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PAEEK (GR: Podosfairiki Athlitiki Enosi Eparxeias Kerynias = "Football and sport union of Kyrenia District") is a Cypriot sports club founded in Kyrenia in 1953 by graduates of Kyrenia Gymnasium and represented the first force to be reckoned from the small city. It now plays in exile in Nicosia since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974. This union has football division competing in Cypriot second league. The PAEEK used to have also a basketball division but due to economic difficulties had to suspend it for some years up to date.

Basketball

The PAEEK was a founding member of the Cyprus Basketball Federation in 1966 rising to fame in the early 1970s after its basketball division won the Cyprus top division basketball league in 3 consecutive years.[1][2].

The PAEEK reached the Cyprus Basketball Cup final on 5 occasions losing them all [3]. 1995 was APOEL's year, when they took the basketball double. As losers of the Cup final, PAEEK automatically qualified to represent Cyprus in Europe in the Saporta Cup [4] . They were knocked out by PAOK BC Salonika which in turn went on to reach the final of the competition.The game with PAOK BC was very special for both teams as they were all refugees and victims of the wars between Greece and Turkey.
Football

The football team has not matched the basketball team's success in terms of trophies. They have mostly hovered between the Cypriot Second and Third Divisions. Paeek is considered to be the team with the most appearances in the Cyprus Second Division with 41 in total. In the 2011-2012 season they came closest to their first ever promotion to the first division by finishing 4th.
Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player
1 Greece GK Alexandros Paschalakis
2 Cyprus DF Panayiotis Panayiotou
3 Greece DF Giorgos Vidalis
4 Cyprus DF Ioannis Stylianou
5 Greece DF Panayiotis Zonas
6 France MF Sami Cauty
7 Greece FW Christos Kanellopoullos
9 Cyprus FW Sotiris Vourkou
10 Slovenia MF Miroslav Grbić
13 Cyprus MF Adamos Efstathiou
15 Cyprus MF Sotiris Finiris
16 Cyprus MF Charalambos Aristotelous

No. Position Player
17 Cyprus DF Marios Theodorou
19 Cyprus DF Andreas Alcibiades
21 Cyprus FW Constantinos Constantinou
26 Cyprus MF Nicolas Oratiou
27 Cyprus DF Loukas Stylianou
28 Cyprus MF Anaxagoras Violaris
31 Cyprus DF Nikos Nikolaou (Captain)
40 Cyprus MF Giorgos Economides
41 Cyprus GK Kyriacos Ioannou
46 Cape Verde MF Spencer
99 Italy FW Harley Bernardi
Colours

The colours of PAEEK shirt are symbolic with the black symbolising the sadness from the Turkish invasion in 1974 and the white symbolises the hope that one day they will return to their hometown. When this happens the colours will change back to yellow and black as they were before the Turkish invasion.
Former players

Petros Filaniotis
Netan Sansara

Honours
Basketball

Cyprus Basketball Division 1
Winner (3): 1970, 1971 and 1972.
Cypriot Basketball Cup
Runner-up (5): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1995, 1999.

Football

Cypriot Third Division
Winner (3): 1992, 2003, 2008

External links

Official website
The history of PAEEK – The First Ten Years (.pdf document in Greek)

Ancient Greece

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