2020–21 APOEL FC season

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APOEL
2020–21 season
ChairmanProdromos Petrides
ManagerMarinos Ouzounidis (until 28 October 2020)
Mick McCarthy (from 2 November 2020)
Savvas Poursaitidis (from January 6 2021)
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division10th
Cypriot CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
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The 2020–21 season is APOEL's 81st season in the Cypriot First Division and 93rd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, APOEL will participate in this season's editions of the Cypriot Cup and the Europa League. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[]

As of 11 September 2020[1]

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 Portugal POR Miguel Silva
2 DF Greece GRE Kostas Apostolakis
3 DF Hungary HUN Paulo Vinícius
4 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Santos (on loan from Flamengo)
5 MF Brazil BRA Carlos Dias
6 DF Portugal POR Artur Jorge
7 MF Cyprus CYP Georgios Efrem
8 MF Norway NOR Marius Lundemo
9 FW Kosovo KVX Atdhe Nuhiu
10 MF Argentina ARG Tomás De Vincenti
12 GK Cyprus CYP Dimitris Priniotakis
14 FW Israel ISR Ben Sahar (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
15 MF Morocco MAR Anuar Tuhami (on loan from Valladolid)
16 FW Cyprus CYP Andreas Katsantonis
17 MF Norway NOR Ghayas Zahid
18 MF Cyprus CYP Giannis Satsias
20 FW Belgium BEL Victor Klonaridis
22 DF Equatorial Guinea EQG Emilio Nsue
23 GK Nigeria NGA Francis Uzoho
25 MF Cyprus CYP Stavros Gavriel
27 MF Israel ISR Omer Atzili
29 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jack Byrne
30 DF Cyprus CYP Giorgos Merkis
31 MF Denmark DEN Mike Jensen
40 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Kokkinoftas
42 DF Cyprus CYP Christos Wheeler
55 DF Cyprus CYP Christos Shelis
75 GK Greece GRE Apostolos Tsilingiris
77 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Dieumerci Ndongala
80 GK Cyprus CYP Charis Hadjigavriel
89 FW Cyprus CYP Nikolas Koutsakos

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Jordan JOR Omar Hani (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021)
— GK Cyprus CYP Neofytos Michael (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021)
— DF Serbia SRB Vujadin Savić (at Olimpija Ljubljana until 30 June 2021)

Competitions[]

Cypriot First Division[]

Main article: 2020–21 Cypriot First Division

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 10 4 12 27 38 −11 34 Qualification for the Championship round
7 Pafos FC 26 8 8 10 30 27 +3 32 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 APOEL 26 8 6 12 27 31 −4 30[a]
9 Doxa Katokopias 26 7 9 10 24 32 −8 30[a]
10 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 8 5 13 29 38 −9 29
Source: Cyprus Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: APOEL +1, Doxa -1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation PAF APOE ETH DOX NSF ERM ENP KAR
7 Pafos FC 40 18 9 13 58 38 +20 63 — 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
8 APOEL 40 17 9 14 48 39 +9 60 0–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
9 Ethnikos Achna 40 14 10 16 48 56 −8 52 0–2 1–1 — 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 5–0
10 Doxa Katokopias 40 13 12 15 46 43 +3 51 1–0 1–2 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 6–1
11 Nea Salamis Famagusta (R) 40 11 10 19 48 61 −13 43 Relegation to the 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–4 — 3–1 1–2 1–1
12 Ermis Aradippou (R) 40 9 11 20 40 61 −21 38 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 — 4–2 7–1
13 Enosis Neon Paralimni (R) 40 8 10 22 35 61 −26 34 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–1 — 1–1
14 Karmiotissa (R) 40 4 12 24 36 98 −62 24 0–6 1–6 2–4 0–5 0–4 2–2 4–2 —
Source: Cyprus Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).[3]
(R) Relegated


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
3 1 1 1 3 5  −2 4 1 1 0 3 2  +1 0 0 1 0 3  −3

Last updated: 12 September 2020.
Source: [1]

Results by round[]

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWWDLLDDLWLLDLLLWWDL
Position5117735699998999910101010910
Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Cypriot Cup[]

Main article: 2020–21 Cypriot Cup

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League
27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) First qualifying round Gjilani Kosovo 0–2 (a.e.t.) Cyprus APOEL Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina[note 1]
19:00 Report
  • Efrem Goal 102'
  • Ndongala Goal 116'
 Attendance: 0
Referee: (Israel)
17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) Second qualifying round Kaisar Kazakhstan 1–4 Cyprus APOEL Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent[note 2]
14:00 (18:00 ALMT) Report Referee: (Denmark)
27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) Third qualifying round APOEL Cyprus 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 (21:00 UTC+03:00)
Report
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
Penalties

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

As of 12 September 2020
Rank No. Pos Nat Name First Division Cypriot Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1 41 FW Joe Garner 8 0 0 8
5 4 DF Brazil Rafael Santos 1 0 0 1
7 MF Cyprus Georgios Efrem 1 0 1 2
14 FW Israel Ben Sahar 5 0 0 1
77 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Ndongala 2 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 3 0 2 5

Notes[]

  1. ^ Gjilani will play their home match against APOEL at Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Gjilan, which is under reconstruction.
  2. ^ Kaisar will play their home match against APOEL at Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, instead of their regular stadium Gani Muratbayev Stadium, Kyzylorda.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ποδοσφαιριστές 2020/21" [Footballers 2020/21] (in Greek). APOEL FC. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "1. Division 2020/2021". soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ "1. Division 2020/2021 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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