Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

Enosis Neon Paralimni
Full name	Enosis Neon Paralimni; (Athletic Union of Paralimni)
Nickname(s)	Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets
Founded	1936; 88 years ago
Ground	Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou" ; Paralimni
Capacity	5,800
Manager	Ori Guttman
League	Second Division
2022–23	First Division, 12th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou; lit. 'Youth Union of Paralimni'), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the second division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.

History

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, acquainted with player Bobby Moore and grew up in East London. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, two years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division. These colours became an established part of the club itself. In March 2023, ahead of West Ham's UEFA Europa Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, West Ham visited Enosis, with West Ham sporting director Mark Noble being a guest of honour at Enosis.^[1]

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.

Honours

Cypriot First Division:
- Runner-up: 1974–75
Cypriot Cup:
- Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83
Super Cup:
- Runner-up: 1981, 1983
Cypriot Second Division :
- Champions (3): 1968–69, 2014–15, 2017–18

History in European competition

Overall

Competition	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	3	4	15	-11
UEFA Cup	4	0	4	4	21	-17
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	0	2	1	5	−4
Total	10	1	9	9	41	–32

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1R	MSV Duisburg	1–7 (A)	2–3 (H)^[a]	3–10
1976–77	UEFA Cup	1R	Kaiserslautern	1–3 (H)	0–8 (A)	1–11
1981–82	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Vasas	1–0 (H)	0–8 (A)	1–8
1983–84	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Beveren	2–4 (H)	1–3 (A)	3–7
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Bregenz	0–2 (H)	1–3 (A)	1–5

^ "Home" leg played at Niederrheinstadion

Players

As of 8 July 2023

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	NGA	Adebayo Adeleye
3	DF	CYP	Andreas Christofi
7	MF	ARG	Adrián Lucero (Captain)
8	FW	CYP	Onisiforos Roushias (4th captain)
10	MF	POR	Márcio Meira
13	GK	CYP	Theodoros Koutsou
14	MF	CYP	Loizos Kosma (Vice captain)
15	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Kolonias
17	FW	CYP	Konstantinos Konstantinou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	CYP	Fotis Kotsonis (3rd captain)
21	MF	CYP	kostis pou ta gazia
23	FW	CYP	Demetris Flouris
25	DF	CZE	Pavel Dreksa (5th captain)
48	DF	CYP	Gabriel Protopapas
70	FW	ISR	Yehonathan Levy
77	MF	CYP	Pantelis Gabriel
—	MF	ISR	Niv Gotlieb

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

Club officials

Board of directors

Position^[2]	Staff
Executive Directors


Media Officer / Spokesman
General Secretary
Law Department
Members

Technical and medical staff

Position^[3]	Staff
Football Director	Giorgos Kosma
General manager
Team manager
Head coach	Ori Gutman
Assistant coach
Fitness coach
Rehabilitation coach
Goalkeeper coach
Sports Scientist
Medical staff
Team doctor (orthopaedist)
Team doctor (Pathologist)
Physiotherapist
Assistant Physiotherapist		Caregiver