Doxa Katokopias FC

Doxa Katokopias FC (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 Katokopias
Full nameDoxa Katokopias FC
Founded1954 (1954)
GroundMakario Stadium
Capacity16,000
ChairmanCostas Christodoulou
ManagerElias Charalambous
LeagueFirst Division
2020–21First Division, 10th
WebsiteClub website

The solid Era squads

Doxa, 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.

Current squad
As of 3 February 2022[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
2 DF  COL Juan Camilo Saiz
3 DF  BEN Khaled Adénon
4 MF  POR Benny
5 MF  GHA Benjamín
7 FW  BEN Tidjani Anaane
8 MF  CPV Kévin Oliveira
9 FW  FIN Berat Sadik (Captain)
10 MF  CYP Giorgos Economides (Vice captain)
11 DF  SRB Bojan Kovačević
12 GK  CYP Demetris Priniotakis
16 MF  SRB Marko Adamović
18 MF  CIV Jean Armel Drolé
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  CYP Marios Fasouliotis
24 MF  MKD Dushko Trajchevski
28 DF  CYP Marios Stylianou
30 DF  CYP Giorgos Vasileiou
34 GK  CYP Christos Orfanides
37 DF  CYP Andreas Karamanolis
40 DF  CYP Charalambos Kyriakou
44 MF  GEO Avto
70 FW  GNB Mesca
77 FW  CYP Giorgos Pontikos (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
78 FW  TUN Ismail Sassi
88 DF  BIH Semir Kerla

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
11 MF  BRA Luís Carlos (on loan at Karmiotissa until May 2022)
27 MF  CIV Aboubakar Karamoko (on loan at Ermis Aradippou until May 2022)
29 FW  CYP Anastasios Okkarides (on loan at Enosis Neon Paralimni until May 2022)

Hat-tricks 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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