2009–10 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2009–10 season
Chairman	Phivos Erotokritou
Manager	Ivan Jovanović
Stadium	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division	2nd
Cypriot Cup	Runners-up
LTV Super Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nenad Mirosavljević (11); All: ; Nenad Mirosavljević (21)
Highest home attendance	21,657 vs Chelsea ; (30 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1,880 vs Apollon Limassol ; (8 May 2010)
Average home league attendance	9,799 (all competitions)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was APOEL's 70th season in the Cypriot First Division and 82nd year in existence as a football club.

Season review

Pre-season and friendlies

The first training session for the season took place on June 10, 2009, at the GSP Stadium and on June 21, the team left to Obertraun in Austria, to perform the main stage of their pre-season training. On July 3, the team moved to Leogang to continue their pre-season preparation. APOEL returned to Cyprus on July 9. During the pre-season training stage in Austria, APOEL played three friendly matches.

Domestic Competitions

LTV Super Cup

APOEL started the season by winning the 2009 Cypriot Super Cup, beating APOP Kinyras 2–1 on 9 August 2009. Sebastián González opened the score for APOP Kinyras in the 4th minute and APOEL equalised with Boban Grnčarov in the 49th minute. The winner came from Nektarios Alexandrou in the 85th minute.

Marfin Laiki League

APOEL finished 2nd in the 2009–10 Cypriot First Division with 65 points, behind champions Omonia which had 74 points. So, APOEL won a place for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Cypriot Cup

APOEL reached the final of the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup by eliminating Ethnikos Achna (4–2 agg.), Ermis Aradippou (6–0 agg.) and Aris Limassol (2–0 agg.). In the Cup final which held at GSZ Stadium on 15 May 2010, APOEL lost from Apollon Limassol by 2–1. Apollon took the lead in the 1st minute with a goal from Moustapha Bangura and APOEL equalised in the 23rd minute with a header from Marcin Żewłakow. Apollon scored the winner with Giorgos Merkis in the 72nd minute with a header from close range.

UEFA Champions League

APOEL's 2009–10 UEFA Champions League lineup that drew 2–2 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.^[1]

The team was the current holders of the Cypriot championship and as such entered the UEFA Champions League qualifying stages. A successful campaign saw them through to the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stages by eliminating EB/Streymur (5–0 agg.), FK Partizan (2–1 agg.) and F.C. Copenhagen (3–2 agg.). APOEL were drawn in Group D against Chelsea F.C., F.C. Porto and Atlético Madrid.

The choreography displayed by APOEL fans in the match against Chelsea to celebrate their first ever home UEFA Champions League group stage match.

On matchday 1, APOEL drew 0–0 against Atlético Madrid at the first game at Vicente Calderón Stadium and won its first ever point in group stages. On matchday 2, APOEL faced up English giants Chelsea F.C. and the Cypriot team was beaten 0–1 by Nicolas Anelka's goal in the 18th minute. On matchday 3, APOEL played against F.C. Porto at Dragão. APOEL took the lead on 22’ from Álvaro Pereira's own goal but Hulk scored two goals on 33’ and 48’ with a penalty and finally lost 2–1. Then followed another match against F.C. Porto in Nicosia for matchday 4. APOEL stood well but lost 1–0 after Radamel Falcao's goal in the 84th minute. On matchday 5, APOEL drew 1–1 with Atlético Madrid at GSP Stadium. APOEL took the lead in the game in the 5th minute after Nenad Mirosavljević scored, but Atlético Madrid equalised with the Portuguese international Simão Sabrosa on 62 minutes. For matchday 6, on December 8, 2009 APOEL travelled to London to play against Chelsea F.C. At Stamford Bridge the team had the support of 6,000 fans who traveled from Cyprus. APOEL took the lead on 6th minute with Marcin Żewłakow, but Chelsea scored two goals with Michael Essien on 19’ and Didier Drogba on 26' to make it 2–1. APOEL equalised after Nenad Mirosavljević scored in the 87th minute and the match ended 2–2.

APOEL finished fourth in the group having equal points with Atlético Madrid, but failed to qualify to UEFA Europa League, because of the away goal that Atlético Madrid had scored in Nicosia. At the end of the season Atlético became the eventual winner of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Current squad

Last Update: February 13, 2010^[2]

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	CYP	Michalis Morfis
3	DF	POR	Paulo Jorge
4	DF	CYP	Andreas Charalambous
5	DF	MKD	Boban Grnčarov
7	DF	GRE	Savvas Poursaitidis
8	FW	POL	Adrian Sikora
9	FW	CYP	Andreas Papathanasiou
10	MF	CYP	Constantinos Charalambides
11	MF	POL	Kamil Kosowski
12	MF	CYP	Emilios Panayiotou
14	DF	NED	Joost Broerse
15	DF	CYP	Marios Antoniades
17	MF	CYP	Marinos Satsias (captain)
18	MF	CYP	Achilleas Vasiliou
19	DF	CYP	Marios Elia
20	MF	BRA	Jean Paulista
21	FW	POL	Marcin Żewłakow


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	GRE	Dionisis Chiotis
23	MF	POR	Helio Pinto
24	DF	GRE	Christos Kontis
26	MF	POR	Nuno Morais
29	MF	CYP	Nektarios Alexandrou
30	FW	SRB	Nenad Mirosavljević
31	GK	CYP	Sofronis Avgousti
32	DF	ALB	Altin Haxhi
33	MF	CYP	Chrysis Michael
37	FW	SVK	Mário Breška
44	DF	GRE	Vangelis Koutsopoulos
60	GK	CYP	Kyriacos Ioannou
71	MF	CYP	Marios Theodorou
77	DF	CYP	Athos Solomou
81	MF	BRA	Marcinho
88	GK	CYP	Tasos Kissas

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2009.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2009–10.

Squad changes

In:

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
9	CF	Papathanasiou	25	EU	Ermis Aradippou	Loan Return →	Summer	2010	—	—
37	RW	Breška	29	EU	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	€100K	apoelfc.com.cy
5	CB	Grnčarov	26	Non-EU	Gent	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
3	CB	Paulo Jorge	28	EU	Braga	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
8	CF	Sikora	29	EU	Murcia	Transfer Y	Summer	2011	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
77	RM	Solomou	23	EU	Apollon Limassol	Transfer Y	Summer	2012	€75K	apoelfc.com.cy
31	GK	Avgousti	32	EU	Aris Limassol	Transfer Y	Winter	2010	Free	—
44	LB	Koutsopoulos	29	EU	Atromitos	Transfer Y	Winter	2011	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
81	AM	Marcinho	28	Non-EU	Marítimo	Transfer Y	Winter	2012	€210K	apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: €385K

Out:

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
4	CB	Christou	25	EU	Omonia Nicosia	CFA DRC decision N	Summer	€80K	apoelfc.com.cy
5	LB	Florea	33	EU	Dunărea Galați	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
8	CB	Seghiri	30	EU	Panserraikos	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
80	CF	Onwuachi	25	Non-EU	Ionikos	Loan Return →	Summer	—	—
77	RB	Panayiotou	20	EU	Digenis Morphou	Loan →	Summer	Free	Sigma Live
40	DM	Economides	19	EU	Digenis Morphou	Loan →	Summer	Free	Sigma Live
6	DM	Kyriakou	23	EU	Olympiakos Nicosia	Loan →	Winter	Free	Sigma Live

Total income: €80K

Last updated: February 2, 2010

Squad stats

				Total						Marfin Laiki League 2009-10					Cypriot Cup					UEFA Champions League					LTV Super Cup
Country	N	P	Name	GS	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R
	1	GK	Morfis	1	1	90				1	90
	3	CB	Paulo Jorge	20	23	1676	2	5		13	939	1	4		3	241	1			6	406		1		1	90
	5	CB	Grnčarov	22	29	2094	3	7		17	1196	2	4		4	360		1		7	448		2		1	90	1
	7	RB	Poursaitides	38	38	3404		6		24	2119				4	385		2		9	810		4		1	90
	8	CF	Sikora	3	5	216	2			3	128	2								1	24				1	64
	9	CF	Papathanasiou	4	23	817	3			15	650	3			4	121				3	34				1	12
	10	RM	Charalambides	35	44	3093	11	5	1	27	1767	9	3	1	7	493	2	1		10	833		1
	11	LM	Kosowski	33	35	2731	4			20	1599	2			5	396	1			10	736	1
	12	AM	Panayiotou		1	18									1	18
	14	CB	Broerse	26	33	2431		8	1	19	1246		5		4	357				9	738		3	1	1	90
	15	LB	Antoniades		1	31									1	31
	17	DM	Satsias	18	23	1392		4		13	797		1		2	132				8	463		3
	19	RB	Elia	22	26	1989		6		16	1335		5		3	111				6	453		1		1	90
	20	SS	Paulista	10	28	1147	2	2		18	785	2	2		5	240				4	96				1	26
	21	CF	Żewłakow	25	33	2038	8	3		19	1170	3	1		5	413	1	1		9	455	4	1
	22	GK	Chiotis	39	39	3497		4		23	2057		4		4	360				12	1080
	23	AM	Pinto	34	45	3318	3	6		25	1818	1	4		7	619	2			12	836		2		1	45
	24	CB	Kontis	43	43	3814	2	3		27	2367	2	2		6	550				10	897		1
	26	CM	Morais	44	46	3983	1	7		29	2433	1	5		5	480		2		11	980				1	90
	29	LM	Alexandrou	21	36	1903	3	5		23	1374	1	3		3	109				9	330	1	2		1	90	1
	30	CF	Mirosavljević	33	38	2922	21	1		23	1691	11	1		3	300	5			11	886	5			1	45
	31	GK	Avgousti
	32	LB	Haxhi	24	25	2002	1	7	2	14	1060	1	2		4	368		3	1	7	574		2	1
	33	CM	Michael	36	39	3183	9	1		26	2122	7	1		5	423				8	638	2
	37	RW	Breška	14	31	1325	1	3		20	902	1	1		4	183				6	162		2		1	78
	44	LB	Koutsopoulos	11	11	915	1	2		9	780		2		2	135	1
	60	GK	Ioannou
	71	RM	Theodorou
	77	RM	Solomou	1	10	321	1	1		7	136	1	1		3	185
	81	AM	Marcinho	3	9	271				8	268				1	3
	88	GK	Kissas	12	12	1110				8	720				3	300									1	90

Last updated: May 20, 2010
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, apoelfc.com.cy
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extended name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); GS = Game Started; A = Appearances.

Captains

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Ivan Jovanović
Assistant manager	Yiannos Ioannou
First team coach/Scout	Predrag Erak
Goalkeeping coach	Foto Strakosha
Fitness coach	Giorgos Paraskeva
Team doctor	Costas Schizas

Last updated: November 21, 2008
Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Kit

Supplier: Puma
Sponsor(s): MTN

Home

Away

Third

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Other information

Chairman	Phivos Erotokritou
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Pre-season friendlies

2009-06-24

18:00 EET

APOEL	2 – 1	MFK Košice
Papathanasiou 64' Michael 85'	(Report)	Elia 55' (o.g.)

Obertraun, Austria

2009-07-02

19:00 EET

APOEL	2 – 1	FC Fehérvár
Michael 71' (pen.) Papathanasiou 90'	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Máté 63'

Windischgarsten, Austria

2009-07-06

19:00 EET

APOEL	0 – 2	Mladá Boleslav
	(Report)	Pecka 35' Řezníček 87'

Leogang, Austria

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Marfin Laiki League	—	2nd	30 August 2009	8 May 2010
UEFA Champions League	2nd qualifying	Group stage	14 July 2009	8 December 2009
Cypriot Cup	2nd round	Runners-up	6 January 2010	15 May 2010
LTV Super Cup	Final	Winners	9 August 2009

Updated to match played May 15, 2010
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	18	4	4	45	20	+25	58	Qualification for second round, Group A
3	Apollon Limassol	26	17	6	3	43	15	+28	57
4	APOEL	26	16	7	3	46	18	+28	55
5	AEL Limassol	26	14	3	9	32	22	+10	45	Qualification for second round, Group B
6	APOP Kinyras	26	10	4	12	40	44	−4	34	Qualification for second round, Group B

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League, one for the second and one for the first qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.

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	19	8	5	53	24	+29	65	11	3	2	29	9	+20	8	5	3	24	15	+9

Last updated: May 9, 2010.
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	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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on May 9, 2010. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs table

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Omonia Nicosia (C)	32	22	8	2	60	25	+35	74	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	APOEL	32	19	8	5	53	24	+29	65	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	32	19	7	6	51	27	+24	64	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Apollon Limassol	32	17	9	6	47	23	+24	60	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Apollon Limassol qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup.

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season

2009-08-30

19:00

APOP/Kinyras	4 – 3	APOEL
Pinto 19' (o.g.) Buyse 53' Zeljkovič 65' (pen.) Semedo 69' Grimaldi 90+3'	(Report)	Paulo Jorge 24' Haxhi 31' Mirosavljević 61' (pen.)

Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia

Attendance: 2,525

Referee: Christos Nicolaidis

2009-09-12

20:00

APOEL	0 – 0	AEP Paphos
	(Report)

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	19	8	5	53	24	+29	65	11	3	2	29	9	+20	8	5	3	24	15	+9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	POR	ATM	APO
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	4–0	2–2
2	Porto	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	2–0	2–1
3	Atlético Madrid	6	0	3	3	3	12	−9	3	Transfer to Europa League	2–2	0–3	—	0–0
4	APOEL	6	0	3	3	4	7	−3	3		0–1	0–1	1–1	—

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	19	8	5	53	24	+29	65	11	3	2	29	9	+20	8	5	3	24	15	+9

2009–10 APOEL FC season

Season review

Pre-season and friendlies