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Pafos FC (Greek: Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football team based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2014 after the merger of AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos. Their home stadium is Stelios Kyriakides Stadium and they are currently competing in the Cypriot First Division.

History

Pafos FC was founded on 10 June 2014, after the merger of AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos.[1] In the 2013–14 season, AEK Kouklia competed in the Cypriot First Division for the first time in their history, but got relegated at the end of the season. The same season, AEP Paphos (which were created after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras) were competing in the Cypriot Second Division, but were facing huge economic problems and were constantly punished with point deductions. After the 2013–14 season finished, discussions began between the two clubs to create a new club for the Paphos district, in order to have a healthy and economically competitive team.[2]

On 9 June 2014, the two clubs in a separate general meeting approved the creation of the new team, Pafos FC.[3][4] On 10 June 2014, was held the first meeting of the fans of the new team, with the presence of political persons and football players from Paphos.[1] The first chairman of the new team was Christakis Kaizer, who was the president of AEK Kouklia and one of the protagonists of the effort to create the new club.[5] The new team uses the Geroskipou Stadium in Geroskipou.

The team's first coach was Radmilo Ivančević, who served as AEP Paphos coach in the past.[6] Pafos FC competed in the 2014–15 Cypriot Second Division, in their first season as a club.
Badge and colors

The logo of Pafos FC is a variation of AEP Paphos's logo, including the team name and 2014 as the year of establishment, and the figure of the hero Evagoras Pallikaridis. The logo also includes the team's colors, the blue, white and yellow.[7][8]
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Current squad

As of 13 September 2018[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Joël Mall
2 Cyprus DF Andreas Karo (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
3 Scotland DF Kevin Holt
6 Brazil DF Lorran
8 Slovenia DF Matija Širok
10 Brazil MF Lulinha
11 Cyprus FW Panayiotis Zachariou
12 Cyprus GK Evgenios Petrou
15 Cyprus MF Kyriacos Antoniou
19 Argentina FW Federico Rasic
21 Brazil DF Jander
22 Cyprus DF Andreas Panagiotou
24 Belgium MF Jens Cools
No. Position Player
25 Czech Republic MF Zdeněk Folprecht
26 Denmark DF Patrick Banggaard (on loan from Darmstadt)
32 Czech Republic DF Radek Dejmek
44 Croatia MF Diego Živulić
66 Russia MF Pavel Leliukhin
70 Colombia MF Bryan Angulo (on loan from América de Cali)
74 France FW Kévin Bérigaud
77 Slovakia FW Adam Nemec
90 Russia DF Aleksandr Dovbnya
96 Belgium FW Luca Polizzi (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
98 Greece GK Giannis Angelopoulos
99 Cyprus GK Andreas Theokli
Morocco MF Simo Choukoud


On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Latvia FW Deniss Rakels (at Riga FC)

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2018.
Current staff

Technical staff
Head Coach Croatia Željko Kopić
Assistant Coach Croatia Zlatko Bašić
Analyst Croatia Sandro Perković
Goalkeeping Coach Cyprus Nikos Constantinides
Head of Performance England Ben Mackenzie
Physiotherapist Slovenia Žan Rant Roos

Managers

  • Serbia Radmilo Ivančević (2014-2014)
  • Cyprus Sofoklis Sofokleous (2014-2015)
  • Spain José Manuel Roca (2015-2015)
  • Cyprus Apostolos Makridis (2015-2016)
  • Cyprus Dimitris Ioannou (2016-2017)
  • Slovenia Luka Elsner (2017-2018)
  • Scotland Steven Pressley (2018)
  • Croatia Željko Kopić (2018-)

References

"ΠΑΦΟΣ FC: Γεννήθηκε η νέα ομάδα". sport-fm.com.cy. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
"ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΠΑΦΟΣ FC" (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
"Πάφος FC και με τη βούλα" (in Greek). 24sports.com.cy. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
""Πράσινο φως" και από την ΑΕΠ για την Πάφος FC". sentragoal.philenews.com. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
"Μήνυμα Προέδρου Πάφος F.C Χριστάκη Κάΐζερ προς το φίλαθλο κοινό της Πάφου" (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΡΑΤΜΙΛΟ ΙΒΑΝΤΣΕΒΙΤΣ (in Greek). pafosfc.com.cy. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
"Πάφος FC: Με διαγωνισμό το έμβλημα του νέου σωματείου". sentragoal.philenews.com. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
"Δείτε το νέο έμβλημα της Πάφος F.C!". protathlima.com. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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