Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC

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Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC
Logo of Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC.png
FoundedMay 14, 2014;10 years ago (2014-05-14)
GroundStelios Chari Stadium, Ypsonas
Owner Yevgeny Savin
ChairmanAvgoustinos Ioannou
Manager Liasos Louka
League Second Division
2022–23 Second Division, 12th
Website Club website
Old Logo, 2014-2022. ENY-Digenis Ypsonas Logo.png
Old Logo, 2014–2022.

Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC is Cypriot football club based in Ypsonas of the Limassol District.

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History

The club was founded in 2014 after the merger of two clubs: Enosi Neon Ypsona and Digenis Akritas Ipsona. Until May 14, 2019, the name of the club was Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis, before changing their name to Ypsonas FC (Greek : Ένωση Νέων Ύψωνα - Διγενής Ύψωνα). [1]

In July 2022, Russian football blogger Yevgeny Savin, previously owner of Russian club FC Krasava, bought the club and became the new owner. The club then changed their name and adopted a similar logo to Krasava.

Savin is a former football player. According to his own account, he bought the club for US$450'000. After he had released a video interviewing football players like Andriy Yarmolenko, Andriy Voronin and Dario Srna on the Russo-Ukrainian War, he was threatened with criminal charges concerning public actions aimed at dicreediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Moscow-based 3rd Division club Krasava that Savin had founded just in 2020, could not get any field to use for its home games. He fled to Cyprus where he takes a second attempt with building up his own football club will be renamed FC Krasava – ENY Digenis Ypsona. [2] [3]

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Christos Theodorakis
2 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mounir Ben Khalek
3 DF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP David Djamas (on loan from APOEL)
4 DF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Irodotos Christodoulou
5 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Pierre Bardy
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Heron
7 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Vitaliy Kvashuk
8 FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Onisiforos Roushias
9 FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Stavros Georgiou (on loan from APOEL)
10 MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Markos Charalampous
11 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Artūrs Karašausks
12 MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Ivan Pankov (on loan from Aris Limassol)
17 FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Fedon Ikonomidis
18 MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Marios Poutziouris
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 DF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Fotis Kezos
23 GK Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petar Đurin
27 DF Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Robert Christian Stoicea
29 FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Anastasios Okkaridis
35 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Odera Peter Ofornadu (on loan from Aris Limassol)
45 DF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Andreas Kyriakou
70 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Thiago Santos
75 DF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Loukas Marangos
99 GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Vangelis Kontogiannis
DF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Kyriakos Konstantinou
DF Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Pavel Petkov
MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Ioannis Tsoutsouki (on loan from APOEL)
FW Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Andreas Kkostis (on loan from AEZ Zakakiou)

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References

  1. "Γενική Συνέλευση και… αλλαγή ονόματος (φώτος)" (in Greek). 2019-05-15. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. "Russia's Zakharova disapproves of football club Krasava possibly 'moving' to Cyprus". 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. "Limassol second-tier club gets Russian YouTuber makeover". Financial Mirror. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-07-31.