Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou, "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the second division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.
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| Full name | Enosis Neon Paralimni (Athletic Union of Paralimni) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets | ||
| Founded | 1936 | ||
| Ground | Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou" Paralimni | ||
| Capacity | 5,800 | ||
| Manager | David Caneda | ||
| League | Second Division | ||
| 2022–23 | First Division, 12th (relegated) | ||
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History edit
Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People's Love.
The club's emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeter and the year 1936 inscription, birth year of the club Heracles. The only reason why founders decided to adopt the year 1936 as the new club's birth year instead of the year 1944 has purely to do with Heracles official papers. On those, it was clear that whenever the club's members decided to cease its operations, all of its assets (movable and immovable property) would go straight to the Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People's Love.
The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).
The team's colours of claret and blue were introduced by the Parnerou brothers, who were both supporters of West Ham United, acquainted with player Bobby Moore and grew up in East London. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, two years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division. These colours became an established part of the club itself. In March 2023, ahead of West Ham's UEFA Europa Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, West Ham visited Enosis, with West Ham sporting director Mark Noble being a guest of honour at Enosis.[1]
Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 45 editions of first division, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, when it was relegated for the first time to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.
Honours edit
- Cypriot First Division:
- Runner-up: 1974–75
- Cypriot Cup:
- Super Cup:
- Runner-up: 1981, 1983
- Cypriot Second Division :
History in European competition edit
Overall edit
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | -17 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 41 | –32 |
Matches edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Agg. |
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| 1975–76 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  MSV Duisburg |
1–7 (A) | 2–3 (H)[a] | 3–10 |
| 1976–77 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Kaiserslautern |
1–3 (H) | 0–8 (A) | 1–11 |
| 1981–82 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  Vasas |
1–0 (H) | 0–8 (A) | 1–8 |
| 1983–84 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  Beveren |
2–4 (H) | 1–3 (A) | 3–7 |
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  Bregenz |
0–2 (H) | 1–3 (A) | 1–5 |
- ^ "Home" leg played at Niederrheinstadion
Players edit
- As of 8 July 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan edit
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Club officials edit
Board of directors edit
| Position[2] | Staff |
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| Executive Directors |  Kyriacos Ttikkis
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| Demetris Economou
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| Constantinos Fanou
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| Media Officer / Spokesman | Constantinos Fanou
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| General Secretary | Michalis Laifis
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| Law Department | Constantinos Germanos
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| Members | Andreas Tsokkos
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| Andreas Markou
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| Stelios Christodoulou
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| Giorgos Flouri
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| Stefanos Styliotis
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| Andreas Giannakou
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| Chrysafis Giannaki
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| Adamos Spanashi
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| Kleanthis Kotsoftas
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| Iezekiel Flouri
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Technical and medical staff edit
| Position[3] | Staff |
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| Football Director | Giorgos Kosma
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| General manager | Giorgos Kolanis
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| Team manager | Petros Yerimos
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| Head coach | David Caneda
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| Assistant coach | Loucas Ekonomou
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| Fitness coach | Savvas Savva
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| Rehabilitation coach |  N'Jari Patterns
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| Goalkeeper coach | Antonis Georgallides
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| Sports Scientist |  Giorgos Safaris
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| Team doctor (orthopaedist) | Dr. Costas Constantinou
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| Team doctor (Pathologist) | Dr. Michalis Zouvanis
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| Physiotherapist | Constantinos Michaelides
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| Assistant Physiotherapist | Anastasis Antoniou
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| Caregiver | Constantinos Argyrou
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Notable managers edit
Svatopluk Pluskal (1971–78), (1983–85)
Vic Buckingham (1982)
Slobodan Vučeković (1993–1996)
Gerhard Prokop (1996–1997)
Angel Kolev (1998–1999)
Nenad Starovlah (1999–2000)
Eli Guttman (2004–2006)- Nir Klinger (1 July 2006 – 12 September 2007)
Marios Constantinou (2007–2008)- Panayiotis Xiourouppas (2008)
- Eduard Eranosyan (2008)
- Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou (2008–2009)
Čedomir Janevski (10 June 2009 – 10 January 2011)- Nikodimos Papavasiliou (18 Jan 2011 – 9 January 2012)
- Nir Klinger (11 Jan 2012 – 8 April 2012)
- Marios Karas (April 2012 – May 2012)
- Zouvanis Zouvani (May 2012 – Oct 2012)
Ton Caanen (27 September 2012 – 30 June 2013)
Saša Jovanović (1 July 2013 – 11 October 2013)- Marios Karas (interim) (12 Oct 2013 – 1 December 2013)
- Nikos Andronikou (2 Dec 2013 – 15 April 2014)
- Marios Constantinou (10 June 2014 – 10 November 2014)
Nikos Karageorgiou (16 Nov 2014 – 5 November 2015)
Ronny Van Geneugden (10 Nov 2015 – 21 May 2016)- Kostas Kaiafas (27 May 2016 – 13 February 2017)
- Giorgos Kosma (13 Feb 2017 – 25 March 2017)
- Apostolos Makrides (26 June 2017 – 24 October 2017)
- André Paus (31 Oct 2017 – 14 November 2018)
Carit Falch (29 Nov 2018 – 23 April 2019)- Giorgos Kosma (23 Apr 2019 – 27 September 2019)
Gustavo Siviero (30 Sep 2019 – 20 January 2020)- Čedomir Janevski (20 Jan 2020 – 31 May 2020)
- Marios Karas (1 Jun 2020 – 21 September 2020)
Carlos Alós (21 Sep 2020 – 11 April 2021)- Sotiris Antoniou (12 Apr 2021 – 10 July 2021)
- Marinos Satsias (17 July 2021 – 30 June 2023)
Manuele Blasi (25 July 2023 – 14 November 2023)- David Caneda (16 November 2023 – present)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "West Ham and Paralimni – Enosis in Claret and Blue". West Ham United F.C. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "ΕΝΠ/Το νέο ΔΣ". kerkida.net. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "ΠΡΩΤΗ για ΕΝΠ (η σύνθεση του ποδοσφαιρικού τμήματος)". kerkida.net. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
External links edit
- Club history (in Greek)