Doxa Katokopias FC

Doxa Katokopia (Greek: Δόξα Κατωκοπιάς) is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, which is near Katokopia.

Doxa Katokopia FC
Full nameDoxa Katokopia FC
Founded1954 (1954)
GroundMakario Stadium
Capacity16,000
ChairmanCostas Christodoulou
ManagerCostas Sakkas
LeagueFirst Division
2019–20First Division, 12th
WebsiteClub website

The solid Era squads

Doxa Katokopias known as Doxa which translates to Glory in Greek, from 2011 onwards became famous for the solid squad players, the majority of whom are Portuguese from the lower divisions, that the club president "Karavidas" locates and the team employs, to face strong opponents and therefore obtains the respect of the CFA community due to the decent results.

History

Doxa (which translates as Glory) was promoted to First Division in 1998 for first time in their history, but after finishing 13th in the table (out of 14 teams) they were relegated. The following season, after finishing third in the Second division, they were promoted again in 2000 and this time, with the experience of their first participation, they achieved great success by managing to finish 11th and to remain in the First Division. They were relegated again in 2002 to become Second Division runners-up the following year. They competed again in the first division in the 2003–04 season where they finished last with only 1 win from 26 games and were thus automatically relegated. They were again promoted to the first division in 2007 and after 4 consecutive seasons in the First Division, they have been relegated back to the Second Division in 2011. In 2012 they were promoted again to the First Division after finishing 2nd in the Second Division. In their last five consecutive participations in First Division, a record for the club, they used as home ground the Makario Stadium.

Players
As of 18 January 2021[1][2]

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  MKD Damjan Shishkovski
3 DF  CYP Nikos Englezou
4 MF  MNE Vladimir Boljević (Vice captain)
5 DF  CYP Stefanos Mouhtaris
6 MF  POR Gilson Costa
8 MF  CPV Kévin Oliveira
9 FW  FIN Berat Sadik (Captain)
10 MF  CYP Giorgos Economides
11 FW  BRA Luís Carlos
12 DF  CYP Andreas Michael
17 MF  GHA Benjamín Asamoah
18 MF  GAB Frédéric Bulot
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  CYP Constantinos Michaelides
20 MF  CYP Alexandros Fasouliotis
21 FW  POR Carlitos
24 MF  MKD Dushko Trajchevski
26 DF  CYP Zacharias Adoni
25 DF  ESP Román Golobart
31 GK  CYP Andreas Paraskevas
33 DF  MKD Darko Glishikj
70 FW  GNB Mesca
77 DF  CYP Constantinos Mintikkis
83 GK  CYP Friderikos Constantinou
93 MF  CYP Martinos Christofi
98 FW  POR Kikas (on loan from Belenenses)

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2020.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  CYP Andreas Komodikis (at Karmiotissa)
27 MF  CIV Aboubakar Karamoko (at Digenis Akritas Morphou)

Loan deals expire at the end of 2020–21 season

Hattricks for club

Notable former players

See also Doxa Katokopias FC players for a complete list

Managers

References
  1. "ΔΟΞΑ ΚΑΤΩΚΟΠΙΑΣ". ΔΟΞΑ ΚΑΤΩΚΟΠΙΑΣ. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. "Doxa Katokopias". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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