Enosis Neon Paralimni FC

History

Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People's Love.

The club's emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeter and the year 1936 inscription, birth year of the club Heracles. The only reason why founders decided to adopt the year 1936 as the new club's birth year instead of the year 1944 has purely to do with Heracles official papers. On those, it was clear that whenever the club's members decided to cease its operations, all of its assets (movable and immovable property) would go straight to the Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People's Love.

The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).

The team's colours of claret and blue were introduced by the Parnerou brothers, who were both supporters of West Ham United, acquainted with player Bobby Moore and grew up in East London. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, two years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division. These colours became an established part of the club itself. In March 2023, ahead of West Ham's UEFA Europa Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, West Ham visited Enosis, with West Ham sporting director Mark Noble being a guest of honour at Enosis.{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/west-ham-and-paralimni-enosis-claret-and-blu|title=West Ham and Paralimni – Enosis in Claret and Blue

Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 45 editions of first division, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, when it was relegated for the first time to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.

Honours

• Cypriot First Division:
  • Runner-up: 1974–75
• Cypriot Cup:
  • Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1982–83
• Super Cup:
  • Runner-up: 1981, 1983
• Cypriot Second Division :
  • Champions (3): 1968–69, 2014–15, 2017–18

History in European competition

Overall

Matches

Players

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Technical and medical staff

Sponsorship

As of 2025, the club’s shirt sponsor is MeridianBet.

Notable managers

• Czechoslovakia Svatopluk Pluskal (1971–78), (1983–85)
• ENG Vic Buckingham (1982)
• MNE Slobodan Vučeković (1993–1996)
• GER Gerhard Prokop (1996–1997)
• BUL Angel Kolev (1998–1999)
• BIH Nenad Starovlah (1999–2000)
• ISR Eli Guttman (2004–2006)
• ISR Nir Klinger (1 July 2006 – 12 September 2007)
• CYP Marios Constantinou (2007–2008)
• CYP Panayiotis Xiourouppas (2008)
• BUL Eduard Eranosyan (2008)
• CYP Antonis Kleftis & Adamos Adamou (2008–2009)
• MKD Čedomir Janevski (10 June 2009 – 10 January 2011)
• CYP Nikodimos Papavasiliou (18 Jan 2011 – 9 January 2012)
• ISR Nir Klinger (11 Jan 2012 – 8 April 2012)
• CYP Marios Karas (April 2012 – May 2012)
• CYP Zouvanis Zouvani (May 2012 – Oct 2012)
• NED Ton Caanen (27 September 2012 – 30 June 2013)
• SRB Saša Jovanović (1 July 2013 – 11 October 2013)
• CYP Marios Karas (interim) (12 Oct 2013 – 1 December 2013)
• CYP Nikos Andronikou (2 Dec 2013 – 15 April 2014)
• CYP Marios Constantinou (10 June 2014 – 10 November 2014)
• GRE Nikos Karageorgiou (16 Nov 2014 – 5 November 2015)
• BEL Ronny Van Geneugden (10 Nov 2015 – 21 May 2016)
• CYP Kostas Kaiafas (27 May 2016 – 13 February 2017)
• CYP Giorgos Kosma (13 Feb 2017 – 25 March 2017)
• CYP Apostolos Makrides (26 June 2017 – 24 October 2017)
• NED André Paus (31 Oct 2017 – 14 November 2018)
• DEN Carit Falch (29 Nov 2018 – 23 April 2019)
• CYP Giorgos Kosma (23 Apr 2019 – 27 September 2019)
• ARG Gustavo Siviero (30 Sep 2019 – 20 January 2020)
• MKD Čedomir Janevski (20 Jan 2020 – 31 May 2020)
• CYP Marios Karas (1 Jun 2020 – 21 September 2020)
• ESP Carlos Alós (21 Sep 2020 – 11 April 2021)
• GRE Sotiris Antoniou (12 Apr 2021 – 10 July 2021)
• CYP Marinos Satsias (17 July 2021 – 30 June 2023)
• ITA Manuele Blasi (25 July 2023 – 14 November 2023)
• ESP David Caneda (16 November 2023 – April 2024)

References

References

1. "ΕΝΠ/Το νέο ΔΣ". kerkida.net.
2. "ΠΡΩΤΗ για ΕΝΠ (η σύνθεση του ποδοσφαιρικού τμήματος)". kerkida.net.
3. "H MeridianBet Μέγα Χορηγός της ιστορικής ΕΝΠ!". meridiansports.com.cy.