2010–11 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2010–11 season
ChairmanPhivos Erotokritou
ManagerIvan Jovanović
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division1st (champions)
Cypriot CupSecond round
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Esteban Solari (11)
Ivan Tričkovski
(11 each)
All:
Esteban Solari (15)
Highest home attendance19,433 vs Getafe
(26 August 2010)
Lowest home attendance3,018 vs AEK Larnaca
(7 May 2011)
Average home league attendance10,070 (all competitions)

The 2010–11 season was APOEL's 71st season in the Cypriot First Division and 83rd year in existence as a football club.

The first training session for the season took place on June 14, 2010 at GSP Stadium. On June 20, the team left Cyprus and moved to Obertraun in Austria to perform the main stage of their pre-season training and returned to Cyprus on July 4, 2010.

The team finished 2nd in the Cypriot championship the previous season and as such entered the UEFA Europa League 2010–11 second qualifying round. During the 2010–11 season APOEL reached the Europa League Play-off round being eliminated by Getafe CF 2–1 on aggregate, eliminated in the 2nd round of Cypriot Cup by Apollon 3–1 on aggregate, but finished the season with an emphatic way by winning the Championship four games before the end of the season, creating that day an advantage of 15 points from its main competitor and arch rivals Omonoia.

Current squad

Last Update: January 6, 2011[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
3 DF Portugal POR Paulo Jorge
5 DF North Macedonia MKD Boban Grnčarov
6 MF Cyprus CYP Demetris Kyriakou
7 DF Greece GRE Savvas Poursaitidis
8 FW Poland POL Adrian Sikora
9 FW Argentina ARG Esteban Solari
10 MF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Charalambides
11 FW North Macedonia MKD Ivan Tričkovski
12 MF Cyprus CYP Emilios Panayiotou
14 DF Netherlands NED Joost Broerse
15 DF Cyprus CYP Marios Antoniades
17 MF Cyprus CYP Marinos Satsias (captain)
19 DF Cyprus CYP Marios Elia
20 FW Cyprus CYP Constantinos Ioannou
21 MF Brazil BRA Gustavo Manduca
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Greece GRE Dionisis Chiotis
23 MF Portugal POR Hélio Pinto
24 DF Greece GRE Christos Kontis
26 MF Portugal POR Nuno Morais
27 FW Brazil BRA Aílton José Almeida
29 MF Cyprus CYP Nektarios Alexandrou
30 FW Serbia SRB Nenad Mirosavljević
33 MF Cyprus CYP Chrysis Michael
60 GK Cyprus CYP Kyriacos Ioannou
70 GK Cyprus CYP Panos Constantinou
71 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Theodorou
77 MF Cyprus CYP Athos Solomou
81 MF Brazil BRA Marcinho
88 GK Cyprus CYP Tasos Kissas
98 DF Brazil BRA William Boaventura

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2010.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2010–11.

Squad changes

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
6 DM Cyprus Kyriakou 23 EU Olympiakos Nicosia Loan Return → Summer 2011 — —
11 CF North Macedonia Tričkovski 23 Non-EU Red Star Belgrade Serbia Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 €300K apoelfc.com.cy
21 LM Brazil Manduca 29 EU AEK Athens Greece Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
70 GK Cyprus Constantinou 24 EU AEL Limassol Transfer Green tickY Summer 2011 Free apoelfc.com.cy
9 CF Argentina Solari 30 EU Almería Spain Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
98 LB Brazil Boaventura 30 Non-EU Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Transfer Green tickY Summer 2012 Free apoelfc.com.cy
27 CF Brazil Aílton 25 Non-EU Copenhagen Denmark Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 €700K apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: Decrease €1M

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
20 SS Brazil Paulista 32 Non-EU AEK Larnaca End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
9 CF Cyprus Papathanasiou 26 EU Anorthosis Famagusta End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
11 LM Poland Kosowski 32 EU Apollon Limassol End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
21 CF Poland Żewłakow 34 EU GKS Bełchatów Poland End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
31 GK Cyprus Avgousti 33 EU Apollon Limassol End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
32 LB Albania Haxhi 34 Non-EU Apollon Pontus Greece End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
1 GK Cyprus Morfis 31 EU PAEEK End of contract Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
37 RW Slovakia Breška 30 EU Olympiakos Volou Greece Mutual consent Red XN Summer Free apoelfc.com.cy
44 LB Greece Koutsopoulos 30 EU AEL Limassol Mutual consent Red XN Winter Free apoelfc.com.cy

Total income: Increase €0

Last updated: January 6, 2011

Squad stats

Total Marfin Laiki League Cypriot Cup UEFA Europa League
Country
 N
 P
 Name
 GS
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
Portugal 3 CB Paulo Jorge 21 21 1862 3 7 15 1292 2 5 1 90 1 5 480 1 1
North Macedonia 5 CB Grnčarov 32 33 2968 6 5 26 2308 6 5 1 90 6 570
Cyprus 6 DM Kyriakou 1 5 1 5
Greece 7 RB Poursaitides 29 31 2450 3 27 2238 3 1 90 3 122
Poland 8 CF Sikora
Argentina 9 CF Solari 21 36 2031 15 2 28 1416 11 1 2 118 6 497 4 1
Cyprus 10 RM Charalambides 26 37 2318 5 4 30 1717 3 2 2 135 1 5 466 2 1
North Macedonia 11 CF Tričkovski 22 33 2129 12 1 27 1930 11 1 90 5 109 1 1
Cyprus 12 AM Panayiotou
Netherlands 14 CB Broerse 6 15 587 1 1 8 196 1 90 6 301 1 1
Cyprus 15 LB Antoniades 1 3 1 3
Cyprus 17 DM Satsias 6 15 617 4 11 382 3 1 70 1 3 165
Cyprus 19 RB Elia 8 8 683 3 6 523 3 2 160
Cyprus 20 CF Ioannou
Brazil 21 LM Manduca 33 35 2709 12 2 28 2182 10 2 2 124 1 5 403 1
Greece 22 GK Chiotis 35 35 3180 3 27 2430 1 2 180 1 6 570 1
Portugal 23 AM Pinto 33 34 2966 2 4 26 2289 1 3 2 180 6 497 1 1
Greece 24 CB Kontis 24 26 2173 3 23 1991 3 1 90 2 92
Portugal 26 DM Morais 35 35 3082 8 30 2679 7 2 180 1 3 223
Brazil 27 CF Aílton 28 36 2403 8 3 31 2173 7 3 2 62 3 168 1
Cyprus 29 LM Alexandrou 10 23 948 1 1 20 839 1 1 1 20 2 89
Serbia 30 CF Mirosavljević 1 10 196 10 196
Cyprus 33 CM Michael 2 7 273 5 251 2 22
Greece 44 LB Koutsopoulos
Cyprus 60 GK Ioannou
Cyprus 70 GK Constantinou 1 1 90 1 90
Cyprus 71 RM Theodorou
Cyprus 77 RM Solomou 16 27 1592 1 2 19 921 1 2 2 101 6 570
Brazil 81 AM Marcinho 24 32 2105 7 4 25 1612 7 4 2 110 5 383
Cyprus 88 GK Kissas 4 4 360 2 4 360 2
Brazil 98 LB Boaventura 23 24 2026 3 5 18 1487 3 5 6 539
Last updated: 2011-05-12
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, apoelfc.com.cy
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extended name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); GS = Game Started; A = Appearances.

Top scorers

R Player Position League Cup Europe Total
1 Argentina Solari CF 11 0 4 15
2 North Macedonia Tričkovski LW 11 0 1 12
Brazil Manduca LW 10 1 1 12
4 Brazil Aílton CF 7 0 1 8
5 Brazil Marcinho AM 7 0 0 7
6 North Macedonia Grnčarov CB 6 0 0 6
7 Cyprus Charalambides RW 3 0 2 5
8 Brazil Boaventura LB 3 0 0 3
Portugal Paulo Jorge CB 2 0 1 3
10 Portugal Pinto DM 1 0 1 2
11 Cyprus Solomou RW 1 0 0 1
Cyprus Alexandrou LW 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 63 1 11 75

Last updated: May 14, 2011
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Captains

  1. Cyprus Marinos Satsias
  2. Cyprus Chrysis Michael
  3. Cyprus Constantinos Charalambides
  4. Cyprus Marios Elia
  5. Portugal Hélio Pinto

Club

Other information

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

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Pre-season friendlies

Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–0Cyprus APOEL
Glushakov 8', 20' (Report)
Steaua București Romania2–0Cyprus APOEL
Tănase 47'
Surdu 72'		 (Report)
APOEL Cyprus1–2Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav
Manduca 19' (Report) Táborský 64' (pen.)
Bulut 72'
APOEL2–0AEL
Solari 52'
Tričkovski 62'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

Mid-season friendlies

APOEL2–0Iraklis Gerolakkou
Aílton ,
"Archangelos" Athletic Centre, Nicosia
APOEL1–1Doxa
Grnčarov Gomez
"Archangelos" Athletic Centre, Nicosia

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — Winners 30 August 2010 11 May 2011
UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying Play-off 15 July 2010 26 August 2010
Cypriot Cup 2nd round 2nd round 12 January 2011 19 January 2011

Updated to match played June 5, 2011
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League

Main article: 2010–11 Cypriot First Division

Classification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 20 2 4 55 19 +36 62 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 14 8 4 38 16 +22 50
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 13 6 7 46 31 +15 45
4 AEK Larnaca 26 12 6 8 36 30 +6 42
5 Apollon Limassol 26 11 5 10 40 37 +3 38 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.

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 24 2 6 63 22  +41 74 14 0 2 37 10  +27 10 2 4 26 12  +14

Last updated: May 12, 2011.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
ResultWLWDWWWWWWWWDWWLWWWWLLWWWWWWWLWL
Position79452211111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on May 12, 2011. Source: Soccerway
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 APOEL (C) 32 24 2 6 63 22 +41 74 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia Nicosia 32 18 9 5 45 19 +26 63 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 16 7 9 51 34 +17 55 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 AEK Larnaca 32 12 6 14 37 42 −5 42
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Omonia qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season

APOEL1–0Ermis
Charalambides 39' (Report)
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Marios Panayi
Paralimni1–0APOEL
Tarumbwa 47' (Report)
Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Antonis Christodoulou
APOEL2–1Anorthosis
Aílton 45+1'
Solomou 84'		 (Report) Okkas 39'
Attendance: 11,492
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
AEP Paphos1–1APOEL
Purje 79' (Report) Tričkovski 29'
Attendance: 2,984
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3–0Omonia
Boaventura 5'
Pinto 8'
Aílton 27'		 (Report)
Attendance: 17,168
Referee: Marios Panayi
Apollon0–5APOEL
(Report) Manduca 28' (pen.), 56'
Marcinho 63', 90'
Solari 83'
Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou
APOEL1–0AEK
Tričkovski 76' (Report)
Attendance: 10,826
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
Ethnikos0–1APOEL
(Report) Tričkovski 26'
Attendance: 2,660
Referee: Marios Panayi
APOEL1–0Alki
Manduca 24' (Report)
Attendance: 8,216
Referee: Marios Tsangaris
APOP Kinyras0–5APOEL
(Report) Aílton 8'
Tričkovski 38'
Grnčarov 59'
Alexandrou 77'
Solari 87'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Marios Stamatis
APOEL3–1Doxa
Boaventura 39'
Manduca 59' (pen.)
Tričkovski 83'		 (Report) Henrique 17'
Attendance: 8,396
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
APOEL4–1Olympiakos
Solari 23', 30', 32'
Grnčarov 78'		 (Report) Ribeiro 47'
Attendance: 7,993
Referee: Marios Tsangaris
AEL2–2APOEL
Freddy 71' (pen.)
Zé Vítor 77'		 (Report) Tričkovski 16'
Grnčarov 90+2'
Attendance: 7,916
Referee: Marios Panayi
Ermis0–2APOEL
(Report) Solari 12', 36'
Attendance: 2,888
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
APOEL2–1Paralimni
Tričkovski 68'
Aílton 82'		 (Report) Krivokapić 50'
Attendance: 7,501
Referee: Marios Stamatis
Anorthosis2–0APOEL
Laban 31'
Laborde 90+4'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,765
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
APOEL5–1AEP Paphos
Manduca 4' (pen.)
Marcinho 29', 40'
Solari 36'
Tričkovski 90+2'		 (Report) Ivanov 27'
Ndeki Yellow card 87' Red card
Attendance: 6,663
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
Omonia0–1APOEL
Espasandín Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card (Report) Marcinho 60'
Attendance: 16,442
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
APOEL2–1Apollon
Manduca 9'
Grnčarov 22'		 (Report) Bangura 14'
Attendance: 8,530
Referee: Marios Tsangaris
AEK1–2APOEL
Pintado 20'
Dimech Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card		 (Report) Boaventura 25'
Aílton 67'
Attendance: 4,749
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
APOEL0–1Ethnikos
(Report) Kássio 23'
Attendance: 6,091
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Alki2–1APOEL
Dobrasinović 2' (pen.)
Semedo 90'		 (Report) Grnčarov 55'
Attendance: 2,273
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
APOEL6–2APOP Kinyras
Aílton 18'
Marcinho 23'
Manduca 29', 32' (pen.), 70' (pen.)
Grnčarov 90'		 (Report) Pavlou 41' (pen.)
Ani 83'
Attendance: 7,314
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Doxa0–1APOEL
(Report) Aílton 81'
Attendance: 3,815
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
Olympiakos1–2APOEL
João Paulo 79' (Report) Manduca 36'
Solari 85'
Attendance: 6,644
Referee: Marios Panayi
APOEL2–0AEL
Paulo Jorge 59'
Solari 82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,168
Referee: Stelios Trifonos

Playoffs

AEK0–1APOEL
Hofland Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card (Report) Tričkovski 80'
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
APOEL2–0Omonia
Charalambides 41', 45+3' (Report)
Attendance: 12,816
Referee: Marios Tsangaris
Anorthosis1–2APOEL
Okkas 25' (Report) Tričkovski 10', 34'
Attendance: 3,126
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou
APOEL0–1Anorthosis
(Report) Cafú 59'
Colin Yellow card 71' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 16,076
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
APOEL3–0AEK
Paulo Jorge 26'
Solari 58'
Marcinho 87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,018
Referee: Kostas Psefdiotis
Omonia1–0APOEL
Aguiar 25' (Report)
Attendance: 2,318
Referee: Leontios Trattos

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
FK Tauras Lithuania0–3Cyprus APOEL
(Report1)
(Report2)		 Charalambides 50'
Hélio Pinto 80'
Manduca 83'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Denmark Michael Svendsen
APOEL Cyprus3–1Lithuania FK Tauras
Solari 18', 86' (pen.)
Tričkovski 80'		 (Report1)
(Report2)		 Irkha 48'
Kuznecovs Red card 84'
Attendance: 9,632
Referee: Russia Alexander Gvardis

APOEL won 6–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
APOEL Cyprus1–0Czech Republic FK Jablonec
Solari 55' (Report1)
(Report2)
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: Wales Simon Lee Evans
FK Jablonec Czech Republic1–3Cyprus APOEL
Pavlík 33' (Report1)
(Report2)		 Paulo Jorge 24'
Charalambides 28'
Solari 37'
Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Finland Tony Asumaa

APOEL won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round
Getafe CF Spain1–0Cyprus APOEL
Parejo 43' (Report1)
(Report2)
Attendance: 4,235
Referee: Slovenia Darko Ceferin
APOEL Cyprus1–1
(a.e.t.)		Spain Getafe CF
Almeida 41'
Broerse Red card 116'		 (Report1)
(Report2)		 Díaz 98'
Attendance: 19,433
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly

Getafe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Cypriot Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Cypriot Cup

Second round

APOEL1–1Apollon
Manduca 55' (Report) Bangura 17'
Attendance: 7,022
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou
Apollon2–0APOEL
Mrdaković 41' (pen.)
Domínguez 90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Apollon won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2010-05-20. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-20.