2023–24 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2023–24 season
ChairmanProdromos Petrides
ManagerRicardo Sá Pinto
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division1st
Cypriot CupSecond round
UEFA Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marquinhos (7)
All: Marquinhos (7)

The 2023–24 season is 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 are participating 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.

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Management team

Coaching Staff

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

Source: [1]

Personnel

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

Source: [2]

Medical staff

Position Name
Head of medical department Russia Alexander Rezepov
Head of physiotherapy dept. Cyprus Marios Siamaris
Physiotherapist Bulgaria Georgi Gospodinov
Masseur Greece Evangelos Kanellos
Nutritionist Cyprus Chrisostomos Iliadis
Caregivers Cyprus Costas Stefanou,Cyprus Christos Stefanou,Cyprus 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 Cyprus CYP Andreas Karamanolis (on loan from Doxa Katokopias)
5 DF Georgia (country) GEO Lasha Dvali
6 DF Brazil BRA Jefté (on loan from Fluminense)
7 FW Cyprus CYP Georgios Efrem
8 MF Nigeria NGA Fawaz Abdullahi
9 FW Angola ANG Wilson Eduardo
10 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Villafáñez
11 FW Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Kvilitaia
14 DF Morocco MAR Issam Chebake
15 DF Spain ESP José Ángel Crespo
16 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mateo Sušić
17 MF Cyprus CYP Dimitris Theodorou
18 MF Cyprus CYP Giannis Satsias
20 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Dálcio
21 FW Portugal POR Tomané
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Cyprus CYP Andreas Christodoulou
25 FW Cyprus CYP Stavros Gavriel
27 GK Slovenia SVN Vid Belec
28 MF Greece GRE Giannis Fetfatzidis
31 FW Comoros COM Ben Nabouhane
35 MF Cyprus CYP Paris Polykarpou
36 FW Brazil BRA Marquinhos
43 DF Cyprus CYP David Djamas
44 MF Ghana GHA Kingsley Sarfo
70 MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Kostadinov
74 FW Cyprus CYP Stavros Georgiou
76 MF Cyprus CYP Stelios Vrontis
77 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Dieumerci Ndongala
78 GK Cyprus CYP Stefanos Kittos
90 FW Portugal POR Rafael Moreira
— MF Iran 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 Cyprus CYP Nikolas Koutsakos (at Achyronas-Onisilos until 31 May 2024)
— MF Brazil BRA Carlos Dias (at Fujairah FC until 31 May 2024)
— MF The Gambia 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

Main article: 2023–24 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

Main article: 2023–24 Cypriot Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27) First leg APOEL Cyprus 2–1 Serbia Vojvodina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Report[4]
Attendance: 12,024[3]
Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)
3 August 2023 (2023-08-03) Second leg Vojvodina Serbia 1–2
(2–4 agg.)		 Cyprus 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 Georgia (country) 0–2 Cyprus 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 Cyprus 1–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Georgia (country) 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 Belgium 2–0 Cyprus 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 Cyprus 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Belgium 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). Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ^ "APOEL-Vojvodina". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Vojvodina vs. APOEL" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Vojvodina-APOEL". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Dila Gori vs. APOEL" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Dila-APOEL". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ^ "APOEL vs. Dila Gori" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  10. ^ "APOEL-Dila". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Gent vs. APOEL" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Gent-APOEL". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  13. ^ "APOEL vs. Gent" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ^ "APOEL-Gent". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 August 2023.