Elpida Xylofagou

Elpida Xylofagou

Nickname(s)	Elpis
Founded	1959 (1959)
Ground	Michalonikion Stadio, Xylofagou
Ground Capacity	2000[1]
Chairman	Antonis Theophanous
Manager	Giannakis Pontikos
League	Cypriot Second Division
2014–15	7th
Home colours Away colours

Elpida Xylofagou is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Xylofagou in Larnaca district. The club, which was established in 1959, currently competes in the Cypriot Second Division, after a successful campaign in the Cypriot Third Division, from which it gains the promotion. Their colors are white and blue.

In recent years, the team has also regularly participated in the Cypriot Cup.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Stadium

The team uses the Michalonikion Stadion, as a home stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 2,000 fans.

Current squad

As of 21 September 2015

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Charalambos Markou 2 DF Marios Georgiou (vice captain) 3 DF Costas Pourou 5 DF Vasilis Papakyriakou (captain) 7 FW Anastasios Parou 8 MF Pavel Petkov 10 FW Panayiotis Palourtis 12 DF Giannis Sentementes 14 DF Andreas Demetriou 15 MF Sotiris Spetsiotis

No. Position Player 16 MF Andreas Spyrou 19 MF Giorgos Antoniou 21 DF Anastasios Efstathiou 23 MF Stavros Zevlaris 24 MF Panayiotis Mavroudi 25 DF Demetris Kyprianou 26 MF Dimitar Petkov 44 GK Michalis Hadjiyiannis 86 GK Argyris Roppas

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2015.

Achievements

• Cypriot Third Division Winners: 2

1987, 2014

• Cypriot Cup for lower divisions Winners: 1

2009

References

Cypriot Second Division
2016–17 clubs	Alki Akritas Ayia Napa ASIL ENAD EN Paralimni Eth. Assia Olympiakos Omonia Ar. Othellos PAEEK Pafos Parekklisia THOI
Associated competitions	First Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Women's 1st Division Cypriot Women's Cup Cypriot Women's Super Cup Cypriot Cup Cypriot Super Cup
Seasons	1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17