2012–13 AC Omonia season

AC Omonia
2012–13 season
ManagerNorth Macedonia Toni Savevski
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division3rd
LTV Super CupWinners
Cypriot CupSemi-finals
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brazil Alves (13)

All:
Brazil Alves (16)
Highest home attendance14,011 vs APOEL
(October 7, 2012 - League)
Lowest home attendance1,500 vs Ethnikos Achna
(16 January 2013 - Cypriot Cup)
Average home league attendance7,906

The 2012–13 season is Omonia's 58th season in the Cypriot First Division and 64th year in existence as a football club. The pre-season tour this season took part once again in Poland. During the two weeks in Opalenica, Omonia will be playing four friendly games. Later on, the Greens are playing their debut game at GSP Stadium against Doxa Katokopia. Their last test before the season starts will be against Willem II in GSP Stadium on 27 July. The European journey starts a less than week later when the team enters the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The league kick-off's in September when newcome Ayia Napa visits Nicosia for a tough clash. In the beginning of 2013, the team enters Cypriot Cup second round.

Current squad

Last Update: April 2, 2013

First team squad

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
2 DF Nigeria NGA Rasheed Alabi
6 MF Portugal POR João Alves
7 MF Cyprus CYP Georgios Efrem
8 FW Cyprus CYP Onisiforos Roushias
9 FW Angola ANG Freddy
10 MF Portugal POR Bruno Aguiar
13 FW Cyprus CYP Marios Demetriou
14 DF Brazil BRA Danielson
17 DF France FRA Anthony Scaramozzino
18 DF Cyprus CYP Christoforos Charalambous
19 DF Cyprus CYP Andreas Panayiotou
21 MF Portugal POR Nuno Assis
23 DF Portugal POR João Paulo Andrade
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Israel ISR Yuval Spungin
25 FW Brazil BRA André Alves
26 GK Israel ISR Ohad Levita
28 DF Portugal POR Renato Margaça
30 MF Malta MLT André Schembri
31 GK Portugal POR José Moreira
32 GK Greece GRE Makis Giannikoglou
40 DF Cyprus CYP Charalambos Kyriakou
44 MF Hungary HUN Leandro (Captain)
60 MF Cape Verde CPV Marco Soares
77 FW Cyprus CYP Demetris Christofi (Vice-Captain)
81 MF Cyprus CYP Stavros Christoudias

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2012–13.

Squad changes

In:

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
DF Cyprus Antonis Katsis 35 EU Alki Larnaca Loan return Summer Free
1 GK Switzerland Johnny Leoni 40 EU Zürich Transfer Summer Free
17 DF France Anthony Scaramozzino 39 EU Châteauroux Transfer Summer Free kerkida.net
4 DF Montenegro Savo Pavićević 44 Non-EU Maccabi Tel Aviv Transfer Summer Free kerkida.net
27 DF Israel Oz Raly 37 Non-EU Bnei Yehuda Transfer Summer Free kerkida.net
26 GK Israel Ohad Levita 38 EU Hapoel Be'er Sheva Transfer Summer Free kerkida.net
60 MF Cape Verde Marco Soares 40 EU União de Leiria Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
14 DF Brazil Danielson 43 Non-EU Nacional Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
8 MF Algeria Hamer Bouazza 39 EU Millwall Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
21 MF Portugal Nuno Assis 47 EU Vitória de Guimarães Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
6 MF Portugal João Alves 44 EU Vitória de Guimarães Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
23 DF Portugal João Paulo Andrade 43 EU Vitória de Guimarães Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
30 MF Malta André Schembri 38 EU Panionios Transfer Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
8 FW Cyprus Onisiforos Roushias 32 EU Enosis Neon Paralimni Cyprus Transfer Winter Free kerkida.net
31 GK Portugal José Moreira 42 EU Free agent Transfer Winter Free [1]

Out:

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
8 MF France Bryan Bergougnoux 41 EU Lecce Loan return Summer Free
16 MF Zimbabwe Noel Kaseke 44 Non-EU Alki Larnaca Cyprus Released Summer Free
46 FW Cyprus Efstathios Aloneftis 41 EU APOEL Released Summer Free kerkida.net
6 MF Switzerland Vero Salatić 39 EU Grasshopper Club Zürich Released Summer 600.000 € kerkida.net
1 GK Montenegro Dragoslav Jevrić 50 Non-EU Retired Summer Free
19 DF Israel Dedi Ben Dayan 46 Non-EU Hapoel Acre Released Summer Free
FW Cyprus Theodosis Kyprou 43 EU Ermis Aradippou Loan Summer Free
13 MF Cyprus Constantinos Makrides 42 EU Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Transfer Summer Free
26 FW Cyprus Ioannis Chadjivasilis 34 EU Aris Limassol Loan Summer Free
30 GK Cyprus Antonis Georgallides 42 EU Alki Larnaca Transfer Summer Free
20 DF Algeria Sofiane Cherfa 40 EU Panthrakikos Loan Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
8 MF Algeria Hamer Bouazza 39 EU Racing Santander Released Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
29 DF Spain Iago Bouzón 41 EU Xerez CD Released Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
5 DF Greece Christos Karipidis 42 EU APOEL Cyprus Released Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
27 DF Israel Oz Raly 37 Non-EU Released Summer Free
4 DF Montenegro Savo Pavićević 44 Non-EU Maccabi Tel Aviv Transfer Winter Free
11 MF Cyprus Andreas Avraam 37 EU Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus Transfer Winter 275.000 €
1 MF Switzerland Johnny Leoni 40 EU Neftçi Baku Loan Winter Free

Last updated: 31-8-2012

Squad stats

Total Cypriot First Division 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
Switzerland 1 GK Leoni 5 7 660 3 270 2 180 2 210
Nigeria 2 CB Alabi 22 25 2259 3 4 1 21 1899 3 3 1 4 360 1
Montenegro 4 CB Pavićević 5 5 435 4 3 225 3 2 210 1
Portugal 6 CM J.Alves 14 8 659 4 4 525 2 3 133 2 1 1
Cyprus 7 LW Efrem 21 17 1551 6 2 14 1331 5 2 3 220 1
Angola 9 CF Freddy 23 17 1374 8 5 11 1091 6 3 4 151 2 1 2 132 1
Portugal 10 CM Aguiar 9 5 349 3 2 253 2 1 28 2 68 1
Cyprus 11 LM Avraam 4 7 406 1 4 221 1 2 102 1 83
Brazil 14 CB Danielson 16 13 1150 1 2 10 932 1 2 1 8 2 210
France 17 LB Scaramozzino 23 29 2594 8 23 2070 6 4 314 1 2 210 1
Cyprus 18 LB Charalambous 3 2 113 1 1 23 1 1 90
Portugal 21 AM Assis 23 27 2365 2 5 1 22 1982 1 5 1 3 241 1 2 142
Portugal 23 CB J.P.Andrade 17 16 1343 2 2 13 1117 2 2 3 226
Israel 24 RB Spungin 20 22 1976 5 18 1662 4 2 104 2 210 1
Brazil 25 CF Alves 23 22 1887 11 1 17 1508 9 1 3 253 2 2 126
Israel 26 GK Levita 18 19 1710 1 18 1620 1 1 90
Portugal 28 LB Margaça 12 11 573 1 2 1 6 260 1 2 1 3 210 2 103
Malta 30 MF Schembri 23 1181 6 1 20 977 4 3 204 2 1
Greece 32 GK Giannikoglou
Cyprus 40 CM Kyriakou 12 821 2 10 663 2 2 158
Hungary 44 AM Leandro 7 30 2504 5 5 24 1981 5 4 4 338 1 2 185
Cape Verde 60 DM Soares 7 25 2018 3 3 21 1656 3 2 2 152 2 210 1
Cyprus 77 RW Christofi 7 31 2631 7 2 26 2203 7 1 3 218 2 210 1
Last updated: October 10, 2012
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, omonoia.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 Nat. League Cup Super Cup Total
1 Andre Alves FW Brazil 16 2 1 19
2 Efrem MF Cyprus 7 1 1 9
3 Freddy FW Angola 6 2 1 9
4 André Schembri MF Malta 7 2 0 9
5 Demetris Christofi FW Cyprus 8 0 0 8
6 Leandro MF Hungary 6 0 1 7
7 J.Alves MF Portugal 1 2 0 3
8 Alabi DF Nigeria 3 0 0 3
9 Soares MF Cape Verde 3 0 0 3
10 Assis MF Portugal 2 1 0 3
11 J.P.Andrade DF Portugal 2 0 0 2
12 Avraam MF Cyprus 1 0 1 2
13 Danielson DF Brazil 1 0 0 1
14 Margaça MD Portugal 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 64 10 5 79

Last updated: March 18, 2013
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Captains

  1. Hungary Leandro
  2. Portugal Bruno Aguiar

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Cypriot First Division 3rd 2 September 2012 18 May 2013
UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying 3rd qualifying 2 August 2012 9 August 2012
Cypriot Cup 2nd round Semi-finals 9 January 2013 17 April 2013
LTV Super Cup Final Winner 18 August 2012

Updated to match played 18 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Pre-season

07-07-2012 Friendly Pogoń Szczecin Poland 1 – 1 Cyprus Omonia Opalenica Stadium
16:00 EET Ława 24' report Margaça 13'
10-07-2012 Friendly Wisła Kraków Poland 0 – 1 Cyprus Omonia Opalenica Stadium
19:00 EET report Alves 28' (pen.)
14-07-2012 Friendly Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 1 – 2 Cyprus Omonia Opalenica Stadium
19:00 EET Radavičius 30' report Freddy 67' (pen.)
Margaça 75'
18-07-2012 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 1 – 0 Poland Korona Kielce Jarocin Stadium
12:30 EET Christofi 15' report
18-07-2012 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 2 – 0 Poland Zawisza Bydgoszcz Jarocin Stadium
12:30 EET Freddy 12'
Christofi 41'
report
22-07-2012 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 0 – 0 Cyprus Doxa Katokopia GSP Stadium
19:00 EET report Attendance: 5.893
Referee: CyprusMarios Panagi
27-07-2012 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 1 – 1 Netherlands Willem II GSP Stadium
19:00 EET Scaramozzino 31' report Sanusi 68' Referee: CyprusChristos Nikolaides
25-08-2012 Friendly Omonia Cyprus 3 – 0 Cyprus Adonis Idaliou Elias Poullos
18:00 EET Schembri 10'
Freddy 56'
Assis 64'
report

Cypriot First Division

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 18 6 2 57 21 +36 60 Qualification for second round, Group A
3 AEK Larnaca 26 17 4 5 50 21 +29 55
4 Omonia Nicosia 26 16 5 5 51 22 +29 53
5 AEL Limassol 26 14 9 3 46 26 +20 51 Qualification for second round, Group B
6 Apollon Limassol 26 11 7 8 32 24 +8 40
Source: CFA
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) number of goals scored

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 20 6 6 66 27  +39 66 13 1 2 40 9  +31 7 5 4 26 18  +8

Last updated: May 18, 2013.
Source: UEFA

Results by round

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ResultWDLDDLWDWLWWWWWLWDLWWWWWWWWWDWLW
Updated to match(es) played on May 18, 2013. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kick-off times are in CET.

Regular season

02–09–2012 Matchweek 1 Omonia 5 – 0 Ayia Napa GSP Stadium
18:00 Fabeta 49' (o.g.)
Leandro 57'
Christofi 60'
Avraam 62'
Freddy 85' (pen.)
Report Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Savvas Zafeiris
15–09–2012 Matchweek 2 Ethnikos Achna 1 – 1 Omonia Dasaki Stadium
19:00 Penta 84' Report Christofi 12' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Charalampos Skapoullis
22–09–2012 Matchweek 3 Omonia 0 – 1 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium
18:00 Report Alex da Silva 84' Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Leontios Trattos
29-09-2012 Matchweek 4 AEL Limassol 1 – 1 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
18:00 Bebê 24' Report Freddy 12' Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Marios Panayi
07-10-2012 Matchweek 5 Omonia 0 – 0 APOEL GSP Stadium
17:00 Report Attendance: 14,011
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou
21-10-2012 Matchweek 6 Anorthosis 2 – 0 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
17:00 Spadacio 5' (pen.)
Rezek 90+13'
Report Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Leontios Trattou
27-10-2012 Matchweek 7 Omonia 2 – 0 Enosis GSP Stadium
17:00 Leandro 83'
Schembri 86'
Report Attendance: 5,601
Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis
03-11-2012 Matchweek 8 Doxa Katokopia 1 – 1 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium
17:00 Fernandes 90+2' Report Alves 70' (pen.) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Savvas Zaphiris
11-11-2012 Matchweek 9 Omonia 1 – 0 Alki Larnaca GSP Stadium
17:00 Leandro 72'
Nuno Assis Yellow card 88'
Summary Cirillo Yellow card 22'
Gerasimos Fylaktou Yellow card 85'
Attendance: 4,802
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou
18-11-2012 Matchweek 10 Apollon Limassol 2 – 1 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
17:00 Miguelito Yellow card 36'
Parlov 51'
Charalambous Yellow card 70'
Theodoridis 77'
Souanis Yellow card 82'
Bruno Vale Yellow card 90'
Summary Leandro 27'
Alabi Red card 39'
Attendance: 6,876
Referee: Marios Nikolaou
24-11-2012 Matchweek 11 Omonia 4 – 2 AEP Paphos GSP Stadium
18:00 Freddy 6' (pen.)
Efrem 53'
Renato Margaça 65'
Scaramozzino Yellow card 68'
João Alves 88'
Summary Tall Yellow card 6'
Kiliaras Yellow card 29'
Aguinaldo Yellow card 38'
Hugo Sousa Yellow card 71'
Silas 77', 80'
Attendance: 4,158
Referee: Antonis Christodoulou
03-12-2012 Matchweek 12 Omonia 2 – 0 Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium
19:00 Freddy 49', 65' (pen.) Summary Attendance: 2,281
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
08-12-2012 Matchweek 13 Nea Salamina 0 – 1 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium
17:00 Summary Soares 78' Attendance: 2,700
Referee: C. Skapoullis
15-12-2012 Matchweek 14 Ayia Napa 0 – 3 Omonia Tasos Markou Stadium
17:00 Summary Schembri 53'
Alves 53'
Christofi 69'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: D. Chrysostomou
22-12-2012 Matchweek 15 Omonia 2 – 1 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium
17:00 Alabi 19'
Schembri 44'
Summary Oseni 77' Attendance: 6,887
Referee: V. Demetriou
06-01-2013 Matchweek 16 AEK Larnaca 2 – 1 Omonia GSZ Stadium
16:00 Pintado 3', 13' Summary Danielson 27' Attendance: 3900
Referee: C. Nikolaides
20-01-2013 Matchweek 17 Omonia 2 – 0 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium
13:30 Christofi 42'
Freddy 84'
Summary Attendance: 6787
Referee: D. Chrysostomou
19-01-2013 Matchweek 18 APOEL 1 – 1 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 EET Pinto 15' Summary Alabi 60'
Margaça Red card 78'
Attendance: 15,727
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou
26-02-2013 Matchweek 19 Omonia 1 – 3 Anorthosis GSP Stadium
13:30 EET Alves 90' Summary Barak Yitzhaki 55'
Barak Yitzhaki 65'
Jan Rezek 77'
Jan Rezek Red card 85'
Attendance: 10,217
Referee: Y. Anastasiou
02-02-2013 Matchweek 20 Enosis 0 – 1 Omonia Tasos Markou Stadium
17:00 EET Summary Alves 66' Attendance: 800
Referee: M. Panayi
10-02-2013 Matchweek 21 Omonia 3 – 0 Doxa Katokopia GSP Stadium
17:00 EET Efrem 16'
Leandro 52'
Efrem 55'
Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A. Christodoulou
26-02-2013 Matchweek 22 Alki Larnaca 2 – 4 Omonia GSZ Stadium
17:00 Bernardo Vasconcelos 64'
Bernardo Vasconcelos 75'
Summary J.P.Andrade 32'
Alves 38'
Christofi 58'
Alabi 66'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: L. Trattou
02-03-2013 Matchweek 23 Omonia 2 – 1 Apollon Limassol GSP Stadium
17:00 Christofi 9'
J.P.Andrade 45'
Summary Esteban Solari 53' Attendance: 8,135
Referee: V. Demetriou
09-03-2013 Matchweek 24 AEP Paphos 1 – 2 Omonia Pafiako Stadium
15:00 Alexandros Garpozis 65' (pen.) Summary Schembri 2'
Christofi 11'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: D. Masias
16-03-2013 Matchweek 25 Olympiakos Nicosia 1 – 4 Omonia GSP Stadium
15:00 Henrique 10' Summary Alves 8'
Alves 31'
Alves 73'
Efrem 77'
Attendance: 2,043
Referee: L. Trattou
30-03-2013 Matchweek 26 Omonia 6 – 0 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium
14:30 Soares 21'
Assis 25'
Soares 52'
Efrem 63'
Alves 65'
Alves 87'
Summary Attendance: 7,254
Referee: M. Panayi

Second round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL (C) 32 23 4 5 62 19 +43 73 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 20 8 4 60 29 +31 68 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Omonia Nicosia 32 20 6 6 66 27 +39 66
4 AEK Larnaca 32 19 4 9 55 28 +27 61
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.
(C) Champions
Results
06-04-2013 Matchweek 1 Omonia 3 – 0 APOEL GSP Stadium
16:30 EET Efrem 15'
Leandro 54'
Efrem 65'
(Summary) Attendance: 13,757
Referee: C. Nikolaides
13-04-2013 Matchweek 2 AEK Larnaca 0 – 2 Omonia GSZ Stadium
16:30 EET (Summary) Schembri 11'
Alves 36'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: D. Masias
20-04-2013 Matchweek 3 Anorthosis 0 – 0 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
17:00 EET (Summary) Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Y. Anastasiou
28-04-2013 Matchweek 4 Omonia 4 – 0 Anorthosis GSP Stadium
16:30 EET Alves 5'
Schembri 83'
Assis 86'
Alves 89'
(Summary) Attendance: 8,242
Referee: C. Skapoullis
11-05-2013 Matchweek 5 APOEL 4 –3 Omonia GSP Stadium
16:30 EET Aloneftis 1'
Budimir 60'
Morais 71'
Manduca 83' (pen.)
(Summary) Karipidis 19' (o.g.)
Christofi 54'
Alves 74'
Attendance: 15,365
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou
18-05-2013 Matchweek 6 Omonia 3 –1 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium
16:30 EET Schembri 18'
Alves 42'
Alves 92' (pen.)
(Summary) Edwin Linssen 14' Attendance: 11,656
Referee: Y. Anastasiou

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

02-08-2012 First Leg Red Star Belgrade Serbia 0 – 0 Cyprus Omonia Red Star Stadium
21:30 report Attendance: 26,930
Referee: AustriaRené Eisner

Cypriot Cup

Second round

09-01-2013 First Leg Ethnikos Achna 0 – 2 Omonia Dasaki Stadium
17:00 EET (Report) João Alves 54'
João Alves 64'
Attendance: 500
Referee: T. Mouskos
16-01-2013 Second Leg Omonia 2 – 0 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium
17:00 EET Andre Alves 59'
Andre Alves 84'
(Report) Attendance: 1500
Referee: M. Nikolaou

Quarter-finals

13-02-2013 Quarter-finals Omonia 4 – 0 Anorthosis GSP Stadium
14:30 EET Efrem 39'
Assis 62'
Freddy 90'
Schembri 90+15'
(Report) Attendance: 8004
Referee: D. Chrysostomou
06-03-2013 Quarter-finals Anorthosis 0 –2 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
14:30 EET (Report) Schembri 59'
Freddy 82'
Attendance: 1500
Referee: T. Mouskos

Semi final

10-04-2013 Semi-final Omonia 0 – 0 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium
16:00 (Summary) Attendance: 10700
Referee: M. Panayi
17-04-2013 Semi-final AEL Limassol 1 – 0 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
16:00 Vouho 45' (Summary) Attendance: 9,432
Referee: V. Demetriou

LTV Super Cup

18-08-2012 Final AEL Limassol 3 – 5 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
20:00 Konstantinou 21', 56' (pen.)
Rui Miguel 72'
report Leandro 20'
A.Alves 35'
Avraam 45'
Freddy 64'
Efrem 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: CyprusMarios Tsaggaris