Amathus Limassol

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Amathus Limassol
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Amathus Limassol was a Cypriot football club based in Limassol. The team played five times in Second Division. In September 1965, it merged with Apollon Limassol and kept the name Apollon.

Cyprus Island country in Mediterranean

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece.

Limassol Place in Limassol District, Cyprus

Limassol is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the eponymous district. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population of 183,658 and a metropolitan population of 239,842. Limassol has been ranked by TripAdvisor as the 3rd up-and-coming destination in the world, in its Top 10 Traveler’s Choice Destinations on the Rise. The city is also ranked 89th worldwide in Mercer's Quality of Living Survey (2017). In the ranking published by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Limassol has been classified global city in the 4th category.

The Cypriot Second Division is the second highest football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administrated by the Cyprus Football Association, is contested by 14 teams, with the top three teams promoted to the Cypriot First Division and the last three teams relegated to the Cypriot Third Division.

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