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AEP Paphos is a Cypriot

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

football club based in Paphos

Paphos

Paphos , sometimes referred to as Pafos, is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos and New Paphos. The currently inhabited city is New Paphos. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, about west of the...

. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. The team's stadium is Pafiako Stadium.

History

APOP and Evagoras were the two clubs of Paphos playing sometimes in First and sometimes in the Second Division. In contrast with the other Districts of Cyprus

Districts of Cyprus

Cyprus is divided into six districts , whose capitals share the same name:The districts are further divided up into municipalities.-See also:* List of cities, towns and villages in Cyprus* ISO 3166-2:CY* Districts of Northern Cyprus-External links:*...

and other major towns, which had permanent teams in First Division

Cypriot First Division

The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...

, Paphos did not have such a team as the two clubs could not remain in First Division for many years. For this reason the two clubs were merged to form AEP Paphos as the people of Paphos wanted a permanent team in First Division.

When the two clubs joined to form AEP, APOP was in First Division

Cypriot First Division

, and managed to remain there, and Evagoras was in the Second division without managing to achieve promotion. Since APOP was in the First Division, the newly-formed club of Paphos began its history from the First. They club remained in the first division until 2005, but soon had the luck of APOP and Evagoras when the team was for first time relegated to the Second Division. However despite the fact that the team for the season 2005/06 was playing in the Second Division, on April 2006 they had their greatest success as a club since the team qualified for first time for the semi finals of Cypriot Cup (APOP reached the semi finals twice) by eliminating Olympiakos Nicosia

Olympiakos Nicosia

Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity...

. In the semi finals of the Cup they faced AEK Larnaca

AEK Larnaca

AEK Larnaca FC |Kition]] Athletic Union") is a Cypriot Sports club, based in the port of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs: EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club has football section, basketball sections for men AEK Larnaca B.C...

and despite the fact that Paphos was not beaten in none of the matches against AEK

AEK Larnaca

, they were eliminated with scores 1–1 at home and 0–0 away. The same season, AEP won the Second Division Championship and was promoted back to First division but after a very bad season were again relegated. The club had not justified the dreams of the people of Paphos of having a better team than APOP and Evagoras and to have a worthy team which will be permanent in the First Division.

Colours, badge and name

The colours of the team are blue and white. These colours were chosen because they were both APOP and Evagoras' colours. The club's badge is a blue shield with some white lines and in the middle is the figure of Evagoras Pallikarides's as a face in a circle. Evagoras Pallikarides was a hero from Paphos

Paphos District

Paphos District is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognized government of Cyprus...

who was hanged by British Colonists, as he was an EOKA

EOKA

EOKA was an anticolonial, antiimperialist nationalist organisation with the ultimate goal of "The liberation of Cyprus from the British yoke". Although not stated in its initial declaration of existence which was printed and distributed on the 1st of April 1955, EOKA also had a target of achieving...

guerilla, fighting for the freedom of Cyprus. From his name came the name, Evagoras FC, one of the two football clubs which were merged for AEP to be established. For this reason it is used in AEP's badge inside the blue badge with the white lines which was APOP's badge. APOP's name meant Athletic Football Club of Paphos (Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Pafou; Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Πάφου).

Stadium

The home ground of AEP Paphos, is the Pafiako Stadium

Pafiako Stadium

The Pafiako Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Paphos, the stadium holds 10,000 people . It has a full size running track around the outside of its football and rugby playing field and is used for many athletics events throughout the year. It is regarded as one of the best pitches in Cyprus and...

, a multi-use stadium in Paphos. The capacity was 8000 seated spectators but in 2003 the ground was updated and expanded. It can now hold 11,000 fans. The Pafiako served as the home ground for APOP and Evagoras, and was also used by APOP Kinyras Peyias FC

APOP Kinyras Peyias FC

APOP Kinyras Peyias is a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower division outfits APOP Peyias FC and Kinyras Empas FC...

, whilst competing in the First Division during the 2005–06 season. GSK (Gymnastic Club Korivos) stadium was the home of APOP and Evagoras before the Pafiako was built.

Current squad 2011/12

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2011.

Notable former players

See also AEP Paphos players
Cyprus Marios Agathokleous

Marios Agathokleous

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Kyriacos Chailis

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Angelos Efthymiou

Angelos Efthymiou is a Cypriot footballer who currently plays for AEP Paphos F.C. in the Cypriot First Division.-Career:...

Demetris Ioannou

Demetris Ioannou born December 8, 1968 is a former international Cypriot football defender and current football manager of AEK Kouklia F.C. in the Cypriot Third Division.-Career:...

Demetris Leoni

Demetris Leoni is a Cypriot footballer goalkeeper who plays for APEP. He played at AEL FC and AC Omonia.-External links:*...

Giannis Sampson

Giannis Sampson is a Cypriot football defender who currently plays for AEP Paphos F.C. in the Cypriot First Division. His former teams are AEL Limassol and APOEL FC.-External links:*...

Giorgos Vasiliou

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Algeria Fadel Brahami

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Armenia Romik Khachatryan

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Australia Adam Foti

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Benin Félicien Singbo

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Brazil Anderson

Anderson Oliveira Almeida

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André Caldeira

Jefisley André Caldeira

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Tinga Leonardo Oliveira

Leonardo Pereira de Oliveira

Leonardo Pereira de Oliveira is a Brazilian/ midfielder who played for AEP Paphos of Cyprus. Some of his other former teams include FC Istres, Servette FC, FC St Gallen and Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links:...

Bulgaria Krasimir Georgiev

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Hristo Telkiyski

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Czech Republic Martin Kolář

Martin Kolár

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England George Oghani

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(Evagoras player)

France Jonathan Bru

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Florian Lucchini

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Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulend Biščević

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Radmilo Mihajlović

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(APOP player)

Gambia Jatto Ceesay

Jatto Ceesay

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Germany Marco Förster

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Georgia Irakliy Geperidze

Irakliy Geperidze

Irakliy Geperidze is a Georgian professional football player. He also holds Russian citizenship. Currently, he plays for FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.-External links:*...

Levan Maghradze

Levan Maghradze is a football midfielder from Georgia who currently playing for Ethnikos Achna. In the past he played for Apollon Limassol, FC Zestafoni, TSU Tbilisi, Aris Limassol, AEP Paphos, AEL FC and Skoda Xanthi....

Ghana Imoro Lukman

Imoro Lukman

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Greece Charalabos Charalabakis

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Nikos Iordanidis Dimitris Nalitzis

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Vasilis Samaras

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Giannis Sfakianakis

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Hungary Gábor Bardi

Gábor Bardi

Gábor Bardi is a Hungarian goalkeeper who last played for APOP Kinyras Peyias.-External links:*...

Róbert Fekete

-References:...

János Zováth

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Macedonia Jane Nikolovski

Jane Nikolovski

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Montenegro Petar Kasom

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Aleksandar Madžar

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Netherlands Hans Borsboom (APOP player) Jochem van der Hoeven Ronny van Es

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Joost Terol

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Nigeria Henry Makinwa

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Latvia Oļegs Karavajevs

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Andrejs Pavlovs

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Artūrs Vaičulis

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Portugal José Calado Chevela

José Manuel Chevela de Souza

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Hugo Coelho

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Cristovão

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Dossa Júnior Ricardo Nunes

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Jorge Teixeira

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Romania Marian Ivan

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(Evagoras player) Daniel Eugen Baston (Evagoras player) Mircea Bolba

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(Evagoras player) Ion Dudan (Evagoras player)
Sierra Leone Moustapha Bangura

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Senegal Ismail Ba

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Ismail Ba is a Senegalese football midfielder last playing for AEP Paphos in Cyprus.-Clubs:*1998-2000: Skoda Xanthi*2000-2001: Aris Thessaloniki F.C.*2001-2004: Skoda Xanthi*2004-2006: AEK Larnaca*2006-2008: AC Omonia...

Ladji Keita

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Serbia Milan Belić

Milan Belic

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Sása Jovanović

Saša Jovanovic

Saša Jovanović is a Serbian football manager and former striker who currently manages AEP Paphos. As a player he played for FK Napredak Kruševac, Anorthosis, APOP Paphos, AEL Limassol, Trikala, Panionios, AEP Paphos, and APOEL F.C....

Dragan Maras Božidar Urošević

Božidar Urošević

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Slovakia Vladimir Helbich Zsolt Hornyák

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Slevenia Spasoje Bulajič

Spasoje Bulajic

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Almir Tanjič

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-International career:Tanjič has made three appearances for the senior Slovenia national football team.-Clubs:*1998-2005: NK Primorje*2005-2008: Enosis Neon Paralimni*2008–Present: AEP Paphos-External links:*...

Zimbabwe Shingayi Kaondera

Shingayi Kaondera

Shingayi Kaondera is a football midfielder,whos plays for Chalkanoras Idaliou at Cypriot B Division.Kaondera started his career in Darryn T in 1997. Between 1999 and 2002 he played for the Polish clubs Górnik Zabrze before signing for Cypriot Cypriot First Division outfit AEP Paphos during the 2005...

Joel Lupahla

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Zenzo Moyo

Titles

Cypriot Second Division
Cypriot Second Division
- Structure :Fourteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 26 games per team. The topthree clubs are promoted to the first division and the bottom three are relegated to the third division.- Teams :...
- Winners (2): 2006, 2008

Before 2006, since APOP and Evagoras played in Second Division for several years, they had won it 6 times each; APOP were winners in 1966, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1996 and Evagoras in 1968, 1972, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995

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