Pafos FC

Full name

Pafos FC

Founded

10 June 2014

Ground

Pafiako Stadium, Paphos

Capacity

9,394

Chairman

Christakis Kaizer

Manager

Apostolos Makrides

League

Cypriot Second Division

2015–16

First Division, 12th (Relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

Pafos FC (Greek: Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football team based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2014 after the merger of AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos. Their home stadium is Pafiako Stadium and they are currently competing in the Cypriot First Division.

History

Pafos FC was founded on 10 June 2014, after the merge of AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos.^[1] In the 2013–14 season, AEK Kouklia competed in the Cypriot First Division for the first time in their history, but got relegated at the end of the season. The same season, AEP Paphos (which were created after the merge of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras) were competing in the Cypriot Second Division, but were facing huge economic problems and were constantly punished with point deductions. After the 2013–14 season finished, discussions began between the two clubs to create a new club to the Paphos district, in order to have a healthy and economically competitive team.^[2]

On 9 June 2014, the two clubs in a separate general meeting approved the creation of the new team, Pafos FC.^[3]^[4] On 10 June 2014, was held the first meeting of the fans of the new team, with the presence of political persons and football players from Paphos.^[1] The first chairman of the new team was Christakis Kaizer, who was the president of AEK Kouklia and one of the protagonists of the effort to create the new club.^[5] The new team will use as home stadium the Geroskipou Stadium in Geroskipou.

The team's first coach was Radmilo Ivančević, who served as AEP Paphos coach in the past.^[6] Pafos FC will compete in the 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division, in their first season as a club.

Badge and colours

The logo of Pafos FC is a variation of AEP Paphos's logo, including the team name and 2014 as the year of establishment, and the figure of the hero Evagoras Pallikaridis. The logo also includes the team's colors, the blue, white and yellow.^[7]^[8]

Current squad

As of 1 July 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	Jānis Krūmiņš
3	MF	Joël Damahou (3rd captain)
7	MF	Ivan Forbes (Captain)
10	MF	Hugo Moutinho (Vice-captain)
12	MF	Tasos Makris (4th captain)
14	DF	Éric Matoukou
17	FW	Panayiotis Zachariou
31	FW	Emmanuel Okoye
32	FW	Charalambos Charalambous
33	DF	Rolandos Michael
56	FW	Charalambos Demosthenous
77	FW	Fotis Sofokleous

No.	Position	Player
86	GK	Charalambos Kyriakides
88	MF	Levan Khmaladze
90	GK	Andreas Vassiliou
97	DF	Stefanos Miller
	MF	Giorgos Vasou
	DF	Christos Charalabous
	FW	Henrique Gomes
	MF	Leonel
	FW	Adrian Pătulea
	GK	Panos Constantinou
	GK	Theodosis Iosif

On loan

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

No.		Position	Player
4		DF	Ioannis Savva (on loan to Karmiotissa Polemidion)

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2016.

Managers

José Manuel Roca (2015)

References

1 2 "ΠΑΦΟΣ FC: Γεννήθηκε η νέα ομάδα". sport-fm.com.cy. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "ANAKOIΝΩΣΗ ΠΑΦΟΣ FC" (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "Πάφος FC και με τη βούλα" (in Greek). 24sports.com.cy. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ ""Πράσινο φως" και από την ΑΕΠ για την Πάφος FC". sentragoal.philenews.com. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "Μήνυμα Προέδρου Πάφος F.C Χριστάκη Κάΐζερ προς το φίλαθλο κοινό της Πάφου" (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΡΑΤΜΙΛΟ ΙΒΑΝΤΣΕΒΙΤΣ (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "Πάφος FC: Με διαγωνισμό το έμβλημα του νέου σωματείου". sentragoal.philenews.com. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "Δείτε το νέο έμβλημα της Πάφος F.C!". protathlima.com. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Cypriot First Division

2016–17 clubs	AEK AEL Anagennisi Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris AEZ Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia

Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Pafiako Tasos Markou Tsirion

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Alki APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pafos FC Pezoporikos THOI Trust

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions 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 2016–17

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.