2007–08 APOEL F.C. season
| 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 | Runners-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 Limassol (30 January 2008) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 6,445 (all competitions) | |||
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The 2007–08 season was APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division and 80th year in existence as a football club.
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 6 January 2008, due to the club's lower-than-expected performance in the Cypriot First Division and two days later he was replaced by Ivan Jovanović who managed to help the club to win the Cypriot Cup at the end of the season.[1]
Squad
Last update: 16 April 2008[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad Changes
In:
| N |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | DM |  |
Morais | 23 | EU | Chelsea  |
Transfer  |
Summer | 2009 | Free | reuters.com |
| 12 | GK |  |
Nikolovski | 33 | Non-EU | Slaven Belupo  |
Transfer |
Summer | 2009 | Free | — |
| 6 | DM |  |
Emerson | 35 | EU | AEK Athens  |
Transfer |
Summer | 2008 | Free | uefacup.com |
| 21 | LW | |
Tavares | 23 | Non-EU | Porto Alegre |
Transfer |
Summer | 2010 | Free | — |
| 14 | CF | |
Evilasio | 27 | Non-EU | Porto Alegre |
Transfer |
Summer | 2008 | Free | — |
| 31 | CF | |
Zé Carlos | 32 | EU | Braga |
Transfer |
Summer | 2009 | Free | uefa.com |
| 7 | RW | |
Rubens | 22 | Non-EU | Villa Rio |
Loan  |
Summer | 2008 | Free | — |
| 69 | CF |  |
Corović | 31 | Non-EU | AEL Limassol | Loan |
Summer | 2008 | Free | — |
| 32 | LB |  |
Haxhi | 32 | EU | Ergotelis |
Transfer |
Winter | 2009 | Free | — |
| 14 | CB |  |
Broerse | 28 | EU | Utrecht |
Transfer |
Winter | 2009 | Free | nu.nl |
| 30 | CF | |
Mirosavljević | 30 | Non-EU | Smederevo |
Transfer |
Winter | 2009 | Free | — |
| 7 | RW |  |
Charalambides | 26 | EU | Carl Zeiss Jena  |
Transfer |
Winter | 2010 | Free | — |
Total expenditure: 
€0
Out:
| N |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | LW |  |
Gómez | 32 | Non-EU | Deportivo Saprissa |
Loan return |
Summer | — | — |
| 99 | CF | |
Neophytou | 30 | EU | AEK Larnaca | End of contract  |
Summer | Free | — |
| 22 | LB | |
Sampson | 25 | EU | AEL Limassol | End of contract |
Summer | Free | — |
| 29 | CF |  |
Solari | 26 | EU | UNAM  |
Transfer |
Summer | €200K | — |
| 6 | CB | |
Okkarides | 29 | EU | Apollon Limassol | End of contract |
Summer | Free | — |
| 12 | GK | |
Kythreotis | 26 | EU | ASIL Lysi | End of contract |
Summer | Free | — |
| 7 | RW |  |
Barreto | 24 | Non-EU | Universidad San Martín |
Mutual consent |
Summer | Free | — |
| 14 | CF | |
Evilasio | 27 | Non-EU | Pelita Bandung Raya  |
Contract termination |
Winter | Free | — |
| 19 | RB | |
Elia | 28 | EU | Ethnikos Achna | Loan |
Winter | Free | — |
| 7 | RW | |
Rubens | 23 | Non-EU | Villa Rio |
Loan return |
Winter | — | — |
| 21 | LW | |
Tavares | 23 | Non-EU | Maribor  |
Mutual consent |
Winter | Free | — |
| 22 | LM | |
Sapanis | 31 | EU | Ionikos |
Mutual consent |
Winter | Free | — |
| 6 | DM | |
Emerson | 35 | EU | Madureira |
Mutual consent |
Winter | Free | — |
| 10 | AM | |
Fernandes | 29 | EU | Metalurh Donetsk  |
Transfer |
Winter | €200K | — |
Total income: 
€400K
Last updated: 31 January 2008
Club
The Management
Last updated: 16 April 2008 |
KitSupplier: Lotto
Source: apoelfc.com.cy |
Other information
| Chairman | Kyriakos Zivanaris |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m) |
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Competitions
Overall
| Competition | Started 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 | Winners | 24 October 2007 | 17 May 2008 |
| Cyprus FA Shield | Final | Runners-up | 25 August 2008 | |
Last updated: 20 May 2008
Source: Competitions
Marfin Laiki League
Classification
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anorthosis | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 64 | Second round, Group A |
| 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 March 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 |
| 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 |
Last updated: 11 May 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: 11 May 2008.
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Playoffs Table
The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anorthosis (C) | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 72 | 2008-09 Champions League First qualifying round |
| 2 | APOEL | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 61 | 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round |
| 3 | Omonia | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 52 | |
| 4 | AEK | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 |
Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Matches
All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET
Regular season
2 September 2007 19:30 |
| APOEL | 3 – 2 | Doxa |
|---|---|---|
Machlas  53', 70' Michael 71' (pen.) |
(Report) | Da Costa 26', 84' |
23 September 2007 19:00 |
| APOEL | 4 – 0 | APOP Kinyras |
|---|---|---|
| Michael 14', 71' (pen.) Makrides 30'Machlas 42' |
(Report) |
7 October 2007 18:00 |
| APOEL | 3 – 1 | Nea Salamis |
|---|---|---|
| Satsias 65' Machlas 68'Fernandes 79' |
(Report) | Dolores 63' |
28 October 2007 18:00 |
| Olympiakos | 2 – 2 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| González 27' Panigutti 67' |
(Report) | Machlas 50' Makrides 74' |
2 December 2007 18:00 |
| Aris | 2 – 2 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Mihalcea 62' Seper 75' |
(Report) | Makrides 13' Michael 90+5' (pen.) |
22 December 2007 17:00 |
| Doxa | 2 – 2 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Kamal 52' Da Costa 88' |
(Report) | Daskalakis 11' Makrides 38' (pen.) |
2 February 2008 17:00 |
| Apollon | 0 – 2 Awarded[note 2] |
APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Risso 30' (pen.) Torresi 32' |
(Report) | Zé Carlos 19' Michael 90+3' (pen.) |
10 February 2008 16:30 |
| APOEL | 4 – 0 | Olympiakos |
|---|---|---|
| Corović 19' Makrides 44'Broerse 86'Charalambides 89' |
(Report) |
Playoffs
29 March 2008 17:30 |
| Omonia | 1 – 2 | APOEL |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiafas 21' (pen.) |
(Report) | Michael 42' (pen.) Charalambides 80' |
UEFA Champions League
First Qualifying Round
BATE won 3–2 on aggregate.
Cyprus FA Shield
Cypriot Cup
Fourth round
APOEL won 9–0 on aggregate.
Group stage (Group B)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anorthosis | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 14 |
| APOEL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 |
| Ayia Napa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| Aris Limassol | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 3 |
| Advanced to Semi-Finals |
Semi-Finals
APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
APOEL won the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup (19th title).
Notes
- ↑ Match abandoned (at 2–0) after 46 minutes due to rioting by Apollon fans. APOEL awarded the match with the existing (before interruption) 2–0 score.
- ↑ Match abandoned (at 2–2) after 90+8 minutes due attack to the referee by Apollon players and pitch invasion by Apollon fans. APOEL awarded a 2–0 win.
- ↑ Match played in a neutral stadium because APOEL handed stadium ban after their supporters displayed a banner with racist content in a previous game.
References
- ↑ "Jovanović reappointed by APOEL". UEFA.com. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
- ↑ "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOELFC.com.cy. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.