"Derby Lifting-New Salamina"

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Derby Uplifting-New Salamina (or Gravious derby) is the athletic contest between Lifting and New Salamina in football and football.

Historical flashback
Famagusta Lifting and Nea Salamina Famagusta are the two major and historical associations of the city of Famagusta in Cyprus. The Upliftation was created in 1911 New Salamina in 1948. After the Turkish invasion of 1974, which resulted in the occupation of Famagusta and the refugee of the two clubs and their fans, the character of games between them, beyond the pure sports part, is a tribute and memory of the occupied city. Before 1974 the two teams competed only in the football championships and had a joint seat, the GSE Stadium. After 1974, the football segments of the two clubs operate in Larnaca, having the Upliftment as the seat of the privately owned Antonis Papadopoulos stadium and Nea Salamina the privately owned stadium Famagusta. After 1978 they also participate in the first category of men's football Cyprus, with the football section of the two teams operating in the city of Limassol. The Uplifting competes in its privately owned headquarters, the Themistocles Sports Center, while Nea Salamina at Spyros Kyprianou Sports Center.

Football

First match (friendly)
The two teams first competed in a friendly match that took place Sunday, September 27, 1953 at the GSE stadium in Famagusta. The historian for the Cypriot football match meant the unification of Cypriot football, as for five years the right-wing unions competed in KOP while the newly established left-wing unions in KEPO. It was the first match between a right and left union in Cyprus. It started at 3.25 p.m. The stadium was complete with 5200 fans of the two teams. The entrance was set at one shilling. Total receipts had reached 260 pounds, a significant sum for the time being. The Uplifting won 3-1 having as scores P.Siaplos (49' and 70') and Hatziloizou (64'). For Nea Salamina Juubis had been temporarily tied. The Sports newspaper described the race as "a demonstration of a superior sports spirit" and "a fellow fans".

Eleven:

Uplifting: Kostas X" Georgiou "Kotsios", Moses Mantzaloizou, Xanthos Sarris, Evgenios Zervidis "Voskaris", Pampos Charalambous, Aristos Raphael, Loizos Hatziloizou, Dinos , Kostakis Xantoulis, Panos Xiaos, Antonis Papadopoulos

Salamina: Blackkis, Takis, Andreas Elias "Andrellis", Andricis (Papathoma), Andreas, Paraschos, Nitas, Vasos Aristotle, Giorgis, Giubis, Tyrimos

First official match
The first official match between the two teams took place on 20 November 1955 as part of the 1955–56 world championship (when the unification of Cypriot football took place, Nea Salamina had joined the Second division, where the first official match between the two teams took place in 1955 when she was promoted to the First Division).

This struggle took place within the framework of the first