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Founded | May 14, 2014 | ||
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Ground | Stelios Chari Stadium, Ypsonas | ||
Owner | Yevgeny Savin | ||
Chairman | Avgoustinos Ioannou | ||
Manager | Liasos Louka | ||
League | Second Division | ||
2022–23 | Second Division, 12th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC is Cypriot football club based in Ypsonas of the Limassol District.
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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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