Anorthosis Famagusta Volleyball (men)

Anorthosis Famagusta Volley
Full name	Anorthosis Famagusta Volleyball Club
Founded	1928
Ground	Themistokleio Sports Center ; Limassol, Cyprus
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Evgenios Chamboulas
Head Coach	Petros Kontos
League	A1
2009-10	A1, 1st place
Home colours	Away colours

Anorthosis Volleyball Club is the volleyball team of Anorthosis and it is temporarily based in Limassol. Founded in 1920, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Cyprus.

History

The history of department volleyball of Anorthosis is identified with the history of sport in Cyprus. The sport made its appearance in Famagusta in the means of decade 1920 with instructor the professor of gymnastics, Anastassis Economides. According to the proceeding of meetings of administrative council of Anorthosis, the sport of volleyball added on 11 June 1928 with water polo. That season were playing friendly matches, while the volleyball players of Anorthosis they were playing with colours of the Gymnastic Association Evagoras (where it was creation of members of Anorthosis) at the duration of Pancyprian Fights. Historians report that period 1928-1954 "under the wise man guidance of Anastassis Economides, the team of volleyball gave to Anorthosis a lot of first victories, a lot of glory and filled the rooms of association with bowls and medals". The teams volleyball of Anorthosis participated in most tournaments that were carried out in amateur base up to 1972, under the aegis, initially, local committee SEGAS Cyprus and afterwards the Pancyprian Federation of Sports, while the athletes of Anorthosis played also a leading part in the distribution of Beach volleyball that made his appearance at the end of the decade 1940.

In 1972 with the creation of EOPE (Greek Federation of Volleyball) Anorthosis Volleyball Club, develops appreciable activity with climax the conquest Pan-Hellenic of championship (unbeaten) and its attendance in the A' championship of National category. Anorthosis is the unique team that fought in Pan-Hellenic Championship. However, the Turkish invasion deprived from the team of Famagusta, her eve in "giants" the Greek volleyball, after it was forced to withdraw five fighting before the end. If overcame even one opponent in the five games that remained her eve in A' National Category was certain. The period after the invasion was exceptionally difficult. Substantially without seat, without athletic material… However, the players of Anorthosis exceeded each obstacle and made their association in big protagonist in the sport monopolizing the titles in a lot of cases. With 17 conquests of championship and 14 conquests of cup, it is the team with the bigger successes in the Cypriot question volleyball. In the season 2007-08, with trainer Petros Kontos, Anorthosis occupied the 1st place in the championship.

The department of woman's volleyball recrudesced for little in Larnaca after the Turkish invasion in 1974. In 1987, with initiative of Level of Anorthosis in Nicosia, the department "is built" in robustly foundations by their fans that live in Nicosia and from then participates regularly in the activities of the KOPE with bigger successes conquest 2 Super CAP, 2 Championships and 2 Cups.

Current volleyball squad

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
2	Panayiotis Chyrsostomou	Setter	1.85
4	Lucas Chavez	Opposite	1.99
6	Pavlos Ioannou (c)	Middle Blocker	1.95
7	Gavriel Georgiou	Wing Spiker	1.89
8	Fredy Cedeno	Middle Blocker	2.03
9	Kostas Papaioannou	Middle Blocker	1.90
10	Ioannis Kontos	Wing Spiker	1.91
13	Anthimos Economidis	Setter	1.88
14	Giorgos Platrites	Libero	1.85
15	Terence Martin	Wing Spiker	2.02
17	Stelios Chrysostomou	Opposite	1.90
18	Antonis Christofi	Setter	1.85

Coach: Petros Kontos
Assistant Coach: Giannis Giapanis
Scouter/Statistician: Stergios Fragkeskou

Honours

Cypriot Championships: 19
- 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Cypriot Cup: 14
- 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005
Doubles: 11
- 1975, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 2005
Championship Runners-up: 7
- 1972, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001
Cup Finalists: 10
- 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010
Cypriot Super Cup: 7
- 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2010

Women

Current volleyball squad

Number	Player	Nationality
1	Natalia Dumcheva	Russia
3	Morgan Beck	USA
4	Mery Mancila	Colombia
6	Maria Orphanidou	Cyprus
7	Kalia Vassiliou	Cyprus
8	Stefania Zarcovich	Cyprus
9	Anastasia Novicova	Russia
10	Cezara Ruxandoiu	Romania
11	Lisa Riala	Cyprus
12	Yiouli Trifilli	Cyprus
14	Stella Ioannou	Cyprus
17	Petra Alexandrou	Cyprus
18	Madina Achmetova	Russia