Asil Lysis
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Wikipedia - ASIL Lysi
ASIL Lysi (Greek: ΑΣΙΛ Λύσης) is a Cypriot 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 Second Division.
History
one of the best club in cyprus overall 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 Tsirion 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.
Asil Lysi har vunnet den kypriotiske tredjedivisjonen to ganger, i 1992–93 og 2001–02. De har også vunnet Larnaca Football Cup tre ganger, i 1989, 1993 og 2003.
Klubbens stadion er Lysi stadion, som har en kapasitet på 1500 tilskuere.