AEP Paphos FC

A.E. Paphos
Α.Ε. Πάφος
	Pafos, Cyprus
Capacity	9,394
Chairman	Christos Glykis20/5/12-31/12/13
Manager	Andreas Polydorou
League	Cypriot Second Division
2012–13	14th (Relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

AEP Paphos (

AEK Kouklia and create a new team, Pafos FC

.

History

APOP and Evagoras were the two clubs of Paphos playing sometimes in First and sometimes in the Second Division. In contrast with the other Districts of Cyprus and other major towns, which had permanent teams in First Division, Paphos did not have such a team as the two clubs could not remain in First Division for many years. For this reason the two clubs were merged to form AEP Paphos as the people of Paphos wanted a permanent team in First Division.

When the two clubs joined to form AEP, APOP was in

AEK Larnaca and despite the fact that Paphos was not beaten in none of the matches against AEK

, they were eliminated with scores 1–1 at home and 0–0 away. The same season, AEP won the Second Division Championship and was promoted back to First division but after a very bad season were again relegated. The club had not justified the dreams of the people of Paphos of having a better team than APOP and Evagoras and to have a worthy team which will be permanent in the First Division.

On 9 June 2014, AEP Paphos was merged with

AEK Kouklia and created a new team, Pafos FC

.

The colours of the team were blue and white. These colours were chosen because they were both APOP and Evagoras' colours. The club's badge was a blue shield with some white lines and in the middle was the figure of Evagoras Pallikarides's as a face in a circle. Evagoras Pallikarides was a hero from Paphos who was hanged by British Colonists, as he was an EOKA guerilla, fighting for the freedom of Cyprus. From his name came the name, Evagoras FC, one of the two football clubs which were merged for AEP to be established. For this reason it was used in AEP's badge inside the blue badge with the white lines which was APOP's badge. APOP's name meant Athletic Football Club of Paphos (Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Pafou; Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Πάφου).

Stadium

The home ground of AEP Paphos, was the

APOP Kinyras Peyias FC

, whilst competing in the First Division during the 2005–06 season. GSK (Gymnastic Club Korivos) stadium was the home of APOP and Evagoras before the Pafiako was built.

Current squad

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	HUN	Zsolt Sebők (Captain)
2	DF	CYP	Demetris Filippou
3	DF	CYP	Thomas Ioannou
4	DF	GRE	Dimitris Ioannou
5	DF	POR	Hugo Coelho
6	MF	CYP	Nasos Constantinou
7	MF	CYP	Tzortzis Christodoulou
8	MF	CYP	Demetris Christofi
9	FW	CYP	Polis Filippou
10	MF	CYP	Nicolas Ioannou
11	MF	CYP	Fytos Kyriacou
12	GK	CYP	Giorgos Polykarpou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	CYP	Stefanos Miller
14	DF	CYP	Giannis Georgiou
15	DF	CYP	Rolandos Michael
16	MF	CYP	Demos Mouzouris
17	MF	CYP	Christos Xenophontos
18	FW	CYP	Zacharias Nicolaou
23	DF	CYP	Anthimos Papalouka
25	FW	CYP	Andreas Ioannou
26	MF	CYP	Nicolas Constantinou
27	MF	CYP	Panayiotis Zachariou
31	GK	CYP	Nicholas Nicolaou

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2013.

Notable former players

Historical list of coaches

Panicos Orphanides (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2002)
Radmilo Ivančević (2002 – 2003)
Andreas Michaelides (2003 – December 2004)
Miodrag Božović (December 2004 – 16 January 2005)
Nicos Andronicou (16 January 2005 – 26 September 2006)
Tasos Makris (26 September 2006 – 8 October 2006)
Milenko Spoljaric
(9 October 2006 – 1 November 2006)
Filippos Hadjiloukas (2 November 2006 – 30 June 2007)
Savvas Constantinou (1 July 2007 – 3 November 2008)
Nir Klinger (5 November 2008 – 31 May 2009)
Eyal Lahman (9 June 2009 – 6 September 2009)
Tasos Kyriakou (8 September 2009 –1 February 2010)
Savvas Kofidis (3 February 2010 – 28 March 2010)
Demetris Ioannou (29 March 2010 – 30 Jun 2010)
Angel Slavkov (1 July 2010 – 6 December 2010)
Giorgos Polyviou (7 Dec 2010–30 June 2012)
Ioannis Topalidis (1 July 2012 – 55 November 2012)
Horácio Gonçalves (Nov 2012)
Saša Jovanović (26 November 2012 – 31 May 2013)
John Yiangoudakis (1 June 2013 – 1 October 2013)
Andreas Polydorou (1 October 2013 – 9 June 2014)

Titles

Cypriot Second Division
- Winners (2): 2006, 2008

Before 2006, since APOP and Evagoras played in Second Division for several years, they had won it 6 times each; APOP were winners in 1966, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1996 and Evagoras in 1968, 1972, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995

References

External links

Official Website

v t e Cypriot First Division
2023–24 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol AEZ Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris Doxa Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia Othellos Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Katokopia Stadium Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP Akritas Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis ENP EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Onisilos Orfeas PAEEK Pezoporikos THOI Trust
Competition	List of foreign players
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
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