Enosis Neon Paralimni 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 team from Paralimni

Paralimni

Paralimni is a town situated in the South East of Cyprus, a little way inland, within the Famagusta District. Since the Turkish invasion and occupation of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974, it has increased in size and status, due to the migration of many refugees fleeing from the North...

. Currently playing in the 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:...

, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou"

Paralimni Stadium

Paralimni Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Paralimni, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Enosis Neon Paralimni. The stadium holds 5,800 people....

, which holds 5,800 people.

History

Enosis Neon Paralimniou ("Youth Union of Paralimni" in English) was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People’s Love.

The club’s emblem is the Parthenon

Parthenon

The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their virgin patron. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although...

, 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

Cypriot Orthodox Church

The Church of Cyprus is an autocephalous Greek church within the communion of Orthodox Christianity. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, achieving independence from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in 431...

. 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

Paralimni

Paralimni is a town situated in the South East of Cyprus, a little way inland, within the Famagusta District. Since the Turkish invasion and occupation of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974, it has increased in size and status, due to the migration of many refugees fleeing from the North...

, 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

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6...

 and EHAN, both of 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:...

 (a final 4–5 loss).

Until the early 60s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association

Cyprus Football Association

The Cyprus Football Association is the governing body of football in Cyprus. It organizes the football league, whose top league is Cypriot First Division, Cypriot Cup, Cyprus FA Shield and the Cypriot national football team. It is based in Nicosia. It Football was introduced to Cyprus early in...

 (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 the year 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

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:...

 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

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 :...

.

Current squad

On loan

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

Coaching Staff

• Manager: Nikodimos Papavasiliou
  Nikodimos Papavasiliou
  Nikodimos Papavasiliou is a Cypriot manager and former football midfielder. He is the only Cypriot to ever play in the FA Premier League. He was the manager for APEP Pitsilia, Olympiakos Nicosia and OFI Crete. He last managed Doxa Katokopia...
  
    
• Assistant Manager: Charis Charalambous  
• Fitness Coach: Giorgos Georgiou  
• Goalkeepers' Coach: Adamos Isaak  

Medical Staff

• Club Doctor: Dr. Michalis Zouvanis
• Club Doctor: Dr. Costas Constantinou
• Club Chemist: Dr. Petros Loizou
• Physiotherapist: Rodotheos Constantinou

Notable former players

Albania Ervin Fakaj Arjan Xhumba

Arjan Xhumba

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Cyprus Demetris Christofi

Demetris Christofi

Demetris Christofi is a Cypriot footballer. He is an attacking midfielder who tends to play as a winger or behind the striker. He is highly regarded for his strong shoot.. He is considered one of the most promising young players in Cyprus at the moment...

 Costas Elia

Costas Elia

Costas Elia born 9 June 1976 in Famagusta, Cyprus is a Cypriot football striker who plays for AEK Larnaca and has played for the national team of Cyprus. He also played for Skoda Xanthi, Olympiakos Nicosia, Enosis Neon Paralimni and Alki Larnaca....

 Marios Karas

Marios Karas

Marios Karas is a Cypriot football defender. He currently plays for Agia Napa.-External links:*...

 Demetris Kizas

Demetris Kizas

Demetris Kizas is Cypriot former international footballer.He began to play football from Paralimni in 1971 and in 1976 he went to Greece for Panathinaikos. After big career in the Panathinaikos in 1981 he went to Panachaiki and the next year to the OFI of Crete...

 Georgios Kolanis Georgios Kolokoudias

Georgios Kolokoudias

Georgios Kolokoudias born 3 May 1989 in Paralimni, Cyprus is a Cypriot football striker who last played for Olympiakos Nicosia and the Cyprus National U-21 team. In the past he played for Enosis Neon Paralimni and Panserraikos in Greece. Was on trial for English League One side Swindon Town FC in...

 Michalis Konstantinou

Michalis Konstantinou

Michalis Konstantinou is a Cypriot football striker. He plays for the Cyprus national football team, and is already the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 80 appearances....

 Giorgos Nicolaou

Giorgos Nicolaou

Giorgos Nicolaou born May 22, 1982 in Paralimni, Cyprus is a Cypriot football striker. He currently plays for Agia Napa and the national team of Cyprus. He started his career at Enosis Neon Paralimni and he also played for Panachaiki AC Omonia, Olympiakos Nicosia and Nea Salamina.-External links:*...

 Panayiotis Spyrou Giorgos Tofas

Giorgos Tofas

Georgios Tofas is a Cypriot footballer currently playing for Anagennisi Dherynia. He can play in several positions behind the front two or as a forward, and wide on the left side of midfield.-Career:...

 Stefanos Voskaridis

Stefanos Voskaridis

Stefanos Voskaridis is a Cypriot football midfielder who last played for Nea Salamis.-Clubs:*1996-1999: Apollon Limassol*1999-2004: PAOK*2004-2005: Ergotelis*2005-2006: AS Veria*2006-2008: Kallithea...

 Yiasoumis Yiasoumi

Yiasoumis Yiasoumi

Yiasoumis Yiasoumi is a retired Cypriot footballer who last played for AEK Larnaca. He was also a player of Enosis Neon Paralimni, APOEL, PAOK, Aris Limassol and Ethnikos Achna....

Czech Republic Milos Beznoska

Brazil Edmar

Edmar Lacerda da Silva

Edmar Lacerda da Silva or simply Edmar is a Brazilian striker who plays for AEL Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.-External links:* *...

 Francisco Neri

Francisco Valmerino Neri

Francisco Valmerino , known as Neri, is a footballer from Brazil who last played as striker for AC Bellinzona.- Career :He won the Swiss Super League in 2000 with FC St. Gallen.-External links:...

Bulgaria Georgi Donkov

Georgi Donkov

Georgi Donkov is a Bulgarian former football player who works as assistant coach of Wacker Burghausen.-Career:In his career Donkov played for Levski Sofia, Botev Plovdiv and CSKA Sofia. He played also in Germany fot VfL Bochum, 1...

Congo DR Masengo Ilunga

Masengo Ilunga

Masengo Ilunga is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder for club sides in Zaire, Greece and Cyprus.-Club career:Ilunga began playing football with TP Mazembe....

 Fabrice Lokembo Lokaso Jeff Tutuana

Jeff Tutuana

Gemi "Jeff" Tutuana is a Congolese footballer who plays for AE Κοúklia in Cyprus.Tutuana start playing soccer in a club called Japatra in the Congo...

Croatia Jure Guvo Marijan Kovacevic

Marijan Kovacevic

Marijan Kovačević is a German-Croatian former footballer.He played for German clubs like Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Duisburg and Jahn Regensburg, Austrian club Admira Wacker Mödling, Cypriot club Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, Portuguese club União da Madeira and Bosnian and Herzegovian club Široki...

Georgia Levan Kebadze

Levan Kebadze

Levan Kebadze is a football striker from Georgia. His current club is Ethnikos Achnas.-External links:*...

 Davit Ujmajuridze

Ghana Ishmael Addo

Ishmael Addo

Ishmael Addo is a Ghanaian football striker. He has spent his whole career at Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, but has also spent several years on loan in France, Israel, Greece, Cyprus and India.-International:...

 Koffi Amponsah

Koffi Amponsah

Kofi John Amponsah is a former Ghanaian International football defender who last played for Enosis Neon Paralimni....

Greece Dimitris Brinias

Dimitris Brinias

Dimitris Brinias is a Greek-Australian football player, currently signed as a goalkeeper with White City Woodville. He is 6 ft 2 in / 1.88 m tall and weighs / 192 lb / 87 kg...

 Vassilis Mitilinaios

Vassilis Mitilinaios

Vassilis Mytilinaios is a Greek football goalkeeper.He played for Akratitos, Apollon Smyrnis, Ionikos FC, Alki Larnaca, ENTHOI Lakatamia and since 2006 has played for Enosis Neon Paralimni in Cyprus....

Hungary Lajos Terjék

Lajos Terjék

Lajos Terjék is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for .- References :***...

Israel Yaniv Azran

Yaniv Azran

-Playing career:Yaniv Azran grew up in the youth system of F.C. Ashdod in Israel.After finishing the 2005-06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger signed Azran to a two year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni. After a failed stint playing in Cyprus, he...

 Avraham Tikva

Avraham Tikva

- Playing career :During the UEFA Cup 1998-99 season with Grasshopper, Tikva was allowed to miss the match against Belgian side Anderlecht in order to observe the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.- Honours :*Swiss National League A:**Winner : 1997-98...

Liberia Samuel Wowoah

Samuel Wowoah

Samuel Wowoah , of Swedish and Liberian descent, is a football player playing left back for Örebro SK....

Macedonia Igor Jančevski

Igor Jancevski

Igor Jančevski is a Serbian-born Macedonian international footballer who plays for NK Čelik Zenica in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

 Petar Miloševski

Petar Miloševski

Petar Miloševski is a football goalkeeper from Macedonia who, as at June 2006, plays for Enosis Neon Paralimni.Miloševski made his debut for the Macedonia football team in 1998, and currently has 56 caps....

 Ivan Tričkovski

Ivan Trickovski

Ivan Tričkovski is a Macedonian footballer who plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.-Club career:...

Morocco Abdelkarim Kissi

Abdelkarim Kissi

Abdelkarim Kissi is a Moroccan football midfielder. He currently plays for the Cypriot side Ethnikos Achna. He is a former Moroccan international.- Career :...

 Hamid Rhanem

Hamid Rhanem

Hamid Rhanem is a French football midfielder who played for APOP Kinyras Peyias. His former teams are AEK Larnaca, Enosis Neon Paralimni, Ayia Napa FC, Associação Naval 1º de Maio, Sport Club Salgueiros, C.D. Aves and NEA Salamina.-External links:* *...

Netherlands Hilmi Mihçi

Hilmi Mihçi

Hilmi Mihçi ia a Dutch footballer of Turkish descent.-Club career:A journeyman striker, Mihci began his career at FC Den Bosch and currently plays for Dutch top amateur side IJsselmeervogels, with whom he won the Dutch Amateur League title in June 2010.-External links:* * - VoetbalInternational...

 Junas Naciri

Junas Naciri

Junas Naciri is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:After unsuccessfully emerging through Ajax Amsterdam's youth system, Naciri played for Telstar and HFC Haarlem in the Dutch second division, with a spell in Spain in between, representing lowly CD Lugo.In...

Nigeria Eric Ejiofor

Eric Ejiofor

Eric Okechukwu Ejiofor is a Nigerian footballer.-Career:Ejiofor currently plays for Enosis Neon Paralimni FC in the Cypriot First Division.-External links:*...

 Lucky Isibor

Lucky Isibor

Anthony Joseph "Lucky" Isibor is a Nigerian professional footballer.He was playing with Nigerian Concord FC when he moved to Switzerland in 1995 signing with AC Bellinzona. Bteween 1996 and 1998 he played with Slovenian FC Koper and Cypriot Enosis Neon Paralimni FC before signing with Italian A.C....

 Blessing Kaku

Blessing Kaku

Blessing Kaku is a Nigerian international football player, who was a member of the national squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He played for Enosis Neon Paralimni. He has also played for K.R.C. Genk in Belgium, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv, F.C...

Paraguay Aldo Adorno

Aldo Adorno

Aldo Adorno, , is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division. He also holds a Spanish passport, except of the Paraguayan.-Career:...

Portugal Alhandra

Luís Miguel Assunção Joaquim

Luís Miguel Assunção Joaquim, aka Alhandra , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo Monsanto mainly as a left defender - he can also appear as a midfielder....

 Hugo Faria Luís Miguel

Luís Miguel da Costa Lobo

Luís Miguel da Costa Lobo , known as Luís Miguel, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural de Terras de Bouro, mainly as a forward.-Football career:...

Serbia Slaviša Cula

Slaviša Cula

Slaviša Čula is a Serbian former football player.He won Yugoslav First League in 1991....

 Slobodan Krčmarević

Slobodan Krcmarevic

Slobodan Krčmarević , also known as Boban Krčmarević, is Serbian former footballer.From February 2010 until October, Krčmarević was the head coach of Apollon Limassol...

 Vesko Mihajlović

Vesko Mihajlovic

Vesko Mihajlović born March 17, 1968 in Kraljevo, Yugoslavia), is a Serbian former football midfielder and the current director of football of Alki Larnaca. He is widely considered to be one of the best foreign players to have played in the Cypriot Championship...

 Srboljub Nikolić Pavle Popara

Slovakia Mário Breška

Mário Breška

Mário Breška is a Slovak football striker who plays for the Greek team Asteras Tripolis.He won the 2009 Cypriot Super Cup and also he appeared in four official 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches with APOEL. He has also played for the Slovakian national team.- External links :* * *...

 Pavol Kamesch Martin Urban

Martin Urban

Martin Urban is a retired Slovak football player.-Playing career:Urban began his playing career with Lokomotíva Košice, Tatran Prešov and Ružomberok before joining PAS Giannina in January 2000. Urban would appear in just 9 Alpha Ethniki matches for PAS Giannina. Next, he moved to Cyprus where he...

Slovenia Patrik Ipavec

Patrik Ipavec

Patrik Ipavec is a Slovenian football striker.He has been capped for the Slovenian national team.-Clubs: NK Koper NK Primorje LASK Linz Olimpija Ljubljana HIT Gorica Olimpija Ljubljana NK Koper NK Mura Enosis Neon Paralimni Ethnikos Achnas FC Koper NK Livar-References:*-External links:*...

 Amer Jukan

Amer Jukan

Amer Jukan is a Slovenian football midfielder of Bosnian descent. He plays for Primorje.- External links :* - NK Interblock* - PrvaLiga* - NZS* at National Football Teams...

 Martin Pregelj

Martin Pregelj

Martin Pregelj is a Slovenian football midfielder.-Career:* 1998-1999 : NK Koper* 1999-2001 : NK Maribor* 2001-2003 : SK Sturm Graz* 2004-2005 : Enosis Neon Paralimni* 2005-2007 : NK Maribor...

 Almir Tanjič

Almir Tanjic

-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:*...

 Anton Žlogar

Anton Žlogar

Anton Žlogar is a Slovenian footballer who played in Italy for Pordenone.-Career:He played for NK Primorje, NK Gorica, Olimpija Ljubljana, Paralimni, Anorthosis Famagusta, AC Omonia, Alki Larnaca and is currently playing for Pordenone Calcio in Italy.He plays for the Slovenia national football...

South Africa Ryan Botha MacDonald Mukasi

MacDonald Mukasi

MacDonald "Scooter" Mukasi is a former South African football player who plays as a forward.-Career:He played for a few clubs, including Jomo Cosmos, Paralimni, CSKA Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, and Manning Rangers. He joined East Bengal Club of Kolkata in India for the 2007-08 season...

Sweden Joakim Hallenberg Gaspar Paukstadt Håkan Svensson

Håkan Svensson

Håkan Svensson is a former professional football goalkeeper, who currently is assistant manager at Falkenbergs FF in Superettan-Career:...

 Jörgen Wålemark

Jörgen Wålemark

Jörgen Wålemark is a former Swedish footballer, currently playing for Ljungskile SK.- Career :He helped Ljungskile SK from the lower leagues to the Allsvenskan, only to leave the club for mostly foreign teams. He returned to Ljungskile in 2003, and the club was once again promoted in 2007. He...

Switzerland Henri Siqueira

Henri Siqueira

Henri-Georges Siqueira-Barras is an Brazilian-Swiss football player. Siqueira currently plays for AC Bellinzona.-External links:* * *...

Venezuela Raúl González

Raúl González Guzmán

Raúl González Guzmán , known as "El Pollo" is a Venezuelan footballer who played for Anagennisi Dherynia,a team from the League Marfin Laiki of Cyprus....

Zimbabwe Noel Kaseke

Noel Kaseke

Noel Kaseke is a Zimbabwean football midfielder. Kaseke started his career in the Highlanders FC in 1999. Three years later he moved for the first time to Europe, and joined the KF Erzeni Shijak in Albania. Then he returned to Highlanders FC for six months. He also played in Mohun Bagan AC in India...

 Steve Paddington Mbara
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Notable managers

Svatopluk Pluskal

Svatopluk Pluskal

Svatopluk Pluskal was a Czechoslovak footballer and holder of a silver medal from the World Cup in Chile in 1962.- Early life :...

 (1971–78), (1983–85) Slobodan Vučeković (1993–96) Angel Kolev (1998–99) Nenad Starovlah

Nenad Starovlah

Nenad Starovlah is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.As player, he played with FK Željezničar and Yugoslav national team.-External sources:* at Serbian Federation site....

 (1999-00) Eli Guttman

Eli Guttman

Eli Guttman is an Israeli football manager.He won his first Israeli title in 1997, winning the Israel State Cup with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.He coached Hapoel Haifa during the 1998-99 season, in which the club won their first Liga Leumit title....

 (2004–06) Nir Klinger

Nir Klinger

Nir Klinger is an Israeli football manager and a former player. He was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before resigning under pressure on 5 December 2005. Klinger achieved with Maccabi the Israeli championship and two Israel state cups....

 (2006–07) Marios Constantinou

Marios Constantinou

Marios Constantinou is a former international Cypriot football midfielder and current manager of Doxa Katokopias. In the past he was footballer of Pezoporikos and AEK Larnaca under the instructions of the first coach of AEK Larnaca Andreas Mouskallis...

 (2007–08) Eduard Eranosyan

Eduard Eranosyan

Eduard Eranosyan is a Bulgarian former footballer and current football manager of Armenian origin. Beginning in 1978, he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as one of the club's most acclaimed attackers, featuring in 161 matches and scoring 63 goals in the A PFG, winning the Cup of the Soviet Army in...

 (2008) Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou (2008–09) Čedomir Janevski

Cedomir Janevski

Čedomir Janevski is Macedonian football manager and who was a defender during his playing career. Janevski was known as a strong defender, one of the many that were produced by Yugoslavia in the 1980s. After his playing career, Janevski turned to coaching and got his UEFA Professional coaching...

 (2009–2011) Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou is a Cypriot manager and former football midfielder. He is the only Cypriot to ever play in the FA Premier League. He was the manager for APEP Pitsilia, Olympiakos Nicosia and OFI Crete. He last managed Doxa Katokopia...

(2011–)

Youth players – U17

The under-17 squad is based and plays at the same football ground. They were crowned national champions in 2007–08.

The U17 Champions of 2008–09

Honours

• Cypriot 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:...
  
  : Runner-up 1974–75
• Cypriot Cup: Runner-up 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83
• Super Cup: Runner-up 1981, 1983
• 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 :...
  
  : 1968–69

External links

• Official website
• Club history
• Svatopluk Pluskal
• Enosis FC in Europe