Anorthosis Famagusta FC

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Full name

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Nickname(s)

Μεγάλη Κυρία (Siniora Vechia)

Founded

1911

Ground

G.S.E. and Antonis Papadopoulos,
Larnaca, Cyprus
(Capacity 9,324)

Chairman

Andreas Panteli

Manager

Temuri Ketsbaia

League

Cypriot First Division

2006-07

3rd





Home colours





Away colours

Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου = Anorthosi Ammochostou) is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which comes from Famagusta, but is currently based in Larnaca.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Achievements
4 Current Football Squad
- 4.1 Squad Changes for 2007/08 season
5 Technical Team
6 Notable Former Managers
7 Notable Former Players
8 European Record
9 Kit Providers and Main Sponsors
10 External links

The club was founded in Famagusta in January 30 1911. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Anorthosis became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. Anorthosis Home Stadium in occupied Famagusta is G.S.E. (Gymnastic Club Evagoras) which has been abandoned and in a bad condition since 1974. Anorthosis won 12 championship titles, their last in season 2004-2005. They have won the Cypriot Cup 10 times (1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2007). Additionally, they have won the Super Cup trophy 6 times. The current president of the team is Andreas Panteli and the current coach is former Georgian International Timur Ketsbaia, who was also a player in the team.

On 26 July 2005 they achieved one of the greatest results in Cypriot football history when they beat the Turkish team Trabzonspor 3-1 in the first leg of their second round Champions League qualifying match. They lost the second leg 1-0 in Turkey, but progressed 3-2 on aggregate. In the third-round qualifying tie against the Scottish team Rangers, Anorthosis lost the first leg 2-1, and the second leg 2-0, so dropped into the first round of the UEFA Cup. They were then defeated 6-1 on aggregate by the Italian team Palermo.

Anorthosis qualifed for the 2007-08 UEFA Cup by way of their Cypriot Cup win. They entered the competition at the First Qualifying round stage. Aggregate victories over Vardar and CFR 1907 Cluj saw them move through to the First Round proper. Anorthosis were drawn against English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. The first leg was played at White Hart Lane on 20th September 2007 which Tottenham Hotspur won 6-1. On October 4th 2007 the second leg resulted in a 1-1 draw after Keane equalised for Tottenham after Fabinho had put Anorthosis ahead.

The volleyball team won their first trophy in 1972-73, and since that time, the Cypriot Championship was organized by Greek Volleyball Federation, as Champions they gained the right to compete in the Greek National First Division. However, they withdrew from the Championship, when five matches before the end of the competition because of the Turkish invasion. Since then they have dominated Cypriot Volleyball, having been crowned Champions and Cup winners more times than any other team. They have won the Championship 16 times, the Cup 14 times, and the Super Cup 5 times.

Anorthosis and the other team from Famagusta, Nea Salamis FC used to play in GSE Stadium in Famagusta until 1974. After Anorthosis became a gypsy team, because of the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus, which resulted Famagusta, the town that Anorthosis is based, to fall under Turkish occupation, the team used several stadiums like Dasaki Stadium in Dasaki Achnas, old and new GSZ Stadium in Larnaca and Tsirion Stadium in Limassol for home games.

Finally in 1986 the team built its own stadium in Larnaca named Antonis Papadopoulos. The initial capacity of the stadium was about 6,000 but gradually increased over the years to 13,000. After a major recondition in 1997, capacity reduced to 9,319 (all seated). In 2005 the east stand named "Quality Stand" in favour of the club's main sponsor. "Quality Stand" is a two storey stand which holds the newly-built VIP Boxes (upper storey), Press Room, Dressing Rooms, Bar etc. In 2006 the stadium went through another recondition including the building of VIP Boxes in the upper section of the west stand, the launching of an automatic ticketing issue and entrance system, the replacing of the metal front fence with clear acrylic glass for security reasons and to optimise the view of the pitch. Also some other facilities are offered in the west stand such as new restrooms, bar, fan's shop etc.

The stadium also is approved by UEFA for European games. It has hosted some matches of the Cyprus national football team. In that stadium, Cyprus national team achieved its greatest success against Spain by a score 3-2. On May 16, 1992, the stadium hosted the 1992 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship Third position final between Italy and Portugal, where Italy won 1-0.

Cypriot Championship: 12

1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005

Cypriot Cup: 10

1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007

Cyprus FA Shield: 7

1962, 1964, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007

Cypriot Championship (16 in total): 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007
Cypriot Cup (14 in total): 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005
Cypriot Super Cup (6 in total) : 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005

Cypriot Championship (3 in total): 2002, 2004, 2005.
Cypriot Cup (1 in total): 2004.
Cyprus FA Shield (4 in total): 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005.

Cypriot Championship (3 in total): 1999, 2000, 2001
Cypriot Cup (3 in total): 1999, 2000, 2001
Cypriot Super Cup (2 in total): 1999, 2000

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Arjan Beqaj
2	DF	Theodoros Tripotseris
3	DF	Lambros Lambrou
4	DF	Nikos Katsavakis (Vice captain)
5	MF	Nikos Nicolaou (Captain)
6	MF	Anton Žlogar
7	DF	Savvas Poursaitidis
8	MF	Fabinho
9	FW	Łukasz Sosin
11	FW	Nikolaos Frousos
15	DF	Konstantinos Loumpoutis
17	FW	Marian Pahars

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Milan Belić
20	MF	Vincent Laban
21	MF	Giorgos Panagi
22	MF	Metodi Deyanov
23	DF	Giannis Skopelitis
24	DF	Andreas Constantinou
30	GK	Zoltán Nagy
31	DF	Hamad Ndikumana
32	GK	Gavriel Constantinou
78	DF	Loukas Louka
88	FW	William Boaventura