Difference between revisions of "Anorthosis Famagusta FC"
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Revision as of 13:17, October 30, 2008
Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου = Anorthosi Ammochostou) is a Cypriot football club, which comes from Famagusta. It was founded in January 30, 1911. After the north of Cyprus was occupied by Turkey in 1974, Anorthosis became a refugee team and are currently based in Larnaca. They have won 13 championship titles, their last in season 2007-2008. They have won the Cyprus Cup 10 times (1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007).
On July 26 2005 they achieved one of the greatest results in Cypriot football history when they beat 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 to a third-round qualifying tie against Scottish power Rangers.
On August 13, 2008, they stunned Olympiakos 3-0 in a CL 3rd qualifying round match in Larnaca. On August 27, they completed the upset at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium with a 0-1 loss (3-1 aggregate win) to become the first Cypriot club to play in the CL group stage.
Titles
- Cyprus Championship (13 in total): 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963,1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008
- Cyprus Cup (10 in total): 1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007
Players
- Dimitris Zagylos
- Nikos Papavasiliou
- Vassos Melanarkitis
- Sinisa Gogic
- Yiannis Okkas
- Panagiotis Engomitis
- Leonidas Kabantais
- Temuri Ketsbaia
- Arjan Beqaj
- Savvas Poursaitidis
- Kostas Loumboutis
- Loukas Louka
- Yiannis Skopelitis
- Nikos Frousos
- Marians Pahars
- Lukasz Sosin
- Traianos Dellas
- Nikos Katsavakis
- Nikos Nikolaou
- Stefanos Voskaridis