Anorthosis Famagusta H.C.

Anorthosis Famagusta (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, romanized: Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot handball club from Nicosia, that plays in the Cypriot First Division.

Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta
Full name	Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta HC
Nickname(s)	Η Μεγάλη Κυρία (The Old Lady)
Short name	Anorthosis
Founded	1911 (1911)
Arena	Anorthosis Famagusta Sport Center Nicosia
President	Andreas Sabbianco
Head coach	Marios Efstathiadis
League	Cypriot First Division
Club colours
Home Away

The current name of the club is Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta due to sponsorship reasons.

Nicosia

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Location of Anorthosis Famagusta

History

The club was founded on January 30, 1911, in the city of Famagusta. After the Turkish invasion in July 1974, the club moved to Larnaca (soccer section), Limassol (volleyball section) and Nicosia (handball section).

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2021	Legea
2021 - 2023	Adidas
2023–present	Vaat

Kits

HOME
2021–22

AWAY
2022-23

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Anorthosis Famagusta

Goalkeepers 12 Christophoros Nungovitch 77 Ioannis Fessias 4 Konstantinos Gourgoumis Left Wingers 2 Panteleimon Kostakidis 6 Angelos Leonidou Right Wingers 025 Dimitris Kaimakamis 8 Konstantinos Bakatselos 24 Marko Buntic Line Players 019 Chrysanthos Tsanaxides 040 Kleanthis Charalambous Left Backs 073 Tzouro Mougits 13 Josip Bezer Central Backs 088 Eleftherios Seirekidis 10 Julios Argyrou Right Backs 023 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 No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Greece	Konstantinos Kotanidis	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992	Goalkeeper
2	Cyprus	Marios Efstathiadis	(1979-11-26) 26 November 1979	Left Back
3	Greece	Panagiotis Karampourniotis	(1998-02-20) 20 February 1998	Line Player
4	Greece	Marios-Alexandros Moraitis	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996	Left Back
7	Cyprus	Orestis Leontiou	(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985	Line Player
8	Greece	Nikolaos Kritikos	(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996	Left Back
10	Cyprus	Julios Argyrou	(1984-11-14) 14 November 1984	Central Back
11	Greece	Stylianos Asvestas	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999	Right Back
13	Cyprus	Kyriakos Vorkas	(1985-05-20) 20 May 1985	Line Player
15	Cyprus	Andreas Fotiou	(1993-09-22) 22 September 1993	Left Winger
16	Greece	Georgios Barmpas	(1982-12-25) 25 December 1982	Goalkeeper
17	Greece	Petros Kandylas	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991	Central Back
18	Cyprus	Constantinos Michael	(1989-08-15) 15 August 1989	Right Winger
19	Cyprus	Christos Argyrou	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990	Left Winger
20	Greece	Nikolaos Totos	(1999-04-20) 20 April 1999	Right Winger
21	Cyprus	Kypros Xenofontos	(1986-04-07) 7 April 1986	Goalkeeper
23	Cyprus	Marios Mina	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986	Goalkeeper
24	Cyprus	Christos Hadjiefrem	(1980-10-01) 1 October 1980	Right Back
25	Cyprus	Andreas Chadjisavva	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998	Central Back
26	Greece	Konstantinos Mimikos	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997	Line Player
33	Cyprus	Demetris Botsaris	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992	Left Back
47	Brazil	Bruno Oliveira Rodrigues	(1997-10-13) 13 October 1997	Right Back
69	Cyprus	Andreas Ioannou	(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989	Left Back
71	Greece	Efstathios Kesidis	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992	Line Player
98	Cyprus	Charalampos Papatryfonos	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987	Left Back
99	Cyprus	Giorgios Christodoulou	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993	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

As of 05/11/2024

Rank	Team	Points
82	Aguas Santas	64
83	ABC Braga	63
84	USAM Nimes	62
85	Anorthosis Famagusta	62
86	Chrobry Glogow	59
87	RK Partizan	59
88	Skanderborg Aarhus	57

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

External links

• Anorthosis Famagusta H.C. on Facebook
• Anorthosis Famagusta H.C. on Instagram