2024–25 APOEL FC season

APOEL FC
2024–25 season
Head coach	David Gallego; (until 24 August); Manolo Jiménez; (12 October–2 March)
Stadium	GSP Stadium
Cypriot First Division	5th
Cypriot Cup	Quarter-finals
Cypriot Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Conference League	Knockout phase play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Youssef El-Arabi; (13 goals); All: ; Youssef El-Arabi; (14 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season was the 98th season in the history of APOEL FC, and the club's 24th consecutive season in the Cypriot First Division. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Cypriot Cup, Cypriot Super Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Vitor Meer	Corinthians U20	Loan	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Marius Corbu	Puskás Akadémia	Undisclosed	8 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Youssef El-Arabi	Free agent	Free	12 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Iván Alejo	Cádiz	Loan	1 January 2025
FW	Pieros Sotiriou	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Free	5 January 2025

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Tomané	Farense	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Lucas Villafáñez	Volos	End of contract	1 July 2024
FW	Wilson Eduardo	Alverca	End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Dálcio	Red Star Belgrade	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[5]
MF	Stylianos Vrontis	Omonia Aradippou	Loan	19 July 2024
FW	Stavros Georgiou	Doxa Katokopias	Loan	20 July 2024	^[6]
MF	Dieumerci Ndongala	Bandırmaspor	Undisclosed	5 January 2025

Friendlies

Pre-season

30 June 2024 Friendly	FK Spartak Subotica	1–2	APOEL	Užice, Serbia
18:00	Todoroski 74' (pen.)		Kostadinov 19' Ben Nabouhane 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Radomir Antić

4 July 2024 Friendly	FK Novi Pazar	2–2	APOEL	Zlatibor, Serbia
18:00				Stadium: Stadion Švajcarija

9 July 2024 Friendly	FK Radnički 1923	1–1	APOEL	Užice, Serbia
18:00				Stadium: Stadion Radomir Antić

17 July 2024 Friendly	AEK Larnaca	0–0	APOEL
18:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Cypriot First Division	1 September 2024		Matchday 1		11	6	2	3	23	7	+16	054.55
Cypriot Cup					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cypriot Super Cup			Final		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	23 July 2024	13 August 2024	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	025.00
UEFA Europa League	22 August 2024	29 August 2024	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
UEFA Conference League	3 October 2024		League phase		3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Total					20	9	5	6	31	16	+15	045.00

Last updated: 29 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Cypriot First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	AEK Larnaca	26	16	6	4	45	21	+24	54	Qualification for the Championship round
4	Omonia	26	16	4	6	53	26	+27	52
5	APOEL	26	12	7	7	52	25	+27	43
6	Apollon Limassol	26	11	7	8	28	23	+5	40
7	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	10	7	9	34	33	+1	37	Qualification for the Relegation round

Source: 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).^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAF	ARI	OMO	AEK	APO	APL
1	Pafos (C)	36	26	4	6	67	21	+46	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	—	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
2	Aris Limassol	36	22	9	5	66	31	+35	75	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round	0–1	—	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–1
3	Omonia	36	20	8	8	69	40	+29	68		3–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–0
4	AEK Larnaca	36	19	11	6	58	30	+28	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	3–0
5	APOEL	36	14	11	11	59	36	+23	53		1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–1
6	Apollon Limassol	36	12	10	14	37	39	−2	46		1–2	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: 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).^[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The winner of the 2024–25 Cypriot Cup (AEK Larnaca) qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	ANO	ETH	AEL	ENO	OAR	KAR	NEA	PAC
1	Anorthosis Famagusta	33	15	7	11	50	42	+8	52		—	2–0	—	1–2	1–2	—	—	4–2
2	Ethnikos Achna	33	9	12	12	44	53	−9	39		—	—	2–0	—	—	2–1	1–1	3–1
3	AEL Limassol	33	11	6	16	38	53	−15	39		1–3	—	—	2–0	—	1–0	—	—
4	Enosis Neon Paralimni	33	10	5	18	31	48	−17	35		—	4–2	—	—	1–0	—	2–2	—
5	Omonia Aradippou	33	10	5	18	32	58	−26	35		—	2–1	1–2	—	—	—	0–2	4–1
6	Karmiotissa (R)	33	9	7	17	30	57	−27	34	Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division	0–1	—	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	2–0
7	Nea Salamis Famagusta (R)	33	6	8	19	31	62	−31	26		2–4	—	1–3	—	—	0–0	—	—
8	Omonia 29M (R)	33	3	5	25	23	65	−42	14		—	—	0–3	0–2	—	—	0–1	—

Source: 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).^[9]
(R) Relegated

Matches

24 August 2024 1

Enosis Neon Paralimni

v

APOEL

1 September 2024 2	APOEL	v	Ethnikos	Strovolos
20:00 UTC+3				Stadium: GSP Stadium

Cypriot Cup

Cypriot Super Cup

25 September 2024 Final	APOEL	1–0	Pafos	Limassol, Cyprus
18:30	Sarfo 1' Tejera 17' Chebake 43' Petrović 64' Marquinhos 86' Bah 89'	Report	Luckassen 8' Dragomir 12' Tanković 36' Anderson Silva 90+4'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

23 July 2024 First leg	APOEL	1–0	Petrocub Hîncești	Strovolos, Cyprus
20:00 UTC+3	Marquinhos 38' (pen.) Tejera 77'	Report	Plătică 12' Abagna 20' Borș 37' Lungu 50' Douanla 62' Plătică 87'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 13,801 Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)

30 July 2024 Second leg	Petrocub Hîncești	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	APOEL	Chișinău, Moldova
20:00 UTC+3	Plătică 60'	Report	Marquinhos 65'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.

7 August 2024 First leg	Slovan Bratislava	2–0	APOEL	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:30 UTC+2	Petrović 74' (o.g.) Mak 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 20,404 Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

13 August 2024 Second leg	APOEL	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Slovan Bratislava	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 13,507 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

The draw was held on 5 August 2024.

22 August 2024 First leg	RFS	2–1	APOEL	Riga, Latvia
20:00 UTC+3	Kouadio 31' Ikaunieks 45+1' (pen.)	Report	El-Arabi 52'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 1,678 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

29 August 2024 Second leg	APOEL	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	RFS	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00 UTC+3	Sušić 75' Donis 90+5'	Report	Ikaunieks 40'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 12,998 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
	Penalties
	El-Arabi Sarfo Quintillà Dvali		Ikaunieks Lipušček Prenga Panić

UEFA Conference League

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Jagiellonia Białystok	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Shamrock Rovers	6	3	2	1	12	9	+3	11
11	APOEL	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
12	Pafos	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10
13	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	D
Position	18	26	17	13	10	11
Points	1	1	4	7	10	11

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 October 2024 (2024-10-03) 1	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	APOEL	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Watts 90+2'	Report^[12]	Laifis 59'	Attendance: 7,111^[11] Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

24 October 2024 (2024-10-24) 2	APOEL	0–1	Borac Banja Luka	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:45 (19:45 UTC+3)		Report^[14]	Savić 63'	Attendance: 9,173^[13] Referee: Robert Jones (England)

7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) 3	APOEL	2–1	Fiorentina	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)	Donis 37' Abagna 45+1'	Report^[16]	Ikoné 74'	Attendance: 9,300^[15] Referee: François Letexier (France)

28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 4	Molde	0–1	APOEL	Aker Stadion, Molde
18:45		Report^[18]	Laifis 41'	Attendance: 2,916^[17] Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

12 December 2024 (2024-12-12) 5	Noah	1–3	APOEL	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan^{[note 1]}
18:45 (21:45 UTC+4)	Aiás 45+4'	Report^[20]	Chebake 23' Kostadinov 89' Abagna 90+3'	Attendance: 7,500^[19] Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

19 December 2024 (2024-12-19) 6	APOEL	1–1	Astana	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)	Donis 56'	Report^[22]	Kažukolovas 64'	Attendance: 11,181^[21] Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the Knockout phase play-offs was held on 20 December 2024.^[23]^[24]

13 February 2025 (2025-02-13) First leg	Celje	2–2	APOEL FC	Stadion Z'dežele, Celje
18:45	Kučys 2', 59'	Report	Abagna 32' Laifis 70'	Attendance: 4,050^[25] Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

20 February 2025 (2025-02-20) Second leg	APOEL	0–2 (2–4 agg.)	Celje	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00 (22:00 UTC+2)		Report	Kučys 45+4' Svetlin 51'	Attendance: 9,108^[26] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Notes

^ Noah played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium, Armavir City Stadium, Armavir, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References

^ "VITOR MEER: Κάνει το υπερατλαντικό ταξίδι για τον ΑΠΟΕΛ".
^ "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με Marius Corbu".
^ "ΑΠΟΕΛ: Δικός του κι ο τεράστιος EL ARABI".
^ "Tomané finda ligação ao APOEL depois de ser campeão cipriota". CNN Portugal.
^ "Dálcio Reforça Os Campeões da Sérvia". 11 June 2024.
^ "ΑΠΟΕΛ/Πάει δανεικός ο Σταύρος Γεωργίου | Kerkida.net". www.kerkida.net. July 20, 2024.
^ "1. Division 2024/2025". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "1. Division 2024/2025". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
^ "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "Conference League: League phase draw pots confirmed". UEFA. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Shamrock Rovers v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ "Shamrock Rovers vs. APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "APOEL vs Borac Banja Luka: UEFA Conference League". BBC Sport. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
^ "APOEL vs. Borac Banja Luka". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – APOEL v Fiorentina" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
^ "APOEL vs. Fiorentina". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Molde v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
^ "Molde vs. APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – Noah v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – APOEL v Astana" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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^ "UEFA Conference League knockout round play-off draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "2024/25 UEFA Conference League knockout phase play-off draw results" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
^ "Full Time Summary Knockout phase play-offs 1st Leg – Celje v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
^ "Full Time Summary Knockout phase play-offs 2nd Leg – APOEL v Celje" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.046590890757083-8] The winner of the 2024–25 Cypriot Cup (AEK Larnaca) qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round.

[Noah-20] Noah played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium, Armavir City Stadium, Armavir, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

[1] "VITOR MEER: Κάνει το υπερατλαντικό ταξίδι για τον ΑΠΟΕΛ".

[2] "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με Marius Corbu".

[3] "ΑΠΟΕΛ: Δικός του κι ο τεράστιος EL ARABI".

[4] "Tomané finda ligação ao APOEL depois de ser campeão cipriota". CNN Portugal.

[5] "Dálcio Reforça Os Campeões da Sérvia". 11 June 2024.

[6] "ΑΠΟΕΛ/Πάει δανεικός ο Σταύρος Γεωργίου | Kerkida.net". www.kerkida.net. July 20, 2024.

[7] "1. Division 2024/2025". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[9] "1. Division 2024/2025". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2025.

[soccerway-10] "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[11] "Conference League: League phase draw pots confirmed". UEFA. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[12] "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Shamrock Rovers v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[13] "Shamrock Rovers vs. APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[14] "APOEL vs Borac Banja Luka: UEFA Conference League". BBC Sport. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

[15] "APOEL vs. Borac Banja Luka". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[16] "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – APOEL v Fiorentina" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

[17] "APOEL vs. Fiorentina". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[18] "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Molde v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

[19] "Molde vs. APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[21] "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – Noah v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[22] "Noah vs. APOEL". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[23] "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – APOEL v Astana" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

[24] "APOEL vs. Astana". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[25] "UEFA Conference League knockout round play-off draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

[KPP_draw_results-26] "2024/25 UEFA Conference League knockout phase play-off draw results" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

[27] "Full Time Summary Knockout phase play-offs 1st Leg – Celje v APOEL" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.

[28] "Full Time Summary Knockout phase play-offs 2nd Leg – APOEL v Celje" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

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