2020–21 APOEL FC season
{{Infobox football club season
| club = APOEL
| season = 2020–21
| manager = Marinos Ouzounidis (until 28 October 2020)
Mick McCarthy (from 2 November 2020)
Savvas Poursaitidis (from January 6 2021)
| chairman = Prodromos Petrides
| stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia
| league = Cypriot First Division
| league result = 8th
| cup1 = Cypriot Cup
| cup1 result = Semi-finals
| cup3 = UEFA Europa League
| cup3 result = Play-off round
| league topscorer =
| season topscorer =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
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The 2020–21 season was APOEL's 81st season in the Cypriot First Division and 93rd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, APOEL participated in this season's editions of the Cypriot Cup and the Europa League. The season covered the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Players
{{updated|11 September 2020|{{cite news|url=http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=23078&tt=graphic&lang=l1|title=Ποδοσφαιριστές 2020/21|trans-title=Footballers 2020/21|language=Greek|publisher=APOEL FC|access-date=11 September 2020}}}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=POR|name=Miguel Silva|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=GRE|name=Kostas Apostolakis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=HUN|name=Paulo Vinícius|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=BRA|name=Rafael Santos|pos=DF|other=on loan from Flamengo}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=BRA|name=Carlos Dias|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=POR|name=Artur Jorge|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=CYP|name=Georgios Efrem|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=NOR|name=Marius Lundemo|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=KVX|name=Atdhe Nuhiu|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ARG|name=Tomás De Vincenti|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=CYP|name=Dimitris Priniotakis|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ISR|name=Ben Sahar|pos=FW|other=on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=MAR|name=Anuar Tuhami|pos=MF|other=on loan from Valladolid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=CYP|name=Andreas Katsantonis|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=NOR|name=Ghayas Zahid|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=CYP|name=Giannis Satsias|pos=MF}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=BEL|name=Victor Klonaridis|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=EQG|name=Emilio Nsue|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=NGA|name=Francis Uzoho|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=CYP|name=Stavros Gavriel|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ISR|name=Omer Atzili|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=IRL|name=Jack Byrne|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=CYP|name=Giorgos Merkis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=DNK|name=Mike Jensen|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=CYP|name=Marios Kokkinoftas|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=CYP|name=Christos Wheeler|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=CYP|name=Christos Shelis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=75|nat=GRE|name=Apostolos Tsilingiris|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=DRC|name=Dieumerci Ndongala|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=CYP|name=Charis Hadjigavriel|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=89|nat=CYP|name=Nikolas Koutsakos|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
=Out on loan=
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=JOR|name=Omar Hani|pos=MF|other=at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=CYP|name=Neofytos Michael|pos=GK|other=at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=SRB|name=Vujadin Savić|pos=DF|other=at Olimpija Ljubljana until 30 June 2021}}
{{Fs end}}
Competitions
=Cypriot First Division=
{{main|2020–21 Cypriot First Division}}
==League table==
{{:2020–21 Cypriot First Division|showteam=APOE}}
==Results summary==
{{Fb_rs |hw=1 |hd=1 |hl=0 |hgf=3 |hga=2 |aw=0 |ad=0 |al=1 |agf=0 |aga=3 }}
{{Fb_rs footer|u=12 September 2020|s=[http://cfa.com.cy/En/fixtures/18920193]|date=July 2020}}
==Results by round==
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
| updated=September 2020
| header=Round
| label1=Ground
| res1= H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A
| label2=Result
| res2= D/L/W/W/W/D/L/L/D/D/L/W/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/W/D/L
| label3=Position
| pos3= 5/11/7/7/3/5/6/9/9/9/9/8/9/9/9/9/10/10/10/10/9/10
| color_W=green2|text_W=Win
| color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw
| color_L=red2|text_L=Loss
| text_H=Home|text_A = Away
| color1=gold|color_2=green1|color_3=green2|color_4=yellow1|color_5=yellow2|color_17–18=red1
| source=[http://cfa.com.cy/En/fixtures/18920193]
}}
==Matches==
=Cypriot Cup=
{{main|2020–21 Cypriot Cup}}
=UEFA Europa League=
{{main|2020–21 UEFA Europa League}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = First qualifying round
|id = Q1 47
|date = {{Start date|2020|8|27|df=y}}
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Gjilani {{fbaicon|KOS}}
|score = 0–2
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina{{refn|group=note|name=Gjilani|Gjilani will play their home match against APOEL at Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Gjilan, which is under reconstruction.}}
|attendance = 0
|referee = Yigal Frid (Israel)
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2030302/
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Second qualifying round
|id = Q2 2
|date = {{Start date|2020|9|17|df=y}}
|time = 14:00 {{small|(18:00 ALMT)}}
|team1 = Kaisar {{fbaicon|KAZ}}
|score =1–4
|team2 = {{fbaicon|CYP}} APOEL
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent{{refn|group=note|name=Kaisar|Kaisar will play their home match against APOEL at Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent, instead of their regular stadium Gani Muratbayev Stadium, Kyzylorda.}}
|attendance =
|referee = Jens Maae (Denmark)
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2030328/
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Third qualifying round
|date = {{Start date|2020|9|27|df=y}}
|time = 18:00 {{small|(21:00 UTC+03:00)}}
|team1 = APOEL {{fbaicon|CYP}}
|score = 2–2
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{fbaicon|BIH}} Zrinjski Mostar
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = GSP Stadium, Nicosia
|attendance =
|referee = Daniel Stefański (Poland)
|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2030397--apoel-vs-zrinjski/
|result = D
|penaltyscore = 4–2
|penalties1 =
- Jensen {{pengoal}}
- Atzili {{penmiss}}
- Sahar {{pengoal}}
- Al-Taamari {{pengoal}}
- De Vincenti {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 =
- {{pengoal}} Filipović
- {{penmiss}} Ibáñez
- {{penmiss}} Bilbija
- {{pengoal}} Govedarica
}}
Statistics
=Goalscorers=
{{Updated|12 September 2020}}
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!width=15|{{Tooltip|No.|Squad Number}} !width=15|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} !width=15|{{Tooltip|Nat|Nationality}} !width=145|Name !width=120|First Division !width=120|Cypriot Cup !width=120|UEFA Europa League !width=120|Total |
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1
|41 |FW | |8 |0 |0 |8 |
5
|4 |DF |{{flagicon|BRA}} | align="left" |Rafael Santos |1 |0 |0 |1 |
|7
|MF |{{flagicon|CYP}} | align="left" |Georgios Efrem |1 |0 |1 |2 |
|14
|FW |{{flagicon|ISR}} | align="left" |Ben Sahar |5 |0 |0 |1 |
|77
|MF |{{flagicon|DRC}} | align="left" |Dieumerci Ndongala |2 |0 |1 |1 |
colspan=5|Own goals
|1 |0 |0 |1 |
colspan=5|Totals
|3 |0 |2 |5 |
Notes
{{reflist|group=note}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{APOEL FC seasons}}
{{2020–21 in Cypriot football}}
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