Ayia Napa F.C.

Ayia Napa FC

Full name

Athlitikos Omilos Ayias Napas

Founded

1990

Ground

Municipal Stadium (Ayia Napa)

Capacity

2,000

Chairman

Christos Antoniou

Manager

Panikos Protopapas (interim)

League

Cypriot First Division

2014–15

10th

Home colours

Away colours

Athlitikos Omilos Ayia Napa (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Αγία Νάπα, "Athletic Club Ayia Napa") is a Cypriot football club from the town of Ayia Napa. The club was founded in 1990 after the merger of two clubs: APEAN (Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosis Ayias Napas; "Athletic Football Union of Ayia Napa") and ENAN (Enosis Neon Ayias Napas; "Youth Union Ayia Napa").

History

The club started in the Third Division (1990–91). They were promoted to Second Division in season 2000–01 after finishing 2nd in Third division. The team once played against Omonia Nicosia in Cup tournament. It lost 4-0 in the first match but came 2-2 in the second match.

Promotion to First Division

The biggest achievements of Ayia Napa FC's history was in season 2005–06 after it finished 3rd in Cyprus Second Division and was promoted to the Cypriot First Division also in the 2014-2015 season it avoided relegation for the first time in its history.

Despite their maiden presence in the First Division, Ayia Napa proved tough rival for every Cypriot team and has good presence in the 2006–07 season. From their first match they achieved the surprise by an away draw against Anorthosis Famagusta and that followed two more draws, the one of them against Omonia Nicosia. In the first 12 matches they achieved several draws, including another home draw against APOEL. However the first victory came in the 13th matchday, when the team beat Aris Limassol 4-1 and at the end of the first half of the season, the team was defeated only in 5 matches. Their most historical victory came on January 14, 2007, when the team beat one of the greatest clubs of the island Omonia Nicosia 2-1. After that victory, few more successful results came, however the team lost the last seven First Division matches of the season and was relegated again.

Cup qualification to the Quarter-finals

Another big achievement of Ayia Napa FC is the qualification to the cup's quarter-finals group stage in the 2007–08 season while the team was in the Cypriot Second Division. That season was the only team from Cypriot Second Division that qualified to quarter-finals. The club finished third in the group stages with wins against APOEL and Aris Limassol.

Stadium

The team's stadium is Municipal Stadium of Ayia Napa, which is a multi-use stadium in Ayia Napa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and holds 2,000 people. However the stadium was not suitable for first division matches, so for the season 2006–07, when Ayia Napa plays in First Division, the team is using for home the Tasos Markou Stadium in Paralimni.

The UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was hosted in Cyprus in 1998 and the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship in 1992 and the Ayia Napa Stadium was used for two matches of Republic of Ireland in each competition;^[1] on June 19, 1998 their 5-2 victory against Croatia and four days later, their 3-0 Cyprus U-19 national team and qualified to the final where they went on to win the trophy. In 1992, the Irish were beaten by the Netherlands U-16 0-2 and tied by Spain 1-1. ss

Current squad

As of 13 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andreas Kittos
3	DF	Michael Felgate (Captain)
4	DF	Nebojša Skopljak
5	MF	Giorgos Lambropoulos
6	MF	Alastair Reynolds (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
7	MF	Costas Markou
13	MF	Symeon Kittos
14	FW	Ivan Antolek
17	FW	Antonis Moulazimis
18	DF	Emiliano Fusco
19	MF	Elias Georgiou
20	MF	Antonis Katsis
21	DF	Daniel Mensah
22	MF	Nektarios Tziortzis

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Ioannis Antoniou
25	MF	Alistair Slowe
26	DF	Antonis Machattou
30	GK	Marko Pridigar
35	DF	Panayiotis Loizides (on loan from Anorthosis)
37	DF	Eleftherios Mertakas (Vice-captain)
40	MF	Nicolas Liotatis
50	GK	Giorgos Papallis
73	GK	Constantinos Stefani
77	FW	Giorgos Katsiati (on loan from Ermis Aradippou)
79	FW	Odysseas Doulgarides
92	DF	Elvis Kryukov
99	FW	Kristis Andreou

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2015–16.

Notable former players

Managers

Nikos Kolompourdas (Jan 16, 2013–Feb 25, 2013)
Costas Loizou (Feb 26, 2013–April 5, 2013)
Marios Neophytou (April 5, 2013–Oct 21, 2013)
Zouvanis Zouvani (Oct 24, 2013–Jan 13, 2014)
Dušan Mitošević (Jan 14, 2014–Apr 17, 2014)
Nikos Andronikou (June 6, 2014–Sept 30, 2014)
Giorgos Kosma (Oct 23, 2014–Jan 28, 2016)
Antonis Mertakkas (Jan 28, 2016-Feb 14, 2016)

Honours

Cypriot Second Division (2):
- 2011–12, 2013–14

References

External links

Soccerway profile

Ayia Napa F.C. – current squad

1 Kittos 3 Felgate 4 Skopljak 5 Lambropoulos 6 Reynolds 7 Markou 14 Antolek 17 Moulazimis 18 Fusco 19 E. Georgiou 20 Katsis 21 Mensah 22 Nektarios 23 Papallis 24 Antoniou 25 Slowe 26 Machattou 30 Pridigar 35 Loizides 37 Mertakas 40 Liotatis 73 Stefani 77 Katsiati Andreou Manager: Kosma

Cypriot First Division

2015–16 clubs	AEK AEL Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris Ayia Napa Doxa Enosis Ermis Ethnikos Nea Salamina Omonia Pafos FC

Stadiums	Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Dasaki Stadium GSP Stadium GSZ Stadium Makario Stadium Pafiako Stadium Paralimni Stadium Tsirion Stadium

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Anagennisi APEP APOP Alki APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis THOI EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pezoporikos Trast

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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