Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC
| Founded | May 14, 2014 | ||
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| Ground | Stelios Chari Stadium, Ypsonas | ||
| Owner | Yevgeny Savin | ||
| Chairman | Avgoustinos Ioannou | ||
| Manager | Liasos Louka | ||
| League | Second Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Second Division, 5th | ||
| Website | https://krasava.tv/ | ||
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Freedom 24 ENY Ypsonas FC is Cypriot football club based in Ypsonas of the Limassol District.
History
The club was founded in 2014 after the merger of two clubs: Enosi Neon Ypsona and Digenis Akritas Ipsona. Until May 14, 2019, the name of the club was Enosi Neon Ypsona-Digenis, before changing their name to Ypsonas FC (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Ύψωνα - Διγενής Ύψωνα).[1]
In July 2022, Russian football blogger Yevgeny Savin, previously owner of Russian club FC Krasava, bought the club and became the new owner. The club then changed their name and adopted a similar logo to Krasava.
Savin is a former football player. According to his own account, he bought the club for US$450'000. After he had released a video interviewing football players like Andriy Yarmolenko, Andriy Voronin and Dario Srna on the Russo-Ukrainian War, he was threatened with criminal charges concerning public actions aimed at dicreediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Moscow-based 3rd Division club Krasava that Savin had founded just in 2020, could not get any field to use for its home games. He fled to Cyprus where he takes a second attempt with building up his own football club will be renamed FC Krasava – ENY Digenis Ypsona. In 2024 the team changed is name to Freedom 24 ENY Ypsonas fc. In the 2024-25 Cypriot Second Division the club achieved promotion to the Cypriot First Division, making it the second russian club to be in the first division, after Pafos.[2][3]
Players
Current squad
- As of 11 July 2025
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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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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Honours
- Cypriot Second Division
- Winners (1): 2024–25
References
- ^ "Γενική Συνέλευση και… αλλαγή ονόματος (φώτος)" (in Greek). 2019-05-15. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "Russia's Zakharova disapproves of football club Krasava possibly 'moving' to Cyprus". 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "Limassol second-tier club gets Russian YouTuber makeover". Financial Mirror. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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