2012–13 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2012–13 season
Chairman	Phivos Erotokritou
Manager	Neftchi Baku ; (30 August 2012 – UEFA Europa League)
Lowest home attendance	2,917 vs Chalkanoras ; (31 October 2012 – Cypriot Cup)
Average home league attendance	10,436 (all competitions)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was

football club

.

Season review

Pre-season and friendlies

The first training session for the season took place on 11 June 2012 at APOEL's training centre. On 23 June 2012, the team flew to

MFK Košice by 2–0 and SV Ried

by 3–2.

Cypriot First Division

Regular season

On 3 September 2012, APOEL opened their competitive season with a 0–5 win at the

AEP Paphos 6–0 at home, recording seven consecutive wins without conceding a goal and opened up a three-point gap over the second placed team Anorthosis. Mário Sérgio and Mikkel Beckmann scored APOEL's first two goals, while Dudu Biton and Constantinos Charalambides each scored twice for the final 6–0 victory for APOEL. On 31 March 2013, APOEL achieved the most important victory (so far) in the season by beating the second placed team Anorthosis 0–2 at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium and opened up a six-point gap from its rivals. Dudu Biton gave his team the lead after 68 minutes of play and Nuno Morais

secured APOEL's victory 12 minutes later with a long range effort.

Play–offs

On 6 April 2013, APOEL suffered its first defeat after an eight straight wins run, losing 3–0 at

Ivan Jovanović lifted all together the Championship trophy in front of 16,000 fans to officially crown APOEL as the Cypriot First Division champions for the season. On 18 May 2013, APOEL lost at Anorthosis by 2–1, while Gustavo Manduca

scored his 12th league goal, in APOEL's last match of the season.

Cypriot Cup

On 31 October 2012, APOEL beat

Edmar. In the second leg which was held at GSP Stadium

on 23 January 2013, APOEL took the lead in the 2nd minute of the match but AEL surprisingly managed to score three goals to make it 1–3 and qualified for the quarter-finals on away goals rule after a 3–3 aggregate.

UEFA Europa League

The team finished 2nd in the

Neftchi Baku by drawing 1–1 (Selim Benachour) at Baku and losing 1–3 (Selim Benachour

) unexpectedly at home.

Current squad

Last Update: January 29, 2013[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	Panos Constantinou
5	DF	POL	Michael Klukowski
6	DF	BRA	Marcelo Oliveira
7	FW	CRO	Mario Budimir
10	MF	CYP	Constantinos Charalambides (vice-captain)
11	MF	CYP	Nektarios Alexandrou
12	FW	PAR	Aldo Adorno
15	DF	CYP	Marios Antoniades
16	FW	ISR	Dudu Biton (on loan from Standard Liège)
17	MF	CYP	Marinos Satsias (captain)
18	MF	TUN	Selim Benachour
19	DF	CYP	Marios Elia
20	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis (on loan from AS Monaco)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	BRA	Gustavo Manduca
22	GK	GRE	Dionisis Chiotis
23	MF	POR	Hélio Pinto
25	DF	CYP	Andreas Christofides
26	MF	POR	Nuno Morais
27	DF	ESP	Aritz Borda
28	DF	POR	Mário Sérgio
30	DF	POR	Francisco Zuela
46	FW	CYP	Efstathios Aloneftis
55	DF	GRE	Christos Karipidis
77	MF	CYP	Athos Solomou
78	GK	ESP	Urko Pardo
88	GK	CYP	Tasos Kissas
90	MF	DEN	Mikkel Beckmann

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2012.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2012–13.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CYP	Emilios Panayiotou (at Olympiakos Nicosia)

International players

Nektarios Alexandrou
Efstathios Aloneftis
Marios Antoniades
Constantinos Charalambides
Tasos Kissas
Athos Solomou

Foreign players

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

Marcelo Oliveira
Dudu Biton

Squad changes

In:

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
28	RB	Mário Sérgio	30	EU	Metalurh Donetsk	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
30	CB	Zuela	28	EU	Kuban Krasnodar	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
46	LW	Aloneftis	29	EU	Omonia Nicosia	Transfer Y	Summer	2015	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
27	CB	Borda	27	EU	Recreativo	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	€70K	apoelfc.com.cy
18	AM	Benachour	30	EU	Marítimo	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
7	CF	Budimir	26	Non-EU	Ergotelis	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
5	LB	Klukowski	31	EU	Manisaspor	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
55	CB	Karipidis	29	EU	Omonia Nicosia	Transfer Y	Summer	2014	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
20	DM	Tziolis	27	EU	Monaco	Loan →	Summer	2013	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
90	RW	Beckmann	29	EU	Nordsjælland	Transfer Y	Winter	2015	€200K	apoelfc.com.cy
16	CF	Biton	24	Non-EU	Standard Liège	Loan →	Winter	2013	Free	apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: €270K

Out:

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
3	CB	Paulo Jorge	31	EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	End of contract N	Summer	Free	anorthosis.com
4	CB	Kaká	31	Non-EU	Hertha BSC	Loan return →	Summer	Free	kerkida.net
98	LB	Boaventura	32	Non-EU	Anorthosis Famagusta	End of contract N	Summer	Free	anorthosis.com
81	AM	Marcinho	31	EU	Levski Sofia	End of contract N	Summer	Free	levski.bg^{[permanent dead link]}
7	RB	Poursaitides	35	EU	Retirement	Retirement	Summer	—	apoel.net
11	RW	Tričkovski	25	Non-EU	Club Brugge	Transfer Y	Summer	€1.2M	clubbrugge.be
12	AM	Panayiotou	19	EU	Olympiakos Nicosia	Loan →	Summer	Free	24sports.com.cy
8	CF	Aílton	28	Non-EU	Terek Grozny	Transfer Y	Summer	€2.2M	apoelfc.com.cy
9	CF	Solari	32	EU	Apollon Limassol	Mutual consent N	Winter	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
31	DM	Hélder Sousa	35	EU	Trofense	Mutual consent N	Winter	Free	apoelfc.com.cy

Total income: €3.4M

Last updated: January 29, 2013

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Ivan Jovanović
Assistant manager/Scout	Predrag Erak
Assistant manager	Christos Kontis
Goalkeeping coach	Goran Čumić
Fitness coach	Giorgos Paraskeva
Team doctor	Costas Schizas

Last updated: June 19, 2012
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

Squad stats

				Total						Cypriot First Division					Cypriot Cup					UEFA Europa League
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
	1	GK	Constantinou
	5	LB	Klukowski	18	19	1563	1	4		16	1339		2		2	161	1	2		1	63
	6	CB	Oliveira	11	13	1003		4		12	1002		4		1	1
	7	CF	Budimir	14	29	1336	2	3		24	1104	2	2		1	13				4	219		1
	8	CF	Aílton	2	2	180	1													2	180	1
	9	CF	Solari	1	4	136	3			3	46				1	90	3
	10	RM	Charalambides	25	37	2148	7	3		28	1545	4	2		3	225	3	1		6	378
	11	LB	Alexandrou	26	32	2416	4	5		24	1774	3	4		2	102				6	540	1	1
	12	RW	Adorno	17	23	1426	15	1		17	1154	13			1	90	1			5	182	1	1
	15	LB	Antoniades	7	9	649		2		6	379		1		3	270		1
	16	CF	Biton	7	13	665	6	1		13	665	6	1
	17	DM	Satsias		3	25				3	25
	18	AM	Benachour	18	28	1593	5	2		19	953	2	1		3	212	1			6	428	2	1
	19	RB	Elia	3	3	268		1		2	178		1		1	90
	20	DM	Tziolis	27	33	2492		5		30	2222		5		3	270
	21	LM	Manduca	38	39	3178	12	2		32	2616	12	2		2	123				5	439
	22	GK	Chiotis	14	14	1244	-13	2	1	5	434	-4	1	1	3	270	-4	1		6	540	-5
	23	CM	Pinto	31	36	2813	6	4		29	2185	5	3		1	90				6	538	1	1
	25	CB	Christofides
	26	DM	Morais	34	36	3150	4	7		28	2430	4	7		2	180				6	540
	27	CB	Borda	32	32	2818	2	4	1	24	2098	2	2	1	2	180				6	540		2
	28	RB	Mário Sérgio	31	32	2796	5	6		24	2126	3	4		2	130	1	1		6	540	1	1
	30	CB	Zuela	9	11	810		2		6	360		1							5	450		1
	31	AM	Hélder Sousa	3	11	306		2		4	104		1		1	90				6	112		1
	32	CF	K. Vasiliou
	33	RW	P. Vasiliou
	40	AM	Charalambous		2	47									1	45				1	2
	46	LW	Aloneftis	19	32	1922	5	2		23	1489	4	1		3	186				6	247	1	1
	55	CB	Karipidis	17	18	1465		1		18	1465		1
	77	RB	Solomou	12	20	1056		4		16	902		4		3	152				1	2
	78	GK	Pardo	27	27	2430	-14	2	1	27	2430	-14	2	1
	88	GK	Kissas		1	16	-1			1	16	-1
	90	RW	Beckmann	7	12	597	2			12	597	2

Last updated: May 18, 2013
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.

Top scorers

R	Player	Position	League	Cup	Europa League	Total
1	Adorno	RW	13	1	1	15
2	Manduca	LM	12	0	0	12
3	Charalambides	RM	4	3	0	7
4	Biton	CF	6	0	0	6
4	Hélio Pinto	CM	5	0	1	6
6	Aloneftis	LW	4	0	1	5
	Mário Sérgio	RB	3	1	1	5
	Benachour	AM	2	1	2	5
9	Morais	DM	4	0	0	4
9	Alexandrou	LB	3	0	1	4
11	Solari	CF	0	3	0	3
12	Beckmann	RW	2	0	0	2
	Borda	CB	2	0	0	2
	Budimir	CF	2	0	0	2
15	Klukowski	LB	0	1	0	1
15	Aílton	CF	0	0	1	1
Own goals			0	1	0	1
TOTAL			62	11	8	81

Last updated: May 18, 2013
Source: Match reports in

Competitive matches, apoelfc.com.cy

Captains

Marinos Satsias
Constantinos Charalambides
Marios Elia
Hélio Pinto

Pre-season friendlies

25-06-2012 APOEL	Sportplatz Obertraun, Obertraun
19:00 EET	Lindner 26'	(Report)	Solomou 75'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Andreas Feichtinger

28-06-2012 APOEL	Sportplatz Obertraun, Obertraun
17:00 EET		(Report)	Solari 27' Morais 75'	Attendance: 20 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

02-07-2012 APOEL	Paltenstadion Rottenmann, Rottenmann
19:30 EET	Kröpfl 31'	(Report)	Mário Sérgio 82'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Alexander Harkam

06-07-2012 APOEL	Hausruckstadion Ampflwang, Ampflwang
20:00 EET	Hadžić 52' (pen.) Gartler 61'	(Report)	Aílton 28' (pen.), 31' Alexandrou 81'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

Mid-season friendlies

30-12-2012 PAEEK	Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
11:00 EET	Solomou Aloneftis	(Report)		Attendance: Behind closed doors

21-02-2013 APOEL	2 – 0	Cyprus U21	Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
11:00 EET	Beckmann 79' (pen.) P. Vasiliou 80'	(Report)		Attendance: Behind closed doors

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Cypriot First Division	—	Winners	3 September 2012	18 May 2013
UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying	Play-off round	19 July 2012	30 August 2012
Cypriot Cup	1st round	2nd round	31 October 2012	23 January 2013

Updated to match played 18 May 2013
Source: Competitions

Cypriot First Division

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	26	21	3	2	56	10	+46	66	Qualification for second round, Group A
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	18	6	2	57	21	+36	60
3	AEK Larnaca	26	17	4	5	50	21	+29	55
4	Omonia Nicosia	26	16	5	5	51	22	+29	53
5	AEL Limassol	26	14	9	3	46	26	+20	51	Qualification for second round, Group B

Source: CFA
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) number of goals scored

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	23	4	5	62	19	+43	73	10	3	3	31	11	+20	13	1	2	31	8	+23

Last updated: May 18, 2013.
Source: UEFA

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on May 18, 2013. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs table

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C)	32	23	4	5	62	19	+43	73	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2	Anorthosis Famagusta	32	20	8	4	60	29	+31	68	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Omonia Nicosia	32	20	6	6	66	27	+39	66	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4	AEK Larnaca	32	19	4	9	55	28	+27	61

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.
(C) Champions

Matches

Kick-off times are in EET.

Regular season

03-09-2012 Matchweek 1	APOEL	Tasos Markou Stadium, Paralimni
19:00 EET		(Report)	Adorno 10', 28', 72' Manduca 44' (pen.) Charalambides 64'	Attendance: 2,058 Referee: Marios Panayi

16-09-2012 Matchweek 2	Doxa Katokopias	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET	Adorno 53', 62' Aloneftis 85'	(Report)	Fernandes 90+2'	Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

22-09-2012 Matchweek 3	APOEL	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
20:00 EET	Vasconcelos 70'	(Report)	Budimir 1' Manduca 50' Adorno 60'	Attendance: 2,497 Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

30-09-2012 Matchweek 4	Apollon	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Adorno 79'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,690 Referee: Leontios Trattos

07-10-2012 Matchweek 5	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET		(Report)		Attendance: 14,011 Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

22-10-2012 Matchweek 6	APOEL	4 – 0	Olympiakos	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET	Morais 21', 81' Adorno 63' Manduca 68' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 7,074 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

27-10-2012 Matchweek 7	APOEL	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 EET		(Report)	Pinto 28' Aloneftis 73', 77'	Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

05-11-2012 Matchweek 8	Ayia Napa	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET	Adorno 8', 24', 33' Manduca 45' (pen.)	(Report)	Klukowski 90' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,333 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

11-11-2012 Matchweek 9	APOEL	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
18:00 EET		(Report)	Borda 23'	Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Thomas Mouskos

18-11-2012 Matchweek 10	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Pinto 54'	(Report)	Serrán 23' Demetriou 79'	Attendance: 9,652 Referee: Christos Nicolaides

26-11-2012 Matchweek 11	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
19:00 EET	Bebê 14'	(Report)	Pinto 4' Manduca 23' (pen.) Borda 64' Charalambides 81'	Attendance: 7,774 Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

02-12-2012 Matchweek 12	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
18:00 EET		(Report)	Manduca 38' (pen.) Benachour 90+3'	Attendance: 3,063 Referee: Leontios Trattos

APOEL v Anorthosis

08-12-2012 Matchweek 13	APOEL	0 – 1	Anorthosis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 EET		(Report)	Rezek 9'	Attendance: 12,368 Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

APOEL v Enosis

15-12-2012 Matchweek 14	APOEL	1 – 0	Enosis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Adorno 76'	(Report)		Attendance: 6,046 Referee: Antonis Christodoulou

21-12-2012 Matchweek 15	APOEL	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET	Pereira 38'	(Report)	Manduca 26', 29' Adorno 72'	Attendance: 1,654 Referee: Demetris Masias

06-01-2013 Matchweek 16	Alki Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Mário Sérgio 90'	(Report)	Cafú 72'	Attendance: 5,527 Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

14-01-2013 Matchweek 17	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
19:00 EET	Markovski 70'	(Report)	Benachour 52' Pinto 90+12'	Attendance: 4,824 Referee: Leontios Trattos

APOEL v Omonia

19-01-2013 Matchweek 18	APOEL	1 – 1	Omonia	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 EET	Pinto 15'	(Report)	Margaça 78'	Attendance: 15,727 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

27-01-2013 Matchweek 19	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET		(Report)	Manduca 58', 71'	Attendance: 3,298 Referee: Marios Nicolaou

APOEL v Nea Salamina

02-02-2013 Matchweek 20	APOEL	2 – 0	Nea Salamina	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Alexandrou 35' Biton 90'	(Report)		Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Demetris Masias

11-02-2013 Matchweek 21	APOEL	Tasos Markou Stadium, Paralimni
19:00 EET		(Report)	Borda 38' Biton 85'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Thomas Mouskos

APOEL v Ethnikos Achna

27-02-2013 Matchweek 22	APOEL	1 – 0	Ethnikos Achna	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Biton 49'	(Report)		Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Costas Psevdiotis

03-03-2013 Matchweek 23	APOEL	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET		(Report)	Beckmann 75' Urko Pardo 90+3'	Attendance: 4,515 Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

APOEL v AEL Limassol

09-03-2013 Matchweek 24	APOEL	2 – 0	AEL Limassol	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET	Alexandrou 51', 71'	(Report)	Ouon 74'	Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

17-03-2013 Matchweek 25	AEP Paphos	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Mário Sérgio 15' Beckmann 22' Biton 32', 46' Charalambides 55', 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,982 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

31-03-2013 Matchweek 26	APOEL	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 EET		(Report)	Biton 68' Morais 80'	Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Leontios Trattos

Play-offs

06-04-2013 Matchweek 1	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:30 EET	Leandro 54'	(Report)		Attendance: 13,433 Referee: Christos Nicolaides

APOEL v Anorthosis

13-04-2013 Matchweek 2	APOEL	0 – 0	Anorthosis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:30 EET		(Report)	Rui Duarte 81'	Attendance: 10,733 Referee: Leontios Trattos

21-04-2013 Matchweek 3	APOEL	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 EET		(Report)	Mário Sérgio 63'	Attendance: 2,528 Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

27-04-2013 Matchweek 4	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET		(Report)	Alexandre 78'	Attendance: 10,676 Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

APOEL v Omonia

12-05-2013 Matchweek 5	APOEL	4 – 3	Omonia	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Aloneftis 1' Budimir 60' Morais 71' Manduca 83' (pen.)	(Report)	Alves 74'	Attendance: 13,702 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

18-05-2013 Matchweek 6	APOEL	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 EET	Yitzhaki 6', 74' Galamaz 84'	(Report)	Chiotis 73' Manduca 85' (pen. )	Attendance: 966 Referee: Demetris Masias

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Second qualifying round

19-07-2012 First Leg	APOEL	2 – 0	FK Senica	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET	Aílton 33' Alexandrou 40'	(Report 1) (Report 2)		Attendance: 16,323 Referee: Pawel Gil

26-07-2012 Second Leg	APOEL	Štadión FK Senica, Senica
19:30 CET		(Report 1) (Report 2)	Pinto 73'	Attendance: 3,069 Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor

Third qualifying round

APOEL

v

Aalesund

02-08-2012 First Leg	APOEL	2 – 1	Aalesund	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET	Mário Sérgio 34' Aloneftis 80'	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Stewart 16'	Attendance: 16,708 Referee: Emir Alecković

09-08-2012 Second Leg	APOEL	Color Line Stadion, Ålesund
19:00 CET		(Report 1) (Report 2)	Adorno 36'	Attendance: 5,057 Referee: Hannes Kaasik

Play-off round

23-08-2012 First Leg	APOEL	Dalga Arena, Baku
18:00 CET	Shukurov 82' (pen.)	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Benachour 83'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Robert Malek

30-08-2012 Second Leg	Neftchi Baku	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET	Benachour 44'	(Report 1) (Report 2)	Flavinho 60' Yunuszade 83'	Attendance: 20,337 Referee: Said Ennjimi

Cypriot Cup

First round

31-10-2012 Knock-out	APOEL	8 – 1	Chalkanoras	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Solari 5', 29', 56' Benachour 6' Charalambides 7', 17', 27' Mário Sérgio 65'	(Report)	Antoniou 85'	Attendance: 2,917 Referee: Marios Stamatis

Second round

09-01-2013 First Leg	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 EET	Rui Miguel 84'	(Report)	Edmar 71' (o.g. )	Attendance: 5,020 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

APOEL v AEL Limassol

23-01-2013 Second Leg	APOEL	1 – 3 (3 – 3a agg.)	AEL Limassol	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Adorno 2'	(Report)	Monteiro 40'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Antonis Christodoulou

References

^ ΕΝΑΡΞΗ ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΙΑΣ 2012-2013 (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
^ "APOEL Roster". APOEL FC. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-08.

[1] ΕΝΑΡΞΗ ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΙΑΣ 2012-2013 (in Greek). APOEL FC. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

[2] "APOEL Roster". APOEL FC. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-08.