2016–17 Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. season

The 2016–17 season will be Anorthosis' 68th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 May 2017.

Anorthosis Famagusta

2016–17 season
Chairman	Charalambos Manoli
Manager	Antonio Puche from 18 May 2016 until 18 October 2016 Ronny Levy from 26 October 2016
Stadium	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

Season overview

Transfer activity

Anorthosis Famagusta commenced their summer transfer activity on 3 June, by signing Serbian football player Milan Savić from Novi Pazar for 1+2 years.[1]

On 17 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Spanish footballers Cristóbal Márquez Crespo from CD Toledo for 1+1 years.[2] and Alberto Aguilar Leiva from Western Sydney Wanderers for a year.[3]

Players

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
2	RB		Gabriel de Moura	32		2015	26	0	2017	Free Transfer
4	CM		Pelé	33	EU	2015	23	5	2017	Free Transfer
5	CB		Jesús María Herrero	36	EU	2016	1	0	2017	Free Transfer
6	DM		Marios Nicolaou	24	EU	2016	0	0	2016	Youth system
7	AM		Carlitos	27	EU	2016	1	0	2019	€100,000
8	AM		Cristóbal Márquez Crespo	36	EU	2016	0	0	2017	Free Transfer
9	AM		Airam Cabrera	33	EU	2016	0	0	2018	Free Transfer
10	AM		Rubén Rayos	34	EU	2016	1	0	2018	Free Transfer
11	LM		José Antonio Ríos	30	EU	2016	1	0	2017	Free Transfer
16	AM		Charalambos Aristotelous	26	EU	2016	0	0	2016	Free Transfer
17	RB		Iñigo Calderón (4th Captain)	39	EU	2016	1	0	2018	Free Transfer
18	AM		Louis Bennett	26	EU	2016	0	0	2016	Free Transfer	2nd nationality: England
19	DM		João Victor (Captain)	32		2015	27	3	2017	Free Transfer
22	LB		Alberto Aguilar Leiva	36	EU	2016	0	0	2017	Free Transfer
23	CM		Giorgos Economides	30	EU	2016	1	0	2019	€30,000
30	AM		Demetris Theodorou	23	EU	2016	0	0	2016	Youth system
33	LB		Guilherme Santos	33		2016	1	0	2017	Free Transfer
36	RW		Stylianos Kallenos	22	EU	2014	0	0	2019	Youth system
38	RW		Neofytos Kyriakou	23	EU	2014	6	0	2018	Free Transfer
39	AM		Christos Hadjipaschalis	21	EU	2015	1	0	2018	Youth system
44	CB		Milan Savić	26	EU	2016	0	0	2018	Free Transfer
77	CF		Esmaël Gonçalves	29	EU	2016 (Winter)	26	12	2019	Free Transfer	2nd nationality: Portugal
88	GK		Jan Koprivec (Vice-Captain)	32	EU	2015	35	0	2017	Free Transfer
91	GK		Giorgos Papadopoulos	29	EU	2016	0	0	2018	Free Transfer
	CF		Charalambos Mouzouros	24	EU	2016	0	0	2016	Youth system

• Last updated: 31 August 2016
• Source: anorthosisfc.com.cy
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	CB		Jesús María Herrero	32	EU	UE Llagostera	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
7	RW		Carlitos	23	EU	APOEL	Transfer	Summer	2019	€100,000	anorthosisfc.com.cy
9	CF		Airam López	29	EU	Korona Kielce	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
10	AM		Rubén Rayos	30	EU	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
11	LM		José Antonio Ríos	26	EU	UE Llagostera	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
16	CM		Charalambos Aristotelous	21	EU	PAEEK FC	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free Transfer
17	RB		Iñigo Calderón	34	EU	Brighton	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
18	AM		Louis Bennett	21	EU	Marquette Golden Eagles	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free Transfer
22	LB		Alberto Aguilar Leiva	32	EU	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
23	CM		Giorgos Economides	26	EU	Omonia Nicosia	Transfer	Summer	2019	€30,000	anorthosisfc.com.cy
33	LB		Guilherme Santos	28		Sampaio Corrêa	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
35	CM		Charalambos Mouzouros	19	EU	THOI Lakatamia	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free Transfer
44	CB		Milan Savić	22	EU	FK Novi Pazar	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
91	GK		Giorgos Papadopoulos	25	EU	PAEEK FC	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy

Total spending: €130,000

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
5	LB		Razak Nuhu	25			Released	Summer	Released	anorthosisfc.com.cy
6	CM		Christos Marangos	33	EU		Retired	Summer	Retired	anorthosisfc.com.cy
7	RW		Toni Calvo	29	EU	Veria F.C.	Transfer	Summer	Free Transfer	veriafc.gr
8	AM		Cristóbal Márquez Crespo	32	EU	CF Fuenlabrada	Transfer	Summer	Free Transfer	cffuenlabrada.es
9	CF		Dino Ndlovu	26		Qarabağ FK	Transfer	Summer	€200,000	anorthosisfc.com.cy
10	AM		Nicolás Martínez	29		Olympiacos Piraeus	Loan Return	Summer	Loan Return
11	AM		Andrea Orlandi	32	EU	APOEL Nicosia	Transfer	Summer	Contract End	apoelfc.com.cy
15	CB		Markus Holgersson	31	EU	Aalborg Boldspilklub	Transfer	Summer	Contract End	aabsport.dk
17	RB		Manolis Tzanakakis	24	EU	Olympiacos Piraeus	Transfer	Summer	Loan Return
18	DM		Irakli Maisuradze	28		Ermis Aradippou	Transfer	Summer	Contract End
20	CF		Efthimis Koulouris	20	EU	PAOK	Transfer	Summer	Loan Return
22	CB		Demetris Economou	23	EU	Enosis Neon Paralimni	Transfer	Summer	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
23	CB		Léo Schwechlen	27	EU	Göztepe S.K.	Transfer	Summer	Contract End	goztepe.org.tr
28	AM		Panayiotis Constantinou	20	EU		Released	Summer	Released	anorthosisfc.com.cy
28	AM		Andreas Avraam	29	EU	AE Larissa FC	Released	Summer	Free Transfer	anorthosisfc.com.cy
33	CF		Andreas Makris	20	EU	Walsall	Transfer	Summer	€200,000	anorthosisfc.com.cy
34	DM		Constantinos Laifis	23	EU	Olympiacos Piraeus	Transfer	Summer	€500,000	anorthosisfc.com.cy
31	GK		Andreas Kittos	25	EU	AEL Limassol	Transfer	Summer	Free Transfer	ael-fc.com
35	RB		Panayiotis Loizides	35	EU	Omonia Aradippou	Transfer	Summer	Free Transfer	Omonoia Aradippou
35	AM		Adamos Andreou	36	EU		Released	Summer	Released
37	CM		Zacharias Theodorou	23	EU	Ayia Napa	Transfer	Summer	Released
40	CM		Aldo Teqja	21	EU	FK Kukësi	Transfer	Summer	Free Transfer	Kerkida.net
91	LW		Jérémy Manzorro	24	EU	Slavia Sofia	Loan Return	Summer	Loan Return

Total Income: €900,000

Extra Income:
€300,000 (Giorgi Aburjania resale to Sevilla)
€100,000 (Dino Ndlovu appearance of Qarabağ FK in UEFA Europa League)

Net income: €1,170,000

Pre-season friendlies

14 July 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	1 – 1	Aris Limassol	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:30 EET	Esmaël Gonçalves  10'	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	37' Theodosis Kyprou	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 1.000 [4]

21 July 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	0 – 0	Maccabi Sha'arayim	Opalenica, Poland
19:00 EET		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Remes Spa & Sporting center

24 July 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	0 – 2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Opalenica, Poland
19:30 EET	Pelé  82'	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	74' Omri Altman  78' Omri Altman	Stadium: Remes Spa & Sporting center

27 July 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	0 – 0	KS Polonia Środa	Opalenica, Poland
19:30 EET		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Remes Spa & Sporting center

2 August 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	4 – 0	PAEEK	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00 EET	João Victor  32' Esmaël Gonçalves  70' (pen.) Esmaël Gonçalves  76' Stylianos Kallenos  84'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

6 August 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	0 – 1	Ermis Aradippou FC	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00 EET		Report 1 Report 2	60' Elson Hooi	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

13 August 2016 Friendly	Anorthosis Famagusta	0 – 0	Doxa Katokopias	Lakatamia, Nicosia, Cyprus
19:30 EET		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: EN THOI Stadium

19 August 2016 Friendly	Omonia Aradippou	0 – 5	Anorthosis Famagusta	Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00 EET		Report 1	30' Cristóbal Crespo  45' Neofytos Kyriakou  45' Rubén Rayos  84' Rubén Rayos  89' (pen.) Rubén Rayos	Stadium: Aradippou Municipal Stadium

Season 2016-17

27 August 2016 Match Day 2	Anorthosis	0 – 0	Nea Salamis Famagusta	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00 EET	Iñigo Calderón  22' Isma  55' João Victor  68' Gabriel de Moura  84'	Report 1 Report 2 Soccerway Highlights	9' Davide Grassi  68' China  88' Emiliano Fusco  90+1' Robert Veselovsky	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 7.500 (7.000 Anorthosis)/(500 Nea Salamis) [5] Referee: Vasilis Demetriou 1st ARef: Michalis Sotiriou 2nd ARef: Sotiris Victoros ERef 4th: Kyriakos Chrystodoulou

11 September 2016 Match Day 3	Aris Limassol	1 – 2	Anorthosis	Limassol, Cyprus
20:00 EET	M. Antoniou  5' Maragoudakis  37' Shkurtaj  48' M. Antoniou  61' Efstathiou  65' Ikande  71'	Report 1	55' Rayo  71' (pen.) Colunga  72' Cabrera  90+2' Ríos Reina	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Leontios Trattou 1st ARef: Nikos Kalisperas 2nd ARef: Andreas Michaelides ERef 4th: Vasilis Demetriou

17 September 2016 Match Day 4	Anorthosis	2 – 2	AEZ Zakakiou	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00 EET	Carlitos  6' Rayo  71' Iñigo Calderón  90+2' Gabriel de Moura  90+4'	Report	33' Sassi  49' Pangalos  59' Mammides  69' Katsis  89' Gbedinyessi  90+4' K. Andreou  90+5' Chimodzi	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Nicolas Neocleous 1st ARef: Marios Demetriades 2nd ARef: Marios Kalogirou ERef 4th: Andreas Orthodoxou

21 September 2016 Match Day 1	Anorthosis	0 – 0	APOEL	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00 EET	Isma  67' Carlitos  70'	Report	28' Astiz  58' Lago  63' Milanov	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Christos Nicolaides 1st ARef: Charalambos Charalambous 2nd ARef: Charalambos Georgiou ERef 4th: Nicolas Athanasiou

25 September 2016 Match Day 5	AEK Larnaca	4 – 1	Anorthosis	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00 EET	Laban  6' Tričkovski  16' Joan Tomàs  32' Murillo  38' Boljević  69' Larena  89'	Report	6' Shehu  11'  Shehu  70' Pelé  72' Isma  74' Guilherme  77' Cabrera	Stadium: Neo GSZ Stadium Referee: Demetris Mashias 1st ARef: Ioannis Lazarou 2nd ARef: Athinodoros Ioannou ERef 4th: Avraam Tsoukkas

1 October 2016 Match Day 6	Anorthosis	0 – 0	AEL Limassol	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00 EET	Guilherme  34'	Report	34' Mesca  35' Aly Touré Savané  58' Soares  60' Airosa	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Giorgos Nicolaou 1st ARef: Aristides Christou 2nd ARef: Pavlos Georgiou ERef 4th: Neofytos Neofytou

15 October 2016 Match Day 7	Omonoia Nicosia	2 – 0	Anorthosis	Nicosia, Cyprus
18:00 EET	Sheridan  44' (pen.) Derbyshire  50' Cleyton  57' Margaça  62' Katelaris  70'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Loucas Soteriou 1st ARef: Marios Kalogirou 2nd ARef: Kyriakos Kyriakou ERef 4th: Vasilis Demetriou

1 October 2016 Match Day 8	Anorthosis	2 – 2	Ermis Aradippou	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00 EET	Isma  22' (pen.) Cabrera  25' Nicolaou  71' Cabrera  90+2'	Report	21' Benga  27' Christofi  72' (pen.) Alba  90+3' Da Sylva	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Vasilis Demetriou 1st ARef: Andreas P. Andreou 2nd ARef: Omiros Tziortzis ERef 4th: Nikolas Athanasiou

31 October 2016 Match Day 9	Anagennisi Deryneia	1 – 2	Anorthosis	Paralimni, Cyprus
19:00 EET	Wesllem  8' Furtado  36' Brígido  74' Yuspashyan  78'	Report 1	39' Pelé  63' Pelé  82' Isma	Stadium: Stadio Tasos Markou Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis 1st ARef: Stylianos Nikitas 2nd ARef: Christos E. Christou ERef 4th: Andreas M. Argyrou

6 November 2016 Match Day 10	Anorthosis	3 – 0	Doxa Katokopias	Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 EET	Isma  12' Economides  37' Chus Herrero  43' Cabrera  66' Shehu  84'	Report	33' Demetriou  49' Poutziouris	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Christos Nicolaidis 1st ARef: Charalambos Charalambous 2nd ARef: Ioannis Lazarou ERef 4th: Ioannis Anastasiou

Cyprus Cup 2016-17

26 October 2016 Round 1	Anorthosis	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	Othellos Athienou	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00 EET	Cabrera  50' Guilherme Santos  94'	Report	61' Christos Djamas	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Kyriakos Christodoulou 1st ARef: Doros Touros 2nd ARef: Angela Kyriakou ERef 4th: Rovertos Kosta

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	First Division		Cyprus Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Kyriakos Panayiotou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	RM	Gabriel	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	Pele	5+2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Chus Herrero	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	ML	Carlitos	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	Cabrera	6+3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	Rayo	8+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	Ríos Reina	1+6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	Shehu	4+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	MF	Charalambos Aristotelous	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Iñigo Calderón	8+2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	Louis Bennett II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	João Victor	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	Marios Nicolaou	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Neofytos Kyriakou	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Alberto	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Giorgos Economides	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	Adrián Colunga	5+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Guilherme Santos	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	FW	Stylianos Kallenos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Christos Hadjipaschalis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DM	Milan Savić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	Isma	10	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
88	GK	Jan Koprivec	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	Giorgos Papadopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	GK	Demetris Katsimitros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Statistics accurate as of 7 November 2016.

References

1. Συμφωνία με Μίλαν Σάβιτς, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
2. Κατ’ αρχήν συμφωνία με Cristóbal Márquez Crespo, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
3. Κατ’ αρχήν συμφωνία με Alberto Aguilar Leiva, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
4. Ανόρθωση-Άρης 1-1: Φιλική ισοπαλία, balla.com.cy
5. Mόνο αυτός επιπέδου Ανόρθωσης…, Anorthosis365.com