Doxa Katokopias FC () is a Cypriot professional

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Katokopia Katokopia ( []; ) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, 7 km east of Morphou. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Originally inhabited by Greek Cypriots, since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turkish ...

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

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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

, 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

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Players

Out on loan

Hat-tricks for club

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First division match
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(22.03.2019 Olympiakos Nicosia – Doxa 2:3
Friendly match
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(23.09.2018 APOEL – Doxa 2:5
First division match
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(05.05.2018 Alki Oroklini – Doxa 1:3
First division First Division relegation match

Notable former players

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Managers

Pambos Christodoulou Pambos Christodoulou (born 17 October 1967, Galata) is a Cypriot football manager and former player. Playing career Christodoulou played as a midfielder for Olympiakos Nicosia in the Cyprus First Division, between 1990–1995, having moved fro ...

(1 July 2006 – 30 June 2010) *

Nikodimos Papavasiliou Nikodimos "Nikki" Papavasiliou (; born 31 August 1970) is a Cypriot football manager and former international midfielder. Aside from playing and managing, Papavasiliou's background includes scouting and Academy management. He was the first Greek ...

(1 July 2010 – 13 January 2011) *

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(21 Jan 2011 – 19 March 2011) *

Marios Constantinou Marios Constantinou (; born on 14 July 1967) is a former international Cypriot football midfielder and current manager. He is a holder of the UEFA Pro Licence. In the past he was footballer of Pezoporikos and AEK Larnaca under the instructions ...

(21 March 2011 – 1 November 2012) *

Loukas Hadjiloukas Loukas Hadjiloukas (; born on 6 June 1967) is a Cypriot football manager and former football player. He had a great career while playing for APOEL, in which he won three Championships (1990, 1992, 1996), 5 Cups (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 ...

(1 Nov 2012 – 19 January 2014) *

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Demetris Ioannou Demetris Ioannou (), born 8 December 1968, is a former international Cypriot football defender and currently a football manager. Career He started his career in 1990 from Apollon Limassol and then followed six successful seasons in Anorthosis ...

(9 April 2014 – 1 September 2014) *

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(8 September 2014 – 15 February 2015) * Nicos Andreou (4 March 2015 – 24 May 2015) *

(3 June 2015 – 28 November 2016) *

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(25 Jan 2017– 2017)

References

External links

* * {{Doxa Katokopias FC squad Football clubs in Cyprus Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Cyprus