Olympiakos Nicosia

Olympiakos Nicosia
Club crest
Full nameOlympiakos Nicosia Football Club
Nickname(s)Μαυροπράσινοι (The Green Blacks)
Taktakalas (area in old Nicosia where club is based)
Founded1 June 1931 (1931-06-01)
GroundMakario Stadium
Capacity16,000
ChairmanChristos Hadjiyiangou
ManagerGeorgios Kostis
LeagueSecond Division
2023–24Second Division, 4th
Websitehttp://www.olympiakos.com.cy

Olympiakos Nicosia (Greek: Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, Olympiakos Lefkosias) is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the Second Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos' home ground is the Makario Stadium, which has a 16,000-seat capacity. The team's main nickname is "mavroprasini" (the green-blacks), and the club's other nickname is Taktakalas, derived from the area of Nicosia where the club hails from.

Olympiakos Nicosia has won three Cypriot First Division Championships, one Cypriot Cup and one Cyprus Super Cup.

In the past the club also had track and field, basketball, volleyball, cycling, table tennis, weightlifting and futsal teams. It also in the past had an orchestra, choir and camping divisions; the latter explaining why the club's badge has a tent on it.


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