Pafos FC

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Pafos FC
Pafos FC badge.png
Full namePafos Football Club
Founded10 June 2014; 7 years ago (2014-06-10)
GroundStelios Kyriakides Stadium
Capacity8,500[1]
OwnerRoman Dubov
ChairmanSergey Lomakin
ManagerDarko Milanič
LeagueFirst Division
2019–20First Division, 7th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Current season

Pafos FC (Greek: Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football team based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2014 after the merger of the biggest teams of Paphos district, AEP Paphos and AEK Kouklia. Their home stadium is Stelios Kyriakides Stadium and they are currently competing in the Cypriot First Division.

History[]

Pafos FC is a "product" of a form of merger between the strongest football forces of the Province of Paphos. The Pafos FC Association represents Paphian football and sports throughout Cyprus through the football team and the Football Academy, which has hosts hundreds of young athletes. The emblem of Pafos FC includes the name of the Club and Town in which the figure of the Eternal Adolescent Hero Evagoras Pallikarides is integrated. The shape and colors of the emblem (white, blue and gold) refer to the historical clubs of APOP and AEK Kouklia. The emblem was renewed during the period 2018-19, making the figure of the hero Evagoras Pallikarides more visible.

On 10 June 2014, in the historic building of the AEP Paphos FC, hosted the first gathering of the friends of the merged team, in the presence of politicians, active and veteran football players of Paphos and hundreds of fans. The first president of the team was Christakis Kaizer, who was the president of AEK Kouklia and one of the main people of the effort to create the new team together with the then six-member managing committee of AEP, consisting of pure friends of the Paphian team, who kept it alive until the end of the then season, along with the then coaches, young players and executives and players of the Academy, under adverse economic conditions.

As an official home stadium for its obligations in the championship of the first division, the team uses Stelios Kyriakides Stadium (Paphiako Stadium).

The purpose of the Club is to promote noble rivalry, "fair play" and culture both through sports activities and through numerous cultural and educational events, visits to schools and educational institutions in Paphos. For the past two years, the team has been projecting a picture of renewal and full professionalism in all departments and levels. An important event is the complete renovation of the training center to the standards of European clubs.

The team's first coach was Radmilo Ivančević, who served as AEP Paphos coach in the past.[2] Pafos FC competed in the 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division, in their first season as a club.

The new team participated in the Division B championship 2014-15. The first match in Club's new history was against Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, at the Municipal Stadium of Geroskipou which was the first Home stadium of the team. At the end of the period the team achieved the second place and was promoted to the first division. In 2015-16 season, in the first participation of Pafos FC in the first division, the team finished in 12th place and was relegated. First victory and the team's first overall victory in the first division came on 12 September 2015 in the third game of the league when Pafos FC defeated Aris Limassol FC 3-0 at home.

In 2016-17 season, the team finished second in second division championship and was promoted to the First Division. In 2017-18 season, Pafos FC remained in the top division, finishing in tenth place under the new the management of the team by British Roman Dubov and TSI investments Group, who raised the level of the team through resounding transfers, changes in the structure of the team, strengthening the operation of the Academy and through the renovation of the Training Center of PAFOS FC and its transformation into one of the most modern and well-equipped in Cyprus.

Domestic history[]

Season League Cypriot Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2014–15 2nd 2nd 26 19 5 2 55 19 62 First Round Serbia Radmilo Ivančević
Cyprus Sofoklis Sofokleous
2015–16 1st 12th 36 8 12 16 41 58 36 Quarterfinal Netherlands Nassir Maachi 11 Cyprus Sofoklis Sofokleous
Spain José Manuel Roca
Cyprus Apostolos Makrides
2016–17 2nd 2nd 26 17 6 3 51 24 57 First Round Cyprus Dimitris Ioannou
2017–18 1st 10th 36 11 9 16 36 51 42 Semifinal Austria Daniel Sikorski
France Kévin Bérigaud
7 Slovenia Luka Elsner
Scotland Steven Pressley
2018–19 1st 8th 32 12 8 12 39 50 38 Quarterfinal Slovakia Adam Nemec 16 Scotland Steven Pressley
Croatia Željko Kopić
2019–20 1st 7th 23 8 6 9 26 28 30 Second Round Finland Onni Valakari 5 Croatia Željko Kopić
Wales Cameron Toshack
2020–21 1st 7th 40 18 9 13 58 38 63 Second Round Finland Onni Valakari
France Kévin Bérigaud
13 Wales Cameron Toshack
Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko
England Stephen Constantine

Badge and colors[]

The logo of Pafos FC is a variation of AEP Paphos's logo and a refresh of Pafos FC first logo, including the name of the team and town and the classic figure of the hero Evagoras Pallikaridis. The logo also includes the team's colors, the blue, white and gold.[3][4] The emblem was renewed during the period 2018-19, making the figure of the hero Evagoras Pallikarides more visible.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers[]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017–2019 Jako KORANTINA HOMES
2019– Macron

Players[]

As of 29 January 2022[5]

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 Ukraine UKR Artur Rudko (Vice captain)
2 DF Colombia COL Jeisson Palacios
3 DF Brazil BRA Ailton
4 DF Czech Republic CZE Josef Kvída
5 DF Cyprus CYP Kyriakos Antoniou
6 MF Montenegro MNE Deni Hočko
7 FW Cape Verde CPV Willy Semedo
8 FW Croatia CRO Franko Kovačević
9 FW France FRA Kévin Bérigaud (3rd captain)
10 FW Brazil BRA Jairo
12 GK Cyprus CYP Evgenios Petrou
14 FW Brazil BRA Douglas Aurélio
16 MF Cape Verde CPV Bruno Leite
18 FW Russia RUS Magomedkhabib Abdusalamov
19 MF Norway NOR Eirik Hestad
20 DF Portugal POR João Aurélio
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Cyprus CYP Gerasimos Fylaktou
22 FW Germany GER Hamadi Al Ghaddioui
23 DF Cyprus CYP Alexandros Michail
24 MF Finland FIN Onni Valakari
25 MF Netherlands NED Navarone Foor
28 MF Serbia SRB Stefan Panić
30 MF Romania ROU Vlad Dragomir
31 GK Austria AUT Daniel Antosch
33 DF Slovenia SVN Kenan Bajrić (on loan from Slovan Bratislava)
42 MF England ENG Jason Puncheon (Captain)
44 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Tomečak
50 DF Cyprus CYP Demetris Moulazimis
55 DF Croatia CRO Martin Pajić
61 DF Brazil BRA Talys (on loan from NK Osijek)
71 FW Cyprus CYP Lysandros Papastylianou
77 FW Serbia SRB Marko Jovanovic
86 MF Cyprus CYP Alex Spontas

Other players under contract[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Angola ANG

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
MF Cyprus CYP (at Karmiotissa until 30 June 2022)
FW Argentina ARG Marcelo Torres (at Akritas Chlorakas until 30 June 2022)

Current staff[]

Senior Management
CEO Cyprus Charis Theocharous
COO Russia Rustam Khafizov
Sporting Director Croatia Ivan Mance
Head Scout
Brazil Pedro Henrique
Technical staff
Head Coach Slovenia Darko Milanič
Assistant Coach Slovenia Saša Gajser
Assistant Coach Slovenia Sandro Bloudek
Goalkeeping Coach Cyprus Nikos Constantinides
Fitness Coach Angola Xavier de Sousa Simões
Head Analyst Croatia Dominik Mohorovic
Head Physiotherapist

Managers[]

As of match played 22 January 2022
Manager name From To Duration P W D L Win %
Serbia Radmilo Ivančević 1 July 2014 14 October 2014 105 days
Cyprus Sofoklis Sofokleous 1 November 2014 9 November 2015 1 year, 8 days
Spain José Manuel Roca 17 November 2015 14 December 2015 27 days
Cyprus Apostolos Makridis 16 December 2015 31 May 2016 167 days
Cyprus Dimitris Ioannou 14 June 2016 31 May 2017 351 days
Slovenia Luka Elsner 30 June 2017 21 January 2018 205 days 23 6 6 11 26.09
Scotland Steven Pressley 31 January 2018 9 October 2018 251 days 22 8 5 9 36.36
Croatia Željko Kopić 19 October 2018 6 November 2019 1 year, 18 days 41 16 11 14 39.02
England Jeremy Steele (Caretaker) 6 November 2019 13 December 2019 37 days 5 3 1 1 60
Wales Cameron Toshack 13 December 2019[6] 20 October 2020[7] 312 days 21 8 5 8 38.1
Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko 20 October 2020[8] 31 January 2021[9] 103 days 16 4 5 7 25
England Stephen Constantine 4 February 2021[10] 30 June 2021[11] 146 days 18 12 2 4 66.67
Slovenia Darko Milanič 30 June 2021[12] Present 216 days 19 7 7 5 36.84

References[]

  1. ^ https://cyprussports.org/gr/sport-facilities/pafos/pafiako-stadium.html
  2. ^ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΡΑΤΜΙΛΟ ΙΒΑΝΤΣΕΒΙΤΣ (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Πάφος FC: Με διαγωνισμό το έμβλημα του νέου σωματείου". sentragoal.philenews.com. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Δείτε το νέο έμβλημα της Πάφος F.C!". protathlima.com. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ^ https://pafosfc.com.cy/our-team
  6. ^ "Cameron Toshack". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. ^ "CONTRACT TERMINATION WITH CAMERON TOSHACK". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. ^ "DMYTRO MYKHAYLENKO – nEW HEAD COACH". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  9. ^ "CONTRACT TERMINATION WITH DMYTRO MYKHAILENKO". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ^ "STEPHEN CONSTANTINE / NEW HEAD COACH OF PAFOS FC". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  11. ^ "END OF CONTRACT WITH STEPHEN CONSTANTINE". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. ^ "DARKO MILANIC APPOINTED AS HEAD COACH". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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