Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
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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, acquainted with player Bobby Moore and grew up in East London. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, two years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division. These colours became an established part of the club itself. In March 2023, ahead of West Ham's UEFA Europa Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, West Ham visited Enosis, with West Ham sporting director Mark Noble being a guest of honour at Enosis.[1]
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:
- Runner-up: 1974–75
- Cypriot Cup:
- Super Cup:
- Runner-up: 1981, 1983
- Cypriot Second Division :
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. |
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| 1975–76 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon MSV Duisburg | 1–7 (A) | 2–3 (H)Template:Efn | 3–10 |
| 1976–77 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon Kaiserslautern | 1–3 (H) | 0–8 (A) | 1–11 |
| 1981–82 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon Vasas | 1–0 (H) | 0–8 (A) | 1–8 |
| 1983–84 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon Beveren | 2–4 (H) | 1–3 (A) | 3–7 |
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon Bregenz | 0–2 (H) | 1–3 (A) | 1–5 |
Players
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Out on loan
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Club officials
Board of directors
| Position[2] | Staff |
|---|---|
| Executive Directors | Template:Flagicon Christodoulos Konstantinopoulos |
| Template:Flagicon Athanasios Andronikidis | |
| Template:Flagicon Apostolos Metaxas | |
| Media Officer / Spokesman | Template:Flagicon Giorgos Ioannidis |
| General Secretary | Template:Flagicon Kyriakos Kyriakidis |
| Law Department | Template:Flagicon Angelos Savvidis |
| Members | Template:Flagicon Nikolaos Elefthyriou |
| Template:Flagicon Konstantinos Panagiotou | |
| Template:Flagicon Alexandros Papadakis | |
| Template:Flagicon Ioannis Apostolidis | |
| Template:Flagicon Sokratis Kypriakis | |
| Template:Flagicon Pavlos Nikolaou | |
| Template:Flagicon Savvas Konstantinidis | |
| Template:Flagicon Charalampos Mitsotakis | |
| Template:Flagicon Loukas Giannakis | |
| Template:Flagicon Iraklis Karapetakis |
Technical and medical staff
| Position[3] | Staff |
|---|---|
| Football Director | Template:Flagicon Giorgos Kosma |
| General manager | Template:Flagicon Andronikos Christoforidis |
| Team manager | Template:Flagicon Michalis Voutsos |
| Head coach | Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Damir Čanadi |
| Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon Danijel Vuković |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Anastasios Angelidis |
| Rehabilitation coach | Template:Flagicon Epaminondas Alafousos |
| Goalkeeper coach | Template:Flagicon Manolis Iraklidis |
| Sports Scientist | Template:Flagicon Dimitrios Damoulakis |
| Medical staff | |
| Team doctor (orthopaedist) | Template:Flagicon Kostas Charalampou |
| Team doctor (Pathologist) | Template:Flagicon Christos Marinidis |
| Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Evangelos Kyprianidis |
| Assistant Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Thanasos Loukaidis |
| Caregiver | Template:Flagicon Stanislaos Papagiannis |
Notable managers
- Template:Flagicon Svatopluk Pluskal (1971–78), (1983–85)
- Template:Flagicon Vic Buckingham (1982)
- Template:Flagicon Slobodan Vučeković (1993–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Gerhard Prokop (1996–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Angel Kolev (1998–1999)
- Template:Flagicon Nenad Starovlah (1999–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Eli Guttman (2004–2006)
- Template:Flagicon Nir Klinger (1 July 2006 – 12 September 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Constantinou (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Panayiotis Xiourouppas (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Eduard Eranosyan (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou (2008–2009)
- Template:Flagicon Čedomir Janevski (10 June 2009 – 10 January 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Nikodimos Papavasiliou (18 Jan 2011 – 9 January 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Nir Klinger (11 Jan 2012 – 8 April 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Karas (April 2012 – May 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Zouvanis Zouvani (May 2012 – Oct 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Ton Caanen (27 September 2012 – 30 June 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Saša Jovanović (1 July 2013 – 11 October 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Karas (interim) (12 Oct 2013 – 1 December 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Nikos Andronikou (2 Dec 2013 – 15 April 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Constantinou (10 June 2014 – 10 November 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Nikos Karageorgiou (16 Nov 2014 – 5 November 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Ronny Van Geneugden (10 Nov 2015 – 21 May 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Kostas Kaiafas (27 May 2016 – 13 February 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Giorgos Kosma (13 Feb 2017 – 25 March 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Apostolos Makrides (26 June 2017 – 24 October 2017)
- Template:Flagicon André Paus (31 Oct 2017 – 14 November 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Carit Falch (29 Nov 2018 – 23 April 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Giorgos Kosma (23 Apr 2019 – 27 September 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Siviero (30 Sep 2019 – 20 January 2020)
- Template:Flagicon Čedomir Janevski (20 Jan 2020 – 31 May 2020)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Karas (1 Jun 2020 – 21 September 2020)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Alós (21 Sep 2020 – 11 April 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Sotiris Antoniou (12 Apr 2021 – 10 July 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Marinos Satsias (17 July 2021 – 30 June 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Manuele Blasi (25 July 2023 – 14 November 2023)
- Template:Flagicon David Caneda (16 November 2023 – April 2024)
See also
References
External links
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