# 2014–15 Anorthosis Famagusta FC season

The 2014–15 season will be Anorthosis' 66th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 May 2015.

## Season overview
### Pre-season

Anorthosis Famagusta commenced their summer transfer activity on 11 June, by signing Georgian national football player Irakli Maisuradze from Valletta for 1+1 years.
On 17 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Georgian football player Giorgi Aburjania from Lokomotivi Tbilisi for 1+1 years.
On 24 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Razak Nuhu from Manchester City B.
On 27 June, Anorthosis announced the sale of Cypriot national footballer Valentinos Sielis to AEL Limassol.
On 2 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Spanish footballer Albert Serrán from AD Alcorcón for the next year.
On 21 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Ukraine national footballer with U21 Yuriy Yakovenko from Ajaccio for the next year.
On 16 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of German Chinedu Ede from Mainz 05. and the 2 year contract with Uruguayan footballer Gonzalo García from Maccabi Tel Aviv.
On 22 August, Anorthosis announced the loan of their goalkeeper Aldo Teqja to Elpida Xylofagou for a year.
On 25 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Latvia national footballer Valērijs Šabala from Club Brugge.
On 28 Augusta, Anorthosis announced the 2-year contract with Sweden national footballer Markus Holgersson from Helsingborgs IF.
On 1 September, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Belgium national goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski from Anderlecht.

### August 2014

Cyprus Football Association postponed the first matchweek game between APOEL Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta, because of APOEL's matches for the UEFA Champions League against Aalborg BK, after the consent of Anorthosis and APOEL.

### September 2014

On 1 September, Anorthosis faced Omonia Nicosia in GSP Stadium. Anorthosis lost their first game in this years league 3-2. Anorthosis equaled twice the score, at 19th minute with Chinedu Ede and at 63rd minute with Yuriy Yakovenko.
On 16 September, Anorthosis faced AEK Larnaca in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis defeated AEK 2-1 and get the 3 first points in this season. Anorthosis opens the score with Yuriy Yakovenko at 29th minute, but AEK equaled the score with Roberto Colautti at 40th minute. Anorthosis get the win in last minute after the free kick of Toni Calvo in 90+3rd minute of the match.
On 22 September, Anorthosis faced Ermis Aradippou in Dasaki Stadium. Anorthosis suffered the second defeat with score 1-0, when Marcos De Azevedo scored after the assist of Besart Ibraimi.
On 24 September, Anorthosis faced APOEL Nicosia in GSP Stadium for the 1st match day postponed match. After a good first half anorthosis not kept pace of Apoel in second half and lost for a second match in a row in GSP Stadium and in division. Gustavo Manduca opens the score at 65th minute and 9 minutes later he won a penalty and the red card of Constantinos Laifis. At 75th minute, Manduca missed the penalty, but Aloneytis followed the phase and with powerful shot formatting the final score.
On 27 September, Anorthosis faced Ayia Napa in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis does not had a particularly trouble and got the win 4-1. At 6th minute Stavros Stathakis scored an own goal. In 19th minute Ayia Napa equaled the score with David Mena as seen in the television lens the goal wrongly counted as it was prominently off side. At 55th minute Anorthosis ahead the score with Andreas Makris after a running of Razak Nuhu from the left side and the pass at the right time. 3 minutes later Emiliano Fusco get the 2nd yellow card and left Ayia Napa with 10 players. Anorthsis until the end of the match scored 2 more goals, with Giorgi Aburjania after a pass from Toni Calvo and at the last minute with a Penalty who scored Toni Calvo.

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Team Administrator | Alexis Kokkinis |
| Director of Football | Ted van Leeuwen |
| Head coach | André Paus |
| Assistant coach | Simos Tarapoulouzi |
| Fitness trainer | Giorgos Georgiou |
| Goalkeepers coach | Arjan Beqaj |
| U-21 Head Coach | Arsen Mihajlovic |
| Scouter | Jimmi Jacobsen |
| Scouter | Charis Charalambous |
| Scouter | Kostas Konstantinou |
Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

### Medical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Doctor | Dr. Panikkos Kasapis |
| Head Doctor | Dr. Nikos Hadjinikolaou |
| Exercise Physiology | Dr. Marios Christou |
| Physical Therapist | Evagelos Nikolaou |
| Nutritionist | Ioannis Kerimis |
| Masseur | Plamen Panov |
| Masseur | Yordan Stoyanov |
Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

### Club hierarchy

| Position | Staff |
| President | Christos Poullaides |
| 1st Vice-president | Frantzeskos Hadjiimichael |
| 2nd Vice-president | Makis Kontos |
| 3rd Vice-president | Andreas Poullaides |
| Executive Director | Frantzeskos Hadjimichael |
| Financial Director | Stavros K. Hadjikyriacou |
| Member | Andreas Konstantinou |
| Member | Panikos Kyriakou |
| Member | Achilleas Nicolaou |
| Member | Elina Patrioti |
Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

## Current squad

Last Update: September 28, 2014

### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Mario Daniel Vega | 40 | | 2013 | 15 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 2 | RB | Marko Andic | 40 | EU | 2011 | 80 | 1 | 2015 | Free | |
| 3 | CB | Serrán Polo (captain) | 40 | EU | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 5 | LB | Razak Nuhu | 33 | | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 6 | CM | Christos Marangos (captain) | 41 | EU | 2013 | 101 | 13 | 2015 | Free | |
| 7 | RM | Toni Calvo | 37 | EU | 2012 | 52 | 8 | 2015 | Free | |
| 8 | AM | Giorgi Aburjania | 29 | | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 9 | CF | Valērijs Šabala | 30 | EU | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2015 | Free | On Loan from Club Brugge |
| 10 | AM | Gonzalo García | 40 | EU | 2013 | 25 | 10 | 2016 | Free | |
| 11 | CF | Yuriy Yakovenko | 31 | EU | 2014 | 5 | 2 | 2015 | Free | |
| 13 | GK | Thomas Kaminski | 31 | EU | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2015 | Free | On Loan from Anderlecht |
| 15 | CB | Markus Holgersson | 39 | EU | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 16 | GK | Mathieu Valverde | 41 | EU | 2012 | 43 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 18 | CM | Irakli Maisuradze | 36 | | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2017 | Free | |
| 19 | LM | Chinedu Ede | 37 | EU | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 2015 | Free | On Loan from Mainz 05 |
| 22 | CB | Demetris Economou | 31 | EU | 2012 | 13 | 0 | 2017 | €150K | |
| 24 | RB | Jason Demetriou (captain) | 36 | EU | 2013 | 20 | 1 | 2015 | Free | |
| 30 | LM | Andreas Avraam | 37 | EU | 2013 | 34 | 2 | 2017 | €300K | |
| 32 | GK | Gavriel Constantinou | 35 | EU | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 33 | RM | Andreas Makris | 28 | EU | 2013 | 32 | 4 | 2017 | € 20K | |
| 34 | LM | Constantinos Laifis | 31 | EU | 2012 | 14 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 35 | RB | Panayiotis Loizides | 29 | EU | 2012 | 12 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 36 | AM | Adamos Andreou | 29 | EU | 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 37 | AM | Zacharias Theodorou | 31 | EU | 2011 | 12 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 41 | CM | Grigoris Makos (captain) | 37 | EU | 2013 | 29 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 54 | AM | Theofilos Chrysochos | 29 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 70 | AM | Adamos Hadjigeorgiou | 32 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 28 September 2014
* Source: , Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
* Ordered by squad number.
More Anorthosis Footballers
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 40 | GK | | Aldo Teqja | 29 | EU | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | on loan to Elpida Xylofagou until 30/06/2015 |
| TBA | CB | | Nicos Efthimiou | 31 | EU | 2011 | | | 2016 | Youth system | on loan to Othellos Athienou F.C. until 30/06/2015 |
* Last updated: 01 September 2014
* Source: Anorthosis.com/, Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 3 | DF | Albert Serrán | 40 | EU | Alcorcón | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 5 | DF | Razak Nuhu | 33 | | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 8 | MF | Giorgi Aburjania | 29 | | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 9 | MF | Valērijs Šabala | 30 | EU | Club Brugge | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 10 | MF | Gonzalo García | 40 | EU | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 11 | MF | Yuriy Yakovenko | 31 | EU | Ajaccio | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 13 | GK | Thomas Kaminski | 31 | EU | Anderlecht | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 15 | DF | Markus Holgersson | 39 | EU | Helsingborgs IF | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 18 | MF | Irakli Maisuradze | 36 | | Valletta | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 19 | MF | Chinedu Ede | 37 | EU | Mainz 05 | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
Total expenditure: €0

## Cyprus First Division
### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 39 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 38 | Qualification to championship group |
| 6 | Ermis Aradippou | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 35 | Qualification to championship group |
| 7 | AEL Limassol | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 30 | Qualification to relegation group |
* 1 2 OMO 0–1 AEK ; AEK 1–3 OMO

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 September 2014. Source: UEFA

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 |

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Cypriot First Division | — | 6th | | 01 September 2014 | TBD |
| Cypriot Cup | 2nd round | 2nd round | | TBD | TBD |
Updated to match played 28 September 2014 Source: Competitions

### Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1st Division | 1st Division | Cypriot Cup | Cypriot Cup | Other$^1$ | Other$^1$ |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Mario Vega | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Marko Andić | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Serrán Polo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Razak Nuhu | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CYP | Christos Marangos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Toni Calvo | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Aburjania | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Valērijs Šabala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | URU | Gonzalo García | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Yuriy Yakovenko | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BEL | Thomas Kaminski | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Markus Holgersson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Valverde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GEO | Irakli Maisuradze | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Chinedu Ede | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CYP | Demetris Economou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CYP | Jason Demetriou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CYP | Andreas Avraam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | CYP | Gavriel Constantinou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | CYP | Andreas Makris | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | CYP | Constantinos Laifis | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | CYP | Panayiotis Loizides | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | CYP | Adamos Andreou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CYP | Zacharias Theodorou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GRE | Grigoris Makos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | CYP | Theofilos Chrysochos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | CYP | Adamos Hadjigeorgiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | CYP | Andreas Hadjiathanasiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | CYP | Neofytos Kyriakou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^1$ Includes Cypriot super cup in season.
† denotes players that left the club during the season.

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | Goals | Cypriot Cup | Other$^1$ | Total |
| 1 | Yuriy Yakovenko | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Toni Calvo | RM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Chinedu Ede | LM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Giorgi Aburjania | AM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Andreas Makris | RM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
$^1$ Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

### Discipline

| N | P | Name | 1st Division | 1st Division | Total | Total |
| 34 | MF | Constantinos Laifis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Marko Andić | 3 | | 3 | |
| 7 | MF | Toni Calvo | 2 | | 2 | |
| 18 | MF | Irakli Maisuradze | 2 | | 2 | |
| 11 | FW | Yuriy Yakovenko | 1 | | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Razak Nuhu | 1 | | 1 | |
| 15 | DF | Markus Holgersson | 1 | | 1 | |
Last updated: 28 September 2014 Source: Matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
$^1$ Includes Cypriot super cup in season.
† denotes players that left the club during the season.