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Athlitikos Omilos Ayia Napa (Greek: Αθλητικός Όμιλος Αγία Νάπα, Athletic Club Ayia Napa) is a Cypriot football club from the town of Ayia Napa. The club was founded in 1990 after the merger of two clubs: APEAN (Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosis Ayias Napas; "Athletic Football Union of Ayia Napa") and ENAN (Enosis Neon Ayias Napas; "Youth Union Ayia Napa").

AO Ayia Napa
Full nameAthlitikos Omilos Ayias Napas
Founded14 July 1990; 32 years ago (1990-07-14)
GroundParalimni Stadium, Paralimni
Capacity5,800
ChairmanDr. Sergis Sergiou
ManagerPanayiotis Spyrou
LeagueSecond Division
2021–22Second Division, 13th
Home colours
Away colours

History


The club started in the Third Division (199091). They were promoted to Second Division in season 200001 after finishing 2nd in Third division. The team once played against Omonia Nicosia in Cup tournament. It lost 4–0 in the first match but came 2–2 in the second match.


Promotion to First Division


The biggest achievement of AO Ayia Napa's history was in the 200506 season after the team finished 3rd in Cypriot Second Division and was promoted to the Cypriot First Division. Despite it being their maiden appearance in the First Division, Ayia Napa proved a formidable force for other First Division sides in the 200607 season. In their first match in the division, they achieved a surprise away draw against Anorthosis Famagusta, which were followed by two more draws, including one against First Division Heavyweights Omonia Nicosia. In their first 12 matches overall they achieved several draws, including another home draw against APOEL. However, they had to wait until the 13th matchday for their first victory, when the team beat Aris Limassol 4–1. By the midway point of the season, the team had lost just 5 times. On January 14, 2007, in the reverse fixture of their earlier draw, Ayia Napa beat Omonia Nicosia 2–1, arguably the most impressive result in the clubs' history. After that victory there were a few more successful results and the club looked like they may avoid relegation. However, the team lost their last seven First Division matches of the season and ended up relegated.


Cup qualification to the Quarter-finals


Another big achievement of Ayia Napa FC is the qualification to the cup's quarter-finals group stage in the 200708 season while the team was in the Cypriot Second Division. That season was the only team from Cypriot Second Division that qualified to quarter-finals. The club finished third in the group stages with wins against APOEL and Aris Limassol.


Stadium


The team's stadium is Municipal Stadium of Ayia Napa, which is a multi-use stadium in Ayia Napa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and holds 2,000 people. However the stadium was not suitable for first division matches, so for the season 200607, when Ayia Napa plays in First Division, the team is using for home the Tasos Markou Stadium in Paralimni.

The UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was hosted in Cyprus in 1998 and the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship in 1992 and the Ayia Napa Stadium was used for two matches of Republic of Ireland in each competition;[1] on June 19, 1998, their 5–2 victory against Croatia and four days later, their 3–0 Cyprus U-19 national team and qualified to the final where they went on to win the trophy. In 1992, the Irish were beaten by the Netherlands U-16 0–2 and tied by Spain 1–1.


Players


As of 16 September 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
2 DF  CYP Angelos Siathas
3 MF  CYP Nektarios Tziortzis (Captain)
5 DF  CYP Demetris Moulazimis (3rd captain)
6 DF  CYP Giorgos Panteli
7 FW  LBN Karim Mekkaoui
8 MF  CYP Symeon Solomou
9 FW  CYP Efstathios Giannara
10 MF  ARG Yamil Romero (Vice captain)
11 MF  ENG Udoyen Akpan
13 GK  CYP Charalambos Chambalis
14 FW  CYP Stavrinos Constantinou
15 DF  SRB Dušan Lalatović
16 MF  CYP Georgios Pelekanou
17 MF  CYP Giorgos Charalambous
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  CYP Elias Georgiou
20 FW  CYP Theodoros Kolokoudias
21 MF  CYP Alexandros Chrysostomou
28 MF  POR Miguel Pires
30 DF  CYP Kyriacos Anastasi
31 GK  CYP Kyprianos Andreou
34 MF  CYP Christos Evangelou
44 MF  CYP Eleftherios Flouris
47 FW  ESP Amilcar Codjovi
67 GK  GRE Ilias Melkas (3rd captain)
74 MF  CYP Christodoulos Psathas
96 MF  CMR Franck Eric Tientcheu
99 DF  CYP Markos Anthony Melas

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Honours



References


  1. "European U-18 Championship 1998". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-07-03.



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