Full name | Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias |
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Nickname | Τhrylos tis kyprou (The Legend of Cyprus) |
Founded | 8 November 1926 |
Colours | Yellow, Blue |
Chairman | Christoforos Potamitis |
Titles | 165 |
Website | Club home page |
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APOEL (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a major Cypriot multi-sport club based in Nicosia.
APOEL, which was founded in 1926, is the most popular sports club in Cyprus[1][2] and the most successful, achieving to win 165[3] official senior titles in several sports.[4]
The club is parent to fourteen different competitive departments including football, basketball, volleyball, futsal, handball, table tennis, bowling, cycling, archery, swimming, water polo and a runners team.