Aris Limassol FC

One of the founder members of the Cyprus Football Association, Aris competed in the first five seasons of the Cypriot First Division, with their league placement ranging from 5th to 7th. The club ceased operation in 1939 due to financial difficulties, and returned in 1952, competing in the Second Division. Aris returned to the First Division in 1954, but finished last and was relegated. The following season they won the Second Division and returned to the top-tier league, only to be relegated again. Aris returned to the First Division once in 1958, placing 4th.

Being one of the weaker teams in the First Division during the 1960s, they were finally relegated in the 1969–70 season, placing 12th, and spent two years in the Second Division. The situation improved for Aris, with the team finishing 4th in the First Division, in the 1976–77 and 1978–79 seasons. In 1981, they were relegated again after finishing last but returned as runner-ups the following season. In 1989, the team qualified to the final of the Cypriot Cup, where they lost to AEL Limassol. The following season, Aris signed Oleg Blokhin, the 1975 European Footballer of the Year.

Following relegation in 1993, Aris won the Second Division for the third time in the club's history. From 1997 until 2006, the team would alternate between the First and Second Division. This situation ended in the 2006–07 season, when the team managed to remain in the First Division, placing 8th. However, the following season Aris was relegated once more, and the trend returned. After 9 years of drought, Aris managed to remain in the First Division in the 2015–16 season, finishing in 10th place. This season, Aris was the only team which played more than 6 Cypriot players in every match. After three seasons in the First Division, Aris was relegated and spent another three seasons in the Second Division, before being promoted once more in the 2020–21 season.

In Summer 2021, a new era began for Aris, with the belarusian investor Vladimir Fedorov, who intends to transform Aris into one of the elite clubs of Cyprus. The following season, Aris finished fourth in the league, meaning the club had qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League, the first time the club had ever qualified for European football. They made their European debut in the second qualifying round against Neftçi Baku, and despite a 2–0 win at home, Aris lost 3–0 in the second tie, and was eliminated.

Aris' greatest success to date came in the 2022–23 season, as the team won the Cypriot First Division for the first time in their history, earning a place in the 2023–24 Champions League qualifying rounds.^[1] Four of the club's players made the Team of the Season at the PASP awards, including goalkeeper Vana Alves, and the team's top goalscorer Aleksandr Kokorin, who was also voted as the most valuable player of the season. Aris' head coach Aleksey Shpilevsky was voted as the best coach of the season.^[2] In the 2023–24 season, Aris became the seventh and final Cypriot club to qualify for the group stage of a European competition as they finished fourth in Group C of the Europa League.

Aris has a smaller number of fans compared to other Limassol clubs.^{[citation needed]}

As of 31 January 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Vaná 2 DF  COD Gédéon Kalulu 4 DF  GER David Lelle 6 DF  ENG Connor Goldson 7 DF  CYP Anderson Correia 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kokorin 13 DF  GUI Abdoulaye Sow 14 FW  SEN Yannick Gomis 18 MF  COM Yacine Bourhane 19 DF  SEN Mamadou Sané 20 DF  BFA Steeve Yago 22 MF  SRB Veljko Nikolić 25 GK  ENG Wes Foderingham 26 GK  CYP Anastasios Pisiias

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  NGA Leon Balogun 28 MF  CYP Grigoris Kastanos (on loan from Hellas Verona) 29 FW  NOR Dennis Gaustad 30 FW  BRA Gustavo Pajé (on loan from Vila Nova) 45 MF  NIR Ross McCausland (on loan from Rangers) 66 FW  SUR Jaden Montnor 70 FW  POR Edi Semedo 75 FW  CYP Michalis Theodosiou 76 MF  CYP Charalampos Charalampous 80 FW  CYP Andronikos Kakoullis (on loan from AIK) 88 MF  CMR Collins Fi Akamba 90 GK  CYP Ellinas Sofroníou 99 FW  GAB Junior Effaghe

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Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  CRO Mislav Zadro (at Krasava Ypsonas until 30 June 2026) — DF  POL Miłosz Matysik (at Bruk-Bet Termalica until 30 June 2026) — DF  CYP Andreas Dimitriou (at Nea Salamis Famagusta until 30 June 2026) — DF  SEN Aboubacar Loucoubar (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Thiago Henrique (at Krasava Ypsonas until 30 June 2026) — MF  GHA Alex Opoku Sarfo (at Pari Nizhny Novgorod until 30 June 2026) — FW  BLR Denis Ovsyannikov (at Krasava Ypsonas until 30 June 2026)

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Technical and medical staff

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Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Daniel Sikorski
Head coach	Artsyom Radzkow
Assistant coach	Tommy Jähnigen
Assistant coach	Viktors Mazurs
Fitness coach	Mikel Guillén
Assistant Fitness coach	Jesus Dorado
Video Analyst	Giorgos Christodoulou
Goalkeeper coach	Takis Taki
Team Manager	Kostas Tsironis
Assistant Team manager	Lefteris Petrides
Physiotherapists	Constantinos Soutzis
	Alexis Marcou
	Giannis Georgiou
	Andreas Sylvestros
	Giorgos Hadjitoouli
Nutritionist	Evagoras Christofides

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• Tadeáš Kraus (1976–1980), (1983–1985)
• Andreas Michaelides (1986–1991)
• Jerzy Engel (1997)
• Milenko Špoljarić (2004–05)
• Andreas Michaelides (2006–07)
• Henk Houwaart (1 September 2007 – 30 November 2007)
• Mihai Stoichiţă (2007–08)
• Akis Agiomamitis (2008–09)
• Marios Constantinou (17 May 2009 – 18 January 2010)
• Stéphane Demol (21 Feb 2010 – 30 June 2010)
• Dušan Mitošević (18 July 2011 – 30 June 2012)
• Demetris Ioannou (1 July 2012 – 22 June 2013)
• Tasos Kyriacou (1 July 2012 – 22 October 2013)
• Ton Caanen (23 Oct 2013 – 11 May 2014)
• Giorgos Polyviou (16 Jun 2014 – 14 October 2014)
• Akis Agiomamitis (14 Oct 2014 – 14 September 2015)
• Eugen Neagoe (15 September 2015 – 7 February 2016)
• Kostas Kaiafas (8 Feb 2016 – 15 May 2016)
• Thalis Theodoridis (24 Jun 2016 – 24 October 2016)
• Frederik Vanderbiest (1 Nov 2016 – 3 January 2017)
• Nicolas Martides (Jan 2017 – 3 October 2017)
• Giannis Christopoulos (4 Oct 2017 – 22 January 2018)
• Nicos Panayiotou (22 Jan 2018 – 13 March 2018)
• Chrysis Michael (26 Apr 2018 – 13 January 2019)
• Nicolas Martides (13 Jan 2019 – 31 May 2019)
• Liasos Louka (11 Jul 2019 – 26 February 2022)
• Aleksey Shpilevsky (26 Feb 2022 – 19 May 2025)
• Artsyom Radzkow (20 May 2025 –)

Aris Limassol won the 2022–23 Cypriot First Division with Aleksey Shpilevsky for the first time in the history of the team.

• Cypriot First Division
  • Winners (1): 2022–23
• Cypriot Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1988–89
• Cypriot Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023
• Cypriot Second Division
  • Winners (5): 1953–54, 1955–56, 1993–94, 2010–11, 2012–13

UEFA Team Ranking (2025/26)

UEFA Club ranking

More information Rank, Country ...

Rank	Country	Team	Points
217		Drita	7.000
218		Differdange	6.500
219		Aris Limassol	6.500
220		Dinamo Minsk	6.500
221		Vllaznia	6.500

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Last update: 3 September 2025
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