PAEEK

PAEEK

Full name

Podosfairiki Athlitiki Enosi Eparxeias Kerynias

Founded

October 1953

Ground

Keryneia Epistrophi, Lakatamia

Capacity

2,000

Chairman

Filippos Filippou

Manager

Makis Sergides

League

Cypriot Second Division

2014–15

3rd (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

PAEEK (Greek: ΠΑΕΕΚ; Podosfairiki Athlitiki Enosi Eparxeias Kerynias = "Football and sport union of Kyrenia District") is a Cypriot sports club founded in Kyrenia in 1953 by graduates of Kyrenia Gymnasium and represented the first force to be reckoned from the small city. It now plays in exile in Nicosia since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974. This union has football division competing in Cypriot Second Division. PAEEK used to have also a basketball division but due to economic difficulties had to suspend it for some years up to date.

Basketball

The PAEEK was a founding member of the Cyprus Basketball Federation in 1966 rising to fame in the early 1970s after its basketball division won the Cyprus top division basketball league in 3 consecutive years..

The PAEEK reached the Cyprus Basketball Cup final on 5 occasions losing them all . 1995 was APOEL's year, when they took the basketball double. As losers of the Cup final, PAEEK automatically qualified to represent Cyprus in Europe in the Saporta Cup . They were knocked out by PAOK BC Salonika which in turn went on to reach the final of the competition.The game with PAOK BC was very special for both teams as they were all refugees and victims of the wars between Greece and Turkey.

Football

The football team has not matched the basketball team's success in terms of trophies. They have mostly hovered between the Cypriot Second and Third Divisions. Paeek is considered to be the team with the most appearances in the Cyprus Second Division with 41 in total. In the 2011-2012 season they came closest to their first ever promotion to the first division by finishing 4th.

Current squad

As of 21 September 2015

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Giorgos Costa
4	DF	Christoforos Gavriil
5	DF	Diego Portilla
6	MF	Maxwell Ankomah
7	FW	Yusif Rahman
8	FW	Achilleas Vassiliou
9	FW	Thomas Tsitas
10	MF	Nicolas Oratiou (Captain)
12	DF	Thomas Vouzas
13	MF	Orestis Leivadiotis
14	MF	Andreas Georgiou
15	MF	Stefanos Michael
16	FW	Charalambos Aristotelous
17	MF	Panayiotis Therapontos (on loan from Omonia)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Kyriacos Vassiliou
20	FW	Angelos Papanastasiou
21	MF	Panagiotis Giannopoulos
22	DF	Marios Nicolaou
23	DF	Leonidas Achilleos
24	DF	Stelios Mina
28	MF	Anaxagoras Violaris
29	MF	Panayiotis Prountzou
33	GK	Demetris Teggeris
44	DF	Andreas Frangeskou (on loan from Omonia)
68	MF	Vasilis Baxevanos
77	DF	Panayiotis Panayiotou
91	GK	Giorgos Papadopoulos

For recent transfers see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2015

Colours

The colours of PAEEK shirt are symbolic with the black symbolising the sadness from the Turkish invasion in 1974 and the white symbolises the hope that one day they will return to their hometown. When this happens the colours will change back to yellow and black as they were before the Turkish invasion.

Former players

Honours

Basketball

Cyprus Basketball Division 1
- Winner (3): 1970, 1971 and 1972.
Cypriot Basketball Cup
- Runner-up (5): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1995, 1999.

Football

Cypriot Third Division
- Winner (3): 1992, 2003, 2008

External links

Cypriot Second Division

2015–16 clubs	AEZ Anagennisi ASIL Digenis V. Elpida ENAD Parekklisia Karmiotissa N. & S. Erimis Olympiakos N. Omonia A. Othellos PAEEK THOI

Associated competitions	First Division Third Division Fourth Division Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup Cypriot Cup Cypriot Super Cup

Seasons	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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