Posts tagged with "Omonia"

Six-month match ban for Omonia fan Cyprus

Six-month match ban for Omonia fan

June 13th, 2018 Nicosia district court has ordered a man, 47, pay an €800 fine and be barred from all Omonia matches for six months, following his arrest before an Aek-Omonia match in March. The man was arrested for attacking a man on March 17, 2018, police said on Wednesday. The court issued their decision on Friday. The man has been barred...
Historic turn as Omonia taken over by private company Cyprus

Historic turn as Omonia taken over by private company

May 30th, 2018 In what was described as a historic move, Nicosia football club Omonia has been taken over by a private company following a decision at a general assembly of its members on Tuesday. The decision, however, has irked its organized fans, Gate 9, who said they will not support the new state of affairs and will create a new Omonia that...
Apoel and Apollon go into playoffs with comfortable lead Cyprus football

Apoel and Apollon go into playoffs with comfortable lead

March 3rd, 2018 THE second phase of the championship gets under way this weekend with the top six teams gunning for the title and the lucrative European places. The teams that finished in places 7 to 12 have only one goal and that is to avoid sinking to 12th place, a position that will lead them to the second division along with already relegated...
Apoel face Omonia in derby showdown Cyprus football

Apoel face Omonia in derby showdown

February 17th, 2018 The Nicosia derby between Apoel and Omonia stands out in the penultimate round of the regular season this weekend, while Apoel-chasers Apollon, Anorthosis and AEK, all have seemingly easy home ties against relegated Ethnikos Achnas, Alki and Ermis Aradippou, respectively. At the bottom end of the table, Nea Salamina travel to Limassol...
Contractor withdraws €22m lawsuit against Christofias Cyprus

Contractor withdraws €22m lawsuit against Christofias

January 22nd, 2018 Contractor Miltiades Neophytou on Monday withdraw a €22m lawsuit against former president Demetris Christofias for money spent on a football club and for work he carried out on two properties. Neophytou, the plaintiff, filed the motion to withdraw in a meeting held in the private chambers of the judge. The motion was read in the...
Anorthosis move to the top after AEK win Cyprus football

Anorthosis move to the top after AEK win

January 8th, 2018 Anorthosis moved to the top of the table following their deserved 3-1 win over AEK in the weekend's big game involving the championship’s leading two. Apoel recorded another easy win against Alki and are just one point off the top with a couple of games in hand. Apollon unexpectedly dropped two points in a barren draw against Nea...
CFA to be sole seller of football away tickets Cyprus

CFA to be sole seller of football away tickets

December 19th, 2017 The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) decided on Tuesday it will be the sole provider of tickets for the majority of local matches in a bid to eliminate violence from stadiums. Tickets for away fans in games between Anorthosis, Aek, Apollon, Apoel, Ael and Omonia will only be available through the CFA website. When entering the...
Anorthosis maintain lead over AEK Cyprus football

Anorthosis maintain lead over AEK

October 23rd, 2017 League frontrunners Anorthosis maintained their two-point lead at the top over AEK with a hard fought 2-1 win over Ethnikos Achnas, while AEK defeated champions Apoel by 3-1. Pafos FC and Doxa Katokopias continued their impressive start to the season by crushing Nea Salamina and Alki respectively, while Apollon and Omonia registered...
Cyta pledges ‘prudence’ in TV football rights bidding war Cyprus

Cyta pledges ‘prudence’ in TV football rights bidding war

August 21st, 2017   The Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) said on Monday it did not intend to squander taxpayer money following criticism at the highest level over the large amounts it was reportedly willing to pay for football TV rights. In an announcement, Cyta said that it was negotiating with local football clubs for TV rights for the...
Omonia to issue €1.5m bond to repay BoC loan Cyprus

Omonia to issue €1.5m bond to repay BoC loan

July 18th, 2017 Omonia, the Nicosia-based football club that is the most popular in Cyprus, said that its intention to issue a €1.5m bond to repay an existing loan was met with interest from potential investors. “The messages we are getting are very positive,” Costas Constantinou, member of the board of directors said in a telephone interview...
Police investigate attack on Omonia club house (Updated) Cyprus

Police investigate attack on Omonia club house (Updated)

May 25th, 2017   Police are investigating after around 40 Apoel fans on motorcycles attacked the Omonia clubhouse in Lakatamia on Wednesday night, causing minor injuries to the people in the building, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said on Thursday. The motorcyclists had their faces covered with hoods and helmets, and threw Molotov...
Land for Omonia’s doomed stadium handed over to the bank Cyprus

Land for Omonia’s doomed stadium handed over to the bank

April 5th, 2017   Land at the Halepianes area outside Nicosia, initially earmarked for the construction of Omonia football club’s stadium, has been handed over to the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) in a land for debt swap, reports said on Wednesday. According to daily Politis newspaper, the bank took over the real estate, made up of several...
Trophies stolen from Omonia FC Cyprus

Trophies stolen from Omonia FC

April 4th, 2017 Thieves broke into the clubhouse of Omonia football club in Nicosia early on Tuesday and stole several trophies. Police said they were notified by the club that the establishment’s alarm went off at 4am. Officers found that the perpetrators broke a sliding window to gain access, smashed a glass showcase and stole three or four...
Neophytou spills all in Christofias trial, but may be in contempt Cyprus

Neophytou spills all in Christofias trial, but may be in contempt

March 3rd, 2017 CONTRACTOR Miltiades Neophytou may be in contempt of court by commenting in an interview to daily Phileleftheros on key parts of the trial in his civil lawsuit against former president Demetris Christofias, defence lawyer Andreas Papacharalambous said in Friday’s hearing. Neophytou wants payment for construction work performed at...
Former Omonia chairman spent wildly and ignored warnings, court told Cyprus

Former Omonia chairman spent wildly and ignored warnings, court told

February 13th, 2017 Contractor Miltiades Neophytou ignored board members’ warnings with regard to Omonia football club’s financials while he was its chairman, his successor at the club Stelios Mylonas told the court on Monday. Mylonas, who took the witness stand in the civil lawsuit filed by Neophytou against former President Demetris Christofias, in...
AEL rises to the top, Derbyshire saves Omonia Cyprus football

AEL rises to the top, Derbyshire saves Omonia

January 4th, 2017 AEL moved to the top of the table on Wednesday after defeating Karmiotissa while Matt Derbyshire’s three goals gave Omonia the win over Ethnikos. AEL coasted to their 12th win with a comfortable 4-1 win over newcomers Karmiotissa. Arouabarena gave the Limassol team the lead in the 33rd minute with Soouza adding a second shortly...
Omonia demands CFA resignations after match-fixing allegations Cyprus

Omonia demands CFA resignations after match-fixing allegations

December 14th, 2016 One of the island’s biggest football clubs, Omonia, on Wednesday asked for the resignation of the football association’s (CFA) board, accusing it of corruption. Speaking at a news conference, club chairman Antonis Tzionis said Omonia had no confidence in the CFA and the referee committee, nor in the current structure of Cypriot...
Apoel thrash Omonia in Nicosia derby (update 2) Cyprus football

Apoel thrash Omonia in Nicosia derby (update 2)

December 5th, 2016 Apoel ended the first round of the regular season with a resounding 4-1 win over their bitter local rivals Omonia and, coupled with AEK’s unexpected draw at Dheryneia, moved to within two points of the top of the table. It was Omonia who started the game more brightly with Demetri Christophi missing a glorious chance to open the...
No time for Omonia, 'hurt' Christofias tells court (updated) Cyprus

No time for Omonia, 'hurt' Christofias tells court (updated)

November 17th, 2016 The claim that he could have had the time to concern himself with the minutiae of Omonia football club’s day-to-day running while in office was ludicrous, former president Demetris Christofias told a court on Wednesday, in response to claims by contractor Miltiades Neophytou, formerly a friend and close confidant to...
Bank’s ‘strange' practices highlighted in Christofias court case Cyprus

Bank’s ‘strange' practices highlighted in Christofias court case

November 2nd, 2016 It seemed particularly strange for a bank to approve millions of euros in overdrafts solely on the strength of a businessman’s personal guarantee, accountant Loucas Papallis told the court on Wednesday in connection with claims by contractor Miltiades Neophytou against former president Demetris Christofias. Neophytou, once part of...
AEK still in top spot after poor game Recommended

AEK still in top spot after poor game

October 31st, 2016 The eagerly awaited top of the table clash between AEK and Apoel at the Arena Stadium in Larnaca ended in a 1-1 draw, in a poor and scrappy game that football enthusiasts will want to forget quickly. These were the first points dropped by AEK so far this season after eight straight wins, but the result still keeps them two points...
Omonia and Anorthosis dare not lose showdown Football

Omonia and Anorthosis dare not lose showdown

October 15th, 2016 The Cyprus football championship resumes this weekend following the international break for round seven of this year’s battle with a number of high-profile games, most notably the Omonia vs Anorthosis clash in Nicosia and two potential six-pointers on Sunday involving teams at the wrong end of the table, Anagennisi Deryneias vs...
Why dictators invest in football Opinion

Why dictators invest in football

September 25th, 2016 By George Koumoullis Demetris Christofias comes from a long line of leaders aware of the election rewards of a victorious football team IN A DEMOCRATIC country with the rule of law, state institutions enjoy universal respect. In Cyprus, the most important institutions are the Presidency of the Republic, the Presidency of the House...
Omonia loan was sorted in a matter of minutes, court hears Cyprus

Omonia loan was sorted in a matter of minutes, court hears

September 20th, 2016 RCB bank boss Kiril Zimarin was aware of the reason contractor Miltiades Neophytou visited him in December 2011 and arranged for the €2 million loan to Omonia football club to be filed within minutes, a witness told the court on Tuesday. The court heard testimony from Stavros Aletras, a civil engineer working at Neophytou’s...
Contractor questions 'haircut' timing of Christofias payment featured

Contractor questions 'haircut' timing of Christofias payment

September 19th, 2016 Former President Demetris Christofias paid Miltiades Neophytou’s construction firm €100,000 in cash in April 2013, days after banks re-opened in Cyprus in the wake of the Eurogroup decisions that imposed a ‘haircut’ on uninsured deposits in the island’s two largest lenders, the contractor told the court on Monday. At the...
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