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64-548: The club has won a record seven league titles , three Kazakhstan Cups and six Kazakhstan Super Cups . On 27 December 2008, football clubs from Almaty Megasport and Alma-Ata announced they would merge to found a new club. The club was named "FC Lokomotiv Astana" as the National Railway Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy became a general sponsor. Kazakhstan Temir Zholy in cooperation with City Council of Astana decided to move

128-461: A few eyebrows in the second round, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 on aggregate thanks to a convincing home leg win. The third qualifying round saw Astana cruise past AIK , with a 4–1 aggregate score. In the play-off round, Astana was defeated by Villarreal . On 1 November 2014, Astana became Kazakhstan Premier League champions for the first time in their history, securing the championship with a 3–0 home win against Kaisar . On 1 March 2015, Astana won

192-495: A goalless draw. The club holds also the record of the highest attendance of a Cypriot team for a European Competition game with 22,701 tickets in the match against Olympique Lyonnais for the return leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League last 16 . The match which was held on 7 March 2012 at GSP Stadium of Nicosia ended with a 1–0 win for APOEL after extra time and 4–3 win on penalties. On 8 December 2009, APOEL fans created another impressive record. More than 6,000 fans of

256-548: A group of forty people, with a common vision, met and set the foundations for creating a football club that would represent the Greek residents of the capital and express their deep desire for Cyprus' incorporation ( enosis ) into Greece. The meeting took place at a traditional confectionery, owned by Charalambos Hadjioannou, downtown in Ledra Street and the first president of the club was Giorgos Poulias. The first clubhouse

320-446: A successful decade for APOEL with 3 championships (1990, 1992, 1996), 5 cups (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) and 4 super cups (1992, 1993, 1996, 1999). The most successful season in the 1990s was 1995–96 in which APOEL achieved a celebratory double while remaining undefeated in the league. The basketball team won a double on the same season, making this the ideal season for a 70th anniversary celebration. APOEL Football (Public) Ltd

384-588: Is Astana Arena . The stadium has been Astana's home since the mid of the 2009 season, when the club moved from the Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium . The stadium holds 30,254 and has a retractable roof. The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over the Kazakhstan national under-21 football team in a friendly match . It is also serves as a national stadium for the Kazakhstan national football team . The team's original crest

448-417: Is 9,582 (13 matches, home league games only) during the 2012–13 season . The club's season tickets sales record was set on season 2014–15, in which more than 8,000 season tickets were sold. APOEL holds the record of the highest home attendance for Cyprus First Division in the game against Omonia with 23,043 tickets for 2002–03 season . The match was held at GSP Stadium on 7 December 2002 and ended in

512-740: Is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia , Cyprus . APOEL is the most successful football team in Cyprus with an overall tally of 29 national championships , 21 cups , and 13 super cups . APOEL's greatest moment in European competition occurred in the 2011–12 season, when they advanced out of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (winning a group that included FC Porto , Shakhtar Donetsk , and Zenit St. Petersburg ), then eliminated Olympique Lyonnais in

576-434: Is a blue and yellow shield with the name of the club written diagonally in blue. After the club won their 20th championship ( 2008–09 season ), two stars were added above the logo to symbolize the 20 championship titles (one star for every ten championships won). Other than that, the badge has remained the same since the establishment of the club. APOEL's home ground since 23 October 1999, is the 22,859 seater GSP Stadium . It

640-663: Is one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association and also an ordinary member of the European Club Association , an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. The club was formed as POEL (Greek: ΠΟΕΛ; Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας , Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias , Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia) on 8 November 1926. The club's formation came about when

704-584: Is the biggest number of tickets sold by a Cypriot club in a single season. The Nicosia derby (or the Derby of the eternal enemies ) refers to the Nicosia 's local derby , football matches played between APOEL and Omonia . It is the classic rivalry of the Cypriot football, as the two teams are the most successful and most popular football clubs of the island. The rivalry is also indicative of social, cultural and political differences and originates from 1948 when

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768-515: Is the largest stadium in Cyprus and they share it with local rivals Omonia and Olympiakos Nicosia . Before moving to GSP Stadium , APOEL used as home grounds the Makario Stadium (from 1978 until 1999) and the old GSP Stadium (prior to 1978). APOEL is one of the most popular teams in Cyprus. APOEL fans are right-wing in their majority but there are no strong ties between the organised fans and any political party. That wasn't always

832-643: Is the top division of football in Kazakhstan . The League is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division and starts in spring and finishes in late autumn because of the low temperatures in the winter, with each championship corresponding to a calendar year. The majority of matches have been played at weekends in recent seasons. The following teams are competing in

896-625: The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League . On 2 March 2011, Astana beat Tobol 2–1 and won the Kazakhstan Super Cup for the first time. In 2012, Miroslav Beránek led Astana to win their second Kazakhstan Cup. In July 2013, the club made a debut in Europe playing in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against Botev Plovdiv . Astana lost both matches, 0–1 at home and 0–5 away. On 4 July 2013, Astana officially joined to newly created Astana Presidential Sports Club ,

960-643: The 2015 Kazakhstan Super Cup , beating Kairat 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the match ended with the score 0–0. On 26 August 2015, the club became the first team from Kazakhstan to reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, after beating APOEL 2–1 on aggregate in the play-off round. They were drawn in Group C alongside Benfica , Atlético Madrid and Galatasaray , where they managed to obtain four points in six games after four draws and two losses. On 8 November 2015, Astana clinched their second Kazakhstan Premier League title beating Aktobe 1–0 at home in

1024-422: The 2016–17 season, when they managed to top their group (along with Olympiacos , Young Boys , and Astana ) and eliminated Athletic Bilbao in the round of 32 , to reach the last 16 of the competition for the first time in their history. APOEL is the only Cypriot club who have reached the group stages (and the knockout stages) of both major UEFA competitions (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League). In

1088-613: The 2024 season: Note that some teams such as Kairat Almaty participated in the upper leagues of the Soviet annual football competition. There was no solidly established independent Kazakh championship and the republican winner was conditionally picked by the Football Federation of Kazakh SSR . Since 1936 there was taken places republican football competition among sports societies and agencies and later among "collectives of physical culture" (CPhC → KFK). Since 1980 champion of

1152-930: The Cyprus national football team while Charalambides and Alexandrou have played for teams in the Greek Super League in the past. APOEL's U19 team participated for the first time in the UEFA Youth League group stage during 2014–15 season , drawn in Group F alongside Barcelona , Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax . APOEL managed to collect only one point after drawing 0–0 with Ajax at home and lost their other five Group F matches. They lost twice to Barcelona (2–3 at home, 0–3 away), lost twice to Paris Saint-Germain (0–3 at home, 0–6 away) and also lost to Ajax 1–4 away, finishing fourth in their group. The next two seasons, APOEL's U19 team participated again in

1216-862: The Kazakhstan Premier League ; P = Played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; Cup = Kazakhstan Cup ; LC = Kazakhstan League Cup ; CL = UEFA Champions League ; EL = UEFA Europa League ; ECL = UEFA Europa Conference League . in = Still in competition; — = Not attended; 1R = 1st round; 2R = 2nd round; 3R = 3rd round; 1QR = 1st qualifying round; 2QR = 2nd qualifying round; 3QR = 3rd qualifying round; PO = Play-off round; GS = Group stage; R32 = Round of 32; R16 = Round of 16; QF = Quarter-finals; SF = Semi-finals; F = Final. 1QR = 1st qualifying round; 2QR = 2nd qualifying round; 3QR = 3rd qualifying round; PO = Play-off round; GS = Group stage; R32 = Round of 32. The table shows

1280-487: The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . Two victories for APOEL over both legs (6–0, 1–0) marked APOEL's successful European debut, as they became the first Hellenic team to progress in a European Competition. The next round against the tournament winners Sporting Clube de Portugal met APOEL with their heaviest defeat ever (16–1) and put an end to APOEL's European debut. Other triumphs followed in the early 1970s. In 1973

1344-773: The UEFA Youth League . The 2015–16 season they competed in the first round of the Domestic Champions Path , being drawn to face Puskás Akadémia from Hungary. After a dramatic 3–3 draw in the first leg in Nicosia , APOEL U19 suffered a heavy 6–1 loss in Felcsút and were eventually eliminated. The 2016–17 season they competed in the first round of the Domestic Champions Path , being eliminated by Italian side A.S. Roma after losing 0–3 at home and 1–6 in Italy. APOEL's colours are blue and yellow. Blue symbolizes Greece and yellow symbolizes Byzantium . The logo

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1408-571: The Ukrainian Premier League which was again a very high-profile capture for the club. The majority of their other players have arrived from other clubs of the Kazakhstan Premier League , mostly on free transfers from the clubs which were absorbed to make the club and several which went into bankruptcy. On 8 March 2009, Lokomotiv played in the league's inaugural match against Kazakhmys in Satbayev . In March 2009, Vakhid Masudov

1472-448: The last 16 of the competition in the 2016–17 season. The football department of APOEL is legally owned by APOEL Football (Public) Ltd ( Greek : ΑΠΟΕΛ Ποδόσφαιρο (Δημόσια) Λτδ ), a public limited company , since 1997. The company's main activity is the management, operation and commercial exploitation of APOEL Football club. The company owns all the rights for the football department under an agreement with APOEL sports club and pays

1536-466: The last 16 , to become the first Cypriot team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. APOEL's European competitions highlights also include appearances in the group stages of the 2009–10 and 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the group stages of the 2013–14 , 2015–16 , and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League . They marked their most successful UEFA Europa League campaign during

1600-402: The 'A' standing for 'Athletic'. Soon after a volleyball team and a table tennis team were established. Cyprus did not have any country-wide league until 1932. Football clubs of the time played friendly matches only. In 1932, Pezoporikos Larnaca organised an unofficial league, the first island-wide league, and it was won by APOEL after defeating AEL Limassol in the final by 4–0. In 1934, there

1664-402: The 1992–93 championship against AEL Limassol in Makario Stadium . APOEL have reserved the shirt number 79 in honour of PAN.SY.FI. (APOEL Ultras), to denote the year the group was founded, 1979. The club record for ticket sales in a single season is 141,268 (15 matches, home league games only) during the 2010–11 season . The club record for average league games attendance in a single season

1728-430: The 2000s. In seventeen years, the club won twelve championships (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), four cups (2006, 2008, 2014, 2015) and seven super cups (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019). In the 2013–14 season, APOEL achieved a historical domestic treble by winning all the Cypriot competitions trophies, the league, the cup, and the super cup. The next season (2014–15),

1792-465: The 2016–17 season, APOEL drew an average home league attendance of 7,126 and their highest league attendance was 15,462. Both were the highest in the league. APOEL FC is part of the APOEL multi-sport club , which was founded in 1926 and maintains departments for several sports including football, basketball , volleyball , futsal , table tennis, bowling, cycling, archery, swimming and water polo. APOEL

1856-770: The Soviet Kazakhstan was also awarded to "teams of masters" (professional teams) competing in football competitions of the Soviet Second League. Zone 7 (3rd level, included teams from other republics) Zone 8 (3rd level) Zone 8 (4th level) Sources: Notes: Note: The tallies below include up to the 2024 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants. APOEL FC APOEL FC ( Greek : ΑΠΟΕΛ ; short for Α θλητικός Π οδοσφαιρικός Ό μιλος Ε λλήνων Λ ευκωσίας, A thletikos P odosferikos O milos E llinon L efkosias , lit. "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia")

1920-472: The annual Panhellenic Track and Field Competition, which included wishes that "the rebellion" is finished. Several leftist club members perceived the telegram as a political comment on the Greek Civil War and they distanced themselves from the club. A few days later, on 4 June 1948, they founded AC Omonia , which until today is the archrival of APOEL and there has been a traditional animosity between

1984-502: The board of APOEL sent a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (Greek: Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ.), with the opportunity of the annual Panhellenic Track and Field Competition stating its wish for the "communist mutiny" to be ended. Club's players considering this action as a political comment on the Greek Civil War distanced themselves or were expelled from APOEL and a month later they formed Omonia . The first derby

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2048-422: The case but during the past years they have actively avoided association with any political party. The main supporter group is PAN.SY.FI ( Greek : ΠΑΝ.ΣΥ.ΦΙ ). PAN.SY.FI was founded in 1979 and has branches in all major cities in Cyprus and also in other countries. The PAN.SY.FI (and most ultras) wear orange jackets (or T-shirts). The first game they sported the orange jackets was during the first-round game of

2112-481: The club CY£100,000 annually for the privilege. The agreement between the company and the club is renewed every five years. The company has 1745 shareholders and besides the football club, also maintains a team boutique (Orange Shop), the APOELFC ( Greek : ΑΠΟΕΛ FC) magazine and the apoelfc.com.cy website among others. APOEL's youth academy is a separate legal entity from the football club. They are responsible for

2176-417: The club joined to Astana Presidential Club and adopted its colours. The present club colours are sky blue and yellow. Astana's current shirt sponsor is Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna . The club's first kit sponsorship was from national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy who sponsored the club for a total of 4 years before ending the deal in 2013. The team's kit supplier is Adidas who have supplied

2240-820: The club kits since their inception. In March 2023, Astana announced Chery as their new sponsor, whilst also confirming their switch to Nike . The club announced the return of their old crest after competing in their Europa Conference League group. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. For recent transfers, see List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2023–24 . Last updated: 18 January 2022 Source: fcastana.kz Last updated: 22 January 2022 Source: FC Astana The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Astana: Rank = Rank in

2304-552: The club to the new building stadium in the capital of Kazakhstan. Vakhid Masudov became the first head coach in the club's history. The club has benefited from a high salary role which has enabled them to attract players of status to the club. Andrey Tikhonov and Yegor Titov first of all came from the Russian Football Premier League . Several more followed such as Patrick Ovie and Baffour Gyan . Maksim Shatskikh later arrived from Dynamo Kyiv in

2368-473: The club won the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup , defeating Kairat 1–0. Their 2017 Champions League bid was stopped short once again by Celtic , this time in the playoff round. Following an embarrassing 5–0 rout in Glasgow, they failed to reach the group stages in an 8–4 defeat on aggregate. However, Astana reached another milestone by reaching the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after finishing second in

2432-457: The club won their second consecutive double . In the 2016–17 season, APOEL managed to win their fifth consecutive league title and equalled the club's record which was set 77 years before (1936–1940). The 2020–21 season marked the end of APOEL's dominance in Cyprus as they failed to make the championship playoffs for the first time in the club's history. The following season, APOEL finished third, missing out on Champions League qualification in

2496-546: The departure of Andrey Tikhonov as their manager, with Srđan Blagojević being announced as the clubs new head coach on 21 November 2021. On 13 September 2022, Blagojević left Astana by mutual consent to become Head Coach of Debreceni , with Grigori Babayan returning to the club as their new Head Coach. Astana qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage in the 2023–24 season and finished 3rd in their group. Astana's current home venue

2560-591: The domestic double was achieved with coach Panos Markovic. The following year APOEL became the only Cypriot team to avoid relegation from the pan-Hellenic Greek Championship . That was also the last season that the Cypriot champion played in the Greek Football League the following year due to the volatile situation in Cyprus during 1974. The 1980s were a relatively fruitless period for APOEL. They have only won two championships (1980,1986), one cup (1984) and two super cups (1984, 1986). In 1986 APOEL

2624-566: The fans of the two teams. More conflicts led to further struggles for APOEL. Athletes belonging to the club frequently participated in national clashes. During the 1955–59 national uprising against the British, many of APOEL's athletes and members of the club were active members of EOKA (the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters), the most outstanding example being the club's track and field athlete Michalakis Karaolis who

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2688-405: The group phase. Astana extended further its domestic dominance by winning fourth consecutive title in the 2017 season . On 8 January 2018, Stoilov signed a new contract with Astana, but left the club on 1 March 2018 to take over the vacant Kazakhstan national football team 's manager position. On the same day as Stoilov was announced as the new manager of Kazakhstan, 1 March 2018, Grigori Babayan

2752-478: The last matchday, and instead qualifying for the Europa Conference League . They missed out on the 2022–23 championship, finishing in second place, despite being first at the end of the regular season. APOEL returned to domestic glory in 2024, winning the championship for a record-extending 29th time. APOEL's first great run in European competitions came in 2002, when the team was knocked out on

2816-567: The last tour game. On 9 December 2015, the club extended their contract with Stanimir Stoilov for the next two years. In the 2016 season , Astana was eliminated from UEFA Champions League after two stages, being defeated by Celtic in the third qualifying round 3–2 on aggregate. However, the club qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage, beating BATE in the play-off round. On 26 October 2016, Astana won their third straight championship under Stoilov's rule. On 19 November 2016,

2880-416: The official Cyprus football league . APOEL also won the championship for the following four years, making this a very successful period for the club with 5 consecutive championships (1936–1940). Politics, however, would soon spark conflict within the team. On 23 May 1948 the board of the club send a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics ( Greek : Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ. ), with the opportunity of

2944-561: The organization supported by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna to combine the main sports teams in Astana. On 22 June 2014, the club announced that former Botev Plovdiv manager Stanimir Stoilov was appointed as new head coach. In 2014–15 European campaign, Astana played four ties in the UEFA Europa League qualifying stages. In the first round they beat Pyunik 6–1 on aggregate, then raised more than

3008-654: The position of FC Astana (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and four clubs, which are closest to FC Astana's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient). As of 24 July 2023. As of match played 29 October 2023 Players played over 50 competitive, professional matches only. Appearances as substitute (goals in parentheses) included in total. Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( Kazakh : Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы , Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy ), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League ,

3072-598: The team travelled to London at Stamford Bridge for the last match of the 2009–10 Champions League group D against Chelsea F.C. which ended in a 2–2 draw. This is the biggest number of fans of any Cypriot team that had ever travelled away from Cyprus . A similar record created on 14 February 2012, in APOEL's participation to the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League last 16 , when more than 5,000 APOEL fans travelled in France to support their team against Olympique Lyonnais . The match

3136-456: The team's name, Astana Football Club, under a flying ball. Blue and white were initially the club's primary colours, the team's nickname was the "Blue-and-White". Blue was used to accent the home jersey while white was the main colour of the team's away kit. During the 2012 season, Astana wore yellow and blue striped shirts and blue shorts as home kit and wholly blue away kit. In 2013, they retrieved original colours used from 2009 to 2011. In 2013,

3200-593: The third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League , entered the UEFA Cup and reached the second round of the competition. The following years, APOEL qualified four times for the UEFA Champions League group stages ( 2009–10 , 2011–12 , 2014–15 , 2017–18 ), and managed to reach the quarter-finals in the 2011–12 season. The team also participated in the group stages of the 2013–14 , 2015–16 & 2016–17 UEFA Europa League , managing to reach

3264-626: The top and bottom of the crest. On 23 January 2013, the club presented a new crest, which replicated the style and colours of the Lokomotiv Astana crest. The crest consisted an image of the ball in a shanyrak style and two Kazakh national patterns on each side. The present club crest was introduced on 10 March 2014, and incorporated the Astana Presidential Club crest's style and colours as well as BC Astana , Astana Pro Team and Astana Dakar Team . The crest consists of

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3328-438: The under 21 teams for football, basketball and volleyball and they have their own board of directors and budget. The football academy has produced many quality Cypriot players over the years. Players started from the academy and had great contribution APOEL are: Marinos Satsias , Constantinos Charalambides , Nektarios Alexandrou , Michalis Morfis and Marios Antoniades . All of them have also competed at international level with

3392-464: Was a disagreement between Trust and Anorthosis Famagusta on the organisation of the fourth unofficial league. APOEL and AEL Limassol organised a meeting for the foundation of a country-wide governing body and an official country-wide league. The meeting took place in APOEL's clubhouse on 23 September and the establishment of the Cyprus Football Association was agreed. Two years later the APOEL football team celebrated its first championship title of

3456-439: Was announced as the Astana's interim manager. On 1 June 2018, Astana announced Roman Hryhorchuk as the club's new manager. On 17 August 2018, Hryhorchuk left Astana on compassionate leave with Grigori Babayan again stepping in as Caretaker Manager. Astana announced on 3 January 2019 that Hryhorchuk would return to lead the team after missing the second half of the 2018 season due to family reasons. On 14 January 2019, Paul Ashworth

3520-433: Was announced as the new executive director of FC Astana. Hryhorchuk left Astana by mutual consent on 13 January 2020. The following day, 14 January 2020, Michal Bílek was announced as the new head coach of Astana. On 18 February 2020, Astana revealed a new logo to commemorate 10-years of the club. On 26 August 2020, with Astana 2nd in the league and having just being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League , Michal Bílek

3584-518: Was drawn against Beşiktaş J.K. for the second round of the European Cup . This was the first time that a Cypriot team faced a Turkish team in a European football competition. The Cypriot government prohibited APOEL from playing against the Turkish team, so APOEL was punished with two years disqualification from any UEFA competition. This penalty was later reduced to one-year. The 1990s were

3648-479: Was established in May 1997, after the decision of APOEL committee. This had a significant effect on the club because it separated the activities of the football team from those of the sports club . The formation of the company was necessitated by the financial difficulties the team faced at the time. The company began its operations with a capital of CY £600,000. APOEL is the most successful football team in Cyprus since

3712-552: Was hanged by the British colonial authorities. During this period the football team had their closest brush with relegation as most football players were actively taking part in the national struggle. The football team were quickly back to full strength and made their debut in European Competitions (the first not only for APOEL but for any Cypriot team) in 1963, when they faced the Norwegian team SK Gjøvik-Lyn in

3776-570: Was held at Stade de Gerland and Olympique Lyonnais took a slender advantage into the second leg by winning 1–0. Also, on 4 April 2012, about 4,000 APOEL fans travelled to Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, to support APOEL against Real Madrid for the return leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals , in a match which Real Madrid won by 5–2. During the 2009–10 season APOEL sold in total 244,977 tickets for its home matches in all competitions ( Championship , Cup , Champions League ), which

3840-469: Was implemented in 2009 consisting of the team's name, Football Club Lokomotiv Astana, on a blue round frame and a blue coloured letter "L" in the center, meaning railway track . As the result of renaming in 2011, the club adopted a new crest. The crest consisted of the team's name with uppercase letters on an image of the ball. This was accompanied by the words "football club" in Kazakh and Russian languages on

3904-596: Was played on 12 December 1953 and ended in a goalless draw. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Source: apoelfc.com.cy Source: apoelfc.com.cy [REDACTED] Nuno Morais Source: apoelfc.com.cy Source: apoelfc.com.cy Source: apoelfc.com.cy Last Update: 7 October 2022 APOEL has had numerous presidents over

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3968-431: Was replaced by Vladimir Gulyamkhaidarov. However, only two days after his appointment he was replaced by Russian specialist Sergei Yuran . The club earned silver medals in their first season of play. On 14 November 2010, Holger Fach guided Astana to their first Kazakhstan Cup success. However, they were ineligible for a UEFA license since they had not yet existed for at least three years. So they were not able to start in

4032-486: Was sacked as manager, with Executive Director Paul Ashworth taking over in a caretaker capacity. Ashworth his role as caretaker manager and executive director by mutual consent on 7 October 2020. Two days later, 9 October, David Loria was announced as the clubs new executive director. On 16 October 2020, former captain Andrey Tikhonov was appointed as the clubs new manager. On 5 November 2021, Astana announced

4096-547: Was the "Athenians Club" ( Λέσχη Αθηναίων ) at the end of Ledra Street. After a journey to the football club in Alexandria , Egypt in 1927 the General Assembly of 1928 decided the players showed that they were not just good footballers but also excellent track and field athletes. Hence it was decided to create a track and field team in addition to the football team. The name APOEL was adopted to reflect this, with

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