Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

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Enosis Neon Paralimni
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Full nameEnosis Neon Paralimni
(Athletic Union of Paralimni)
Nickname(s)Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets
Founded1936; 86 years ago (1936)
GroundParalimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou"
Paralimni
Capacity5,800
ChairmanKyriacos Ttikkis
ManagerMarinos Satsias
LeagueFirst Division
2020–21First Division, 13th (relegated)
Away colours

Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou, "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first 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 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 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).

The team’s colours of claret and blue were introduced by the Parnerou brothers who were both supporters of West Ham United and acquainted with player Bobby Moore. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, 2 years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division . These colours became an established part of the club itself.

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 45 editions of first division, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, when it was relegated for the first time 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
Runner-up: 1981, 1983
  • Cypriot Second Division (3):
1968–69, 2014–15, 2017–18

History in European competition[]

Overall[]

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 0 3 4 15 -11
UEFA Cup 4 0 0 4 4 21 -17
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Total 10 1 0 9 9 41 –32

Matches[]

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R West Germany MSV Duisburg 1–7 (A) 2–3 (H)[a] 3–10
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R West Germany Kaiserslautern 1–3 (H) 0–8 (A) 1–11
1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Hungary Vasas 1–0 (H) 0–8 (A) 1–8
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Belgium Beveren 2–4 (H) 1–3 (A) 3–7
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Austria Bregenz 0–2 (H) 1–3 (A) 1–5
  1. ^ "Home" leg played at Niederrheinstadion

Players[]

As of 22 August 2021

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 Romania ROU
3 DF Cyprus CYP Andreas Christofi
4 DF Portugal POR Luís Silva
5 DF Albania ALB
6 MF Cyprus CYP (Captain)
7 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Lucero (Vice captain)
8 MF Cyprus CYP
9 FW Serbia SRB Bojan Dubajic
10 MF Portugal POR Márcio Meira
11 FW Cyprus CYP
13 GK Cyprus CYP
17 FW Cyprus CYP Konstantinos Konstantinou (on loan from AEK Larnaca)
18 MF Cyprus CYP (on loan from Ethnikos Achna)
19 FW Cyprus CYP
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Cyprus CYP (4th captain)
21 MF Cyprus CYP
23 FW Cyprus CYP
24 MF Croatia CRO Mario Buric
25 DF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Dreksa
29 FW Cyprus CYP (on loan from Doxa Katokopias)
32 MF Netherlands NED Jaron Vicario
33 GK Slovakia SVK Róbert Veselovský (3rd captain)
34 GK Romania ROU
48 DF Cyprus CYP
70 MF Cyprus CYP
77 MF Cyprus CYP
85 FW Cyprus CYP
99 MF France FRA Julien Lamy
FW Slovakia SVK Roland Gerebenits

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

Loan deals expire at the end of 2020–21 season

Club officials[]

Board of directors[1][]

Position Staff
Executive Directors Cyprus Kyriacos Ttikkis
Cyprus Demetris Economou
Cyprus Constantinos Fanou
Media Officer / Spokesman Cyprus Constantinos Fanou
General Secretary Cyprus Michalis Laifis
Law Department Cyprus Constantinos Germanos
Members Cyprus Andreas Tsokkos
Cyprus Andreas Markou
Cyprus Stelios Christodoulou
Cyprus Giorgos Flouri
Cyprus Stefanos Styliotis
Cyprus Andreas Giannakou
Cyprus Chrysafis Giannaki
Cyprus Adamos Spanashi
Cyprus Kleanthis Kotsoftas
Cyprus Iezekiel Flouri

Technical and medical staff[2][]

Position Staff
Football Director Cyprus Michalis Laifis
General manager Cyprus Giorgos Kolanis
Team manager Cyprus Petros Yerimos
Head coach Cyprus Marinos Satsias
Assistant coach Cyprus Loucas Ekonomou
Fitness coach Cyprus Savvas Savva
Rehabilitation coach Netherlands N'Jari Patterns
Goalkeeper coach Romania Cătălin Mulțescu
Sports Scientist Greece Giorgos Safaris
Medical staff
Team doctor (orthopaedist) Cyprus Dr. Costas Constantinou
Team doctor (Pathologist) Cyprus Dr. Michalis Zouvanis
Physiotherapist Cyprus Constantinos Michaelides
Assistant Physiotherapist Cyprus Anastasis Antoniou
Caregiver Cyprus Constantinos Argyrou

Notable managers[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "ΕΝΠ/Το νέο ΔΣ". www.kerkida.net. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ "ΠΡΩΤΗ για ΕΝΠ (η σύνθεση του ποδοσφαιρικού τμήματος)". www.kerkida.net. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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