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Aris Limassol (Greek: Άρης Λεμεσού) is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium. Founded in 1930, Aris Limassol is one of the most historic football clubs of Limassol.

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Aris Limassol

Full name	Aris Limassol Football Club
Nickname(s)	Ελαφρά Ταξιαρχία (The Light Brigade)
Founded	1930; 92 years ago (1930)
Ground	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus
Capacity	13,331
Chairman	Vladimir Federov
Manager	Aleksey Shpilevsky
League	First Division
2021–22	First Division, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The club also maintains teams in other sports including basketball, table tennis and chess. The Aris chess team dominated Cypriot chess in the 1980s.

History

One of the founder members of the Cyprus Football Association, Aris competed in the first five seasons of the Cypriot First Division, with their league placement ranging from 5th to 7th. The club ceased operation in 1939 due to financial difficulties, and returned in 1952, competing in the Second Division. Aris returned to the First Division in 1954, but finished last and was relegated. The following season they won the Second Division and returned to the top-tier league, only to be relegated again. Aris returned to the First Division once more the following season, placing 4th, the club's best league placement to date.

Being one of the weaker teams in the First Division during the 1960s, they were finally relegated in the 1969–70 season, placing 12th, and spent two years in the Second Division. The situation improved for Aris, with the team finishing 4th in the First Division, in the 1976–77 and 1978–79 seasons. In 1981, they were relegated again after finishing last but returned as runner-ups the following season and finished 5th in the 1985–86 season. The greatest success of the club came in 1989, when the team qualified to the final of the Cypriot Cup, where they lost to AEL Limassol. The following season, Aris signed Oleh Blokhin, the 1975 European Footballer of the Year, who helped them finish 4th in the league. At the end of the season, Blokhin ended his career playing for Aris Limassol.

Following relegation in 1993, Aris won the Second Division for the third time in the club's history. From 1997 until 2006, the team would be relegated to the Second Division every year, and would return to the First Division the following year. This situation ended in the 2006–07 season, when the team managed to remain in the First Division, placing 8th. However, the following season Aris was relegated once more,and the trend returned. After 9 years of drought, Aris managed to remain in the First Division in the 2015–16 season, finishing in 10th place. This season, Aris was the only team which played more than 6 Cypriot players in every match. After three seasons in the First Division, Aris was relegated and spent another three seasons in the Second Division, before being promoted once more in the 2020-21 season.

In Summer 2021, a new era began for Aris, with the Russian investor Vladimir Federov, who intends to transform Aris into one of the elite clubs of Cyprus. The following season, Aris finished fourth in the league, meaning the club had qualified for the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League, the first time the club had ever qualified for European football. They made their European debut in the second qualifying round against Neftçi Baku, and despite a 2-0 win at home, Aris lost 3-0 in the second tie, and was eliminated.

Supporters

Aris has a smaller number of fans compared to other Limassol clubs, but these are very committed to their club. Because of this, they are often referred to as "the 300 of Leonidas", in reference to the famous 300 Spartan soldiers that delayed the Persian army at Thermopylae.

Choir

The Aris choir was established in 1938 by the conductor and composer Solon Michaelides who remained its conductor until 1956. In 1962, the choir returned the direction of Marinos Mitellas and remains one of the best-known Hellenic choirs performing in Cyprus, Greece and internationally.

Players

As of 31 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Vaná 2 DF  ALG Abdeljalil Medioub 3 DF  BRA Caju 4 DF  CMR Ismael Yandal 5 DF  CYP Kostas Pilea 6 DF  GHA Eric Boakye 7 MF  SWE Leo Bengtsson 8 MF  ENG Morgan Brown 9 FW  AUT Daniel Sikorski 10 MF  CYP Matija Špoljarić 11 FW  POL Mariusz Stępiński 13 DF  CPV Delmiro (Captain) 14 FW  SEN Yannick Gomis 18 FW  ESP Carlos Hidalgo 20 DF  BFA Steeve Yago

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  RSA Mihlali Mayambela 23 MF  POL Karol Struski 27 MF  CRO Martin Šlogar 28 GK  CYP Neofytos Stylianou 30 DF  GAB Alex Moucketou-Moussounda 31 DF  SWE Franz Brorsson 37 MF  SVK Július Szöke 58 MF  BLR Yevgeny Yablonsky 72 MF  GAB Floriss Djave 78 GK  CYP Constantinos Chrysostomou 80 MF  GAB Shavy Babicka 90 GK  CYP Ellinas Sofroniou 97 MF  BUL Ivan Pankov 99 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin (on loan from Fiorentina)

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2022

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  CIV Jean Marc Loukou Konan (at Achyronas Onisillos until 31 May 2023) 65 DF  FRA Yanis Dede-Lhomme (at Achyronas Onisillos until 31 May 2023) 70 GK  CYP Michalis Papastylianou (at Omonia 29M until 31 May 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player 77 FW  SLE Osman Koroma (at AEZ Zakakiou until 31 May 2023) 89 FW  CYP Theodoros Iosifidis (at Doxa Katokopias until 31 May 2023) — DF  NGA Odera Peter Ofornadu (at PAEEK until 31 May 2023)

Active International players

International Cypriot Players Matija Špoljarić

International Foreign Players Yevgeny Yablonsky Steeve Yago Delmiro Shavy Warren Babicka Alex Moucketou-Moussounda

International Youth Cypriot Players Kostas Pilea (U-21)

International Youth Foreign Players Jean Marc Loukou Konan

Foreign players

EU Nationals Yanis Dede-Lhomme Karol Struski Július Szöke Leo Bengtsson Franz Brorsson

Dual citizenship players Steeve Yago Ivano Pankov Daniel Sikorski

Non-EU Nationals Delmiro Vaná Caju Yannick Gomis Mihlali Mayambela

Under-23 Foreign Players Ismael Yandal Floriss Djave

Under-23 EU Players Martin Šlogar Morgan Brown Carlos Hidalgo

Technical and medical staff

Position	Staff
Team manager	Kostas Tsironis
Head coach	Aleksey Shpilevsky
Assistant coach	Vitālijs Astafjevs
Assistant coach B	Tommy Jähnigen
Fitness coach	Christos Papadopoulos
Assistant fitness coach / Analyst	Ömer Erbay
Goalkeeper coach	Takis Taki
Physiotherapists	Constantinos Soutzis
	Alexis Marcou
	Andreas Sylvestros
Nutritionist	Evagoras Christofides

Managerial history

• Tadeáš Kraus (1976–80), (1983–85)
• Andreas Michaelides (1986–91)
• Jerzy Engel (1997)
• Milenko Špoljarić (2004–05)
• Andreas Michaelides (2006–07)
• Henk Houwaart (1 September 2007 – 30 November 2007)
• Mihai Stoichiţă (2007–08)
• Akis Agiomamitis (2008–09)
• Marios Constantinou (17 May 2009 – 18 January 2010)
• Stéphane Demol (21 Feb 2010 – 30 June 2010)
• Dušan Mitošević (18 July 2011 – 30 June 2012)
• Demetris Ioannou (1 July 2012 – 22 June 2013)
• Tasos Kyriacou (1 July 2012 – 22 October 2013)
• Ton Caanen (23 Oct 2013 – 11 May 2014)
• Giorgos Polyviou (16 Jun 2014 – 14 October 2014)
• Akis Agiomamitis (14 Oct 2014 – 14 September 2015)
• Eugen Neagoe (15 September 2015 – 7 February 2016)
• Kostas Kaiafas (8 Feb 2016 – 15 May 2016)
• Thalis Theodoridis (24 Jun 2016 – 24 October 2016)
• Frederik Vanderbiest (1 Nov 2016 – 3 January 2017)
• Nicolas Martides (Jan 2017 – 3 October 2017)
• Giannis Christopoulos (4 Oct 2017 – 22 January 2018)
• Nicos Panayiotou (22 Jan 2018 – 13 March 2018)
• Chrysis Michael (26 Apr 2018 – 13 January 2019)
• Nicolas Martides (13 Jan 2019 – 31 May 2019)
• Liasos Louka (11 Jul 2019 – 26 February 2022)
• Aleksey Shpilevsky (26 Feb 2022 – )

Honours

• Cypriot Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1988–89
• Cypriot Second Division
  • Winners (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1993–94, 2010–11, 2012–13

European record

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Neftçi Baku	2−0	0−3	2−3

External links

• Aris Limassol official website
• Aris Limassol official Facebook Page
• Aris Limassol Fans Facebook Page
• Aris Limassol official Twitter Page
• Aris Limassol Fans Twitter Page
• Aris Limassol official YouTube Channel
• Aris Limassol Fans YouTube Channel

На других языках

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[de] Aris Limassol

Der Aris FC Limassol ist ein zyprischer Sportverein aus Limassol und Gründungsmitglied des zyprischen Fußballverbandes. Die Farben des Vereins sind Grün und Weiß. Der Verein gilt auf Zypern als „Fahrstuhlmannschaft“, weil er (mit Ausnahme der Saison 2007/08) seit 1997 entweder in die zweite Liga ab- oder in die erste Liga aufstieg. Aris Limassol ist auch für seine Schachmannschaft bekannt, die zu den besten Zyperns zählt. Zudem unterhält der Verein einen international bekannten Chor.

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- [en] Aris Limassol FC

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[es] Aris de Limassol

El Aris Limassol es un club de fútbol chipriota de la ciudad de Limasol que juega en la Primera División de Chipre. Los colores del club son verde y el blanco y disputan sus partidos como local en el Tsirion Stadium.

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[ru] Арис (футбольный клуб, Лимасол)

«А́рис» (греч. Άρης Λεμεσού) — кипрский профессиональный футбольный клуб из города Лимасол. Основан в 1930 году. Цвета клуба — бело-зелёные. Президент «Ариса» — Владимир Федоров (гражданство Белоруссии) [1]. Название происходит от имени древнегреческого бога войны Ареса. Звезда на эмблеме клуба означает мастерство и располагается внутри щита Ареса. Цвета клуба: зеленый символизирует цвет надежды, белый – цвет чистоты.

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