APOEL FC

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APOEL ( Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias - Greek: Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας - Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Lefkosia) is a Cypriot football club founded on November 8, 1926 in a Lefkosia patisserie by a group of 40 sports-minded Cypriots.

The club was among the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association and has participated in the First Division of the Cyprus league since its inception with the exception of 1974 when it participated in the Greek Football A Division. That year, APOEL became the only Cypriot team not to be relegated however, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, they were unable to compete again, returning to the Cypriot League.

Titles

Championships

Cyprus Cup

Site

APOEL Official site

Did you know?

  • APOEL were the first Greek football club to advance in a European competition as the eliminated Lin of Norway in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963 (6-0, 1-0).
  • Omonia Lefkosia was founded by officials of APOEL who broke away on account of political differences in 1948 - the time of the Greek Civil War.