athletic Club was a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia. It was a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The disestablishment of the Pancyprian Football Organization ") in 1924 led to the creation of two new clubs: Trast AC and Panergatikos... |
1935-36 Cypriot First Division 1935-36 The Cypriot First Division 1935-36 was the 2nd season for the competition. Eight teams participated, and APOEL won the championship.-League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1936-37 Cypriot First Division 1936-37 -Locations:-League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1937-38 Cypriot First Division 1937-38 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1938-39 Cypriot First Division 1938-39 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1939-40 Cypriot First Division 1939-40 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1940-41 Cypriot First Division 1940-41 -League standings:-Championship Play-off:* APOEL F.C. v AEL Limassol 1-2* AEL Limassol v APOEL F.C. 3-1-References:*... |
AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
1941-44 | League suspended due to World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
1944-45 Cypriot First Division 1944-45 -League standings:-Championship play-off:* APOEL F.C. v EPA Larnaca FC 0-0* EPA Larnaca FC v APOEL F.C. 3-1-References:*... |
EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca FC EPA Larnaca was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos... |
1945-46 Cypriot First Division 1945-46 -League standings:-References:*... |
EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca FC EPA Larnaca was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos... |
1946-47 Cypriot First Division 1946-47 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1947-48 Cypriot First Division 1947-48 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1948-49 Cypriot First Division 1948-49 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1949-50 Cypriot First Division 1949-50 -League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1950-51 Cypriot First Division 1950-51 -League standings:-References:*... |
Çetinkaya |
1951-52 Cypriot First Division 1951-52 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1952-53 Cypriot First Division 1952-53 -League standings:-References:*... |
AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
1953-54 Cypriot First Division 1953-54 Nine teams contested the Cypriot First Division championship in season 1953/1954 won by Pezoporikos Larnaca .-League standings:-References:*... |
Pezoporikos Larnaca |
1954-55 Cypriot First Division 1954-55 -League standings:-References:*... |
AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
1955-56 Cypriot First Division 1955-56 -League standings:-References:*... |
AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
1956-57 Cypriot First Division 1956-57 Statistics of Cypriot First Division in the 1956/1957 season. This year no relegation took place after an agreement between the clubs.-Overview:It was contested by 9 teams, and Anorthosis Famagusta FC won the championship. There was no relegation this season, because the league was expanded to 10... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1957-58 Cypriot First Division 1957-58 -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and Anorthosis Famagusta FC won the championship. Also Apollon Limassol made their debut as a team.-League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1958-59 | not held |
1959-60 Cypriot First Division 1959-60 Statistics of Cypriot First Division in the 1959/1960 season. It is the highest football league in Cyprus.-League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1960-61 Cypriot First Division 1960-61 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1961-62 Cypriot First Division 1961-62 -League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1962-63 Cypriot First Division 1962-63 -League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1963-64 | championship abandoned |
1964-65 Cypriot First Division 1964-65 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1965-66 Cypriot First Division 1965-66 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1966-67 Cypriot First Division 1966-67 -League standings:-References:*... |
Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
1967-68 Cypriot First Division 1967-68 Statistics of Cypriot First Division in the 1967/1968 season.-Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and AEL Limassol won the championship. Olympiakos Nicosia participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in the 17th position.-League standings:-References:*... |
AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
1968-69 Cypriot First Division 1968-69 -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Olympiakos Nicosia won the championship. AEL Limassol participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in the 18th position.-League standings:-References:*... |
Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
1969-70 Cypriot First Division 1969-70 Statistics of Cypriot football First Division in the 1969/1970 season.-Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and EPA Larnaca FC won the championship. Olympiakos Nicosia participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 17th position.-League... |
EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca FC EPA Larnaca was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos... |
1970-71 Cypriot First Division 1970-71 -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Olympiakos Nicosia won the championship. EPA Larnaca FC participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 18th position.-League standings:-References:*... |
Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
1971-72 Cypriot First Division 1971-72 -Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. Olympiakos Nicosia participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 18th position.-League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1972-73 Cypriot First Division 1972-73 -Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship. AC Omonia participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 18th position.-League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1973-74 Cypriot First Division 1973-74 The Cypriot First Division 1973-74 season was contested by 14 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. APOEL participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 14th position and were not relegated.-League standings:... |
AC Omonoia |
1974-75 Cypriot First Division 1974-75 -Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. APOEL did not participate in the Greek championship, even though they were not relegated in the previous season, due to the volatile situation in Cyprus in 1974. They competed in the championship unofficially, but their... |
AC Omonoia |
1975-76 Cypriot First Division 1975-76 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1976-77 Cypriot First Division 1976-77 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1977-78 Cypriot First Division 1977-78 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1978-79 Cypriot First Division 1978-79 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1979-80 Cypriot First Division 1979-80 -League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1980-81 Cypriot First Division 1980-81 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1981-82 Cypriot First Division 1981-82 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1982-83 Cypriot First Division 1982-83 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1983-84 Cypriot First Division 1983-84 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1984-85 Cypriot First Division 1984-85 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1985-86 Cypriot First Division 1985-86 -Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship. There was no relegation this season, because the league was expanded to 16 teams in the next season.-League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1986-87 Cypriot First Division 1986-87 -League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1987-88 Cypriot First Division 1987-88 The Cypriot First Division 1987-88 was performed by 16 teams, and Pezoporikos Larnaca won the championship. The defending champion was AC Omonia.-League standings:-References:*... |
Pezoporikos Larnaca |
1988-89 Cypriot First Division 1988-89 The Cypriot First Division 1988-89 was performed by 15 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. The defending champion was Pezoporikos Larnaca.-League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1989-90 Cypriot First Division 1989-90 The Cypriot First Division 1989-90 league was performed with 14 teams, and APOEL won the championship. The defending champion was AC Omonia.-League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1990-91 Cypriot First Division 1990-91 The Cypriot First Division 1990-91 had 14 teams, and Apollon Limassol won the championship. The defending champion was APOEL.-League standings:-References:*... |
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... |
1991-92 Cypriot First Division 1991-92 The Cypriot First Division 1991-92 was the first season of the league that 3 points were awarded for a win . Fourteen teams participated and APOEL won the championship. The defending champion was Apollon Limassol.-League standings:... |
APOEL |
1992-93 Cypriot First Division 1992-93 The Cypriot First Division 1992-93 league had 14 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship. The defending champion was APOEL.-League standings:-References:*... |
AC Omonoia |
1993-94 Cypriot First Division 1993-94 -League standings:-References:*... |
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... |
1994-95 Cypriot First Division 1994-95 The Cypriot First Division 1994-95 was performed in 12 teams and Anorthosis won the championship.The defending champion was Apollon Limassol. This season had no relegation, because the league was expanded to 14 teams on the next season.-League standings:... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1995-96 Cypriot First Division 1995-96 The league was performed with 14 teams, and APOEL won the championship. The defending champion was Anorthosis.-League standings:-References:*... |
APOEL |
1996-97 Cypriot First Division 1996-97 The league was performed with 14 teams, and Anorthosis won the championship. The defending champion was APOEL.-League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1997-98 Cypriot First Division 1997-98 The defending champion was Anorthosis. The league was performed with 14 teams, and Anorthosis won the championship.-League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1998-99 Cypriot First Division 1998-99 Statistics of Cypriot First Division in the 1998–99 season. The defending champion was Anorthosis. The league was performed with 14 teams, and Anorthosis won the championship.-League standings:-References:*... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
1999-00 Cypriot First Division 1999-00 - Final standings :Updated as of May 7, 2000Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
2000-01 Cypriot First Division 2000-01 - Final standings :Updated as of May 6, 2001Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
AC Omonoia |
2001-02 Cypriot First Division 2001-02 - Final standings :Updated as of April 28, 2002Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
APOEL |
2002-03 Cypriot First Division 2002-03 - Final standings :Updated as of May 11, 2003Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
AC Omonoia |
2003-04 Cypriot First Division 2003-04 - Final standings :Updated as of May 2, 2004Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
APOEL |
2004-05 Cypriot First Division 2004-05 - Final standings :Updated as of May 16, 2005Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
2005-06 Cypriot First Division 2005-06 - Final standings :Updated as of May 6, 2006Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
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... |
2006-07 Cypriot First Division 2006-07 - Final standings :Updated as of May 16, 2007Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points... |
APOEL |
2007-08 Cypriot First Division 2007-08 The Cypriot First Division 2007-08 league started on September 1, 2007.The defending champion was APOEL. Clubs promoted from second division were Alki,APOP and Doxa Katokopia.This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage.... |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
2008-09 Cypriot First Division 2008-09 The Cypriot First Division 2008–09 was the seventy-first season of top-tier football on Cyprus. It started on 30 August 2008 and ended on 10 May 2009. The defending champions were Anorthosis.APOEL won the championship three games before the end of the season.... |
APOEL |
2009-10 | AC Omonoia |
2010-11 2010–11 Cypriot First Division -Personnel and kits:Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:... |
APOEL |
Performance by club
Club | Winners | Winning seasons |
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APOEL | 21 | 1936 Cypriot First Division 1935-36 The Cypriot First Division 1935-36 was the 2nd season for the competition. Eight teams participated, and APOEL won the championship.-League standings:-References:*... , 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2002 Cypriot First Division 2001-02 - Final standings :Updated as of April 28, 2002Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... , 2004 Cypriot First Division 2003-04 - Final standings :Updated as of May 2, 2004Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... , 2007 Cypriot First Division 2006-07 - Final standings :Updated as of May 16, 2007Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points... , 2009 Cypriot First Division 2008-09 The Cypriot First Division 2008–09 was the seventy-first season of top-tier football on Cyprus. It started on 30 August 2008 and ended on 10 May 2009. The defending champions were Anorthosis.APOEL won the championship three games before the end of the season.... , 2011 2010–11 Cypriot First Division -Personnel and kits:Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
20 | 1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001 Cypriot First Division 2000-01 - Final standings :Updated as of May 6, 2001Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... , 2003 Cypriot First Division 2002-03 - Final standings :Updated as of May 11, 2003Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... , 2010 |
Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
13 | 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Cypriot First Division 1999-00 - Final standings :Updated as of May 7, 2000Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... , 2005 Cypriot First Division 2004-05 - Final standings :Updated as of May 16, 2005Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... , 2008 Cypriot First Division 2007-08 The Cypriot First Division 2007-08 league started on September 1, 2007.The defending champion was APOEL. Clubs promoted from second division were Alki,APOP and Doxa Katokopia.This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage.... |
AEL Limassol | 5 | 1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968 |
Olympiakos Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
3 | 1967, 1969, 1971 |
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... |
3 | 1991, 1994, 2006 Cypriot First Division 2005-06 - Final standings :Updated as of May 6, 2006Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = PointsSource:... |
EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca FC EPA Larnaca was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos... |
3 | 1945, 1946, 1970 |
Pezoporikos Larnaca | 2 | 1954, 1988 |
Trast AC Trast AC Trast Athletic Club was a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia. It was a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The disestablishment of the Pancyprian Football Organization ") in 1924 led to the creation of two new clubs: Trast AC and Panergatikos... |
1 | 1935 Cypriot First Division 1934-35 Cypriot First Division 1934-35 was the first official league in Cyprus. Eight teams participated and Trast AC won the championship.-League standings:-References:*... |
Çetinkaya Türk S.K. Çetinkaya Türk S.K. Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü which is also known as KIRMIZI ŞİMŞEKLER is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in Nicosia.-History:Lefkoşa Türk Spor Kulübü was founded in 1930, and was one of the founding members of the Cypriot First Division in 1934, the sole Turkish Cypriot team in the league... |
1 | 1951 |
Top goalscorers
This is a list of the top goalscorers of Cyprus by season since 1960.Season | Top scorer | Club | Goals |
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1960/61 | Panikos Krystallis Panikos Krystallis Panikos Krystallis is a former football forward. He was born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1942.-Career as player:Krystallis started his football career in AEL Limassol in the late 1950s but soon joined cross-town rivals Apollon Limassol where he had his best years as a striker... |
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... |
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1961/62 | Michalis Shialis | Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
22 |
1962/63 | Panikos Papadopoulos | AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
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1963/64 | Championship abandoned | ||
1964/65 | Kostakis Pieridis | Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
21 |
1965/66 | Panikos Efthymiades | Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
20 |
1966/67 | Andreas Stylianou Andreas Stylianou Andreas Stylianou , who was born in 1942, is a former Cypriot football player. Andreas Stylianou joined APOEL in 1963. He won the Cypriot Championship twice . He also won the Cypriot Cup four times and the Cyprus FA Shield once, in 1963... |
APOEL | 29 |
1967/68 | Charalambos Papadopoulos | AEL Limassol AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus.... |
31 |
1968/69 | Panikos Efthymiades | Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
17 |
1969/70 | Tasos Constantinou | EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca FC EPA Larnaca was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos... |
24 |
1970/71 | Andreas Stylianou Andreas Stylianou Andreas Stylianou , who was born in 1942, is a former Cypriot football player. Andreas Stylianou joined APOEL in 1963. He won the Cypriot Championship twice . He also won the Cypriot Cup four times and the Cyprus FA Shield once, in 1963... Kostas Vasiliades Panikos Efthymiades |
APOEL 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... Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
11 11 11 |
1971/72 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
24 |
1972/73 | Lakis Theodorou | EPA Larnaca EPA Larnaca FC EPA Larnaca was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos... |
17 |
1973/74 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
20 |
1974/75 | Andros Savva | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
21 |
1975/76 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
39 |
1976/77 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
44 |
1977/78 | Andreas Kanaris | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
20 |
1978/79 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
28 |
1979/80 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
23 |
1980/81 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
14 |
1981/82 | Sotiris Kaiafas | Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
19 |
1982/83 | Panikos Hatziloizou | Aris Limassol | 17 |
1983/84 | Sylvester Vernon Lenos Kittos |
Pezoporikos Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou is a Cypriot football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of Larnaca. Founded in 1958, it currently plays in the Cypriot First Division.-History:... |
14 |
1984/85 | Giorgos Savvidis Giorgos Savvidis Giorgos Savvidis is a former international Cypriot football midfielderand football manager.During his playing days he was regarded one of the best players in the country and was voted in the best 11 Cypriot... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
24 |
1985/86 | Yiannos Ioannou Yiannos Ioannou Yiannos Ioannou is a former Cypriot football player. He was one of the most successful strikers in Cyprus ever and because of that he was given the nickname "Mr Goal". Playing almost 20 years for APOEL FC, he won the Cypriot Championship 4 times, the Cypriot Cup 6 times and the Cyprus FA Shield... |
APOEL | 22 |
1986/87 | Spas Dzhevizov Spas Dzhevizov Spas Dzhevizov is a football former forward.For the Bulgaria national football team Dzhevizov featured in 20 games and scored 3 goals. Between 1976 and 1984 he played in 205 matches and scored 96 goals for CSKA Sofia... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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1987/88 | Tasos Zouvanis | E.N. Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni FC Enosis Neon Paralimni is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.-History:... |
23 |
1988/89 | Nigel McNeal | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 19 |
1989/90 | Siniša Gogić Siniša Gogic Siniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team... |
APOEL | 19 |
1990/91 | Suad Beširević Suad Beširević Suad Beširević is a Slovenian/Bosnian football manager and former player.He is regarded as one of the best players of FK Borac Banja Luka where he spend most of his career and where he won the 1987-88 Yugoslav Cup. While in Cyprus, his name was also referred to as Suat Pesirovic.-External... Panikos Xiourouppas Panayiotis Xiourouppas Panikkos Xiourouppas is a former international Cypriot football striker and current football manager who was recently sacked from Ermis Aradippou.... |
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... Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
19 |
1991/92 | József Dzurják József Dzurják József Dzurják is a Hungarian football manager and former player.-Career:His career started in 1983 when he started playing for Diósgyőri VTK where he'll stay three seasons, before moving to the Hungarian giants Ferencváros where he played between 1986 and 1990. He finished his last season with... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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1992/93 | Slađan Šćepović Slađan Šćepović Slađan Šćepović is a Serbian football manager and former player.-Career:Born in Priboj, SR Serbia within SFR Yugoslavia, he played most of his career with FK Partizan in the Yugoslav First League between 1984 and 1992, with a exception of a short spell with FK Bor while still in his beginning 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... |
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1993/94 | Siniša Gogić Siniša Gogic Siniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team... |
Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
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1994/95 | Pambis Andreou Charalambos Andreou Pambis Andreou is a former international Cypriot football striker.He started and ended his career in Nea Salamina. He had left only for two seasons to play for Anorthosis Famagusta.... |
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1995/96 | József Kiprich József Kiprich József Kiprich is a retired Hungarian football forward and currently a football manager and scout. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1984, and got 70 caps and 28 goals until 1995. He was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from... |
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1996/97 | Michalis Konstantinou Michalis Konstantinou Michalis Konstantinou is a Cypriot football striker. He plays for the Cyprus national football team, and is already the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 80 appearances.... |
E.N. Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni FC Enosis Neon Paralimni is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.-History:... |
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1997/98 | Rainer Rauffmann Rainer Rauffmann Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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1998/99 | Rainer Rauffmann Rainer Rauffmann Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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1999/00 | Rainer Rauffmann Rainer Rauffmann Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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2000/01 | Rainer Rauffmann Rainer Rauffmann Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having... |
Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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2001/02 | Wojciech Kowalczyk Wojciech Kowalczyk Wojciech Kowalczyk is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker.The bulk of his professional career was spent with hometown's Legia Warsaw and in Spain... |
Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
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2002/03 | Marios Neophytou Marios Neophytou Marios Neophytou is a Cypriot football striker playing for Akritas Chlorakas.-Career:He began his career in 1993, playing for AEL Limassol. He remained to AEL until 1999, when he was transferred to Anorthosis... |
Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
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2003/04 | Łukasz Sosin Jozef Kožlej Jozef Kožlej Jozef Kožlej is a retired Slovak international professional footballer who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece and Cyprus.-Club career:... |
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... Omonia AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953... |
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2004/05 | Łukasz Sosin | 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... |
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2005/06 | Łukasz Sosin | 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... |
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2006/07 | Esteban Solari Esteban Solari Esteban Andrés Solari, born June 2, 1980 in Rosario Santa Fe) is an Argentine football player who currently plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.-Personal life:... |
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2007/08 | David David Pereira da Costa David Pereira da Costa or simply David born March 15, 1977 in Olinda, is a Brazilian striker last played for Aris Limassol FC. He played for Doxa Katokopias in Cyprus for the 2007 season. Having scored 16 goals in the 2007-08 season he was awarded the Cypriot Golden shoe, along with Anorthosis FC... Łukasz Sosin |
Doxa Katokopia Doxa Katokopia Doxa Katokopia is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, which is near Katokopia.-History:... Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta FC Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6... |
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2008/09 | Serjão Sérgio Luis Gardino da Silva Sérgio Luis Gardino da Silva commonly known as Serjão is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Ermis Aradippou in the Cypriot First Division.... |
Doxa Katokopia Doxa Katokopia Doxa Katokopia is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, which is near Katokopia.-History:... |
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2009/10 | Joeano Joeano Pinto Chaves Joeano Pinto is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ermis Aradippou. Previously he was is contracted to Beitar Jerusalem but was on loan at Académica Coimbra. He was a new addition at Teddy, having joined from the Portuguese league... José Semedo José Filipe Correia Semedo José Filipe Correia Semedo is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, as a forward.-Club career:... |
Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou is a Cypriot football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of Larnaca. Founded in 1958, it currently plays in the Cypriot First Division.-History:... APOP Kinyras APOP Kinyras Peyias FC APOP Kinyras Peyias is a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower division outfits APOP Peyias FC and Kinyras Empas FC... |
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2010/11 | Miljan Mrdaković Miljan Mrdakovic Miljan Mrdaković is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for AEK Larnaca F.C. in Cyprus, as a striker.-Club career:... |
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... |
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Notable foreign players
Albania- Arjan BeqajArjan BeqajArjan Beqaj is a former Albanian professional footballer from Kosovo. In a career spanning 19 years he played for seven clubs in four countries and .He is now the goalkeeping coach at Anorthosis Famagusta.-Early career:...
- Klodian DuroKlodian DuroKlodian Duro is an Albanian footballer who plays for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga as well as the Albania national team since making his debut in 1999.He is a versatile midfielder who usually plays in an attacking role....
- Altin HaxhiAltin HaxhiAltin Haxhi is an Albanian footballer. He plays as a defender for Apollon Kalamarias F.C..-Club career:Haxhi's former clubs include KS Luftëtari Gjirokastër, Panachaiki, PFC Litex Lovech, Iraklis, PFC CSKA Sofia, Apollon Kalamarias, Anorthosis Famagusta and Ergotelis FC.APOEL announced that it...
- Isli HidiIsli HidiIsli Hidi is an Albanian goalkeeper who plays for AEL Limassol in the Cyprus First Division and the Albanian national team.-Club career:...
- Blerim RrustemiBlerim RrustemiBlerim Rrustemi is an Albanian footballer from Kosovo, who plays as a defender. Rrustemi likes to play as a defensive midfielder, but played in defense for Alki Larnaca and the Albanian National Team...
- Rudi VataRudi VataRudi Vata is a former Albanian footballer who played as a defender. He is the manager of Albanian team KS Vllaznia Shkoder....
Argentina
- Francisco AguirreFrancisco AguirreFrancisco Aguirre is an Argentine footballer, who currently plays for FC Locarno in the Swiss Challenge League.-Career:...
- Luciano De BrunoLuciano De BrunoLuciano De Bruno is an Argentine football offensive Midfielder who is currently playing for Ñublense in the Primera Division of Chile. He amazed with his great skills at AEL FC and the fans still call him son of the ball.-External links:...
- Federico Dominguez
- Daniel QuinterosDaniel QuinterosDaniel Quinteros is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Apollon Limassol in the League Marfin Laiki. He is characterised for his passion and commitment into the game with his very successful tackles.-Career:Quinteros started his career in 1996 at Rosario Central in the Primera...
- Gastón SangoyGastón SangoyGastón Sangoy is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Sporting de Gijón, in the Spanish first division, as a striker.-Career:...
- Esteban SolariEsteban SolariEsteban Andrés Solari, born June 2, 1980 in Rosario Santa Fe) is an Argentine football player who currently plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.-Personal life:...
Armenia
- Armen Ambartsumyan
- Romik KhachatryanRomik KhachatryanRomik Khachatryan is an Armenian football midfielder, of Cypriot Second Division club Omonia Aradippou. He is also a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 54 international matches and scored 1 goal since his debut in away friendly match against Georgia on 30 March 1997.-National team...
- Arthur VoskanyanArthur VoskanyanArthur Voskanyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. He last played for the Armenian Premier League club Banants Yerevan. He is also a member of the Armenia national team, and has participated in 51 international matches and scored 1 goal since his debut in a home UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying...
Australia
- Oscar CrinoOscar Crino----Oscar Crino is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder.Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston...
- Paul OkonPaul OkonPaul Okon is a former Australian football player who retired after playing with Australian side Newcastle United Jets....
Belgium
- Stijn VrevenStijn VrevenStijn Vreven is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for the Belgian amateur club KFC Esperanza Neerpelt.-Career:...
Brazil
- ClaytonClayton Ferreira CruzClayton Ferreira Cruz, simply Clayton , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Serrano Sport Club....
- EmersonEmerson Moisés CostaEmerson Moisés Costa , simply Emerson, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.As well as in his country, he played professionally in Portugal, England, Spain and Scotland...
- Mário JardelMário JardelMário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro is a former Brazilian professional footballer.Jardel was most noted for his positioning on the field and "being at the right place, at the right time"...
- Veridiano MarceloVeridiano MarceloVeridiano Marcelo is a former Brazilian footballer currently working as an Assistant Manager for Veria.-Club career:His professional career started at 1986 with São Paulo. He played for São Paulo until 1989 when he was acquired by Skoda Xanthi. He instantly became the club's star scoring 11 goals...
- Sávio
- Zé Elias
- Marcelo PletschMarcelo José PletschMarcelo José Pletsch is a Brazilian football defender.-Club career:He played with Ceará Sporting Club and Portuguese lower league club Oliveirense before coming to Germany in 1999 where he first played for Borussia Mönchengladbach. The first two seasons his team has played in the 2. Bundesliga and...
- André CaldeiraJefisley André CaldeiraJefisley André Caldeira is a Brazilian midfielder who plays for Hapoel Ramat Gan. Some of his other former teams include Goiás, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Beer Sheva.-External links:*...
- Magno MocelinMagno MocelinMagno Mocelin, known as Magno , is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.His 15-year professional career, which was spent in four different countries, was mainly associated with Alavés in Spain, for which he appeared in more than 200 official games and played in one UEFA Cup...
- SilvaElpídio Pereira da Silva FilhoElpídio Pereira da Silva Filho , known as Silva, is a retired Brazilian footballer.A striker, his main traits were striking positioning and heading, and he spent most of his professional career in Portugal, namely representing Boavista.-Club career:Silva started his professional career with Clube...
- Paulo VogtPaulo VogtPaulo Vogt is a Brazilian football striker who currently plays for Swiss FC Chiasso. He previously spent his career in Liechtenstein, Ukraine and Cyprus before signing for the Swiss club in 2009....
- SerjãoSérgio Luis Gardino da SilvaSérgio Luis Gardino da Silva commonly known as Serjão is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Ermis Aradippou in the Cypriot First Division....
Bulgaria
- Spas Djevizov
- Rosen KirilovRosen KirilovRosen Kirilov is a former Bulgarian football player.Kirilov previously played for PFC Litex Lovech in the A PFG....
- Nikolay TodorovNikolay TodorovNikolay Todorov-Kayzera is a retired Bulgarian professional football midfielder who played for several clubs in Europe and the Bulgaria national football team....
- Ilian KiriakovIlian KiriakovIlian Ivanov Kiriakov is a retired Bulgarian footballer.A player of great energy, he was equally at ease as right and left defender...
- Hristo YovovHristo YovovHristo Yovov is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Levski Sofia. Yovov's first club was Levski, but he has also played for Munchen 1860, Lokomotiv Sofia, Litex Lovech, Aris Limassol and Apollon Limassol....
- Adalbert ZafirovAdalbert ZafirovAdalbert Zafirov is a former Bulgarian football defender and current manager of Kaliakra Kavarna.-International career:...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulend BiščevićBulend BišcevicBulend Biščević is a Bosnian football player.He spent almost his entire career playing for FK Željezničar. That is the club where he began playing football as a child, and in 1994 he started playing in a first team. At first, he played on a right back position, but in 2000, FK Željezničar's coach...
- Adnan GušoAdnan GušoAdnan Gušo is a Bosnian football goalkeeper and a goalkeeping coach. He played for many clubs across Europe. In summer of 2009, he returned to FK Željezničar where he is a goalkeeper and works as a goalkeeping coach....
- Radmilo MihajlovićRadmilo MihajlovicRadmilo Mihajlović is a former Bosnian Serb footballer who played for the Yugoslavia national football team.-Career:He started playing football at Sutjeska Foča and was spotted there as a talented forward.-FK Željezničar:...
- Nedim Tutić
Colombia
- Hamilton RicardHamilton RicardHámilton Ricard Cuesta is a Colombian footballer who plays for Colombian team Deportes Quindío as a striker, and has played for Deportivo Cali, Middlesbrough, CSKA Sofia, Independiente, Emelec, Shonan Bellmare, APOEL, Numancia, Danubio and Concepción over the course of his career.-Career:Ricard...
- Jairo CastilloJairo CastilloJairo Fernando "el Tigre" Castillo Cortés is a Colombian football player who plays for América de Cali...
Costa Rica
- Steven BryceSteven BryceSteven José Bryce Valerio is a Costa Rican football player, who plays attacking midfielder or winger, who last played for A-League club Brisbane Roar.-Club career:...
- Rónald Gómez
Czech Republic
- Josef ObajdinJosef ObajdinJosef Obajdin is a former Czech footballer striker. The best years of his career he spent in Sparta Prague where he was many times a champion of the Czech Republic...
- Tomáš VotavaTomáš VotavaTomáš Votava is a Czech former footballer who played as a defender. In his native country he won five league titles with Sparta Prague, before moving to 1860 Munich in 1999. His time in Munich was marred by injury, and he only managed 49 league games in four years, leaving for in 2003...
- Petr VlčekPetr VlcekPetr Vlček is a Czech football defender who plays for 1. FC Bad Kötzting. He played for the Czech Republic, for which he played 18 matches. He was a participant in the 2000 UEFA European Championship...
- David KobylikDavid KobylíkDavid Kobylík is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for TSV Hartberg.-Club:He won the Slovak Superliga in the 2009–10 season with MŠK Žilina....
France
- Cédric BardonCédric BardonCédric Bardon is a former French footballer who last played for Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël. He was one of the best players in Bulgarian Levski Sofia.-In France:...
- Bark SeghiriBark SeghiriBark Seghiri is a French-born Algerian football player who was playing as a defender for Panserraikos in the Greek Beta Ethniki for the season 2009-2010 and was released on summer 2010.-International career:...
- Vincent LabanVincent LabanVincent Laban is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Anorthosis Famagusta in Cyprus.-Career:He has shown good qualities at Anorthosis and looks like he will have a promising career...
Egypt
- Amir AzmyAmir AzmyAmir Azmy Megahed is an Egyptian footballer. He currently plays as a center back for the Egyptian Premier League club Haras El Hodood.-Career:...
Hungary
- József KiprichJózsef KiprichJózsef Kiprich is a retired Hungarian football forward and currently a football manager and scout. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1984, and got 70 caps and 28 goals until 1995. He was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where Hungary failed to progress from...
- József SebőkJózsef SebőkJózsef Sebők is a retired Hungarian international football striker.-Career:He started his career at his home town club Keszthely SE from where he moved in 1995 to Zalaegerszegi TE...
- Kálmán KovácsKálmán KovácsKálmán Kovács is a retired Hungarian football player.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1982, and got 56 caps and 19 goals until 1995...
- István Kozma
- Géza Mészöly
Georgia
- Temuri KetsbaiaTemuri KetsbaiaTemuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...
- Georgi Kinkladze
- Gocha JamarauliGocha JamarauliGocha Jamarauli is a former Georgian football midfielder.He collected 62 caps and as of 2008 is the fourth most capped player in Georgia.-Career:...
Germany
- Rainer RauffmannRainer RauffmannMarkos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having...
- Paulo RinkPaulo RinkPaulo Roberto Rink , is a Brazilian-born German football centre forward, who retired in 2007.Rink began his career playing for Atlético Paranaense. After a solid career with the club, he negotiated with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and was transferred for US$6M, the highest transfer fee paid for an...
- Timo WenzelTimo WenzelTimo Wenzel is a German football defender, plays in AO Kerkyra.-Career:After having appeared in the German Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart, 1...
Ghana
- Emmanuel Pappoe
- Imoro LukmanImoro LukmanImoro Lukman is a Ghanaian football player who plays in Cyprus for Nea Salamina football club.- External links :* *...
- Daniel EduseiDaniel EduseiDaniel Edusei is a Ghanaian International football defender who played for Ethnikos Achna in Cypriot First Division.- Career :...
- Koffi AmponsahKoffi AmponsahKofi John Amponsah is a former Ghanaian International football defender who last played for Enosis Neon Paralimni....
- Peter Ofori-Quaye
Greece
- Christos PatsatzoglouChristos PatsatzoglouChristos Patsatzoglou is a Greek international football who plays for PAS Giannina F.C. in the Greek Super League.-Early career:...
- Nikos MachlasNikos MachlasNikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
- Michalis KapsisMichalis KapsisMichalis Kapsis is a Greek football player who currently plays for Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.. Kapsis played for the Greek national football team at the position of central defender...
- Kostas FrantzeskosKostas FrantzeskosKostas Frantzeskos is a Greek former footballer, best known for his deadly free-kick accuracy. He was regarded as one of the best free-kick specialists in Europe, scoring numerous times from set-pieces during his career....
- Nikolaos MichopoulosNikolaos MichopoulosNikolaos "Nick" Michopoulos was a Greek professional football player. During his career he played for PAOK Salonika and Burnley, as well as a short loan spell at Crystal Palace and short period to Omonia Nicosia...
- Alexandros AlexandrisAlexandros AlexandrisAlexandros "Alekos" Alexandris is a former Greek football striker.-Club career:Alekos Alexandris began his career where he was born and raised, in the historic PELOPAS of Kiato, Greece soccer team and in 1986 played for Veroia. After Veroia he moved to Greece giants AEK Athens in 1991 where he won...
- Traianos DellasTraianos DellasTraianos Dellas is a Greek international footballer currently playing as a centre back for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League...
- Spiros LivathinosSpiros LivathinosSpiros Livathinos is a former football player, coach and current scout of Panathinaikos. Livathinos was born on 8 January 1955 in Patras and started his football career in the Panathinaikos youth system. In 1975, he made it to the greens' first team where he played a total of 267 league games until...
- Nikolaos FrousosNikolaos FrousosNikolaos Frousos is a former Greek footballer who played for Cyprus giants Anorthosis Famagusta. He was an excellent striker and he has the sense of the goal.-Career:...
- Marinos OuzounidisMarinos OuzounidisMarinos Ouzounidis is a Greek football manager and former soccer player.-Playing career:Ouzounidis started his professional career playing for Greek club Skoda Xanthi as a defender from 1987 until 1992....
- Giannis SkopelitisGiannis SkopelitisGiannis Skopelitis is a Greek football player. He plays for Cypriot football club AEK Larnaca.-Premier League:...
- Nikos KatsavakisNikos KatsavakisNikolaos Katsavakis is a Greek footballer. He is currently playing as a defender for Apollon Limassol.His father Makis is a football trainer.Nikos Katsavakis has 2 caps with the Cyprus national football team-Career:...
Israel
- Avraham TikvaAvraham Tikva- Playing career :During the UEFA Cup 1998-99 season with Grasshopper, Tikva was allowed to miss the match against Belgian side Anderlecht in order to observe the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.- Honours :*Swiss National League A:**Winner : 1997-98...
- Lior AsulinLior AsulinLior Asulin is a male Israeli footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hapoel Ramat Gan.- Maccabi Herzliya and Ariel Shaiman :A native of Ra'anana, Israel he grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Herzliya and it was there that he made the jump to Israel's highest league, Israeli Premier...
- Erez MesikaErez MesikaErez Mesika is a retired Israeli professional football player. Mesika played on the left side of the midfield and has spent the bulk of his career with Maccabi Tel Aviv...
- Baruch DegoBaruch DegoBaruch Dego is an Israeli-Ethiopian football player. He currently plays for Ironi Ramat HaSharon.Dego, who grew up in Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C., was transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in 2000/01, and won a championship and three national trophies. In 2004/05, he was the only player to score for...
- Yuval Shpungin
- Haim MegrelashviliHaim MegrelashviliHaim Megrelashvili is an Israeli football defender plays for Maccabi Haifa. He joined Maccabi Haifa in 2003 from cross-town rival Hapoel Haifa, and within a short time became Israel's rookie of the year...
- Yaniv AzranYaniv Azran-Playing career:Yaniv Azran grew up in the youth system of F.C. Ashdod in Israel.After finishing the 2005-06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger signed Azran to a two year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni. After a failed stint playing in Cyprus, he...
- Moshe MishaelofMoshe MishaelofMoshe Mishaelof is an Israeli professional football player currently with Hapoel Acre. Formerly a captain of the Maccabi Tel Aviv senior and youth team and the Israel national under-21 football team, Mishaelof has been a part of the Maccabi system for years, having helped the club achieve some of...
- Yehiel TzagaiYehiel Tzagai-Biography:Tzagai was born in the Beta Israel community in Ethiopia and his family immigrated to Israel in 1991 during the Operation Solomon.Tzagai grew up through the ranks at Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva but as the club has collapsed in 2002, he signed at another club in Beersheba - Hapoel Be'er...
Iran
- Ferydoon ZandiFerydoon ZandiFerydoon Zandi is an Iranian-German professional footballer who is currently playing for Esteghlal in Iran Pro League.- Childhood :Zandi was born in the city of Emden, in northern Germany, to an Iranian father and a German mother. He speaks German and Persian...
Iraq
- Haidar Obeid Jassim
- Hawar Mulla MohammedHawar Mulla MohammedHawar Mulla Mohammed Taher Zebari is an Iraqi Kurdish football player, who plays as Winger and Wingback positions for Zob Ahan in Iran. Hawar is known to be one of the best players in Iraqi national team and was a key figure in Iraq 2007 Asian Cup glory...
- Mohammad Nasser
- Mahdi KarimMahdi KarimMahdi Karim Ajeel is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Arbil FC in Iraq and the Iraq national football team.- Career :...
- Jassim Swadi ArigJassim SwadiJassim Swadi Fayadh is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Kahraba in Iraq.-External link:**...
Kazakhstan
- Viktor ZubarevViktor ZubarevViktor Yevgenyevich Zubarev was a soccer forward from Kazakhstan.-Club career stats:Last update: 11 February 2008-Honours:* Kazakhstan Champion: 1999, 2002...
- Oleg LitvinenkoOleg LitvinenkoOleg Litvinenko 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh football forward from Taraz. He has scored 147 goals in Kazakhstan Premier League and he is the all-time top scorer of the tournament. He has been unarguably one of the best players of National team...
Latvia
- Marian PaharsMarian PaharsMarians Pahars is a Latvian former footballer, currently the manager of Skonto FC. He spent most of his career as a striker at Southampton in the Premier League and with Skonto in Latvia....
Lithuania
- Edgaras JankauskasEdgaras JankauskasEdgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...
Macedonia
- Milan Stojanovski
- Jane NikolovskiJane NikolovskiJane Nikolovski is a Macedonian football goalkeeper. He last played for AEP Paphos in Cyprus.-Career:Nikolovski returned from Bulgaria for FK Sloga Jugomagnat in July 2003. In 2005, he left for Iranian club Persepolis F.C.. In January 2006, he was signed by Croatian club NK Slaven Belupo...
- Petar MiloševskiPetar MiloševskiPetar Miloševski is a football goalkeeper from Macedonia who, as at June 2006, plays for Enosis Neon Paralimni.Miloševski made his debut for the Macedonia football team in 1998, and currently has 56 caps....
- Vlatko Grozdanovski
Mali
- Mahamadou SidibèMahamadou SidibèMahamadou Sidibé is a Malian footballer. He is a goalkeeper currently playing for AC Omonia of Cyprus.He has previously played for PAS Giannia, Egaleo and Athinaikos...
Malta
- Luke DimechLuke DimechLuke Anthony Dimech is a Maltese professional footballer playing for AEK Larnaca where he plays as a defender.-Sliema Wanderers:Dimech began his career playing for Sliema Wanderers...
Montenegro
- Duško Đurišić
- Siniša DobrasinovićSiniša DobrasinovicSiniša Dobrašinović is a Montenegrin-born Cypriot football player.-Club career:He played for FK Rudar Pljevlja, K.S.C. Lokeren and Apollon Limassol, Digenis Morphou, AC Omonia and Anorthosis in Cyprus. He is currently playing for AO Kavala...
- Dragoje LekovićDragoje LekovicDragoje Leković is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Leković was born in Sivac, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
Netherlands
- Jeffrey LeiwakabessyJeffrey LeiwakabessyJeffrey Leiwakabessy is a Dutch footballer who plays for Anorthosis Famagusta FC, as a left defender.-Football career:...
- Joost BroerseJoost BroerseJoost Broerse is an Dutch football player who plays for Excelsior in the Eredivisie. He is traditionally a central defender or defensive midfielder.-Club career:...
- John van LoenJohn van LoenJohannes Maria van Loen is a former football striker from The Netherlands, who earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal. He played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Match and the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.-Club career...
- Nordin WooterNordin Wooter-External links:**...
Nigeria
- Haruna BabangidaHaruna BabangidaHaruna Babangida is a Nigerian footballer who currently is free agent.Babangida is a hard working, quick right wing who can also play on the left side.He is the younger brother of Tijani Babangida and Ibrahim Babangida...
- Mutiu AdepojuMutiu AdepojuMutiu Adepoju is a retired Nigerian footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.Nicknamed "The Headmaster", he played most of his career in Spain - amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven seasons - and represented his country in three World Cups.-Club...
- Michael ObikuMichael ObikuMichael Edirin Obiku is a retired Nigerian football striker. He is assistant coach at Sparta Rotterdam's youth team.-Club career:...
Northern Ireland
- Tommy CassidyTommy CassidyThomas Cassidy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Newcastle United and is now a football manager....
Poland
- Radosław Kałużny
- Wojciech KowalczykWojciech KowalczykWojciech Kowalczyk is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker.The bulk of his professional career was spent with hometown's Legia Warsaw and in Spain...
- Radosław Michalski
- Emmanuel OlisadebeEmmanuel OlisadebeEmmanuel Olisadebe is a Nigerian-born Polish football striker who plays for Greek football club Vyzas Megaron in Gamma Ethniki....
- Łukasz Sosin
- Marcin Żewłakow
- Kamil KosowskiKamil KosowskiKamil Kosowski is a Polish footballer playing currently for GKS Bełchatów. He is an audacious winger / playmaker with good dribbling and a wide variety of passing.-Club career:...
- Maciej ZurawskiMaciej ZurawskiMaciej Żurawski is a Polish footballer. Żurawski has appeared 72 times and scored 17 goals for Poland. He has also scored 121 goals in Polish Ekstraklasa and has been the top league goalscorer twice.- Wisła Kraków :...
Portugal
- Nuno MoraisNuno MoraisNuno Miguel Barbosa Morais is a Portuguese footballer who plays for APOEL F.C. in Cyprus. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also appear as a central defender.-Football career:Morais started his career at hometown F.C...
- Ricardo SousaRicardo SousaRicardo André de Pinho Sousa is a Portuguese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:...
- Luís LoureiroLuís LoureiroLuis Fernando da Graça Loureiro is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current coach.-Club career:...
- Paulo Costa
Qatar
- Hussain Yasser AbdulrahmanHussain Yasser AbdulrahmanHussein Yasser El-Mohammadi Abdulrahman is a Qatari-Egyptian footballer who plays as a play maker and striker for Belgian club Lierse SK and Qatar national team. His father was an Egyptian player who transferred to Qatar as a coach and consequently Hussein was born in Qatar...
Romania
- Adrian MihalceaAdrian MihalceaAdrian Mihalcea is a Romanian football striker who currently plays for Liga I team Concordia Chiajna.-Career:Mihalcea spent many years playing with one of the top Romanian teams, Dinamo Bucharest, where he won the Romanian First Division championship in 2000 and the Romanian Cup in 2000 and again...
- Narcis RăducanNarcis RaducanNarcis Claudiu Răducan is a former Romanian football player, currently under contract with Steaua Bucuresti as sports director.-External links:*...
- Aurel ŢicleanuAurel TicleanuAurel Ticleanu is a Romanian football manager and former Midfielder, He earned 44 caps for the Romania national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.-References:****...
- Adrian IencsiAdrian IencsiAdrian Mihai Iencsi is a Romanian football player who plays for Târgu Mureş in Liga I. Previously, he enjoyed spells at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ, Rapid Bucureşti, Spartak Moscow, Apollon Limassol and Kapfenberger SV...
- Daniel FloreaDaniel FloreaDaniel Florea is a Romanian footballer who plays for Dunărea Galaţi.His Former clubs include: Farul Constanţa, Metalurg Zaporozhye, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Bucureşti, Oţelul Galaţi-External links:* *...
- Marian IvanMarian IvanMarian Ivan is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a striker. Ivan made 3 appearances for the Romanian national team.-External links:*...
- Mihai MocanuMihai MocanuMihai Mocanu was a retired Romanian football defender.He was born in Constanţa and debuted in Divizia A with Petrolul Ploieşti in 1963. He remained with Petrolul for the remainder of his career, except for the years 1972-1974 which he spent in Omonia Nicosia.Mocanu got 33 caps for the Romanian...
- Daniel BălanDaniel BalanDaniel Bălan is a Romanian football defender who plays for Russian team SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk in the Russian First Division on loan from Steaua Bucureşti....
- Claudiu RăducanuClaudiu RaducanuClaudiu Nicu Răducanu is a Romanian football player, who plays for PSM Makassar. He is best remembered for causing the supporters of Espanyol Barcelona to fall out of the stand when he threw his shirt to them after a scored goal. He also scored in the UEFA Cup 1st round for Steaua Bucureşti...
Russia
- Aleksandr FilimonovAleksandr FilimonovAleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a retired association football goalkeeper who currently plays for the beach soccer club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national beach soccer team, with which he won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup....
Rwanda
- Hamad NdikumanaHamad NdikumanaHamad Ndikumana also known as Kataut by the Rwandan fans, is a Rwandan football defender who recently relesead from APOP Kinyras Peyias FC in Cyprus. His main attribute is his excellent tackling.-Career:...
Scotland
- Ian AlexanderIan AlexanderIan "Jocky" Alexander is a former professional footballer, who played the majority of his career at Bristol Rovers.Alexander played for Rotherham United and Motherwell, Greenock Morton, and spent a year playing in Cyprus with Pezoporikos Larnaca, before joining Rovers in 1986...
- David HannahDavid HannahDavid Hannah is a Scottish footballer who plays in central midfield .-Career:Hannah began his career with Dundee United, making his league début in February 1993 and winning a Scottish Cup winners' medal just fifteen months later. In December 1996, after scoring in his final match, Hannah moved to...
- Paul Ritchie
Serbia
- Siniša GogićSiniša GogicSiniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team...
- Vesko MihajlovićVesko MihajlovicVesko Mihajlović born March 17, 1968 in Kraljevo, Yugoslavia), is a Serbian former football midfielder and the current director of football of Alki Larnaca. He is widely considered to be one of the best foreign players to have played in the Cypriot Championship...
- Saša DrakulićSaša DrakulicSaša Drakulić is a retired Serbian footballer. The striker went to South Korea in 1995 and during his eight seasons in the K-League made a name for himself as one of the most successful imports ever in the league.-In Asia:In 1995 he joined the Korean side Busan Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals...
- Nenad MirosavljevićNenad MirosavljevicNenad Mirosavljević is a Serbian football striker who plays for Olympiakos Nicosia in the Cypriot First Division.-Club career:...
- Mladen Milinković
Senegal
- Cheikh GadiagaCheikh GadiagaCheikh Gadiaga is a Senegalese football midfielder who plays for Ermis Aradippou in Cyprus. He was called up to the Senegal national team in 2001.-Clubs:*1993-1996: ASC Niayes Pikine*1996-1997: ASC Yego Dakar*1998: Yanbian Century...
- Lamine SakhoLamine SakhoLamine Sakho is a Senegalese football player who is currently a free agent after leaving Wrexham.-Early career:His previous clubs were Nîmes Olympique, RC Lens, Olympique Marseille and AS Saint-Étienne.-Leeds United:...
Slovakia
- Jozef KožlejJozef KožlejJozef Kožlej is a retired Slovak international professional footballer who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece and Cyprus.-Club career:...
- Dušan TittelDušan TittelDušan Tittel is a former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia . He was elected three times Slovakia player of the year.- External links :* *...
Slovenia
- Saša GajserSaša GajserSaša Gajser is a former Slovenian football player.-Career:Gajser started his professional career playing at NK Maribor in 1991. He stayed there three seasons, appearing in 17 matches and scoring one goal. Later he had season spells at second division sides NK Drava and NK Železničar Ljubljana....
- Marko SimeunovičMarko SimeunovicMarko Simeunovič is a former Slovenian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented his country at two major tournaments, Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...
- Miran PavlinMiran PavlinMiran Pavlin is a former Slovenian football player and current director of football in FC Koper.-Club career:He played for clubs such as NK Olimpija, SC Freiburg , Olympiakos Nicosia , APOEL , FC Porto and NK Olimpija.After the original NK Olimpija went bankrupt in 2005, he joined the newly...
Spain
- Antonio SoldevillaAntonio SoldevillaAntonio "Toni" Soldevilla Castellsagué is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender.-Club career:...
Togo
- Jean-Paul AbaloJean-Paul AbaloJean-Paul Yaovi Dosseh Abalo is a former Togolese football defender, who last plays for Al-Merrikh in Sudan.-International career:He was the captain of the Togo national football team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup...
Tunisia
- Salema KasdaouiSalema KasdaouiSalema Kasdaoui is a Tunisian football striker who is playing for Club Sportif Sfaxien. His former teams are Jendouba Sport, Esperance Tunis and the Cypriot side APEP Pitsilia.-External links:*...
Ukraine
- Oleg BlokhinOleg BlokhinOleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin is a Ukrainian football coach and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team...
- Hennadiy Litovchenko
Uruguay
- Edgardo AdinolfiEdgardo AdinolfiEdgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte is a Uruguayan football player. He has played club football in Uruguay, Israel, Argentina, Cyprus and Spain.-International career:...
- Ignacio RissoIgnacio RissoIgnacio Risso Thomasset is a Uruguayan football player who played for Apollon Limassol.-External links:*...
Venezuela
- Héctor GonzalezHéctor GonzalezHéctor González is a Venezuelan football midfielder who has played 53 times for the Venezuela national team. Gonzalez playing for Ermis Aradippou...
- José Manuel Rey
- Enrique Andrés Rouga
- Fernando de OrnelasFernando de OrnelasFernando Franco de Ornelas , is a former Venezuelan footballer. He most recently played for Venezuelan club Zulia FC, but he has played for several clubs in many countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China...
Notable former foreign managers
Juan Ramón RochaJuan Ramon Rocha
Juan Ramón Rocha is an Argentine former footballer, and coach. He was reassigned to his former club, Panathinaikos, in April 2008 as a scouter....
Kurt Jara
Kurt Jara
Kurt Jara is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:Jara started his professional career with local side FC Wacker Innsbruck before moving to Spanish outfit Valencia CF in 1973. After two seasons in La Liga he joined German Bundesliga team MSV Duisburg where he spent 5 seasons and reached the...
Rolf Fringer Helmut Senekowitsch
Helmut Senekowitsch
Helmut Senekowitsch was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.-Club career:He played for several clubs, including SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis and FC Wacker Innsbruck.-International career:...
Stéphane Demol
Stéphane Demol
Stéphane Auguste Demol is a former Belgian footballer who played as a central defender. On November 24 he was fired as coach of PAS Giannina FC.-Club career:Born in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Demol joined local R.S.C...
Nenad Starovlah
Nenad Starovlah
Nenad Starovlah is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.As player, he played with FK Željezničar and Yugoslav national team.-External sources:* at Serbian Federation site....
Nedim Tutić Eduard Eranosyan
Eduard Eranosyan
Eduard Eranosyan is a Bulgarian former footballer and current football manager of Armenian origin. Beginning in 1978, he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as one of the club's most acclaimed attackers, featuring in 161 matches and scoring 63 goals in the A PFG, winning the Cup of the Soviet Army in...
Hristo Bonev
Hristo Bonev
Hristo Atanasov Bonev-Zuma is a retired Bulgarian footballer, the second all-time leading scorer for the Bulgarian national team behind Dimitar Berbatov, who surpassed his record on November 18, 2009. Currently he manages PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev...
Georgi Vasilev
Georgi Vasilev (born 1946)
Georgi Vasilev , nicknamed Gocheto and Generala, is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current football manager...
Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh "Paro" Donev Nikodimov is a former Bulgarian football player and later coach.He represented Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cups in 1970 and 1974.-References:...
Stanko Poklepović
Stanko Poklepovic
Stanko "Špaco" Poklepović is a Croatian football coach.-References:...
Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava...
František Cipro
František Cipro
František Cipro is a Czech football manager, who is the current manager of Gambrinus liga side České Budějovice. He was an active player in the past.-Coaching career:...
Svatopluk Pluskal
Svatopluk Pluskal
Svatopluk Pluskal was a Czechoslovak footballer and holder of a silver medal from the World Cup in Chile in 1962.- Early life :...
Stuart Baxter
Stuart Baxter
Stuart Baxter is a Scottish football manager and former player. During his years as a professional player he played for a number of clubs in England, Scotland, Australia, Sweden and in the United States...
Jesse Carver
Jesse Carver
Jesse Carver was an English footballer, best remembered for his enlightened management of some of Europe's finest clubs.-Biography:...
Alan Dicks
Alan Dicks
Alan Dicks is a retired English footballer and football manager. He managed Bristol City for thirteen years and managed clubs in five countries on three continents....
Neil Franklin
Neil Franklin
Cornelius 'Neil' Franklin was an English footballer.-Early career:Franklin had made a impression at schoolboy level, playing at both inside and centre forward...
Mike Ferguson
Mike Ferguson (footballer)
Michael Kevin "Mike" Ferguson is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Queens Park Rangers, Cambridge United, Rochdale and Halifax Town, and in the North American Soccer League for the Los Angeles Aztecs.He has played...
Martti Kuusela
Martti Kuusela
Martti Kuusela is an internationally successful Finnish football manager.Kuusela enjoyed a moderately successful career as a player in Finland. As a coach he won the Finnish championship in 1981 and 1990 with HJK Helsinki...
Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri Ketsbaia
Temuri "Temur" Ketsbaia is a Georgian football manager and former player. As a player he represented the Georgian national team and played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Anorthosis Famagusta, AEK, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Dundee.Ketsbaia is often regarded as having played a major role...
Werner Lorant
Werner Lorant
Werner Lorant is a former German football player and manager.-Playing career:The defender and defensive midfielder commenced his professional career 1970 in the second division with Westfalia Herne. 1971 he moved to Borussia Dortmund. There he was part of a side that lost 1-11 against Bayern...
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
Thomas von Heesen
Thomas von Heesen
Thomas von Heesen is a former German football attacking midfielder, and a current coach. He currently manages Austrian side Kapfenberger SV....
Marinos Ouzounidis
Marinos Ouzounidis
Marinos Ouzounidis is a Greek football manager and former soccer player.-Playing career:Ouzounidis started his professional career playing for Greek club Skoda Xanthi as a defender from 1987 until 1992....
Nikos Alefantos
Nikos Alefantos
Nikolaos Alefantos also known with the nickname "Kyr-Nikos", is a Greek football coach. He is well-known in Greece as a cult figure, due to his temperamental style, frequent use of harsh language and controversial views on coaching...
Alexandros Alexandris
Alexandros Alexandris
Alexandros "Alekos" Alexandris is a former Greek football striker.-Club career:Alekos Alexandris began his career where he was born and raised, in the historic PELOPAS of Kiato, Greece soccer team and in 1986 played for Veroia. After Veroia he moved to Greece giants AEK Athens in 1991 where he won...
Giorgos Foiros
Giorgos Foiros
Giorgos Foiros is a retired Greek footballer and manager. He played center-back or sweeper. He was one of the very few players that was consistent in every game played. He played for the team of Aris Thessaloniki for many years and finished his career with Iraklis Thessaloniki. He made a total of...
Takis Lemonis
Takis Lemonis
Takis Lemonis is a former Greek football player , former manager of Cypriot champion Omonia and current manager of Panionios.-Playing career:...
Ioannis Matzourakis
Ioannis Matzourakis
Ioannis Matzourakis is a Greek association football manager and former player. He is currently employed by Kavala FC....
Georgios Paraschos
Georgios Paraschos
Georgios Paraschos is a Greek football manager and former player.-Playing career:As a football player, he began his career from the youth academy of P.A.O.K in 1967. He became a professional player in 1971 and played with the Kastoria team until 1985, making appearances for the club in the Alpha...
Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér
Gyula Zsengellér was a Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for his part in taking the Hungarian national team to the 1938 World Cup Final. He was that tournament's second-highest scorer, behind Leonidas of Brazil.His first international cap came on 2 December 1936, when...
Béla Guttmann
Béla Guttmann
Béla Guttmann was a Jewish Hungarian footballer and coach. He played as a midfielder for MTK Hungária FC, SC Hakoah Wien, Hungary and several clubs in the United States. However he is perhaps best remembered as a coach and manager of some the world’s leading football teams, including AC Milan, São...
Ronnie Whelan
Ronnie Whelan
Ronald Andrew "Ronnie" Whelan is a former Irish football midfielder, and sometimes defender, who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s...
Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger is an Israeli football manager and a former player. He was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before resigning under pressure on 5 December 2005. Klinger achieved with Maccabi the Israeli championship and two Israel state cups....
Eli Guttman
Eli Guttman
Eli Guttman is an Israeli football manager.He won his first Israeli title in 1997, winning the Israel State Cup with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.He coached Hapoel Haifa during the 1998-99 season, in which the club won their first Liga Leumit title....
Yossi Mizrahi
Yossi Mizrahi
Yossi Mizrahi is a retired Israeli goalkeeper, and now hes a football coach and current manager of F.C. Ashdod.-Biography:Yosef Mizrahi was born in Jerusalem, Israel on April 4, 1953. He grew up in Katamon and studied at Ma'aleh state religious school. As a teenager, he played on the youth team...
Čedomir Janevski
Cedomir Janevski
Čedomir Janevski is Macedonian football manager and who was a defender during his playing career. Janevski was known as a strong defender, one of the many that were produced by Yugoslavia in the 1980s. After his playing career, Janevski turned to coaching and got his UEFA Professional coaching...
Toni Savevski
Toni Savevski
Toni Savevski is a football player from the Republic of Macedonia. Savevski is widely regarded as one of the best foreign midfielders to have played in the Greek football league....
Miodrag Božović
Miodrag Božovic
Miodrag Božović is a Montenegrin football manager and former player. He manages FC Amkar Perm in the Russian Premier League.- Playing career :...
Arie Haan Henk Houwaart Gerard van der Lem
Gerard van der Lem
Gerard van der Lem is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on August 12, 1973 against PSV Eindhoven...
Jerzy Engel
Jerzy Engel
Władysław Jerzy Engel was a Polish footballer and coach. Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at local club Junak Wloclawek, before moving to Polonia Warsaw , Hutnik Warszawa and several other clubs.Engel, nicknamed "Jurek", began playing in midfield or attack before, at...
Janusz Wójcik
Janusz Wójcik
Janusz Marek Wójcik is a Polish politician and former football player and coach.-Playing Career:He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi and the Toronto Falcons .-Coaching career:Wójcik also trained several Polish clubs like...
Franciszek Smuda
Franciszek Smuda
Franciszek Smuda is a Polish football manager and former player. Who played in Poland, the United States, and Germany. In 1983 he turned to coaching, becoming the manager of Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań, among others. He has won three Polish league titles...
Jacek Gmoch
Jacek Gmoch
Jacek Gmoch is a former Polish footballer, who later became a trainer and selector of the Polish National Team....
Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone is a Romanian football coach and former player.-Career:He made his Divizia A debut with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1979. He later went to Dinamo Bucureşti where he helped win the league title in 1984 and 1990 and the cup title in 1984, 1986 and 1990. In 1990 he was bought by Spanish team...
Ilie Dumitrescu
Ilie Dumitrescu
Ilie Dumitrescu is a former Romanian football player and current coach, he last managed Steaua Bucureşti. A tricky forward, he shot to fame when his frontline partnership with Gheorghe Hagi and Florin Răducioiu led the Romania national football team to the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal,...
Anghel Iordănescu
Anghel Iordanescu
Anghel Iordănescu is a Major General and former Romanian football striker, currently a politician. In 2007 Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member of the Romanian Senate, sitting on the Social Democratic Party benches.-Career...
Mihai Stoichiţă
Mihai Stoichita
Mihai Stoichiţă is a Romanian football manager.- Coaching career :The Kuwait Football Association hired him in 2006 to coach its national football team. The one-year deal is believed to be worth between $300,000 and $460,000...
Dumitru Dumitriu Peter Cormack
Peter Cormack
Peter Barr Cormack is a Scottish former professional footballer and football manager who reached his peak as a player in the first great Liverpool side of the 1970s.-Life and playing career:...
Ivan Jovanović
Ivan Jovanovic (coach)
Ivan Jovanović is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. He is the coach of APOEL since January 7, 2008.-Club career:Jovanović played for FK Rad in the Yugoslav First League during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons. The next season, he transferred to the Greek side Iraklis Thessaloniki...
Momčilo Vukotić
Momcilo Vukotic
Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić is a Serbian football manager and a former player.He played 14 times for his national team, Yugoslavia, between 1969 and 1974 scoring four goals. In his club career in FK Partizan, he appeared in a total of 752 games in all competitions and all age levels, scoring 306 goals...
Dragomir Okuka Igor Netto
Igor Netto
Igor Aleksandrovich Netto was a footballer from the Soviet Union, considered one of the greatest Soviet players ever. He started out as a left defender but, due to his offensive mentality, dribbling and technical abilities turned into a dynamic central midfielder...
Dušan Galis
Dušan Galis
Dušan Galis is a Slovak politician, a football trainer and a former Czechoslovak football player. In Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches and with 89 goals. He was capped 8 times for Czechoslovakia, scored 1 goal...
Jozef Jankech
Jozef Jankech
Jozef Jankech is a Slovak football coach. He was the second manager of the Slovak national team.-Playing career:Jankech began with football in his native town Šaľa. He played for Šaľa since 10 years. Later he left for Uherské Hradiště, then played for TTS Trenčín and he ended career in TŽ Třinec as...
Bojan Prašnikar
Bojan Prašnikar
Bojan Prašnikar is a Slovenian football manager and former player, who currently works as Head Coach of NK Rudar Velenje.- Playing career :...
Oleg Protasov
Oleg Protasov
Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov is a former football striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleh Blokhin's 42...
Anatoliy Byshovets Jorge Barrios Mike Walker
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