Ammochostos Stadium
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| Location | Larnaca, Cyprus |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 34°55′47″N 33°36′47″E / 34.92972°N 33.61306°E |
| Built | 1991 |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Owner | Nea Salamis FC |
| Operator | Nea Salamis FC |
| Surface | Grass |
| Capacity | 5500 |
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| Nea Salamis FC (1991-) Cyprus national under-21 football team |
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Ammochostos Stadium 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 real home ground of Nea Salamis FC is GSE in Famagusta. But due to the Turkish occupation of the town since 1974 they can use it. After that, Nea Salamis FC move, temporarily, in Larnaca and create their own stadium.
The decision for built the stadiun took in 1989. The December of the same year was started to build. After many wages offered from Salamis fans in Cyprus and abroad, from Cyprus Sports Association and from many workers it was achieved to built in a short time.
In their first formal match in Ammochostos Stadium, Nea Salamis FC won Euagora Paphos with 4-1 (12 October 1991, Saturday) [1].
In 1998 some improment works took place in the stadium. The stadium holds 5500 people. Soon, a third shuttle will be build and the stadium will hold 7500 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 can't use their stadium in Famagusta because of the Turkish occupation of the town [4].
[edit] Other teams
The stadium used is some periods as a home ground for Alki Larnaca FC (2007-2008,2008-2009 [5]), AEL Limassol (in 2001, for a little period due 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.
- ^ "Nea Salamis FC". http://www.neasalamis.com.cy/content/view/11/37/lang=Gr&show=competitions&CompetitionStageID=39&CompetitionID=40. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Uefa Under 17 Championship". http://www.uefau17.com/history/index.htm/lang=Gr&show=competitions&CompetitionStageID=39&CompetitionID=40. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Famagusta today". Famagusta Minicipality. http://www.famagusta.org.cy/simera-en/default-en.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "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 [1]
Coordinates: 34°55′47″N 33°36′47″E / 34.92972°N 33.61306°E
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