APOP Kinyras Peyias FC

Infobox Football club
clubname = "APOP Kinyras Peyias"


fullname = "APOP Kinyras Peyias"
"Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Ομιλος Πέγειας Κινύρας"
nickname =
founded = 2003
ground = Peyia Municipal Stadium,
Peyia, Cyprus
capacity = 3,500
chairman = flagicon|Cyprus Michalis Mitas
manager = flagicon|Bulgaria Eduard Eranosyan
league = Cypriot First Division
season = 2007-08
position = 8^th
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APOP Kinyras Peyias (Greek: Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Ομιλος Πέγειας Κινύρας;Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras) is a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia [ cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=89689/domestic.html |title=UEFA entry |accessdate=2007-09-08 ] of Paphos District.The club was founded in 2003 after the merger of two clubs: APOP Peyias and Kinyras Empas.

The clubs name APOP means Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Pegeias (Athletic Football Club Peyia) and Kinyras' name [ cite web|url=http://messagenet.com/myths/ppt/_k1002.html |title=Greek Mythology - People, Places, & Things - Kerigo to Kleomenes I |accessdate=2007-09-08 |publisher=Michael Stewart. ] coming from the mythical king Kinyras who was the founder of Paphos.

The club's history began in 3rd Division (2003/04) where they promoted to Second Division as Champions [ cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyp04.html |title=RSSF stats 2003-04 |accessdate=2007-09-08 ] . The following season they were promoted again as Second Division Champions [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyp05.html] to the Cypriot First Division for the first time. However, the team finished 12th in 2005/2006 season, which was their first appearance, and relegated back to the Second one [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cyp06.html] . They returned for a year in Second Division but they became again champions and promoted back to First Division for second time.

The colours of the club are the yellow and the blue and the team's home is Pegeia Municipal Stadium. In 2005/06, when the team participated in the First Division, they were not allowed to use Pegeia Stadium, for the reason that the stadium does not satisfy the criteria of First Division and the team used for home the Pafiako Stadium.In 2007 expansions have been made in Pegeia stadium and APOP/Kinyras was allowed to use the Pegeia stadium.

In 2007 they were promoted to the Cypriot first division as second division champions. They will compete in the 2007-08 Cyprus first division championship.

Current squad

Transfers 2008/09

In

Out

Famous Players

*flagicon|Armenia Romik Khachatryan
*flagicon|Botswana Joel Mogorosi
*flagicon|Brazil Tinga
*flagicon|Brazil Tuta
*flagicon|Brazil Alexandre Negri
*flagicon|Brazil Marcio Ferreira
*flagicon|Bulgaria Rosen Kirilov
*flagicon|Greece Alexandros Alexandris
*flagicon|Greece Leonidas Vokolos
*flagicon|Serbia Milan Belić
*flagicon|Serbia Radislav Dragicevic
*flagicon|Hungary Krisztián Pest
*flagicon|Hungary Gábor Bardi
*flagicon|Slovakia Simeon Stevica
*flagicon|Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe
*flagicon|Portugal Bernardo Vasconcelos
*flagicon|Portugal José António Calado
*flagicon|Portugal Carlos Marques
*flagicon|Portugal Paulo Sousa
*flagicon|Portugal Miguel Vargas
*flagicon|Rwanda Hamad Ndikumana
*flagicon|Ukraine Dmytro Mykhailenko
*flagicon|Zimbabwe David Kutyauripo

Honours

*Cypriot Second Division
**Champions (2): 2005, 2007

*Cypriot Third Division:
**Champions (1): 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.apopkinyrasfc.com Official Website]