APOEL F.C.

APOEL
Full name	Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias
Nickname(s)	Τhrylos (The Legend)
Founded	8 November 1926
Ground	GSP Stadium (Capacity: 22,859)
Owner	APOEL Football Limited
Chairman	Prodromos Petrides
Manager	Manolo Jiménez
Current League	Cypriot First Division
2023–24	Cypriot First Division, 1st (champions)
Website	Club home page

APOEL FC (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, translated as "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Nicosia. APOEL is the most popular football team in Cyprus and they are the most successful with an overall tally of 25 championships, 21 cups and 13 super cups.

APOEL's greatest moment in the European competitions occurred in the season 2011–12, when the club participated in the group stages of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League (along with FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and Zenit St. Petersburg) and achieved qualification for the quarter-finals of the competition by topping the group and eliminating Olympique Lyonnais in the last 16, becoming the only Cypriot club to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. APOEL's European competitions highlights include also appearances in the group stages of the 2009–10 & 2014–15 UEFA Champions League and the group stages of the 2013–14, 2015–16 & 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. APOEL is the only Cypriot club who have reached the group stages of both major UEFA competitions (UEFA Champions League & UEFA Europa League).

APOEL FC is part of the APOEL multi-sport club, which was founded in 1926 and maintains departments for several sports including football, basketball, volleyball, futsal, table tennis, bowling, cycling, archery, swimming and water polo. APOEL is one of the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association and also an ordinary member of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe.

Current squad

Last Update: 19 September 2016

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF Kypros Christoforou (on loan from Aris Limassol) 3 DF Roberto Lago 4 MF Kostakis Artymatas 5 DF Carlão 7 MF Georgios Efrem 8 MF Andrea Orlandi 9 FW Igor de Camargo 10 MF Facundo Bertoglio 11 MF Nektarios Alexandrou (captain) 14 MF Qazim Laçi (on loan from Olympiacos) 16 MF Vinícius 19 FW Michalis Charalambous 20 FW Pieros Sotiriou 21 DF Zhivko Milanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF Iñaki Astiz 26 MF Nuno Morais (vice-captain) 27 FW Mateusz Piątkowski 28 DF Mário Sérgio (3rd captain) 30 DF Giorgos Merkis 31 MF Vasilios Papafotis 44 DF Nicholas Ioannou 46 FW Efstathios Aloneftis 70 MF Giannis Gianniotas (on loan from Olympiacos) 77 MF Vander Vieira 78 GK Urko Pardo 88 MF Renan Bressan 98 GK Antreas Paraskevas 99 GK Boy Waterman

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player – DF Christos Kallis (on loan at Alki Oroklini) 22 DF Paris Psaltis (on loan at Ermis Aradippou) 25 DF Rafael Anastasiou (on loan at Anagennisi Deryneia)

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF Kyriakos Aretas (on loan at Doxa Katokopias) 45 MF Georgios Christodoulou (on loan at Anagennisi Deryneia)

External links

• Official website
• APOEL Athletic Football Club – official website
• APOEL Ultras official website

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