2007–08 APOEL FC season

APOEL F.C.
2007–08 season
Chairman Kyriakos Zivanaris
Manager Marinos Ouzounidis (Until 6 January 2008)
Ivan Jovanović (From 8 January 2008)
Stadium GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division 2nd
Cypriot Cup Winners
Cyprus FA Shield Runner-up
UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
Top goalscorer League:
Constantinos Makrides (13)
All:
Constantinos Makrides (15)
Highest home attendance 17,446 vs Omonia
(8 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance 373 vs Aris L.
(30 January 2008)
Average home attendance 6,445
2008-09 →

The 2007–08 season (13 May 2007 – 18 May 2008) is APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division. The club won the championship the previous season so it played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Manager Marinos Ouzounidis left the club by mutual consent on January 2008 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance in the Cypriot First Division and was replaced by Ivan Jovanović.[1]

Contents

Squad

Last Update: 16 April 2008[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Michalis Morfis
4 DF Michalis Kapsis
5 DF Daniel Florea
7 MF Constantinos Charalambides
8 DF Bark Seghiri
9 FW Nikos Machlas
11 MF Marios Louka
12 GK Jane Nikolovski
14 DF Joost Broerse
15 DF Marios Antoniades
17 MF Marinos Satsias (captain)
18 DF Demetris Daskalakis
20 MF Constantinos Makrides
No. Position Player
23 MF Helio Pinto
24 DF Christos Kontis
26 DF Nuno Morais
30 FW Nenad Mirosavljević
31 FW Zé Carlos
32 DF Altin Haxhi
33 MF Chrysis Michael
40 MF Giorgos Economides
60 GK Kyriacos Ioannou
69 FW Nemanja Corović
71 MF Marios Theodorou
77 DF Panayiotis Panayiotou
88 GK Tasos Kissas

Squad Changes for 2007/08 season

Summer Period

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
26 DF Nuno Morais (Signed from Chelsea FC[3])
12 GK Jane Nikolovski (Signed from NK Slaven Belupo)
6 MF Emerson (Signed from AEK Athens[4])
21 FW Marco Tavares (Signed from Porto Alegre Futebol Clube)
14 FW Evilasio da Costa (Signed from Porto Alegre Futebol Clube)
31 FW Zé Carlos (Signed from SC Braga[5])
7 MF Rubens Torres (On Loan from Villa Rio Esporte Clube)
69 FW Nemanja Corović (On Loan from AEL FC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
FW Rónald Gómez (loan return to Deportivo Saprissa)
FW Marios Neophytou (to AEK Larnaca)
DF Giannis Sampson (to AEL FC)
FW Esteban Solari (to UNAM Pumas)
DF Stelios Okkarides (to Apollon Limassol)
GK Panayiotis Kythreotis (to ASIL Lysi)
MF Manuel Francisco Barreto (to Universidad San Martín de Porres)

Winter Period

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
32 DF Altin Haxhi (Signed from Ergotelis FC)
14 DF Joost Broerse (Signed from FC Utrecht[6])
30 FW Nenad Mirosavljević (Signed from FK Smederevo)
7 MF Constantinos Charalambides (Signed from FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
FW Evilasio da Costa (Released)
DF Marios Elia (On loan to Ethnikos Achnas)
MF Rubens Torres (Released)
FW Marco Tavares (to NK Maribor)
MF Miltiadis Sapanis (to Ionikos FC)
MF Emerson (Released)
MF Ricardo Fernandes (to FC Metalurh Donetsk)

Club

The Management

Position Staff
Manager Ivan Jovanović
Assistant manager Yiannos Ioannou
Team manager Michalis Hadjipieris
Goalkeeping coach Foto Strakosha
Team doctor Costas Schizas

Last updated: 16 Apr 2008
Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Kit

Supplier: Lotto
Sponsor(s): MTN

Home
Away

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Other information

Chairman Kyriakos Zivanaris
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Neo GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — — 2nd 2 September 2007 10 May 2008
UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying — 1st qualifying 17 July 2007 24 July 2007
Cypriot Cup 4th round — Winner 24 October 2007 17 May 2008
Cyprus FA Shield Final — Runner-up 25 August 2008

Last updated: 20 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League

Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Classification

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Anorthosis 26 19 7 0 49 13 +36 64
2 APOEL 26 16 5 5 51 19 +32 53
3 Omonia 26 14 6 6 36 22 +14 48
4 AEK 26 12 5 9 34 32 +2 41

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008
Source: soccerway.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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
26 16 5 5 51 19 +32 53 11 0 2 28 6 +22 5 5 3 23 13 +10

Last updated: 23 March 2008
Source: soccerway.com

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 27 28 29 30 31 32
Ground H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H H A
Result W L W L W W D W W W D W D D L D L W W W W W W W L W W D L W D L

Last updated: 23 March 2008.
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Playoffs Table

Last updated 11 May 2008

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Anorthosis 32 20 12 0 58 19 +39 72
2 APOEL 32 18 7 7 58 28 +30 61
3 Omonia 32 14 10 8 42 31 +11 52
4 AEK 32 14 8 10 46 42 +4 50

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

UEFA Champions League

All times for UEFA competitions at CET

First Qualifying Round

17 July 2007
19:00
 APOEL 2 – 0 BATE Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: Olivier Thual
Michael  42' (pen.)
Machlas  61'		 (Report)
24 July 2007
17:00
 BATE 3 – 0 (aet) APOEL Gradski, Borisov, Belarus
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: William Collum
Stasevich  14'
Platonaw  74'
Bliznyuk  104'		 (Report)

Cyprus FA Shield

25 August 2007
20:00
 APOEL 1 – 2 Anorthosis Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinidis
Pinto  68' (Report) Boaventura  17'
Nicolaou  59' (pen.)

Marfin Laiki League

Regular season

2 September 2007
19:30
 APOEL 3 – 2 Doxa Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Machlas  53'  70'
Michael  71' (pen.)		 (Report) Da Costa  26'  84'
15 September 2007
20:00
 Anorthosis 1 – 0 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 7,922
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Nikolaou  57' (Report)
23 September 2007
19:00
 APOEL 4 – 0 APOP Kinyras Peyias Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Harris Glykis
Michael  14'  71'(pen.)
Makrides  30'
Machlas  42'		 (Report)
29 September 2007
18:00
 EN Paralimni 1 – 0 APOEL Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
Attendance: 2,332
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Eleftheriou  44' (Report)
7 October 2007
18:00
 APOEL 3 – 1 Nea Salamis Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,934
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Satsias  65'
Machlas  68'
Fernandes  79'		 (Report) Dolores  63'
21 October 2007
19:00
 APOEL 2 – 0[7] Apollon Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 10,389
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Pinto  30'
Machlas  36'		 (Report)
28 October 2007
18:00
 Olympiakos 2 – 2 APOEL Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,844
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
González  27'
Panigutti  67'		 (Report) Machlas  50'
Makrides  74'
4 November 2007
18:00
 APOEL 1 – 0 AEK Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Makrides  55' (pen.) (Report)
11 November 2007
18:00
 Alki 0 – 4 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Harris Glykis
(Report) Machlas  21'  59'
Makrides  67'
Fernandes  70'
25 November 2007
17:30
 APOEL 2 – 1 Ethnikos Achna Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Kontis  16'
Michael  74'		 (Report) Georgiades  59'
2 December 2007
18:00
 Aris 2 – 2 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 2,456
Referee: Petros Panayides
Mihalcea  62'
Seper  75'		 (Report) Makrides  13'
Michael  95' (pen.)
8 December 2007
19:00
 APOEL 1 – 0 Omonia Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 17,446
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Makrides  16' (pen.) (Report)
15 December 2007
19:00
 AEL 1 – 1 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Tiquinho  62' (Report) Pinto  43'
22 December 2007
17:00
 Doxa 2 – 2 APOEL Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
Kamal  52'
Da Costa  88'		 (Report) Daskalakis  11'
Makrides  38' (pen.)
5 January 2008
19:00
 APOEL 0 – 1 Anorthosis Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 12,968
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
(Report) Skopelitis  90+'
12 January 2008
17:00
 APOP Kinyras Peyias 1 – 1 APOEL Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia, Paphos
Attendance: 1,670
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos
Efthymiou  92' (Report) Corović  84'
20 January 2008
18:00
 APOEL 0 – 1 EN Paralimni Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 4,256
Referee: Marios Panayi
(Report) Freddy  45'
26 January 2008
19:00
 Nea Salamis 1 – 3 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 807
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Louka  83' (pen.) (Report) Zé Carlos  36'  45'  59'
2 February 2008
17:00
 Apollon 2 – 2[8] APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 5,676
Referee: Marios Stamatis
Risso  30' (pen.)
Torresi  32'		 (Report) Zé Carlos  19'
Michael  90' (pen.)
10 February 2008
16:30
 APOEL 4 – 0 Olympiakos Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Corović  19'
Makrides  44'
Broerse  86'
Charalambides  89'		 (Report)
13 February 2008
18:00
 AEK 0 – 3 APOEL Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Christos Ilia
(Report) Zé Carlos  58'  67'
Makrides  81'
26 February 2008
19:00
 APOEL 3 – 0 Alki Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
(Report) Machlas  15'
Broerse  86'
Satsias  92'
1 March 2008
15:00
 Ethnikos Achna 0 – 2 APOEL Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Famagusta
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Harris Glykis
(Report) Machlas  23'
Makrides  79'
8 March 2008
17:00
 APOEL 3 – 0 Aris Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Charalambides  45'  88'
Louka  72'		 (Report)
15 March 2008
19:00
 Omonia 2 – 1 APOEL Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 15,789
Referee: Christos Ilia
Cafú  21'
Maris  78'		 (Report) Mirosavljević  36'
23 February 2008
18:00
 APOEL 2 – 0 AEL Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos
Makrides  52' (pen.)  67' (Report)

Playoffs

29 March 2008
17:30
 Omonia 1 – 2 APOEL Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 11,306
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis
Kaiafas  21' (pen.) (Report) Michael  42' (pen.)
Charalambides  80'
6 April 2008
18:00
 APOEL 1 – 1 Anorthosis Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 10,027
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
Zé Carlos  92' (Report) Nikolaou  82'
12 April 2008
19:00
 AEK 1 – 0 APOEL Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 925
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Paiva  85' (Report)
20 April 2008
18:00
 APOEL 2 – 1 AEK Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca[9]
Attendance: 2,740
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
Michael  62' (pen.)
Mirosavljević  73'		 (Report) Adorno  82'
3 May 2008
19:00
 APOEL 2 – 2 Omonia Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Makrides  33'
Kontis  69'		 (Report) Kaseke  31'
Chailis  54'
10 May 2008
19:00
 Anorthosis 3 – 0 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Sosin  9'  49'  58' (Report)

Cypriot Cup

Fourth round

24 October 2007
18:00
 APOEL 6 – 0 Olympos Xylofagou Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
Tavares  7'  52'
Corović  43'
Fernandes  73'
Makrides  76'		 (Report)
31 October 2007
14:00
 Olympos Xylofagou 0 – 3 APOEL Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 39
Referee: Yiannakis Ioannou
(Report) Tavares  42'
Corović  60'
Sapanis  78'

Group stage

5 December 2007
18:00
 Anorthosis 1 – 1 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Sosin 84' (pen.) (Report) Satsias  50' (pen.)
19 December 2007
16:30
 APOEL 3 – 1 AO Ayia Napa Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 936
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
Torres  2'
Sapanis  18'
Tavares  27'		 (Report) Skourides  79'
16 January 2008
18:30
 Aris 0 – 2 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 246
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
(Report) Louka  35'
Torres  92'
30 January 2008
18:30
 APOEL 3 – 1 Aris Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 373
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
Corović  37'
Mirosavljević  88'  91'		 (Report) Alekou  74'
2 April 2008
18:00
 APOEL 0 – 0 Anorthosis Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Leontios Trattou
(Report)
16 April 2008
17:00
 AO Ayia Napa 1 – 0 APOEL Tasos Markou Stadium, Paralimni, Famagusta
Attendance: 15
Referee: Stelios Zafiris
Achilleos  33' (Report)

Semi-Finals

30 April 2008
17:30
 Omonia 2 – 1 APOEL Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
Mguni  8'
Pletsch  33'		 (Report) Makrides  80'
7 May 2008
17:30
 APOEL 2 – 0 Omonia Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 12,737
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis
Michael  41'
Mirosavljević  72'		 (Report)

Final

17 May 2008
20:00
 APOEL 2 – 0 Anorthosis Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos
Morais  53'
Mirosavljević  76'		 (Report)

References

  1. ^ "Jovanović reappointed by APOEL". UEFA.com. 8 January 2008. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=644281.html. Retrieved 20 May 2008. 
  2. ^ "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOELFC.com.cy. 16 April 2008. http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1363&tt=graphic&lang=l1. Retrieved 16 April 2008. 
  3. ^ "Morais joins Cypriot champions APOEL from Chelsea". 12 May 2007. http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_SOCCER/idUKL1214528520070512. 
  4. ^ "Emerson answers APOEL call". UEFA. 26 June 2007. http://www.uefacup.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=555791.html. 
  5. ^ "Zé Carlos set for APOEL spell". UEFA. 22 July 2007. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=560454.html. 
  6. ^ "Joost Broerse naar Apoel FC op Cyprus" (in Dutch). ANP. 2 Jan 2008. http://www.nu.nl/news/1375566/41/rss/Joost_Broerse_naar_Apoel_FC_op_Cyprus.html. Retrieved 3 January 2008. 
  7. ^ Match abandoned on the 46th minute. The match was awarded to APOEL with the same score.
  8. ^ Match abandoned on the 98th minute. The match was awarded to APOEL with 0-2.
  9. ^ The match was played on a neutral stadium because APOEL was punished for fans showing a banner with racist content in a previous game.