2020–21 APOEL FC season

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.

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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

As of 11 September 2020^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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

Main article: 2020–21 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[lower-alpha 1]
9	Doxa Katokopias	26	7	9	10	24	32	−8	30[lower-alpha 1]
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:

1. 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:

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:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Cypriot Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Cypriot Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Gjilani v APOEL

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)

Kaisar v APOEL

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)

APOEL v Zrinjski Mostar

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	Nat	Name	First Division	Cypriot Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	41	FW		Joe Garner	8	0	0	8
5	4	DF		Rafael Santos	1	0	0	1
	7	MF		Georgios Efrem	1	0	1	2
	14	FW		Ben Sahar	5	0	0	1
	77	MF		Dieumerci Ndongala	2	0	1	1
Own goals					1	0	0	1
Totals					3	0	2	5

Notes

1. 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.
2. Kaisar will play their home match against APOEL at Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, instead of their regular stadium Gani Muratbayev Stadium, Kyzylorda.

References

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