Anorthosis Volleyball Club is the volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 team of Anorthosis and it is temporarily based in Limassol

Limassol

Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the...

. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Cyprus

Cyprus

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History

The history of department volleyball of Anorthosis is identified with the history of sport in Cyprus

Cyprus

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. The sport made its appearance in Famagusta

Famagusta

Famagusta is a city on the east coast of Cyprus and is capital of the Famagusta District. It is located east of Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island.-Name:...

 in the means of decade 1920 with instructor the professor of gymnastics, Anastassis Economides. According to the proceeding of meetings of administrative council of Anorthosis, the sport of volleyball added on 11 June 1928 with water polo

Water polo

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. That season were playing friendly matches, while the volleyball players of Anorthosis they were playing with colours of the Gymnastic Association Evagoras (where it was creation of members of Anorthosis) at the duration of Pancyprian Fights. Historians report that period 1928-1954 "under the wise man guidance of Anastassis Economides, the team of volleyball gave to Anorthosis a lot of first victories, a lot of glory and filled the rooms of association with bowls and medals". The teams volleyball of Anorthosis participated in most tournaments that were carried out in amateur base up to 1972, under the aegis, initially, local committee SEGAS Cyprus and afterwards the Pancyprian Federation of Sports, while the athletes of Anorthosis played also a leading part in the distribution of Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

 that made his appearance at the end of the decade 1940.

In 1972 with the creation of EOPE (Greek Federation of Volleyball) Anorthosis Volleyball Club, develops appreciable activity with climax the conquest Pan-Hellenic of championship (unbeaten) and its attendance in the A' championship of National category. Anorthosis is the unique team that fought in Pan-Hellenic Championship. However, the Turkish invasion deprived from the team of Famagusta, her eve in "giants" the Greek volleyball, after it was forced to withdraw five fighting before the end. If overcame even one opponent in the five games that remained her eve in A' National Category was certain.
The period after the invasion was exceptionally difficult. Substantially without seat, without athletic material… However, the players of Anorthosis exceeded each obstacle and made their association in big protagonist in the sport monopolizing the titles in a lot of cases. With 19 conquests of championship, 14 conquests of cup, 7 Super Cups and 11 Doubles , it is the team with the bigger successes in the Cypriot question volleyball. In the season 2009-10, with trainer Petros Kontos, Anorthosis occupied the 1st place in the championship.

The department of woman's volleyball recrudesced for little in Larnaca

Larnaca

Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort...

 after the Turkish invasion in 1974. In 1987, with initiative of Level of Anorthosis in Nicosia

Nicosia

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, the department "is built" in robustly foundations by their fans that live in Nicosia and from then participates regularly in the activities of the KOPE with bigger successes conquest 5 Super Cups, 4 Championships and 4 Cups.

Current volleyball squad

  Pavlos Ioannou (c)  Gavriel Georgiou  Ioannis Kontos  Anthimos Economidis  Giorgos Platrites  Terence Martin  Stelios Chrysostomou

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
2	Panayiotis Chyrsostomou	Setter Setter The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. A setter silently searches for game by scent. When prey is encountered the dog freezes rather than chasing after the game. Setters get their name from their distinctive stance; a sort of crouch...	1.85
4	Lucas Chavez	Opposite Opposite Opposite may refer to:* Opposite , a word that means the opposite of a word* Botany: "Opposite" is a kind of arrangement of leaves* Additive inverse, in mathematics, taking the negative of a number...	1.99
Middle Blocker	1.95
Wing Spiker	1.89
8	Fredy Cedeno	Middle Blocker	2.03
9	Kostas Papaioannou	Middle Blocker	1.90
Wing Spiker	1.91
Setter Setter The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. A setter silently searches for game by scent. When prey is encountered the dog freezes rather than chasing after the game. Setters get their name from their distinctive stance; a sort of crouch...	1.88
Libero Libero Libero is an Italian word meaning "free". It can also refer to:* Libero , an Italian Internet service provider* Libero , alternative name for Italian film Along the Ridge...	1.85
Wing Spiker	2.02
Opposite Opposite Opposite may refer to:* Opposite , a word that means the opposite of a word* Botany: "Opposite" is a kind of arrangement of leaves* Additive inverse, in mathematics, taking the negative of a number...	1.90
18	Antonis Christofi	Setter Setter The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. A setter silently searches for game by scent. When prey is encountered the dog freezes rather than chasing after the game. Setters get their name from their distinctive stance; a sort of crouch...	1.85

Coach:   Petros Kontos

Assistant Coach:   Giannis Giapanis

Scouter/Statistician:   Stergios Fragkeskou

Honours

• Cypriot Championships
  Cyprus Volleyball Division 1
  Cyprus Volleyball Division 1 is the top level volleyball league in Cyprus. The league is organised by the Cyprus Volleyball Federation since 1978. The league is contested by 9 teams.-History:...
  
  : 19
  • 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Cypriot Cup: 14
  • 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005
• Doubles: 11
  • 1975, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 2005
• Championship Runners-up: 7
  • 1972, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001
• Cup Finalists: 10
  • 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010
• Cypriot Super Cup: 7
  • 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2010

Current volleyball squad

Number	Player	Nationality	Position	Height (m)
1	Natalia Dumcheva	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Wing Spiker	1.95
2	Panagiota Kouta	Cyprus 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...	Middle Blocker	1.78
3	Yuliya Stoyanova	Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...	Wing Spiker	1.85
6	Mariota Agelopoulou	Cyprus 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...	Libero Libero Libero is an Italian word meaning "free". It can also refer to:* Libero , an Italian Internet service provider* Libero , alternative name for Italian film Along the Ridge...	1.74
7	Kalia Vassiliou	Cyprus 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...	Setter Setter The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. A setter silently searches for game by scent. When prey is encountered the dog freezes rather than chasing after the game. Setters get their name from their distinctive stance; a sort of crouch...	1.80
8	Stefana Zarcovich	Cyprus 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...	Middle Blocker	1.73
9	Anastasia Novicova	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Wing Spiker	1.93
10	Artemis Stavrou	Cyprus 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...	Setter Setter The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. A setter silently searches for game by scent. When prey is encountered the dog freezes rather than chasing after the game. Setters get their name from their distinctive stance; a sort of crouch...	1.75
11	Lisa Riala	Cyprus 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...	Middle Blocker	1.81
12	Anastasia Gorina	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Opposite Opposite Opposite may refer to:* Opposite , a word that means the opposite of a word* Botany: "Opposite" is a kind of arrangement of leaves* Additive inverse, in mathematics, taking the negative of a number...	1.87
13	Natali Flaviani	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	Wing Spiker	1.85
14	Stella Ioannou (C)	Cyprus 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...	Middle Blocker	1.80

Coach: Julia Salchevic   Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 

Assistant Coach: Michalis Fotiou   Cyprus

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...

Honours

• Cypriot Championship: 4
  • 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010.
• Cypriot Cup: 4
  • 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010.
• Cyprus Super Cup: 5
  • 1993, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2010
• Championship Runners-up: 8
  • 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005
• Cup Finalists: 6
  • 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005

External links

• www.anorthosisvolley.com (The official site of Anorthosis Famagusta Volley Volleyball)
• www.anorthosis.com (The official site of Anorthosis Famagusta)