Aris Limassol FC

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Aris Limassol

Full name

Άρης Λεμεσού
Aris Limassol

Nickname(s)

Ελαφρα Ταξιαρχια (Light Brigade)

Founded

1930

Ground

Tsirion Stadium,
Limassol, Cyprus

Capacity

13,152

Chairman

Christakis Athanasiou

Manager

Andreas Michaelidies

League

Cypriot First Division

2005-06

Cypriot Second Division, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Aris Limassol (Greek: Άρης Λεμεσού) is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol. Green and white are the colours of the club. The greatest success of the club was in 1989, when the team qualified to the Cyprus Cup final, where they were beaten by AEL Limassol 2-3. Since 1996/97, when the club was in Cypriot First Division, the team every year is relegated to the Second Division and the following year is promoted to the First one. The club played in Cypriot Second Division in 2005/06 and promoted again. The Ukrainean Oleg Blokhin, the 1975 European Footballer of the Year , ended his career playing for Aris Limassol in 1989/90.

[edit] Current squad

Nationality given from place of birth

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Akos Seber
4	DF	Marios Antoniou
5	DF	Kyriakos Kyriakou
6	MF	Argyris Yiangoudakis
8	FW	Laurenţiu Diniţă
9	FW	Adrian Mihalcea
10	MF	Mihai Stere
11	DF	Panayiotis Assiotis
13	MF	Manuel Estevao Puma
16	GK	Michalis Kokkinos
18	DF	Elias Elia
19	MF	Georgios Vassileiou

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Georgios Pegklis
21	MF	Marios Nikolaou
22	GK	Andreas Archontakis
23	MF	Andreas Theofanous
24	DF	Stelios Parpas
25	DF	Melios Aristidou
28	MF	Demetris Meidanis
30	DF	Kostas Markou
31	DF	Andreas Melanarkitis
35	DF	Tomas Kuchar
79	DF	Stelios Kittos

[edit] Titles

Cyprus Cup:
- Runners-up (1):1989

Cypriot Second Division:
- Winners (3): 1954, 1956, 1994

Cypriot First Division, 2006-2007
AEK Larnaca \| AEL FC \| AEP Paphos \| Anorthosis Famagusta \| APOEL \| Apollon Limassol \| Aris Limassol \| Ayia Napa \| Digenis Morphou \| EN Paralimni \| Ethnikos Achna \| Nea Salamis Famagusta \| Olympiakos Nicosia \| AC Omonia
Football in Cyprus
Cyprus Football Association - National team - List of football clubs in Cyprus
Competitions: Cypriot First Division - Cyprus Cup - Cyprus FA Shield