Doxa Katokopias FC

Doxa Katokopias
Full name	Doxa Katokopias FC
Founded	1954; 68 years ago
Ground	Makario Stadium
Capacity	16,000
Chairman	Costas Christodoulou
Manager	Kostas Sakkas
League	First Division
2020–21	First Division, 10th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Doxa Katokopias FC (Greek: Δόξα Κατωκοπιάς) is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, which is near Katokopia.

The solid Era squads[]

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

Current squad[]

As of 3 February 2022^[1]^[2]

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	MKD	Damjan Shishkovski
3	DF	BEN	Khaled Adénon
4	MF	POR	Benny
5	MF	GHA	Benjamín
7	FW	BEN	Tidjani Anaane
8	MF	CPV	Kévin Oliveira
9	FW	FIN	Berat Sadik (Captain)
10	MF	CYP	Giorgos Economides (Vice captain)
11	DF	SRB
12	GK	CYP
16	MF	SRB	Marko Adamović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	CYP
24	MF	MKD	Dushko Trajchevski
28	DF	CYP	Marios Stylianou
30	DF	CYP
34	GK	CYP
37	DF	CYP	Andreas Karamanolis
39	MF	CYP	Christos Kallis
40	DF	CYP	Charalambos Kyriakou
44	MF	GEO	Avto
70	FW	GNB	Mesca
78	FW	TUN	Ismail Sassi

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
11	MF	BRA	Luís Carlos (on loan at Karmiotissa until May 2022)
27	MF	CIV	Aboubakar Karamoko (on loan at Ermis Aradippou until May 2022)
29	FW	CYP	(on loan at Enosis Neon Paralimni until May 2022)

Hat-tricks for club[]

Paul Batin (31.03.2019 Emris - Doxa 0:4) First division match
Yevhen Pavlov (22.03.2019 Olympiakos Nicosia - Doxa 2:3) Friendly match
Berat Sadik (23.09.2018 APOEL - Doxa 2:5) First division match
Berat Sadik (05.05.2018 Alki Oroklini - Doxa 1:3) First division First Division relegation match

Notable former players[]

See also Doxa Katokopias FC players for a complete list

Managers[]

Pambos Christodoulou (1 July 2006 – 30 June 2010)
Nikodimos Papavasiliou (1 July 2010 – 13 January 2011)
(21 Jan 2011 – 19 March 2011)
Marios Constantinou (21 March 2011 – 1 November 2012)
Loukas Hadjiloukas (1 Nov 2012 – 19 January 2014)
(21 Jan 2014 – 9 April 2014)
Demetris Ioannou (9 April 2014 – 1 September 2014)
Slobodan Krčmarević (8 September 2014 – 15 February 2015)
(4 March 2015 – 24 May 2015)
Loukas Hadjiloukas (3 June 2015 – 28 November 2016)
Carlos Corberán (29 Nov 2016– 24 January 2017)
Savvas Poursaitidis (25 Jan 2017– 2017)

References[]

^ "ΔΟΞΑ ΚΑΤΩΚΟΠΙΑΣ". ΔΟΞΑ ΚΑΤΩΚΟΠΙΑΣ. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
^ "Doxa Katokopias". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links[]

Official website
Doxa on Facebook

[1] "ΔΟΞΑ ΚΑΤΩΚΟΠΙΑΣ". ΔΟΞΑ ΚΑΤΩΚΟΠΙΑΣ. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

[2] "Doxa Katokopias". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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2021–22 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris Doxa Ethnikos Olympiakos Omonia PAEEK Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Antonis Papadopoulos Aradippou GSP GSZ Makario Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis EPA ENP Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Karmiotissa Keravnos Nea Salamina Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas Othellos Pezoporikos THOI Trust
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