Cypriot football club
Football club
APOP Kinyras
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Full name
| APOP Kinyras FC
Αθλητικ?? Ποδοσφαιρικ?? Ομιλο? Π?γεια? Κιν?ρα?
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Founded
| 2003
; 21 years ago
(
2003
)
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Dissolved
| 2012
; 12 years ago
(
2012
)
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Ground
| Peyia Municipal Stadium
,
Peyia
,
Cyprus
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Capacity
| 3,828
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Chairman
| Michalis Mitas
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Manager
| Andros Polydorou
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League
| Cypriot Fourth Division
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2011?12
| 12th (relegated)
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APOP Kinyras FC
(
Greek
:
ΑΠΟΠ, Αθλητικ?? Ποδοσφαιρικ?? Ομιλο? Π?γεια? Κιν?ρα?
,
Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pegeias Kinyras
, "Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras") was a
Cypriot
football
club from the village of Peyia
[1]
of
Paphos District
. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower division outfits APOP Peyias FC and Kinyras Empas FC. The club's name APOP means Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Pegeias (Athletic Football Club Peyia) and Kinyras' name
[2]
coming from the mythical king
Kinyras
who was the founder of
Paphos
. In the summer of 2012, after a large bankruptcy the club was dissolved.
In May 2009, APOP Kinyras caused a major stir by winning the Cypriot Cup final, upsetting overwhelming favourites AC Omonia, APOEL FC and AEL Limassol, becoming the first club from Paphos to win a major trophy. In July 2009, APOP Kinyras become the first team from the Paphos region to play in a UEFA competition, visiting Rapid Wien in the first leg of the
UEFA Europa League
third qualifying round.
History
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The club's started their history in the 3rd division on the 2003/04 season where they promoted to Second Division as Champions.
[3]
The following season they won the second division championship and they were promoted as Second Division Champions
[1]
to the
Cypriot First Division
for the first time in their history. However, the team finished 12th in the
2005?06
season and they were
relegated
back to the second division
[2]
. In 2007 the team won the Second Division championship and they were promoted to First Division for the second time. They finished 8th in the
2007?08 first division championship
and in the
2008?09 season
finished seventh.
Few gave APOP Kinyras any chance of clinching silverware that season, although under coach Giorgos Polyviou, manage to create quite a stir when they upset overwhelming favourites and win the
Cypriot Cup
final against
AEL Limassol
. After the success, the team became the first club from Paphos to win a major trophy since the foundation of the Cyprus Football Association in 1934. After overcoming
AC Omonia
in quarterfinals and
APOEL FC
in semifinals, the Paphos side withstood some intense AEL pressure before scoring two late goals through
Angelos Efthymiou
and
Fangio Buyse
to seal a remarkable triumph in Nicosia's GSP Stadium.
[4]
In their first European game APOP Kinyras played in Vienna on July 30, 2009; losing against
Rapid Wien
2?1 in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the
UEFA
Europa League
. In the second leg, Rapid needed Trimmel's extra-time goal (2?2) to eliminate the Paphos side, which impressed at the match sending it to overtime, coming from 0?1 down to 2?1 lead with two goals from
Edgar Marcelino
and
Sebastian Gonzalez
.
In 2011, after 4 consecutive seasons in the first division, a record for the club, they were relegated back to the Cypriot Second Division.
In 2012, in after a lot of scandals the club was relegated by CFA and UEFA from the Second to Fourth Division. The same year, after a large bankruptcy the club was dissolved.
Colours and badge
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The club's colours were yellow and blue.
Stadium
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The club's home was
Peyia Municipal Stadium
which has capacity of 3,828 spectators. In 2005/06, when the team participated in the First Division, they were not allowed to use Pegeia Stadium, for the reason that the stadium does not satisfy the criteria of First Division and the team used for home the
Pafiako Stadium
. In 2007 expansions have been made in Pegeia stadium and APOP/Kinyras was allowed to use the Peyia Municipal Stadium.
Notable former players
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For a complete list of APOP Kinyras Peyias players, see
APOP Kinyras FC players
Honours
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APOP Kinyras in European competitions
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References
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External links
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