Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People's Love.

The club's emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeter and the year 1936 inscription, birth year of the club Heracles. The only reason why founders decided to adopt the year 1936 as the new club's birth year instead of the year 1944 has purely to do with Heracles official papers. On those, it was clear that whenever the club's members decided to cease its operations, all of its assets (movable and immovable property) would go straight to the Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People's Love.

The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).

The team’s colours of claret and blue were introduced by the Parnerou brothers who were both supporters of West Ham United and acquainted with player Bobby Moore. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, 2 years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division . These colours became an established part of the club itself.

Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 45 editions of first division, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, when it was relegated for the first time to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.

• Cypriot First Division (0):

Runner-up: 1974–75

• Cypriot Cup (0):

Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83

• Super Cup (0):

Runner-up: 1981, 1983

• Cypriot Second Division (3):

1968–69, 2014–15, 2017–18

As of August 13, 2020[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GLP Kelly Irep 5 DF  CYP Demetris Moulazimis 6 DF  NED Pele van Anholt 7 MF  ARG Adrián Lucero 8 MF  ARG Mauro Bellone 9 FW  GRE Panagiotis Kynigopoulos 10 FW  ARG Emanuel Dening 11 FW  CYP Dimitris Theodorou 13 GK  CYP Theodoros Koutsou 14 MF  CYP Loizos Kosma (Captain) 15 FW  NGA Chigozie Udoji 18 DF  URU Diego Barboza 20 MF  CYP Fotis Kotsonis

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CYP Kyriacos Panagi 22 DF  FRA Mickaël Panos (on loan from Pafos FC) 25 FW  CYP Theodoros Kolokoudias 28 MF  GEO Irakli Maisuradze 29 GK  CYP Constantinos Petrou 32 DF  CYP Marcos Stylianides 45 DF  CYP Andreas Kyriakou 46 DF  SVN Gregor Balažic (Vice captain) 70 MF  BRA Juan Felipe 79 MF  CYP Demetris Mavroudis 89 FW  BRA Jonathan Balotelli 90 GK  MKD Filip Gachevski 92 FW  ENG Michael Ngoo

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 17 MF  CYP Rafael Eleftheriou (at Achyronas Liopetriou)

Loan deals expire at the end of 2020–21 season

• 2008–09 Enosis Neon Paralimni F.C. season

• Official website (in Greek)
• Club history (in Greek)