2007–08 APOEL F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division and 80th year in existence as a football club.

APOEL
2007–08 season
ChairmanKyriakos Zivanaris
ManagerMarinos Ouzounidis
(Until 6 January 2008)
Ivan Jovanović
(From 8 January 2008)
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division2nd
Cypriot CupWinners
Cyprus FA ShieldRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Constantinos Makrides (13)
All:
Constantinos Makrides (15)
Highest home attendance17,446 vs Omonia
(8 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance373 vs Aris Limassol
(30 January 2008)
Average home league attendance6,445 (all competitions)

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.

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

Squad changes

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
26 DM Morais 23EU Chelsea Transfer Y Summer 2009 Free reuters.com
12 GK Nikolovski 33Non-EU Slaven Belupo Transfer Y Summer 2009 Free —
6 DM Emerson 35EU AEK Athens Transfer Y Summer 2008 Free uefacup.com
21 LW Tavares 23Non-EU Porto Alegre Transfer Y Summer 2010 Free —
14 CF Evilasio 27Non-EU Porto Alegre Transfer Y Summer 2008 Free —
31 CF Zé Carlos 32EU Braga Transfer Y Summer 2009 Free uefa.com
7 RW Rubens 22Non-EU Villa Rio Loan Summer 2008 Free —
69 CF Corović 31Non-EU AEL Limassol Loan Summer 2008 Free —
32 LB Haxhi 32EU Ergotelis Transfer Y Winter 2009 Free —
14 CB Broerse 28EU Utrecht Transfer Y Winter 2009 Free nu.nl
30 CF Mirosavljević 30Non-EU Smederevo Transfer Y Winter 2009 Free —
7 RW Charalambides 26EU Carl Zeiss Jena Transfer Y Winter 2010 Free —

Total expenditure: €0

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
9 LW Gómez 32Non-EU Deportivo Saprissa Loan return Summer — —
99 CF Neophytou 30EU AEK Larnaca End of contract N Summer Free —
22 LB Sampson 25EU AEL Limassol End of contract N Summer Free —
29 CF Solari 26EU UNAM Transfer Y Summer €200K —
6 CB Okkarides 29EU Apollon Limassol End of contract N Summer Free —
12 GK Kythreotis 26EU ASIL Lysi End of contract N Summer Free —
7 RW Barreto 24Non-EU Universidad San Martín Mutual consent N Summer Free —
14 CF Evilasio 27Non-EU Pelita Bandung Raya Contract termination N Winter Free —
19 RB Elia 28EU Ethnikos Achna Loan Winter Free —
7 RW Rubens 23Non-EU Villa Rio Loan return Winter — —
21 LW Tavares 23Non-EU Maribor Mutual consent N Winter Free —
22 LM Sapanis 31EU Ionikos Mutual consent N Winter Free —
6 DM Emerson 35EU Madureira Mutual consent N Winter Free —
10 AM Fernandes 29EU Metalurh Donetsk Transfer Y Winter €200K —

Total income: €400K

Last updated: 31 January 2008

Club

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 200710 May 2008
UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying 1st qualifying 17 July 200724 July 2007
Cypriot Cup 4th round Winners 24 October 200717 May 2008
Cyprus FA Shield Final Runners-up 25 August 2008

Updated to match played 20 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League
Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 19 7 0 49 13 +36 64 Qualification for 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 Larnaca 26 12 5 9 34 32 +2 41
5 Apollon Limassol 26 10 9 7 40 33 +7 39 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: soccerway.com

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWLWLWWDWWWDWDDLDLWWWWWWWLWWDLWDL
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis Famagusta (C) 32 20 12 0 58 19 +39 72 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 18 7 7 58 28 +30 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Omonia 32 14 10 8 42 31 +11 52
4 AEK Larnaca 32 14 8 10 46 42 +4 50
Source:
(C) Champion.

Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season
APOEL3 – 2Doxa
Machlas  53', 70'
Michael  71' (pen.)		 (Report) Da Costa  26', 84'
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Anorthosis1 – 0APOEL
Nikolaou  57' (Report)
Attendance: 7,922
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
APOEL4 – 0APOP Kinyras
Michael  14', 71' (pen.)
Makrides  30'
Machlas  42'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Harris Glykis
EN Paralimni1 – 0APOEL
Eleftheriou  44' (Report)
Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
Attendance: 2,332
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3 – 1Nea Salamis
Satsias  65'
Machlas  68'
Fernandes  79'		 (Report) Dolores  63'
Attendance: 6,934
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL2 – 0
Awarded[note 1]		Apollon
Pinto  30'
Machlas  36'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,389
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Olympiakos2 – 2APOEL
González  27'
Panigutti  67'		 (Report) Machlas  50'
Makrides  74'
Attendance: 6,844
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
APOEL1 – 0AEK
Makrides  55' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Alki0 – 4APOEL
(Report) Machlas  21', 59'
Makrides  67'
Fernandes  70'
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Harris Glykis
APOEL2 – 1Ethnikos Achna
Kontis  16'
Michael  74'		 (Report) Georgiades  59'
Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Aris2 – 2APOEL
Mihalcea  62'
Seper  75'		 (Report) Makrides  13'
Michael  90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,456
Referee: Petros Panayides
APOEL1 – 0Omonia
Makrides  16' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 17,446
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
AEL1 – 1APOEL
Tiquinho  62' (Report) Pinto  43'
Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Doxa2 – 2APOEL
Kamal  52'
Da Costa  88'		 (Report) Daskalakis  11'
Makrides  38' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
APOEL0 – 1Anorthosis
(Report) Skopelitis  90+1'
Attendance: 12,968
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
APOP Kinyras1 – 1APOEL
Efthymiou  90+2' (Report) Corović  84'
Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia, Paphos
Attendance: 1,670
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos
APOEL0 – 1EN Paralimni
(Report) Freddy  45'
Attendance: 4,256
Referee: Marios Panayi
Nea Salamis1 – 3APOEL
Louka  83' (pen.) (Report) Zé Carlos  36', 45', 59'
Attendance: 807
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Apollon0 – 2
Awarded[note 2]		APOEL
Risso  30' (pen.)
Torresi  32'		 (Report) Zé Carlos  19'
Michael  90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,676
Referee: Marios Stamatis
APOEL4 – 0Olympiakos
Corović  19'
Makrides  44'
Broerse  86'
Charalambides  89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
AEK0 – 3APOEL
(Report) Zé Carlos  58', 67'
Makrides  81'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Christos Ilia
APOEL3 – 0Alki
(Report) Machlas  15'
Broerse  86'
Satsias  90+2'
Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Ethnikos Achna0 – 2APOEL
(Report) Machlas  23'
Makrides  79'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Harris Glykis
APOEL3 – 0Aris
Charalambides  45', 88'
Louka  72'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Omonia2 – 1APOEL
Cafú  21'
Maris  78'		 (Report) Mirosavljević  36'
Attendance: 15,789
Referee: Christos Ilia
APOEL2 – 0AEL
Makrides  52' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos

Playoffs
Omonia1 – 2APOEL
Kaiafas  21' (pen.) (Report) Michael  42' (pen.)
Charalambides  80'
Attendance: 11,306
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis
APOEL1 – 1Anorthosis
Zé Carlos  90+2' (Report) Nikolaou  82'
Attendance: 10,027
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
AEK1 – 0APOEL
Paiva  85' (Report)
Attendance: 925
Referee: Leontios Trattou
APOEL2 – 1AEK
Michael  62' (pen.)
Mirosavljević  73'		 (Report) Adorno  82'
Attendance: 2,740
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
APOEL2 – 2Omonia
Makrides  33'
Kontis  69'		 (Report) Kaseke  31'
Chailis  54'
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Anorthosis3 – 0APOEL
Sosin  9', 49', 58' (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round
APOEL 2 – 0 BATE Borisov
Michael  42' (pen.)
Machlas  61'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: Olivier Thual
BATE Borisov 3 – 0
(a.e.t.)		 APOEL
Stasevich  14'
Platonaw  74'
Bliznyuk  104'		 (Report)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: William Collum

BATE won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cyprus FA Shield
Main article: Cyprus FA Shield
APOEL1 – 2Anorthosis
Pinto  68' (Report) Boaventura  17'
Nicolaou  59' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinidis

Cypriot Cup
Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot Cup

Fourth round
APOEL6 – 0Olympos Xylofagou
Tavares  7', 52'
Corović  43'
Fernandes  73'
Makrides  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
Olympos Xylofagou0 – 3APOEL
(Report) Tavares  42'
Corović  60'
Sapanis  78'
Attendance: 39
Referee: Yiannakis Ioannou

APOEL won 9–0 on aggregate.

Group B
Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis (A) 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advanced to Semi-Finals
2 APOEL (A) 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
3 Ayia Napa (B) 6 2 0 4 6 12 −6 6
4 Aris Limassol (A) 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
Anorthosis1 – 1APOEL
Sosin 84' (pen.) (Report) Satsias  50' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3 – 1Ayia Napa
Torres  2'
Sapanis  18'
Tavares  27'		 (Report) Skourides  79'
Attendance: 936
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
Aris0 – 2APOEL
(Report) Louka  35'
Torres  90+2'
Attendance: 246
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
APOEL3 – 1Aris
Corović  37'
Mirosavljević  88', 90+1'		 (Report) Alekou  74'
Attendance: 373
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
APOEL0 – 0Anorthosis
(Report)
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Ayia Napa1 – 0APOEL
Achilleos  33' (Report)
Attendance: 15
Referee: Stelios Zafiris

Semi-finals
Omonia2 – 1APOEL
Mguni  8'
Pletsch  33'		 (Report) Makrides  80'
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
APOEL2 – 0Omonia
Michael  41'
Mirosavljević  72'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,737
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final
APOEL2 – 0Anorthosis
Morais  53'
Mirosavljević  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos

APOEL won the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup (19th title).

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  1. "Jovanović reappointed by APOEL". UEFA.com. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  2. "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOELFC.com.cy. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
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