Makario Stadium ( Greek : Μακάρειο Στάδιο ), is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Nicosia , Cyprus . It was the largest and main sports venue of the capital up to the construction of the GSP stadium in 1999. At present it is mostly used for football matches and is the home ground of Olympiakos Nicosia , Digenis Morphou , and Ethnikos Assia . The stadium holds 15,590 seated spectators. The playing field is surrounded by a running track and can be adapted to hold most track and field events. Apart from corporate boxes and the press centre, there are no coverings for spectators.
6-644: It is built in the Nicosia suburb of Makedonitissa, close to the grounds of the Cyprus State Fair , with which it shares a large car park. Over the years it has served as the home ground for Nicosia teams such as AC Omonia , APOEL and Olympiakos . The Cypriot national team has also played home matches there in the past. All those teams have now relocated to the New GSP stadium. The ultras of APOEL (PANSYFI - AU79) and Omonia ( Gate-9 ) were formed during
12-457: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cyprus State Fairs Authority The Cyprus State Fairs Authority (CSFA) was established in 1968 as a semi-government organisation in order to run and promote the annual Cyprus International Fair. It has since expanded and runs several annual and biannual events such as the education fair, and the Cyprus motor show. The largest event
18-695: The Cyprus International Fair was first held in 1975. Since then it has steadily grown and in currently has around 130,000 visitors. In 2007 the CSFA announced a decision to rename the event to Expo-Cyprus . The grounds of the state fair moved to their current location in the Nicosia suburb of Makedonitissa in the early 1970s and have undergone several phases of expansion since. Currently they cover an area of 30,000m of indoor space and 100,000m of outdoor grounds. Apart from hosting exhibitions
24-678: The grounds have at times been used for other purposes such as music concerts, large rave parties even as a service station for the Cyprus arm of the Middle East Rally . In 2006 the American Embassy to Cyprus was allowed to use two large exhibition halls as temporary accommodation to house the thousands of American citizens evacuated from the war in Lebanon . The CSFA is a member of the Global Association of
30-520: The match between Omonia Nicosia and Anderlecht in the 1985–86 European Cup last-16 round . Publications of the time state that there were 34,000 spectators at the Makarios stadium, which is a record number of fans in Cypriot stadiums. 35°8′46″N 33°18′52″E / 35.14611°N 33.31444°E / 35.14611; 33.31444 This article about a Cypriot sports venue
36-530: The years their teams played at the stadium. The Makario was built in 1978 and is named after Makarios III , the Ethnarch of Cyprus; Archbishop and first President of Cyprus . It has hosted many Cypriot Cup and Super Cup finals and was the main venue for the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe . The record for the highest attendance at the stadium was 30,000 spectators on 6 November 1985, for
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