Doxa Katokopias FC ( el, Δόξα Κατωκοπιάς) is a

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football team from Katokopia in the

Nicosia District Nicosia District (Greek: Eπαρχία Λευκωσίας) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the ...

. Since the

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in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to

Peristerona Peristerona (Greek language, Greek: Περιστερώνα) is a large village about 32 kilometres west of the capital Nicosia, on the foothills of the Troodos Mountains, Troodos Mountain range in the Morphou basin. It is built on the west bank o ...

, which is near Katokopia.

The solid Era squads

Doxa, from 2011 onwards became famous for the solid squad players, the majority of whom are

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from the lower divisions, that the club president "Karavidas" locates and the team employs, to face strong opponents and therefore obtains the respect of the CFA community due to the decent results.

History

Doxa (which translates as ''Glory'') was promoted to First Division in 1998 for first time in their history, but after finishing 13th in the table (out of 14 teams) they were relegated. The following season, after finishing third in the Second division, they were promoted again in 2000 and this time, with the experience of their first participation, they achieved great success by managing to finish 11th and to remain in the First Division. They were relegated again in 2002 to become Second Division runners-up the following year. They competed again in the first division in the 2003–04 season where they finished last with only 1 win from 26 games and were thus automatically relegated. They were again promoted to the first division in 2007 and after 4 consecutive seasons in the First Division, they have been relegated back to the Second Division in 2011. In 2012 they were promoted again to the First Division after finishing 2nd in the Second Division. In their last five consecutive participations in First Division, a record for the club, they used as home ground the

Makario Stadium Makario Stadium ( el, Μακάρειο Στάδιο), 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 GSP stadium in 1999. At present it is mostly us ...

Players

Out on loan

Hat-tricks for club

Paul Batin Paul Ştefan Batin (born 29 June 1987) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker. In his career, Batin also played for teams such as FCM Baia Mare, Miedź Legnica, FC Botoșani or Concordia Chiajna, among others. Career statistics ...

(31.03.2019 Emris - Doxa 0:4
First division match
* Yevhen Pavlov (22.03.2019 Olympiakos Nicosia - Doxa 2:3
Friendly match
*

Berat Sadik Berat Sadik ( sq, Berat Sadiku; born 14 September 1986) is a Finnish Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Doxa Katokopias FC, Doxa Katokopias. Early life Sadik was born in Skopje, S ...

(23.09.2018 APOEL - Doxa 2:5
First division match
*

(05.05.2018 Alki Oroklini - Doxa 1:3
First division First Division relegation match

Notable former players

''See also

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Managers

Pambos Christodoulou Pambos Christodoulou (born 17 October 1967, Galata) is a Cypriot football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Ethnikos Achna. Playing career Christodoulou played as a defensive midfielder for Olympiakos Nicosia in the Cypru ...

(1 July 2006 – 30 June 2010) *

Nikodimos Papavasiliou Nikodimos "Nikki" Papavasiliou ( el, Νικόδημος Παπαβασιλείου; born 31 August 1970) is a Cypriot football manager and former international midfielder. He is currently the manager of National Bank of Egypt in the Egyptian Pr ...

(1 July 2010 – 13 January 2011) * Nikos Andronikou (21 Jan 2011 – 19 March 2011) *

Marios Constantinou Marios Constantinou ( el, Μάριος Κωνσταντίνου; born on 14 July 1967) is a former international Cypriot football midfielder and current manager. He is a holder of the UEFA Pro Licence. In the past he was footballer of Pezopori ...

(21 March 2011 – 1 November 2012) *

Loukas Hadjiloukas Loukas Hadjiloukas ( el, Λούκας Χατζηλούκας; born on 6 June 1967) is a Cypriot football manager and former football player. He had a great career while playing for APOEL, in which he won three Championships (1990, 1992, 1996), ...

(1 Nov 2012 – 19 January 2014) *

Sofoklis Sofokleous Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or c ...

(21 Jan 2014 – 9 April 2014) *

Demetris Ioannou Demetris Ioannou () born December 8, 1968, is a former international Cypriot football defender and currently a football manager. Career He started his career in 1990 from Apollon Limassol and then followed six successful seasons in Anorthosi ...

(9 April 2014 – 1 September 2014) *

Slobodan Krčmarević Slobodan Krčmarević (; born 12 June 1965) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward and current manager. Club career After coming through the youth system of Partizan, Krčmarević made his first-team debut in the 198 ...

(8 September 2014 – 15 February 2015) * Nicos Andreou (4 March 2015 – 24 May 2015) *

(3 June 2015 – 28 November 2016) *

Carlos Corberán Carlos Corberán Vallet (born 7 April 1983) is a Spanish football coach who is currently head coach of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion. Previously the head coach of Doxa and Ermis in the Cypriot First Division, Corberán was first ...

(29 Nov 2016– 24 January 2017) *

Savvas Poursaitidis Savvas Poursaitidis ( el, Σάββας Πουρσαϊτίδης, born 23 June 1976) is a former professional footballer who most recently was the manager of Cypriot First Division club APOEL. Poursaitidis played football, mainly as a right back ...

(25 Jan 2017– 2017)

References

External links

* * {{Doxa Katokopias FC squad Football clubs in Cyprus Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Cyprus