Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou, "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.

Enosis Neon Paralimni
Logo
Full nameEnosis Neon Paralimni
(Athletic Union of Paralimni)
Nickname(s)Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundParalimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou"
Paralimni
Capacity5,800
ChairmanKyriacos Ttikkis
ManagerMarinos Satsias
LeagueSecond Division
2022–23First Division, 12th (relegated)

History

Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People's Love.

The club's emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeter and the year 1936 inscription, birth year of the club Heracles. The only reason why founders decided to adopt the year 1936 as the new club's birth year instead of the year 1944 has purely to do with Heracles official papers. On those, it was clear that whenever the club's members decided to cease its operations, all of its assets (movable and immovable property) would go straight to the Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People's Love.

The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).

The team's colours of claret and blue were introduced by the Parnerou brothers, who were both supporters of West Ham United, acquainted with player Bobby Moore and grew up in East London. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, two years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division. These colours became an established part of the club itself. In March 2023, ahead of West Ham's UEFA Europa Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, West Ham visited Enosis, with West Ham sporting director Mark Noble being a guest of honour at Enosis.[1]

Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 45 editions of first division, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, when it was relegated for the first time to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.

Honours

History in European competition

Overall

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 0 3 4 15 -11
UEFA Cup 4 0 0 4 4 21 -17
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Total 10 1 0 9 9 41 –32

Matches

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
1975–76UEFA Cup1RWest Germany MSV Duisburg1–7 (A)2–3 (H)[lower-alpha 1]3–10
1976–77UEFA Cup1RWest Germany Kaiserslautern1–3 (H)0–8 (A)1–11
1981–82European Cup Winners' Cup1RHungary Vasas1–0 (H)0–8 (A)1–8
1983–84European Cup Winners' Cup1RBelgium Beveren2–4 (H)1–3 (A)3–7
2002UEFA Intertoto Cup1RAustria Bregenz0–2 (H)1–3 (A)1–5
  1. "Home" leg played at Niederrheinstadion

Players

As of 8 July 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Cyprus CYP Andreas Christofi
7 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Lucero (Captain)
8 FW Cyprus CYP Onisiforos Roushias (4th captain)
10 MF Portugal POR Márcio Meira
13 GK Cyprus CYP Theodoros Koutsou
14 MF Cyprus CYP Loizos Kosma (Vice captain)
15 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Kolonias
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Cyprus CYP Konstantinos Konstantinou
20 MF Cyprus CYP Fotis Kotsonis (3rd captain)
21 MF Cyprus CYP Demetris Mavroudis
23 FW Cyprus CYP Demetris Flouris
25 DF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Dreksa (5th captain)
48 DF Cyprus CYP Gabriel Protopapas
70 FW Israel ISR Yehonathan Levy
77 MF Cyprus CYP Pantelis Gabriel

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board of directors[2]

Position Staff
Executive Directors Cyprus Kyriacos Ttikkis
Cyprus Demetris Economou
Cyprus Constantinos Fanou
Media Officer / Spokesman Cyprus Constantinos Fanou
General Secretary Cyprus Michalis Laifis
Law Department Cyprus Constantinos Germanos
Members Cyprus Andreas Tsokkos
Cyprus Andreas Markou
Cyprus Stelios Christodoulou
Cyprus Giorgos Flouri
Cyprus Stefanos Styliotis
Cyprus Andreas Giannakou
Cyprus Chrysafis Giannaki
Cyprus Adamos Spanashi
Cyprus Kleanthis Kotsoftas
Cyprus Iezekiel Flouri

Technical and medical staff[3]

Position Staff
Football Director Cyprus Michalis Laifis
General manager Cyprus Giorgos Kolanis
Team manager Cyprus Petros Yerimos
Head coach Cyprus Marinos Satsias
Assistant coach Cyprus Loucas Ekonomou
Fitness coach Cyprus Savvas Savva
Rehabilitation coach Netherlands N'Jari Patterns
Goalkeeper coach Cyprus Antonis Georgallides
Sports Scientist Greece Giorgos Safaris
Medical staff
Team doctor (orthopaedist) Cyprus Dr. Costas Constantinou
Team doctor (Pathologist) Cyprus Dr. Michalis Zouvanis
Physiotherapist Cyprus Constantinos Michaelides
Assistant Physiotherapist Cyprus Anastasis Antoniou
Caregiver Cyprus Constantinos Argyrou

Notable managers

See also

References

  1. "West Ham and Paralimni – Enosis in Claret and Blue". West Ham United F.C. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. "ΕΝΠ/Το νέο ΔΣ". kerkida.net. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. "ΠΡΩΤΗ για ΕΝΠ (η σύνθεση του ποδοσφαιρικού τμήματος)". kerkida.net. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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