Digenis Oroklinis

Athletic Club Digenis Oroklinis (Greek: Διγενής Βορόκλινης) is a Cypriot football club which is based in the village of Oroklini in Larnaca district. The club was founded in 1952. In the 2014–2015 season the team competed in the Cypriot Second Division for the first time in its history. The colors are white and blue.

Digenis Oroklinis
Full nameAS Digenis Voroklinis
Founded1983
GroundKoinotiko Stadio Oroklinis,
Voroklini, Cyprus
Capacity1,500
ChairmanValentinos Alamangos
ManagerSavvas Theodorou
LeagueSecond Division
2017–18Second Division, 10th

History

Digenis was founded in 1952 under the name Athletic Club Omonia Oroklinis. In 1983 the general meeting of the association decided to rename to Digenis.[1] The club's emblem contains the date 1983 when the name changed.

The club has many appearances in the Third and Fourth Division.

Current squad
As of 6 September 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  CYP Kyriacos Paraskeva
3 DF  CYP Zannetos Koumasis
4 DF  CYP Andreas Chimonas (Captain)
5 DF  CYP Theodoros Theodorou
6 MF  GER Yannick Rolff
7 FW  BUL Yordan Dimitrov
8 MF  CYP Kyriacos Apostolou
9 FW  CYP Nicolas Alexiou
10 MF  CYP Chrysostomos Chrysostomou
12 DF  CYP Agathangelos Nikiforou
14 MF  MDA Roman Bolbocian
16 DF  GHA Anderson Darkwa
17 MF  CMR Sorel Chemin
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  CYP Loizos Shikki
20 MF  CYP Andreas Chapeshis
21 MF  CYP Andreas Nicolaou
22 DF  CYP Louben Stylianou
23 MF  CYP Georgios Loizides
27 MF  CYP Paraskevas Choutris
29 FW  CYP Ioan Paisios Stef
32 GK  CYP Gavriel Constantinou
33 FW  CYP Vladislav Breguntov (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
40 GK  CYP Ioannis Michael (on loan from AEK Larnaca)
69 DF  CYP Georgios Velkov
93 FW  CYP Nicos Pitsillides

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

League history

The following table shows the progress of the team in time (for those seasons found data).

Season Division Place
2008–09 C 5th[2]
2009–10 C 11th[3]
2010–11 C 12th[4]
2011–12 D 1st[5]
2012–13 C 3rd[6]
2013–14 B2 4th[7]
2014–15 B 13th[8]

Honours
2007–08, 2011–12
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References
  1. "Ιστορία Διγενή Ορόκλινης". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  2. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2008–2009". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  3. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2009–2010". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  4. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2010–2011". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  5. "Πρωτάθλημα Δ' Κατηγορίας 2011–2012". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  6. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2012–2013". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  7. "Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα B΄ Κατηγορίας 13/14 – B2". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  8. "Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 14/15". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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