Anorthosis Famagusta

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Anorthosis Famagusta
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Surname Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Seat Larnaka , Cyprus
founding January 30, 1911
president Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Chris Georgiades
Website anorthosisfc.com.cy
First soccer team
Head coach NetherlandsNetherlands Jurgen Streppel
Venue Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium ,
Larnaka , Republic of Cyprus
Places 9300
league First Division
2018/19 7th place
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Anorthosis Famagusta FC ( Greek Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου Anórthosi Ammochóstu , in German: "Reconstruction of the Ammochostos") is a Cypriot football club that originally comes from Famagusta , but currently plays in Larnaka . Since 1911 Anorthosis Famagusta FC has been the club's historic team on the islands.

history

Foundation phase

The association was founded on January 30, 1911 in Famagusta. After northern Cyprus was occupied by Turkey in 1974 , Anorthosis moved its club headquarters to Larnaka.

The team has won 13 championship titles and ten cup wins in its history. A significant success for the club and also for Cypriot football history came in 2005 when they defeated the Turkish representative Trabzonspor 3-1 in the second round of qualifying for the Champions League . Since the second leg was lost with 0: 1 and thus only with one goal difference, the third round was reached. There, however, the club failed with two defeats at Glasgow Rangers .

2008/09 season

In the 2008/09 season Famagusta was able to advance into the group stage of the Champions League under Georgian coach Temur Kezbaia . After the Armenian club FC Pjunik Yerevan had been eliminated at the beginning , there was a clash with the Austrian champions SK Rapid Wien in the second qualifying round . In the first leg on July 30, 2008, the Cypriots caused a surprise with a clear 3-0 win over Rapid. Despite a 1: 3 defeat in the second leg a week later in Vienna, Famagusta prevailed with an overall result of 4: 3 and reached the next round. Famagusta won the first leg of the third qualifying round against Olympiacos from Greece 3-0 in front of a home crowd. The club lost the second leg 0-1 and reached the main round of the Champions League with an overall result of 3-1, which was the greatest success in the club's history to date.

There the club was drawn into Group B with Inter Milan , Werder Bremen and Panathinaikos Athens . The first game of the group stage against Werder Bremen ended goalless 0-0, the second game - Famagusta's home premiere in the Champions League - was won 3-1 against Panathinaikos, followed by a 0-1 at Inter Milan. Famagusta managed a surprise on Matchday 4 when they caught up twice at home against Inter Milan and even led 3-2 in the meantime. The game ended 3: 3. On the fifth matchday, Anorthosis sealed Werder Bremen's elimination from the Champions League with a 2-2 draw, and in the meantime led 2-0 in this encounter. On the last day of the match, Famagusta lost in Athens while Werder won. Thus Anorthosis Famagusta was eliminated as fourth in the group.

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