Anorthosis Famagusta H.C.

Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta
Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta
Full name	Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta HC
Nickname(s)	Η Μεγάλη Κυρία (The Old Lady)
Short name	Anorthosis
Founded	1911; 113 years ago
Arena	Anorthosis Famagusta Sport Center Nicosia
President	Savvas Kakos
Head coach	Marios Efstathiadis
League	Cypriot First Division
Club colours
Home	Away

Anorthosis Famagusta (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, romanized: Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot

handball club from Nicosia, that plays in the Cypriot First Division

.

The current name of the club is Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta due to sponsorship reasons.

Nicosia

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Location of Anorthosis Famagusta

History

The club was founded on January 30, 1911, in the city of Famagusta. After the Turkish invasion in July 1974, the club moved to Larnaca (soccer section), Limassol (volleyball section) and Nicosia (handball section).

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2021	Legea
2021 - 2023	Adidas
2023 - present	Vaat

Kits

HOME
2021–22

AWAY
2022-23

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

Anorthosis Famagusta

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

02 Alexandros Pavlitsenko
19 Christos Argyrou

Right Wingers

Line Players

Left Backs

Central Backs

03 Dejan Karan
10 Julios Argyrou

Right Backs

Technical staff

Head coach: Marios Efstathiadis

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Yegor Yevdokimov (LP) from Parnassos Strovolou
Domen Sikošek Pelko (LP) from HC Kriens-Luzern
Jaka Špiljak (LB) from Balonmano Torrelavega
Dejan Karan (CB) from HIFK Handboll
Eugen Josip Zaja (RB) from MRK Sesvete
Konstantinos Tsamesidis (RW) from A.E.S.H. Pylea
Rene Roberto Valdez (LB) from Associação Artística de Avanca
Nearchos Michaelides (RW) from Parnassos Strovolou
Fotis Fekkas (LB) from APOEL HC

Leaving

Loukas Paraskeva (LB) to Parnassos Strovolou
Andreas Constantinou (LP) to European University Cyprus
Eugen Josip Zaja (RB) to Balonmano Sinfín

Previous squads

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Greece	Konstantinos Kotanidis	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32)	Goalkeeper
2	Cyprus	Marios Efstathiadis	(1979-11-26) 26 November 1979 (age 44)	Left Back
3	Greece	Panagiotis Karampourniotis	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26)	Line Player
4	Greece	Marios-Alexandros Moraitis	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
7	Cyprus	Orestis Leontiou	(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 39)	Line Player
8	Greece	Nikolaos Kritikos	(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 27)	Left Back
10	Cyprus	Julios Argyrou	(1984-11-14) 14 November 1984 (age 39)	Central Back
11	Greece	Stylianos Asvestas	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25)	Right Back
13	Cyprus	Kyriakos Vorkas	(1985-05-20) 20 May 1985 (age 39)	Line Player
15	Cyprus	Andreas Fotiou	(1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 30)	Left Winger
16	Greece	Georgios Barmpas	(1982-12-25) 25 December 1982 (age 41)	Goalkeeper
17	Greece	Petros Kandylas	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33)	Central Back
18	Cyprus	Constantinos Michael	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989 (age 34)	Right Winger
19	Cyprus	Christos Argyrou	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 33)	Left Winger
20	Greece	Nikolaos Totos	(1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 (age 25)	Right Winger
21	Cyprus	Kypros Xenofontos	(1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
23	Cyprus	Marios Mina	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
24	Cyprus	Christos Hadjiefrem	(1980-10-01) 1 October 1980 (age 43)	Right Back
25	Cyprus	Andreas Chadjisavva	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 25)	Central Back
26	Greece	Konstantinos Mimikos	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)	Line Player
33	Cyprus	Demetris Botsaris	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992 (age 31)	Left Back
47	Brazil	Bruno Oliveira Rodrigues	(1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 26)	Right Back
69	Cyprus	Andreas Ioannou	(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
71	Greece	Efstathios Kesidis	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32)	Line Player
98	Cyprus	Charalampos Papatryfonos	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36)	Left Back
99	Cyprus	Giorgios Christodoulou	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 30)	Right Winger

Titles

Cypriot First Division
- Winner (3) : 2021, 2022, 2023
Cypriot Cup
- Winner (3) : 2021, 2022, 2023
Cypriot Super Cup
- Winner (1) : 2023

EHF ranking

As of 23/11/2023^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
72	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	76
73	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța	71
74	Balatonfüredi KSE	70
75	Anorthosis Famagusta	70
76	Põlva Serviti	69
77	HC Zubří	69
78	Pfadi Winterthur	68