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1951–52 Cypriot First Division
The 1951–52 Cypriot First Division was the 15th season of the Cypriot top-level football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... league. Overview It was contested by 8 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesCyprus - List of final tables (RSSSF) Cypriot First Division seasons Cypriot First Division, 1951-52 1 {{Cyprus-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially known as the Cyta Championship. The league is contested by 14 teams and runs from August to May, with the three lowest-placed teams being relegated to the Cypriot Second Division, and replaced by the top three teams in that division. History Football was introduced to Cyprus early in the 20th century by the British. Initially played in the island's schools, it proved hugely popular and a number of clubs were duly formed. Since 1911, when Anorthosis Famagusta FC was founded, many clubs were established and in 1932 the Cypriot Championship began annually at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organized by a different football club which caused some conflicts between some of the teams. As football became more established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950–51 Cypriot First Division
The 1950–51 Cypriot First Division was the 14th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Overview It was contested by 8 teams, and Çetinkaya Türk S.K. Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü which is also known as "Kırmızı Şimşekler" (Red Thunders) is a Turkish Cypriot sports club based in North Nicosia. They are the most decorated team in Northern Cyprus . History Lefkoşa Türk Spor Kulübü ... won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesCyprus - List of final tables (RSSSF) Cypriot First Division seasons Cypriot First Division, 1950-51 1 {{Cyprus-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952–53 Cypriot First Division
The 1952–53 Cypriot First Division was the 16th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Overview It was contested by 8 teams, and AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ... won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesCyprus - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1 Cypriot First Division, 1952-53 Cypriot First Division seasons {{Cyprus-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APOEL F
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus. APOEL is the most successful football team in Cyprus with an overall tally of 28 national championships, 21 cups, and 13 super cups. APOEL's greatest moment in European competition occurred in the 2011–12 season, when they advanced out of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (winning a group that included FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Zenit St. Petersburg), then eliminated Olympique Lyonnais in the last 16, to become the first Cypriot team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. APOEL's European competitions highlights also include appearances in the group stages of the 2009–10 and 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the group stages of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EPA Larnaca FC
EPA Larnaca (, ''Enosis Pezoporikou Amol'') was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Larnaca. Founded in 1930 with the merge of two local clubs, Pezoporikos and AMOL, the club was a founding member of Cyprus Football Association and participated in the first Cypriot Championship in 1934/35. Few years later, Pezoporikos was re-established. The golden era of the club was in the period 1944–1946, when the team won the Double in two consecutive seasons. In 1970, the club participated in the Greek First National Division, as Cyprus champions. They were also cup winners 5 times. In 1994, they merged with Pezoporikos Larnaca and formed AEK Larnaca FC. The team had also basketball and volleyball sections. The women's volleyball team won the first Cyprus Championship in 1976. Trophies Football *Cypriot Championship: **Champions (3): 1944–45, 1945–46, 1969–70 **Runners-up (5): 1938–39, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1971–72 *Cypriot Cup: **Winners (5): 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çetinkaya Türk S
Çetinkaya () is a Turkish surname. In English 'çetin' means 'hard' and 'kaya' means 'rock'. Notable people with the surname include *Ali Çetinkaya (1878–1949), Turkish Army officer * Burcu Çetinkaya (born 1981), Turkish female rally driver and television representer * Duygu Çetinkaya, Actress * Hasan Cetinkaya, Swedish footballer * Hikmet Çetinkaya, Cumhuriyet newspaper author * Kelime Çetinkaya (born 1982), Turkish female cross country skier *Meral Çetinkaya (born 1945), Turkish film actress * Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976), Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey * Necati Çetinkaya (born 1943), Member of Parliament * Olcay Çetinkaya (born 1979), Turkish footballer Other uses * Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station, a railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey * Çetinkaya, Sivas, a village in the Kangal district of the Sivas Province ** Çetinkaya station, a railway station in the village. *Çetinkaya Türk S.K. Çetinkaya Türk Spor Kulübü which is also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pezoporikos Larnaca
Pezoporikos Club Larnaca ( el, Πεζοπορικός Όμιλος Λάρνακας, ''Pezoporikos Omilos Larnakas'') was a Cypriot sports club based in Larnaca with football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1927, the football club joined the Cypriot Championship in 1938, winning it twice as well as one Cypriot Cup. The colours of the club were green and white. In 1994 the club merged with EPA Larnaca and they formed AEK Larnaca (). The club also had a basketball and volleyball department and were basketball champions four times and five times cup winners. Since the 1990–91 season, the club dominated the Cyprus Basketball by winning 3 championships and one cup in four years. During the 1993–94 season the team eliminated Hapoel Eilat with 86–80 and 65–65 for the Korać Cup and qualified in the second round of Korać Cup where they were eliminated by Panionios. Even as champions, the club merged like the football department, however, AEK Larnaca didn't continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintains a men's and women's basketball teams, a women's volleyball team and a (newly established in 1976) Futsal team, a women's handball team as well as a cricket team. AEL is one of the most successful clubs on the island and the most successful in Limassol with 17 official football trophies consisting of 6 first division championships, 7 cups and 4 super cups. History The club was founded on 4 October 1930, with Stavros Pittas serving as the club's first president. The football section of the club competed in its first game on 6 January 1931 against PSC, winning 6–1 in Limassol. The club won the national championship in 1934 though this is not credited as it is an unofficial title. Later that year, AEL became one of the eight founding membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.Ιστορικά γεγονότα , Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website Anorthosis was one of the founding clubs of the in 1934. After the in 1974, they were forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AYMA, Nicosia
AYMA (Armenian Young Men's Association) in Nicosia is a cultural and sporting club of the Armenians of Cyprus. A member of the international federation AYMA, it was founded in 1934 in the Armenian quarter of Nicosia, with colours black and white and first president Anania Mahdessian. The club has a Scouts movement – the AYMA 77th Scouts – which is part of the Cypriot Scout Movement. The club operates a junior Football Academy. In the past it has had teams in hockey, darts and table tennis. A centre of Armenian-Cypriot national, cultural and social life AYMA is considered to be one main centres of Armenian-Cypriot cultural and social life. Its premises are located in Strovolos, Nicosia, very near the Sourp Asdvadzadzin church. In the same premises are housed the Armenian National Committee of Cyprus (1965), the local branch of the Armenian Youth Federation (1977), the Azadamard Youth Centre (1986), the Armenian Relief Society ( HOM, 1988) and the Armenian Educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos' home ground is the Makario Stadium, which has a 16,000-seat capacity. The team's main nickname is "mavroprasini" (the green-blacks), and the club's other nickname is Taktakalas, derived from the area of Nicosia where the club hails from. Olympiakos Nicosia has won three Cypriot First Division Championships, one Cypriot Cup and one Cyprus Super Cup. In the past the club also had track and field, basketball, volleyball, cycling, table tennis, weightlifting and futsal teams. It also in the past had an orchestra, choir and camping divisions; the latter explaining why the club's badge has a tent on it. History The Golden Decade The 1962–1972 decade is known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
