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, 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.

• 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

As of 9 September 2024

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   CYP Panagiotis Panagiotou 3 DF   CYP Andreas Christofi 4 DF   CYP Sean Ioannou 5 DF   SRB Ilija Milićević 6 DF   MTQ Jérémy Corinus 7 FW   GUI Thierno Barry (on loan from Pafos) 8 MF   CYP Dimitris Mavroudis 9 FW   GER Bassala Sambou 10 MF   ISR Niv Gotlieb 11 MF   CYP Vasilis Dimosthenous 13 GK   CYP Dimitrios Stylianidis (on loan from AEK Larnaca) 14 MF   CYP Loizos Kosmas (Vice captain) 18 MF   GHA Isaac Nortey 19 FW   BEL Elisha Sam 20 MF   CYP Fotis Kotsonis (3rd captain) 21 DF   GNB Prosper Mendy

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   BRA Diogo Dall'Igna (on loan from Pafos) 23 MF   AUT Marco Krainz 24 GK   NGA Adebayo Adeleye 27 DF   ISR Niv Fliter (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) 28 FW   CYP Evangelos Andreou (on loan from AEL Limassol) 29 MF   POL Piotr Janczukowicz 33 MF   CYP Loukas Ikonomou 34 DF   CYP Loukas Kalogirou 36 MF   CYP Anastasios Stratis 37 MF   CYP Marios Chatzilefteri 40 MF   CYP Dimitris Solomou 42 MF   SUI Nathan Mbengi 44 DF   CYP Stylianos Georgiou 80 MF   GNB Edson Silva 87 DF   NED Ruben Hoogenhout 99 FW   CYP Michalis Charalambous (Captain)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   CYP Theodoros Koutsou (at Anagennisi Deryneia until 31 May 2025) — DF   CYP Stylianos Adamou (at Anagennisi Deryneia until 31 May 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   CYP Loukas Kalogirou (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 31 May 2025)

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

• Club history (in Greek)