2020–21 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2020–21 season
Chairman	Prodromos Petrides
Manager	Marinos Ouzounidis (until 28 October 2020); Mick McCarthy (from 2 November 2020); Savvas Poursaitidis (from January 6 2021)
Stadium	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division	10th
Cypriot Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	Miguel Silva
2	DF	GRE	Kostas Apostolakis
3	DF	HUN	Paulo Vinícius
4	DF	BRA	Rafael Santos (on loan from Flamengo)
5	MF	BRA	Carlos Dias
6	DF	POR	Artur Jorge
7	MF	CYP	Georgios Efrem
8	MF	NOR	Marius Lundemo
9	FW	KOS	Atdhe Nuhiu
10	MF	ARG	Tomás De Vincenti
12	GK	CYP	Dimitris Priniotakis
14	FW	ISR	Ben Sahar (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
15	MF	MAR	Anuar Tuhami (on loan from Valladolid)
16	FW	CYP	Andreas Katsantonis
17	MF	NOR	Ghayas Zahid
18	MF	CYP	Giannis Satsias


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	BEL	Victor Klonaridis
22	DF	EQG	Emilio Nsue
23	GK	NGA	Francis Uzoho
25	MF	CYP	Stavros Gavriel
27	MF	ISR	Omer Atzili
29	MF	IRL	Jack Byrne
30	DF	CYP	Giorgos Merkis
31	MF	DEN	Mike Jensen
40	MF	CYP	Marios Kokkinoftas
42	DF	CYP	Christos Wheeler
55	DF	CYP	Christos Shelis
75	GK	GRE	Apostolos Tsilingiris
77	MF	COD	Dieumerci Ndongala
80	GK	CYP	Charis Hadjigavriel
89	FW	CYP	Nikolas Koutsakos

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
—	MF	JOR	Omar Hani (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021)
—	GK	CYP	Neofytos Michael (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	SRB	Vujadin Savić (at Olimpija Ljubljana until 30 June 2021)

Competitions

Cypriot First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: APOEL +1, Doxa -1

Pos	Team v t e	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 Cypriot Second Division	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L
Position	5	11	7	7	3	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10

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

Matches

Cypriot Cup

UEFA Europa League

27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) First qualifying round	Gjilani	0–2 (a.e.t.)	APOEL	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina^{[note 1]}
19:00		Report	Efrem 102' Ndongala 116'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) Second qualifying round	Kaisar	1–4	APOEL	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent^{[note 2]}
14:00 (18:00 ALMT)		Report		Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) Third qualifying round	APOEL	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Zrinjski Mostar	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 (21:00 UTC+03:00)	Atzili 14' Nuhiu 26'	Report	Ivančić 11' Bilbija 69'	Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
	Penalties
	Jensen Atzili Sahar Al-Taamari De Vincenti		Filipović Ibáñez Bilbija Govedarica

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 12 September 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	First Division	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	41	FW	Joe Garner	8	0	8
5	4	DF	Rafael Santos	1	0	1
	7	MF	Georgios Efrem	1	1	2
	14	FW	Ben Sahar	5	0	1
	77	MF	Dieumerci Ndongala	2	1	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Totals				3	2	5

Notes

^ 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.
^ Kaisar will play their home match against APOEL at Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, instead of their regular stadium Gani Muratbayev Stadium, Kyzylorda.

References

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

[table_hth_DOX0.76160690223873-2] Head-to-head goal difference: APOEL +1, Doxa -1

[Gjilani-5] 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.

[Kaisar-6] Kaisar will play their home match against APOEL at Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, instead of their regular stadium Gani Muratbayev Stadium, Kyzylorda.

[1] "Ποδοσφαιριστές 2020/21" [Footballers 2020/21] (in Greek). APOEL FC. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[soccerway-3] "1. Division 2020/2021". soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

[4] "1. Division 2020/2021 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

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