APOEL F.C.

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APOEL F.C.

Full name	Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias (Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia) Greek: Aθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Eλλήνων Λευκωσίας
Nickname(s)	Thrylos (legend) (Greek: Θρύλος)
Founded	1926
Ground	Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus (Capacity: 22,859)
Chairman	Fivos Erotokritou
Manager	Ivan Jovanović
League	Cypriot First Division
2008-09	1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

APOEL F.C.(Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ Ποδόσφαιρο) is a professional football club based in Lefkosia (Nicosia), Cyprus and they are one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association.^[1] APOEL is one of the most popular football teams in Cyprus and they are the most successful with an overall tally of 20 championships, 19 cups and 10 super cups. It's the first team in Cyprus that reached 20 championship titles. APOEL's European competitions highlights include appearances on the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League (2002-2003) and the second round of the UEFA Cup (2002-2003). APOEL F.C. is part of the APOEL multisport club, which was founded in 1926 and maintains departments for several sports including football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis and cycling. The name APOEL stands for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia)

Contents 1 History 2 Academy 3 Colours and badge 4 Stadium 5 Supporters 6 Current squad 7 Club officials 7.1 Board of directors 7.2 Coaching staff 7.3 Medical staff 8 Sponsorship 8.1 Other sponsors 9 Notable former players 10 Managerial history 11 Presidential history 12 Achievements 12.1 Football 12.2 Basketball 12.3 Volleyball 13 Records 14 European competitions record 15 APOEL F.C. as a company 16 References 17 External links 17.1 Official 17.2 Fan Sites

History

The club was formed as POEL (Greek: ΠΟΕΛ; Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia) on November 8, 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 all Greeks of the capital. The meeting took place at a traditional confectionery, owned by Charalambos Hadjioannou, down town in Ledra Street and the first president of the club was Giorgos Poulias^[2]. The first clubhouse was the "Athenians Club" (Greek: Λέσχη Αθηναίων) at the end of Ledra Street.^[2]

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.

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 on the final with 4-0. In 1934, there was a disagreement between Trast AC 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 September 23 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).^[1]

Politics, however, would soon spark conflict within the team. On May 23, 1948 the board of the club send 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, 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.^[3] A few days later, on June 4, 1948, they founded Omonia Nicosia Football Club. Omonia is to this date the arch rival of APOEL and there has been a traditional animosity between the fans of the two teams.

More conflicts led to further struggles for APOEL. Athletes belonging to the club frequently participated in national clashes. During the 1955-59 national up-rise 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.

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.^[3]

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.^[3] 1973 also saw triumphs for the basketball side of APOEL, who gained their first trophy by winning the national cup. Three years later in 1976 they succeeded in winning the first basketball championship. The volleyball side of the club experienced their most successful period between 1979 and 1985 when they won six championships and five cups.

The 1980s were a relatively fruitless period for APOEL. They have only won 2 championships (1980,1986), 1 cup (1984) and 2 FA shields (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 2 years disqualification from any UEFA competition.^[4] This penalty was later reduced to 1 year.

The 90s were a successful decade for APOEL with 3 championships (1990, 1992, 1996), 5 cups (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) and 4 FA shields (1992, 1993, 1996, 1999). The most successful season in the 90s 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.

On 1996 the APOEL Football Ltd. was formed.^[5] This had a significant effect on the club because it separated the activities of the football team from those of the sports club. The formation of the company was necessitated by the financial difficulties the team faced at the time.^[5] The company began its operations with a capital of CY£600,000.^[5]

In 2002, the football team embarked on an impressive European run, playing ten games before being knocked out, an impressive feat for a Cypriot club. The team participated in the Champions League and was knocked out by AEK Athens on the third qualifying round. They entered the UEFA Cup on the first round and advanced until the second round when they were knocked out by Hertha BSC Berlin.

APOEL has also a great history in Volleyball and Basketball. In volleyball APOEL won 8 championships (1 held by SEGAS, 1 by the Greek Volleyball Federation and 6 by the Cyprus Volleyball federation) and 5 Cups. Mainly the peak years for the APOEL volleyball team were between 1980-1990. Since then some good years were being made by the team but without any title outcome. In Basketball APOEL has the most cups won (11) and also has 9 championships in his golden history and there is no doubt that APOEL is one of the biggest basketball clubs in the country.

Academy

The APOEL academy are 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. The following players started from the academy and are now playing for APOEL: Constantinos Charalambides, Nektarios Alexandrou, Marinos Satsias and Marios Elia. All of them have also competed at international level with the Cyprus National Football Team while Charalambides and Nektarios Alexandrou have played for teams in the Greek Super League in the past.

Colours and badge

APOEL's colours are blue and yellow. Blue symbolises Greece and yellow symbolises Cyprus. The logo is a blue and yellow shield with the name of the club written diagonally in blue. The badge has remained the same since the establishment of the club.

Stadium

APOEL plays in the 22,859 seater New GSP Stadium (also known as the Pancypria Stadium), the biggest stadium in Cyprus, since October 23, 1999. They share it with local rivals Omonia.

APOEL played in the Makario Stadium from 1978 until 1999 and in the Old GSP Stadium before that.

The club's basketball and volleyball teams host their matches in the 3,000 seater Lefkotheo Indoor Arena which was built in 1980. The Lefkotheo Indoor Arena is also shared with Omonia. For many years APOEL B.C. used as home venue the biggest indoor sport venue in the island, the Eleftheria Indoor Hall with a capacity of 6,800 seats.

Supporters

APOEL is one of the most popular teams in Cyprus. APOEL fans are right-wing in their majority but there are no strong ties between the organised fans and any political party. That wasn't always the case but during the past years they have actively avoided association with any political party. During political elections the organised fans post "My [Political] Party is APOEL" (in Greek) on banners outside the fan club, stickers etc.

Main supporter groups include PAN.SY.FI (Greek: ΠΑΝ.ΣΥ.ΦΙ) and Pirates. PAN.SY.FI was founded in 1979 ^[6] 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. ^[6]

The club record for ticket sales in a single season is 116,015 (13 matches, home league games only) during the 2006-07 season.^[7] The average league game attendance (home) for the last 5 seasons is 8,218.^[8] The number of season tickets for the 2007-08 season was 5,442.^[9]

Current squad

Last Update: July 8, 2009^[10]

No. Position Player 1 GK Michalis Morfis 3 DF Paulo Jorge 6 MF Demetris Kyriakou 7 DF Savvas Poursaitidis 9 FW Andreas Papathanasiou 10 MF Constantinos Charalambides 11 MF Kamil Kosowski 14 DF Joost Broerse 15 DF Marios Antoniades 17 MF Marinos Satsias (captain) 19 DF Marios Elia 20 MF Jean Paulista 21 FW Marcin Żewłakow 22 GK Dionisis Chiotis 23 MF Helio Pinto

No. Position Player 24 DF Christos Kontis 26 MF Nuno Morais 29 MF Nektarios Alexandrou 30 FW Nenad Mirosavljević 32 DF Altin Haxhi 33 MF Chrysis Michael 37 FW Mário Breška 40 MF Giorgos Economides 60 GK Kyriacos Ioannou 71 MF Marios Theodorou 77 DF Panayiotis Panayiotou 88 GK Tasos Kissas - DF Boban Grnčarov - FW Adrian Sikora

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2009.

Club officials

Board of directors

• President: Fivos Erotokritou
• Vice-President: Giorgos Georgiou
• Director of Internal Organisation of Company: Alkis Filippou
• Director of Football: Theodoros Kyriakides
• Legal Director: Antis Polydorou
• Planning Director: Vassos Iliadis
• Planning Director: Theodoros Kyriakides
• Director of Fighting of Violence: Michalakis Rafael
• Safety Director: Stelios Zambas
• Marketing Director: Telis Ioannidis
• Marketing Director: Aliki Iliadou
• Communication Director: Takis Antoniou
• Director: Antonis Demetriou

Coaching staff

• Manager: Ivan Jovanović
• Assistant Manager: Yiannos Ioannou
• First Team Coach : Predrag Erak
• Goalkeeping Coach: Foto Strakosha
• Fitness Coach: Giorgos Paraskeva

Medical staff

• Club Doctor: Dr. Costas Schizas
• First Team Physiotherapist: Antonis Kentelis
• Assistant First Team Physiotherapist: Dimitri Stoyanov
• Team Nutritionist: Nicoletta Michaelidou

Sponsorship

• Official Shirt Sponsor - MTN ^[11]
• Official Short Sponsor - GCC
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer - Lotto
• Official Athletism Sponsor - Jeep
• Official Stadium Sponsor - Alfa Capital Holdings
• Official Communication Sponsor - LTV
• Official Sport Drink - Isostar

Other sponsors

• 4motion
• Aprilia
• GCC Computers Ltd.
• SGC
• CYFAST
• Dodge
• Pokka
• NetQuest
• Interwetten
• Chrysler
• KPMG

Notable former players

"See also" category: APOEL FC players

Cyprus Marios Agathokleous (2001-2003) Takis Antoniou (1972-1986) Aristos Aristokleous (1990-2001) Zacharias Charalambous (2001-2005) Andreas Christodoulou (1966-1970) Georgios Christodoulou (1995-2002) Costas Costa (1989-1999) Costas Fasouliotis (1990-2000) Antros Petridis (1984-2000) Demetris Daskalakis (2000-2008) Stavros Georgiou (2002-2007) Loukas Hadjiloukas (1987-2000) Yiannos Ioannou (1981-2000) Nikakis Kantzilieris (1961-1972) Constantinos Makrides (2004-2008) Costas Malekkos (2001-2005) Angelos Misos (1999-2001) Marios Neophytou (2004-2007) Stelios Okkarides (1997-98, 2001-07) Nikodimos Papavasiliou (2002-2003) Nicos Pantziaras (1972-1987) Koullis Pantziaras (1976-1992) Giannakis Sampson (2005-2007) Andros Sotiriou (1986-98, 2001) Andreas Stylianou (1963-1978) Diomidis Symeonidis (1926-1929, 1934-1935) Yiasoumis Yiasoumi (1998-2001)

Argentina Esteban Solari (2005-2007) Armenia Romik Khachatryan (2002-2003) Australia Paul Okon (2005-2006) Austria Alfred Hörtnagl (1997) Christoph Westerthaler (1997) Brazil Veridiano Marcelo (1998-2000) Emerson (2007) Zé Carlos (2007-2008) Colombia Hamilton Ricard (2004-2005) Costa Rica Rónald Gómez (2006-2007) Croatia Ardian Kozniku (1997) Czech Republic Tomáš Votava (2003-2004) England Chris Bart-Williams (2004-2005)

England (cont.) Dave Esser (1982-83) [12] Dean Gordon (2005) Terry McDermott (1985-87) Ian Moores (1983-1988) Gary Owen (1988-1989) France Jonathan Téhoué (2005-2006) Bark Seghiri (2006-2009) FYR Macedonia Goran Lazarevski (2000-2001) Milan Stojanovski (2004-2005) Jane Nikolovski (2007-2008) Greece Spiros Marangos (2000-2002) Marinos Ouzounidis (2001-2003) Ilias Solakis (2001-2002) Alexandros Kaklamanos (2005-2006) Michalis Kapsis (2006-2008) Nikos Machlas (2006-2008) Hungary József Kiprich (1995-1997) Kálmán Kovács (1995-1996) István Kozma (1995-1997) Barnabás Sztipánovics (2002-2003) Morocco Mohammed Chaouch (1999-2000)

Netherlands John van Loen (1998) Nigeria Michael Obiku (2000-2001) Patrick Ogunsoto (2001-2002) Benjamin Onwuachi (2008-2009) Northern Ireland Tommy Cassidy (1983-1985) Poland Wojciech Kowalczyk (2003-2004) Portugal Ricardo Fernandes (2005-2008) Daniel Kenedy (2005-2006) Romania Daniel Florea (2006-2009) Serbia Dragiša Binić (1993-94) Siniša Gogić (1989-1993, 2000-2002) Svetozar Šapurić (1989-1993, 1995-1996) Slovakia Branislav Rzeszoto (2004-2005) Slovenia Alfred Jermaniš (1996-1997) Miran Pavlin (2004-2005) Togo Jean-Paul Abalo (2005-2006)

Managerial history

"See also" category: APOEL FC managers

Last Update: May 9, 2008 ^[13]

1931-1933 Antone Jean 1933-1951 József Künsztler 1951-1952 Pambos Avraamides 1952-1953 Béla Guttmann 1953-1954 Pambos Avraamidis 1954-1955 Schwartz 1955-1956 Hanz 1956-1958 Kostas Talianos 1958-1959 Takis Tsigkis 1959-1961 Vaggelis Houmis 1961-1962 Andreas Lazarides 1962-1963 Jesse Carver 1963-1964 Neil Franklin 1964-1965 Kostas Talianos 1965-1966 Gyula Zsengellér 1966-1967 Lajos Szendrödi 1967-1967 Likourgos Arhontidis 1967-1969 Pambos Avraamides 1969-1970 Jesse Carver 1970-1971 Andreas Lazarides

1971-1972 Ray Wood 1972-1974 Panos Markovic 1974-1975 Andreas Lazarides 1975-1975 Panos Markovic 1975-1976 Andreas Lazarides 1976-1977 Savvas Partakis 1977-1978 Keith Spurgeon 1978-1981 Andreas Lazarides 1981-1983 Mike Ferguson 1983-1985 Panos Markovic 1985-1989 Tommy Cassidy 1989-1990 Ioannis Matzourakis 1990-1991 Stanko Poklepović 1991-1993 Jacek Gmoch 1993-1994 Takis Antoniou 1994-1995 Ioannis Matzourakis 1995-1996 Hristo Bonev 1996-1996 Svetozar Šapurić 1996-1997 Jacek Gmoch 1997-1997 Nikos Alefantos

1997-1998 Kurt Jara 1998-1998 Andreas Mouskallis 1998-1998 Costas Georgiou 1998-1999 Georgios Paraschos 1999-1999 Slobodan Vuceković 1999-2000 Andreas Michaelides 2000-2000 Svetozar Šapurić 2000-2000 Markos Markou 2000-2001 Mike Walker 2001-2002 Eugène Gerards 2002-2003 Takis Lemonis 2003-2003 Dušan Uhrin 2003-2004 Ivan Jovanović 2004-2004 Loukas Hadjiloukas 2005-2005 Werner Lorant 2005-2005 Marios Constantinou 2005-2006 Jerzy Engel 2006-2008 Marinos Ouzounidis 2008-present Ivan Jovanović

Presidential history

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: ^[14]

Presidents: 1926-1958 – Georgios Poulias 1958-1967 – Efthyvolos Anthoullis 1967-1968 – Mihalakis Triantafyllidis 1968-1969 – Takis Skarparis 1969-1971 – Constantinos Loukos 1971-1974 – Mihalakis Zivanaris 1974-1975 – Kikis Lazaridis 1975-1983 – Iakovos Filippou 1983-1988 – Mihalakis Zivanaris 1988-1991 – Andreas Papaellinas 1991-1992 – Kykkos Fotiades 1992-1994 – Mike Ioannides 1994-1996 – Christos Triantafyllidis 1996-1999 – Ouranios Ioannidis 1999-2000 – Dinos Palmas 2002-2004 – Dinos Fysentzidis 2004-2007 – Yiannos Ioannou 2007-2008 – Costas Schizas 2008-present – Christodoulos Ellinas

Chairmen: 1997-1998 – Mike Ioannides 1998-2000 – Christos Triantafyllidis 2000-2001 – Harris Papanastasiou 2001-2006 – Prodromos Petridis 2006-2008 – Kyriakos Zivanaris 2008-present – Fivos Erotokritou

Achievements

Football

• Cypriot Championships: 20 (Record)
  

1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007^[15], 2009^[16]

• Cypriot Cups: 19 (Record)
  

1937, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2008

• LTV Super Cups: 10
  

1963, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008

Basketball

• Cypriot Championships: 9
  

1976, 1979, 1981, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009

• Cypriot Cups: 11 (Record)
  

1973, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003

• Cyprus Supercups: 9 (Record)
  

1972, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002

Volleyball

• Cypriot Championships: 7
  

1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985

• Cypriot Cups: 5
  

1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985

Records

• Record League win: 17-1 vs Aris Limassol, 1966-67

• Record League defeat: 6-1 vs Nea Salamina, 1997-98

• Record European competition win: 6-0 vs SK Gjøvik-Lyn, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Preliminary round 1st leg, 1963-64^[17]
  000000000000000000000000000006-0 vs HB Tórshavn, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Qualifying round 2nd leg, 1997-98^[18]

• Record European competition defeat: 16-1 vs Sporting CP, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1st round 1st leg, 1963-64 ^[19]

• Most consecutive League games unbeaten: 34 - From September 18, 1946 to November 23, 1949

• Most consecutive League games won: 16 - From December 21, 2008 to April 11, 2009

• Most League points in a season:

3 for win: 82, 2008-09 (Full season) - 69, 2008-09 (regular season)

2 for win: 51, 1976-77

• Most League goals in a season: 89 - 1966-67

• Record League home attendance: 23,043 vs Omonia (December 7, 2002)

• Most League appearances for club: 371 - Yiannos Ioannou

• Most League goals for club : 191 - Yiannos Ioannou

European competitions record

Last Update: 2 October 2008^[20]

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
UEFA Champion's League	22	5	4	13	23	45
UEFA Cup	44	15	12	17	64	67
UEFA Cup Winner's Cup	30	6	6	18	27	78
TOTAL	96	26	22	48	114	190

#Q = #preliminary, #R = #round, 1/8 = quarter finals

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963-64	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		S.K. Gjøvik-Lyn	6-0	1-0	7-0
		1R		Sporting Portugal	0-2	1-16	1-18
1965-66	European Cup	Q		SV Werder Bremen	0-5	0-5	0-10
1968-69	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Dunfermline Athletic FC	0-2	1-10	1-12
1969-70	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		SK Lierse	0-1	1-10	1-11
1973-74	European Cup	1R		FC Zorya Luhansk	0-1	0-2	0-3
1976-77	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Iraklis FC	2-0	0-0	2-0
		2R		SSC Napoli	1-1	0-2	1-3
1977-78	UEFA Cup	1R		Torino Calcio	1-1	0-3	1-4
1978-79	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Shamrock Rovers	0-2	0-1	0-3
1979-80	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		Boldklubben 1903	0-1	0-6	0-7
1980-81	European Cup	1R		BFC Dynamo Berlin	2-1	0-3	2-4
1981-82	UEFA Cup	1R		FC Argeş Piteşti	1-1	0-4	1-5
1984-85	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Servette FC	0-3	1-3	1-6
1985-86	UEFA Cup	1R		Lokomotiv Sofia	2-2	2-4(aet)	4-6
1986-87	European Cup	1R		HJK Helsinki	1-0	2-3	3-3(a)
		2R		Besiktas JK	Withdrew (Political reasons)
1988-89	UEFA Cup	1R		Velez Mostar	2-5	0-1	2-6
1990-91	European Cup	1R		FC Bayern München	2-3	0-4	2-7
1992-93	Champions League	1R		AEK Athens	2-2	1-1	3-3(a)
1993-94	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		Bangor FC	2-1	1-1	3-2
		1R		Paris Saint-Germain	0-1	0-2	0-3
1995-96	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		PFC Neftchi	3-0	0-0	3-0
		1R		Deportivo de La Coruña	0-0	0-8	0-8
1996-97	UEFA Cup	1Q		B71 Sandur	4-2	5-1	9-3
		2Q		Iraklis F.C.	2-1	1-0	3-1
		1R		RCD Español	2-2	0-1	2-3
1997-98	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		HB Tórshavn	6-0	1-1	7-1
		1R		SK Sturm Graz	0-1	0-3	0-4
1999-00	UEFA Cup	Q		Levski Sofia	0-0	0-2	0-2
2000-01	UEFA Cup	Q		KS Tomori Berat	2-0	3-2	5-2
		1R		Club Brugge	0-1	0-2	0-3
2002-03	Champions League	1Q		FC Flora Tallinn	1-0	0-0	1-0
		2Q		NK Maribor	4-2	1-2	5-4
		3Q		AEK Athens	2-3	0-1	2-4
2002-03	UEFA Cup	1R		Grazer AK	2-0	1-1	3-1
		2R		Hertha BSC Berlin	0-1	0-4	0-5
2003-04	UEFA Cup	Q		Derry City FC	2-1	3-0	5-1
		1R		RCD Mallorca	1-2	2-4	3-6
2004-05	Champions League	2Q		Sparta Prague	2-2	1-2	3-4
2005-06	UEFA Cup	1Q		Birkirkara FC	4-0	2-0	6-0
		2Q		Maccabi Tel Aviv FC	1-0	2-2(aet)	3-2
		1R		Hertha BSC Berlin	0-1	1-3	1-4
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1Q		SS Murata	3-1	4-0	7-1
		2Q		Trabzonspor	1-1	0-1	1-2
2007-08	Champions League	1Q		FC BATE	2-0	0-3(aet)	2-3
2008-09	UEFA Cup	1Q		FK Pelister	1-0	0-0	1-0
		2Q		Red Star Belgrade	2-2	3-3(aet)	5-5(a)
		1R		FC Schalke 04	1-4	1-1	2-6
2009-10	Champions League	2Q		EB/Streymur

APOEL F.C. as a company

The football department of APOEL is legally owned by APOEL Football Ltd (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ Ποδόσφαιρο Λτδ.), a public limited company,^[21] since 1996. The company owns all the rights for the football department under an agreement with the APOEL sports club. The company pays the club CY£100,000 annually for the privilege.^[5] The agreement between the company and the club is renewed every five years. The company, besides the football club, also maintains a team boutique (Orange Shop), the APOELFC (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛFC) magazine and the apoelfc.com.cy website among others.

References

External links

Official

• APOEL FC (Official Website) (Greek)
• APOEL Academy (Greek)

Fan Sites

• Official APOEL Fans Website and Forums (Greek)
• Unofficial APOEL Fans Website and Forums (Greek)
• APOELLAS (Greek)
• APOEL UK Fan Club
• Apoel News (Greek)
• Fans of APOEL - Videoblog
• APOEL unofficial site on cjb.net (Greek)
• APOEL unofficial site (Greek)
• national-football-teams

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v • d • e UEFA Cup 2008–09 Champions Shakhtar Donetsk Runners-up Werder Bremen Eliminated in semi-finals Dynamo Kyiv · Hamburg Eliminated in quarter-finals Manchester City · Marseille · Paris Saint-Germain · Udinese Eliminated in round of 16 Aalborg BK · Ajax · Braga · CSKA Moscow · Galatasaray · Metalist Kharkiv · Saint-Étienne · Zenit St. Petersburg Eliminated in round of 32 Aston Villa · Bordeaux · Copenhagen · Deportivo · Fiorentina · Lech Poznań · Milan · NEC · Olympiacos · Sampdoria · Standard Liège · Stuttgart · Tottenham Hotspur · Twente · Valencia · Wolfsburg Eliminated in group stage Benfica · Club Brugge · Dinamo Zagreb · Feyenoord · Heerenveen · Hertha BSC · Nancy · Partizan · Portsmouth · Racing Santander · Rosenborg · Schalke 04 · Sevilla · Slavia Prague · Spartak Moscow · Žilina Eliminated in first round APOEL · Artmedia · Austria Wien · Baník Ostrava · Bellinzona · Beşiktaş · Borac Čačak · Borussia Dortmund · Brann · Brøndby · Cherno More · Dinamo Bucureşti · Everton · Hapoel Tel Aviv · Honka · Kalmar FF · Kaunas · Kayserispor · Levski Sofia · Litex Lovech · Marítimo · Moscow · Motherwell · Napoli · Nordsjælland · Omonia · Rapid Bucureşti · Red Bull Salzburg · Rennes · Slaven Belupo · Sparta Prague · St Patrick's Athletic · Timişoara · Unirea Urziceni · Vaslui · Vitória Guimarães · Vitória Setúbal · Wisła Kraków · Young Boys · Zürich Round and draw dates · Qualifying rounds · First round · Group stage · Final phase · Final

v • d • e APOEL F.C. – current squad 1 Morfis · 3 Paulo Jorge · 6 Kyriakou · 7 Poursaitidis · 10 Charalambidis · 11 Kosowski · 14 Broerse · 15 Antoniades · 17 Satsias (c) · 19 Elia · 21 Żewłakow · 22 Chiotis · 23 Pinto · 24 Kontis · 26 Morais · 29 Nektarios  · 30 Mirosavljević · 32 Haxhi · 33 Michael · 37 Breška · 40 Economides · 60 Ioannou · 71 Theodorou · 77 Panayiotou · 88 Kissas ·  Grnčarov ·  Sikora · Manager: Jovanović