ASIL Lysi

 ( Football Clubs In Cyprus ) 

ASIL Lysi () is a Cyprus football club which was established in the town of Lysi, Famagusta. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, ASIL became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Larnaca. The club plays in the .

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History The club was founded in Lysi, Famagusta on June 26, 1932. Club founders were Ch. Fokaides, Ch. Panayides, K. Rousi and N. Petrou. The choice for the club's name is attributed to Demetris Lambrou.

The club had its own stadium in Lysi. The stadium was called «Grigoris Afxentiou Stadium» as a memory of EOKA hero Grigoris Afxentiou who was born in Lysi and he was a player of ASIL. ASIL stadium was one of the first stadiums in Cyprus with grass. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, ASIL used Tsirio Stadium in Limassol as its ground and since 1978 the club is based in Larnaca. Since 1984 ASIL has a new stadium in Larnaca called «Grigoris Afxentiou Stadium». In 2019–20 season ASIL used AEK Arena as its ground and since 2020–21 season ASIL uses GSZ Stadium.

The best season for the club was 1968–69 in which they finished 6th in the first division.

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Colours and badge The club colours are yellow and black. The emblem of the club is the to symbolise the club's commitment to the olympic ideals and true sportsmanship.

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Players

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Technical staff

Head coach	Angelos Efthymiou
Assistant coach	vacant
Goalkeeper coach	Alexandre Negri
Fitness coach	Nikos Theophanous

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League history The following table shows the progress of the team in time (for those seasons found data).

{ class="wikitable"
2008–09	B	10th
2009–10	B	9th
2010–11	B	12th
2011–12	C	4th
2012–13	C	4th
2013–14	B2	6th
2014–15	C	2nd
2015–16	B	11th

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Honours

• Cypriot Second Division
• Champions (2): 1967, 1974
• Cypriot Third Division
• Champions (1): 2001

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External links

• ASIL FC Official Website

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