AC Omonia Nicosia
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| Full name | Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia |
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| Nickname(s) |
Prasini (The Greens) Trifilli (The Shamrock) Vasilissa (Queen) |
| Founded | 4 June 1948 |
| Ground | GSP Stadium, Nicosia |
| Capacity | 22,859 |
| Chairman | Antonis Tzionis |
| Football director | Makis Papaioannou |
| Coach | Pambos Christodoulou |
| League | Cypriot First Division |
| 2016–17 | First Division, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
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. The home ground of the club is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia.
The club was established on 4 June 1948, joining the Cyprus Football Association in 1953 and is the most popular club in Cyprus. Omonoia has won 24 league championships, 19 Cypriot Cups and 16 Super Cups. Omonoia holds an outstanding record of 14 championships in two decades, between 1970-1989 and remains the only team to have won the championship six times in a row, between 1974-79 and the Cypriot Cup four times in a row, between 1980–1983. 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 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 four out of five played championships and five out of five played cups. Omonoia was then accepted by the Cyprus Football Association to participate in the Cypriot First Division.
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