2014–15 Anorthosis Famagusta FC season

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Anorthosis Famagusta
2014–15 season
ChairmanChristos Poullaides
ManagerAndré Paus
StadiumAntonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Top goalscorerLeague: Toni Calvo (2 goal)
Yuriy Yakovenko (2 goal)

All: Toni Calvo (2 goal)
Yuriy Yakovenko (2 goal)

The 2014–15 season will be Anorthosis' 66th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 May 2015.

Season overview[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Anorthosis Famagusta commenced their summer transfer activity on 11 June, by signing Georgian national football player Irakli Maisuradze from Valletta for 1+1 years.[1]

On 17 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Georgian football player Giorgi Aburjania from Lokomotivi Tbilisi for 1+1 years.[2]

On 24 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Razak Nuhu from Manchester City B.[3]

On 27 June, Anorthosis announced the sale of Cypriot national footballer Valentinos Sielis to AEL Limassol.[4]

On 2 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Spanish footballer Albert Serrán from AD Alcorcón for the next year.[5]

On 21 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Ukraine national footballer with U21 Yuriy Yakovenko from Ajaccio for the next year.[6]

On 16 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of German Chinedu Ede from Mainz 05.[7] and the 2 year contract with Uruguayan footballer Gonzalo García from Maccabi Tel Aviv.[8]

On 22 August, Anorthosis announced the loan of their goalkeeper Aldo Teqja to Elpida Xylofagou for a year.[9]

On 25 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Latvia national footballer Valērijs Šabala from Club Brugge.[10]

On 28 Augusta, Anorthosis announced the 2-year contract with Sweden national footballer Markus Holgersson from Helsingborgs IF.[11]

On 1 September, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Belgium national goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski from Anderlecht.[12]

August 2014[edit]

Cyprus Football Association postponed the first matchweek game between APOEL Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta, because of APOEL's matches for the UEFA Champions League against Aalborg BK, after the consent of Anorthosis and APOEL.[13][14]

September 2014[edit]

On 1 September, Anorthosis faced Omonia Nicosia in GSP Stadium. Anorthosis lost their first game in this years league 3-2. Anorthosis equaled twice the score, at 19th minute with Chinedu Ede and at 63rd minute with Yuriy Yakovenko.[15]

On 16 September, Anorthosis faced AEK Larnaca in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis defeated AEK 2-1 and get the 3 first points in this season. Anorthosis opens the score with Yuriy Yakovenko at 29th minute, but AEK equaled the score with Roberto Colautti at 40th minute. Anorthosis get the win in last minute after the free kick of Toni Calvo in 90+3rd minute of the match.[16]

On 22 September, Anorthosis faced Ermis Aradippou in Dasaki Stadium. Anorthosis suffered the second defeat with score 1-0, when Marcos De Azevedo scored after the assist of Besart Ibraimi.[17]

On 24 September, Anorthosis faced APOEL Nicosia in GSP Stadium for the 1st match day postponed match. After a good first half anorthosis not kept pace of Apoel in second half and lost for a second match in a row in GSP Stadium and in division. Gustavo Manduca opens the score at 65th minute and 9 minutes later he won a penalty and the red card of Constantinos Laifis. At 75th minute, Manduca missed the penalty, but Aloneytis followed the phase and with powerful shot formatting the final score.[18]

On 27 September, Anorthosis faced Ayia Napa in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis does not had a particularly trouble and got the win 4-1. At 6th minute Stavros Stathakis scored an own goal. In 19th minute Ayia Napa equaled the score with David Mena as seen in the television lens the goal wrongly counted as it was prominently off side. At 55th minute Anorthosis ahead the score with Andreas Makris after a running of Razak Nuhu from the left side and the pass at the right time. 3 minutes later Emiliano Fusco get the 2nd yellow card and left Ayia Napa with 10 players. Anorthsis until the end of the match scored 2 more goals, with Giorgi Aburjania after a pass from Toni Calvo and at the last minute with a Penalty who scored Toni Calvo.[19]

Club[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

Position Staff
Team Administrator Cyprus Alexis Kokkinis
Director of Football Netherlands Ted van Leeuwen
Head coach Netherlands André Paus
Assistant coach Cyprus Simos Tarapoulouzi
Fitness trainer Cyprus Giorgos Georgiou
Goalkeepers coach Albania Arjan Beqaj
U-21 Head Coach Serbia Arsen Mihajlovic
Scouter Denmark Jimmi Jacobsen
Scouter Cyprus Charis Charalambous
Scouter Cyprus Kostas Konstantinou

Medical staff[edit]

Position Staff
Head Doctor Cyprus Dr. Panikkos Kasapis
Head Doctor Cyprus Dr. Nikos Hadjinikolaou
Exercise Physiology Cyprus Dr. Marios Christou
Physical Therapist Cyprus Evagelos Nikolaou
Nutritionist Cyprus Ioannis Kerimis
Masseur Bulgaria Plamen Panov
Masseur Bulgaria Yordan Stoyanov

Club hierarchy[edit]

Position Staff
President Christos Poullaides
1st Vice-president Frantzeskos Hadjiimichael
2nd Vice-president Makis Kontos
3rd Vice-president Andreas Poullaides
Executive Director Frantzeskos Hadjimichael
Financial Director Stavros K. Hadjikyriacou
Member Andreas Konstantinou
Member Panikos Kyriakou
Member Achilleas Nicolaou
Member Elina Patrioti

Current squad[edit]

Last Update: September 28, 2014[20]

Squad information[edit]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Argentina Mario Daniel Vega 39 2013 15 0 2016 Free
2 RB Slovenia Marko Andic 40 EU 2011 80 1 2015 Free
3 CB Spain Serrán Polo (captain) 39 EU 2014 5 0 2015 Free
5 LB Ghana Razak Nuhu 32 2014 5 0 2015 Free
6 CM Cyprus Christos Marangos (captain) 40 EU 2013 101 13 2015 Free
7 RM Spain Toni Calvo 37 EU 2012 52 8 2015 Free
8 AM Georgia (country) Giorgi Aburjania 29 2014 5 0 2015 Free
9 CF Latvia Valērijs Šabala 29 EU 2014 2 0 2015 Free On Loan from Belgium Club Brugge[10]
10 AM Uruguay Gonzalo García 40 EU 2013 25 10 2016 Free
11 CF Ukraine Yuriy Yakovenko 30 EU 2014 5 2 2015 Free
13 GK Belgium Thomas Kaminski 31 EU 2014 3 0 2015 Free On Loan from Belgium Anderlecht[12]
15 CB Sweden Markus Holgersson 39 EU 2014 4 0 2015 Free
16 GK France Mathieu Valverde 40 EU 2012 43 0 2016 Free
18 CM Georgia (country) Irakli Maisuradze 35 2014 5 0 2017 Free
19 LM Germany Chinedu Ede 37 EU 2014 4 1 2015 Free On Loan from Germany Mainz 05[7]
22 CB Cyprus Demetris Economou 31 EU 2012 13 0 2017 €150K
24 RB Cyprus Jason Demetriou (captain) 36 EU 2013 20 1 2015 Free
30 LM Cyprus Andreas Avraam 36 EU 2013 34 2 2017 €300K
32 GK Cyprus Gavriel Constantinou 34 EU 2008 3 0 2015 Youth system
33 RM Cyprus Andreas Makris 28 EU 2013 32 4 2017 € 20K
34 LM Cyprus Constantinos Laifis 30 EU 2012 14 0 2016 Youth system
35 RB Cyprus Panayiotis Loizides 29 EU 2012 12 0 2016 Youth system
36 AM Cyprus Adamos Andreou 29 EU 2012 5 0 2016 Youth system
37 AM Cyprus Zacharias Theodorou 30 EU 2011 12 0 2016 Youth system
41 CM Greece Grigoris Makos (captain) 37 EU 2013 29 0 2015 Free
54 AM Cyprus Theofilos Chrysochos 28 EU 2011 1 0 2016 Youth system
70 AM Cyprus Adamos Hadjigeorgiou 31 EU 2010 1 0 2016 Youth system
  • Last updated: 28 September 2014
  • Source: [1], Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
  • Ordered by squad number.

More Anorthosis Footballers

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
40 GK Albania Aldo Teqja 28 EU 2012 3 0 2016 Youth system on loan to Elpida Xylofagou until 30/06/2015[21]
TBA CB Cyprus Nicos Efthimiou 31 EU 2011 2016 Youth system on loan to Othellos Athienou F.C. until 30/06/2015[22]
  • Last updated: 01 September 2014
  • Source: Anorthosis.com/, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
  • Ordered by squad number.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
3 DF Spain Albert Serrán 39 EU Spain Alcorcón Transfer Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
5 DF Ghana Razak Nuhu 32 England Manchester City Transfer Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
8 MF Georgia (country) Giorgi Aburjania 29 Georgia (country) Lokomotivi Tbilisi Transfer Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
9 MF Latvia Valērijs Šabala 29 EU Belgium Club Brugge Loan Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
10 MF Uruguay Gonzalo García 40 EU Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Transfer Summer 2016 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
11 MF Ukraine Yuriy Yakovenko 30 EU France Ajaccio Transfer Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
13 GK Belgium Thomas Kaminski 31 EU Belgium Anderlecht Loan Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
15 DF Sweden Markus Holgersson 39 EU Sweden Helsingborgs IF Transfer Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
18 MF Georgia (country) Irakli Maisuradze 35 Malta Valletta Transfer Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy
19 MF Germany Chinedu Ede 37 EU Germany Mainz 05 Loan Summer 2015 Free anorthosisfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: Decrease €0

Cyprus First Division[edit]

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

24 September 2014 Match day 1 Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 2 – 0 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00 Mário Sérgio Yellow card 42'
Kaká Yellow card 53'
Nuno Morais Yellow card 55'
Gustavo Manduca 65'
Amorin Yellow card 69'
Stathis Aloneftis 75'
Report Yellow card 42' Irakli Maisuradze
Yellow card 57' Marko Andić
Red card 74' Constantinos Laifis
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 9.707[23]
Referee: Cyprus Demetris Masias
Man of the Match: Brazil Gustavo Manduca[24]
5 October 2014 Match day 6 Cyprus AEL Limassol 4 – 1 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Limassol, Cyprus
18:00 Nicolaou Yellow card 23'
Danielzinho 31'
Cadú Yellow card 33'
Edmar Yellow card 46' 66'
Gikiewicz 48'
Guidileye Yellow card 64'
Stavrou 89'
Report Makos Yellow card 17'
Yakovenko 56'
Toni Calvo Yellow card 63'
Stadium: Tsirion Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cyprus Marios Tsangaris
26 October 2014 Match day 7 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0 Cyprus Othellos Athienou Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00 Albert Serrán 28'
Toni Calvo Yellow card 70'
Aburjanja Yellow card 84'
Demetriou Yellow card 90+2'
Summary Giorgos Loizou Yellow card 35'
Ndong Red card 63'
Nicos Efthymiou Yellow card 68'
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Cyprus Loizos Panayiotou
3 November 2014 Match day 8 Cyprus Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 2-3 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00 Onyemah 74'
Diego León 90+2'
Summary Nuhu 29' Yellow card 72'
Avraam Yellow card 54'
Makris 55'
Albert Serrán Yellow card 62'
Marangos Yellow card 80'
Yakovenko 87'
Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cyprus Christos Nicolaides

Classification[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Omonia Nicosia 22 12 3 7 32 22 +10 39[a] Qualification to championship group
4 AEK Larnaca 22 11 6 5 41 23 +18 39[a]
5 Anorthosis Famagusta 22 12 2 8 32 22 +10 38
6 Ermis Aradippou 22 10 5 7 29 28 +1 35
7 AEL Limassol 22 7 9 6 33 26 +7 30 Qualification to relegation group
Source: UEFA, CFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b OMO 0–1 AEK ; AEK 1–3 OMO

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 2 0 3 7 8  −1 6 2 0 0 5 2  +3 0 0 3 2 6  −4

Last updated: 28 September 2014.
Source: UEFA

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAAHAH
ResultLLWLW
Position10106106
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2014. Source: UEFA,CFA, Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Cypriot First Division 6th 01 September 2014 TBD
Cypriot Cup 2nd round 2nd round TBD TBD

Updated to match played 28 September 2014
Source: Competitions

Statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total 1st Division Cypriot Cup Other1
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina ARG Mario Vega 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Serbia SRB Marko Andić 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Spain ESP Serrán Polo 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Ghana GHA Razak Nuhu 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Cyprus CYP Christos Marangos 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Spain ESP Toni Calvo 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
8 MF Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Aburjania 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Latvia LVA Valērijs Šabala 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Uruguay URU Gonzalo García 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Ukraine UKR Yuriy Yakovenko 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
13 GK Belgium BEL Thomas Kaminski 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Sweden SWE Markus Holgersson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK France FRA Mathieu Valverde 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Georgia (country) GEO Irakli Maisuradze 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Germany GER Chinedu Ede 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
22 DF Cyprus CYP Demetris Economou 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Cyprus CYP Jason Demetriou 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Cyprus CYP Andreas Avraam 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK Cyprus CYP Gavriel Constantinou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Cyprus CYP Andreas Makris 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
34 MF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Laifis 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Cyprus CYP Panayiotis Loizides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Cyprus CYP Adamos Andreou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Cyprus CYP Zacharias Theodorou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF Greece GRE Grigoris Makos 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
54 MF Cyprus CYP Theofilos Chrysochos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF Cyprus CYP Adamos Hadjigeorgiou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Cyprus CYP Andreas Hadjiathanasiou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Cyprus CYP Neofytos Kyriakou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

† denotes players that left the club during the season.

Goals[edit]

Rank Player Position Goals Cypriot Cup Other1 Total
1 Ukraine Yuriy Yakovenko CF 2 0 0 2
Spain Toni Calvo RM 2 0 0 2
2 Germany Chinedu Ede LM 1 0 0 1
Georgia (country) Giorgi Aburjania AM 1 0 0 1
Cyprus Andreas Makris RM 1 0 0 1

1 Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

Discipline[edit]

N P Nat. Name 1st Division Cypriot Cup Other1 Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
34 MF Cyprus Constantinos Laifis 1 1 1 1
2 DF Serbia Marko Andić 3 3
7 MF Spain Toni Calvo 2 2
18 MF Georgia (country) Irakli Maisuradze 2 2
11 FW Ukraine Yuriy Yakovenko 1 1
5 DF Ghana Razak Nuhu 1 1
15 DF Sweden Markus Holgersson 1 1

Last updated: 28 September 2014
Source: Matches
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

1 Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

† denotes players that left the club during the season.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Σύναψη συνεργασίας με Irakli Maisuradze, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  2. ^ Συμφωνία με Giorgi Aburjania, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  3. ^ Συμφωνία με Razak Nuhu, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  4. ^ Μετεγγραφή Βαλεντίνου Σιέλη στην ΑΕΛ, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  5. ^ Albert Serrán για την άμυνα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  6. ^ Απόκτηση Yuriy Yakovenko, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  7. ^ a b Απόκτηση Τσινεντού Εντέ, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  8. ^ Ήρθε και υπέγραψε ο Γκονζάλο Γκαρσία, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  9. ^ Δανεισμός Άλντο Τέκια, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  10. ^ a b Απόκτηση Βάλερι Σαμπάλα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  11. ^ Διετής συνεργασία με Μάρκους Χόλγκερσον, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  12. ^ a b Ο Τομάς Καμίνσκι στην Ανόρθωση, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  13. ^ Αναβάλλεται το ΑΠΟΕΛ – Ανόρθωσις;, anorthosis24.net
  14. ^ Ανέβαλε την πρεμιέρα του ΑΠΟΕΛ η ΚΟΠ και έριξε το… μπαλάκι σε ΑΕΛ, Απόλλων και Ομόνοια Archived 1 September 2014 at archive.today, oparatiritis.com
  15. ^ Στεναχώρια για το αποτέλεσμα (βίντεο), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  16. ^ Δραματική νίκη στο φινάλε (βίντεο & φωτογραφίες), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  17. ^ Χωρίς κέρδος από το Δασάκι, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  18. ^ Πληρώσαμε την αστοχία (Στιγμιότυπα και φωτογραφίες), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  19. ^ Σαββατιάτικο τρίποντο με Αγία Νάπα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  20. ^ Team Roster Archived 12 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
  21. ^ Στην Ελπίδα Ξυλοφάγου ο Τέκια, Anorthosis24.com
  22. ^ Nicos Efthimiou to Othellos Athienou Archived 30 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Cyprus football association official website
  23. ^ Match day 1: Attendance Archived 26 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Kerkida.net
  24. ^ Match day 1: Man of the match Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
  25. ^ Match day 2: Attendance Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Kerkida.net
  26. ^ Match day 2: Man of the match Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
  27. ^ Match day 3: Man of the match Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
  28. ^ Match day 4: Man of the match Archived 23 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
  29. ^ Match day 5: Man of the match Archived 28 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy