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1986–87 Cypriot First Division
The 1986–87 Cypriot First Division was the 48th season of the Cypriot top-level Association football, football league. AC Omonia, Omonia won their 15th title. Format Sixteen teams participated in the 1986–87 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last two teams were relegated to the 1987–88 Cypriot Second Division. The champions ensured their participation in the 1987–88 European Cup and the runners-up in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup. Changes from previous season No team was relegated from the previous season. The first two teams of the 1985–86 Cypriot Second Division, Ethnikos Achna FC, Ethnikos Achna and Omonia Aradippou were promoted and added to the First Division. Stadia and locations League standings Results See also * Cypriot First Division * 1986–87 Cypriot Cup * List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Football Association, the league is contested by fourteen 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. Anorthosis Famagusta FC was founded in 1911, after which many other clubs were established. In 1932, the annual Cypriot Championship began, at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organised by a different football club, which caused conflict among some of the teams. As football became more established, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APOEL FC
APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "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 29 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 2013–14, 2015� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 GSP stadium in 1999. At present it is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of Olympiakos Nicosia, Digenis Morphou, and Ethnikos Assia. The stadium holds 15,590 seated spectators. The playing field is surrounded by a running track and can be adapted to hold most track and field events. Apart from corporate boxes and the press centre, there are no coverings for spectators. It is built in the Nicosia suburb of Makedonitissa, close to the grounds of the Cyprus State Fair, with which it shares a large car park. Over the years it has served as the home ground for Nicosia teams such as AC Omonia, APOEL and Olympiakos. The Cypriot national team has also played home matches there in the past. All those teams have now relocated to the New GSP stadium. The ultras of APOEL (PANSYFI - AU79) and Omonia ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
The Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium () is a football stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. It has a current seating capacity of 9230 and has been the home stadium of Anorthosis Famagusta since its completion in 1986. History The ground is the home of Anorthosis Famagusta FC and bears the name of an Anorthosis benefactor. The initial capacity of the ground was about 6,000 but gradually increased over the years to 10,230. After a major recondition in 1997, capacity reduced to 9,230 (all seated). In 2005 the east stand was named the 'Quality Stand' after the club's main sponsor. The Quality Stand is a two-storey affair which holds the newly built VIP boxes (upper storey), press room, dressing rooms, bar, etc. In 2006, the stadium went through another reconditioning, including the building of VIP boxes in the upper section of west stand, the launching of the automatic ticketing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GSZ Stadium (1928)
GSZ Stadium or Gymnastic Club Zenon Stadium (; Γ.Σ.Ζ.) was a stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. It was constructed in 1928 thanks to the donation of Demetrios N. Demetriou. From then until 1989, the stadium served as the home ground of EPA, Pezoporikos and Alki. In 1989 it was demolished and replaced by the new GSZ Stadium GCZ Stadium or Gymnastic Club Zenon Stadium (; Γ.Σ.Ζ., ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. Usually it is referred to as the 'neo GSZ Stadium' to distinguish it from the old GSZ Stadium, which it replaced. It is currently used mos .... Since 2003 the area serves as a sports park. {{Major Stadiums and Indoor arenas in Cyprus Defunct sports venues in Cyprus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsirion Stadium
The Tsirio Stadium () is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. The stadium holds 13,331 people and is mostly used for football matches. It was the home ground of the three biggest clubs in Limassol, which have now moved to the Alphamega Stadium. The football pitch is surrounded by an athletics track and serves as the home ground of the Limassol GSO (Gymnastikos Syllogos Olympia) Athletics Club. History The stadium was built in 1975 with the help of Petros I. Tsiros, a famous businessman and philanthropist of the city, to replace the aging GSO Stadium. For his contributions to the construction of the stadium, Tsiros became its namesake. In the past, especially in the 1990s, it was used as the home ground for the Cyprus national football team. Some matches of the 1992 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship, which was hosted in Cyprus, were played in this stadium including the two semi-final matches held on 14 May 1992. In the first match, Spain bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . 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 new GSP Stadium, which has a 23,000-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 "Golden decade" of Olympiakos as the club was champion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APOP Paphos
APOP Paphos (, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pafos''; "Athletic Football Club Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1953, playing between the First and Second Division. History In contrast with the other Districts of Cyprus and other major towns, which had permanent teams in First Division, Paphos did not have such a team as the two clubs of the town, APOP Paphos and Evagoras Paphos, could not remain in First Division for many years. For this reason the two clubs were merged to form AEP Paphos F.C. as the people of Paphos wanted a permanent team in First Division. Trophies *Cypriot Second Division: **Champions (6): 1966, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... References Association foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the 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 Cyprus Football Association in 1934. After the in 1974, they were forced to relocate to Larnaca where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou''; ), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cyprus, Cypriot association football, football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the Cypriot First Division, first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people. History Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People's Love. The club's emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeter 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 Cypriot Orthodox Church, Church. In view of that and in order to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (alternatively Nea Salamina, ) is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Ammochostos (also known by its Romanization of Greek, romanized name, Famagusta). It has been a refugee club since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, when Turkey occupied the northern part of the island. There are also fraternal relations with Olympiakos Piraeus.The club is temporarily based in Larnaca and supported by Merdian. Nea Salamina's most notable achievements were its victories in the Cypriot Cup and the Cypriot Super Cup in 1990. Its highest finish in the Cypriot First Division is third place. During its first five years (1948–1953), the team participated in the Cyprus Amateur Football Federation championships. In 1953 the club joined the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), participating regularly in association championships and cup competitions. It has played in more than 50 Cypriot First Division seasons, ranking seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alki Larnaca F
Alki (ælkaɪ) is a Chinook word meaning ''by and by'' and is the unofficial state motto of Washington. It may also refer to: * Alki Point, Seattle, a geographic feature ** Alki Point Light, a lighthouse an Alki Point ** Alki Beach Park, a park at Alki Point *Alki Larnaca FC, a Cypriot football team that played from 1948 to 2014 * Alki Oroklini, a Cypriot football club based in Larnaca * Alki David (born c. 1967–1968), a Greek businessman *Alki Zei Alki Zei (; 15 December 1923 – 27 February 2020) was a Greek novelist and children's writer. Biography Alki Zei was born in Athens on 15 December 1923. She studied in the philosophy school of Athens University, the Drama School of the Athe ... (born 1925), a Greek novelist * Alki (boat), a fireboat in Seattle {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
