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Alki Oroklini
Nickname(s)	Αθάνατη (The Immortal)
Founded	1979; 45 years ago (as Omonia Oroklini)
Ground	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Capacity	5,500
Chairman	Andy Medwik
Manager	Danos Damianos
2021–22	Second Division, 5th
Website	http://www.alkiathanati.com/
Home colours	Away colours

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Alki Oroklini is a Cypriot football club based in Oroklini. The team was founded as Omonia Oroklinis in 1979. Omonia had one participation in the Fourth Division. In 2014 the team changed their name to Alki Oroklini, when business man Andy Loppas, who became the president of the team, renamed it to Alki as his favorite team was Alki Larnaca FC which was dissolved that year, due to financial problems. Alki managed the outstanding 3 promotions in 3 years from the fourth division to Cypriot first division, the highest tier in Cyprus. They withdrew from the Cypriot Second Division during the 2022–23 season.

History

Omonia Oroklinis

The logo of Omonia Oroklini.

Omonia Oroklinis founded at 1979. Until 2013, the team was a member of the local association, Free Area of Famagusta Football Association (POEPA). The season 2012–13, took part to the finals of the CFA Integration Championship. They lost to Enosis Kokkinotrimithia, but they won their promotion to the 2013–14 Cypriot Fourth Division and became a member team of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA).^[1] The team able to avoid relegation.^[2] The team's colors were the green and white. Team's home ground was the Oroklini Community Stadium.

Omonia Oroklinis at CFA competitions
Season	Championship										Cup
	Division	Position	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals		Points	Cup	Round
	Division	Position	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points	Cup	Round
2013–14^[2]	D	11	15	28	10	4	14	35	46	34	Lower Division Cup	Did not participated^[3]

Rename to Alki Oroklini

On 10 April 2014, the team's board of directors decided to rename the team to Alki Oroklini,^[4] when business man Andy Loppas, who became the president of the team, renamed it to Alki as his favorite team was Alki Larnaca FC which was dissolved that year, due to financial problems. The new president had a goal to promote the team to the Cypriot First Division. Alki Oroklini has no connection to Alki Larnaca, as the two teams never merged.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Alki Oroklini adopted the colors of Alki Larnaca (Blue and Red). The emblem of the team is similar to Alki Larnaca emblem. Furthermore, the nickname "Immortals" that was used as a nickname for Alki Larnaca is now being used for Alki Oroklini.^[13]

In the 2014–15 Cypriot Fourth Division season, Alki won the championship and promoted to the Cypriot Third Division.^[14]^[15] The next season, Alki took the second place of the league and was promoted to the Cypriot Second Division (they earned the same points with the champions team but they lost due to head-to-head records).^[16] Furthermore, they won the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup for lower divisions.^[17] At their first participation in the Second Division, the season 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division, the team won their promotion to the Cypriot First Division for the first time in their history, five rounds before the end of the championship.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] A few rounds later, they won the championship.^[22]

Alki Oroklini at CFA competitions
Season	Championship										Cup
	Division	Position	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals		Points	Cup	Round
	Division	Position	Teams	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points	Cup	Round
2014–15^[14]	D	1	14	26	20	3	3	64	17	63	Lower Division Cup	Quarterfinals^[23]
2015–16^[16]	C	2	16	30	21	4	5	62	25	67	Lower Division Cup	Winner^[17]
2016–17^[24]	B	1	14	26	21	3	2	60	15	66	Cypriot Cup	A' round
2017–18^[25]	Α	11	14	36	11	6	19	48	73	39	Cypriot Cup	A' round^[26]
Points: Won=3 points, Drawn=1 point, Lost=0 points

Home ground

Omonia Oroklinis home ground was the Oroklini Community Stadium. Alki Oroklini used that stadium for the first two seasons of their existence under that name. After they were promoted to the second division, they are using the Ammochostos Stadium.^[27]^[28]

Players

As of 10 January 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CYP	Giorgos Panayi
2	MF	CYP	Costas Charalambous (Captain)
5	MF	CYP	Iakovos Kaiserlides
6	DF	CYP	Sotiris Finiris
7	MF	CYP	Leandros Lillis (Vice-captain)
8	MF	ALB	Enea Kotrri
9	FW	CYP	Sergios Avraam
11	FW	GRE	Christos Efstathiou
14	DF	BRA	Anderson
15	DF	CYP	Constantinos Kastanas
19	FW	CYP	Marcos Michael


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	VEN	Rafael Acosta
21	DF	CYP	Chrysostomos Filippou
24	DF	CYP	Panayiotis Loizides
33	DF	CYP	Alexandros Theocharous
34	GK	CYP	Gregoris Ioakeim
35	FW	CYP	Gregorios Mouchli
43	GK	POL	Mateusz Taudul
55	MF	ARG	Esteban Sachetti
70	FW	CYP	Nicolas Theodorou
77	FW	CYP	Neofytos Raounas
88	MF	CYP	Sotiris Fiakas
—	FW	CRO	Vilim Posinković

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2021.

Out on loan

Technical and medical staff

Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Panos Ziakas
Team manager	Theodoros Theodorou
Head coach	Nedim Tutić
Assistant coach	Stefanos Voskaridis
Goalkeeper coach	Jovan Savic
Fitness coach	Christos Michael
Medical staff
Physiotherapist	Kyriakos Andreou
Caregiver	Panagiotis Hadjipanteli

Honours

Cypriot Second Division

Champions (1): 2016–17

Cypriot Fourth Division

Champions (1): 2014–15

Cypriot Cup for lower divisions

Winners (1): 2015–16

References

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^ ^a ^b "Πρωτάθλημα Marfin Laiki Δ΄ Κατηγορίας (2013–2014)" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
^ Δεκαεπτά συμμετοχές (in Greek). CFA. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
^ Από Ομόνοια... σε Αλκή. www.kerkida.net (in Greek). 2014-04-11. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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^ Αποστολίδης, Χρίστος (2014-04-12). Η Ομόνοια Ορόκλινης αλλάζει και γίνεται... Αλκή. Haravgi (in Greek). p. 21.
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^ "Eξαίρεση η Αλκή" (PDF). 2018-02-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
^ "Το πιο γερασμένο πρωτάθλημα στην Ευρώπη". 24sports.com.cy. 2018-02-26. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
^ Αλκή Ορόκλινη: Εν αναμονή... (in Greek). politis-sports.com. 2014-05-20. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
^ ^a ^b Πρωτάθλημα Δ΄ Κατηγορίας 14/15 (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ Εξασφάλισε τον τίτλο (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. 2015-03-16. Archived from the original on 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
^ ^a ^b "2015/16 Cypriot Third Division" (in Greek). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
^ ^a ^b "2015/16 Cypriot Cup for Third and Fourth Division" (in Greek). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
^ Άνετη και "σαλονάτη" η Αλκή!. goal.com.cy (in Greek). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Ολοκλήρωσε το θαύμα η Αλκή, επιστρέφει στα μεγάλα σαλόνια!. Ολοκλήρωσε το θαύμα η Αλκή, επιστρέφει στα μεγάλα σαλόνια! (in Greek). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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^ Η Ορόκλινη πανηγυρίζει (in Greek). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
^ Πρωταθλήτρια η Αλκή (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. 2017-03-18. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
^ "Κύπελλο Κύπρου Γ΄ – Δ΄ Κατηγορίας Coca-Cola – Προημιτελικοί (2014–2015)" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
^ "Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 16/17". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2017-03-26.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "2017/18 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2018-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
^ "2017/18 Cyprus Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2018-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
^ Τα τυπικά για "Αμμόχωστος". Cyprus Times (in Greek). 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
^ Ειδήσεις – 14 Ιουλίου η κλήρωση της Β' Κατηγορίας. www.cfa.com.cy (in Greek). 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

External reference

Omonia Oroklinis at Cyprus Football Association website (in Greek)
Alki Oroklini at Cyprus Football Association website (in Greek)
Alki Oroklini on Facebook

[1] Πρωταθλήματος Ένταξης ΚΟΠ : Η φετινή διαδρομή. balla.com.cy (in Greek). 2013-07-07. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

[2013-2014_4D-2] "Πρωτάθλημα Marfin Laiki Δ΄ Κατηγορίας (2013–2014)" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-20.

[3] Δεκαεπτά συμμετοχές (in Greek). CFA. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-19.

[4] Από Ομόνοια... σε Αλκή. www.kerkida.net (in Greek). 2014-04-11. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[5] Και το όνομα αυτής… Αλκή Ορόκλινης (in Greek). shootandgoal.com. 2014-05-23. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

[6] Η αγάπη του Λόπα για την Αλκή και η Ομόνοια Ορόκλινης (in Greek). Haravgi. 2014-04-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-16.

[7] Η πρώην Ομόνοια που μετονομάστηκε σε Αλκή, δικαιώνοντας το προσωνύμιο "Αθάνατη"! (in Greek). 2014-06-11. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

[8] ΟΝΗΣΙΦΟΡΟΥ: "Χτίζαμε στην άμμο" (in Greek). sport-fm.com.cy. 2014-05-07. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

[9] Αποστολίδης, Χρίστος (2014-04-12). Η Ομόνοια Ορόκλινης αλλάζει και γίνεται... Αλκή. Haravgi (in Greek). p. 21.

[10] Αποκαλυπτικό ρεπορτάζ για την "Αλκή Ορόκλινη" (in Greek). protathlima.com. 2014-03-31. Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-05-08.

[11] "Eξαίρεση η Αλκή" (PDF). 2018-02-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.

[12] "Το πιο γερασμένο πρωτάθλημα στην Ευρώπη". 24sports.com.cy. 2018-02-26. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-26.

[13] Αλκή Ορόκλινη: Εν αναμονή... (in Greek). politis-sports.com. 2014-05-20. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

[2014-2015_4D-14] Πρωτάθλημα Δ΄ Κατηγορίας 14/15 (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2015-04-22.

[15] Εξασφάλισε τον τίτλο (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. 2015-03-16. Archived from the original on 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2015-06-06.

[:0-16] "2015/16 Cypriot Third Division" (in Greek). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

[:1-17] "2015/16 Cypriot Cup for Third and Fourth Division" (in Greek). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

[18] Άνετη και "σαλονάτη" η Αλκή!. goal.com.cy (in Greek). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[19] Ολοκλήρωσε το θαύμα η Αλκή, επιστρέφει στα μεγάλα σαλόνια!. Ολοκλήρωσε το θαύμα η Αλκή, επιστρέφει στα μεγάλα σαλόνια! (in Greek). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[20] Άνοδος για Αλκή, πλεονέκτημα για Ολυμπιακό. ΡΕΠΟΡΤΕΡ (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[21] Η Ορόκλινη πανηγυρίζει (in Greek). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

[22] Πρωταθλήτρια η Αλκή (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. 2017-03-18. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

[2014-2015_CUPCDQF-23] "Κύπελλο Κύπρου Γ΄ – Δ΄ Κατηγορίας Coca-Cola – Προημιτελικοί (2014–2015)" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-01.

[2016–2017_Cypriot_Second_Diviosion-24] "Παγκύπριο Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας 16/17". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 2017-03-26.^{[permanent dead link]}

[:4-25] "2017/18 Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2018-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

[26] "2017/18 Cyprus Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2018-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

[27] Τα τυπικά για "Αμμόχωστος". Cyprus Times (in Greek). 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.

[28] Ειδήσεις – 14 Ιουλίου η κλήρωση της Β' Κατηγορίας. www.cfa.com.cy (in Greek). 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

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v t e Cypriot First Division
2024–25 clubs	AEK Larnaca AEL Limassol Anorthosis APOEL Apollon Aris ENP Ethnikos Karmiotissa Nea Salamina Omonia Omonia 29M Omonia Ar. Pafos
Stadiums	AEK Arena Alphamega Stadium Ammochostos Stadium Antonis Papadopoulos GSP GSZ Makario Tasos Markou Tsirio
Former clubs	AEK Kouklia AEP AEZ Akritas Alki Larnaca Alki Oroklini Anagennisi APEP APOP APOP Kinyras ASIL Atromitos Ayia Napa AYMA Çetinkaya Chalkanoras Digenis Doxa EPA Ethnikos Assia Ermis Evagoras Keravnos Olympiakos Onisilos Orfeas Othellos PAEEK Pezoporikos THOI Trust
Competition	List of foreign players
Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division STOK Elite Division Cypriot Cup Super Cup Cup for lower divisions Women's 1st Division Women's Cup Women's Super Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25