Apollon Limassol
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| Full name | Apollon Limassol FC |
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| Nickname(s) | θεός, tr.Theos (God) θρύλος, tr.Thrylos (legend) Κυανό-λευκή, tr. Kianolefki (Blue-Whites) Ο φυγάς, tr. O Fygas (The Fugitive) |
| Founded | 14 April 1954 |
| Ground |
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus |
| Capacity | 13,331 |
| Chairman | Nicos Kirzis |
| Manager | Sofronis Avgousti |
| League | Cypriot First Division |
| 2015–16 | 3rd |
| Website | Club home page |
Apollon Limassol (Greek: Απόλλων Λεμεσού, Apollon Lemesou) is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in Cypriot First Division and has won the championship title 3 times, the cup 8 times and the Super Cup twice.
At the end of 1953, a team of young men placed as a dream and objective, the foundation of an association with national and athletic aims based on promoting the education and social skills of its young members. On 14 April 1954, the general assembly of these members with leader Mr Christakis Pavlides proposes the foundation of an athletic association called "APOLLON LIMASSOL". The assembly approved the proposal and thus from that date "APOLLON was born". The first administrative council of the team included: Charalambos Lymbourides (Secretary), Andreas Psyllides (Cashier), Antonakis Fourlas (Adviser), Melis Charalampous (Adviser), Andreas Theoharous (Adviser) Andreas Aggelopoulos (Adviser) and Kostas Panayiotou (Adviser)
N.B. The 1st players of Apollon were previous players of AEL Limassol established in 1930
In its first year, Apollon had 8 defeats in 8 matches in the second division. Just before the next season (1956–57), Apollon won the regional group in the second division and subsequently the play-offs and then was promoted to the first division.
This took place in 1957 and ever since Apollon has been competing in the first division. Through his history, Apollon won three Championships (1991, 1994, 2006), seven Cups (1966, 1967, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2013), a Super Cup (2006) and also had some very successful participations in European competitions, winning several important games and at the same time, the respect of many European football clubs.
In its first year, Apollon suffered 8 defeats in 8 matches in the second division. Just before the next season (1956–57), Apollon won the regional group in the second division and subsequently the play-offs and then was promoted to the first division. This took place in 1957 and ever since Apollon has been competing in the first division. Things were not easy however for the newly promoted club. Apollon couldn't reach a satisfactory position in the rankings and was struggling in the middle of the table for many years. But in the mid-60's things changed.
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