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| Full name | Makario Athletic Centre |
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| Location | Nicosia,Cyprus |
| Capacity | 15,590 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1978 |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Tenants | |
| APOEL Nicosia (1978–1999) Omonia Nicosia (1978–1999) Olympiakos Nicosia (1993–1999, 2008–2009, 2013–2021, 2022–present) Ethnikos Assia (2001–present) Digenis Morphou (2001–present) Doxa Katokopias (2007–2011, 2013–2022) Iraklis Gerolakkou (2022-present) | |
Makario Stadium (Greek:Μακάρειο Στάδιο), is an all-seatermulti-purpose stadium inNicosia,Cyprus.[1] It was the largest and main sports venue of the capital up to the construction of theGSP stadium in 1999. At present it is mostly used forfootball matches and is the home ground ofOlympiakos Nicosia,Digenis Morphou, andEthnikos Assia. The stadium holds 15,590 seated spectators. The playing field is surrounded by a running track and can be adapted to hold most track and field events. Apart from corporate boxes and the press centre, there are no coverings for spectators.
It is built in the Nicosia suburb of Makedonitissa, close to the grounds of theCyprus State Fair, with which it shares a large car park.
Over the years it has served as the home ground for Nicosia teams such asAC Omonia,APOEL andOlympiakos. TheCypriot national team has also played home matches there in the past. All those teams have now relocated to the New GSP stadium. The ultras of APOEL (PANSYFI - AU79) and Omonia (Gate-9) were formed during the years their teams played at the stadium.
The Makario was built in 1978 and is named afterMakarios III, the Ethnarch of Cyprus;Archbishop and firstPresident of Cyprus. It has hosted manyCypriot Cup andSuper Cup finals and was the main venue for the1989 Games of the Small States of Europe.
The record for the highest attendance at the stadium was 30,000 spectators on 6 November 1985, for the match betweenOmonia Nicosia andAnderlecht in the1985–86 European Cuplast-16 round.[2]
Publications of the time state that there were 34,000 spectators at the Makarios stadium, which is a record number of fans in Cypriot stadiums.
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