Anorthosis Famagusta (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, romanized: Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot handball club from Famagusta, which is temporarily based in Nicosia, due to its hometown being occupied by the Turkish army since 1974, that plays in the Cypriot First Division.
The current name of the club is Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta due to sponsorship reasons.
History
The club was founded on January 30, 1911, in the city of Famagusta. In the early years the club was not focused on sports but mainly national, spiritual, cultural and social activities. In 1928 it began to develop sporting activities. After the Turkish invasion in July 1974, the club moved to Larnaca (soccer section), Limassol (volleyball section) and Nicosia (handball section).
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PeriodKit manufacturer - 2021 Legea 2021 - 2023 Adidas 2023–present Vaat
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Current squad
Squad for the 2024–25 season
Anorthosis FamagustaGoalkeepers 12 Christophoros Nungovitch 77 Ioannis Fessias 4 Konstantinos Gourgoumis Left Wingers 2 Panteleimon Kostakidis 6 Angelos Leonidou Right Wingers 25 Dimitris Kaimakamis 8 Konstantinos Bakatselos 24 Marko Buntic Line Players 19 Chrysanthos Tsanaxides 40 Kleanthis Charalambous Left Backs 73 Tzouro Mougits 13 Josip Bezer 15 Marios Selvi Central Backs 88 Eleftherios Seirekidis 10 Julios Argyrou Right Backs 23 Lazar Adamovic
Technical staff Head coach: Marios Efstathiadis
Transfers
Transfers for the 2022–23 season
Joining Yegor Yevdokimov (LP) from Parnassos Strovolou Domen Sikošek Pelko (LP) from HC Kriens-Luzern Jaka Špiljak (LB) from Balonmano Torrelavega Dejan Karan (CB) from HIFK Handboll Eugen Josip Zaja (RB) from MRK Sesvete Konstantinos Tsamesidis (RW) from A.E.S.H. Pylea Rene Roberto Valdez (LB) from Associação Artística de Avanca Nearchos Michaelides (RW) from Parnassos Strovolou Fotis Fekkas (LB) from APOEL HC
Leaving Loukas Paraskeva (LB) to Parnassos Strovolou Andreas Constantinou (LP) to European University Cyprus Eugen Josip Zaja (RB) to Balonmano Sinfín
Previous squads 2020–2021 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 1 Konstantinos Kotanidis Goalkeeper 2 Marios Efstathiadis Left Back 3 Panagiotis Karampourniotis Line Player 4 Marios-Alexandros Moraitis Left Back 7 Orestis Leontiou Line Player 8 Nikolaos Kritikos Left Back 10 Julios Argyrou Central Back 11 Stylianos Asvestas Right Back 13 Kyriakos Vorkas Line Player 15 Andreas Fotiou Left Winger 16 Georgios Barmpas Goalkeeper 17 Petros Kandylas Central Back 18 Constantinos Michael Right Winger 19 Christos Argyrou Left Winger 20 Nikolaos Totos Right Winger 21 Kypros Xenofontos Goalkeeper 23 Marios Mina Goalkeeper 24 Christos Hadjiefrem Right Back 25 Andreas Chadjisavva Central Back 26 Konstantinos Mimikos Line Player 33 Demetris Botsaris Left Back 47 Bruno Oliveira Rodrigues Right Back 69 Andreas Ioannou Left Back 71 Efstathios Kesidis Line Player 98 Charalampos Papatryfonos Left Back 99 Giorgios Christodoulou Right Winger
Titles
Cypriot First Division Winner (4) : 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Cypriot Cup Winner (4) : 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Cypriot Super Cup Winner (2) : 2023, 2024 EHF European Cup Semifinalist (1) : 2021
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points68 Drammen HK7669 Górnik Zabrze7470 Balatonfüredi KSE7371 Anorthosis Famagusta7272 Haukar7273 MRK Krka7274 UHK Krems71
Former club members
Notable former players
Marios Efstathiadis (1985–1999, 2020–2021) Christophoros Nungovitch (2021–2023) Yegor Yevdokimov (2022-) Domen Sikošek Pelko (2022–2023)
Former coaches Seasons Coach Country –2020 Constantinos Michael 2020–2022 Georgios Zaravinas 2022–PRESENT Marios Efstathiadis
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