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spartangreen · 02-02-10, 12:08 AM

Apollon Club was founded in Limassol on April 14, 1954. The Club was accepted into the second division on October 16, 1955 after its membership application had been approved by the Cyprus Football Association (C.F.A).
In its first year Apollon suffered 8 defeats in 8 matches in the second division. After this, Apollon won the regional group in the second division and subsequently the play-offs to then be promoted to the first division. This took place in 1957 and ever since Apollon has been competing in the first division. Things were not easy however for the newly promoted club. Apollon couldn't reach a satisfactory position in the rankings and was struggling in the middle of the table for many years. But in the mid-60's things changed.
In 1965 Apollon reached the Cup Final. A year later, Apollon was in the Final again, won the Cup, and triumphantly took the trophy back to Limassol. Apollon managed to maintain its Cup title in 1967. After celebrating these titles, Apollon had to wait another 15 years to start making history once again. In 1982 Apollon reached the Cup Final once again, and that marked the beginning of a new era. In the last 15 years Apollon won the league title three times (1991, 1994, 2006), and was the runner-up four times (1984, 1989, 1993, 1996). Since then Apollon won the Cup another 5 times (1966, 1967, 1986, 1992, 2001), and was the Cup finalist four times (1987, 1993, 1995, 1998). In the season, 2005-06 Apollon won the league title undefeated and earned a club record of 64 points. Apollon had 19 wins and 7 draws in 26 matches and this went down in Cypriot Football history due to fact that it was the fourth team in the Cyprus Championship that won the title unbeaten. *
Apollon was the only undefeated team in Europe, running an unbeaten streak since March 12, 2005 (30 games).

Supporters

Apollon is among the most popular football teams in Cyprus. The fans are quite demanding and loyal to the Club and Apollon F.C. is included in the first three top-ticket-selling teams of the league. More than 14.000 Apollon fans traveled from Limassol for the 2001 Cup Final that took place in Nicosia (more than 12.000 tickets were sold). This number also beat the previous top record for a team traveling for an away game to Nicosia. Celebrations for winning the League championship for the 1993/94 season following the victory against Omonoia F.C. More than 15.000 fans overflowed the Stadium to see Apollon clinch the title in the final game of the season. Celebrations following the victory against Omonoia F.C. at the 1992 FA Cup Final in Tsirio stadium. More than 20.000 fans attended the game. After 13 years (2005/06 season) Apollon was the unbeaten champion and the fans were singing, drinking, dancing the whole week and Limassol became blue and white. Apollon Fans are also known for their great choreographies and fantastic team entrances with flares and other unusual ideas. Also the fans are known for the highly passionate love for their team. Apollon has his main supporter group of fans, PAN.SY.FI APOLLON - Panhellenic Group Of fans, (Greek: ΠΑΝ.ΣΥ.ΦΙ Απόλλων Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Απόλλωνα) otherwise known as GATE 1. This group is located in Limassol (The main group of fans) and the second one in Ypsonas (The West Districts). Also there are many other group of GATE 1 fans in other cities inside and outside Cyprus, such as in Nicosia (Apollon Nicosia FANS), Athens (Gate 1 Athens Fan Club), Thessaloniki (PAN.SY.FI APOLLON in North Greece), Manchester Fan Club and in London (Apollon UK FANS).

Stadium

The team's current stadium is the 13,000 seater, Tsirion Stadium, also known as the Olympia Stadium (G.S.O). Tsirion Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Apollon Limassol, AEL Limassol and Aris Limassol. The stadium was built in 1975 with the help of the generous contributor and great philanthropist, Mr. Petros Tsiros, thus the name of the stadium. Apollon Limassol currently uses the West Stand of the stadium but most of the times is overcrowded therefore also use the East Stand of the stadium.

Trophies

Cypriot Championship: 3
1991, 1994, 2006
Cypriot Cup: 5
1966, 1967, 1986, 1992, 2001
LTV Super Cup: 1
2006

Sponsorship

Official Shirt Sponsor - Columbia Ship Management Ltd
Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer - Lotto
Official Athletism Sponsor - Libra Holidays Group
Official Stadium Sponsor - Sisamos Group of Companies
Official Communication Sponsor - CytaVision
Official Sport Drink - Gatorade

flyingillini · 02-02-10, 12:12 AM

I know that info from the internet. Is there anything interesting etc etc that you know about the club though that might not be well known?

Ced's shadow · 02-02-10, 03:53 AM

Not much to tell you the truth

diamond · 02-02-10, 07:17 AM

Whats your point here?

fedtpels · 02-02-10, 07:50 AM

I don't think you'll get lucky here flying. You're not even specifying what it is you want to know.

Spartangreen you have nice boobies.