2007–08 APOEL F.C. season

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APOEL
2007–08 season
ChairmanKyriakos Zivanaris
ManagerMarinos Ouzounidis
(Until 6 January 2008)
Ivan Jovanović
(From 8 January 2008)
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division2nd
Cypriot CupWinners
Cyprus FA ShieldRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Constantinos Makrides (13)
All:
Constantinos Makrides (15)
Highest home attendance17,446 vs Omonia
(8 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance373 vs Aris Limassol
(30 January 2008)
Average home league attendance6,445 (all competitions)

The 2007–08 season was APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division and 80th year in existence as a football club.

The club won the championship the previous season so it played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Manager Marinos Ouzounidis left the club by mutual consent on 6 January 2008, due to the club's lower-than-expected performance in the Cypriot First Division and two days later he was replaced by Ivan Jovanović who managed to help the club to win the Cypriot Cup at the end of the season.[1]

Squad[]

Last update: 16 April 2008[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Cyprus CYP Michalis Morfis
4 DF Greece GRE Michalis Kapsis
5 DF Romania ROU Daniel Florea
7 MF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Charalambides
8 DF France FRA Bark Seghiri
9 FW Greece GRE Nikos Machlas
11 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Louka
12 GK North Macedonia MKD Jane Nikolovski
14 DF Netherlands NED Joost Broerse
15 DF Cyprus CYP Marios Antoniades
17 MF Cyprus CYP Marinos Satsias (captain)
18 DF Cyprus CYP Demetris Daskalakis
20 MF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Makrides
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Portugal POR Helio Pinto
24 DF Greece GRE Christos Kontis
26 DF Portugal POR Nuno Morais
30 FW Serbia SRB Nenad Mirosavljević
31 FW Brazil BRA Zé Carlos
32 DF Albania ALB Altin Haxhi
33 MF Cyprus CYP Chrysis Michael
40 MF Cyprus CYP Giorgos Economides
60 GK Cyprus CYP
69 FW Serbia SRB Nemanja Corović
71 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Theodorou
77 DF Cyprus CYP Panayiotis Panayiotou
88 GK Cyprus CYP Tasos Kissas

Squad changes[]

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
26 DM Portugal Morais 23 EU Chelsea England Transfer Green tickY Summer 2009 Free reuters.com
12 GK North Macedonia Nikolovski 33 Non-EU Slaven Belupo Croatia Transfer Green tickY Summer 2009 Free —
6 DM Brazil Emerson 35 EU AEK Athens Greece Transfer Green tickY Summer 2008 Free uefacup.com
21 LW Brazil Tavares 23 Non-EU Porto Alegre Brazil Transfer Green tickY Summer 2010 Free —
14 CF Brazil Evilasio 27 Non-EU Porto Alegre Brazil Transfer Green tickY Summer 2008 Free —
31 CF Brazil Zé Carlos 32 EU Braga Portugal Transfer Green tickY Summer 2009 Free uefa.com
7 RW Brazil Rubens 22 Non-EU Villa Rio Brazil Loan → Summer 2008 Free —
69 CF Serbia Corović 31 Non-EU AEL Limassol Loan → Summer 2008 Free —
32 LB Albania Haxhi 32 EU Ergotelis Greece Transfer Green tickY Winter 2009 Free —
14 CB Netherlands Broerse 28 EU Utrecht Netherlands Transfer Green tickY Winter 2009 Free nu.nl
30 CF Serbia Mirosavljević 30 Non-EU Smederevo Serbia Transfer Green tickY Winter 2009 Free —
7 RW Cyprus Charalambides 26 EU Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Transfer Green tickY Winter 2010 Free —

Total expenditure: Decrease €0

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
9 LW Costa Rica Gómez 32 Non-EU Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica Loan return → Summer — —
99 CF Cyprus Neophytou 30 EU AEK Larnaca End of contract Red XN Summer Free —
22 LB Cyprus Sampson 25 EU AEL Limassol End of contract Red XN Summer Free —
29 CF Argentina Solari 26 EU UNAM Mexico Transfer Green tickY Summer €200K —
6 CB Cyprus Okkarides 29 EU Apollon Limassol End of contract Red XN Summer Free —
12 GK Cyprus Kythreotis 26 EU ASIL Lysi End of contract Red XN Summer Free —
7 RW Peru Barreto 24 Non-EU Universidad San Martín Peru Mutual consent Red XN Summer Free —
14 CF Brazil Evilasio 27 Non-EU Pelita Bandung Raya Indonesia Contract termination Red XN Winter Free —
19 RB Cyprus Elia 28 EU Ethnikos Achna Loan → Winter Free —
7 RW Brazil Rubens 23 Non-EU Villa Rio Brazil Loan return → Winter — —
21 LW Brazil Tavares 23 Non-EU Maribor Slovenia Mutual consent Red XN Winter Free —
22 LM Greece Sapanis 31 EU Ionikos Greece Mutual consent Red XN Winter Free —
6 DM Brazil Emerson 35 EU Madureira Brazil Mutual consent Red XN Winter Free —
10 AM Portugal Fernandes 29 EU Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Transfer Green tickY Winter €200K —

Total income: Increase €400K

Last updated: 31 January 2008

Club[]

Other information[]

Chairman Cyprus Kyriakos Zivanaris
Ground (capacity and dimensions) GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — 2nd 2 September 2007 10 May 2008
UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying 1st qualifying 17 July 2007 24 July 2007
Cypriot Cup 4th round Winners 24 October 2007 17 May 2008
Cyprus FA Shield Final Runners-up 25 August 2008

Updated to match played 20 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League[]

Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Classification[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 19 7 0 49 13 +36 64 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 APOEL 26 16 5 5 51 19 +32 53
3 Omonia 26 14 6 6 36 22 +14 48
4 AEK Larnaca 26 12 5 9 34 32 +2 41
5 Apollon Limassol 26 10 9 7 40 33 +7 39 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: soccerway.com

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 18 7 7 58 28  +30 61 12 2 2 33 10  +23 6 5 5 25 18  +7

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWLWLWWDWWWDWDDLDLWWWWWWWLWWDLWDL
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs table[]

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Group A[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis Famagusta (C) 32 20 12 0 58 19 +39 72 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 18 7 7 58 28 +30 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Omonia 32 14 10 8 42 31 +11 52
4 AEK Larnaca 32 14 8 10 46 42 +4 50
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champion

Matches[]

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season[]

APOEL3 – 2Doxa
Machlas Goal 53', 70'
Michael Goal 71' (pen.)		 (Report) Da Costa Goal 26', 84'
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Anorthosis1 – 0APOEL
Nikolaou Goal 57' (Report)
Attendance: 7,922
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
APOEL4 – 0APOP Kinyras
Michael Goal 14', 71' (pen.)
Makrides Goal 30'
Machlas Goal 42'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Harris Glykis
EN Paralimni1 – 0APOEL
Eleftheriou Goal 44' (Report)
Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
Attendance: 2,332
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3 – 1Nea Salamis
Satsias Goal 65'
Machlas Goal 68'
Fernandes Goal 79'		 (Report) Dolores Goal 63'
Attendance: 6,934
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL2 – 0
Awarded[note 1]		Apollon
Pinto Goal 30'
Machlas Goal 36'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,389
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Olympiakos2 – 2APOEL
González Goal 27'
Panigutti Goal 67'		 (Report) Machlas Goal 50'
Makrides Goal 74'
Attendance: 6,844
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
APOEL1 – 0AEK
Makrides Goal 55' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Alki0 – 4APOEL
(Report) Machlas Goal 21', 59'
Makrides Goal 67'
Fernandes Goal 70'
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Harris Glykis
APOEL2 – 1Ethnikos Achna
Kontis Goal 16'
Michael Goal 74'		 (Report) Georgiades Goal 59'
Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Aris2 – 2APOEL
Mihalcea Goal 62'
Seper Goal 75'		 (Report) Makrides Goal 13'
Michael Goal 90+5' (pen.)
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 2,456
Referee: Petros Panayides
APOEL1 – 0Omonia
Makrides Goal 16' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 17,446
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
AEL1 – 1APOEL
Tiquinho Goal 62' (Report) Pinto Goal 43'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Doxa2 – 2APOEL
Kamal Goal 52'
Da Costa Goal 88'		 (Report) Daskalakis Goal 11'
Makrides Goal 38' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
APOEL0 – 1Anorthosis
(Report) Skopelitis Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 12,968
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
APOP Kinyras1 – 1APOEL
Efthymiou Goal 90+2' (Report) Corović Goal 84'
Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia, Paphos
Attendance: 1,670
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos
APOEL0 – 1EN Paralimni
(Report) Freddy Goal 45'
Attendance: 4,256
Referee: Marios Panayi
Nea Salamis1 – 3APOEL
Louka Goal 83' (pen.) (Report) Zé Carlos Goal 36', 45', 59'
Attendance: 807
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Apollon0 – 2
Awarded[note 2]		APOEL
Risso Goal 30' (pen.)
Torresi Goal 32'		 (Report) Zé Carlos Goal 19'
Michael Goal 90+3' (pen.)
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 5,676
Referee: Marios Stamatis
APOEL4 – 0Olympiakos
Corović Goal 19'
Makrides Goal 44'
Broerse Goal 86'
Charalambides Goal 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
AEK0 – 3APOEL
(Report) Zé Carlos Goal 58', 67'
Makrides Goal 81'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Christos Ilia
APOEL3 – 0Alki
(Report) Machlas Goal 15'
Broerse Goal 86'
Satsias Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Ethnikos Achna0 – 2APOEL
(Report) Machlas Goal 23'
Makrides Goal 79'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Harris Glykis
APOEL3 – 0Aris
Charalambides Goal 45', 88'
Louka Goal 72'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Omonia2 – 1APOEL
Cafú Goal 21'
Maris Goal 78'		 (Report) Mirosavljević Goal 36'
Attendance: 15,789
Referee: Christos Ilia
APOEL2 – 0AEL
Makrides Goal 52' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos

Playoffs[]

Omonia1 – 2APOEL
Kaiafas Goal 21' (pen.) (Report) Michael Goal 42' (pen.)
Charalambides Goal 80'
Attendance: 11,306
Referee: Greece Georgios Kasnaferis
APOEL1 – 1Anorthosis
Zé Carlos Goal 90+2' (Report) Nikolaou Goal 82'
Attendance: 10,027
Referee: Greece Michalis Koukoulakis
AEK1 – 0APOEL
Paiva Goal 85' (Report)
Attendance: 925
Referee: Leontios Trattou
APOEL2 – 1AEK
Michael Goal 62' (pen.)
Mirosavljević Goal 73'		 (Report) Adorno Goal 82'
Attendance: 2,740
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
APOEL2 – 2Omonia
Makrides Goal 33'
Kontis Goal 69'		 (Report) Kaseke Goal 31'
Chailis Goal 54'
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Anorthosis3 – 0APOEL
Sosin Goal 9', 49', 58' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round[]

APOEL Cyprus2 – 0Belarus BATE Borisov
Michael Goal 42' (pen.)
Machlas Goal 61'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: France Olivier Thual
BATE Borisov Belarus3 – 0
(a.e.t.)		Cyprus APOEL
Stasevich Goal 14'
Platonaw Goal 74'
Bliznyuk Goal 104'		 (Report)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Scotland William Collum

BATE won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cyprus FA Shield[]

Main article: Cyprus FA Shield
APOEL1 – 2Anorthosis
Pinto Goal 68' (Report) Boaventura Goal 17'
Nicolaou Goal 59' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Greece Iraklis Tsikinidis

Cypriot Cup[]

Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot Cup

Fourth round[]

APOEL6 – 0Olympos Xylofagou
Tavares Goal 7', 52'
Corović Goal 43'
Fernandes Goal 73'
Makrides Goal 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
Olympos Xylofagou0 – 3APOEL
(Report) Tavares Goal 42'
Corović Goal 60'
Sapanis Goal 78'
Attendance: 39
Referee: Yiannakis Ioannou

APOEL won 9–0 on aggregate.

Group B[]

Final table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis (A) 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advanced to Semi-Finals
2 APOEL (A) 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
3 Ayia Napa (B) 6 2 0 4 6 12 −6 6
4 Aris Limassol (A) 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
Anorthosis1 – 1APOEL
SosinGoal 84' (pen.) (Report) Satsias Goal 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3 – 1Ayia Napa
Torres Goal 2'
Sapanis Goal 18'
Tavares Goal 27'		 (Report) Goal 79'
Attendance: 936
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
Aris0 – 2APOEL
(Report) Louka Goal 35'
Torres Goal 90+2'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 246
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
APOEL3 – 1Aris
Corović Goal 37'
Mirosavljević Goal 88', 90+1'		 (Report) Alekou Goal 74'
Attendance: 373
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
APOEL0 – 0Anorthosis
(Report)
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Ayia Napa1 – 0APOEL
Achilleos Goal 33' (Report)
Attendance: 15
Referee: Stelios Zafiris

Semi-finals[]

Omonia2 – 1APOEL
Mguni Goal 8'
Pletsch Goal 33'		 (Report) Makrides Goal 80'
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Greece Ilias Mazarakos
APOEL2 – 0Omonia
Michael Goal 41'
Mirosavljević Goal 72'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,737
Referee: Greece Georgios Kasnaferis

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final[]

APOEL2 – 0Anorthosis
Morais Goal 53'
Mirosavljević Goal 76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Greece Dimitris Kalopoulos

APOEL won the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup (19th title).

Notes[]

  1. ^ Match abandoned (at 2–0) after 46 minutes due to rioting by Apollon fans. APOEL awarded the match with the existing (before interruption) 2–0 score.
  2. ^ Match abandoned (at 2–2) after 90+8 minutes due attack to the referee by Apollon players and pitch invasion by Apollon fans. APOEL awarded a 2–0 win.
  3. ^ Match played in a neutral stadium because APOEL handed stadium ban after their supporters displayed a banner with racist content in a previous game.

References[]

  1. ^ "Jovanović reappointed by APOEL". UEFA.com. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOELFC.com.cy. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
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