Date: Thursday, October 06 2022
Kickoff Time: 1745 Hrs BST
Venue: Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro, Lemesós, Cyprus
Europa League Group E Form Guide
3. Manchester United: LW
4. Omonia Nicosia: LL
Previous Meetings in European Competitions
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All-Time Record in European Competitions
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Pre-Match Pressers
Erik ten Hag
Stjepan Tomas
Team News
Manchester United
Donny van de Beek, Martin Dúbravka, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Brandon Williams and Phil Jones ruled out. Raphaël Varane and Harry Maguire doubtful.
Omonia Nicosia
n/a
Know the opposition
Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia, commonly known as Omonia Nicosia or Omonia (Harmony) and nicknamed Η Βασίλισσα (The Queen), is a Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nicosia. On 23 May 1948, the governing board of APOEL football club sent a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ.), stating its wish for what it described as the "communist mutiny" to be ended. Club players considering this action as a specifically political comment on the Greek Civil War distanced themselves from the board and were duly expelled from APOEL. On 4 June 1948, Dr. Mattheos Papapetrou organized a meeting in Nicosia that led to the creation of Omonia. Many players expelled from APOEL were present at the meeting and joined the new club. Along with other left-wing teams such as Nea Salamina, Alki Larnaca and Orfeas Nicosia, Omonia helped create the Cyprus Amateur Football Federation in December 1948. Omonia took part in the CAFF league until 1953, having won four out of five played championships and five out of five played cups. Omonia was then accepted by the Cyprus Football Association to participate in the Cypriot First Division.
After joining the Cypriot First Division, Omonia only placed seventh out of nine teams in the 1953–54 season, barely avoiding relegation. During that decade, the club's best placing came during the 1956–57 season when the club finished in the third position. The team would make its closest push for the title during the 1959–60 season after finishing second. The following year, after seven seasons in the First Division, the club would win its first title in 1960–61 season. Omonia won seven league titles in the 1970s, six of them were consecutive (1974–1979). At the end of the decade, Omonia had a total of nine championship titles and three cups. The 1980s was also a successful decade for the club as it won an additional seven Cypriot League Championship titles including another five consecutive in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and in 1987 and in 1989. Altogether Omonia has won 21 National Championships, 15 cups, and a record of 17 super cups, and is one of three Cypriot clubs to never have been relegated to the second division. The club plays its homes games at Gymnastic Club "The Pancyprians" Stadium (GSP Stadium).
Referee
João Pinheiro.
