Apollon has been on top in cup matches against Anorthosis for the last 18 years. They have won six times in a row against the ‘Lady’.
The last time Famagusta’s team knocked Limassol out of the cup was in the 2007-08 season. They won 4-1 in the second leg at ‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ on May 7, 2008. This win came after losing 1-0 in the first match at Tsirion Stadium on April 23, 2008. It was Anorthosis’ first loss after 38 games, including 30 league matches and 8 cup games. With this victory, they reached the final but lost to APOEL 2-0.
Since then, Limassol’s ‘blue and whites’ have advanced every time they faced Famagusta’s ‘blue and whites’, winning the next six encounters.
Matches between the two teams in the cup since the 2007-08 season:
23/04/2008 Apollon-Anorthosis 1-0 (Tsirion Stadium / First leg of the semi-finals)
07/05/2008 Anorthosis-Apollon 4-1 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / Second leg of the semi-finals)
21/01/2009 Anorthosis-Apollon 2-1 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / First leg of the round of 16)
04/02/2009 Apollon-Anorthosis 3-1 (Extra time) (Tsirion Stadium / Second leg of the round of 16)
10/02/2010 Apollon-Anorthosis 3-1 (Tsirion Stadium / First leg of the quarter-finals)
17/02/2010 Anorthosis-Apollon 2-3 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / Second leg of the quarter-finals)
20/04/2011 Apollon-Anorthosis 1-1 (Tsirion Stadium / First leg of the semi-finals)
04/05/2011 Anorthosis-Apollon 1-2 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / Second leg of the semi-finals)
26/04/2017 Apollon-Anorthosis 6-0 (Tsirion Stadium / First leg of the semi-finals)
03/05/2017 Anorthosis-Apollon 1-0 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / Second leg of the semi-finals)
14/03/2018 Anorthosis-Apollon 1-1 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / First leg of the quarter-finals)
11/04/2018 Apollon-Anorthosis 2-1 (Tsirion Stadium / Second leg of the quarter-finals)
29/01/2025 Anorthosis-Apollon 1-3 (‘Antonis Papadopoulos’ / Single match for the quarter-finals)
