The 2016–17 season will be Anorthosis' 68th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 May 2017.
| 2016–17 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Charalambos Manoli |
| Manager |  Antonio Puchefrom 18 May 2016 until 18 October 2016  Ronny Levyfrom 26 October 2016 |
| Stadium | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
Season overview edit
Transfer activity edit
Anorthosis Famagusta commenced their summer transfer activity on 3 June, by signing Serbian football player Milan Savić from Novi Pazar for 1+2 years.[1]
On 17 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Spanish footballers Cristóbal Márquez Crespo from CD Toledo for 1+1 years.[2] and Alberto Aguilar Leiva from Western Sydney Wanderers for a year.[3]
Players edit
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | RB | 
|
Gabriel de Moura | 35 | 2015 | 26 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | ||
| 4 | CM | 
|
Pelé | 36 | EU | 2015 | 23 | 5 | 2017 | Free Transfer | |
| 5 | CB |
|
Jesús María Herrero | 40 | EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | |
| 6 | DM | 
|
Marios Nicolaou | 27 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 7 | AM |
|
Carlitos | 31 | EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2019 | €100,000 | |
| 8 | AM |
|
Cristóbal Márquez Crespo | 40 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | |
| 9 | AM |
|
Airam Cabrera | 36 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free Transfer | |
| 10 | AM |
|
Rubén Rayos | 37 | EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Free Transfer | |
| 11 | LM |
|
José Antonio Ríos | 34 | EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | |
| 16 | AM |
|
Charalambos Aristotelous | 29 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Free Transfer | |
| 17 | RB |
|
Iñigo Calderón (4th Captain) | 42 | EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Free Transfer | |
| 18 | AM | 
|
Louis Bennett | 29 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Free Transfer | 2nd nationality: England |
| 19 | DM |
|
João Victor (Captain) | 35 | 2015 | 27 | 3 | 2017 | Free Transfer | ||
| 22 | LB |
|
Alberto Aguilar Leiva | 39 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | |
| 23 | CM |
|
Giorgos Economides | 34 | EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2019 | €30,000 | |
| 30 | AM |
|
Demetris Theodorou | 26 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 33 | LB |
|
Guilherme Santos | 36 | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | ||
| 36 | RW |
|
Stylianos Kallenos | 25 | EU | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 38 | RW |
|
Neofytos Kyriakou | 26 | EU | 2014 | 6 | 0 | 2018 | Free Transfer | |
| 39 | AM |
|
Christos Hadjipaschalis | 24 | EU | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | |
| 44 | CB | 
|
Milan Savić | 30 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free Transfer | |
| 77 | CF | 
|
Esmaël Gonçalves | 32 | EU | 2016 (Winter) | 26 | 12 | 2019 | Free Transfer | 2nd nationality: Portugal |
| 88 | GK | 
|
Jan Koprivec (Vice-Captain) | 35 | EU | 2015 | 35 | 0 | 2017 | Free Transfer | |
| 91 | GK |
|
Giorgos Papadopoulos | 33 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free Transfer | |
| CF |
|
Charalambos Mouzouros | 27 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system |
- Last updated: 31 August 2016
- Source: anorthosisfc.com.cy
- Ordered by squad number.
Transfers edit
In edit
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | CB |
|
Jesús María Herrero | 32 | EU | UE Llagostera
|
Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 7 | RW |
|
Carlitos | 23 | EU | APOEL
|
Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €100,000 | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 9 | CF |
|
Airam López | 29 | EU |  Korona Kielce
|
Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 10 | AM |
|
Rubén Rayos | 30 | EU |  FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
|
Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 11 | LM |
|
José Antonio Ríos | 26 | EU | UE Llagostera
|
Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 16 | CM |
|
Charalambos Aristotelous | 21 | EU | PAEEK FC
|
Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free Transfer | |
| 17 | RB |
|
Iñigo Calderón | 34 | EU |  Brighton
|
Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 18 | AM |
|
Louis Bennett | 21 | EU | Marquette Golden Eagles
|
Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free Transfer | |
| 22 | LB |
|
Alberto Aguilar Leiva | 32 | EU |  Western Sydney Wanderers
|
Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 23 | CM |
|
Giorgos Economides | 26 | EU | Omonia Nicosia
|
Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €30,000 | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 33 | LB |
|
Guilherme Santos | 28 | Sampaio Corrêa
|
Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 35 | CM |
|
Charalambos Mouzouros | 19 | EU | THOI Lakatamia
|
Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free Transfer | |
| 44 | CB |
|
Milan Savić | 22 | EU | FK Novi Pazar
|
Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 91 | GK |
|
Giorgos Papadopoulos | 25 | EU | PAEEK FC
|
Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
Total spending: 
€130,000
Out edit
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | LB | 
|
Razak Nuhu | 25 | Released | Summer | Released | anorthosisfc.com.cy | ||
| 6 | CM |
|
Christos Marangos | 33 | EU | Retired | Summer | Retired | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 7 | RW |
|
Toni Calvo | 29 | EU |  Veria F.C.
|
Transfer | Summer | Free Transfer | veriafc.gr |
| 8 | AM |
|
Cristóbal Márquez Crespo | 32 | EU | CF Fuenlabrada
|
Transfer | Summer | Free Transfer | cffuenlabrada.es |
| 9 | CF | 
|
Dino Ndlovu | 26 |  Qarabağ FK
|
Transfer | Summer | €200,000 | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 10 | AM | 
|
Nicolás Martínez | 29 | Olympiacos Piraeus
|
Loan Return | Summer | Loan Return | ||
| 11 | AM |
|
Andrea Orlandi | 32 | EU | APOEL Nicosia
|
Transfer | Summer | Contract End | apoelfc.com.cy |
| 15 | CB | 
|
Markus Holgersson | 31 | EU |  Aalborg Boldspilklub
|
Transfer | Summer | Contract End | aabsport.dk |
| 17 | RB |
|
Manolis Tzanakakis | 24 | EU | Olympiacos Piraeus
|
Transfer | Summer | Loan Return | |
| 18 | DM | 
|
Irakli Maisuradze | 28 | Ermis Aradippou
|
Transfer | Summer | Contract End | ||
| 20 | CF |
|
Efthimis Koulouris | 20 | EU | PAOK
|
Transfer | Summer | Loan Return | |
| 22 | CB |
|
Demetris Economou | 23 | EU | Enosis Neon Paralimni
|
Transfer | Summer | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 23 | CB |
|
Léo Schwechlen | 27 | EU |  Göztepe S.K.
|
Transfer | Summer | Contract End | goztepe.org.tr |
| 28 | AM |
|
Panayiotis Constantinou | 20 | EU | Released | Summer | Released | anorthosisfc.com.cy | |
| 28 | AM |
|
Andreas Avraam | 29 | EU | AE Larissa FC
|
Released | Summer | Free Transfer | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 33 | CF |
|
Andreas Makris | 20 | EU | Walsall
|
Transfer | Summer | €200,000 | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 34 | DM |
|
Constantinos Laifis | 23 | EU | Olympiacos Piraeus
|
Transfer | Summer | €500,000 | anorthosisfc.com.cy |
| 31 | GK |
|
Andreas Kittos | 25 | EU | AEL Limassol
|
Transfer | Summer | Free Transfer | ael-fc.com |
| 35 | RB |
|
Panayiotis Loizides | 35 | EU | Omonia Aradippou
|
Transfer | Summer | Free Transfer | Omonoia Aradippou |
| 35 | AM |
|
Adamos Andreou | 36 | EU | Released | Summer | Released | ||
| 37 | CM |
|
Zacharias Theodorou | 23 | EU | Ayia Napa
|
Transfer | Summer | Released | |
| 40 | CM |
|
Aldo Teqja | 21 | EU |  FK Kukësi
|
Transfer | Summer | Free Transfer | Kerkida.net |
| 91 | LW |
|
Jérémy Manzorro | 24 | EU |  Slavia Sofia
|
Loan Return | Summer | Loan Return |
Total Income: €900,000
Extra Income:
€300,000 (Giorgi Aburjania resale to Sevilla)
€100,000 (Dino Ndlovu appearance of Qarabağ FK in 
UEFA Europa League)
€1,170,000Pre-season friendlies edit
| 14 July 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 1 – 1 | Aris Limassol | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 19:30 EET | Esmaël Gonçalves  10' |
Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 |
37' Theodosis Kyprou |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 1.000 [4] |
| 21 July 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 0 – 0 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | Opalenica, Poland |
| 19:00 EET | Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: Remes Spa & Sporting center |
| 24 July 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 0 – 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Opalenica, Poland |
| 19:30 EET | Pelé  82' |
Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 |
74' Omri Altman 78' Omri Altman |
Stadium: Remes Spa & Sporting center |
| 27 July 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 0 – 0 | KS Polonia Środa | Opalenica, Poland |
| 19:30 EET | Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: Remes Spa & Sporting center |
| 2 August 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 4 – 0 | PAEEK | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 19:00 EET | João Victor 32' Esmaël Gonçalves 70' (pen.) Esmaël Gonçalves 76' Stylianos Kallenos 84' |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
| 6 August 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 0 – 1 | Ermis Aradippou FC | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 19:00 EET | Report 1 Report 2 |
60' Elson Hooi |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
| 13 August 2016 Friendly | Anorthosis Famagusta | 0 – 0 | Doxa Katokopias | Lakatamia, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 19:30 EET | Report 1 Report 2 |
Stadium: EN THOI Stadium |
| 19 August 2016 Friendly | Omonia Aradippou | 0 – 5 | Anorthosis Famagusta | Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 19:00 EET | Report 1 | 30' Cristóbal Crespo 45' Neofytos Kyriakou 45' Rubén Rayos 84' Rubén Rayos 89' (pen.) Rubén Rayos |
Stadium: Aradippou Municipal Stadium |
Season 2016-17 edit
| 27 August 2016 Match Day 2 | Anorthosis | 0 – 0 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 20:00 EET | Iñigo Calderón  22' Isma 55' João Victor 68' Gabriel de Moura 84' |
Report 1 Report 2 Soccerway Highlights |
9' Davide Grassi 68' China 88' Emiliano Fusco 90+1' Robert Veselovsky |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 7.500 (7.000 Anorthosis)/(500 Nea Salamis) [5] Referee: Vasilis Demetriou 1st ARef: Michalis Sotiriou 2nd ARef: Sotiris Victoros ERef 4th: Kyriakos Chrystodoulou |
| 11 September 2016 Match Day 3 | Aris Limassol | 1 – 2 | Anorthosis | Limassol, Cyprus |
| 20:00 EET | M. Antoniou 5' Maragoudakis 37' Shkurtaj 48' M. Antoniou 61' Efstathiou 65' Ikande 71' |
Report 1 | 55' Rayo 71' (pen.) Colunga 72' Cabrera 90+2' Ríos Reina |
Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Leontios Trattou 1st ARef: Nikos Kalisperas 2nd ARef: Andreas Michaelides ERef 4th: Vasilis Demetriou |
| 17 September 2016 Match Day 4 | Anorthosis | 2 – 2 | AEZ Zakakiou | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 20:00 EET | Carlitos 6' Rayo 71' Iñigo Calderón 90+2' Gabriel de Moura 90+4' |
Report | 33' Sassi 49' Pangalos 59' Mammides 69' Katsis 89' Gbedinyessi 90+4' K. Andreou 90+5' Chimodzi |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Nicolas Neocleous 1st ARef: Marios Demetriades 2nd ARef: Marios Kalogirou ERef 4th: Andreas Orthodoxou |
| 21 September 2016 Match Day 1 | Anorthosis | 0 – 0 | APOEL | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 18:00 EET | Isma 67' Carlitos 70' |
Report | 28' Astiz 58' Lago 63' Milanov |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Christos Nicolaides 1st ARef: Charalambos Charalambous 2nd ARef: Charalambos Georgiou ERef 4th: Nicolas Athanasiou |
| 25 September 2016 Match Day 5 | AEK Larnaca | 4 – 1 | Anorthosis | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 18:00 EET | Laban 6' Tričkovski 16' Joan Tomàs 32' Murillo 38' Boljević 69' Larena 89' |
Report | 6' Shehu 11' Shehu 70' Pelé 72' Isma 74' Guilherme 77' Cabrera |
Stadium: Neo GSZ Stadium Referee: Demetris Mashias 1st ARef: Ioannis Lazarou 2nd ARef: Athinodoros Ioannou ERef 4th: Avraam Tsoukkas |
| 1 October 2016 Match Day 6 | Anorthosis | 0 – 0 | AEL Limassol | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 20:00 EET | Guilherme 34' |
Report | 34' Mesca 35' Aly Touré Savané 58' Soares 60' Airosa |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Giorgos Nicolaou 1st ARef: Aristides Christou 2nd ARef: Pavlos Georgiou ERef 4th: Neofytos Neofytou |
| 15 October 2016 Match Day 7 | Omonoia Nicosia | 2 – 0 | Anorthosis | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 18:00 EET | Sheridan 44' (pen.) Derbyshire 50' Cleyton 57' Margaça 62' Katelaris 70' |
Report | Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Loucas Soteriou 1st ARef: Marios Kalogirou 2nd ARef: Kyriakos Kyriakou ERef 4th: Vasilis Demetriou |
| 1 October 2016 Match Day 8 | Anorthosis | 2 – 2 | Ermis Aradippou | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 20:00 EET | Isma 22' (pen.) Cabrera 25'Nicolaou 71' Cabrera 90+2' |
Report | 21' Benga 27' Christofi 72' (pen.) Alba 90+3' Da Sylva |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Vasilis Demetriou 1st ARef: Andreas P. Andreou 2nd ARef: Omiros Tziortzis ERef 4th: Nikolas Athanasiou |
| 31 October 2016 Match Day 9 | Anagennisi Deryneia | 1 – 2 | Anorthosis | Paralimni, Cyprus |
| 19:00 EET | Wesllem 8' Furtado 36' Brígido 74' Yuspashyan 78' |
Report 1 | 39' Pelé 63' Pelé 82' Isma |
Stadium: Stadio Tasos Markou Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis 1st ARef: Stylianos Nikitas 2nd ARef: Christos E. Christou ERef 4th: Andreas M. Argyrou |
| 6 November 2016 Match Day 10 | Anorthosis | 3 – 0 | Doxa Katokopias | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 16:00 EET | Isma 12' Economides 37' Chus Herrero 43' Cabrera 66'Shehu 84' |
Report | 33' Demetriou 49' Poutziouris |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Christos Nicolaidis 1st ARef: Charalambos Charalambous 2nd ARef: Ioannis Lazarou ERef 4th: Ioannis Anastasiou |
Cyprus Cup 2016-17 edit
| 26 October 2016 Round 1 | Anorthosis | 2 – 1 (a.e.t) | Othellos Athienou | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 19:00 EET | Cabrera 50' Guilherme Santos 94' |
Report | 61' Christos Djamas |
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Kyriakos Christodoulou 1st ARef: Doros Touros 2nd ARef: Angela Kyriakou ERef 4th: Rovertos Kosta |
Squad statistics edit
| No. | Pos. | Name | First Division | Cyprus Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | 
|
| |||
| 1 | GK | Kyriakos Panayiotou
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RM | Gabriel
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Pele
|
5+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Chus Herrero
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | ML | Carlitos
|
5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Cabrera
|
6+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rayo
|
8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ríos Reina
|
1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF |  Shehu
|
4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Charalambos Aristotelous
|
0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Iñigo Calderón
|
8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Louis Bennett II
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | João Victor
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Marios Nicolaou
|
1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Neofytos Kyriakou
|
0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Alberto
|
3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Giorgos Economides
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Adrián Colunga
|
5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Guilherme Santos
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Stylianos Kallenos
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Christos Hadjipaschalis
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DM | Milan Savić
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Isma
|
10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | Jan Koprivec
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | Giorgos Papadopoulos
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | Demetris Katsimitros
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of 7 November 2016.
References edit
- ^ Συμφωνία με Μίλαν Σάβιτς, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
- ^ Κατ’ αρχήν συμφωνία με Cristóbal Márquez Crespo, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
- ^ Κατ’ αρχήν συμφωνία με Alberto Aguilar Leiva, Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website
- ^ Ανόρθωση-Άρης 1-1: Φιλική ισοπαλία, balla.com.cy
- ^ Mόνο αυτός επιπέδου Ανόρθωσης…, Anorthosis365.com