Barcelona FA and Apollon Ladies in the women's and Othello, ENP and Anagennisi in the second division had their honorary
The leaders of the second category of men and the women's championship of the 2017/18 season were honored by the Pancyprian Football Association (PASP) on Thursday night (19/04) in the annual awards "PASP Awards B 'Division & Women 2017/18 ».
The ceremony took place at UCLan University in Pyla and was attended by the honorees as well as many football fans. The top two - the second division and the women's team - as well as the top coaches, were chosen after a vote by the footballers / stretchers of the categories, who in fact did not have the right to vote for their teammates, a fact that gives even more value to those were distinguished. The process and the way of naming the winners was based on the voting used by FIFA and FIFPro to highlight the best eleven in the world.
Four players of the champion Barcelona FA and three of the Apollon Ladies were voted in the top eleven of the women, while in the second category, the three teams that claim the two places of promotion had their honorary title. Specifically, five football players of Othello, three of ENP and two of Anagennisi Deryneia were voted in the top eleven.
The top eleven and coach of the women:
Goalkeeper: Georgia Katsonouri (Paphia)
Defenders: Konstantina Pafiti (Apollon Ladies), Tiegnou Fatou Coulibaly (Barcelona FA), Xenia Georgiou (Lefkothea), Christina Pitsillou (Famagusta SA)
Media: Loukritia Chrysostomou (Lefkothea), Elena Aristodimou (Barcelona FA), Alyssa Ann Lagonia (Apollon Ladies)
Forwards: Rebecca Grace Elloh (Barcelona FA), Rosella Ayane (Apollon Ladies), Krystyna Marie Freda (Barcelona FA)
Coach: Alexis Christodoulou (Barcelona FA)
The top eleven and coach of the second division:
Goalkeeper: Christos Mastrou (Renaissance)
Defenders: Christoforos Gabriel (Othellos), Antonis Panagi (Omonia No.), Koullis Kyriakou (Othellos), Andreas Vassiliou (Othellos)
Media: Charrad Aikel Gadacha (Renaissance), Ivan Curjuric (ENP), Gaoussou Fofana (Othello)
Forwards: David Solari (ENP), Mohamed Sassi (Othello), George Kolokoudias (ENP)
Coach: Andre Paus (ENP)
Sponsors and supporters
The organizer of the annual awards "PASP Awards B 'Division & Women 2017/18" was PA.S.P. and Major Sponsor of the event is the Luca Pierre Branch of MetLife. The host was UCLan Cyprus University and the communication sponsor was AlfaSports.TV, which broadcast the event live. Donors of the evening were the products STR8, Bioten, Carroten, Lander Polar Ice.
The presenter of the event was the journalist Stelios Papamoiseos.
The honorary awards
In addition to the awards of the top eleven, honorary awards were also received by three persons for their contribution to the sport. They are the former leader of the Apollo Ladies Margarita Sophocles who hung up her shoes, the long-time leader of Digenis Oroklini Nikola Katsouris and the former referee Savvas Zafeiris who completed his course in refereeing last year, after 16 years in the field.
Neophytidis: "We are fighting for the upgrade"
The president of PASP, Spyros Neofitidis, in his greeting, said: "I want to congratulate all those who will be honored tonight. This event is a great opportunity to highlight the enormous effort that footballers make in difficult conditions ". Then Mr. Neophytidis added: "The small categories and women's football are a great challenge for our Association, where in recent years we have been fighting for the support and upgrading of these championships. Already, after the last meetings we had with the KOP, the first changes during the championship of the second division have been made and from next year the championship will last ten months. For women's football, the first meeting with the KOP has also taken place and the suggestions and issues that we want to change have been raised. We expect that the positive response of the Federation to the issues we raised will help both the sport and our footballers ".
Source: goal.com.cy