ASIL Lysi

ASIL Lysi (Greek: ΑΣΙΛ Λύσης) is a Cypriot football club which was established in the town of Lysi, Famagusta. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, ASIL became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Larnaca. The club plays in the Second Division.

ASIL Lysi

Full name	Athletic Club Ischis Lysi
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Ground	Grigoris Auxentiou Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Giorgos Kkailis
Manager	Angelos Efthymiou
League	Second Division
2022–23	Third Division, 2nd (promoted)
Website	https://asillysis.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in Lysi, Famagusta on June 26, 1932. Club founders were Ch. Fokaides, Ch. Panayides, K. Rousi and N. Petrou. The choice for the club's name is attributed to Demetris Lambrou.

The club had its own stadium in Lysi. The stadium was called «Grigoris Afxentiou Stadium» as a memory of EOKA hero Grigoris Afxentiou who was born in Lysi and he was a player of ASIL. ASIL stadium was one of the first stadiums in Cyprus with grass. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, ASIL used Tsirion Stadium in Limassol as its ground and since 1978 the club is based in Larnaca. Since 1984 ASIL has a new stadium in Larnaca called «Grigoris Afxentiou Stadium». In 2019–20 season ASIL used AEK Arena as its ground and since 2020–21 season ASIL uses GSZ Stadium.

The best season for the club was 1968–69 in which they finished 6th in the first division.

Colours and badge

The club colours are yellow and black. The emblem of the club is the discus thrower to symbolise the club's commitment to the olympic ideals and true sportsmanship.

Players

As of 30 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CYP Andreas Konstantinou 2 DF  CYP Christos Tryphonos 4 DF  CYP Thanasis Liasidis 5 DF  SVN Miha Goropevšek 9 FW  CYP Orthodoxos Orthodoxou 10 MF  CPV Kévin Oliveira 11 FW  CYP Anastasios Okkaridis 11 MF  CYP Charalambos Evripidou 12 DF  CYP Kyriacos Kyriacou 14 MF  CYP Pavlos Charidemou 16 MF  CYP Charalambos Aristotelous 17 DF  CYP Konstantinos Dimitriou

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CYP Andreas Ilia 20 FW  CYP Chrysovalantis Kapartis 22 DF  CYP Andys Nikolaou 23 GK  POL Kacper Chorazka 25 DF  CYP Rafael Anastasiou 26 DF  CYP Dimitrios Kyprianou 31 FW  CYP Marios Fasouliotis 58 FW  CYP Alexandros Sotirelis 77 GK  CYP Stylianos Konstantinou 90 MF  ESP Didac Devesa 99 MF  CYP Jack Savvidis

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Angelos Efthymiou
Assistant coach	vacant
Goalkeeper coach	Alexandre Negri
Fitness coach	Nikos Theophanous

League history

The following table shows the progress of the team in time (for those seasons found data).

Season Division Place 2008–09 B 10th[1] 2009–10 B 9th[2] 2010–11 B 12th[3] 2011–12 C 4th[4] 2012–13 C 4th[5] 2013–14 B2 6th[6] 2014–15 C 2nd[7] 2015–16 B 11th[8]

Honours

• Cypriot Second Division
  • Champions (2): 1967, 1974
• Cypriot Third Division
  • Champions (1): 2001

References

1. "Πρωτάθλημα B' Κατηγορίας 2008–2009". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
2. "Πρωτάθλημα B' Κατηγορίας 2009–2010". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
3. "Πρωτάθλημα B' Κατηγορίας 2010–2011". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
4. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2011–2012". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
5. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ' Κατηγορίας 2012–2013". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
6. "Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα B΄ Κατηγορίας 13/14 – B2". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2015-09-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. "Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας 14/15". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
8. "Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 15/16". Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2016-12-15.

External links

• (in Greek) ASIL FC Official Website