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== [[Volleyball Men]] ==
==Men's Volleyball==
*'''Cyprus Championship'''
*'''[[Cyprus Volleyball Division 1|Cypriot Championships]]'''
** '''Winner (8):''' 1989/90, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03
** '''Winner (8):''' 1989/90, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03
** '''Runner-up (6):''' 1977/78, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1993/94, 2003/04, 2007/08
** '''Runner-up (6):''' 1977/78, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1993/94, 2003/04, 2007/08

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Nea Salamina
File:Nea salamina.jpg
Full nameNea Salamis Famagusta
Founded1948
GroundStadium Rafael Group Ammochostos
Larnaca, Cyprus
Capacity5,000
ChairmanCyprus Kiriakos Sofokleous
ManagerHungary Attila Supka
LeagueCypriot First Division
2009–10First Division,

Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta (Template:Lang-el) is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which comes from the city of Ammochostos (also known by its Romanized name: Famagusta). It has adopted its name from the ancient Cypriot city of Salamis or Salamina (Template:Lang-el) near modern day Ammochostos. The club was founded in 1948. Since the occupation of the north part of the island through invasion by Turkish troops in 1974, Nea Salamis is a refugee team and since then is based in Larnaca.

History

The establishment of the Club (along with that of a few others), was evoked from the political turbulence of that period and the conflict between left-wings and right-wings due to the Greek Civil War. SEGAS, the Greek Sports Confederation which was controlling the Greek Cypriot clubs, asked from the clubs to declare themselves as nationalists and to abandoned their communist athletes. The majority of Cypriot clubs obeyed SEGAS, and that had a result the abolishments of many athletes and the establishment of new clubs. One of the clubs was Nea Salamis and together with some others new-formed clubs established the Cyprus Amateur Football Federation (KEPO), which had its own football league and cup, separated from Cyprus Football Association [1].

Football

1950s and 1960s

In 1953, the Cypriot football was unified and the clubs of KEPO joined the Cyprus Football Association. Nea Salamina joined the Second Division of Cyprus FA and in their second participation in the Association's competitions they won the Championship of Second Division. Since 1955, Nea Salamina belongs to Cypriot First Division, except some short interruptions when they were relegated. In their first Cypriot First Division participation Salamis finished 3rd, just four points behind the Champions AEL FC. The team reached their best position ever respectively as third in the seasons 1955/56, 1965/66, 1992/93 and 1994/95.

Never becoming Cypriot Champions, Salamis was very close to the trophy in 1965-66 since they played their greatest football ever and also the same season lost in the Cup final. Until the last match of the season, Salamis was second, three points behind AC Omonia but with one match less, and they had to play the third in table Olympiakos Nicosia and with a win they would have won the trophy. Unfortunate for the team, they lost away 3-6 and together they lost the trophy. Salamis finished 3rd in the season, two points behind Omonia and one from Olympiakos. The same season they were beaten by Apollon Limassol in the Cup final.

1970s disaster

The 1970s were very bad for Nea Salamis, which came close to being relegated many times. The worst part of this decade was the capture of Famagusta by the Turkish forces following the Turkish invasion. The city remains until today in the occupied territories and the club has been a refugee. Salamis was under serious strain following the loss of its ground and property and the diffusion of its fan base [2]. Larnaca, the adjacent coastal town on the southern shores of Cyprus, has been the temporary base of the club since 1974.

The bad performance of Nea Salamis couldn't continue without the club avoiding relegation, which finally occurred in the 1978-79 season. The club was relegated for the first time in the summer of 1979, but bounced back a year later on having won the Second Division Championship.

Cup achievement

In 1990 Nea Salamina achieved its greatest success, when they won the Cypriot Cup, beating Omonia Nicosia 3-2 in the final in Tsirion Stadium. The same year they won the Cyprus FA Shield (Super Cup) by beating APOEL 1-0 [3]. Nea Salamina played in the Cup final in other two occasions (1966, 2001) but were beaten on both occasions by Apollon Limassol [4].

2000s

The first four years of the 2000s were very bad for Nea Salamis. The team were relegated twice in four years in 2001 (despite becoming Cup finalists the same season) and 2003 to return back both times as Second Division Champions in their Cypriot Second Division participations. Since 2004-05, the team remained in First Division until the 2007-2008 season when it was relegated again. It was promoted on the last day of the season in the 2008-2009 season by finishing third in the Cypriot Second Division. The team will compete in the Cypriot First Division in 2009-2010 season.

European participation

As Cup winners, Nea Salamina played for first time in European cups in 1990, where they were beaten in the Cup Winners Cup first round twice clearly Aberdeen FC [5] . The club participated in 1995 and 1997 for the Intertoto Cup,they eliminated however with only a victory after the first groups games from. In 2000, Nea Salamis, after two victories against the Albanian Vllaznia Shkodër, reached the second round of the Intertoto, where they beat Austria Vienna 1-0 at home, but they were eliminated after a 3-0 defeat in Vienna.

Season Cup Round Country Club Home Away
1990-91 Cup Winners Cup First Round Scotland Aberdeen 2-0 0-3
1995 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Greece OFI 0-2
1995 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Estonia JK Tervis Pärnu 2-0
1995 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Montenegro FK Budućnost Podgorica 1-1
1995 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0-2
1997 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Switzerland FC Lausanne 1-4
1997 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Republic of Ireland Ards F.C. 4-1
1997 Intertoto Cup Group Stage Belgium Royal Antwerp FC 0-4
1997 Intertoto Cup Group Stage France AJ Auxerre 1-10
2000 Intertoto Cup First Round Albania KS Vllaznia Shkodër 4-1 2-1
2000 Intertoto Cup Second Round Austria Austria Wien 1-0 0-3

List of Nea Salamina Famagusta FC seasons in CFA

Key


Season Pos T P W D L G Pts Other Cup Europe
1953-54 SD SF
1954-55 SD SF
1955-56 3 9 16 7 5 4 31-24 19 X
1956-57 5 9 16 6 2 8 24-25 14 X
1957-58 7 10 18 6 3 9 30-40 15 X
1958-59 X QF
1959-60 6 11 20 8 4 8 29-27 20 X
1960-61 8 13 24 10 4 10 47-41 24 X
1961-62 5 13 24 11 6 7 48-36 28 SF
1962-63 4 12 22 9 8 5 56-43 48 QF
1963-64 (3) (11) (7) (3) (1) (3) (7-10) (7) League Abandoned QF
1964-65 7 11 20 5 7 8 33-42 37 SF
1965-66 3 11 20 12 4 4 39-21 49 RU
1966-67 5 12 22 12 5 5 37-21 51 QF
1967-68 8 12 22 8 4 10 47-49 42 QF
1968-69 9 12 22 6 7 9 24-36 19 SF
1969-70 6 12 22 6 9 7 26-24 43 QF
1970-71 9 12 22 7 5 10 24-36 19 QF
1971-72 8 12 22 5 10 7 16-22 20 QF
1972-73 13 14 26 8 4 14 18-28 20 QF
1973-74 13 14 26 5 8 13 14-30 18
1974-75 11 14 26 7 3 16 26-54 17 QF
1975-76 1 14 28 8 8 12 35-46 24 QF
1976-77 13 16 30 6 10 14 36-49 22 R2
1977-78 '10 16 30 8 12 10 43-48 28 R2
1978-79 13 16 30 10 6 14 42-48 26 Relegation to SD
1979-80 SD R2
1980-81 7 14 26 8 8 10 29-32 24 QF
1981-82 6 14 26 8 9 9 34-30 25
1982-83 12 14 26 6 8 12 28-39 20 QF
1983-84 11 14 26 7 8 11 25-41 22 R1
1984-85 10 14 26 6 12 8 25-29 25 QF
1985-86 5 14 26 7 11 8 26-26 25 R2
1986-87 13 16 30 7 10 13 45-54 24 SF
1987-88 7 16 30 14 5 11 43-34 33 QF
1988-89 4 15 28 11 11 6 51-35 33
1989-90 10 14 26 6 10 10 26-32 22 W
1990-91 6 14 6 9 9 8 38-31 27 Super Cup Winners UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1
1991-92 5 14 26 11 5 10 45-47 38
1992-93 3 14 26 15 3 8 44-28 48
1993-94 9 14 26 8 8 10 32-31 32
1994-95 3 12 33 17 6 10 59-50 57
1995-96 8 14 26 10 3 13 37-48 33 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000 Grp
1996-97 8 14 26 8 10 8 42-36 34
1997-98 8 14 26 10 1 15 43-59 31 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 Grp
1998-99 10 14 26 8 4 14 46-53 28
1999-00 4 14 26 13 4 9 58-34 43
2000-01 12 14 26 7 6 13 41-47 27 Relegation to SD RU UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000 R2
2001-02 SD QF
2002-03 12 14 26 6 11 9 39-40 29 Relegation to SD
2003-04 SD Grp (16)
2004-05 6 14 26 11 3 12 34-40 36 PR
2005-06 6 14 26 12 5 9 52-48 41 QF
2006-07 10 14 28 7 9 10 32-41 30 "16"
2007-08 13 14 26 6 6 14 28-54 24 Relegation to SD Grp
2008-09 SD "24"
Total 1183 408 319 474 1727-1829 1414


Women footaball team

In 2006, Nea Salamina formed a women's team and participates in the Cypriot women competitions. In their first participation in the Cypriot championship in season 2006-2007, they gained the 3rd position and also qualified in the Cypriot Cup final, where they were beaten 1-3 by AEK Kokkinochorion in the GSP Stadium. In the next season 2007-2008 our team won the first Women Football Super Cup that was organised, by beating AEK Kokkinochorion 2-1 in Stadium RAFAEL GROUP Ammochostos. The next year take the second place in the championshio, after punish in their match with the champion Apollon Limassol [6].

Stadium

Main article: GSE Stadium
Main article: Ammochostos Stadium

Salamis' original stadium is GSE (GS Evagoras) Stadium in Famagusta but due to the Turkish occupation, since 1974 they can not use it for home stadium. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, until 1991, Salamis used at first GSZ Stadium and some years the Dasaki Stadium. Salamis also used Tsirion, Deryneia and Antonis Papadopoulos.

Currently, home stadium is "Stadium RAFAEL GROUP Ammochostos" (means "Famagusta"), with capacity of 5000 seats, which is in Larnaca. Stadium RAFAEL GROUP Ammochostos is a multi-use stadium and is currently used mostly for football matches. Owner of the Stadium is Nea Salamis.

Ammochostos is the Greek name of Famagusta and it was named like that for the memory of the town because the stadium's owner Salamina is a Famagustan team but they can't use their stadium in Famagusta because of the Turkish occupation of the town [7]. .

It was built in 1991 and is built inside the refugee suburbs of Larnaca and is expressing the wish of Salamis people for their club. The decision to built that stadium was taken in 1989 and in December of the same year the stadium began to be constructed. After many wages offered from Salamis fans in Cyprus and abroad, from Cyprus Sports Association and from many workers it was achieved to built in a short time.

The stadium hosted the 1992 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship final on May 17, 1992 between Germany and Spain where Germany won 2-1.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Slovakia SVK Marek Gála
5 MF Cyprus CYP Theodoros Katsiaris
8 MF Cyprus CYP Liasos Louka (Captain)
9 FW Poland POL Arkadiusz Aleksander
11 MF Netherlands NED Thijs Sluijter
12 GK Poland POL Marcin Juszczyk
14 MF England ENG Ben Rix
15 DF Cyprus CYP Theofanis Lagos
17 DF Portugal POR Tiago Mota
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Portugal POR Marco Lança
19 MF Morocco MAR Ali El-Omari
20 FW Cyprus CYP Andreas Koullouris
21 FW Cyprus CYP Andreas Kyprianou
22 MF Cyprus CYP Panayiotis Therapontos
23 DF Algeria ALG Nordine Sam
31 FW Cyprus CYP Evgenios Kyriacou
25 MF Cyprus CYP Christos Modestou
77 FW Portugal POR Sebastião Nogueira
— DF Cyprus CYP Kyriacos Kyriakou
— MF Scotland SCO Stephen James Hendry

Former Managers

Former Players

Volleyball

The volleyball team is one of the most powerful teams in Cyprus. With 8 championships, 7 cups and 6 Super Cups is the second team in trophies after Anorthosis Famagusta. Since 1978 they showed to become a great power for Cypriot volleyball after finishing 2nd in the championship, which happened also in 1981, they became runners up in the Championship, to come the first success in 1983 after beating their city-mates Anorthosis 3-1 in the final. The same season Salamis became again 2nd. After two failing Cup finals in 1988 and 1989 against Anorthosis, they won their first Championship in 1990 which was also a double and went on to win the championship for the following season and the Cup in 1992.

Since 1998 and until 2003 they achieved something amazing for the club since they dominated Cypriot volleyball by winning 6 consecutive Championships which was a record for the competition's history. The last four championships were four consecutive doubles [8]. Coach of the 6 consecutive Championships was Antonis Constantinou. From the new season 2008/09 the new coach of the volleyball team will be Christakis Poullakos.

The home stadium of Salamis in the Volleyball is Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center [9] in Limassol and the Women Football team plays in the Community Stadium of Pano Polemidia in Limassol.

Honours

Football

  • Cypriot Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1990
    • Runner-up (2): 1966, 2001

Football Women

  • Cyprus Cup:
    • Runner-up (1): 2006/07
  • Cyprus Super Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2007/08
  • Cyprus Championship:
    • Runner-up (1): 2007/08

Men's Volleyball

  • Cypriot Championships
    • Winner (8): 1989/90, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03
    • Runner-up (6): 1977/78, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1993/94, 2003/04, 2007/08
  • Cyprus Cup:
    • Winner (7): 1982/83, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03
    • Runner-up (6): 1987/88, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1993/94, 2004/05
  • Cyprus Super Cup:
    • Winner (6): 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04
    • Runner-up (3): 1993/94, 1994/95, 2005/06

Volleyball Women

  • Championship titles:
    • Runner-up (3): 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83
  • Cypriot Cup:
    • Runner-up (3): 1979/80, 1982/83, 1984/85

References

  1. ^ "Η αρχή της πολιτικοποίησης του ποδοσφαίρου: 60 χρόνια από τα γεγονότα του 1948 που οδήγησαν στη διάσπαση του κυπριακού ποδοσφαίρου". apopsi.com.cy. Retrieved 2009-05-27. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  2. ^ "Athletism in Famagusta". Famagusta Minicipality. Retrieved 2009-05-27. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  3. ^ "Super Cup". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2009-05-28. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  4. ^ "Cyprus Cups". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2009-05-28. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  5. ^ "UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 2009-05-23. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  6. ^ "Cyprus Football Associatio". Retrieved 2009-05-23. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  7. ^ "Famagusta Today". Famagusta Minicipality. Retrieved 2009-05-27. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  8. ^ "Volley Champions". Cyprus Volley Assosiation. Retrieved 2009-04-16. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); External link in |first= (help)
  9. ^ Palais des Sports

External links

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