Sofronis Avgousti

Sofronis Avgousti (Greek: Σωφρόνης Αυγουστή; born 9 March 1977) is a Cypriot football manager and former player who is currently the manager of the Cyprus national team.

Sofronis Avgousti

Personal information
Full name	Sofronis Avgousti
Date of birth	(1977-03-09) 9 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Omonia (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2006	Apollon Limassol	127	(0)
2006–2008	AEK Larnaca	51	(0)
2008–2009	Apollon Limassol	4	(0)
2009	Aris Limassol	10	(0)
2010	APOEL	0	(0)
2010–2013	Apollon Limassol	4	(0)
International career
2004–2010	Cyprus	11	(0)
Managerial career
2016–2019	Apollon Limassol
2019–2020	Apollon Limassol
2020–2021	AEK Larnaca
2021–2022	APOEL
2022–2023	Karmiotissa Polemidion
2023–2024	Omonia
2024	Karmiotissa
2024–	Cyprus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing as a goalkeeper, he spent much of his career at Apollon Limassol, and he was capped 11 times for the Cypriot national team. As a manager, he has won the Cypriot Cup with both Apollon (2017) and Omonia (2023).

Playing career

He started his career in 1998 with Apollon Limassol before joining AEK Larnaca in 2006. After another spell with Apollon in 2008–09, he split the 2009–10 season between Aris and APOEL. In May 2010, he returned to Apollon for a third spell and retired at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Coaching career

After the departure of Pedro Emanuel from Apollon in December 2016, Sofronis Avgousti was assigned as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season. Due to the team's impressive form and performance, which resulted in the win of the Cypriot Cup, he stayed as a permanent solution for the managerial position at the club.

He left by mutual consent in November 2020 and, after AEK Larnaca dismissed their manager soon afterwards, Avgousti was appointed manager of that club on an 18-month contract.^[1][2][3] He and his staff left by mutual consent at the end of the 2020–21 season.^[4]

He was appointed manager of APOEL in August 2021 and,^[5] after a third place finish in the 2021–22 Cypriot First Division, he left by mutual consent in October 2022.^[6]

Following a brief stint at Karmiotissa, he became the new manager of 21-time Cypriot champions Omonia in February 2023, leading them to win the 2022–23 Cypriot Cup.^[7] His contract was terminated in January 2024, and he returned to Karmiotissa the following summer.

In October 2024, he was appointed manager of the Cyprus national team.^[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 15 November 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Apollon Limassol		11 December 2016	30 August 2019	145	85	29	31	294	140	+154	058.62	[9]
Apollon Limassol		4 October 2019	12 November 2020	36	23	4	9	71	40	+31	063.89	[9]
AEK Larnaca		24 November 2020	20 April 2021	24	9	4	11	27	29	−2	037.50	[10]
APOEL		31 August 2021	4 October 2022	47	23	14	10	69	47	+22	048.94	[11]
Karmiotissa Polemidion		14 December 2022	6 February 2023	8	2	2	4	7	8	−1	025.00	[12]
Omonia		6 February 2023	January 2024	41	20	7	14	60	52	+8	048.78	[13]
Cyprus		October 2024	present	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	033.33
Total				304	163	60	81	530	322	+208	053.62	—

References

1. "Thank you for everything Sofronis Avgusti!". Apollon FC. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
2. Nicolaou, Kyriacos (24 November 2020). "Avgousti set to replace Carrillo as AEK manager". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
3. Ανακοινωση για το νεο τεχνικο επιτελειο [Announcement of new technical staff] (in Greek). AEK. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
4. Λυση της συνεργασιας με τον Σωφρονη Αυγουστη [Resolution of agreement with Sofronis Avgousti] (in Greek). AEK. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
5. "Σωφρόνης Αυγουστή και με τη... βούλα στον ΑΠΟΕΛ | AlphaNews.Live". www.alphanews.live (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
6. "ΑΠΟΕΛ: Τέλος ο Αυγουστή με συναινετικό διαζύγιο και ευχαριστίες σε όλους! | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
7. "Ομόνοια: Ο Αυγουστή έκανε το 2-1 σε τελικούς και δεν εξαρτάται από κανέναν τεχνικό διευθυντή! | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
8. "Ο Σωφρόνης Αυγουστή και επίσημα νέος προπονητής της Εθνικής Ανδρών" (in Greek). 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
9. "Apollon Limassol FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
10. "AEK Larnaca FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
11. "APOEL FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
12. "Karmiotissa Polemidion FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
13. "AC Omonia: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

• Sofronis Avgousti at National-Football-Teams.com