Apollon Ladies F.C.

Apollon Ladies FC is a women's football team from Limassol, Cyprus, established in 2007. It is the leading club in the country, having won nine consecutive doubles.^[1] It is associated with men's side Apollon Limassol.

Apollon Ladies

Full name	Apollon Ladies FC
Founded	2007; 16 years ago (2007)
Ground	Parekklisia Community Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Andreas Marangos
Manager	Laurent Fassotte
League	First Division
2022–23	First Division, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Apollon made headlines after beating two-times European champion Umeå IK in their second appearance in the Champions League. This is regarded as one of the biggest surprises in European women's football.^[2] Apollon reached the Round of 32, where it was knocked out by Zvezda Perm. Apollon again progressed past the qualifying stage in the 2011–12, 2012–13 and the 2013–14 season.

Current squad

As of March 2023^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CYP Maria Matthaiou 5 DF   ESP Queralt Gómez 6 DF   ENG Steffi Hardy 7 MF   CYP Maria Panagiotou 8 MF   CYP Filippa Savva 9 DF   NED Mijke Roelfsema 10 MF   ROU Olga Iordachiusi 11 FW   SWE Emelie Helmvall 12 FW   IND Manisha Kalyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   CAN Ariana Anastasiadis 14 MF   GHA Elizabeth Oppong 15 FW   GHA Elshaddai Acheampong 17 FW   CYP Marilena Georgiou 18 FW   UGA Juliet Nalukenge 21 FW   CYP Krystyna Freda 27 MF   CYP Eleni Giannou 33 MF   GHA Olivia Anokye

Notable players

Former internationals

For details of current and former players, see Category:Apollon Ladies F.C. players.

•   Cyprus: Skevi Antoniou, Stavriana Antoniou, Mandalena Christou, Loucretia Chrysostomou, Marilena Georgiou, Eleni Giannou, Maria Ioannou, Antria Michail, Sophia Nearchou, Margarita Sofocleous, Christiana Solomou, Antri Violari, Victoria Zampa

•   Bulgaria: Liliana Kostova, Petya Petkova
•   England: Lianne Sanderson
•   Greece: Danai-Eleni Sidira
•   India: Manisha Kalyan^[4][5]
•   Jamaica: Tiffany Cameron
•   Mexico: Cecilia Santiago
•   Netherlands: Marije Brummel
•   Poland: Nikki Krzysik
•   Portugal: Mónica Mendes
•   Romania: Cristina Costa, Teodora Drăgoescu, Mirela Ganea, Olga Iordachiusi, Alexandra Iusan, Eniko Kadar, Andreea Laiu, Corina Olar, Laura Rus, Florentina Spanu, Ana Maria Stanciu
•   Russia: Yekaterina Gokhman
•   Scotland: Frankie Brown, Ifeoma Dieke, Hayley Lauder
•   United States: Danesha Adams, Yael Averbuch, Joanna Lohman, Tina DiMartino

Former non-international professional players

•   Michelle Betos, Taylor Comeau, Michelle Cruz, Gina DiMartino, Sinead Farrelly, Kelly Henderson, Haley Kopmeyer, Ashley Nick, Paige Nielsen, Mollie Pathman, Hanna Terry, Zaneta Wyne

UEFA Competitions History

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2009–10	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	4–0	Maccabi Holon
			0–1	Rossiyanka
			2–0	St. Francis
2010–11	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	6–1	Sarajevo
			4–1	Umeå
			3–0	ASA Tel Aviv
		Round of 32	1–2 (H), 1–2 (A)	Zvezda Perm
2011–12	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	14–0	Progrès Niedercorn
			8–0	Swansea City
			2–1	Lehenda Chernihiv
		Round of 32	2–2 (H), 1–2 (A)	Sparta Praha
2012–13	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	7–0	Klaksvík
			21–0	Velipojë
			3–0	Kharkiv
		Round of 32	2–3 (H), 1–3 (A)	Torres
2013–14	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	2–0	Nové Zámky
			1–0	Goliador Chişinău
			3–0	ASA Tel Aviv
		Round of 32	1–2 (H), 1–1 (A)	Neulengbach
2014–15	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	3–1	Gintra Universitetas
			0–0	KF Vllaznia Shkodër
			3–1	KÍ Klaksvík
		Round of 32	1–0 (H), 1–3 (a.e.t.) (A)	Brøndby IF
2015–16	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	2–0	KÍ Klaksvík
			8–0	Hibernians
			0–2	Stjarnan
2016–17	Champions League	Qualifying Stage	5–0	KÍ Klaksvík
			1–0	Hajvalia
			3–3	PAOK
		Round of 32	1–1 (H), 2–3 (A)	Slavia Praha

Honours

• Cypriot First Division
  • Champions (13): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19,^[6] 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Cypriot Cup
  • Winners (12): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18,^[7] 2021–22, 2022–23^[8]
• Cypriot Super Cup
  • Winners (8): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021

References

1. . Apollon Ladies FC (in Greek). Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
2. "Apollon humble Umeå on goal-filled day". UEFA. 9 August 2010. from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
3. "ROSTER 2022/23". apollonladies.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
4. 19:37 IST, TEAM SPORTSTAR (3 July 2022). . sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
5. . sports.ndtv.com. NDTV. Press Trust of India. 19 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
6. (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 19 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
7. "Κυπελλούχος Γυναικών στα πέναλτι οι Apollon Ladies" (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 6 May 2018. from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
8. "Στις Apollon Ladies το Κύπελλο, 1-0 την Ομόνοια στον τελικό" (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

External links

• Official website  
• Apollon Ladies F.C. on Facebook