# 2019–20 Anorthosis Famagusta FC season

The 2019–20 season was Anorthosis Famagusta's in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 June 2019 to 30 May 2020.

## Summary
### Pre-season

On 20 May 2019, Georgios Galitsios was signed with a contract until 2021. On 22 May 2019, Andraž Struna and Vincent Bessat released from the club squad.
On 25 May 2019, Danijel Pranjić and Giorgos Economides released from the club squad.
On 26 May 2019, Oliver Buff released from the club squad.
On 28 May 2019, Theodoros Vasilakakis was signed with a contract until 2021. On 5 June 2019, Yevhen Selin was signed with a contract until 2021.
On 10 June 2019, Ioannis Chadjivasilis was signed with a contract until 2021.
On 12 June 2019, João Víctor released from the club squad, got transferred to Umm Salal SC, with the total profit of Anorthosis Famagusta reaching €100.000.

## Players

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 4 | CB | Panayiotis Artymatas | 25 | EU | 2017 | 16 | 0 | 2021 | €30.000 | |
| 5 | CB | Gordon Schildenfeld | 39 | EU | 2017 | 65 | 5 | 2021 | Free Transfer | |
| 7 | LM | Nikos Englezou | 31 | EU | 2018 | 20 | 1 | 2020 | Free Transfer | |
| 9 | CF | Nika Kacharava | 31 | EU | 2018 | 24 | 4 | 2021 | €400.000 | EU Nationals (agreement) – one or more years in Cyprus |
| 10 | AM | Rubén Rayos | 38 | EU | 2016 | 88 | 16 | 2020 | Free Transfer | |
| 18 | CF | Michal Ďuriš | 36 | EU | 2018 | 43 | 22 | 2022 | €600.000 | |
| 22 | RW | Neofytos Kyriakou | 26 | EU | 2014 | 28 | 0 | 2021 | Free Transfer | |
| 38 | CM | Michalis Ioannou | 24 | EU | 2016 | 18 | 0 | 2023 | Youth system | |
| 44 | CB | Konstantinos Sotiriou | 28 | EU | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2021 | Free Transfer | |
| 58 | DM | Andreas Lemesios | 27 | EU | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | On Loan | On Loan from Nea Salamina Until 31 May 2020 |
| 99 | GK | Demetris Demetriou | 25 | EU | 2015 | 18 | 0 | 2020 | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 7 June 2019
* Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website
* Ordered by squad number.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| | RB | Georgios Galitsios | 32 | EU | Mouscron | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Anorthosisfc |
| | CM | Theodoros Vasilakakis | 30 | EU | Atromitos | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Anorthosisfc |
| 33 | LB | Yevhen Selin | 31 | EU | MTK Budapest | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | Anorthosisfc |
| | RW | Ioannis Chadjivasilis | 29 | EU | Doxa Katokopias | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €1.000 | Anorthosisfc |
| 28 | CM | Renato Margaça | 33 | EU | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €50.000 | Anorthosisfc |
Total Spending: €51.000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 6 | RB | Andraž Struna | 31 | EU | Free agent | Released | Summer | End of contract | Anorthosisfc |
| 11 | LB | Vincent Bessat | 33 | EU | Apollon Limassol | Released | Summer | End of contract | Anorthosisfc |
| 15 | CM | Oliver Buff | 26 | EU | Free agent | Released | Summer | Released | Anorthosisfc |
| 19 | DM | Joao Victor | 30 | EU | Umm Salal SC | Transfer | Summer | €100.000 | Anorthosisfc |
| 23 | CM | Giorgos Economides | 29 | EU | Free agent | Released | Summer | End of contract | Anorthosisfc |
| 32 | LB | Danijel Pranjić | 37 | EU | Free agent | Released | Summer | End of contract | Anorthosisfc |
Total Income: €100.000
Net Income: €99.000

## Pre-season and friendlies

In the Netherlands, and more specifically in Mill, will take place the main stage of Anorthosis Famagusta preparation, from Tuesday, July 16 until Thursday, July 30.

## Competitions
### Cypriot First Division
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Omonia | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | APOEL | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Apollon Limassol | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* 1 2 Head to head record: Omonia 1–0 Anorthosis, Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia.

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Omonia (Q) | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Anorthosis Famagusta (Q) | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | APOEL (Q) | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Apollon Limassol (Q) | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 35 | |
| 6 | AEL Limassol | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 31 | |
* 1 2 Head to head record: Omonia 1–0 Anorthosis, Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia.