Alki Oroklini
Nickname(s)Αθάνατη (The Immortal)
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979) (as Omonia Oroklini)
GroundAmmochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Capacity5,500
ChairmanAndy Medwik
ManagerCyprus Danos Damianos
2021–22Second Division, 5th
WebsiteClub website

Alki Oroklini is a Cypriot football club based in Oroklini. The team was founded as Omonia Oroklinis in 1979. Omonia had one participation in the Fourth Division. In 2014 the team changed their name to Alki Oroklini, when business man Andy Loppas, who became the president of the team, renamed it to Alki as his favorite team was Alki Larnaca FC which was dissolved that year, due to financial problems. Alki managed the outstanding 3 promotions in 3 years from the fourth division to cypriot first division, the highest tier in Cyprus. They withdrew from the Cypriot Second Division during the 2022-23 season.

History

Omonia Oroklinis

The logo of Omonia Oroklini.
The logo of Omonia Oroklini.

Omonia Oroklinis founded at 1979. Until 2013, the team was a member of the local association, Free Area of Famagusta Football Association (POEPA). The season 2012–13, took part to the finals of the CFA Integration Championship. They lost to Enosis Kokkinotrimithia, but they won their promotion to the 2013–14 Cypriot Fourth Division and became a member team of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA).[1] The team able to avoid relegation.[2] The team’s colors were the green and white. Team’s home ground was the Oroklini Community Stadium.

Omonia Oroklinis at CFA competitions
Season Championship Cup
Division Position Teams Played Won Drawn Lost Goals Points Cup Round
For Against
2013–14[2] D 11 15 28 10 4 14 35 46 34 Lower Division Cup Did not participated[3]

Rename to Alki Oroklini

On 10 April 2014, the team’s board of directors decided to rename the team to Alki Oroklini,[4] when business man Andy Loppas, who became the president of the team, renamed it to Alki as his favorite team was Alki Larnaca FC which was dissolved that year, due to financial problems. The new president had a goal to promote the team to the Cypriot First Division. Alki Oroklini has no connection to Alki Larnaca, as the two teams never merged.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Alki Oroklini adopted the colors of Alki Larnaca (Blue and Red). The emblem of the team is similar to Alki Larnaca emblem. Furthermore, the nickname "Immortals" that was used as a nickname for Alki Larnaca is now being used for Alki Oroklini.[13]

In the 2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division season, Alki won the championship and promoted to the Cypriot Third Division.[14][15] The next season, Alki took the second place of the league and was promoted to the Cypriot Second Division (they earned the same points with the champions team but they lost due to head-to-head records).[16] Furthermore, they won the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions.[17] At their first participation in the Second Division, the season 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division, the team won their promotion to the Cypriot First Division for the first time in their history, five rounds before the end of the championship.[18][19][20][21] A few rounds later, they won the championship.[22]

Alki Oroklini at CFA competitions
Season Championship Cup
Division Position Teams Played Won Drawn Lost Goals Points Cup Round
For Against
2014–15[14] D 1 14 26 20 3 3 64 17 63 Lower Division Cup Quarterfinals[23]
2015–16[16] C 2 16 30 21 4 5 62 25 67 Lower Division Cup Winner[17]
2016–17[24] B 1 14 26 21 3 2 60 15 66 Cypriot Cup A' round
2017–18[25] Α 11 14 36 11 6 19 48 73 39 Cypriot Cup A' round[26]
Points: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Home ground

Omonia Oroklinis home ground was the Oroklini Community Stadium. Alki Oroklini used that stadium for the first two seasons of their existence under that name. After they were promoted to the second division, they are using the Ammochostos Stadium.[27][28]

Players

As of 10 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Cyprus CYP Giorgos Panayi
2 MF Cyprus CYP Costas Charalambous (Captain)
5 MF Cyprus CYP Iakovos Kaiserlides
6 DF Cyprus CYP Sotiris Finiris
7 MF Cyprus CYP Leandros Lillis (Vice-captain)
8 MF Albania ALB Enea Kotrri
9 FW Cyprus CYP Sergios Avraam
11 FW Greece GRE Christos Efstathiou
14 DF Brazil BRA Anderson
15 DF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Kastanas
19 FW Cyprus CYP Marcos Michael
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Venezuela VEN Rafael Acosta
21 DF Cyprus CYP Chrysostomos Filippou
24 DF Cyprus CYP Panayiotis Loizides
33 DF Cyprus CYP Alexandros Theocharous
34 GK Cyprus CYP Gregoris Ioakeim
35 FW Cyprus CYP Gregorios Mouchli
43 GK Poland POL Mateusz Taudul
55 MF Argentina ARG Esteban Sachetti
70 FW Cyprus CYP Nicolas Theodorou
77 FW Cyprus CYP Neofytos Raounas
88 MF Cyprus CYP Sotiris Fiakas
— FW Croatia CRO Vilim Posinković

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2021.

Out on loan

Technical and medical staff

Position Staff
Sporting Director Panos Ziakas
Team manager Cyprus Theodoros Theodorou
Head coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Nedim Tutić
Assistant coach Cyprus Stefanos Voskaridis
Goalkeeper coach Serbia Jovan Savic
Fitness coach Cyprus Christos Michael
Medical staff
Physiotherapist Cyprus Kyriakos Andreou
Caregiver Cyprus Panagiotis Hadjipanteli

Honours

Champions (1): 2016–17
Champions (1): 2014–15
Winners (1): 2015–16

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