Karmiotissa Polemidion FC

Karmiotissa Football Club (Greek: Καρμιώτισσα Πολεμιδιών, Karmiotissa Polemidion) is a Cypriot football club based in Pano Polemidia, Limassol. They currently compete in the Cypriot First Division. The club's colors are red and white.

Karmiotissa

Full name	Καρμιώτισσα Πολεμιδιών Karmiotissa Football Club
Founded	1979; 44 years ago (1979)
Ground	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, Paphos
Chairman	Dmitriy Punin
Manager	Florin Bratu
League	First Division
2022–23	First Division, 10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The original home ground of the football team is the Community Stadium of Pano Polemidia.^[1] In the season 22-23 they mostly played in Stelios Kyriakides Stadium in Paphos.The club's name comes from the chapel of Virgin Mary Karmiotissa located in Pano Polemidia.^[2] Since 2022, Russian businessman Dmitry Punin owns the club.

History

Karmiotissa was founded in 1979, and initially played in the amateur leagues organised by STOK.^[2] Their first appearance in a CFA competition came in the 1986–87 season when the club competed in the Fourth Division. The second one came in 2009, when a 4–0 win against Enosi Neon Ypsona earned Karmiotissa promotion to the Fourth Division.^[3][4]

Karmiotissa remained in the fourth division until the 2011–12 season, when a second place finish meant they were promoted to the Third Division. The following season, they earned promotion for the second year in a row by winning the 2012–13 Third Division. Karmiotissa competed in the Second Division until the 2015–16 season, when they won the league to earn promotion to the First Division for the first time ever, however they were not able to avoid relegation in the 2016–17 season. They returned to the top flight in the 2020–21 season, but finished in last place and were relegated once more. Karmiotissa won the Second Division for the second time in the 2021–22 season to return to the First Division.

In 2022, Russian businessman Dmitry Punin acquired the club. Residing in the Limassol area, he is active in wine and real estate business, formerly also in gambling. In the first season under his ownership, Karmiotissa were able to safely avoid relegation from the First Division, finishing in 10th place. In November 2022, the team's emblem was changed.^[5] On 8 February 2023, all-time topscorer of the Russian national team Aleksandr Kerzhakov joined Karmiotissa as the new head coach.

The progress of Karmiotissa in CFA competitions

Season	Championship											Cup
	Division	Place	Teams	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals		Points		Competition	Phase
								For	Against
2009–10^[6]	D'	8	15	28	11	6	11	46	53	39		Lower Divisions' Cup	Second phase^[7]
2010–11^[8]	D'	4	14	26	13	5	8	49	36	44		Not participated.^[9]
2011–12^[10]	D'	2	15	28	17	6	5	60	22	57		Not participated.^[11]
2012–13^[12]	C'	1	14	26	17	5	4	49	19	56		Not participated.^[13]
2013–14^[14]	Β2	1	8	28	17	7	4	55	23	58		Cypriot Cup	First phase^[15]
2014–15^[16]	B'	5	14	26	12	2	12	36	29	38		Cypriot Cup	Quarter-finals^[17]
Awarded points: Win=3 points, Draw=1 point, Loss=0 points

Players

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 Alexander Špoljarić 2 DF   CYP Evangelos Meletiou 4 DF   SUR Dion Malone 5 DF   CYP Stefanos Mouhtaris 7 FW   CIV Aboubacar Doumbia 10 MF   NED Navarone Foor 11 MF   MAR Karim Loukili 13 FW   CYP Konstantinos Michail 15 DF   CYP Stylianos Panteli 16 MF   GRE Stavros Tsoukalas 20 FW   SUI Karim Rossi 21 FW   MDA Nicolae Milinceanu 22 GK   GRE Giannis Anestis 24 MF   ROU Răzvan Grădinaru

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   NED Lars Nieuwpoort 27 DF   CYP Kypros Christoforou 28 DF   CYP Angelis Charalambous 32 DF   ALB Antonio Mico 42 MF   NED Samir Ben Sallam 62 MF   CYP Nikolas Charalampous 71 DF   SRB Bojan Kovačević 75 FW   CYP Nikolas Mattheou 81 FW   CYP Dimitris Stavrou 88 MF   NED Joey Suk 98 MF   CYP Andreas Neofytou — DF   SUR Yanilio de Nooijer — FW   CYP Paraskevas Orfanides

Honours

• Cypriot Second Division
  • Champions: 2015–16, 2021–22
• Cypriot Third Division
  • Champions: 2012–13

References

1. . CFA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
2. . Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
3. . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
4. Πολίτης on-line 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Άλλαξε το σήμα της η Καρμιώτισσα: «Νέα εποχή» | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 2022-11-19. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
6. . CFA. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
7. . CFA. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
8. . CFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
9. Την ερχόμενη Τετάρτη η πρώτη φάση
10. . CFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
11. Κλήρωση πρώτης φάσης
12. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2012/2013 – Φάση Α'". CFA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
13. Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Γ' – Δ΄ κατηγορίας
14. . CFA. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
15. . Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
16. . CFA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
17. "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ Α',Β' – ΠΡΟΗΜΙΤΕΛΙΚΗ ΦΑΣΗ 14/15". CFA. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

External links

• Karmiotissa Official Page (in Greek)
• (in Greek)
• Soccerway profile (in English)