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Full name:

Apollon Limassol

Nickname(s):

Thrilos( Legend), Theos(God)

Founded:

1954

Home stadium:

Tsirion stadium

Chairman:

Theodoros Antoniou

Manager:

Thomas von Heesen

League:

Cypriot First Division

Facts & History

Contents

Club History

Apollon F.C. was founded in Limassol on April 14th, 1954. The Club was accepted into the second division on October 16th, 1955 after its membership application had been approved by the Cyprus Football Association (C.F.A).

Stars of the Current Squad

Federico Domínguez
Duško Đurišić
Gastón Sangoy

Club Legends

Milenco Spoljaric
Pambos Pittas
Viktor Zubarev
Gábor Zavadsky
Yiannakis Yagkoudakis

Team Honours

CHAMPIONSHIP

  • 2006
  • 1994
  • 1991
  • 1957 (Β Devision)


CYPRUS CUP

  • 2001
  • 1992
  • 1986
  • 1967
  • 1966


SUPER CUP

  • 2006

Club Management

Thomas von Heesen
As a youth, he played for Bundesliga's Hamburger SV. Like many youth players from the club, he made his high school graduation at the Gymnasium Heidberg in Hamburg-Langenhorn. In his career as a midfielder for the club, he played 378 games, 368 of which were in the Bundesliga. With Hamburg he won the Bundesliga twice, and won the German Cup once, however, his biggest success was in the European Champions Cup, when Hamburg were victorious against Juventus. In the summer of 1994, he was transferred to Arminia Bielefeld where he played until 1997. After leaving the club as a player, he began working as a manager for the team, a post which he held between July 2005 and February 2007.

From February 12 until his own resignation on August 28, 2008 he was the manager (Chef-Trainer) of 1. FC Nürnberg

Uniforms

Home colours: White
Away colours: Blue

Stadium

Tsirion Stadium

Tsirion Stadium is an all seater multi purpose stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol and Aris Limassol. In the past, especially in 1990s, it was used as the home ground for the Cyprus national football team. The stadium holds 13,152 people and was built in 1975 by the generous contributor and great philanthropist, Mr. Petros Tsiros, thus the name of the stadium.

The football pitch is surrounded by an athletics track and serves as the home ground to the Limassol Athletics Club GSO (Gymnastikos Syllogos Olympia).

Sponsors

Official Shirt Sponsor - Columbia Ship Management Ltd
Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer - Lotto
Official Athletism Sponsor - Libra Holidays Group
Official Stadium Sponsor - Sisamos Group of Companies
Official Communication Sponsor - MiVision
Official Sport Drink - Gatorade


Important Links

Official webpage

  • www.apollon.com.cy

Supporters websites

References

  • www.apollon.com.cy
  • www.wikipedia.org

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