2014–15 Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. season
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.
| 2014–15 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Christos Poullaides |
| Manager | André Paus |
| Stadium | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
| Top goalscorer | League: Toni Calvo (2 goal) Yuriy Yakovenko (2 goal) All: Toni Calvo (2 goal) Yuriy Yakovenko (2 goal) |
Season overview
Pre-season
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 years contact with Uruguay 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
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
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
Technical staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Team Administrator |  |
| Director of Football |  |
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Fitness trainer | |
| Goalkeepers coach |  |
| U-21 Head Coach |  |
| Scouter |  |
| Scouter | |
| Scouter | |
Medical staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Head Doctor | |
| Head Doctor | |
| Exercise Physiology | |
| Physical Therapist | |
| Nutritionist | |
| Masseur |  |
| Masseur | |
Club hierarchy
| 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
Last Update: September 28, 2014[20]
Squad information
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  |
Mario Daniel Vega | 36 | 2013 | 15 | 0 | 2016 | Free | ||
| 2 | RB |  |
Marko Andic | 36 | EU | 2011 | 80 | 1 | 2015 | Free | |
| 3 | CB |  |
Serrán Polo (captain) | 35 | EU | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 5 | LB |  |
Razak Nuhu | 29 | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2015 | Free | ||
| 6 | CM | |
Christos Marangos (captain) | 37 | EU | 2013 | 101 | 13 | 2015 | Free | |
| 7 | RM | |
Toni Calvo | 33 | EU | 2012 | 52 | 8 | 2015 | Free | |
| 8 | AM |  |
Giorgi Aburjania | 25 | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2015 | Free | ||
| 9 | CF |  |
Valērijs Šabala | 25 | EU | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2015 | Free | On Loan from .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 10 | AM |  |
Gonzalo García | 36 | EU | 2013 | 25 | 10 | 2016 | Free | |
| 11 | CF |  |
Yuriy Yakovenko | 26 | EU | 2014 | 5 | 2 | 2015 | Free | |
| 13 | GK | |
Thomas Kaminski | 27 | EU | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2015 | Free | On Loan from |
| 15 | CB |  |
Markus Holgersson | 35 | EU | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 16 | GK |  |
Mathieu Valverde | 37 | EU | 2012 | 43 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 18 | CM | |
Irakli Maisuradze | 31 | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2017 | Free | ||
| 19 | LM |  |
Chinedu Ede | 33 | EU | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 2015 | Free | On Loan from |
| 22 | CB | |
Demetris Economou | 27 | EU | 2012 | 13 | 0 | 2017 | €150K | |
| 24 | RB | |
Jason Demetriou (captain) | 32 | EU | 2013 | 20 | 1 | 2015 | Free | |
| 30 | LM | |
Andreas Avraam | 33 | EU | 2013 | 34 | 2 | 2017 | €300K | |
| 32 | GK | |
Gavriel Constantinou | 31 | EU | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 33 | RM | |
Andreas Makris | 24 | EU | 2013 | 32 | 4 | 2017 | € 20K | |
| 34 | LM | |
Constantinos Laifis | 27 | EU | 2012 | 14 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 35 | RB | |
Panayiotis Loizides | 25 | EU | 2012 | 12 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 36 | AM | |
Adamos Andreou | 25 | EU | 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 37 | AM | |
Zacharias Theodorou | 27 | EU | 2011 | 12 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 41 | CM |  |
Grigoris Makos (captain) | 33 | EU | 2013 | 29 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 54 | AM | |
Theofilos Chrysochos | 24 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 70 | AM | |
Adamos Hadjigeorgiou | 27 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system |
- Last updated: 28 September 2014
- Source: , 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 | |
Aldo Teqja | 25 | EU | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | on loan to Elpida Xylofagou until 30/06/2015[21] |
| TBA | CB | |
Nicos Efthimiou | 27 | 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
In
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age | EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | |
Albert Serrán | 36 | EU | |
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 5 | DF | |
Razak Nuhu | 29 |  |
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 8 | MF | |
Giorgi Aburjania | 25 | |
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 9 | MF | |
Valērijs Šabala | 25 | EU | |
Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 10 | MF | |
Gonzalo García | 36 | EU |  |
Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 11 | MF | |
Yuriy Yakovenko | 26 | EU | |
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 13 | GK | |
Thomas Kaminski | 27 | EU | |
Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 15 | DF | |
Markus Holgersson | 35 | EU | |
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 18 | MF | |
Irakli Maisuradze | 31 |  |
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 19 | MF | |
Chinedu Ede | 33 | EU | |
Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
Total expenditure: 
Cyprus First Division
Matches
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 24 September 2014 Match day 1 | | 2 – 0 | | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 19:00 | Mário Sérgio  Kaká Nuno Morais Gustavo Manduca  Amorin Stathis Aloneftis |
Report |  |
Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9.707[23] Referee: Man of the Match:  |
| 1 September 2014 Match day 2 | | 3 – 2 | | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 19:00 | Mickaël Poté Cristóvão Ramos Milan Stepanov José Moreira Mickaël Poté Serginho Ucha Lobjanidze Onisiforos Roushias |
Report | |
Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 10.015[25] Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 16 September 2014 Match day 3 | | 2 – 1 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 19:00 | Yuriy Yakovenko Marko Andić Toni Calvo Toni Calvo |
Report | |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 22 September 2014 Match day 4 | | 1 – 0 | | Achna, Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 20:00 | Marcos De Azevedo Besart Ibraimi Rubén Palazuelos Jonatas Belusso Giannis Taralidis |
Report | |
Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 27 September 2014 Match day 5 | | 4 – 1 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 20:00 | Stavros Stathakis Andreas Makris Giorgi Aburjania Toni Calvo Marko Andić |
Report |  |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 5 October 2014 Match day 6 | | 4 – 1 | | Limassol, Cyprus |
| 18:00 | Nicolaou Danielzinho Cadú Edmar Gikiewicz Guidileye Stavrou |
Report | Makos Yakovenko Toni Calvo |
Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: |
| 26 October 2014 Match day 7 | | 1-0 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 18:00 | Albert Serrán Toni Calvo Aburjanja Demetriou |
Summary | Giorgos Loizou Ndong Nicos Efthymiou |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
| 3 November 2014 Match day 8 | | 2-3 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 18:00 | Onyemah Diego León |
Summary | Nuhu Avraam Makris Albert Serrán Marangos Yakovenko |
Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: |
| 8 November 2014 Match day 9 | | 0-0 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 18:00 | Toni Calvo Holgersson Yakovenko |
Summary | Eduardo Pincelli Tall Yiangoudakis Dober |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
Classification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 39[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 39[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 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 for relegation group |
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:
- OMO 0–1 AEK ; AEK 1–3 OMO
Results summary
| 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
Overall
| 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
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 1st Division | Cypriot Cup | Other1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | |
Mario Vega | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | |
Marko Andić | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | |
Serrán Polo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | |
Razak Nuhu | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | |
Christos Marangos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | |
Toni Calvo | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | |
Giorgi Aburjania | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | |
Valērijs Šabala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | |
Gonzalo García | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | |
Yuriy Yakovenko | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | |
Thomas Kaminski | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | |
Markus Holgersson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | |
Mathieu Valverde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | |
Irakli Maisuradze | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | |
Chinedu Ede | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | |
Demetris Economou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | |
Jason Demetriou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | |
Andreas Avraam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | |
Gavriel Constantinou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | |
Andreas Makris | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | |
Constantinos Laifis | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | |
Panayiotis Loizides | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | |
Adamos Andreou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | |
Zacharias Theodorou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | |
Grigoris Makos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | |
Theofilos Chrysochos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | |
Adamos Hadjigeorgiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | |
Andreas Hadjiathanasiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | |
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
| Rank | Player | Position | Goals | Cypriot Cup | Other1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
RM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | |
LM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
AM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
|
RM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 Includes Cypriot super cup in season.
Discipline
| N | P | Nat. | Name | 1st Division | Cypriot Cup | Other1 | Total | Notes | ||||||||
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | MF | |
Constantinos Laifis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | DF | |
Marko Andić | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | |
Toni Calvo | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 18 | MF | |
Irakli Maisuradze | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 | FW | |
Yuriy Yakovenko | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | |
Razak Nuhu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 | DF | |
Markus Holgersson | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Last updated: 28 September 2014
Source: Matches
Ordered by
1 Includes Cypriot super cup in season.
† denotes players that left the club during the season.
References
- Σύναψη συνεργασίας με Irakli Maisuradze, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Συμφωνία με Giorgi Aburjania, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Συμφωνία με Razak Nuhu, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Μετεγγραφή Βαλεντίνου Σιέλη στην ΑΕΛ, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Albert Serrán για την άμυνα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Απόκτηση Yuriy Yakovenko, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Απόκτηση Τσινεντού Εντέ, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Ήρθε και υπέγραψε ο Γκονζάλο Γκαρσία, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Δανεισμός Άλντο Τέκια, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Απόκτηση Βάλερι Σαμπάλα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Διετής συνεργασία με Μάρκους Χόλγκερσον, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Ο Τομάς Καμίνσκι στην Ανόρθωση, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Αναβάλλεται το ΑΠΟΕΛ – Ανόρθωσις;, anorthosis24.net
- 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
- Στεναχώρια για το αποτέλεσμα (βίντεο), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Δραματική νίκη στο φινάλε (βίντεο & φωτογραφίες), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Χωρίς κέρδος από το Δασάκι, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Πληρώσαμε την αστοχία (Στιγμιότυπα και φωτογραφίες), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Σαββατιάτικο τρίποντο με Αγία Νάπα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Team Roster Archived 12 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
- Στην Ελπίδα Ξυλοφάγου ο Τέκια, Anorthosis24.com
- Nicos Efthimiou to Othellos Athienou, Cyprus football association official website
- Match day 1: Attendance, Kerkida.net
- Match day 1: Man of the match, balla.com.cy
- Match day 2: Attendance, Kerkida.net
- Match day 2: Man of the match, balla.com.cy
- Match day 3: Man of the match, balla.com.cy
- Match day 4: Man of the match, balla.com.cy
- Match day 5: Man of the match, balla.com.cy