Karmiotissa
Full nameΚαρμιώτισσα Πολεμιδιών
Karmiotissa Football Club
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
GroundStelios Kyriakides Stadium,
Paphos
ChairmanDmitriy Punin
ManagerChristos Charalabous
LeagueFirst Division
2022–23First Division, 10th
WebsiteClub website

Karmiotissa Football Club (Greek: Καρμιώτισσα Πολεμιδιών, Karmiotissa Polemidion) is a Cypriot football club based in Pano Polemidia, Limassol. They currently compete in the Cypriot First Division. The club's colors are red and white.

The original home ground of the football team is the Community Stadium of Pano Polemidia.[1] In the season 22-23 they mostly played in Stelios Kyriakides Stadium in Paphos.The club's name comes from the chapel of Virgin Mary Karmiotissa located in Pano Polemidia.[2] Since 2022, Russian businessman Dmitry Punin owns the club.

History

Karmiotissa was founded in 1979, and initially played in the amateur leagues organised by STOK.[2] Their first appearance in a CFA competition came in the 1986–87 season when the club competed in the Fourth Division. The second one came in 2009, when a 4–0 win against Enosi Neon Ypsona earned Karmiotissa promotion to the Fourth Division.[3][4]

Karmiotissa remained in the fourth division until the 2011–12 season, when a second place finish meant they were promoted to the Third Division. The following season, they earned promotion for the second year in a row by winning the 2012–13 Third Division. Karmiotissa competed in the Second Division until the 2015–16 season, when they won the league to earn promotion to the First Division for the first time ever, however they were not able to avoid relegation in the 2016–17 season. They returned to the top flight in the 2020–21 season, but finished in last place and were relegated once more. Karmiotissa won the Second Division for the second time in the 2021–22 season to return to the First Division.

In 2022, Russian businessman Dmitry Punin acquired the club. Residing in the Limassol area, he is active in wine and real estate business, formerly also in gambling. In the first season under his ownership, Karmiotissa were able to safely avoid relegation from the First Division, finishing in 10th place. In November 2022, the team's emblem was changed.[5] On 8 February 2023, all-time topscorer of the Russian national team Aleksandr Kerzhakov joined Karmiotissa as the new head coach.

The progress of Karmiotissa in CFA competitions
Season Championship Cup
Division Place Teams Matches Wins Draws Losses Goals Points Competition Phase
For Against
2009–10[6] D' 8 15 28 11 6 11 46 53 39 Lower Divisions' Cup Second phase[7]
2010–11[8] D' 4 14 26 13 5 8 49 36 44 Not participated.[9]
2011–12[10] D' 2 15 28 17 6 5 60 22 57 Not participated.[11]
2012–13[12] C' 1 14 26 17 5 4 49 19 56 Not participated.[13]
2013–14[14] Β2 1 8 28 17 7 4 55 23 58 Cypriot Cup First phase[15]
2014–15[16] B' 5 14 26 12 2 12 36 29 38 Cypriot Cup Quarter-finals[17]
Awarded points: Win=3 points, Draw=1 point, Loss=0 points

Players

As of January 2024

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 Alexander Špoljarić
2 DF Cyprus CYP Evangelos Meletiou
3 DF Cyprus CYP Dimitris Avraam
4 DF Suriname SUR Dion Malone
5 DF Cyprus CYP Stefanos Mouhtaris
7 FW Ivory Coast CIV Aboubacar Doumbia
8 MF Cyprus CYP Andreas Neofytou
10 MF Netherlands NED Navarone Foor
11 MF Morocco MAR Karim Loukili
13 FW Cyprus CYP Konstantinos Michail
15 DF Cyprus CYP Stylianos Panteli
16 MF Greece GRE Stavros Tsoukalas
19 FW Cyprus CYP Dimitris Theodorou (on loan from APOEL)
20 FW Switzerland SUI Karim Rossi
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Greece GRE Giannis Anestis
24 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Grădinaru
25 DF Netherlands NED Lars Nieuwpoort
27 DF Cyprus CYP Kypros Christoforou
28 DF Cyprus CYP Angelis Charalambous
33 GK Austria AUT Daniel Antosch (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
42 MF Netherlands NED Samir Ben Sallam
70 FW Cyprus CYP Andreas Katsantonis
71 DF Serbia SRB Bojan Kovačević
75 FW Cyprus CYP Nikolas Mattheou
81 FW Cyprus CYP Dimitris Stavrou
88 MF Netherlands NED Joey Suk
99 FW France FRA Nicolas Benezet
— DF Belarus BLR Aleksandr Pavlovets

Honours

References

  1. ^ "ΚΑΡΜΙΩΤΙΣΣΑ ΠΟΛΕΜΙΔΙΩΝ (Karmiòtissa)". CFA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Το "ερυθρόλευκο" θαύμα". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  3. ^ "sportnetcy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  4. ^ Πολίτης on-line Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Άλλαξε το σήμα της η Καρμιώτισσα: «Νέα εποχή» | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 2022-11-19. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  6. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Δ' Κατηγορίας 2009 -2010 – Φάση Α'". CFA. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Κύπελλο Κόκα – Κόλα Γ' – Δ' Κατηγορίας 2009/2010 – Φάση Β'". CFA. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Δ' Κατηγορίας 2010/2011 – Φάση Α'". CFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  9. ^ Την ερχόμενη Τετάρτη η πρώτη φάση
  10. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Δ' Κατηγορίας 2011/2012 – Φάση Α'". CFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  11. ^ Κλήρωση πρώτης φάσης
  12. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2012/2013 – Φάση Α'". CFA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  13. ^ Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Γ' – Δ΄ κατηγορίας
  14. ^ "Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα B΄ Κατηγορίας 13/14 – B2". CFA. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  15. ^ "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΚΟΚΑ-ΚΟΛΑ Α',Β' ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑΣ 13/14 – Κύπελλο Α'-Β' / Α΄ Γύρος". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  16. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 14/15". CFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  17. ^ "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ Α',Β' – ΠΡΟΗΜΙΤΕΛΙΚΗ ΦΑΣΗ 14/15". CFA. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

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