Aris Limassol FC
























Aris Limassol
Aris Limassol.png
Full nameAris Limassol Football Club
Nickname(s)
Ελαφρά Ταξιαρχία (The Light Brigade)
Founded1930; 89 years ago (1930)
Ground
Tsirion Stadium,
Limassol, Cyprus
Capacity13,331
ChairmanStavros Demosthenous
ManagerNicolas Martides
LeagueSecond Division
2017–18
First Division, 13th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
















Home colours














Away colours


Aris Limassol (Greek: Άρης Λεμεσού) is a Greek Cypriot football club based in Limassol. The club's colours are green and white, its home is the Tsirion Stadium. Aris Limassol is one of the most historic football clubs in Cyprus dated since 1930.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Supporters


    • 1.2 Other Sport Departments


    • 1.3 Choir



  • 2 Current squad

    • 2.1 Out on loan



  • 3 Titles


  • 4 Managers


  • 5 External links




History


One of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association, and was around between 5th and 7th position in the 1930s. During the 1940s, the team didn't compete in the Cypriot First Division, however they returned in the Cypriot Championship in 1954 and they were the first team to be relegated to the Second Division after finishing last in the table. The following season they became Champions in the Second Division and returned to be relegated again. Returning to the First Division, where after a good appearance in the First Division, they gained the fourth position.


Being one of the weakest teams in the First Division during the 1960s, they were finally relegated in 1969–70 as 12th and remained for two seasons in the Second Division. The situation changed for Aris between 1975 and 1980 when the team won again the fourth position in 1976–77 and 1978–79. Two years after winning the fourth position, in 1981 the team were relegated again after finishing last (14th) but returned as runners up the following season and finished 5th in 1985–86.


The greatest success of the club was in 1989 when the team qualified to the Cyprus Cup final, where they were beaten by AEL Limassol 2–3. The following season, in 1989–90, the club signed the Ukrainian Oleh Blokhin, the 1975 European Footballer of the Year, and helped them to win for another time the fourth position, which was the club's greatest position. After the end of the season, Blokhin ended his career playing for Aris Limassol.


After the relegation in 1992–93, the team won the following season for third time the Second Division Championship. Since 1996–97, when the club was in Cypriot First Division, the team was then every year relegated to the Cypriot Second Division and the following year was promoted to the Cypriot First Division. That situation ended in 2006–07, when the team finished 8th in the championship and managed to remain in the Cypriot First Division. Aris was relegated to the Cypriot Second Division in 2008–09, the team finished in 2nd place and played in the Cypriot First Division in 2009–10 but was relegated again. In 2009–10 it reached the Cyprus Cup semi-final. In the next season 2010–11 the club was again promoted but finished 3rd from bottom in the 2011–12 season and was yet again relegated. In 2012–13 Aris won the Cypriot Second Division and was again promoted to the Cypriot First Division only to be relegated again after the 2013–14 season. In 2014–15 Aris finished third in the second division and was promoted to the Cypriot First Division.


After 9 years of draught, Aris Limassol managed to remain in the Cypriot First Division in 2015–16 finishing in 10th place. Also, it was the only team that used more than 6 Cypriot players in the pitch in every match.



Supporters


Aris has a smaller number of fans than other Limassol clubs, but these are very committed to their club. As a result, they are often referred to as "the 300 of Leonidas", in reference to the famous 300 Spartan soldiers that delayed the Persian army at Thermopylae.



Other Sport Departments


Although the football team forms the centre of sporting activity for Aris, the club has over the years maintained teams in other sports including basketball, table tennis and chess. The Aris chess team dominated Cypriot chess during the 1980s.



Choir


Additionally, the Aris choir was established in 1938 by the famous conductor and composer Solon Michaelides who remained its conductor until 1956 to undertake the direction of the National Orchestra of Salonica, Greece. In 1962, the choir made a new start under the direction of Marinos Mitellas and remains one of the best known Hellenic choirs performing in Cyprus, Greece and internationally.



Current squad


As of 21 January 2019

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


























































No.

Position
Player
6

Cyprus

MF

Rafael Yiangoudakis
7

Spain

MF

Armiche
8

Brazil

MF

Eduardo Brito
10

Greece

MF

Vasilis Angelopoulos
11

Greece

FW

Markos Maragoudakis (Captain)
13

Cyprus

MF

Charalambos Charalambous
14

Cyprus

MF

Giorgos Malekkides
16

Greece

DF

Angelos Papasterianos
17

Cyprus

FW

Theodosis Kyprou
19

Cyprus

MF

Evdoras Silvestrou
20

Cyprus

MF

Evgenios Kyriakou
21

Cyprus

DF

Olymbios Antoniades


















































No.

Position
Player
23

Cyprus

MF

Pantelis Panteli
26

Greece

MF

Rafail Gioukaris
28

Cyprus

FW

Marios Pechlivanis (on loan from AEL Limassol)
29

Cyprus

DF

Andreas Mammides
30

Cyprus

MF

Kyriacos Panagi
39

Cyprus

MF

Christos Hadjipaschalis (on loan from Anorthosis Famagusta)
44

Cyprus

DF

Pavlos Correa (on loan from Anorthosis Famagusta)
64

Republic of Macedonia

GK

Edin Nuredinoski
71

Cyprus

MF

Evripidis Siaillis
88

Cyprus

GK

Alexander Špoljarić
99

Portugal

FW

Romeu Torres

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2018–19



Out on loan


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











No.

Position
Player
9

Greece

FW

Antonis Kyriazis (on loan to ENY Digenis Ipsona)


Titles


  • Cypriot Cup:

Runners-up (1): 1988–89
  • Cypriot Second Division:

Winners (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1993–94, 2010–11, 2012–13


Managers



  • Czechoslovakia Tadeusz Kraus (1976–80), (1983–85)


  • Cyprus Andreas Michaelides (1986–91)


  • Poland Jerzy Engel (1997)


  • Cyprus Milenko Špoljarić (2004–05)


  • Cyprus Andreas Michaelides (2006–07)


  • Netherlands Henk Houwaart (Sept 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007)


  • Romania Mihai Stoichiţă (2007–08)


  • Cyprus Akis Agiomamitis (2008–09)


  • Cyprus Marios Constantinou (May 17, 2009 – Jan 18, 2010)


  • Belgium Stéphane Demol (Feb 21, 2010 – June 30, 2010)


  • Serbia Dušan Mitošević (July 18, 2011 – June 30, 2012)


  • Cyprus Demetris Ioannou (July 1, 2012 – June 22, 2013)


  • Cyprus Tasos Kyriacou (July 1, 2012 – Oct 22, 2013)


  • Netherlands Ton Caanen (Oct 23, 2013 – May 11, 2014)


  • Cyprus Giorgos Polyviou (Jun 16, 2014 – Oct 14, 2014)


  • Cyprus Akis Agiomamitis (Oct 14, 2014 – Sept 14, 2015)


  • Romania Eugen Neagoe (Sept 15, 2015 – Feb 7, 2016)


  • Cyprus Kostas Kaiafas (Feb 8, 2016 – May 15, 2016)


  • Greece Thalis Theodoridis (Jun 24, 2016 – Oct 24, 2016)


  • Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest (Nov 1, 2016 – Jan 3 2017)


  • Cyprus Nicolas Martides (Jan 2017 - 3 Oct 2017)


  • Greece Giannis Christopoulos (4 Oct 2017 - 22 Jan 2018)


  • Cyprus Nicos Panayiotou (22 Jan 2018 - 13 Mar 2018)


  • Cyprus Chrysis Michael (26 Apr 2018 - 13 Jan 2019)


  • Cyprus Nicolas Martides (13 Jan 2019 - )


External links


  • Aris Limassol Official Website

  • Aris Limassol Fans Website

  • Aris Limassol Facebook Page

  • Aris Limassol Twitter Page








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