2014–15 Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. season

The 2014–15 season will be Anorthosis' 66th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 May 2015.

Anorthosis Famagusta

2014–15 season
Chairman	Christos Poullaides
Manager	André Paus
Stadium	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Toni Calvo (2 goal) Yuriy Yakovenko (2 goal) All: Toni Calvo (2 goal) Yuriy Yakovenko (2 goal)

Season overview

Pre-season

Anorthosis Famagusta commenced their summer transfer activity on 11 June, by signing Georgian national football player Irakli Maisuradze from Valletta for 1+1 years.[1]

On 17 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Georgian football player Giorgi Aburjania from Lokomotivi Tbilisi for 1+1 years.[2]

On 24 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Razak Nuhu from Manchester City B.[3]

On 27 June, Anorthosis announced the sale of Cypriot national footballer Valentinos Sielis to AEL Limassol.[4]

On 2 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Spanish footballer Albert Serrán from AD Alcorcón for the next year.[5]

On 21 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Ukraine national footballer with U21 Yuriy Yakovenko from Ajaccio for the next year.[6]

On 16 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of German Chinedu Ede from Mainz 05.[7] and the 2 years contact with Uruguay footballer Gonzalo García from Maccabi Tel Aviv.[8]

On 22 August, Anorthosis announced the loan of their goalkeeper Aldo Teqja to Elpida Xylofagou for a year.[9]

On 25 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Latvia national footballer Valērijs Šabala from Club Brugge.[10]

On 28 Augusta, Anorthosis announced the 2-year contract with Sweden national footballer Markus Holgersson from Helsingborgs IF.[11]

On 1 September, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Belgium national goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski from Anderlecht.[12]

August 2014

Cyprus Football Association postponed the first matchweek game between APOEL Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta, because of APOEL's matches for the UEFA Champions League against Aalborg BK, after the consent of Anorthosis and APOEL.[13][14]

September 2014

On 1 September, Anorthosis faced Omonia Nicosia in GSP Stadium. Anorthosis lost their first game in this years league 3-2. Anorthosis equaled twice the score, at 19th minute with Chinedu Ede and at 63rd minute with Yuriy Yakovenko.[15]

On 16 September, Anorthosis faced AEK Larnaca in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis defeated AEK 2-1 and get the 3 first points in this season. Anorthosis opens the score with Yuriy Yakovenko at 29th minute, but AEK equaled the score with Roberto Colautti at 40th minute. Anorthosis get the win in last minute after the free kick of Toni Calvo in 90+3rd minute of the match.[16]

On 22 September, Anorthosis faced Ermis Aradippou in Dasaki Stadium. Anorthosis suffered the second defeat with score 1-0, when Marcos De Azevedo scored after the assist of Besart Ibraimi.[17]

On 24 September, Anorthosis faced APOEL Nicosia in GSP Stadium for the 1st match day postponed match. After a good first half anorthosis not kept pace of Apoel in second half and lost for a second match in a row in GSP Stadium and in division. Gustavo Manduca opens the score at 65th minute and 9 minutes later he won a penalty and the red card of Constantinos Laifis. At 75th minute, Manduca missed the penalty, but Aloneytis followed the phase and with powerful shot formatting the final score.[18]

On 27 September, Anorthosis faced Ayia Napa in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis does not had a particularly trouble and got the win 4-1. At 6th minute Stavros Stathakis scored an own goal. In 19th minute Ayia Napa equaled the score with David Mena as seen in the television lens the goal wrongly counted as it was prominently off side. At 55th minute Anorthosis ahead the score with Andreas Makris after a running of Razak Nuhu from the left side and the pass at the right time. 3 minutes later Emiliano Fusco get the 2nd yellow card and left Ayia Napa with 10 players. Anorthsis until the end of the match scored 2 more goals, with Giorgi Aburjania after a pass from Toni Calvo and at the last minute with a Penalty who scored Toni Calvo.[19]

Club

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Team Administrator	Alexis Kokkinis
Director of Football	Ted van Leeuwen
Head coach	André Paus
Assistant coach	Simos Tarapoulouzi
Fitness trainer	Giorgos Georgiou
Goalkeepers coach	Arjan Beqaj
U-21 Head Coach	Arsen Mihajlovic
Scouter	Jimmi Jacobsen
Scouter	Charis Charalambous
Scouter	Kostas Konstantinou

Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

Medical staff

Position	Staff
Head Doctor	Dr. Panikkos Kasapis
Head Doctor	Dr. Nikos Hadjinikolaou
Exercise Physiology	Dr. Marios Christou
Physical Therapist	Evagelos Nikolaou
Nutritionist	Ioannis Kerimis
Masseur	Plamen Panov
Masseur	Yordan Stoyanov

Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

Club hierarchy

Position	Staff
President	Christos Poullaides
1st Vice-president	Frantzeskos Hadjiimichael
2nd Vice-president	Makis Kontos
3rd Vice-president	Andreas Poullaides
Executive Director	Frantzeskos Hadjimichael
Financial Director	Stavros K. Hadjikyriacou
Member	Andreas Konstantinou
Member	Panikos Kyriakou
Member	Achilleas Nicolaou
Member	Elina Patrioti

Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

Current squad

Last Update: September 28, 2014[20]

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Mario Daniel Vega	36		2013	15	0	2016	Free
2	RB		Marko Andic	36	EU	2011	80	1	2015	Free
3	CB		Serrán Polo (captain)	36	EU	2014	5	0	2015	Free
5	LB		Razak Nuhu	29		2014	5	0	2015	Free
6	CM		Christos Marangos (captain)	37	EU	2013	101	13	2015	Free
7	RM		Toni Calvo	33	EU	2012	52	8	2015	Free
8	AM		Giorgi Aburjania	25		2014	5	0	2015	Free
9	CF		Valērijs Šabala	25	EU	2014	2	0	2015	Free	On Loan from Club Brugge[10]
10	AM		Gonzalo García	36	EU	2013	25	10	2016	Free
11	CF		Yuriy Yakovenko	26	EU	2014	5	2	2015	Free
13	GK		Thomas Kaminski	27	EU	2014	3	0	2015	Free	On Loan from Anderlecht[12]
15	CB		Markus Holgersson	35	EU	2014	4	0	2015	Free
16	GK		Mathieu Valverde	37	EU	2012	43	0	2016	Free
18	CM		Irakli Maisuradze	31		2014	5	0	2017	Free
19	LM		Chinedu Ede	33	EU	2014	4	1	2015	Free	On Loan from Mainz 05[7]
22	CB		Demetris Economou	27	EU	2012	13	0	2017	€150K
24	RB		Jason Demetriou (captain)	32	EU	2013	20	1	2015	Free
30	LM		Andreas Avraam	33	EU	2013	34	2	2017	€300K
32	GK		Gavriel Constantinou	31	EU	2008	3	0	2015	Youth system
33	RM		Andreas Makris	24	EU	2013	32	4	2017	€ 20K
34	LM		Constantinos Laifis	27	EU	2012	14	0	2016	Youth system
35	RB		Panayiotis Loizides	25	EU	2012	12	0	2016	Youth system
36	AM		Adamos Andreou	25	EU	2012	5	0	2016	Youth system
37	AM		Zacharias Theodorou	27	EU	2011	12	0	2016	Youth system
41	CM		Grigoris Makos (captain)	33	EU	2013	29	0	2015	Free
54	AM		Theofilos Chrysochos	25	EU	2011	1	0	2016	Youth system
70	AM		Adamos Hadjigeorgiou	27	EU	2010	1	0	2016	Youth system

• Last updated: 28 September 2014
• Source: , Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
• Ordered by squad number.

More Anorthosis Footballers

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
40	GK		Aldo Teqja	25	EU	2012	3	0	2016	Youth system	on loan to Elpida Xylofagou until 30/06/2015[21]
TBA	CB		Nicos Efthimiou	27	EU	2011			2016	Youth system	on loan to Othellos Athienou F.C. until 30/06/2015[22]

• Last updated: 01 September 2014
• Source: Anorthosis.com/, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF		Albert Serrán	36	EU	Alcorcón	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
5	DF		Razak Nuhu	29		Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
8	MF		Giorgi Aburjania	25		Lokomotivi Tbilisi	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
9	MF		Valērijs Šabala	25	EU	Club Brugge	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
10	MF		Gonzalo García	36	EU	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
11	MF		Yuriy Yakovenko	27	EU	Ajaccio	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
13	GK		Thomas Kaminski	27	EU	Anderlecht	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
15	DF		Markus Holgersson	35	EU	Helsingborgs IF	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
18	MF		Irakli Maisuradze	31		Valletta	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
19	MF		Chinedu Ede	33	EU	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: €0

Cyprus First Division

Main article: 2014–15 Cypriot First Division

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

APOEL Nicosia v Anorthosis Famagusta

24 September 2014 Match day 1	APOEL Nicosia	2 – 0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00	Mário Sérgio  42' Kaká  53' Nuno Morais  55' Gustavo Manduca  65' Amorin  69' Stathis Aloneftis  75'	Report	42' Irakli Maisuradze  57' Marko Andić  74' Constantinos Laifis	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9.707[23] Referee: Demetris Masias Man of the Match: Gustavo Manduca[24]

Omonia Nicosia v Anorthosis Famagusta

1 September 2014 Match day 2	Omonia Nicosia	3 – 2	Anorthosis Famagusta	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00	Mickaël Poté  2' Cristóvão Ramos  10' Milan Stepanov  28' José Moreira  32' Mickaël Poté  39' Serginho  52' Ucha Lobjanidze  67' Onisiforos Roushias  88'	Report	19' Chinedu Ede  28' Yuriy Yakovenko  42' Constantinos Laifis  44' Irakli Maisuradze  49' Razak Nuhu  63' Yuriy Yakovenko  71' Markus Holgersson	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 10.015[25] Referee: Thomas Mouskos Man of the Match: Onisiforos Roushias[26]

Anorthosis Famagusta v AEK Larnaca

16 September 2014 Match day 3	Anorthosis Famagusta	2 – 1	AEK Larnaca	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00	Yuriy Yakovenko  29' Marko Andić  36' Toni Calvo  73' Toni Calvo  90+3'	Report	40' Roberto Colautti  53' David Català  62' Vander Vieira  64' Eleftherios Mertakas  90+1' Vladimir Boljević	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Kostas Nicolaou Man of the Match: Toni Calvo[27]

Ermis Aradippou v Anorthosis Famagusta

22 September 2014 Match day 4	Ermis Aradippou	1 – 0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Achna, Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00	Marcos De Azevedo  21' Besart Ibraimi  44' Rubén Palazuelos  55' Jonatas Belusso  68' Giannis Taralidis  78'	Report	55' Toni Calvo	Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis Man of the Match: Marcos De Azevedo[28]

Anorthosis Famagusta v Ayia Napa

27 September 2014 Match day 5	Anorthosis Famagusta	4 – 1	Ayia Napa	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00	Stavros Stathakis  6' (o.g.) Andreas Makris  55' Giorgi Aburjania  79' Toni Calvo  90+3' Marko Andić  85'	Report	19' David Mena  21' Stergios Psianos  51' Emiliano Fusco  58'  Emiliano Fusco	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Charalambos Skapoulis Man of the Match: Toni Calvo[29]

AEL Limassol v Anorthosis Famagusta

5 October 2014 Match day 6	AEL Limassol	4 – 1	Anorthosis Famagusta	Limassol, Cyprus
18:00	Nicolaou  23' Danielzinho  31' Cadú  33' Edmar  46'  66' Gikiewicz  48' Guidileye  64' Stavrou  89'	Report	Makos  17' Yakovenko  56' Toni Calvo  63'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Marios Tsangaris

Anorthosis Famagusta v Othellos Athienou

26 October 2014 Match day 7	Anorthosis Famagusta	1-0	Othellos Athienou	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Albert Serrán  28' Toni Calvo  70' Aburjanja  84' Demetriou  90+2'	Summary	Giorgos Loizou  35' Ndong  63' Nicos Efthymiou  68'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Loizos Panayiotou

Nea Salamis Famagusta FC v Anorthosis Famagusta

3 November 2014 Match day 8	Nea Salamis Famagusta FC	2-3	Anorthosis Famagusta	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Onyemah  74' Diego León  90+2'	Summary	Nuhu  29'  72' Avraam  54' Makris  55' Albert Serrán  62' Marangos  80' Yakovenko  87'	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Anorthosis Famagusta v Ethnikos Achna FC

8 November 2014 Match day 9	Anorthosis Famagusta	0-0	Ethnikos Achna FC	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Toni Calvo  16' Holgersson  45' Yakovenko  59'	Summary	Eduardo Pincelli  31' Tall  49' Yiangoudakis  85' Dober  89'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yannis Anastasiou

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Omonia Nicosia	22	12	3	7	32	22	+10	39[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for championship group
4	AEK Larnaca	22	11	6	5	41	23	+18	39[lower-alpha 1]
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	22	12	2	8	32	22	+10	38
6	Ermis Aradippou	22	10	5	7	29	28	+1	35
7	AEL Limassol	22	7	9	6	33	26	+7	30	Qualification for relegation group

Source: UEFA, CFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. OMO 0–1 AEK ; AEK 1–3 OMO

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	2	0	3	7	8	−1	6	2	0	0	5	2	+3	0	0	3	2	6	−4

Last updated: 28 September 2014.
Source: UEFA

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	W
Position	10	10	6	10	6

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2014. Source: UEFA,CFA, Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Cypriot First Division	—	6th		01 September 2014	TBD
Cypriot Cup	2nd round	2nd round		TBD	TBD

Updated to match played 28 September 2014
Source: Competitions

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1st Division		Cypriot Cup		Other^1
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mario Vega	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Marko Andić	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Serrán Polo	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Razak Nuhu	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Christos Marangos	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Toni Calvo	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Giorgi Aburjania	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Valērijs Šabala	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Gonzalo García	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Yuriy Yakovenko	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Thomas Kaminski	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Markus Holgersson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Mathieu Valverde	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Irakli Maisuradze	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Chinedu Ede	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Demetris Economou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Jason Demetriou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Andreas Avraam	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Gavriel Constantinou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Andreas Makris	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Constantinos Laifis	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Panayiotis Loizides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Adamos Andreou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Zacharias Theodorou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Grigoris Makos	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF		Theofilos Chrysochos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Adamos Hadjigeorgiou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF		Andreas Hadjiathanasiou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF		Neofytos Kyriakou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

† denotes players that left the club during the season.

Goals

Rank	Player	Position	Goals	Cypriot Cup	Other^1	Total
1	Yuriy Yakovenko	CF	2	0	0	2
	Toni Calvo	RM	2	0	0	2
2	Chinedu Ede	LM	1	0	0	1
	Giorgi Aburjania	AM	1	0	0	1
	Andreas Makris	RM	1	0	0	1

¹ Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

Discipline

N	P	Nat.	Name	1st Division			Cypriot Cup			Other^1			Total			Notes
34	MF		Constantinos Laifis	1		1							1		1
2	DF		Marko Andić	3									3
7	MF		Toni Calvo	2									2
18	MF		Irakli Maisuradze	2									2
11	FW		Yuriy Yakovenko	1									1
5	DF		Razak Nuhu	1									1
15	DF		Markus Holgersson	1									1

Last updated: 28 September 2014
Source: Matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

¹ Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

† denotes players that left the club during the season.

References

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2. Συμφωνία με Giorgi Aburjania, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
3. Συμφωνία με Razak Nuhu, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
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