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Not to be confused with Olympiacos CFP

Olympiacos CFP

----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....

, the sports club

Sports club

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based in Greece

Greece

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Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the 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...

capital of Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of 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...

. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium

Neo GSP Stadium

The Pancyprian Gymnastic Association Stadium is a football stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. Although small by international standards, it is the largest stadium in Cyprus, with a capacity of 22,859 and was built in 1999. It serves as the home stadium for the Nicosia Clubs of APOEL, Olympiakos Nicosia...

of 23,400 seat capacity. The team's main nickname is "mavroprasini" -the green blacks, the club's other nickname is Taktakalas from the area in Nicosia where the club hails.

Olympiakos Nicosia has won three 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:...

Championships one Cypriot Cup and one Cyprus Super Cup.

In the past the club also had track and field, basketball, volleyball, cycling, table tennis and futsal teams. It also in the past had an orchestra, choir and camping divisions, the latter explains why the club's badge has a tent on it.

The Golden Decade

The 1962–1972 decade is known as the "Golden decade" of Olympiakos as the club was champion of the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

three times, another three times it was runner-up, while it became the only Cyprus football club that participated three times in the Greek National 1st Division Championship.

It all started in the 1961–62 season, when Olympiakos reached the cup final for the first time in the club's history. Despite this, the team did not manage to win the cup trophy, as it lost from Anorthosis Famagusta FC

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...

with a score of 5–2.

The foundations had been laid however, in the 1964–65 season, Giorgos Paletsios an old Olympiakos football player for 18 years, who had also served as team captain, agreed to manage the team, without being paid a salary for his services. Paletsios proceeded to restructure the team's squad promoting to the first team young and talented players including: Kettenis, Limbouris, Argyrou. Bolstered with young enthusiasm, the team finished in second place in the championship, while in the same year the top scorer of the championship was Olympiakos player Costakis Pieridis, scoring 21 goals.

In the 1965–66 season Olympiakos was once again runner-up, with 49 points, one point less than the then champion Omonoia. Top scorer of the championship was again an Olympiakos player, Panikos Efthymiades scoring 23 goals.

In the 1966–67 season Olympiakos dominated the Cypriot Championship, with Pambos Avraamidis as their manager, the team finished in first place and won the championship with 55 points as many as APOEL Nicosia

APOEL FC

APOEL F.C. is a professional football club based in Lefkosia , Cyprus and they are one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association. APOEL is one of the most popular football teams in Cyprus and they are the most successful with an overall tally of 21 championships, 19 cups and 12...

, who in the last game of the season beat Aris Limassol with the huge score of 17–1. The title was judged on goal difference and despite APOEL

APOEL FC

's huge score in the last game of the season, Olympiakos still had a superior goal difference so that the club was crowned champion.

In 1967, the champion Olympiakos played against the Cup-winner Apollon Limassol, winning 1–0 therefore gaining the Pakkos Shield (as the Super Cup/Shield was then known.)

In the 1968–69 season, Olympiakos with Englishman Eric Brookes as manager won the championship for a second time, collecting 52 points the same number as AC Omonoia. Olympiakos was champion however because of the better goal difference. Top scorer of the championship was once again Panikos Efthymiades scoring 17 goals.

The third Olympiakos championship came in the 1970–71 season with Englishman Rod Bradley as the manager, the team finished in first place with 31 points compared to 27 of runner up Digenis Morfou. The title of top scorer was shared by 3 footballers who all scored 11 goals amongst them once again Panikos Efthymiades.

In the 1972–73 season Olympiakos finished runner-up, while in the 1974–75 season the team finished third.

In 1971 Olympiakos won the Paligenesias cup that was organised by the Cyprus Football Association

Cyprus Football Association

(KOP), defeating Nea Salamis Famagusta. In this golden period, Olympiakos' managers were: Pambos Avraamidis, Giorgos Paletsios, Takis Papaxeniou, Eric Brookes and Rod Bradley.

Andreas Filotas, Varnavas Christofi, Nikos Theocharidis, Demos Flourentzou, Giorgos Hadjikonstantis, Dimitrakis Argyrou, Yiannis Xipolitas, Savvakis Constantinou, Michalakis Argyrou, Sotirakis Georgiou, Lakis Avraamidis, Markos Markou, Andreas Nicolaou (Lympoyris), Vasilis Fragkiskou (Katsis), Dimitriadis, Tasos Louka, Andreas Assiotis, Giorgos Kettenis, Panikos Efthymiades, Costakis Pieridis, Charalambos Partasidis, Giannos Pavlou, Takis Papettas, Kokos Michael, Nikos Mailos, Michalis Stavrou, Giorgos Aristeidou, Koullis Iliadis, Lakis Mitsidis, Panagiotis Prodromou, Giannis Serafeim were the footballers of the great successes of this period.

Greek Experience

Olympiakos became the first Cypriot football team that participated in the Pan-Hellenic
Championship, in the 1967–68 season, something which recurred twice more, in 1969–70, and in 1971–72, rendering the club the only Cypriot team that participated three times in the Greek National 1st Division Championship. Olympiakos has also taken part in all three European competitions.

European Experience

In the European Champions Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

in 1967

European Cup 1966-67

The 1966–67 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Celtic for the first time in the final against Internazionale, who eliminated defending champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals...

the club faced FK Sarajevo

FK Sarajevo

FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...

Yugoslavia. In the first game the teams drew 2–2, while in second game Olympiakos lost with 3–1.

Also in the European Champions Cup

European Champions Cup

European Champions Cup may refer to one of the following sports tournaments:*FIBA European Champions Cup, the former men's basketball club championship of Europe and officially recognized as predecessor to today's Euroleague...

, Olympiakos Nicosia played against Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

in 1969

European Cup 1969-70

The season 1969–70 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Feyenoord in an extra time final victory against Celtic FC. It was the first time the cup went to the Netherlands, and beginning a run of four consecutive years the trophy went there...

, losing both matches with 8–0 and 6–1.
Olympiakos later played in the same competition in 1971 and met Feyenoord of the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

and lost 8–0 and 9–0.

In the Cup Winners' Cup, Olympiakos took part once in 1977

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78

The season 1977-78 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by RSC Anderlecht in the final comfortably against FK Austria Wien. It was Anderlecht's third consecutive final, the best record in the competition, of which they won two.-Qualifying match:...

playing against FC Universitatea Craiova

FC Universitatea Craiova

Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...

Romania

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while in 1973

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1973-74

The season 1973-74 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by 1. FC Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions A.C. Milan...

Olympiakos played against the German team VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

.

In all these European games Olympiakos was forced to play both games away from home as at the time the Cypriot football stadia did not meet the European regulations.

Cup glory

In 1977, Olympiakos Nicosia beat Alki Larnaca 2–0 to win the Cypriot Cup. In 1991, Olympiakos Nicosia lost the Cypriot Cup in the finals losing 1–0 to AC Omonia

AC Omonia

Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...

. That was their last appearance in the Cypriot Cup finals.

Glory days revisited

Olympiakos Nicosia also played in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

(after finishing runner up in the Cypriot championship) in the 2001–02 season against the Hungarian

Hungary

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team Dunaferr FC (drawing 2–2 in Nicosia and scoring a 2–4 away win, the first for the club in Europe) and proceeded to the next round of the Uefa Cup to play against Club Brugge

Club Brugge

Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

of Belgium

Belgium

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and was eventually eliminated.

Recent decline

After a disastrous 2007–2008 season, where economic problems hindered the building of a strong squad, Olympiakos Nicosia finished bottom of the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

(the first time the club finished bottom). The club was relegated for the third time in its history. In both the 1983–84 and 1997–98 seasons the club had spent just one season in the second tier of Cypriot football, only to win the 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 :...

title each time and return to the Cypriot First Division. The club is trying to re-organise itself and to return to the top flight as quickly as possible. In the 2008–09 season the club finished fourth and missed the promotion to the Cypriot First Division on the last day of the season by one point. In the 2009–10 season, an old goalkeeper of Olympiakos Petros Savva, was appointed as the new chairman. Savva initially re-appointed Andros Kouloumbris, an old player of Olympiakos, as manager. After the end of the first round, however, Kouloumbris was sacked due to the bad defensive record of the team, despite the team being in 3rd place. The next coach for 7 games was Saša 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....

who only managed two wins, with the team languishing in 5th place after some bad appearances, Saša Jovanović

Saša Jovanovic

was removed to make way for old Olympiakos player and ex-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...

. With Papavasiliou at the helm the team improved and entered the play-offs for promotion to the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

after finishing third at the end of the regular season. The club finished third at the end of the play-offs and therefore gained promotion, despite helping the team with winning promotion Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

's contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

Return to the top flight

After 2 seasons Olympiakos returned to the top flight in the 2010–2011 season and Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou is a Cypriot football manager currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.-Playing career:...

an old Olympiakos player and ex-manager of Doxa Katokopias was appointed as manager. Olympiakos showed good attacking football in the 2010–2011 season, easily avoiding relegation and having qualified for the Cup quarterfinals. The club played fluid attacking football having the third best attacking record after leaders APOEL and 3rd placed Anorthosis, playing with a 4–4–2 formation with pressing from within the opponent's half, but the Achilles heel of the team was the bad defensive record with goals conceded in most games and the third worst record in this area. Christodoulou decided to leave the club in 2011 to join AEL Limassol, one year before his contract expired. The club has decided to pursue this breach in court (in an out of court settlement AEL Limassol paid an undisclosed sum of money to Olympiakos to avoid sanctions against them and Pambos) and Christodoulou has angered both the club president and the supporters as well as the Cypriot football fans in general with his unprofessional conduct.
In the 2011–2012 season there were a few changes in Olympiakos, the new Greek manager is ex Xanthi FC Nicos Papadopoulos who has mainly brought in defensive players playing in the Greek league to strengthen this area of weakness. Few additions were made to the attacking mechanism of the team and some early warnings in the pre season friendlies indicated that after the departure of last season's top scorer, the team will be less productive in scoring than last season.

Stadium

Since 1999, with the exception of one season, the club has played at the 22,859-seat GSP Stadium, the largest in Cyprus, which they share with local rivals APOEL and Omonia Nicosia.

Previously Olympiakos had played at the old GSP Stadium

GSP Stadium (1902)

The Pancyprian Gymnastic Association Stadium was a football stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. It had a capacity of 12,000 and was built in 1902 with donations given by Greek Cypriot Nicosians...

(1934–1998) and the Makario Stadium

Makario Stadium

Makario Stadium is an all seater Multi-purpose stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. It was the largest and main sports venue of the capital up to the construction of the new GSP stadium in 1999. At present it is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of Digenis Morphou and Ethnikos Assia....

(1998–1999) (2008–2009). Both stadiums were also shared with APOEL and Omonoia but Olympiakos was the only club playing at the old GSP Stadium between 1978 and 1998 as Apoel and Omonoia had both moved to Makario.

Supporters

Olympiakos supporters since 2002 are organised under the Panhellenic Fans Association "Taktakalas 1931" which takes its name from the area of old Nicosia where the clubhouse and the original training ground and now football academy "Promahonas"(near the old Venetian Walls of Nicosia) are located. 1931 refers to the date of foundation of the football club.

Traditionally Olympiakos was supported by residents of the inner old part of Nicosia within the Venetian Walls, the attendance at home games peaked in the late 1960s and early 1970s when fans from all over Cyprus would attend Olympiakos home games at the old GSP stadium filling it to its 12,000 capacity, especially when the club participated three times in the Greek First Division. After 1977 when the club won its last major title, the fanbase started to shrink. From a position where it could rival the other two Nicosia clubs, the fanbase dwindled for two reasons. Firstly outward migration from the Nicosia city centre to the suburbs after 1974 meant that the neighbourhoods of traditional Olympiakos supporters were becoming less populated, despite this trend the club made a conscious decision to leave the new clubhouse on the "green line" dividing Nicosia. Also the Turkish invasion spelt economic problems for the club and the fact that it was located in an inner city area next to the green line only made things harder. Up until the late 1990s many traditional Olympiakos supporters out of frustration for the lack of titles either stopped going to games and others switched allegiances to other Nicosia clubs that were richer and could still afford to win titles such as APOEL. It could be said that the club did not transition well from the era of amateur to semi-professional football in Cyprus beginning in the early 1980s mainly for the reasons mentioned above. Also the younger generation of Cypriots did not grow up with Olympiakos as a major power in the Cyprus league and despite their parents supporting Olympiakos they would often choose to support another side that won titles in the 1980 to 2000 years.

Despite all these factors that contributed to the dwindling of the fanbase Olympiakos supporters are still regularly polled as the 6th most populous in the Cypriot First Division behind Omonia, Apoel, Anorthosis, Apollon and AEL. In general Olympiakos supporters tend to be of an older age and very rarely engage in trouble with other fans unless severely provoked. They also tend to be right wing politically, although not officially affiliated to any political party, and speak fondly of the time when Olympiakos played with other Greek teams in the Greek First Division.

In the early 2000s, with the shift from semi-professional to professional status in Cyprus football and with a wealthy President at the helm, a brief revival of the club fortunes with an UEFA cup participation, as the club finished second, after 25 years, increased the fans at the New GSP to around 5000 in the two home European games.
Olympiakos fans although now less than those of the other Nicosia, Limassol teams and Anorthosis are nevertheless fiercely loyal to their team. Even when the club fell to the Second Division between 2008 to 2010 due to economic problems, 300 supporters would follow the club to even the most remote village of Cyprus, with home attendance varying between 500 and 750. At home games now in the First Division around 1000 to 2000 Olympiakos supporters will cheer the team on and are quite demanding for their team due to its past glories, one could say as demanding as other teams that have recently won silverware.

In Greek

Τρανός των γηπέδων με το μέτωπο ψηλά

Της δόξας ο Αρχων σε χρόνια τρανά

Καμάρι του κόσμου του αιώνιου πιστού

σαν μαύρο διαμάντι που εκπέμπει τη λάμψη ξανά.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

Η αιώνια σου η λάμψη σαν ήλιος ψηλά

στα χρόνια θα ζει σαν αιώνια θεά

σαν θρύλος γυρίζεις με κάτασπρα φτερά

σαν μαύρο διαμάντι που εκπέμπει την λάμψη ξανά.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

Παντού οι επάλξεις θα μας οδηγούν

για όλους τους αγώνες θα μας καθοδηγούν

τα γήπεδα πεδία θα μεταμορφωθούν

ψηλά το κεφάλι το αγέρωχο καμάρι ζητάς.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

English transliteration

Tranos ton gipedon me to metopo psila

Tis doxas o arxon se xronia trana

Kamari tou kosmou tou aioniou pistou

San mavro diamanti pou ekpempei tin lampsi ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

I aionia sou i lampsi san ilios psila

Sta xronia tha zis san aionia thea

San thrilos gyrizeis me kataspra ftera

San mavro diamanti pou ekpempei tin lampsi ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

Pantou oi epalxeis tha mas odigoun

Yia olous tous agones tha mas kathodigoun

Ta gipeda pedia tha metamorfothoun

Psila to kefali to ageroxo kamari zitas

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

English translation

Brave team of the stadia with forehead held high,

Emperor of glory from yesteryear,

Admired by people forever faithful to you,

Like a black diamond that will shine again,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high,

Your century old shine like a sun high in the sky,

You will live forever like an immortal God,

Like a Legend you roam with bright white wings,

Like a black diamond that will shine again,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high,

Everywhere duty will drive us,

For all struggles they will guide us,

Stadia will transform into battlefields,

Hold your head up high and look for glory,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high.

Current squad

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Olympiakos Nicosia Possible Lineup.

Last Update: 9 September 2011

On loan

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

Coaching staff

Not to be confused with Olympiacos CFP

Olympiacos CFP

----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....

, the sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

based in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot

Cyprus

capital of Nicosia

Nicosia

. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association

Cyprus Football Association

. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium

Neo GSP Stadium

Cypriot First Division

The Golden Decade

The 1962–1972 decade is known as the "Golden decade" of Olympiakos as the club was champion of the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

APOEL FC

, who in the last game of the season beat Aris Limassol with the huge score of 17–1. The title was judged on goal difference and despite APOEL

APOEL FC

Cyprus Football Association

Greek Experience

European Experience

In the European Champions Cup

UEFA Champions League

in 1967

European Cup 1966-67

the club faced FK Sarajevo

FK Sarajevo

Yugoslavia. In the first game the teams drew 2–2, while in second game Olympiakos lost with 3–1.

Also in the European Champions Cup

European Champions Cup

, Olympiakos Nicosia played against Real Madrid

Real Madrid

in 1969

European Cup 1969-70

, losing both matches with 8–0 and 6–1.
Olympiakos later played in the same competition in 1971 and met Feyenoord of the Netherlands

Netherlands

and lost 8–0 and 9–0.

In the Cup Winners' Cup, Olympiakos took part once in 1977

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78

playing against FC Universitatea Craiova

FC Universitatea Craiova

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

while in 1973

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1973-74

The season 1973-74 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by 1. FC Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions A.C. Milan...

Olympiakos played against the German team VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

.

In all these European games Olympiakos was forced to play both games away from home as at the time the Cypriot football stadia did not meet the European regulations.

Cup glory

In 1977, Olympiakos Nicosia beat Alki Larnaca 2–0 to win the Cypriot Cup. In 1991, Olympiakos Nicosia lost the Cypriot Cup in the finals losing 1–0 to AC Omonia

AC Omonia

. That was their last appearance in the Cypriot Cup finals.

Glory days revisited

Olympiakos Nicosia also played in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

(after finishing runner up in the Cypriot championship) in the 2001–02 season against the Hungarian

Hungary

team Dunaferr FC (drawing 2–2 in Nicosia and scoring a 2–4 away win, the first for the club in Europe) and proceeded to the next round of the Uefa Cup to play against Club Brugge

Club Brugge

of Belgium

Belgium

and was eventually eliminated.

Recent decline

After a disastrous 2007–2008 season, where economic problems hindered the building of a strong squad, Olympiakos Nicosia finished bottom of the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

Cypriot Second Division

Saša Jovanovic

who only managed two wins, with the team languishing in 5th place after some bad appearances, Saša Jovanović

Saša Jovanovic

was removed to make way for old Olympiakos player and ex-manager Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

. With Papavasiliou at the helm the team improved and entered the play-offs for promotion to the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

's contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

Return to the top flight

After 2 seasons Olympiakos returned to the top flight in the 2010–2011 season and Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou is a Cypriot football manager currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.-Playing career:...

Stadium

GSP Stadium (1902)

The Pancyprian Gymnastic Association Stadium was a football stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. It had a capacity of 12,000 and was built in 1902 with donations given by Greek Cypriot Nicosians...

(1934–1998) and the Makario Stadium

Makario Stadium

Supporters

In Greek

Τρανός των γηπέδων με το μέτωπο ψηλά

Της δόξας ο Αρχων σε χρόνια τρανά

Καμάρι του κόσμου του αιώνιου πιστού

σαν μαύρο διαμάντι που εκπέμπει τη λάμψη ξανά.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

Η αιώνια σου η λάμψη σαν ήλιος ψηλά

στα χρόνια θα ζει σαν αιώνια θεά

σαν θρύλος γυρίζεις με κάτασπρα φτερά

σαν μαύρο διαμάντι που εκπέμπει την λάμψη ξανά.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

Παντού οι επάλξεις θα μας οδηγούν

για όλους τους αγώνες θα μας καθοδηγούν

τα γήπεδα πεδία θα μεταμορφωθούν

ψηλά το κεφάλι το αγέρωχο καμάρι ζητάς.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

English transliteration

Tranos ton gipedon me to metopo psila

Tis doxas o arxon se xronia trana

Kamari tou kosmou tou aioniou pistou

San mavro diamanti pou ekpempei tin lampsi ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

I aionia sou i lampsi san ilios psila

Sta xronia tha zis san aionia thea

San thrilos gyrizeis me kataspra ftera

San mavro diamanti pou ekpempei tin lampsi ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

Pantou oi epalxeis tha mas odigoun

Yia olous tous agones tha mas kathodigoun

Ta gipeda pedia tha metamorfothoun

Psila to kefali to ageroxo kamari zitas

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

English translation

Brave team of the stadia with forehead held high,

Emperor of glory from yesteryear,

Admired by people forever faithful to you,

Like a black diamond that will shine again,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high,

Your century old shine like a sun high in the sky,

You will live forever like an immortal God,

Like a Legend you roam with bright white wings,

Like a black diamond that will shine again,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high,

Everywhere duty will drive us,

For all struggles they will guide us,

Stadia will transform into battlefields,

Hold your head up high and look for glory,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high.

Current squad

Olympiakos Nicosia Possible Lineup.

Last Update: 9 September 2011

On loan

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

Coaching staff

Not to be confused with Olympiacos CFP

Olympiacos CFP

----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....

, the sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

based in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot

Cyprus

capital of Nicosia

Nicosia

. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association

Cyprus Football Association

. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium

Neo GSP Stadium

Cypriot First Division

The Golden Decade

The 1962–1972 decade is known as the "Golden decade" of Olympiakos as the club was champion of the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

APOEL FC

, who in the last game of the season beat Aris Limassol with the huge score of 17–1. The title was judged on goal difference and despite APOEL

APOEL FC

Cyprus Football Association

Greek Experience

European Experience

In the European Champions Cup

UEFA Champions League

in 1967

European Cup 1966-67

the club faced FK Sarajevo

FK Sarajevo

Yugoslavia. In the first game the teams drew 2–2, while in second game Olympiakos lost with 3–1.

Also in the European Champions Cup

European Champions Cup

, Olympiakos Nicosia played against Real Madrid

Real Madrid

in 1969

European Cup 1969-70

, losing both matches with 8–0 and 6–1.
Olympiakos later played in the same competition in 1971 and met Feyenoord of the Netherlands

Netherlands

and lost 8–0 and 9–0.

In the Cup Winners' Cup, Olympiakos took part once in 1977

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977-78

playing against FC Universitatea Craiova

FC Universitatea Craiova

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

while in 1973

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1973-74

The season 1973-74 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by 1. FC Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions A.C. Milan...

Olympiakos played against the German team VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

.

In all these European games Olympiakos was forced to play both games away from home as at the time the Cypriot football stadia did not meet the European regulations.

Cup glory

In 1977, Olympiakos Nicosia beat Alki Larnaca 2–0 to win the Cypriot Cup. In 1991, Olympiakos Nicosia lost the Cypriot Cup in the finals losing 1–0 to AC Omonia

AC Omonia

. That was their last appearance in the Cypriot Cup finals.

Glory days revisited

Olympiakos Nicosia also played in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

(after finishing runner up in the Cypriot championship) in the 2001–02 season against the Hungarian

Hungary

team Dunaferr FC (drawing 2–2 in Nicosia and scoring a 2–4 away win, the first for the club in Europe) and proceeded to the next round of the Uefa Cup to play against Club Brugge

Club Brugge

of Belgium

Belgium

and was eventually eliminated.

Recent decline

After a disastrous 2007–2008 season, where economic problems hindered the building of a strong squad, Olympiakos Nicosia finished bottom of the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

Cypriot Second Division

Saša Jovanovic

who only managed two wins, with the team languishing in 5th place after some bad appearances, Saša Jovanović

Saša Jovanovic

was removed to make way for old Olympiakos player and ex-manager Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

. With Papavasiliou at the helm the team improved and entered the play-offs for promotion to the Cypriot First Division

Cypriot First Division

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

's contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

Return to the top flight

After 2 seasons Olympiakos returned to the top flight in the 2010–2011 season and Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou is a Cypriot football manager currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.-Playing career:...

Stadium

GSP Stadium (1902)

The Pancyprian Gymnastic Association Stadium was a football stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. It had a capacity of 12,000 and was built in 1902 with donations given by Greek Cypriot Nicosians...

(1934–1998) and the Makario Stadium

Makario Stadium

Supporters

In Greek

Τρανός των γηπέδων με το μέτωπο ψηλά

Της δόξας ο Αρχων σε χρόνια τρανά

Καμάρι του κόσμου του αιώνιου πιστού

σαν μαύρο διαμάντι που εκπέμπει τη λάμψη ξανά.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

Η αιώνια σου η λάμψη σαν ήλιος ψηλά

στα χρόνια θα ζει σαν αιώνια θεά

σαν θρύλος γυρίζεις με κάτασπρα φτερά

σαν μαύρο διαμάντι που εκπέμπει την λάμψη ξανά.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

Παντού οι επάλξεις θα μας οδηγούν

για όλους τους αγώνες θα μας καθοδηγούν

τα γήπεδα πεδία θα μεταμορφωθούν

ψηλά το κεφάλι το αγέρωχο καμάρι ζητάς.

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου κτύπα ξανά

Κτύπα ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΕ μου ανέβα ψηλά. (δις)

English transliteration

Tranos ton gipedon me to metopo psila

Tis doxas o arxon se xronia trana

Kamari tou kosmou tou aioniou pistou

San mavro diamanti pou ekpempei tin lampsi ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

I aionia sou i lampsi san ilios psila

Sta xronia tha zis san aionia thea

San thrilos gyrizeis me kataspra ftera

San mavro diamanti pou ekpempei tin lampsi ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

Pantou oi epalxeis tha mas odigoun

Yia olous tous agones tha mas kathodigoun

Ta gipeda pedia tha metamorfothoun

Psila to kefali to ageroxo kamari zitas

Ktipa Olympiake mou ktipa ksana

Ktipa Olympiake mou aneva psila

English translation

Brave team of the stadia with forehead held high,

Emperor of glory from yesteryear,

Admired by people forever faithful to you,

Like a black diamond that will shine again,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high,

Your century old shine like a sun high in the sky,

You will live forever like an immortal God,

Like a Legend you roam with bright white wings,

Like a black diamond that will shine again,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high,

Everywhere duty will drive us,

For all struggles they will guide us,

Stadia will transform into battlefields,

Hold your head up high and look for glory,

Go my Olympiakos, lets go again,

Go my Olympiakos, climb high.

Current squad

Olympiakos Nicosia Possible Lineup.

Last Update: 9 September 2011

On loan

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

Coaching staff

EWLINE

Coaching	Staff
Head Coach	Nicos Papadopoulos Nick Papadopoulos Nick Papadopoulos is a former Greek-Australian Football player. He should not be confused with his namesake Nicos Papadopoulos who was manager of Skoda Xanthi and now with Olympiakos Nicosia who was a former defender spending most of his career in Ofi Crete. - References :...
Assistant Coach	Marios Markou
Goalkeeping Coach	Spyros Neofytidis
Fitness Coach	Nicos Amanatidis

Former players

Albania Arjan Beqaj

Arjan Beqaj

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(2010) Isli Hidi

Isli Hidi

Isli Hidi is an Albanian goalkeeper who plays for AEL Limassol in the Cyprus First Division and the Albanian national team.-Club career:...

(2011)

Algeria/

Ahmed Aït Ouarab

Ahmed Aït Ouarab is a French-Algerian football player who is currently without a club. He last played as a midfielder for JSM Bejaïa in the Algerian Championnat National....

(2008–09)

Angola Dédé

Aderito Waldemar Alves Carvalho

Adérito Waldemar Alves de Carvalho, aka Dédé , is an Angolan footballer who plays for AEL Limassol in Cyprus, as a midfielder.-Club career:...

(2010–11) Eldon Maquemba

Eldon Maquemba

Eldon Martins Maquemba is an Angolan footballer–Portuguese footballer who plays for Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.- Career :Some of his other former teams are Clube Oriental de Lisboa. Clube Desportivo dos Olivais e Moscavide, A.D...

(2008)

Argentina Mariano Corsico

Mariano Corsico

Mariano Corsico is an Argentine football player. He started his career with Argentine club Talleres Córdoba and played for Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.- External links : at Futbol XXI...

(2008) Agustín De La Canal

Agustín De La Canal

Agustín de la Canal is an Argentine football player. He started his career with Argentine football club Ferro Carril Oeste some of his former clubs also include Olympiakos Nicosia and Club Deportivo Morón.- External links :...

(2007) Gonzalo Martín De Porras

Gonzalo Martín De Porras

Gonzalo Martín De Porras is an Argentine football player. He started his career with Argentine football club Rosario Central he also played for Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia and Olmedo.Currently he plays for Coquimbo Unido....

(2007) Silvio Augusto González

Silvio Augusto González

Silvio Augusto González is an Argentine football player. He started his career with Argentinian football club Club Atlético Lanús. He was one of the most admired players in AEL Limassol. He played in the ALLSTAR game of Cyprus during the period 2008 - 2009...

(2007) Emerson Panigutti

Emerson Panigutti

Emerson Panigutti is an Argentine football striker who plays for Olimpo in the Argentine Primera División.Panigutti is a classic example of the international journeyman footballer.He has played for 14 different teams in 8 different countries.-Career:After 12 years playing abroad and in the lower...

(2006–08) Lucas Rodriguez Pagano

Lucas Omar Rodríguez Pagano

Lucas Omar Rodriguez Pagano is an Argentine football player. He started his career with Brazilian football club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista but also played for Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.- External links :...

(2007–08)

Armenia Romik Khachatryan

Romik Khachatryan

Romik Khachatryan is an Armenian football midfielder, of Cypriot Second Division club Omonia Aradippou. He is also a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 54 international matches and scored 1 goal since his debut in away friendly match against Georgia on 30 March 1997.-National team...

(2000–02), (2003–04)

Australia Adam Foti

Adam Foti

Adam Foti is an Australian football striker with Italy passport who so far has played for several Cypriot and Greek clubs. He began playing football aged six in Junior Clubs Terry Hils/Bellrose Raiders, Manly-Warringah, Gladesville-Hornsby...

(2008)

Bosnia Adnan Guso

Adnan Gušo

Adnan Gušo is a Bosnian football goalkeeper and a goalkeeping coach. He played for many clubs across Europe. In summer of 2009, he returned to FK Željezničar where he is a goalkeeper and works as a goalkeeping coach....

(2008)/

Esad Razic

Esad Razić is a Bosnian-born Swedish footballer who is currently playing as a midfielder for Rot-Weiss Oberhausen after leaving FC Oss on 1 July 2011.He has a Swedish communitarian passport....

(2009)

Brazil/

Alexandré Pölking

Alexandré Pölking is a Brazilian/German midfielder.Some of his former teams are , SV Darmstadt 98 and Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links:...

(2006–07) Brasília

Cristiano Pereira de Souza

Cristiano Pereira de Souza, also known as Brasília is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian Série B side Boa Esporte Clube...

(2010) Fernando de Abreu

Fernando de Abreu Ferreira

Fernando Augusto de Abreu Ferreira, commonly known simply as Fernando de Abreu, , is Brazilian footballer who plays for IFK Mariehamn in Veikkausliiga, as a central defender....

(2010) Leonardo de 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:...

(2007–08) Rodrigo Ribeiro

Rodrigo Rodrigues Ribeiro

Rodrigo Rodrigues Ribeiro or Rodrigão is a Brazilian football defender who played for Olympiakos Nicosia in the League Marfin Laiki.-References:...

(2010–11)

Bulgaria Kostadin Bashov

Kostadin Bashov

Kostadin Bashov is a Bulgarian football player who plays for Alki Larnaca FC in the Cypriot First Division.Bashov previously played for PFC Cherno More Varna, PFC Levski Sofia, PFC Rodopa Smolyan and PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo in the Bulgarian A PFG. In January 2006, Bashov moved to Greece where...

(2009) Georgi Kakalov

Georgi Kakalov (footballer)

Georgi Kakalov is a football striker from Bulgaria who currently plays for Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo.-Career:Kakalov started his career in home town Plovdiv, playing for the local team of Maritsa. The then 18-years old went to Litex Lovech, signing for fee of € 200,000. For two years he stayed at...

(2010) Yordan Linkov

Yordan Linkov

Yordan Linkov is a football goalkeeper from Bulgaria currently playing for Brestnik 1948.-External links:* *...

(2008–09) Kiril Mihaylov

Kiril Mihaylov

Kiril Mihaylov is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays for Botev Vratsa as a forward.-Career:...

(2008)

Democratic Republic of the Congo/

Fabrice Lokembo-Lokaso

Fabrice Lokembo-Lokaso is a Belgian football defender of Congolese descent who is currently unattached. He played for Enosis Neon Paralimni FC and had been given on loan for a year to Olympiakos Nicosia. In 2008 he moved to AEK Larnaca....

(2007) 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...

(2009–10)

Cameroon Serge Honi

Serge Honi

Serge Honi is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a forward.He spent most of his 11-year professional career in Greece, representing eight different clubs.-Club career:...

(1999–00)

Cyprus Andreas Alcibiades

Andreas Alcibiades

Andreas Alcibiades born 19 September 1991 in Nicosia, Cyprus is a Cypriot football midfielder who plays for PAEEK and the Cyprus national under-19 football team. Despite his relatively young age he has been a regular starter for Olympiakos since 2007 mainly as a right winger and is considered a...

(2007–11) Aristos Aristokleous

Aristos Aristokleous

Aristos Aristokleous is a former international Cypriot football defender.He started his career in 1990 from APOEL FC and he spent his career mainly in APOEL where he played for eleven years. Then, he joined with another team of Nicosia, Olympiakos for two years...

(2000–02) Demetris Assiotis

Demetris Assiotis

Demetris Assiotis is a former international Cypriot football midfielder.He started and ended his career in Olympiakos Nicosia. He also played for Ethnikos Achna and Anorthosis Famagusta.-External links:*...

(1987–92), (1998–03) Marios Charalambous

Marios Charalambous

Marios Charalambous born June 18, 1969 is a former international Cypriot football defender.He started his career in 1990 from Apollon Limassol and he played there for ten years. Also, he played in Olympiakos Nicosia for two years and he ended his career in Enosis Neon Paralimni. He also had a brief...

(2000–02) Costas Costa

Costas Costa

Costas Costa is a former international Cypriot football midfielder.He played in teams such as APOEL FC, FC Utrecht, Apollon Limassol and Olympiakos Nicosia....

(2000–02) Demetris Daskalakis

Demetris Daskalakis

Demetris Daskalakis is a Greek-Cypriot football defender who last played for PAEEK. He also played for the national team of Cyprus. He had been a part of APOEL for eight years and won three championships and two cups . He was signed by AEK Larnaca on June 4, 2008...

(2009–10) Christos Efthymiou

Christos Efthymiou

Christos Efthymiou born 6 March 1988 in Nicosia, Cyprus is a Cypriot football defender who last played for Olympiakos Nicosia and used to play for the Cyprus national under-21 football team...

(2006–10) 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....

(2003) Filippos Filippou

Filippos Filippou

Filippos Filippou , is a football player, currently playing for Chalkanoras Idaliou as a defender. His former teams areAris Limassol, Atromitos Yeroskipou, Apollon Limassol, Olympiakos Nicosia, Nea Salamina and APOP Kinyras Peyias....

(2002–06) Evagoras Hadjifrangiskou

Evagoras Hadjifrangiskou

Evagoras Hadjifrangiskou is a Cypriot goalkeeper who currently plays for Nea Salamina. He previously played for Olympiakos Nicosia and before that for Doxa Katokopia.-References:Zerozero.pt...

(2009–10) Demetris Ioannou

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:...

(2001) 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...

(2009–10) Stelios Longras

Stelios Longras

Stelios Longras born 17 August 1976 in Nicosia, Cyprus is a Cypriot football defender who last played for Olympiakos Nicosia after serving as captain for APEP Pitsilia for many years.-External links:*Zerozero.pt...

(2009–10) Costas Malekkos

Costas Malekkos

Costas Malekkos is a former international Cypriot football midfielder and current manager of Olympiakos Nicosia U-17.Considered as one of the best Cypriot players of the 90s....

(2005–07) Andreas Melanarkitis

Andreas Melanarkitis

Andreas Melanarkitis is a former international Cypriot football defender.He started his career in 1996 from Anorthosis Famagusta. He played in many teams such as Nea Salamina, Olympiakos Nicosia, Enosis Neon Paralimni, PAS Giannina, AS Lamia, APOP Kinyras Peyias and Aris Limassol-External links:*...

(2002–04) Andreas Mavris

Andreas Mavris

Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris (born 21 March 1972 is a former Cypriot goalkeeper currently a Goalkeeping coach for AEL Limassol of Cyprus working closely with manager Pambos Christodoulou, previously he was coach at Olympiakos Nicosia and Doxa Katokopias...

(2006) Marios Neophytou

Marios Neophytou

Marios Neophytou is a Cypriot football striker playing for Akritas Chlorakas.-Career:He began his career in 1993, playing for AEL Limassol. He remained to AEL until 1999, when he was transferred to Anorthosis...

(2009) 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:*...

(2006–07) Marios Nicolaou

Marios Nicolaou (footballer born 1981)

Marios Nicolaou Marios Nicolaou Marios Nicolaou (born March 22, 1981 is a Cypriot defender. His former teams are Olympiakos Nicosia, Nea Salamis Famagusta and AC Omonia where he started his career.-External links:*...

(2007) Nikolas Nicolaou

Nikolas Nicolaou

Nikolas Nicolaou born 28 June 1979 in Nicosia, Cyprus, aka Nikolakis Nicolaou, is a Cypriot football defender who is currently playing for Olympiakos Nicosia. He is the captain of Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links:...

(2001–08) Nikos Nicolaou

Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978)

Nikos Nicolaou born 28 June 1978 in Cyprus is a Cypriot football defender who last played for Nea Salamis Famagusta. He should not be confused with his namesake that played for Anorthosis Famagusta.-External links:...

(2005–08) Stelios Okkarides

Stelios Okkarides

Stelios Okkarides is a retired Cypriot football defender who last played for Doxa Katokopia. Apollon had signed him when he released from APOEL. He also played several years for Doxa Katokopias on loan from APOEL....

(2009–10) Antonis Panagi

Antonis Panagi

Antonis Panagi born 26 August 1983 is a Cypriot football player. He plays in midfield.He played for Nea Salamina, Apollon Limassol, Alki Larnaca, AEK Larnaca and for Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links:...

(2008–09) Feidias Panayiotou

Feidias Panayiotou

Feidias Panayiotou born 22 February 1989 in Nicosia, Cyprus is a Cypriot football midfielder who played for Olympiakos Nicosia. In August 2006 Aston Villa offered Feidias Panayiotou a trial.-External links:...

(2006–08) Panayiotis Panayiotou

Panayiotis Panayiotou

Panayiotis Panayiotou is a defender player that played for Olympiakos Nicosia. Previously he played for Digenis Morphou on loan from APOEL FC. He has been elected through the Academies of APOEL FC.He plays in Cyprus national under-21 football team. He had been the top scorer of U-21 championship...

(2010–11) Makis Papaioannou

Makis Papaioannou

Makis Papaioannou born May 8, 1977 in Larnaca, Cyprus is a Cypriot football defender/midfielder who played for Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links:...

(2006–08) Nicos Papavasiliou (2002) Giorgos Pelagias

Giorgos Pelagias

Giorgos Pelagias is a Cypriot footballer. He currently plays for Atletico Roma of Italy.Pelagias joined Kerkyra in July 2006 where he signed a 4 year contract.-References:...

(2000–06) Alexis Pittas

Alexis Pittas

Alexis Pittas is a Cypriot midfielder who plays for MEAP Nisou. His former teams are Apollon Limassol and AC Omonia where he started his career.-External links:*...

(2005–08) Panayiotis Spyrou (2002–05) Demetris Stylianou

Demetris Stylianou

Demetris Stylianou born July 5, 1984 in Nicosia, Cyprus is a Cypriot football goalkeeper who played for Aris Limassol F.C..He has a twin brother, Loukas Stylianou who plays for Digenis Morphou.-External links:...

(2004), (2006–08) Loukas Stylianou

Loukas Stylianou

Loukas Stylianou is a Cypriot football defender who played for Doxa Katokopias.Stylianou played for Thrasyvoulos F.C...

(2003–06) Marios Themistokleous

Marios Themistokleous

Marios Themistokleous is a retired Cypriot football midfielder. He mostly played for Olympiakos Nicosia and was the team captain. He has also played for the Cypriot National Team. He started his youth career at Chalkanoras Idaliou his local team and ended his career there in 2011. He is since then...

(1995–97), (1999–04), (2005–07), (2009–10) Simos Tsiakkas

Simos Tsiakkas

Simos Tsiakkas is a Cypriot football goalkeeper who plays for AEL Limassol.-External links:*...

(2007–09) Yiannis Xipolitas

Yiannis Xipolitas

Yiannakis "Yiannis" Xipolitas is a Cypriot former footballer. Xipolitas represented the Cyprus national football team twice.-References:...

Andreas Mitsides (2001–2005)

Czech Republic Pavel Veleba

Pavel Veleba

Pavel Veleba is a Czech striker who played for Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus. Some of his other former teams are FK Teplice, Chmel Blšany, and SK Kladno.-External links:...

(2008)

England Greg Moffatt (1983–??)

France Youness Bengelloun

Youness Bengelloun

Youness Bengelloun is a French professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Bulgaria.He has also formerly played for Paris Saint-Germain, Amiens SC , Neuchâtel Xamax, Deportivo Alavés, US Raon-l'Étape, FC Istres, Panserraikos and Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links: -References:...

(2008–09) Guillaume Beuzelin

Guillaume Beuzelin

Guillaume Beuzelin is a French former professional footballer. He played for Le Havre, AS Beauvais, Hibernian, Coventry City, Hamilton Academical and Olympiakos Nicosia.-Hibernian:...

(2010)
Boris Deugoué

Boris Deugoué

Boris Deugoué N'Gagoué is a Cameroonian/French football midfielder, who plays for Servette FC.- Career :Deugoué began his career at the age of ten at Paris F.C. at 17, he played at FC Gueugnon. He has subsequently worn the colors of Olympiakos Nicosia in the Marfin Laiki League and then in 2008...

(2007–08) Kevin Hatchi

Kevin Hatchi

Kevin Hatchi is a French football player who plays for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.-World Traveller:...

(2010) Alioune Touré

Alioune Touré

Alioune Kissima Touré is a French professional footballer of Malian and Senegalese descent. He is an attacking midfielder but can play both as a forward and on the wing...

(2009)

Finland Iiro Aalto

Iiro Aalto

Iiro Aalto is a Finnish football player. He started his career with Finnish football club Pallo-Iirot, then moved to FC Haka and spent most of his career at Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi but from December 2007 played for Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia.Aalto returned to Finland in May 2008 to play for...

(2007–08)

FYROM Ǵorǵi Hristov (2007)

Georgia Soso Chedia (1993–96) Kakhaber Kacharava

Kakhaber Kacharava

Kakhaber Kacharava is a Georgian professional football coach and a former player. He was recently fired from FC Dinamo Tbilisi.-External links:*...

(1992–94)

Germany Heiner Backhaus

Heiner Backhaus

Heiner Backhaus is a professional footballer who plays for Westfalia Herne as a midfielder.-Playing career:...

(2009–10) Ronny Kockel

Ronny Kockel

Ronny Kockel is a German football goalkeeper, who plays for KFC Uerdingen.- Career :On January 2, 2008 Iran Pro League side Paykan F.C...

(2005–06)/

Paulo Rink

Paulo Roberto Rink , is a Brazilian-born German football centre forward, who retired in 2007.Rink began his career playing for Atlético Paranaense. After a solid career with the club, he negotiated with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and was transferred for US$6M, the highest transfer fee paid for an...

(2003–06)

Greece Angelos Digozis

Angelos Digozis

Angelos Digozis is a Greek footballer who plays for Oikonomos Tsaritsanis, mainly as a defensive midfielder.-Football career:Digozis started his professional career with Apollon Kalamarias F.C...

(2002–03) Dimitris Rizos

Dimitris Rizos

Dimitris Rizos is a Greek football goalkeeper. He last played for Olympiakos Nicosia.Rizos played for Egaleo F.C., appearing in five league matches during two seasons in the Greek Superleague.-External links:* *...

(2010) Stelios Sfakianakis

Stelios Sfakianakis

Stelios Sfakianakis is a Greek footballer who plays for Atromitos F.C. in the Greek Super League.Sfakianakis began his professional career with Kavala F.C., where he played in the Beta Ethniki and Alpha Ethniki. He transferred to Olympiacos F.C. in December 1996 and played in 38 Alpha Ethniki...

(2004–05)

Guinea-Bissau Braíma Injai

Braíma Injai

Braíma Injai , known mostly by his first name, is a Guinea Bissauan footballer who plays for Sport Clube Melgacense in Portugal....

(2007–08)

Hungary Barnabás Sztipánovics

Barnabás Sztipánovics

Barnabás Sztipánovics is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for SV Molln in Austria.In the season 1998/99, he was the sharing the place of the scoring leder of the Croatian First Football League with his teammate from NK Rijeka, Igor Musa, both scoring 14 goals...

(2003–04)

Iran/

Ferydoon Zandi

Ferydoon Zandi is an Iranian-German professional footballer who is currently playing for Esteghlal in Iran Pro League.- Childhood :Zandi was born in the city of Emden, in northern Germany, to an Iranian father and a German mother. He speaks German and Persian...

(2008)

Mali Mamadi Berthe

Mamadi Berthe

Mamadi Berthe is a Malian- French footballer. As of 2003, he plays for Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes.-Career:Berthe was part of the Mali U-20 team who finish third in group stage of 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship....

(2008)

Montenegro Miloš Radanović

Miloš Radanović

Miloš Radanović is a Montenegrin professional football player. He plays as a goalkeeper-Career:...

(2006–07)

Mozambique Carlos Fumo

Carlos Fumo Gonçalves

Carlos Fumo Gonçalves , known as Fumo, is a Mozambican footballer who plays for Akritas Chlorakas in Cyprus, as a forward.-External links:**...

(2009–10)

Peru Paco Bazán

Francisco De Paula Bazán

Francisco de Paula Bazán Landi is a Peruvian goalkeeper. He currently plays for Universitario de Deportes.-Career:He started his career with Peruvian football Club Deportivo San Agustín . Some of his former clubs are Universitario de Deportes, Olympiakos Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta.-Titles:-...

(2007)

Poland Zbigniew Grzybowski

Zbigniew Grzybowski

-External links:...

(2007–08)

Portugal Hugo Coelho

Hugo Nunes Coelho

Hugo Nunes Coelho is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central defender.-Football career:...

(2007–08) Hugo Machado

Hugo Machado

Hugo Miguel Alves Machado is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Zob Ahan Isfahan FC in Iran, as an attacking midfielder.-External links:** *...

(2006–08) Ivo Afonso

Ivo Afonso

Ivo Rafael Brandão Afonso is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for SC Steinfort in Luxembourg, as a central defender.-Football career:...

(2006–07), (2008) Ivo Damas

Ivo Damas

Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.-Football career:Born in the small village of Pinheiro, Damas' claim to fame came at age 20, when he scored for lowly F.C. Maia to oust country giants Sporting Clube de Portugal from the Portuguese Cup...

(2008) João Paulo

João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro

João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro , known as João Paulo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, as a centre forward.-Football career:...

(2010–11) José Manuel Chevela

José Manuel Chevela de Souza

José Manuel Chevela de Souza is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Clube Recreativo da Caála in Angola, as a forward.-External links:**...

(2008) José Sousa

José Carlos Leite de Sousa

José Carlos Leite de Sousa is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a right defender.-External links:** *...

(2008)/

Júnior

Rui Paulo Silva Júnior

Rui Paulo Silva Júnior is a retired footballer last playing for Cyprus first division club Olympiakos Nicosia, at left-back or left wing-back position...

(2010–11) Laurindo Tavares

Laurindo António Leal Tavares

Laurindo António Leal Tavares , simply Laurindo, is a Portuguese-Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Atlético Clube de Portugal as a midfielder.-External links:** *...

(2008–09) Pedras

Sergio Andre Oliveira da Silva

Sérgio André Oliveira da Silva, aka Pedras , is a Portuguese footballer who plays for PAEEK in Cyprus, as a striker.-External links:** *...

(2009–10) Ricardo Nunes

Ricardo Nunes

Ricardo Nuno dos Santos Nunes is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Portimonense S.C. as a left defender.-External links:**...

(2010) Tiago Carneiro

Tiago Viera Pinto Carneiro

Tiago Vieira Pinto Carneiro is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Moreirense F.C. as a left midfielder.-External links:** *...

(2007), (2008) Vítor Pereira (2008–09)

Romania Aurel Ţicleanu

Aurel Ticleanu

Aurel Ticleanu is a Romanian football manager and former Midfielder, He earned 44 caps for the Romania national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.-References:****...

(1989–90)

Russia Gennady Korkin (1993–94)

Senegal Salif Keita

Salif Keita (Senegalese footballer)

Salif Keita is a Senegalese professional football player, who currently plays for AS Douanes.-Notes:...

(2008)

Serbia Slaviša Čula

Slaviša Cula

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

(2000–01) Milenko Đedović

Milenko Đedović

Milenko Đedović is a former Serbian football player.During his playing career, he represented FK Hajduk Kula, FK Partizan , FK Borac Čačak, Olympiakos Nicosia , FK Zemun and ČSK Pivara...

(2001–03) Petar Đenić (2006–08) Siniša Gogić

Siniša Gogic

Siniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team...

(2001) 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...

(1996) Nenad Stavric

Nenad Stavric

Nenad Stavrić was a Serbian football player and manager.Stavrić played for several clubs in Serbia, including FK Radnički Niš, FK Rad and FK Partizan, before moving abroad and finishing his career with Olympiakos Nicosia.He managed several clubs in former Yugoslavia, including FK Zvezdara and FK...

Slovakia Jozef Kožlej

Jozef Kožlej

Jozef Kožlej is a retired Slovak international professional footballer who played for clubs in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece and Cyprus.-Club career:...

(2001–03), (2009)

Slovenia Saša Gajser

Saša Gajser

Saša Gajser is a former Slovenian football player.-Career:Gajser started his professional career playing at NK Maribor in 1991. He stayed there three seasons, appearing in 17 matches and scoring one goal. Later he had season spells at second division sides NK Drava and NK Železničar Ljubljana....

(2002–03) Stanislav Kuzma

Stanislav Kuzma

Stanislav Kuzma is a Slovenian professional footballer goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, he plays in Vodafonedeildin, which is the best division of the Faroe Islands...

(2009) Miran Pavlin

Miran Pavlin

Miran Pavlin is a former Slovenian football player and current director of football in FC Koper.-Club career:He played for clubs such as NK Olimpija, SC Freiburg , Olympiakos Nicosia , APOEL , FC Porto and NK Olimpija.After the original NK Olimpija went bankrupt in 2005, he joined the newly...

(2003–04) Marko Simeunovič

Marko Simeunovic

Marko Simeunovič is a former Slovenian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented his country at two major tournaments, Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

(2002–05)

Uruguay Edgardo Adinolfi

Edgardo Adinolfi

Edgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte is a Uruguayan football player. He has played club football in Uruguay, Israel, Argentina, Cyprus and Spain.-International career:...

(2006–07)

Venezuela Fernando de Ornelas

Fernando de Ornelas

Fernando Franco de Ornelas , is a former Venezuelan footballer. He most recently played for Venezuelan club Zulia FC, but he has played for several clubs in many countries in his career, such as Norwegian Odd Grenland and Hong Kong First Division League giant South China...

(2004–05)

Zambia January Zyambo (2004–05)

Selected former managers

Juan Ramón Rocha

Juan Ramon Rocha

Juan Ramón Rocha is an Argentine former footballer, and coach. He was reassigned to his former club, Panathinaikos, in April 2008 as a scouter....

(2007–08) Nikolay Kostov

Nikolay Kostov

Nikolay Kostov is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the Cypriot Cup in 2002. In 2006 he joined Olympiakos Nicosia, but was replaced by Juan Ramon Rocha...

(2004–05), (2006–2007) Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou

Pambos Christodoulou is a Cypriot football manager currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.-Playing career:...

(2010–11) Nicos Papavasiliou (2008–09), (2010)/

Saša Jovanović

Saša Jovanovic

(2010)David Kipiani

David Kipiani

David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...

(1992–93)Rainer Rauffmann

Rainer Rauffmann

Markos Rainer Rauffmann is a retired German-born Cypriot footballer, who played as a striker.After having played mainly for modest clubs in his country, he revived his career in Cyprus, where he played with success for AC Omonia, eventually representing the Cypriot national team, despite having...

(2005)Diethelm Ferner

Diethelm Ferner

Diethelm Ferner is a German football coach and a former player. As a player, he spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen and Rot-Weiss Essen...

(2005–06)Mpampis Tennes

Mpampis Tennes

Charalabos Tennes is a Greek football manager, currently managing Panetolikos. He didn't have a significant career as a footballer, playing only in locally acknowledged Athens's clubs.-Coaching:...

(2002)Giorgos Foiros

Giorgos Foiros

Giorgos Foiros is a retired Greek footballer and manager. He played center-back or sweeper. He was one of the very few players that was consistent in every game played. He played for the team of Aris Thessaloniki for many years and finished his career with Iraklis Thessaloniki. He made a total of...

(2003?)Ronnie Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Ronald Andrew "Ronnie" Whelan is a former Irish football midfielder, and sometimes defender, who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s...

(2000–02)Eli Fuchs

Eli Fuchs

Eli Fuchs was an Israeli international football player and manager of Maccabi Haifa. Aside from managing in Israel, he has managed clubs in South Africa and Cyprus. He died at 1992 as an Arkia employee....

(early 1980s?) Constantin Cernăianu

Constantin Cernaianu

Constantin Cernăianu is a former Romanian football player and coach, now retired.He also coached in Bangladesh, and also worked with the Egypt football federation.-External links:*...

(1983–85) Jorge Barrios (2008)

Football

Cypriot Championship
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:...

: 3

1967

Cypriot First Division 1966-67

-League standings:-References:*...

, 1969

Cypriot First Division 1968-69

-Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Olympiakos Nicosia won the championship. AEL Limassol participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in the 18th position.-League standings:-References:*...

, 1971

Cypriot First Division 1970-71

-Overview:It was contested by 12 teams, and Olympiakos Nicosia won the championship. EPA Larnaca FC participated in the Greek championship as the previous year's champions. They finished in 18th position.-League standings:-References:*...

Cypriot Cup: 1

1977

LTV Super Cup: 1

1967

External links

(el) Official website
(el) Official Fans website

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