Makario Stadium

Makario Stadium(Greek:Μακάρειο Στάδιο), is an all-seatermulti-purpose stadiuminNicosia,Cyprus.It was the largest and main sports venue of the capital up to the construction of theGSP stadiumin 1999. At present it is mostly used forfootballmatches 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.

Makario Stadium

Full name	Makario Athletic Centre
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)

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,APOELandOlympiakos.TheCypriot national teamhas 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;Archbishopand firstPresident of Cyprus.It has hosted manyCypriot CupandSuper Cupfinals 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 NicosiaandAnderlechtin the1985–86 European Cuplast-16 round.

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.