Ammochostos Stadium ( el, Γήπεδο 'Αμμόχωστος') is a

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Larnaca Larnaca ( el, Λάρνακα ; tr, Larnaka) is a city on the south east coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 1 ...

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the temporary home ground of the refugee team from the occupied city of Famagusta,

Nea Salamis Famagusta Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Sala ...

History

The original home ground of Nea Salamina FC was

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in Famagusta, but due to the Turkish occupation of the town since 1974 they cannot use it. After that, Nea Salamis FC moved, temporarily, to

and built their own stadium. The decision to build the stadium came in 1989. The December of the same year it started to be built. After many wages offered from Salamis fans in Cyprus and abroad, from Cyprus Sports Association and from many workers it was built in a short time. The first official game of Nea Salamina Famagusta in the stadium was played on 12 October 1991 with

Evagoras Paphos Athlitikos Syllogos Evagoras Paphos () was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1961, was playing sometimes in First and sometimes in the Second Division. It has adopted its name from Evagoras Pallikarides, who was a h ...

as opponent. Nea Salamina won 4–1. The stadium hosted the 1992

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final on 17 May 1992 between

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and

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where Germany won 2–1. In 1998, the stadium underwent some renovations. Ammochostos Stadium has a capacity of 5,000 seats and is located in Larnaca. Soon, a third shuttle will be built and the stadium will hold 7,500 people. Since 2007, under the south shuttle of the stadium is the dwelling and the offices of Nea Salamis FC.

Name

Ammochostos Stadium named after the town of Famagusta ( el, Αμμόχωστος; ''Ammochostos''), which is the original seat of Nea Salamina.

Other teams

The stadium was used for some periods as a home ground by Alki Larnaca FC (2007—2009),

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ...

(in 2001, for a little period due to the improvement of their own ground),

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

(2001–2002, 2010–2012, 2013–14, 2020–),

Doxa Katokopia Doxa Katokopias FC ( el, Δόξα Κατωκοπιάς) is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, ...

(2012–2013) and

Alki Oroklini 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 ...

(2016–present).

Gallery

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References

Sources

External links

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Official web site of the club
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