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| Full name | Athletic Club Οmonia Nicosia Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας |
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| Founded | 4 June 1948 |
| Ground | New GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Capacity | 22,859 |
| Chairman | Antonis Tzionis |
| Sporting director | Nikos Dabizas |
| Coach | John Carver |
| League | Cypriot First Division |
| 2015–16 | 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Running | Football (Female) |
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| Volleyball | Futsal | Cycling | |
Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; Athlitikos Sillogos Omonoia Lefkosias, ASOL), commonly referred to as Omonia, is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia,Cyprus.Home ground of the team is New GSP Stadium in Nicosia.
The club was established on 4 June 1948 . It has become a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953. Omonoia has won 20 League Championships , 14 Cypriot Cups and 16 Super Cups. Omonoia remains the only team to have won the Cypriot Cup 4 times in a row, between the years 1980 and 1983. In the UEFA rankings of the Cypriot clubs Omonoia is currently ranked in third place.
As an athletic club, Omonoia also operates basketball,volleyball,cycling and futsal. The latter one is being particularly successful, having won the league and cup in three consecutive years since 2011.
On 23 May 1948 the board of APOEL FC sent a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (Greek: Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ.), with the opportunity of the annual Panhellenic Track and Field Competition stating its wish for the "communist mutiny" to be ended. Club players considering this action as a political comment on the Greek Civil War distanced themselves or were expelled from APOEL.
On 4 June 1948 Dr. Mattheos Papapetrou organized a meeting to form a new club in Nicosia . Many players expelled from APOEL were also invited and on 17 June 1948 Omonia was established. Along with other left-wing teams such as Nea Salamina, Alki Larnaca and Orfeas Nicosia, Omonoia helped create in December 1948 the Cyprus Amateur Football Federation. Omonoia took part in the CAFF league until 1953 having won 4 out of 5 played championships and 5 out of 5 played cups. Omonoia was then accepted by the Cyprus Football Association to participate in the Cypriot First Division.
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