2023–24 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2023–24 season
ChairmanProdromos Petrides
ManagerRicardo Sá Pinto
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division1st (champions)
Cypriot CupSecond round
UEFA Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marquinhos (10)
All: Marquinhos (10)

The 2023–24 season was APOEL's 84th season in the Cypriot First Division and 96th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, APOEL participated in this season's editions of the Cypriot Cup and the Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Kits

  • Supplier: Macron
  • Sponsor:: Stoiximan
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Management team

Coaching Staff

As of 11 July 2023
Position Name
Head Coach Ricardo Sá Pinto
Assistant coaches José Dominguez, Nuno Morais
Analysts João Abreu, Neophytos Charalambous
Fitness coach Paulo Miguel dos Santos
Goalkeeping coach Giorgos Skiathitis
Head of Scouting Department Ivan Slavov

Source: [1]

Personnel

Position Name
General manager Efthymios Agathokleous
Football Director
Financial Controller Alexis Demetriou
Operations Manager Marios Christodoulou
Marketing manager George Lykouris
Youth Academies General Manager George Markides
Head of Communications Department Nectarios Petevinos
Team manager George Savvides
Accountant Antigoni Lambrou

Source: [2]

Medical staff

Position Name
Head of medical department Alexander Rezepov
Head of physiotherapy dept. Marios Siamaris
Physiotherapist Georgi Gospodinov
Masseur Evangelos Kanellos
Nutritionist Chrisostomos Iliadis
Caregivers Costas Stefanou, Christos Stefanou, Damith Poddivala

Source: [3]

Current squad

As of 8 July 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  CYP Andreas Karamanolis (on loan from Doxa Katokopias)
5 DF  GEO Lasha Dvali
6 DF  BRA Jefté (on loan from Fluminense)
7 FW  CYP Georgios Efrem
8 MF  NGA Fawaz Abdullahi
9 FW  ANG Wilson Eduardo
10 MF  ARG Lucas Villafáñez
11 FW  GEO Giorgi Kvilitaia
14 DF  MAR Issam Chebake
15 DF  ESP José Ángel Crespo
16 DF  BIH Mateo Sušić
17 MF  CYP Dimitris Theodorou
18 MF  CYP Giannis Satsias
20 MF  GNB Dálcio
21 FW  POR Tomané
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  CYP Andreas Christodoulou
25 FW  CYP Stavros Gavriel
27 GK  SVN Vid Belec
28 MF  GRE Giannis Fetfatzidis
31 FW  COM Ben Nabouhane
35 MF  CYP Paris Polykarpou
36 FW  BRA Marquinhos
43 DF  CYP David Djamas
44 MF  GHA Kingsley Sarfo
70 MF  BUL Georgi Kostadinov
74 FW  CYP Stavros Georgiou
76 MF  CYP Stelios Vrontis
77 FW  COD Dieumerci Ndongala
78 GK  CYP Stefanos Kittos
90 FW  POR Rafael Moreira
MF  IRN Saeid Mehri

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  CYP Nikolas Koutsakos (at Achyronas-Onisilos until 31 May 2024)
MF  BRA Carlos Dias (at Fujairah FC until 31 May 2024)
MF  GAM Suleyman Sohna Andreou (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2024)

Competitions

Overview

Competition Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Cypriot First Division Matchday 1 TBD !
Cypriot Cup Round of 18 TBD !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Last updated: 01 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Cypriot First Division

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 18 5 3 54 16 +38 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Aris Limassol 26 18 2 6 53 21 +32 56
3 AEK Larnaca 26 15 7 4 44 26 +18 52
4 Pafos 26 15 5 6 48 20 +28 50
5 Omonia 26 14 7 5 49 30 +19 49
6 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 14 5 7 38 23 +15 47
7 Apollon Limassol 26 10 8 8 37 27 +10 38 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 10 6 10 34 39 −5 36
9 AEL Limassol 26 9 3 14 34 45 −11 30
10 Ethnikos Achna 26 6 8 12 39 56 −17 26
11 Karmiotissa 26 5 5 16 31 53 −22 20
12 AEZ Zakakiou 26 2 10 14 28 59 −31 16
13 Othellos Athienou 26 3 6 17 20 52 −32 15
14 Doxa Katokopias 26 3 3 20 14 56 −42 12
Source: Soccerway
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]

Cypriot Football Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27) First leg APOEL 2–1 Vojvodina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
  • Kvilitaia 32'
  • Dvali 65'
Report[4]
Attendance: 12,024[3]
Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)
3 August 2023 (2023-08-03) Second leg Vojvodina 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
APOEL Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad
20:00
Report[6]
Attendance: 6,705[5]
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

Third qualifying round

10 August 2023 (2023-08-10) First leg Dila Gori 0–2 APOEL Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi[note 1]
19:00 (21:00 GET) Report[8]
Attendance: 8,593[7]
Referee: Jasmin Sabotic (Luxembourg)
17 August 2023 (2023-08-17) Second leg APOEL 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
Dila Gori GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (20:00 EEST) Report[10] Attendance: 11,853[9]
Referee: Robert Ian Jenkins (Wales)

Play-off round

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24) First leg Gent 2–0 APOEL Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
20:00 Report[12] Attendance: 10,855[11]
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) Second leg APOEL 1–2
(1–4 agg.)
Gent GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Report[14] Attendance: 14,100[13]
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Notes

  1. ^ Dila Gori played their third qualifying round home match at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, instead of their regular stadium, the Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium in Gori, which does not meet UEFA requirements.

References

  1. ^ "Ποδοσφαιριστές 2020/21" [Footballers 2020/21] (in Greek). APOEL FC. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ^ "APOEL vs. Vojvodina" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ^ "APOEL-Vojvodina". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Vojvodina vs. APOEL" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Vojvodina-APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Dila Gori vs. APOEL" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Dila-APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ^ "APOEL vs. Dila Gori" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  10. ^ "APOEL-Dila". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Gent vs. APOEL" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Gent-APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  13. ^ "APOEL vs. Gent" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ^ "APOEL-Gent". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 August 2023.