Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Enosis Neon Paralimni

Full name

Enosis Neon Paralimni
(Athletic Union of Paralimni)

Nickname(s)

Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets

Founded

1936

Ground

Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou"
Paralimni

Capacity

5,800

Chairman

Sotiris Kokkinos

Manager

Kostas Kaiafas

League

Cypriot Second Division

2015–16

13th (Relegated)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou, "Youth Union of Paralimni") is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the second division, it holds home games at the 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 trumpeteer 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 Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People’s Love.

The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).

Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 40 editions, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, where it was first demoted to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.

Honours

Cypriot First Division (0):

Runner-up: 1974–75

Cypriot Cup (0):

Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83

Super Cup (0):

Runner-up: 1981, 1983

Cypriot Second Division (2):

1968–69, 2014–15

Current squad

As of September 12, 2016 ^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Constantinos Petrou
3	DF	Adamos Pierettis
4	DF	Andreas Daniel
5	DF	Antonis Moushis
7	FW	Martin Cesar
8	MF	Antonis Koumis
9	FW	Panayiotis Hadjiandreas
10	MF	Jorge Troiteiro
11	MF	Michalis Giorkatzis
12	DF	Symeon Kittos
13	DF	Panayiotis Pittadjis
14	MF	Loizos Kosma
17	MF	Marios Laifis
18	MF	Thomas Prager

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Sebastian Cojocnean
21	DF	Antonis Ioannou
22	DF	Demetris Economou
23	DF	Michael Felgate
30	DF	Eleftherios Mertakas
27	GK	Lefteris Flouri
31	GK	Mathieu Valverde
33	MF	Panayiotis Constantinou
43	FW	Bruno Moraes
70	FW	Giorgos Katsiati
86	FW	Theodoros Iosifides (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
42	FW	Rafael Eleftheriou
92	DF	Ganiu Ogungbe

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2016.

Coaching Staff

Manager: Kostas Kaiafas
Assistant Manager: Michalis Sergiou
Assistant Manager: Yiasoumis Yiasoumi
Goalkeepers Coach: Giorgos Mertakkas
Fitness Coach: Loukas Zeniou

Medical Staff

Club Doctor: Dr. Michalis Zouvanis
Club Doctor: Dr. Costas Constantinou
Club Chemist: Dr. Petros Loizou
Physiotherapists: Antonis Antoniou, Eleftherios Souttos

Notable managers

Svatopluk Pluskal (1971–78), (1983–85)
Slobodan Vučeković (1993–96)
Gerhard Prokop (1996–97)
Angel Kolev (1998–99)
Nenad Starovlah (1999–00)
Eli Guttman (2004–06)
Nir Klinger (July 1, 2006 – Sept 12, 2007)
Marios Constantinou (2007–08)
Eduard Eranosyan (2008)
Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou (2008–09)
Čedomir Janevski (June 10, 2009 – Jan 10, 2011)

Nikodimos Papavasiliou (Jan 18, 2011 – Jan 9, 2012)
Nir Klinger (Jan 11, 2012 – April 8, 2012)
Marios Karas (April 2012 – May 12)
Zouvanis Zouvani (May 2012 – Oct 12)
Ton Caanen (Sept 27, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
Saša Jovanović (July 1, 2013 – Oct 11, 2013)
Marios Karas (interim) (Oct 12, 2013 – Dec 1, 2013)
Nikos Andronikou (Dec 2, 2013 – Apr 15, 2014)
Marios Constantinou (June 10, 2014 – Nov 10, 2014)
Nikos Karageorgiou (Nov 16, 2014 –Nov 5, 2015)
Ronny Van Geneugden (Nov 10, 2015 –May 21, 2016)
Kostas Kaiafas (May 27, 2016 –)

References

↑ "Το ρόστερ της ομάδας μας, για την αγωνιστική περίοδο 2016 - 2017, όπως παρουσιάστηκε χθες βράδυ στο Fanday.". Enosis NEON Paralimniou. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

External links

Official website (Greek)
Club history (Greek)

Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Team	Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Stadium	Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou"

President	Sotiris Kokkinos

Coach	Nikos Karageorgiou

Players	Enosis Neon Paralimni players

Managers	Enosis Neon Paralimni managers

Other Sports	Enosis Neon Paralimni VC

Club	Enosis Neon Paralimni

Club's Official Website	www.enpfc.com

Enosis Neon Paralimni – current squad

11 Giorkatzis 12 Kittos 13 Pittadjis 14 Kosmas 15 Ioannou 16 Daniel 17 Machattos 22 Hadjiandreas 25 Koumis 27 Flouri 29 Petrou Manager: Kaiafas

Cypriot First Division

2016–17 clubs	AEK AEL Anagennisi Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris AEZ Doxa Ermis Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia

Stadiums	AEK Arena Ammochostos Antonis Papadopoulos Dasaki GSP GSZ Makario Pafiako Tasos Markou Tsirion

Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Alki APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Enosis EPA Ethnikos Assia Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pafos FC Pezoporikos THOI Trust

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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