Ammochostos Stadium
| Ammochostos Stadium | |
|---|---|
| Location | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| Coordinates | 34°55′47″N 33°36′47″E / 34.92972°N 33.61306°ECoordinates: 34°55′47″N 33°36′47″E / 34.92972°N 33.61306°E |
| Broke ground | 1991 |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Renovated | 1998 |
| Owner | Nea Salamis FC |
| Operator | Nea Salamis FC |
| Surface | Grass |
| Capacity | 5500 |
| Tenants | |
| Nea Salamis FC (1991-) Cyprus national under-21 football team Ermis(2010-) |
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Ammochostos Stadium (Greek: Γήπεδο 'Αμμόχωστος') is a multi-purpose stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Nea Salamis FC.
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[edit] History
The original home ground of Nea Salamis FC was GSE in Famagusta, but due to the Turkish occupation of the town since 1974 they cannot use it. After that, Nea Salamis FC moved, temporarily, to Larnaca and built their own stadium.
The decision to build the stadium came in 1989. The December of the same year it started to be built. After many wages offered from Salamis fans in Cyprus and abroad, from Cyprus Sports Association and from many workers it was built in a short time.
In their first formal match in Ammochostos Stadium, Nea Salamis FC defeated Evagoras Paphos with 4-1 (12 October 1991, Saturday).[1]
In 1998 some improvement works took place in the stadium. The stadium holds 5,500 people. Soon, a third shuttle will be built and the stadium will hold 7,500 people. Since 2007, under the south shuttle of the stadium is the dwelling and the offices of Nea Salamis FC.[2]
The stadium hosted the 1992 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship final on May 17, 1992 between Germany and Spain where Germany won 2-1.[3]
[edit] Name
Ammochostos is the Greek name of Famagusta and it was named like that for the memory of the town because the stadium's owner Salamina is a Famagustan team but they cannot use their stadium in Famagusta because of the Turkish occupation of the town.[4]
[edit] Other teams
The stadium was used for some periods as a home ground by Alki Larnaca FC (2007—2009),[5] AEL Limassol (in 2001, for a little period due to the improvement of their own ground) [6] and Ermi Aradippou (2001–2002).
[edit] External links
- ^ "Εγκαταστάσεις Νέας Σαλαμίνας". neasalamis.com.cy. 2008-09-05. http://www.neasalamis.com.cy/content/view/11/37/. Retrieved 2009-05-27.[dead link]
- ^ "Nea Salamis FC". http://www.neasalamis.com.cy/content/view/11/37/lang=Gr&show=competitions&CompetitionStageID=39&CompetitionID=40. Retrieved 2009-05-23.[dead link]
- ^ "Uefa Under 17 Championship". http://www.uefau17.com/history/index.htm/lang=Gr&show=competitions&CompetitionStageID=39&CompetitionID=40. Retrieved 2009-05-23.[dead link]
- ^ "Famagusta today". Famagusta Minicipality. http://www.famagusta.org.cy/simera-en/default-en.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-27.[dead link]
- ^ "TYPOS.COM.CY". TYPOS.COM.CY. 2008-06-12. http://www.typos.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=87936. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "TYPOS.COM.CY". TYPOS.COM.CY. 2001-06-15. http://www.typos.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=6825. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- (el) Official web site of the club
- The same article in Greek Wikipedia el:Στάδιο Αμμόχωστος
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