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The 2014–15 season will be Anorthosis' 66th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division, the top division of Cyprus football. It covers a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 May 2015.

Season overview

Pre-season

Anorthosis Famagusta commenced their summer transfer activity on 11 June, by signing Georgian national football player Irakli Maisuradze from Valletta for 1+1 years.

On 17 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Georgian football player Giorgi Aburjania from Lokomotivi Tbilisi for 1+1 years.

On 24 June, Anorthosis announced the signing of Razak Nuhu from Manchester City B.

On 27 June, Anorthosis announced the sale of Cypriot national footballer Valentinos Sielis to AEL Limassol.

On 2 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Spanish footballer Albert Serrán from AD Alcorcón for the next year.

On 21 July, Anorthosis announced the signing of Ukraine national footballer with U21 Yuriy Yakovenko from Ajaccio for the next year.

On 16 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of German Chinedu Ede from Mainz 05. and the 2 year contract with Uruguayan footballer Gonzalo García from Maccabi Tel Aviv.

On 22 August, Anorthosis announced the loan of their goalkeeper Aldo Teqja to Elpida Xylofagou for a year.

On 25 August, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Latvia national footballer Valērijs Šabala from Club Brugge.

On 28 Augusta, Anorthosis announced the 2-year contract with Sweden national footballer Markus Holgersson from Helsingborgs IF.

On 1 September, Anorthosis announced the year loan of Belgium national goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski from Anderlecht.

August 2014

Cyprus Football Association postponed the first matchweek game between APOEL Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta, because of APOEL's matches for the UEFA Champions League against Aalborg BK, after the consent of Anorthosis and APOEL.

September 2014

On 1 September, Anorthosis faced Omonia Nicosia in GSP Stadium. Anorthosis lost their first game in this years league 3-2. Anorthosis equaled twice the score, at 19th minute with Chinedu Ede and at 63rd minute with Yuriy Yakovenko.

On 16 September, Anorthosis faced AEK Larnaca in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis defeated AEK 2-1 and get the 3 first points in this season. Anorthosis opens the score with Yuriy Yakovenko at 29th minute, but AEK equaled the score with Roberto Colautti at 40th minute. Anorthosis get the win in last minute after the free kick of Toni Calvo in 90+3rd minute of the match.

On 22 September, Anorthosis faced Ermis Aradippou in Dasaki Stadium. Anorthosis suffered the second defeat with score 1-0, when Marcos De Azevedo scored after the assist of Besart Ibraimi.

On 24 September, Anorthosis faced APOEL Nicosia in GSP Stadium for the 1st match day postponed match. After a good first half anorthosis not kept pace of Apoel in second half and lost for a second match in a row in GSP Stadium and in division. Gustavo Manduca opens the score at 65th minute and 9 minutes later he won a penalty and the red card of Constantinos Laifis. At 75th minute, Manduca missed the penalty, but Aloneytis followed the phase and with powerful shot formatting the final score.

On 27 September, Anorthosis faced Ayia Napa in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. Anorthosis does not had a particularly trouble and got the win 4-1. At 6th minute Stavros Stathakis scored an own goal. In 19th minute Ayia Napa equaled the score with David Mena as seen in the television lens the goal wrongly counted as it was prominently off side. At 55th minute Anorthosis ahead the score with Andreas Makris after a running of Razak Nuhu from the left side and the pass at the right time. 3 minutes later Emiliano Fusco get the 2nd yellow card and left Ayia Napa with 10 players. Anorthsis until the end of the match scored 2 more goals, with Giorgi Aburjania after a pass from Toni Calvo and at the last minute with a Penalty who scored Toni Calvo.

Club

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Team Administrator	Alexis Kokkinis
Director of Football	Ted van Leeuwen
Head coach	André Paus
Assistant coach	Simos Tarapoulouzi
Fitness trainer	Giorgos Georgiou
Goalkeepers coach	Arjan Beqaj
U-21 Head Coach	Arsen Mihajlovic
Scouter	Jimmi Jacobsen
Scouter	Charis Charalambous
Scouter	Kostas Konstantinou

Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

Medical staff

Position	Staff
Head Doctor	Dr. Panikkos Kasapis
Head Doctor	Dr. Nikos Hadjinikolaou
Exercise Physiology	Dr. Marios Christou
Physical Therapist	Evagelos Nikolaou
Nutritionist	Ioannis Kerimis
Masseur	Plamen Panov
Masseur	Yordan Stoyanov

Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

Club hierarchy

Source: Anorthosis Famagusta official website

Current squad

Last Update: September 28, 2014

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Mario Daniel Vega	40		2013	15	0	2016	Free
2	RB		Marko Andic	41	EU	2011	80	1	2015	Free
3	CB		Serrán Polo (captain)	40	EU	2014	5	0	2015	Free
5	LB		Razak Nuhu	33		2014	5	0	2015	Free
6	CM		Christos Marangos (captain)	41	EU	2013	101	13	2015	Free
7	RM		Toni Calvo	37	EU	2012	52	8	2015	Free
8	AM		Giorgi Aburjania	29		2014	5	0	2015	Free
9	CF		Valērijs Šabala	30	EU	2014	2	0	2015	Free	On Loan from Club Brugge
10	AM		Gonzalo García	41	EU	2013	25	10	2016	Free
11	CF		Yuriy Yakovenko	31	EU	2014	5	2	2015	Free
13	GK		Thomas Kaminski	32	EU	2014	3	0	2015	Free	On Loan from Anderlecht
15	CB		Markus Holgersson	39	EU	2014	4	0	2015	Free
16	GK		Mathieu Valverde	41	EU	2012	43	0	2016	Free
18	CM		Irakli Maisuradze	36		2014	5	0	2017	Free
19	LM		Chinedu Ede	37	EU	2014	4	1	2015	Free	On Loan from Mainz 05
22	CB		Demetris Economou	32	EU	2012	13	0	2017	€150K
24	RB		Jason Demetriou (captain)	37	EU	2013	20	1	2015	Free
30	LM		Andreas Avraam	37	EU	2013	34	2	2017	€300K
32	GK		Gavriel Constantinou	35	EU	2008	3	0	2015	Youth system
33	RM		Andreas Makris	29	EU	2013	32	4	2017	€ 20K
34	LM		Constantinos Laifis	31	EU	2012	14	0	2016	Youth system
35	RB		Panayiotis Loizides	29	EU	2012	12	0	2016	Youth system
36	AM		Adamos Andreou	30	EU	2012	5	0	2016	Youth system
37	AM		Zacharias Theodorou	31	EU	2011	12	0	2016	Youth system
41	CM		Grigoris Makos (captain)	37	EU	2013	29	0	2015	Free
54	AM		Theofilos Chrysochos	29	EU	2011	1	0	2016	Youth system
70	AM		Adamos Hadjigeorgiou	32	EU	2010	1	0	2016	Youth system

• Last updated: 28 September 2014
• Source: , Players transfer, Misplaced Pages players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
• Ordered by squad number.

More Anorthosis Footballers

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
40	GK		Aldo Teqja	29	EU	2012	3	0	2016	Youth system	on loan to Elpida Xylofagou until 30/06/2015
TBA	CB		Nicos Efthimiou	31	EU	2011			2016	Youth system	on loan to Othellos Athienou F.C. until 30/06/2015

• Last updated: 01 September 2014
• Source: Anorthosis.com/, Players transfer, Misplaced Pages players' articles (for player numbers, appearances, and goals)
• Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF		Albert Serrán	40	EU	Alcorcón	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
5	DF		Razak Nuhu	33		Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
8	MF		Giorgi Aburjania	29		Lokomotivi Tbilisi	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
9	MF		Valērijs Šabala	30	EU	Club Brugge	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
10	MF		Gonzalo García	41	EU	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
11	MF		Yuriy Yakovenko	31	EU	Ajaccio	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
13	GK		Thomas Kaminski	32	EU	Anderlecht	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
15	DF		Markus Holgersson	39	EU	Helsingborgs IF	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
18	MF		Irakli Maisuradze	36		Valletta	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy
19	MF		Chinedu Ede	37	EU	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	anorthosisfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: €0

Cyprus First Division

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

24 September 2014 Match day 1	APOEL Nicosia	2 – 0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00	Mário Sérgio  42' Kaká  53' Nuno Morais  55' Gustavo Manduca 65' João Guilherme  69' Stathis Aloneftis 75'	Report	42' Irakli Maisuradze  57' Marko Andić  74' Constantinos Laifis	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 9.707 Referee: Demetris Masias Man of the Match: Gustavo Manduca

1 September 2014 Match day 2	Omonia Nicosia	3 – 2	Anorthosis Famagusta	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00	Mickaël Poté 2' Cristóvão Ramos  10' Milan Stepanov  28' José Moreira  32' Mickaël Poté 39' Serginho  52' Ucha Lobjanidze  67' Onisiforos Roushias 88'	Report	19' Chinedu Ede  28' Yuriy Yakovenko  42' Constantinos Laifis  44' Irakli Maisuradze  49' Razak Nuhu 63' Yuriy Yakovenko  71' Markus Holgersson	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 10.015 Referee: Thomas Mouskos Man of the Match: Onisiforos Roushias

16 September 2014 Match day 3	Anorthosis Famagusta	2 – 1	AEK Larnaca	Larnaca, Cyprus
19:00	Yuriy Yakovenko 29' Marko Andić  36' Toni Calvo  73' Toni Calvo 90+3'	Report	40' Roberto Colautti  53' David Català  62' Vander Vieira  64' Eleftherios Mertakas  90+1' Vladimir Boljević	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Kostas Nicolaou Man of the Match: Toni Calvo

22 September 2014 Match day 4	Ermis Aradippou	1 – 0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Achna, Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00	Marcos De Azevedo 21' Besart Ibraimi  44' Rubén Palazuelos  55' Jonatas Belusso  68' Giannis Taralidis  78'	Report	55' Toni Calvo	Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis Man of the Match: Marcos De Azevedo

27 September 2014 Match day 5	Anorthosis Famagusta	4 – 1	Ayia Napa	Larnaca, Cyprus
20:00	Stavros Stathakis 6' (o.g.) Andreas Makris 55' Giorgi Aburjania 79' Toni Calvo 90+3' Marko Andić  85'	Report	19' David Mena  21' Stergios Psianos  51' Emiliano Fusco  58'  Emiliano Fusco	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Referee: Charalambos Skapoulis Man of the Match: Toni Calvo

5 October 2014 Match day 6	AEL Limassol	4 – 1	Anorthosis Famagusta	Limassol, Cyprus
18:00	Nicolaou  23' Danielzinho 31' Cadú  33' Edmar  46' 66' Gikiewicz 48' Guidileye  64' Stavrou 89'	Report	Makos  17' Yakovenko 56' Toni Calvo  63'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Marios Tsangaris

26 October 2014 Match day 7	Anorthosis Famagusta	1-0	Othellos Athienou	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Albert Serrán 28' Toni Calvo  70' Aburjanja  84' Demetriou  90+2'	Summary	Giorgos Loizou  35' Ndong  63' Nicos Efthymiou  68'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Loizos Panayiotou

3 November 2014 Match day 8	Nea Salamis Famagusta FC	2-3	Anorthosis Famagusta	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Onyemah 74' Diego León 90+2'	Summary	Nuhu 29'  72' Avraam  54' Makris 55' Albert Serrán  62' Marangos  80' Yakovenko 87'	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Christos Nicolaides

8 November 2014 Match day 9	Anorthosis Famagusta	0-0	Ethnikos Achna FC	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00	Toni Calvo  16' Holgersson  45' Yakovenko  59'	Summary	Eduardo Pincelli  31' Tall  49' Yiangoudakis  85' Dober  89'	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yannis Anastasiou

Classification

1. ^ OMO 0–1 AEK; AEK 1–3 OMO

Results summary

Last updated: 28 September 2014.
Source: UEFA

Results by round

Overall

Updated to match played 28 September 2014
Source: Competitions

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1st Division		Cypriot Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ARG	Mario Vega	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	SRB	Marko Andić	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Serrán Polo	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	GHA	Razak Nuhu	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	CYP	Christos Marangos	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ESP	Toni Calvo	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF	GEO	Giorgi Aburjania	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	LVA	Valērijs Šabala	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	URU	Gonzalo García	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	UKR	Yuriy Yakovenko	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
13	GK	BEL	Thomas Kaminski	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SWE	Markus Holgersson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	FRA	Mathieu Valverde	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	GEO	Irakli Maisuradze	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	GER	Chinedu Ede	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	CYP	Demetris Economou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	CYP	Jason Demetriou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	CYP	Andreas Avraam	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	CYP	Gavriel Constantinou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	CYP	Andreas Makris	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
34	MF	CYP	Constantinos Laifis	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	CYP	Panayiotis Loizides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	CYP	Adamos Andreou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	CYP	Zacharias Theodorou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	GRE	Grigoris Makos	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF	CYP	Theofilos Chrysochos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	CYP	Adamos Hadjigeorgiou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	CYP	Andreas Hadjiathanasiou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	CYP	Neofytos Kyriakou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

† denotes players that left the club during the season.

Goals

Rank	Player	Position	Goals	Cypriot Cup	Other	Total
1	Yuriy Yakovenko	CF	2	0	0	2
	Toni Calvo	RM	2	0	0	2
2	Chinedu Ede	LM	1	0	0	1
	Giorgi Aburjania	AM	1	0	0	1
	Andreas Makris	RM	1	0	0	1

Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

Discipline

N	P	Nat.	Name	1st Division			Cypriot Cup			Other			Total			Notes
34	MF		Constantinos Laifis	1		1							1		1
2	DF		Marko Andić	3									3
7	MF		Toni Calvo	2									2
18	MF		Irakli Maisuradze	2									2
11	FW		Yuriy Yakovenko	1									1
5	DF		Razak Nuhu	1									1
15	DF		Markus Holgersson	1									1

Last updated: 28 September 2014
Source: Matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Includes Cypriot super cup in season.

† denotes players that left the club during the season.

References

1. Σύναψη συνεργασίας με Irakli Maisuradze, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
2. Συμφωνία με Giorgi Aburjania, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
3. Συμφωνία με Razak Nuhu, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
4. Μετεγγραφή Βαλεντίνου Σιέλη στην ΑΕΛ, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
5. Albert Serrán για την άμυνα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
6. Απόκτηση Yuriy Yakovenko, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
7. ^ Απόκτηση Τσινεντού Εντέ, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
8. Ήρθε και υπέγραψε ο Γκονζάλο Γκαρσία, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
9. Δανεισμός Άλντο Τέκια, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
10. ^ Απόκτηση Βάλερι Σαμπάλα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
11. Διετής συνεργασία με Μάρκους Χόλγκερσον, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
12. ^ Ο Τομάς Καμίνσκι στην Ανόρθωση, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
13. Αναβάλλεται το ΑΠΟΕΛ – Ανόρθωσις;, anorthosis24.net
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17. Χωρίς κέρδος από το Δασάκι, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
18. Πληρώσαμε την αστοχία (Στιγμιότυπα και φωτογραφίες), Anorthosis Famagusta official website
19. Σαββατιάτικο τρίποντο με Αγία Νάπα, Anorthosis Famagusta official website
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21. Στην Ελπίδα Ξυλοφάγου ο Τέκια, Anorthosis24.com
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24. Match day 1: Man of the match Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
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27. Match day 3: Man of the match Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
28. Match day 4: Man of the match Archived 23 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy
29. Match day 5: Man of the match Archived 28 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, balla.com.cy

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