APOEL FC
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APOEL FC (Template:Langx; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, Template:Lit. "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus. APOEL is the most successful football team in Cyprus with an overall tally of 29 national championships, 21 cups, and 13 super cups.<ref name="apoelfc_honours">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
APOEL's greatest moment in European competition occurred in the 2011–12 season, when they advanced out of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (winning a group that included FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Zenit St. Petersburg), then eliminated Olympique Lyonnais in the last 16, to become the first Cypriot team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.<ref name="2012_UCL_QF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> APOEL's European competitions highlights also include appearances in the group stages of the 2009–10 and 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the group stages of the 2013–14, 2015–16, and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. They marked their most successful UEFA Europa League campaign during the 2016–17 season, when they managed to top their group (along with Olympiacos, Young Boys, and Astana) and eliminated Athletic Bilbao in the round of 32, to reach the last 16 of the competition for the first time in their history.<ref name="UEL_R32">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="UEL_R16">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> APOEL is the only Cypriot club who have reached the group stages (and the knockout stages) of both major UEFA competitions (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League). In the 2016–17 season, APOEL drew an average home league attendance of 7,126 and their highest league attendance was 15,462. Both were the highest in the league.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
APOEL FC is part of the APOEL multi-sport club, which was founded in 1926 and maintains departments for several sports including football, basketball, volleyball, futsal, table tennis, bowling, cycling, archery, swimming and water polo. APOEL is one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association<ref name="apoelfc_history1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and also an ordinary member of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe.
HistoryEdit
1926–1929: The early yearsEdit
The club was formed as POEL (Template:Langx, Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia) on 8 November 1926. The club's formation came about when a group of forty people, with a common vision, met and set the foundations for creating a football club that would represent the Greek residents of the capital and express their deep desire for Cyprus' incorporation (enosis) into Greece. The meeting took place at a traditional confectionery, owned by Charalambos Hadjioannou, downtown in Ledra Street and the first president of the club was Giorgos Poulias.<ref name="apoelfc_history1" /> The first clubhouse was the "Athenians Club" ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) at the end of Ledra Street.<ref name="apoelfc_history1" />
After a journey to the football club in Alexandria, Egypt in 1927 the General Assembly of 1928 decided the players showed that they were not just good footballers but also excellent track and field athletes. Hence it was decided to create a track and field team in addition to the football team. The name APOEL was adopted to reflect this, with the 'A' standing for 'Athletic'. Soon after a volleyball team and a table tennis team were established.
The 1930s : The first league titlesEdit
Cyprus did not have any country-wide league until 1932. Football clubs of the time played friendly matches only. In 1932, Pezoporikos Larnaca organised an unofficial league, the first island-wide league, and it was won by APOEL after defeating AEL Limassol in the final by 4–0. In 1934, there was a disagreement between Trust and Anorthosis Famagusta on the organisation of the fourth unofficial league. APOEL and AEL Limassol organised a meeting for the foundation of a country-wide governing body and an official country-wide league. The meeting took place in APOEL's clubhouse on 23 September and the establishment of the Cyprus Football Association was agreed. Two years later the APOEL football team celebrated its first championship title of the official Cyprus football league. APOEL also won the championship for the following four years, making this a very successful period for the club with 5 consecutive championships (1936–1940).<ref name="apoelfc_history1" />
The 1948 conflictsEdit
Politics, however, would soon spark conflict within the team. On 23 May 1948 the board of the club send a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (Template:Langx), with the opportunity of the annual Panhellenic Track and Field Competition, which included wishes that "the rebellion" is finished. Several leftist club members perceived the telegram as a political comment on the Greek Civil War and they distanced themselves from the club.<ref name="1948events">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A few days later, on 4 June 1948, they founded AC Omonia, which until today is the archrival of APOEL and there has been a traditional animosity between the fans of the two teams.<ref name="1948events" />
1955–59 periodEdit
{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} More conflicts led to further struggles for APOEL. Athletes belonging to the club frequently participated in national clashes. During the 1955–59 national uprising against the British, many of APOEL's athletes and members of the club were active members of EOKA (the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters), the most outstanding example being the club's track and field athlete Michalakis Karaolis who was hanged by the British colonial authorities. During this period the football team had their closest brush with relegation as most football players were actively taking part in the national struggle.
Triumph in the 1963–64 UEFA Cup Winners' CupEdit
The football team were quickly back to full strength and made their debut in European Competitions (the first not only for APOEL but for any Cypriot team) in 1963, when they faced the Norwegian team SK Gjøvik-Lyn in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Two victories for APOEL over both legs (6–0, 1–0) marked APOEL's successful European debut, as they became the first Hellenic team to progress in a European Competition. The next round against the tournament winners Sporting Clube de Portugal met APOEL with their heaviest defeat ever (16–1) and put an end to APOEL's European debut.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The successful participation in pan-Hellenic Greek ChampionshipEdit
Other triumphs followed in the early 1970s. In 1973 the domestic double was achieved with coach Panos Markovic. The following year APOEL became the only Cypriot team to avoid relegation from the pan-Hellenic Greek Championship. That was also the last season that the Cypriot champion played in the Greek Football League the following year due to the volatile situation in Cyprus during 1974.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The 1980s: European Cup 1986–87 withdrawalEdit
The 1980s were a relatively fruitless period for APOEL. They have only won two championships (1980,1986), one cup (1984) and two super cups (1984, 1986). In 1986 APOEL was drawn against Beşiktaş J.K. for the second round of the European Cup. This was the first time that a Cypriot team faced a Turkish team in a European football competition. The Cypriot government prohibited APOEL from playing against the Turkish team, so APOEL was punished with two years disqualification from any UEFA competition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This penalty was later reduced to one-year.
The 1990s: The unbeaten "double" in 1995–96Edit
The 1990s<ref name="apoelfc_history_90">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> were a successful decade for APOEL with 3 championships (1990, 1992, 1996), 5 cups (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) and 4 super cups (1992, 1993, 1996, 1999). The most successful season in the 1990s was 1995–96 in which APOEL achieved a celebratory double while remaining undefeated in the league. The basketball team won a double on the same season, making this the ideal season for a 70th anniversary celebration.
The formation of APOEL FC CompanyEdit
APOEL Football (Public) Ltd was established in May 1997, after the decision of APOEL committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This had a significant effect on the club because it separated the activities of the football team from those of the sports club.<ref name="apoel_ltd">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The formation of the company was necessitated by the financial difficulties the team faced at the time. The company began its operations with a capital of CY £600,000.
2000s–2010s: Domestic dominationEdit
APOEL is the most successful football team in Cyprus since the 2000s. In seventeen years, the club won twelve championships (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), four cups (2006, 2008, 2014, 2015) and seven super cups (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019). In the 2013–14 season, APOEL achieved a historical domestic treble by winning all the Cypriot competitions trophies, the league, the cup, and the super cup. The next season (2014–15), the club won their second consecutive double. In the 2016–17 season, APOEL managed to win their fifth consecutive league title and equalled the club's record which was set 77 years before (1936–1940).
2020sEdit
The 2020–21 season marked the end of APOEL's dominance in Cyprus as they failed to make the championship playoffs for the first time in the club's history. The following season, APOEL finished third, missing out on Champions League qualification in the last matchday, and instead qualifying for the Europa Conference League. They missed out on the 2022–23 championship, finishing in second place, despite being first at the end of the regular season. APOEL returned to domestic glory in 2024, winning the championship for a record-extending 29th time. It has been revealed that APOEL has debts of 50+ million euros and so far they are trying to find investors in order to save the club from debts, unsuccessfully.
European ambitionsEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} APOEL's first great run in European competitions came in 2002, when the team was knocked out on the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, entered the UEFA Cup and reached the second round of the competition. The following years, APOEL qualified four times for the UEFA Champions League group stages (2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2017–18), and managed to reach the quarter-finals in the 2011–12 season.<ref name="2012_UCL_QF"/> The team also participated in the group stages of the 2013–14, 2015–16 & 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, managing to reach the last 16 of the competition in the 2016–17 season.<ref name="UEL_R32"/><ref name="UEL_R16"/>
APOEL FC as a companyEdit
The football department of APOEL is legally owned by APOEL Football (Public) Ltd (Template:Langx), a public limited company,<ref name="apoel_ltd"/> since 1997. The company's main activity is the management, operation and commercial exploitation of APOEL Football club. The company owns all the rights for the football department under an agreement with APOEL sports club and pays the club CY£100,000 annually for the privilege.<ref name="apoelfc_history_90"/> The agreement between the company and the club is renewed every five years. The company has 1745 shareholders<ref name="apoel_ltd"/> and besides the football club, also maintains a team boutique (Orange Shop), the APOELFC (Template:LangxFC) magazine and the apoelfc.com.cy website among others.
Youth AcademyEdit
APOEL's youth academy is a separate legal entity from the football club. They are responsible for the under 21 teams for football, basketball and volleyball and they have their own board of directors and budget. The football academy has produced many quality Cypriot players over the years. Players started from the academy and had great contribution APOEL are: Marinos Satsias, Constantinos Charalambides, Nektarios Alexandrou, Michalis Morfis and Marios Antoniades. All of them have also competed at international level with the Cyprus national football team while Charalambides and Alexandrou have played for teams in the Greek Super League in the past.
UEFA Youth League participationsEdit
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APOEL's U19 team participated for the first time in the UEFA Youth League group stage during 2014–15 season, drawn in Group F alongside Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> APOEL managed to collect only one point after drawing 0–0 with Ajax at home<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and lost their other five Group F matches. They lost twice to Barcelona (2–3 at home, 0–3 away), lost twice to Paris Saint-Germain (0–3 at home, 0–6 away) and also lost to Ajax 1–4 away, finishing fourth in their group.
The next two seasons, APOEL's U19 team participated again in the UEFA Youth League. The 2015–16 season they competed in the first round of the Domestic Champions Path, being drawn to face Puskás Akadémia from Hungary. After a dramatic 3–3 draw in the first leg in Nicosia, APOEL U19 suffered a heavy 6–1 loss in Felcsút and were eventually eliminated. The 2016–17 season they competed in the first round of the Domestic Champions Path, being eliminated by Italian side A.S. Roma after losing 0–3 at home and 1–6 in Italy.
Colours and badgeEdit
APOEL's colours are blue and yellow. Blue symbolizes Greece and yellow symbolizes Byzantium.<ref name="apoel-deksia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The logo is a blue and yellow shield with the name of the club written diagonally in blue. After the club won their 20th championship (2008–09 season), two stars were added above the logo to symbolize the 20 championship titles (one star for every ten championships won). Other than that, the badge has remained the same since the establishment of the club.
StadiumEdit
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APOEL's home ground since 23 October 1999, is the 22,859 seater GSP Stadium. It is the largest stadium in Cyprus and they share it with local rivals Omonia and Olympiakos Nicosia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Before moving to GSP Stadium, APOEL used as home grounds the Makario Stadium (from 1978 until 1999) and the old GSP Stadium (prior to 1978).
SupportersEdit
APOEL is one of the most popular teams in Cyprus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> APOEL fans are right-wing in their majority but there are no strong ties between the organised fans and any political party.<ref name="apoel-deksia"/> That wasn't always the case but during the past years they have actively avoided association with any political party.<ref name="apoel-deksia"/>
The main supporter group is PAN.SY.FI (Template:Langx). PAN.SY.FI was founded in 1979<ref name="apoelfc_pansyfi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has branches in all major cities in Cyprus and also in other countries. The PAN.SY.FI (and most ultras) wear orange jackets (or T-shirts). The first game they sported the orange jackets was during the first-round game of the 1992–93 championship against AEL Limassol in Makario Stadium.<ref name="apoelfc_pansyfi"/> APOEL have reserved the shirt number 79 in honour of PAN.SY.FI. (APOEL Ultras), to denote the year the group was founded, 1979.<ref name="shirt no 79">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The club record for ticket sales in a single season is 141,268<ref name="tickets">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (15 matches, home league games only) during the 2010–11 season. The club record for average league games attendance in a single season is 9,582 (13 matches, home league games only) during the 2012–13 season.<ref name="tickets 2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The club's season tickets sales record was set on season 2014–15, in which more than 8,000 season tickets were sold.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
APOEL holds the record of the highest home attendance for Cyprus First Division in the game against Omonia with 23,043<ref name="stadium">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> tickets for 2002–03 season. The match was held at GSP Stadium on 7 December 2002 and ended in a goalless draw.
The club holds also the record of the highest attendance of a Cypriot team for a European Competition game with 22,701<ref name="22701 εισιτήρια">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> tickets in the match against Olympique Lyonnais for the return leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League last 16. The match which was held on 7 March 2012 at GSP Stadium of Nicosia ended with a 1–0 win for APOEL after extra time and 4–3 win on penalties.
On 8 December 2009, APOEL fans created another impressive record. More than 6,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> fans of the team travelled to London at Stamford Bridge for the last match of the 2009–10 Champions League group D against Chelsea F.C. which ended in a 2–2 draw. This is the biggest number of fans of any Cypriot team that had ever travelled away from Cyprus. A similar record created on 14 February 2012, in APOEL's participation to the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League last 16, when more than 5,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> APOEL fans travelled in France to support their team against Olympique Lyonnais. The match was held at Stade de Gerland and Olympique Lyonnais took a slender advantage into the second leg by winning 1–0. Also, on 4 April 2012, about 4,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> APOEL fans travelled to Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, to support APOEL against Real Madrid for the return leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, in a match which Real Madrid won by 5–2.
During the 2009–10 season APOEL sold in total 244,977 tickets for its home matches in all competitions (Championship, Cup, Champions League), which is the biggest number of tickets sold by a Cypriot club in a single season.
RivalriesEdit
Nicosia derbyEdit
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The Nicosia derby (or the Derby of the eternal enemies) refers to the Nicosia's local derby, football matches played between APOEL and Omonia. It is the classic rivalry of the Cypriot football, as the two teams are the most successful and most popular football clubs of the island. The rivalry is also indicative of social, cultural and political differences and originates from 1948 when the board of APOEL sent a telegram to the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics (Greek: Σ.Ε.Γ.Α.Σ.), with the opportunity of the annual Panhellenic Track and Field Competition stating its wish for the "communist mutiny" to be ended. Club's players considering this action as a political comment on the Greek Civil War distanced themselves or were expelled from APOEL and a month later they formed Omonia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first derby was played on 12 December 1953 and ended in a goalless draw.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Current squadEdit
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Out on loanEdit
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Club officialsEdit
Board of directorsEdit
Position | Staff |
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Chairman | Prodromos Petrides |
Vice-chairmen | Nicos Kouyialis |
Harris Photiou | |
Members | Alexis Andreou |
Vaggelis Tsaggarides | |
George Stamatis | |
Dimitris Theocharous | |
Panos Panayiotou | |
Stelios Zampas | |
Thanasis Christoforou | |
Charis Panayides |
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
PersonnelEdit
Position | Staff |
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General manager | Template:Flagicon Efthymios Agathokleous |
Football Director | |
Financial Controller | Template:Flagicon Alexis Demetriou |
Operations Manager | Template:Flagicon Marios Christodoulou |
Marketing manager | Template:Flagicon George Lykouris |
Youth Academies General Manager | Template:Flagicon George Markides |
Head of Communications Department | Template:Flagicon Nectarios Petevinos |
Team manager | Template:Flagicon George Savvides |
Accountant | Template:Flagicon Antigoni Lambrou |
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Technical staffEdit
Technical staff | |
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Head coach | Template:Flagicon |
Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon José Dominguez |
Analyst | Template:Flagicon João Abreu |
Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Paulo Miguel dos Santos |
Goalkeeper coach | Template:Flagicon Giorgos Skiathitis |
Scouting staff | |
Head of Scouting Department | Template:Flagicon Ivan Slavov |
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Medical staffEdit
Medical staff | |
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Head of medical department | Template:Flagicon Nikolaos Tzouroudis |
Head of physiotherapy dept. | Template:Flagicon Marios Siamaris |
Physiotherapists | Template:Flagicon Constantinos Kaparis |
Template:Flagicon Marinos Evripidou | |
Masseur | Template:Flagicon Evangelos Kanellos |
Nutritionist | Template:Flagicon Nicoletta Michaelidou |
Caregiver | Template:Flagicon Costas Stefanou |
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
SponsorshipEdit
Main sponsorsEdit
- Official shirt sponsor – stoiximan
- Official sport clothing provider – Macron
- Official host broadcaster – Cablenet
- Official back of shirt sponsor – 3CX
- Official sponsor – Cyprus airways
- Official sponsor – Hogar All Day
- Official sponsor – Cyta
- Official sponsor – Nurofen
- Official sponsor – Relia
- Official sponsor – Reanda
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Managerial historyEdit
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- 1931–1933 Template:Flagicon Antone Jean
- 1933–1951 Template:Flagicon József Künsztler
- 1951–1952 Template:Flagicon Pambos Avraamides
- 1952–1953 Template:Flagicon Béla Guttmann
- 1953–1954 Template:Flagicon Pambos Avraamidis
- 1954–1955 Template:Flagicon Schwartz
- 1955–1956 Template:Flagicon Hanz
- 1956–1958 Template:Flagicon Kostas Talianos
- 1958–1959 Template:Flagicon Takis Tsigkis
- 1959–1961 Template:Flagicon Vaggelis Choumis
- 1961–1962 Template:Flagicon Andreas Lazarides
- 1962–1963 Template:Flagicon Jesse Carver
- 1963–1964 Template:Flagicon Neil Franklin
- 1964–1965 Template:Flagicon Kostas Talianos
- 1965–1966 Template:Flagicon Gyula Zsengellér
- 1966–1967 Template:Flagicon Lajos Szendrödi
- 1967Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Lykourgos Archontidis
- 1967–1969 Template:Flagicon Pambos Avraamides
- 1969–1970 Template:Flagicon Jesse Carver
- 1970–1971 Template:Flagicon Andreas Lazarides
- 1971–1972 Template:Flagicon Ray Wood
- 1972–1974 Template:Flagicon Panos Markovic
- 1974–1975 Template:Flagicon Andreas Lazarides
- 1975Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Panos Markovic
- 1975–1976 Template:Flagicon Andreas Lazarides
- 1976–1977 Template:Flagicon Savvas Partakis
- 1977–1978 Template:Flagicon Keith Spurgeon
- 1978–1981 Template:Flagicon Andreas Lazarides
- 1981–1983 Template:Flagicon Mike Ferguson
- 1983–1985 Template:Flagicon Panos Markovic
- 1985–1989 Template:Flagicon Tommy Cassidy
- 1989–1990 Template:Flagicon Giannis Matzourakis
- 1990–1991 Template:Flagicon Stanko Poklepović
- 1991–1993 Template:Flagicon Jacek Gmoch
- 1993–1994 Template:Flagicon Takis Antoniou
- 1994–1995 Template:Flagicon Giannis Matzourakis
- 1995–1996 Template:Flagicon Hristo Bonev
- 1996Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Svetozar Šapurić
- 1996–1997 Template:Flagicon Jacek Gmoch
- 1997Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Nikos Alefantos
- 1997–1998 Template:Flagicon Kurt Jara
- 1998Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Andreas Mouskallis
- 1998Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Costas Georgiou
- 1998–1999 Template:Flagicon Georgios Paraschos
- 1999Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Slobodan Vučeković
- 1999–2000 Template:Flagicon Andreas Michaelides
- 2000Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Svetozar Šapurić
- 2000Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Markos Markou
- 2000–2001 Template:Flagicon Mike Walker
- 2001–2002 Template:Flagicon Eugène Gerards
- 2002–2003 Template:Flagicon Takis Lemonis
- 2003Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Dušan Uhrin
- 2003–2005 Template:Flagicon Ivan Jovanović
- 2005Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Werner Lorant
- 2005Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Marios Constantinou
- 2005–2006 Template:Flagicon Jerzy Engel
- 2006–2008 Template:Flagicon Marinos Ouzounidis
- 2008–2013 Template:Flagicon Ivan Jovanović
- 2013Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Paulo Sérgio
- 2013–2015 Template:Flagicon Giorgos Donis
- 2015Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Thorsten Fink
- 2015Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Domingos Paciência
- 2015–2016 Template:Flagicon Temur Ketsbaia
- 2016–2017 Template:Flagicon Thomas Christiansen
- 2017Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Mario Been
- 2017–2018 Template:Flagicon Giorgos Donis
- 2018Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Bruno Baltazar
- 2018–2019 Template:Flagicon Paolo Tramezzani
- 2019Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Thomas Doll
- 2019Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Loukas Hadjiloukas (interim)
- 2019–2020 Template:Flagicon Kåre Ingebrigtsen
- 2020Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Marinos Ouzounidis
- 2020–2021 Template:Flagicon Mick McCarthy
- 2021Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Savvas Poursaitidis
- 2021–2022 Template:Flagicon Sofronis Avgousti
- 2022–2023 Template:Flagicon Vladan Milojević
- 2023–2024 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sá Pinto
- 2024Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon David Gallego
- 2024Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon José Dominguez
- 2024–Template:0Template:0Template:0Template:0 Template:Flagicon Manuel Jiménez
Presidential historyEdit
APOEL has had numerous presidents over the course of their history. Since the establishment of APOEL Football Ltd, the presidents of the board of directors of the company (chairmen) have assumed all presidential duties for the football club. Here are complete lists of both:
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- 1926–1958 – Georgios Poulias
- 1958–1967 – Εfthyvoulos Αnthoullis
- 1967–1968 – Michalakis Triantafyllides
- 1968–1969 – Takis Skarparis
- 1969–1971 – Constantinos Loukos
- 1971–1974 – Michalakis Zivanaris
- 1974–1975 – Kikis Lazarides
- 1975–1983 – Iakovos Filippou
- 1983–1988 – Michalakis Zivanaris
- 1988–1991 – Andreas Papaellinas
- 1991–1992 – Kykkos Fotiades
- 1992–1994 – Mike Ioannides
- 1994–1996 – Christos Triantafyllides
- 1996–1999 – Ouranios Ioannides
- 1999–2000 – Dinos Palmas
- 2002–2004 – Dinos Fisentzides
- 2004–2007 – Yiannos Ioannou
- 2007–2008 – Costas Schizas
- 2008–2009 – Christodoulos Ellinas
- 2009–2011 – Prodromos Petrides
- 2011–2012 – Aris Vasilopoulos
- 2012–2014 – Christoforos Potamitis
- 2014–2016 – Marios Charalambous
- 2016–present – Christoforos Potamitis
Chairmen:<ref name="Presidents"/>
- 1997–1998 – Mike Ioannides
- 1998–2000 – Christos Triantafyllides
- 2000–2001 – Harris Papanastasiou
- 2001–2006 – Prodromos Petrides
- 2006–2008 – Kyriakos Zivanaris
- 2008–2013 – Phivos Erotokritou
- 2013–present – Prodromos Petrides
Former playersEdit
List of former players with national team appearances or having won multiple titles with the club:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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- Cyprus
- Template:Flagicon Marios Agathokleous (2001–2003)
- Template:Flagicon Takis Antoniou (1972–1986)
- Template:Flagicon Aristos Aristokleous (1990–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Constantinos Charalambides (1997–2004, 2008–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Zacharias Charalambous (2001–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Andreas Christodoulou (1966–1970)
- Template:Flagicon Georgios Christodoulou (1995–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Costas Costa (1989–1999)
- Template:Flagicon Costas Fasouliotis (1990–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Demetris Daskalakis (2000–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Elia (1998–2014)
- Template:Flagicon Stavros Georgiou (2002–2007)
- Template:Flagicon Loukas Hadjiloukas (1987–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Yiannos Ioannou (1981–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Nikakis Kantzilieris (1961–1972)
- Template:Flagicon Constantinos Makrides (2004–2008, 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Costas Malekkos (2001–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Markos Markou (1973–1978)
- Template:Flagicon Costas Miamiliotis (1977–1989, 1992–1994)
- Template:Flagicon Chrysis Michael (2003–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Michalis Morfis (1999–2010)
- Template:Flagicon Marios Neophytou (2004–2007)
- Template:Flagicon Stelios Okkarides (1997–1998, 2001–2007)
- Template:Flagicon Nikodimos Papavasiliou (2002–2003)
- Template:Flagicon Giorgos Pantziaras (1971–1978, 1985–1987)
- Template:Flagicon Nicos Pantziaras (1972–1987)
- Template:Flagicon Koullis Pantziaras (1976–1992)
- Template:Flagicon Andros Petrides (1984–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Marinos Satsias (1995–2014)
- Template:Flagicon Georgios Savva (1949–1955, 1956–1961)
- Template:Flagicon Athos Solomou (2009–2014)
- Template:Flagicon Andreas Sotiriou (1986–1998, 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Andreas Stylianou (1963–1978)
- Template:Flagicon Pieros Sotiriou (2013–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Diomidis Symeonidis (1926–1929, 1934–1935)
- Template:Flagicon Nicos Timotheou (1992–1993, 1994–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Yiasoumis Yiasoumi (1998–2001)
- Albania
- Template:Flagicon Altin Haxhi (2008–2010)
- Algeria
- Template:Flagicon Rafik Djebbour (2014–2015)
- Argentina
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Cavenaghi (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Esteban Solari (2005–2007, 2010–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Tomás De Vincenti (2014–2016)
- Armenia
- Template:Flagicon Romik Khachatryan (2002–2003)
- Australia
- Template:Flagicon Paul Okon (2005–2006)
- Austria
- Belarus
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Renan Bressan (2016–2017)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Template:Flagicon Aílton Almeida (2010–2012)
- Template:Flagicon William Boaventura (2010–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Carlão (2014–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Zé Carlos (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon João Guilherme (2013–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Kaká (2011–2012, 2014–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Gustavo Manduca (2010–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Veridiano Marcelo (1998–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Marcinho (2010–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Emerson Moisés Costa (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Oliveira (2011–2014)
- Template:Flagicon Jean Paulista (2008–2010)
- Template:Flagicon César Santin (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Marcos Tavares (2007)
- Colombia
- Template:Flagicon Hamilton Ricard (2004–2005)
- Costa Rica
- Template:Flagicon Rónald Gómez (2006–2007)
- Croatia
- Template:Flagicon Ardian Kozniku (1997)
- Czech Republic
- Template:Flagicon Tomáš Votava (2003–2004)
- Denmark
- Template:Flagicon Mikkel Beckmann (2013)
- England
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Chris Bart-Williams (2004–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Dave Esser (1982–1983)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon Terry McDermott (1985–1987)
- Template:Flagicon Ian Moores (1983–1988)
- Template:Flagicon Gary Owen (1988–1989)
- France
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Bark Seghiri (2006–2009)
- Germany
- Template:Flagicon Martin Lanig (2015)
- Ghana
- Template:Flagicon Ebenezer Hagan (2005)
- Greece
- Template:Flagicon Georgios Amanatidis (2003–2004)
- Template:Flagicon Dionisis Chiotis (2008–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Giannis Gianniotas (2016–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Alexandros Kaklamanos (2005–2006)
- Template:Flagicon Michalis Kapsis (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Christos Karipidis (2012–2013)
- Template:Flagicon Christos Kontis (2006–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Nikos Machlas (2006–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Spiros Marangos (2000–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Marinos Ouzounidis (2001–2003)
- Template:Flagicon Anastasios Papazoglou (2014–2015)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Savvas Poursaitides (2008–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Miltiadis Sapanis (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Ilias Solakis (2001–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Alexandros Tziolis (2012–2013)
- Template:Flagicon Georgios Vakouftsis (2002–2005)
- Hungary
- Template:Flagicon József Kiprich (1995–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Kálmán Kovács (1995–1996)
- Template:Flagicon István Kozma (1995–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Barnabás Sztipánovics (2002–2003)
- Template:Flagicon Roland Sallai (2017–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Norbert Balogh (2018–2019)
- Ireland
- Template:Flagicon Cillian Sheridan (2013–2015)
- Israel
- Template:Flagicon Dudu Biton (2013)
- Jordan
- Template:Flagicon Musa Al-Taamari (2018–2020)
- North Macedonia
- Template:Flagicon Boban Grnčarov (2009–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Goran Lazarevski (2000–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Jane Nikolovski (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Milan Stojanovski (2004–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Ivan Tričkovski (2010–2012)
- Morocco
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed Chaouch (1999–2000)
- Netherlands
- Template:Flagicon Joost Broerse (2008–2011)
- Template:Flagicon John van Loen (1998)
- Nigeria
- Template:Flagicon Michael Obiku (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Benjamin Onwuachi (2008–2009)
- Northern Ireland
- Template:Flagicon Tommy Cassidy (1983–1985)
- Norway
- Template:Flagicon John Arne Riise (2014–2015)
- Paraguay
- Template:Flagicon Aldo Adorno (2011–2014)
- Peru
- Template:Flagicon Alfonso Dulanto (1997–1998)
- Poland
- Template:Flagicon Kamil Kosowski (2008–2010)
- Template:Flagicon Wojciech Kowalczyk (2003–2004)
- Template:Flagicon Marcin Żewłakow (2008–2010)
- Portugal
- Template:Flagicon Paulo Costa (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Fernandes (2005–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Tiago Gomes (2013–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Paulo Jorge (2009–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Kenedy (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Hélio Pinto (2006–2013)
- Template:Flagicon Mário Sérgio (2012–2016)
- Romania
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Florea (2006–2009)
- Serbia
- Template:Flagicon Dragiša Binić (1993–1994)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Siniša Gogić (1989–1993, 2000–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Saša Jovanović (2005–2006)
- Template:Flagicon Vesko Mihajlović (1993–1994)
- Template:Flagicon Nenad Mirosavljević (2008–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Svetozar Šapurić (1989–1993, 1995–1996)
- Slovakia
- Template:Flagicon Mário Breška (2009–2010)
- Template:Flagicon Branislav Rzeszoto (2004–2005)
- Slovenia
- Template:Flagicon Alfred Jermaniš (1996–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Miran Pavlin (2004–2005)
- Togo
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Paul Abalo (2006)
- Tunisia
- Template:Flagicon Tijani Belaid (2011–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Selim Benachour (2012–2014)
HonoursEdit
- Source:<ref name="apoelfc_honours"/>
- Cypriot Championship
- Cypriot Cup
- Cypriot Super Cup
- Winners (15): 1963, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2024
RecordsEdit
Last update: 16 March 2017
- Record League win: 17–1 vs Template:Flagicon Aris Limassol (4 June 1967) — 1966–67
- Record League defeat: 6–1 vs Template:Flagicon Nea Salamina (2 May 1998) — 1997–98
- Record European competition win: 6–0 vs Template:Flagicon SK Gjøvik-Lyn (8 September 1963) — UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Preliminary round 1st leg, 1963–64<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Record European competition defeat: 16–1 vs Template:Flagicon Sporting CP (13 November 1963) — UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1st round 1st leg, 1963–64<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Most consecutive League games unbeaten: 34 — From 18 September 1946 to 23 November 1949
- Most consecutive League games won: 16 — From 21 December 2008 to 11 April 2009
- Most League points in a season:
- 3 for win: 83, 2015–16<ref name="2016records">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> (full season) — 69, 2008–09 (regular season)
- 2 for win: 51, 1976–77
- Most League goals in a season: 91, 2015–16<ref name="2016records"/>
- Record average League home attendance: 9,582 — 2012–13<ref name="tickets 2013"/>
- Record League home attendance: 23,043 vs Template:Flagicon Omonia (7 December 2002) — 2002–03<ref name="stadium"/>
- Record European competition home attendance: 22,701 vs Template:Flagicon Olympique Lyonnais (7 March 2012) — UEFA Champions League, Last-16 2nd leg, 2011–12<ref name="22701 εισιτήρια"/>
- Most League appearances for club: 371 — Template:Flagicon Yiannos Ioannou
- Most League goals for club : 191 — Template:Flagicon Yiannos Ioannou
- Most European competitions appearances for club: 91 — Template:Flagicon Nuno Morais
- Most European competitions goals for club : 9 — Template:Flagicon Aílton José Almeida
League and Cup historyEdit
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IFFHS Club world rankingEdit
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
---|---|---|---|
273 | Template:Flagicon | BK Häcken | 76,00 |
274 | Template:Flagicon | Alanyaspor | 75,50 |
275 | Template:Flagicon | Cercle Brugge | 75,50 |
276 | Template:Flagicon | APOEL | 75,25 |
277 | Template:Flagicon | FC Sheriff | 75,25 |
278 | Template:Flagicon | Universitatea Cluj | 75 |
279 | Template:Flagicon | Universitatea Craiova | 75 |
Last update: 7 July 2024
Source: IFFHS
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Template:Official website Template:In lang
- APOEL Athletic Football Club official website Template:In lang
- Template:Usurped Template:In lang (archived)
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