APOEL Nicosia

APOEL are one of the most important football clubs in Cyprus, founded on 8th November 1926 by a group of people who loved football and had the desire to be part of Cypriot Sporting Life.

The club has lived many moments of glory, is one of the most highly decorated teams of Cyprus. It has a record of 20 Championship titles, 19 Cyprus Cups and 11 Super Cups. APOEL is also the football club in Cyprus with the most significant participation to European official events.

The club colours of APOEL are blue and yellow. The Blue part of the shirt symbolises Greece and the yellow aspect symbolises Cyprus. The logo is a blue and yellow shield with the name of the club written diagonally in blue. After the club won their 20th championship (season 2008-09) two stars were added over the logo to symbolise the 20 championships.

APOEL Fans

APOEL is one of the most popular teams in Cyprus. APOEL fans are regarded as right-wing in their majority but like at many clubs there are no strong ties between the organised fans and any political party. Instead fans regard APOEL as its political tool and main body of association.

Main supporter groups include the Pirates. Most ultras of APOEL wear orange jackets and or T-shirts. The average league game attendance for the last 5 seasons is 8,218. The number of season tickets for the 2007-08 season was 5,442. The club holds the record for home attendances in the Cypriot league and also record of the highest attendance for European Competition game in Cyprus with 21,657 tickets for a the match against Chelsea FC for the 2009-10 Champions League group stage. The match was held on September 30, 2009 at GSP Stadium of Nicosia.

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