Doxa Katokopias FC () is a
Cypriot professional
football
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club from
Katokopia in the
Nicosia District
The Nicosia District, or simply Nicosia (also Lefkosia and Lefkoşa), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The de facto TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa ...
.
History
Doxa (which translates as ''Glory'') was promoted to
First Division in 1998 for first time in their history, but after finishing 13th in the table (out of 14 teams) they were relegated. The following season, after finishing third in the Second division, they were promoted again in 2000 and this time, with the experience of their first participation, they achieved great success by managing to finish 11th and to remain in the First Division. They were relegated again in 2002 to become Second Division runners-up the following year. They competed again in the first division in the
2003–04 season where they finished last with only 1 win from 26 games and were thus automatically relegated. They were again promoted to the first division in 2007 and after 4 consecutive seasons in the
First Division, they have been relegated back to the Second Division in 2011. In 2012 they were promoted again to the First Division after finishing 2nd in the Second Division. In their last five consecutive participations in First Division, a record for the club, they used as home ground the
Makario Stadium
Makario Stadium (), is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus. It was the largest and main sports venue of the capital up to the construction of the GSP stadium in 1999. At present it is mostly used for football matches and is th ...
.
Players
Out on loan
Hat-tricks for club
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Paul Batin (31.03.2019 Emris – Doxa 0:4
First division match
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Yevhen Pavlov (22.03.2019 Olympiakos Nicosia – Doxa 2:3
Friendly match*
Berat Sadik (23.09.2018 APOEL – Doxa 2:5
First division match*
Berat Sadik (05.05.2018 Alki Oroklini – Doxa 1:3
First division First Division relegation match
Notable former players
''See also
Doxa Katokopias FC players
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Managers
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Pambos Christodoulou (1 July 2006 – 30 June 2010)
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Nikodimos Papavasiliou (1 July 2010 – 13 January 2011)
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Nikos Andronikou (21 Jan 2011 – 19 March 2011)
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Marios Constantinou (21 March 2011 – 1 November 2012)
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Loukas Hadjiloukas (1 Nov 2012 – 19 January 2014)
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Sofoklis Sofokleous (21 Jan 2014 – 9 April 2014)
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Demetris Ioannou (9 April 2014 – 1 September 2014)
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Slobodan Krčmarević
Slobodan Krčmarević (; born 12 June 1965) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
Club career
After coming through the youth system of FK Partizan, Partizan, Kr ...
(8 September 2014 – 15 February 2015)
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Nicos Andreou (4 March 2015 – 24 May 2015)
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Loukas Hadjiloukas (3 June 2015 – 28 November 2016)
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Carlos Corberán (29 Nov 2016– 24 January 2017)
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Savvas Poursaitidis (25 Jan 2017– 2017)
References
External links
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{{Doxa Katokopias FC squad
Football clubs in Cyprus
Association football clubs established in 1954
1954 establishments in Cyprus