Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Enosis Neon Paralimni

Full name	Enosis Neon Paralimni (Athletic Union of Paralimni)
Nickname(s)	Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets
Founded	1936 (1936)
Ground	Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou" Paralimni
Ground Capacity	5,800
Chairman	Sotiris Kokkinos
Manager	Kostas Kaiafas
League	Cypriot Second Division
2015–16	13th (Relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou, "Youth Union of Paralimni") is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the second division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.

History

Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People’s Love.

The club’s emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeteer and the year 1936 inscription, birth year of the club Heracles. The only reason why founders decided to adopt the year 1936 as the new club’s birth year instead of the year 1944 has purely to do with Heracles official papers. On those, it was clear that whenever the club’s members decided to cease its operations, all of its assets (movable and immovable property) would go straight to the Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People’s Love.

The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).

Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 40 editions, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, where it was first demoted to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.

Honours

• Cypriot First Division (0):

Runner-up: 1974–75

• Cypriot Cup (0):

Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83

• Super Cup (0):

Runner-up: 1981, 1983

• Cypriot Second Division (2):

1968–69, 2014–15

Current squad

As of September 12, 2016 ^[1]

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 Constantinos Petrou 3 DF Adamos Pierettis 4 DF Andreas Daniel 5 DF Antonis Moushis 7 FW Martin Cesar 8 MF Antonis Koumis 9 FW Panayiotis Hadjiandreas 10 MF Jorge Troiteiro 11 MF Michalis Giorkatzis 12 DF Symeon Kittos 13 DF Panayiotis Pittadjis 14 MF Loizos Kosma 17 MF Marios Laifis 18 MF Thomas Prager

No. Position Player 20 MF Sebastian Cojocnean 21 DF Antonis Ioannou 22 DF Demetris Economou 23 DF Michael Felgate 30 DF Eleftherios Mertakas 27 GK Lefteris Flouri 31 GK Mathieu Valverde 33 MF Panayiotis Constantinou 43 FW Bruno Moraes 70 FW Giorgos Katsiati 86 FW Theodoros Iosifides (on loan from Apollon Limassol) 42 FW Rafael Eleftheriou 92 DF Ganiu Ogungbe

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

Coaching Staff

• Manager: Kostas Kaiafas
• Assistant Manager: Michalis Sergiou
• Assistant Manager: Yiasoumis Yiasoumi
• Goalkeepers Coach: Giorgos Mertakkas
• Fitness Coach: Loukas Zeniou

Medical Staff

• Club Doctor: Dr. Michalis Zouvanis
• Club Doctor: Dr. Costas Constantinou
• Club Chemist: Dr. Petros Loizou
• Physiotherapists: Antonis Antoniou, Eleftherios Souttos

Notable managers

See also

• 2008–09 Enosis Neon Paralimni F.C. season

References

External links

• Official website (Greek)
• Club history (Greek)

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