2015–16 APOEL FC season

APOEL
2015–16 season
Chairman	Prodromos Petrides
Manager	Domingos Paciência; (Until 28 August 2015) ; Temur Ketsbaia; (28 August 2015 – 20 April 2016) ; Georgios Kostis; (Caretaker:From 20 April 2016)
Stadium	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division	1st
Cypriot Cup	Semi-finals
Cypriot Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Fernando Cavenaghi (19); All: ; Fernando Cavenaghi (23)
Highest home attendance	17,699 vs Astana ; (26 August 2015 – UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	2,734 vs Nea Salamina ; (27 January 2016 – Cypriot Cup)
Average home league attendance	8,359 (all competitions)
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The 2015–16 season was

football club

.

Season review

Head coach changes

August 2015: On 28 August 2015, APOEL terminated Domingos Paciência's contract, following the team's failure to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage after being eliminated by FC Astana in the play-offs of the competition.^[1] At the same day, Paciência was replaced by Georgian coach Temur Ketsbaia, who signed a two-year contract with the club.^[2]

April 2016: On 21 April 2016, one day after APOEL's elimination in the

Apollon Limassol, Temur Ketsbaia's contract with APOEL was mutually terminated,^[3] although at that moment the team were four points clear at the top of the league with only four matches remaining. The same day, APOEL's assistant coach Georgios Kostis, took over as caretaker manager for the team's remaining four crucial league games of the season.^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

The first training session for the season took place on 18 June 2015 at APOEL's training centre.

Asteras Tripoli

3–2.

Cypriot Super Cup

APOEL's double success last season meant that Cypriot cup runners-up AEL Limassol would be their super cup opponents.

On 12 August 2015, APOEL was defeated 4–3 by AEL Limassol in a

Marios Antoniades shot wide at 2–2, while another miss for APOEL through Georgios Efrem turned the odds further into AEL’s favour. An excellent save by Boy Waterman and a successful spot kick from Tomás De Vincenti gave APOEL hope but at 3–3, AEL's captain Marios Nicolaou

tuck away the decisive penalty and hand AEL the first trophy of the campaign.

Cypriot First Division

Regular season

On 22 August 2015,

Alex da Silva's penalty

hit the bar.

Play-offs

On 5 March 2016, in the opening round of the championship play-offs, APOEL managed a narrow 1–0 win away to

Efthimis Koulouris levelled just before the break. APOEL took the lead again through Tomás De Vincenti amazing free-kick with 56 minutes on the clock, but seven minutes later Anorthosis equalized via Andreas Makris. After the end of the match, celebrations followed as the APOEL's captain Constantinos Charalambides lifted the Cypriot First Division trophy in front of jubilant APOEL fans in the packed GSP Stadium

.

Cypriot Cup

Second round

APOEL won the Cypriot cup last season and as such entered the second round of this season competition. APOEL were drawn to face Cypriot First Division side Nea Salamina.

On 13 January 2016, APOEL secured a narrow 1–0 advantage over

Liliu

header.

Quarter-finals

In the Cypriot cup quarter-finals, APOEL were drawn to face

Tsirion Stadium. Georgios Efrem broke the deadlock four minutes after the restart, but Markos Maragoudakis equalized for Aris just after the hour mark. Thirteen minutes before the end Tomás De Vincenti gave again APOEL the lead and Efstathios Aloneftis four minutes later kept Temur Ketsbaia's

side on track for yet another domestic double.

Semi-finals

In the Cypriot cup semi-finals, APOEL were drawn to face

Iñaki Astiz saw his effort saved by Apollon keeper Bruno Vale and Dejan Mezga made no mistake sending the ball past Urko Pardo to send Apollon to the final. On 21 April 2016, one day after APOEL's elimination in the Cypriot Cup semi-finals, coach Temur Ketsbaia's contract with APOEL was mutually terminated.^[3]

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

APOEL won the Cypriot league last season and as such entered the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.^[8] APOEL were drawn to start their campaign against FK Vardar.^[9]

On 14 July 2015, APOEL endured a frustrating opening Champions League campaign after being held to a 0–0 home draw by FK Vardar in the first leg of the second qualifying round.

Tome Pačovski was called into action on numerous occasions to foil Luís Leal, Tomás De Vincenti and Georgios Efrem

.

On 21 July 2015, APOEL survived an early scare in their Champions League qualifying campaign, scraping through the second qualifying round on the away goals rule with a nervous 1–1 draw at Skopje over FK Vardar. Except some problems in finding the final touch, APOEL were always the superior team against Vardar and Tomás De Vincenti's goal on 60 minutes was enough to see them through the third qualifying round, despite Blagojče Ljamčevski's late equalizer.

Third qualifying round

APOEL were drawn to face Danish champions FC Midtjylland in the third qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.^[10]

On 28 July 2015, APOEL took big a step towards UEFA Champions League play-offs after an important 2–1 win against FC Midtjylland at MCH Arena. Tomás De Vincenti was once again the hero as he scored one and forced an own goal from Kian Hansen in a brilliant first half for the Cypriot champions, while new signing Luís Leal missed a glorious chance to make the score 3–0 before Jakob Poulsen score a late goal for Midtjylland.

On 4 August 2015, ten-men APOEL squeezed into the Champions League play-offs after prevailing against FC Midtjylland on the

Vinícius a straight red card for a strong challenge on Pione Sisto. The second half was a cagey affair with APOEL reluctant leak another goal, while Midtjylland players launched countless ineffective long balls into Boy Waterman's

area. Albeit under extremely difficult circumstances, APOEL secured European group stage football for the fifth time in seven seasons and a place in the UEFA Champions League play-offs draw.

Play-off round

APOEL were drawn to face Kazakh champions FC Astana in the play-off round of the Champions League, as they attempt to reach the group stages for the fourth time in their history.^[11]

On 18 August 2015,

Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev

to score the game’s only goal, while APOEL once again failed to score, despite creating chances for a crucial away goal.

On 26 August 2015, APOEL were very close to qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, before a late Astana goal saw their hopes evaporate after a 1–1 draw at GSP Stadium. Trailing 1–0 from the first leg in Kazakhstan, APOEL had dominated possession in the second leg in Nicosia but failed to take their chances against seemingly weaker opposition. On the hour mark, Semir Štilić whipped in a wonderful free-kick beyond the reach of the Astana keeper to bring APOEL level in the tie, but a late equaliser from Nemanja Maksimović sent APOEL crashing out of the UEFA Champions League.

APOEL’s hopes of a fourth Champions League group stage campaign came to an end, but their European season continued in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. Also, following the team's failure to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage, Domingos Paciência was fired two days later^[1] and he was replaced by Georgian coach Temur Ketsbaia, who signed a two-year contract with the club.^[2]

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Antoniades

Vinícius

Vander

Efrem

Štilić

Cavenaghi

APOEL's

Asteras Tripoli 2–1 at home and secured the club's only victory in Group K.^[12]^[13]

After being eliminated by

Asteras Tripolis.^[14]

On 17 September 2015,

Asteras Tripolis

in the group's other game meant the Germans claimed top spot with Sparta finishing second, while APOEL finished bottom.

Current squad

Last Update: 2 April 2016[15]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BRA	João Guilherme
4	MF	CYP	Kostakis Artymatas
5	DF	BRA	Carlão
7	MF	CYP	Georgios Efrem
8	MF	ARG	Tomás De Vincenti
10	MF	CYP	Constantinos Charalambides (captain)
11	MF	CYP	Nektarios Alexandrou (vice-captain)
15	DF	CYP	Marios Antoniades
16	MF	BRA	Vinícius
17	MF	BIH	Semir Štilić
19	FW	CYP	Michalis Charalambous
20	FW	CYP	Pieros Sotiriou
21	DF	BUL	Zhivko Milanov
23	DF	ESP	Iñaki Astiz
25	DF	CYP	Rafael Anastasiou
26	MF	POR	Nuno Morais (3rd captain)
30	DF	CYP	Giorgos Merkis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	POL	Mateusz Piątkowski
28	DF	POR	Mário Sérgio (4th captain)
31	MF	CYP	Vasilios Papafotis
32	DF	CYP	Andreas Assiotis
40	MF	CYP	Demetris Charalambous
44	DF	CYP	Nicholas Ioannou
45	MF	CYP	Georgios Christodoulou
46	FW	CYP	Efstathios Aloneftis
55	MF	POR	Estrela
70	MF	GRE	Giannis Gianniotas (on loan from Olympiacos)
77	MF	BRA	Vander Vieira
78	GK	ESP	Urko Pardo
79	FW	ARG	Fernando Cavenaghi
88	GK	CYP	Tasos Kissas
95	MF	CYP	Christos Djamas
96	GK	CYP	Giorgos Tasouris
99	GK	NED	Boy Waterman

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2015.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2015–16.

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
1	GK	ESP	Jordi Codina (on loan at Pafos FC)
14	MF	CYP	Doxa Katokopias )

Loan deals expire at the end of 2015–16 season

International players

Foreign players

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

João Guilherme
Vinícius
Carlão
Vander Vieira
Semir Štilić

Squad changes

In:

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
95	DM	Christos Djamas	19	EU	Ayia Napa	Loan return →	Summer	2016	Free	—
90	RB	Guilherme Choco	25	EU	Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
77	LW	Vander Vieira	26	Non-EU	AEK Larnaca	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	€100K	apoelfc.com.cy
1	GK	Jordi Codina	33	EU	Getafe	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
17	AM	Semir Štilić	27	Non-EU	Wisła Kraków	Transfer Y	Summer	2018	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
13	CM	Constantinos Makrides	33	EU	Metalurh Donetsk	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
9	CF	Luís Leal	28	EU	Al-Ittihad Kalba	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
23	CB	Iñaki Astiz	31	EU	Legia Warsaw	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
27	CF	Mateusz Piątkowski	30	EU	Jagiellonia Białystok	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
99	GK	Boy Waterman	31	EU	Karabükspor	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
79	CF	Fernando Cavenaghi	31	EU	River Plate	Transfer Y	Summer	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
21	RB	Zhivko Milanov	31	EU	Levski Sofia	Transfer Y	Winter	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
70	RW	Giannis Gianniotas	22	EU	Olympiacos	Loan →	Winter	2016	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
30	CB	Giorgos Merkis	31	EU	Apollon Limassol	Transfer Y	Winter	2017	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
55	DM	Estrela	20	EU	Orlando City	Transfer Y	Winter	2019	Free	apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: €100K

Out:

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
22	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	37	EU	Panelefsiniakos	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
9	CF	Cillian Sheridan	26	EU	Omonia	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
6	LB	John Arne Riise	34	EU	Delhi Dynamos	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
8	CM	Tiago Gomes	29	EU	Retirement	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
25	CB	Andreas Christofides	22	EU	Olympiakos	End of contract N	Summer	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
13	DM	Martin Lanig	30	EU	Retirement	Mutual consent / Retirement w =S		Free	apoelfc.com.cy
79	CF	Rafik Djebbour	31	EU	AEK Athens	End of contract N	Summer	Free	sigmalive.com
73	CB	Kaká	34	Non-EU	Tondela	End of contract N	Summer	Free	sigmalive.com
14	RW	Alex Konstantinou	23	EU	Doxa Katokopias	Loan →	Summer	Free	sigmalive.com
35	LW	Marios Pechlivanis	20	EU	Austria Wien II	End of contract N	Summer	Free	sigmalive.com
34	RW	Valmir Nafiu	21	Non-EU	KF Skënderbeu	Mutual consent N	Winter	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
90	RB	Guilherme Choco	25	EU	Sampaio Corrêa	Mutual consent N	Winter	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
1	GK	Jordi Codina	33	EU	Pafos FC	Loan →	Winter	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
13	CM	Constantinos Makrides	33	EU	Apollon Limassol	Mutual consent N	Winter	Free	apoelfc.com.cy
9	CF	Luís Leal	28	EU	Cerro Porteño	Transfer Y	Winter	Undisclosed	apoelfc.com.cy

Total income: €0

Last updated: 1 February 2016

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Georgios Kostis
Assistant coach	Marinos Satsias
Goalkeeper coach	Dragoslav Jevrić
Fitness coach	Andreas Neophytou
Team doctor	Nikolaos Tzouroudis
Football director	Svetozar Šapurić

Last updated: 20 April 2016
Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Kit

Supplier:

Puma
Sponsor(s): Mora Thavmata, Bank of Cyprus

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Home

Away

Third

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Other information

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

Source: apoelfc.com.cy, apoelfc.com.cy

Squad stats

				Total						Cypriot First Division					Cypriot Cup					Cypriot Super Cup					Champions League & 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	A	Mins.	Gls.	Y	R
	1	GK	Codina
	3	CB	Guilherme	22	30	2086	1	4		21	1467	1	3		3	270		1		1	23				5	326
	4	DM	Artymatas	30	35	2778	1	8		26	2073	1	5		2	194		1							7	511		2
	5	CB	Carlão	38	40	3252	3	7		25	2114	2	5		3	192		1		1	67				11	879	1	1
	7	RM	Efrem	30	35	2285	13	6		24	1549	11	3		4	331	2	1		1	90				6	315		2
	8	AM	De Vincenti	38	40	3316	19	15	3	26	2202	15	9	2	4	239	2	3		1	90		1		9	785	2	2	1
	9	CF	Leal	7	8	634	2			1	90	2								1	23				6	521
	10	RM	Charalambides	11	27	1224	4	3		19	892	4	2		2	180									6	152		1
	11	LM	Alexandrou	22	30	2168		7		20	1494		6		4	315									6	359		1
	13	CM	Makrides	16	24	1460		4		14	694		1							1	90				9	676		3
	15	LB	Antoniades	27	32	2127		8		18	1127		5		4	257		1		1	90				9	653		2
	16	CM	Vinícius	41	44	3505	6	4	2	29	2411	5	1		5	334	1	1	1	1	74				9	686		2	1
	17	AM	Štilić	19	31	1725	4	2		16	804	3			6	371		1		1	67				8	483	1	1
	19	CF	Charalambous		1	19				1	19
	20	CF	Sotiriou	26	38	2294	11	3		26	1711	10	2		5	317	1								7	266		1
	21	RB	Milanov	22	22	1953		6		16	1428		5		6	525		1
	23	CB	Astiz	26	30	2412		3		16	1285		3		3	255				1	90				10	782
	25	CB	Anastasiou	1	2	105				1	15														1	90
	26	DM	Morais	52	53	4687	4	8		34	3021	3	8		6	570	1			1	16				12	1080
	27	CF	Piątkowski	6	25	675	1			14	296	1			2	21				1	90				8	268
	28	RB	Mário Sérgio	33	36	3045		4		21	1782		3		3	183				1	90				11	990		1
	30	CB	Merkis	16	17	1490	1	6	1	13	1101	1	5		4	389		1	1
	31	AM	Papafotis		2	17		1		2	17		1
	32	RB	Assiotis		1	21				1	21
	34	RW	Nafiu
	40	CM	Charalambous
	44	LB	Ioannou	2	7	314		1		5	276		1		1	33									1	5
	45	DM	Christodoulou		1	10				1	10
	46	LW	Aloneftis	1	11	330	2	1		10	301	1	1		1	29	1
	55	DM	Estrela		1	19				1	19
	70	RW	Gianniotas	19	20	1564	5	6		17	1323	5	5		3	241		1
	77	LW	Vander	25	44	2458	6	11		30	1622	6	5		4	181									10	655		6
	78	GK	Pardo	21	21	1883	-14	2		16	1403	-9	2		5	480	-5
	79	CF	Cavenaghi	19	26	1699	23	1		18	1220	19			3	234	2								5	245	2	1
	88	GK	Kissas	1	1	90	-1			1	90	-1
	95	DM	Djamas
	96	GK	Tasouris
	99	GK	Waterman	33	34	3007	-34	2		20	1747	-16	1		1	90	-1			1	90				12	1080	-17	1

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Match reports in competitive matches
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	Europe¹	Total
1	Cavenaghi	CF	19	2	2	23
2	De Vincenti	AM	15	2	2	19
3	Efrem	RM	11	2	0	13
4	Sotiriou	CF	10	1	0	11
5	Vander	LW	6	0	0	6
5	Vinícius	CM	5	1	0	6
7	Gianniotas	RW	5	0	0	5
8	Charalambides	RM	4	0	0	4
	Štilić	AM	3	0	1	4
	Morais	DM	3	1	0	4
11	Carlão	CB	2	0	1	3
12	Leal	CF	2	0	0	2
12	Aloneftis	LW	1	1	0	2
14	Artymatas	DM	1	0	0	1
	Guilherme	CB	1	0	0	1
	Piątkowski	CF	1	0	0	1
	Merkis	CB	1	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	1	2
TOTAL			91	10	7	108

Last updated: 15 May 2016
¹Including both UEFA Champions League and Europa League competitions.
Source: Match reports in

Competitive matches

Captains

Constantinos Charalambides
Nektarios Alexandrou
Nuno Morais
Mário Sérgio

Source: apoelfcofficial

Pre-season friendlies

25 June 2015 Friendly	APOEL	2–0	FK Atlantas	Arena Mistrzów, Gniewino
18:30 EET	Štilić 80' Papafotis 82'	Report

27 June 2015 MOSiR Stadium, Gdańsk
18:00 EET	Wawrzyniak 26' (pen.) Buksa 46' Kopka 86' Gierszewski 87'	Report	Piątkowski 64'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Paweł Dreschel

30 June 2015 Friendly	Arka Gdynia	2–1	APOEL	Arena Mistrzów, Gniewino
18:00 EET	Siemaszko 60' Warcholak 75'	Report	Sotiriou 76'	Attendance: 200

3 July 2015 Friendly	Lech Poznań	0–0	APOEL	Arena Mistrzów, Gniewino
19:00 EET		Report
Note: 60-minute match

4 July 2015 Friendly	Lech Poznań	3–0	APOEL	Arena Mistrzów, Gniewino
20:00 EET	Kamiński 33' Thomalla 56' Kownacki 76'	Report		Referee: Łukasz Karski

8 July 2015 Doxa Katokopias	0–4	APOEL	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET		Report	Astiz 68' Xenofontos 83' (o.g.) Charalambides 90'	Attendance: 1,500

23 July 2015 Ermis Aradippou	Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
19:00 EET	Alexandrou 40' Nafiu 82'	Report	Da Silva 30' (pen.)	Attendance: Behind closed doors

APOEL

v

Olympiakos

30 July 2015 Friendly	APOEL	1–1	Olympiakos	Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
19:00 EET	Sotiriou 82'	Report	Mashinya 9'	Attendance: Behind closed doors

7 August 2015 Asteras Tripolis	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET	Charalambides 30' Piątkowski 34' Artymatas 72'	Report	Giannou 10' Bertoglio 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 500 Referee: Kyriakos Kyriakou

4 September 2015 Friendly	APOEL	2–0	Olympiakos	Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
18:30 EET	De Vincenti 20' Cavenaghi 29'	Report		Attendance: Behind closed doors
Note: 80-minute match

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Cypriot First Division	—	Winners	22 August 2015	15 May 2016
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	14 July 2015	26 August 2015
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	Group stage	17 September 2015	10 December 2015
Cypriot Cup	Second round	Semi-finals	13 January 2016	20 April 2016
Cypriot Super Cup	Final	Runners-up	12 August 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Cypriot First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APOEL	26	20	2	4	72	18	+54	62	Qualification for the championship round
2	AEK Larnaca	26	19	4	3	47	17	+30	61
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	15	7	4	48	22	+26	52
4	Omonia	26	14	7	5	46	24	+22	49^[a]
5	Apollon Limassol	26	14	7	5	41	24	+17	49^[a]

Source: UEFA, CFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).^[16]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Omonia 0–0 Apollon, Apollon 0–0 Omonia.

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
36	26	5	5	91	26	+65	83	12	2	4	49	16	+33	14	3	1	42	10	+32

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
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	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D
Position	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs table

The first 12 of the 14 teams are divided into two groups of six teams. Points are carried over from the regular season.

Championship group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C)	36	26	5	5	91	26	+65	83	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	AEK Larnaca	36	23	6	7	61	34	+27	75	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Apollon Limassol	36	19	11	6	61	36	+25	68	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	Omonia	36	20	7	9	63	34	+29	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	36	16	11	9	57	41	+16	59

Source: UEFA, CFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion or UEFA competitions).^[17]
(C) Champions
Notes:

Apollon Limassol qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup
.

Matches

Kick-off times are in EET.

Regular season

Ermis v APOEL

22 August 2015 Matchweek 1
Ermis
1–5 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
20:00 EET Vasilogiannis 55' Report 1
Report 2 De Vincenti 9'
Leal 18', 32'
Štilić 26'
Charalambides 63' Attendance: 1,051
Referee: Thomas Mouskos

APOEL v Pafos
30 August 2015 Matchweek 2 APOEL 6–2 Pafos GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET
Vinícius 33', 71'
De Vincenti 41'
Charalambides 61'
Cavenaghi
86', 90+1' Report 1
Report 2 Damahou 39'
Grigalava 89' Attendance: 6,656
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

AEK v APOEL

12 September 2015 Matchweek 3
AEK
2–2 APOEL GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
20:00 EET
Monteiro
75' Report 1
Report 2
Vander 68'
Cavenaghi
82' Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Doxa v APOEL

21 September 2015 Matchweek 4
Doxa
0–1 APOEL Makario Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Cavenaghi 13' (pen.) Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Loukas Soteriou

Aris

26 September 2015 Matchweek 5
Aris
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET Cavenaghi 24' (pen.)
Efrem 36'
De Vincenti 49', 88' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 4,923
Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

Paralimni v APOEL
5 October 2015 Matchweek 6 Paralimni 0–5 APOEL Tasos Markou Stadium, Paralimni
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2
Vander 31'
Efrem 51'
Cavenaghi 62' (pen.
), 65' Attendance: 979
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

APOEL v AEL
17 October 2015 Matchweek 7 APOEL 6–0 AEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Efrem 14', 16'
Cavenaghi 37', 55', 90+1' (pen.)
Artymatas 58' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 7,178
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

Nea Salamina v APOEL
26 October 2015 Matchweek 8 Nea Salamina 0–9 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2
Vinícius 61'
Cavenaghi 83', 89'
Piątkowski
86' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

APOEL v Ethnikos
31 October 2015 Matchweek 9 APOEL 3–0 Ethnikos GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET
Vinícius
90' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 5,863
Referee: Costas Nicolaou

Omonia v APOEL
9 November 2015 Matchweek 10 Omonia 2–2 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET
Margaça 2'
Sheridan 77' (pen.
) Report 1
Report 2 Cavenaghi 15', 52' Attendance: 10,131
Referee: Demetris Masias

APOEL v Anorthosis
21 November 2015 Matchweek 11 APOEL 0–2 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2
João Victor 69'
Ndlovu 81' (pen.
) Attendance: 9,712
Referee: Leontios Trattos

Ayia Napa v APOEL

30 November 2015 Matchweek 12
Ayia Napa
0–1 APOEL Tasos Markou Stadium, Paralimni
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Cavenaghi 29' (pen.) Attendance: 401
Referee: Loukas Soteriou

Apollon

5 December 2015 Matchweek 13
Apollon
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Guié 58' Attendance: 5,948
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Ermis

14 December 2015 Matchweek 14
Ermis
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET Cavenaghi 64' (pen.)
De Vincenti 82' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 3,576
Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

Pafos v APOEL
19 December 2015 Matchweek 15
Pafiako Stadium, Paphos
17:00 EET Report 1
Report 2
Vander
14' Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

AEK

22 December 2015 Matchweek 16
AEK
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET Guilherme 3' Report 1
Report 2 Català 31'
Alves 72' Attendance: 7,171
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Doxa

3 January 2016 Matchweek 17
Doxa
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Sotiriou 68' Report 1
Report 2
Edmar 10'
Paulinho 90+5' (pen.
) Attendance: 4,155
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Aris v APOEL

10 January 2016 Matchweek 18
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:00 EET Boniface 71' Report 1
Report 2 De Vincenti 31'
Sotiriou 52' Attendance: 1,742
Referee: Giorgos Nicolaou

APOEL v Paralimni
17 January 2016 Matchweek 19 APOEL 3–0 Paralimni GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Morais 41'
Cavenaghi 45' (pen.)
Gianniotas 63' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 5,178
Referee: Loukas Soteriou

AEL v APOEL
24 January 2016 Matchweek 20
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Morais 51' Attendance: 4,990
Referee: Andreas Orthodoxou

APOEL v Nea Salamina
30 January 2016 Matchweek 21 APOEL 6–1 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET
Vinícius 77'
Cavenaghi
83' Report 1
Report 2 Makriev 14' (pen.)
Gomes 73' Attendance: 4,757
Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Ethnikos v APOEL
7 February 2016 Matchweek 22 Ethnikos 1–3 APOEL Dasaki Stadium, Achna
18:00 EET
Elia
90' Report 1
Report 2 Sotiriou 17', 42'
Cavenaghi 67' (pen.) Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis

APOEL v Omonia
13 February 2016 Matchweek 23 APOEL 2–0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00 EET Efrem 9', 42' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 11,391
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Anorthosis v APOEL
21 February 2016 Matchweek 24 Anorthosis 1–2 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
16:00 EET De Vincenti 24'
Sotiriou 32' Report 1
Report 2 Ndlovu 55'
Nuhu 87' Attendance: 4,868
Referee: Demetris Masias

Ayia Napa

27 February 2016 Matchweek 25
Ayia Napa
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET
Vander 36'
Aloneftis
63' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 4,907
Referee: Nicolas Athanasiou

Apollon v APOEL

2 March 2016 Matchweek 26
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Efrem 6' Attendance: 3,408
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Play-offs

Nea Salamina v APOEL
5 March 2016 Matchweek 1 Nea Salamina 0–1 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Carlão 40' Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

APOEL v Omonia
12 March 2016 Matchweek 2 APOEL 2–1 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET
Vander
84' Report 1
Report 2
Cristóvão
90+4' Attendance: 9,670
Referee: Demetris Masias

AEK v APOEL

20 March 2016 Matchweek 3
AEK
0–3 APOEL GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 EET Larena 55' Report 1
Report 2 De Vincenti 8', 81'
Efrem 39'
Sotiriou 74' Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Leontios Trattou

Apollon

2 April 2016 Matchweek 4
Apollon
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Carlão 24'
Merkis 90+5' Report 1
Report 2
Alexandre
34' Attendance: 8,498
Referee: Giorgos Nicolaou

Anorthosis v APOEL
9 April 2016 Matchweek 5 Anorthosis 1–1 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
18:00 EET
Laifis
70' Report 1
Report 2 Gianniotas 88' Attendance: 4,001
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou

APOEL v Nea Salamina
16 April 2016 Matchweek 6 APOEL 4–1 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Štilić 22'
Sotiriou 39'
Morais 51' (pen.)
Charalambides 64' Report 1
Report 2 Adorno 72' Attendance: 6,295
Referee: Loukas Soteriou

Omonia v APOEL
23 April 2016 Matchweek 7 Omonia 0–2 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Gianniotas 23', 44'
De Vincenti 90+2' Attendance: 12,272
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

AEK

28 April 2016 Matchweek 8
AEK
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET Sotiriou 41'
Gianniotas 65' (pen.) Report 1
Report 2 Larena 68' Attendance: 14,379
Referee: Vassilis Demetriou

Apollon v APOEL

7 May 2016 Matchweek 9
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
19:00 EET Stojanović 31' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 1,798
Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

APOEL v Anorthosis
15 May 2016 Matchweek 10 APOEL 2–2 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Sotiriou 12'
De Vincenti 56' Report 1
Report 2
Koulouris 44'
Makris
62' Attendance: 12,252
Referee: Neophytos Neophytou

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

APOEL v FK Vardar
14 July 2015 First Leg APOEL 0–0 FK Vardar GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 14,531
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev

FK Vardar v APOEL
21 July 2015 Second Leg
Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:00 CET Ljamčevski 90+4' Report 1
Report 2 De Vincenti 60' Attendance: 22,540
Referee: Davide Massa

Third qualifying round

Midtjylland v APOEL
28 July 2015 First Leg Midtjylland 1–2 APOEL MCH Arena, Herning
19:00 CET Poulsen 88' Report 1
Report 2 Hansen 30' (o.g.)
De Vincenti 33' Attendance: 8,253
Referee: Slavko Vinčić

APOEL v Midtjylland
4 August 2015 Second Leg APOEL 0–1
(2–2 (a) agg.) Midtjylland GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET
Vinícius
30' Report 1
Report 2 Sviatchenko 3' Attendance: 16,070
Referee: Bobby Madden

Play-off round

FC Astana v APOEL
18 August 2015 First leg FC Astana 1–0 APOEL Astana Arena, Astana
18:00 CET
Dzholchiev
13' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai

APOEL v FC Astana
26 August 2015 Second Leg APOEL 1–1
(1–2 agg.) FC Astana GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Štilić 60' Report 1
Report 2 Maksimović 84' Attendance: 17,699
Referee: Martin Atkinson

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos Team
v
t
e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCH SPP
AT
APO

1 Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 15 3 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 4–0 1–0

2 Sparta Prague 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12 1–1 — 1–0 2–0

3
Asteras Tripoli
6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 0–4 1–1 — 2–0

4 APOEL 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3 0–3 1–3 2–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

APOEL v Schalke 04
17 September 2015 Matchweek 1
CET
De Vincenti 77' Report 1
Report 2 Matip 28'
Huntelaar 35', 71' Attendance: 13,512
Referee: Tony Chapron

Sparta Prague v APOEL
1 October 2015 Matchweek 2
CET
Fatai 24'
Brabec 60' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 9,130
Referee: Paweł Gil

Asteras Tripoli

22 October 2015 Matchweek 3
CET
Cavenaghi 45+9' (pen.)
Carlão 59' Report 1
Report 2 Lluy 8' Attendance: 12,783
Referee: Aleksei Eskov

Asteras Tripoli v APOEL

5 November 2015 Matchweek 4
CET
Bertoglio 2'
Giannou 45+1' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Oliver Drachta

Schalke 04 v APOEL
26 November 2015 Matchweek 5
CET
Choupo-Moting 86' Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 43,117
Referee: Andreas Ekberg

APOEL v Sparta Prague
10 December 2015 Matchweek 6
CET
Cavenaghi 6' Report 1
Report 2 Juliš 63'
Lafata 77', 87' Attendance: 5,976
Referee: István Vad

Cypriot Super Cup

Main article: Cypriot Super Cup

APOEL v AEL
12 August 2015 Final APOEL 0–0
(3–4 p) AEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
Penalties

Antoniades
Efrem
De Vincenti
Tagbajumi
Sambou
Sielis
Feltscher
Nicolaou

Cypriot Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Cypriot Cup

Second round

Nea Salamina v APOEL
13 January 2016 First leg Nea Salamina 0–1 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 EET Report 1
Report 2 Morais 61' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Costas Nicolaou

APOEL v Nea Salamina
27 January 2016 Second Leg APOEL 3–2
(4–2 agg.) Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET
Vinícius
50' Report 1
Report 2
Liliu
76' Attendance: 2,734
Referee: Demetris Masias

Quarter-finals

Aris

10 February 2016 First leg
Aris
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET Cavenaghi 18' (pen.) Report 1
Report 2 Randy 15' Attendance: 3,344
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

Aris v APOEL

17 February 2016 Second Leg
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 EET Maragoudakis 63' Report 1
Report 2 Efrem 49'
De Vincenti 77'
Aloneftis 81' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Semi-finals

Apollon

6 April 2016 First leg
Apollon
GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET Sotiriou 29'
Merkis 90' Report 1
Report 2 Gneki Guié 21' Attendance: 6,533
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Apollon v APOEL

20 April 2016 Second Leg
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
17:00 EET
Da Silva
45' Report 1
Report 2
Vinícius
95' Attendance: 4,992
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Penalties

Papoulis
Thuram
Slavchev
Mezga

Astiz

References

^ ^a ^b Λύση συνεργασίας με Domingos Paciencia. APOEL FC. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

^ ^a ^b Σύναψη συμφωνίας με Temur Ketsbaia. APOEL FC. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

^ ^a ^b ^c Κοινή συναινέσει λύση συνεργασίας με Temur Ketsbaia (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

^ Ξεκινούν οι προπονήσεις στον Αρχάγγελο (in Greek). APOEL FC. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

^ Στην Πολωνία το βασικό μέρος της προετοιμασίας (in Greek). APOEL FC. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

^ Η κλήση για την αποστολή στην Πολωνία (in Greek). APOEL FC. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

^ ΑΠΟΕΛ - ΑΕΛ 0-0 (3-4 πέναλτι) (in Greek). CFA. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

^ "2015/16 UEFA Champions League participants". UEFA. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

^ "Qualifying round draws start road to Milan". UEFA. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

^ "Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

^ "UEFA Champions League play-off draw made". UEFA. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

^ "APOEL come from behind to end eight-match wait". UEFA. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

^ "APOEL vs. Asteras Tripolis 2 - 1". soccerway. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

^ "Full UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

^ "Squad 2015–16". APOEL FC. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

^ "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

^ "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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[table_hth_OMO0.807635489296-16] Head-to-head record: Omonia 0–0 Apollon, Apollon 0–0 Omonia.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.24580736330049-18] Apollon Limassol qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup
.

[Paciência-1] Λύση συνεργασίας με Domingos Paciencia. APOEL FC. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[Temur-2] Σύναψη συμφωνίας με Temur Ketsbaia. APOEL FC. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[ketsbaia-sacked-3] Κοινή συναινέσει λύση συνεργασίας με Temur Ketsbaia (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[4] Ξεκινούν οι προπονήσεις στον Αρχάγγελο (in Greek). APOEL FC. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[5] Στην Πολωνία το βασικό μέρος της προετοιμασίας (in Greek). APOEL FC. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[6] Η κλήση για την αποστολή στην Πολωνία (in Greek). APOEL FC. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[7] ΑΠΟΕΛ - ΑΕΛ 0-0 (3-4 πέναλτι) (in Greek). CFA. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[8] "2015/16 UEFA Champions League participants". UEFA. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

[9] "Qualifying round draws start road to Milan". UEFA. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[10] "Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[11] "UEFA Champions League play-off draw made". UEFA. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[12] "APOEL come from behind to end eight-match wait". UEFA. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[13] "APOEL vs. Asteras Tripolis 2 - 1". soccerway. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[14] "Full UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[15] "Squad 2015–16". APOEL FC. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[17] "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[19] "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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