Cypriot football clubs in European competitions of a competition, and since then at least one team participate in the group stage every season. Most important success was the qualification and the participation of APOEL FC at the quarterfinals of 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Then is the present of the same team at the round of 16 of 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Cyprus ranking at UEFA coefficient at the end of 2012-13 season was the 14th, the highest the country ever had. Cypriot teams began to participate in the European Cup (renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992) in 1963. The first team that participated was Anorthosis
PAC Omonia 1948 which demanded from the athletes to sign the paper. Some of the athletes “when they were brought the paper, did not submit” and initiated the foundation of People’s Clubs across the island. Debt even heavier in the year 2018 not to submit and shout "Long live 1948" and what it represents. PAC Omonia 1948 People's Athletic Club Omonia 1948 is an fan-owned Cypriot association football club, based in the suburbs of Nicosia. Following the decision of AC Omonia's general assembly, to hand the football department over to businessman Stavros Papastavrou in May 2018, the Ultras group Gate 9 announced that