2011–12 APOEL FC season

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APOEL
2011–12 season
ChairmanPhivos Erotokritou
ManagerIvan Jovanović
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division2nd
Cypriot Cup2nd round
LTV Super CupWinners
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Esteban Solari (11)
All:
Esteban Solari (13)
Highest home attendance22,701 vs Olympique Lyonnais
(7 March 2012)
Lowest home attendance1,837 vs Akritas Chlorakas
(11 January 2012)
Average home league attendance12,126 (all competitions)

The 2011–12 season was APOEL's 72nd season in the Cypriot First Division and 84th year in existence as a football club.

Season review[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

The first training session for the season took place on 8 June 2011 at GSP Stadium. On 19 June 2011, the team flew to Obertraun in Austria to perform the main stage of their pre-season training. APOEL returned to Cyprus on 2 July 2011. During the pre-season training stage in Austria, APOEL participated in Salzburg Airport Cup and played in total four friendly matches.

Domestic Competitions[edit]

Laiki Bank League[edit]

APOEL completed the regular season of the 2011–12 Cypriot First Division having 17 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, scoring 39 goals and conceding 13 goals. So, APOEL entered championship play-offs from the third place with 56 points, four points behind leaders AEL Limassol (60 points) and one point behind second placed Omonia (57 points).

In the first championship play-off match, APOEL won Omonia by 2–1, with a last-minute winner from Gustavo Manduca and moved up to the second place, only two points behind leaders AEL Limassol who on the same day drew 1–1 at Anorthosis. In the second play-off match, APOEL suffered a 2–1 home loss from Anorthosis and leaders AEL Limassol (who at the same day won Omonia by 2–0) gained a five-points advantage. In the next play-off match, Ivan Tričkovski's last-minute winner helped APOEL beat AEL Limassol 1–0 at home, to reduce AEL's lead to just two points. Another match between AEL Limassol and APOEL followed one week later, but the two teams drew 0–0 in Limassol and AEL remained two points clear of APOEL, with only two matches remaining. On 5 May 2012, APOEL lost from Omonia at home by 2–1 and at the same day AEL Limassol crowned champions by beating Anorthosis 1–0 at Limassol. In the last match of the season, APOEL won Anorthosis at Larnaca by 2–1 and secured the second place in the league.

LTV Super Cup[edit]

On 7 August 2011, APOEL won the 2011 Cypriot Super Cup by beating Omonia 1–0 in the GSP Stadium. The winner came from Christos Kontis in the 81st minute.

Cypriot Cup[edit]

In the first round of the 2011–12 Cypriot Cup, APOEL eliminated Akritas Chlorakas by winning 9–1 in a knock-out match which was held at GSP Stadium. In the last 16 of the Cup, APOEL faced up AEL Limassol in a two-legged tie and lost 0–1 on aggregate. In the first match at GSP Stadium, APOEL lost 0–1 from a Patrick Vouho's goal in the 40th minute. On the return leg, APOEL was held to a 0–0 draw, and so eliminated very early from the competition.

UEFA Champions League[edit]

APOEL fans celebrating at GSP Stadium after eliminating Wisła Kraków in the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

The team won the Cypriot championship last season and as such entered the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. A successful campaign saw them through to the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stages by eliminating Skënderbeu Korçë (6–0 agg.), Slovan Bratislava (2–0 agg.) and Wisła Kraków (3–2 agg.). APOEL drawn in Group G, alongside F.C. Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and Zenit St. Petersburg.

On 13 September 2011, APOEL hosted Zenit St. Petersburg in GSP Stadium and secured its first ever victory in the UEFA Champions League group stage proper with a 2–1 comeback victory against the Russian side. Konstantin Zyryanov put Zenit ahead in the 63rd minute but APOEL was rewarded for its attacking play 10 minutes later when Gustavo Manduca pounced on a loose ball in the box and slotted the ball into the Zenit net. The winner came two minutes later when Brazilian striker Aílton evaded the Zenit defense and shot into the far corner past goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev. In its second match in the group, APOEL held Shakhtar Donetsk to a 1–1 draw at the Donbass Arena and stayed in first place in the group. APOEL took the lead when the striker Ivan Tričkovski finished off a counterattack in the 61st minute. Shakhtar equalised three minutes later when Jádson scored. Another away match followed against F.C. Porto and APOEL drew 1–1 at Dragão to extend its unbeaten start and keep them on the top of Group G. Brazilian forward Hulk put F.C. Porto ahead after 13 minutes with a curving free-kick from distance and APOEL levelled six minutes later when Aílton received the ball close to the Porto area, dribbled past Fernando and sent a diagonal shot that gave the goalkeeper Helton no chance to block. However, on the last minute of added time APOEL could have won the match, but substitute Aldo Adorno was denied the winner by a block from Helton. On 1 November 2011, APOEL hosted F.C. Porto in GSP Stadium and Gustavo Manduca's last-minute winner meant APOEL remained unbeaten at the top of Group G, securing at least a place in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase. On 42nd minute, Aílton was tripped by Eliaquim Mangala and the referee immediately signaled a penalty. The Brazilian striker stepped up and sent Helton the wrong way, scoring his third goal in the competition. On the 89th minute F.C. Porto won a penalty and Hulk made no mistake from the spot, equalizing for the visitors. It looked like the Portuguese side had salvaged a draw, but in the 90th minute Constantinos Charalambides fired in an accurate cross and found Gustavo Manduca in the box, whose left-footed strike from close range sealed the win for APOEL.

APOEL's 2011–12 UEFA Champions League starting lineup that managed to beat Lyon 1–0 (4–3 pen.) at home and reached the quarter-finals.[1]

On 23 November 2011, APOEL made history and became the first Cypriot team to reach the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League by holding Zenit St. Petersburg to a 0–0 draw in Petrovsky Stadium.[2] APOEL eventually reached the last 16 as a group winner, despite losing its unbeaten record after a 0–2 home defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk on the final match day. Luiz Adriano (who had in the first half a penalty saved by Urko Pardo) and Yevhen Seleznyov scored second-half goals for Shakhtar to win its first group stage match that season, but APOEL stayed top of Group G after Zenit St. Petersburg drew 0–0 at F.C. Porto.

In its first participation to the UEFA Champions League last 16, APOEL drawn against French side Olympique Lyonnais. The first leg was held at Stade de Gerland on 14 February 2012, in front of over 5,000 travelling APOEL supporters. Lyon overcame APOEL's tight defense with a second-half goal by Alexandre Lacazette and secured a slender advantage by winning 1–0. In the second leg which was held at GSP Stadium on 7 March 2012, Gustavo Manduca's ninth-minute opener levelled the tie 1–1 on aggregate. After 90 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time the game remained 1–0 for APOEL and went to a penalty shoot-out. On the penalty shoot-out, Dionisis Chiotis made two saves by diving to his left to block penalties from Alexandre Lacazette and Michel Bastos, while APOEL converted all four of its own spot kicks and won 4–3, reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time.[1]

APOEL has been drawn to face Spanish giants Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. In the first leg which was held at GSP Stadium on 27 March 2012, APOEL stood well for 74 minutes, but Real Madrid ran out 3–0 winners thanks to late goals from Karim Benzema (74', 90') and Kaká (82'). In the return leg which was held at Santiago Bernabéu on 4 April 2012, Real Madrid took a 2–0 lead in the first half by Cristiano Ronaldo's (26') and Kaká's (37') goals. Gustavo Manduca scored a goal for APOEL in the 67th minute after an excellent through ball from Aílton, but Ronaldo scored his second goal with a free-kick in the 75th minute to make it 3–1 for Real Madrid. Substitute José Callejón scored in the 80th minute but two minutes later APOEL won a penalty after Hamit Altıntop brought down Aldo Adorno and Esteban Solari beat Iker Casillas from the spot to make it 4–2. Finally, another goal scored by Ángel Di María in the 84th minute and Real Madrid won by 5–2, reaching the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 8–2 and giving an end to APOEL's impressive run in the competition.

Current squad[edit]

Last Update: 19 January 2012[3]

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 Cyprus CYP Panos Constantinou
3 DF Portugal POR Paulo Jorge
4 DF Brazil BRA Kaká (on loan from Hertha BSC)
5 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sanel Jahić
6 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Oliveira
7 MF Greece GRE Savvas Poursaitides
8 FW Brazil BRA Aílton
9 FW Argentina ARG Esteban Solari
10 MF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Charalambides (vice-captain)
11 FW North Macedonia MKD Ivan Tričkovski
14 MF Tunisia TUN Tijani Belaïd
15 DF Cyprus CYP Marios Antoniades
17 MF Cyprus CYP Marinos Satsias (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Cyprus CYP Marios Elia
20 MF Paraguay PAR Aldo Adorno
21 MF Brazil BRA Gustavo Manduca
22 GK Greece GRE Dionisis Chiotis
23 MF Portugal POR Hélio Pinto
25 DF Cyprus CYP Andreas Christofides
26 MF Portugal POR Nuno Morais
29 FW Cyprus CYP Nektarios Alexandrou
31 MF Portugal POR Hélder Sousa
77 DF Cyprus CYP Athos Solomou
78 GK Spain ESP Urko Pardo
81 MF Brazil BRA Marcinho
88 GK Cyprus CYP Tasos Kissas
98 DF Brazil BRA William Boaventura

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2011.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2011–12.

International players[edit]

Foreign players[edit]

Squad changes[edit]

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
20 RW Paraguay Adorno 29 EU Apollon Limassol Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
6 CB Brazil Oliveira 29 Non-EU Atromitos Greece Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
5 DM Bosnia and Herzegovina Jahić 29 EU AEK Athens Greece Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
78 GK Spain Pardo 28 EU Rapid București Romania Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free sigmalive.com
4 CB Brazil Kaká 30 Non-EU Hertha BSC Germany Loan → Summer 2012 €250K herthabsc.de
14 AM Tunisia Belaid 23 EU Hull City England Transfer Green tickY Summer 2013 Free sigmalive.com
31 AM Portugal Hélder Sousa 34 EU Olympiakos Nicosia Transfer Green tickY Winter 2013 €90K apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: Decrease €340K

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
8 CF Poland Sikora 31 EU Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Poland End of contract Red XN Summer Free ts.podbeskidzie.pl
60 GK Cyprus Ioannou 20 EU Doxa Katokopias Mutual consent Red XN Summer Free kerkida.net
14 CB Netherlands Broerse 32 EU Excelsior Netherlands End of contract Red XN Summer Free joostbroerse.nl
30 CF Serbia Mirosavljević 33 Non-EU Olympiakos Nicosia End of contract Red XN Summer Free olympiakos.com.cy
33 DM Cyprus Michael 34 EU Enosis Neon Paralimni End of contract Red XN Summer Free enpfc.com
5 CB North Macedonia Grnčarov 28 Non-EU Lierse Belgium End of contract Red XN Summer Free lierse.com
6 DM Cyprus Kyriakou 24 EU Anagennisi Deryneia End of contract Red XN Summer Free anagennisis1920.net
18 LW Cyprus Vasiliou 20 EU Doxa Katokopias Loan → Summer Free —
24 CB Greece Kontis 36 EU Retirement Retirement (has hammer) Summer — apoel.net
14 AM Tunisia Belaid 24 EU Union Berlin Germany Contract termination Red XN Winter Free fc-union-berlin.de
5 DM Bosnia and Herzegovina Jahić 30 EU Kardemir Karabükspor Turkey Transfer Green tickY Winter €300K kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr

Total income: Increase €300K

Last updated: 31 January 2012

Club[edit]

Other information[edit]

Chairman Cyprus Phivos Erotokritou
Ground (capacity and dimensions) GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Squad stats[edit]

Total Cypriot First Division Cypriot Cup LTV Super Cup UEFA Champions 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
Cyprus 1 GK Constantinou
Portugal 3 CB Paulo Jorge 33 33 2931 1 9 18 1551 1 7 1 90 14 1290 2
Brazil 4 CB Kaká 22 25 2025 2 20 1588 1 1 90 4 347 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 DM Jahić 9 22 1019 7 11 671 5 1 90 1 10 258 1
Brazil 6 CB Oliveira 33 34 2931 1 9 21 1808 1 5 3 270 2 1 90 9 763 2
Greece 7 RB Poursaitides 35 36 3077 1 8 19 1543 1 3 2 180 1 1 90 14 1264 4
Brazil 8 CF Aílton 27 36 2513 11 3 21 1422 4 1 1 25 14 1066 7 2
Argentina 9 CF Solari 20 46 1987 13 7 31 1393 11 4 2 107 1 1 90 12 397 2 2
Cyprus 10 RM Charalambides 32 49 2944 8 7 30 1723 7 4 3 46 1 79 15 1096 1 3
North Macedonia 11 CF Tričkovski 33 41 3024 7 2 24 1825 6 3 152 1 11 13 1036 1 2
Cyprus 12 AM Panayiotou
Tunisia 14 AM Belaid 4 9 425 1 1 8 395 1 1 1 30
Cyprus 15 LB Antoniades
Cyprus 17 DM Satsias 1 11 192 2 7 126 1 1 45 1 1 2 20 1
Cyprus 19 RB Elia 3 6 343 1 1 5 298 1 1 45 1
Paraguay 20 RW Adorno 16 31 1375 4 1 20 818 1 3 251 3 1 89 7 217 1
Brazil 21 LM Manduca 36 40 2808 12 8 1 23 1614 4 2 2 137 2 1 15 1057 6 5 1
Greece 22 GK Chiotis 31 31 2782 -23 1 16 1440 -12 1 2 180 -2 1 90 12 1072 -9
Portugal 23 CM Pinto 42 50 3736 1 6 32 2355 1 2 3 158 1 1 11 14 1212 3
Greece 24 CB Kontis 9 9 810 1 1 2 180 1 1 90 1 6 540
Cyprus 25 CB Christofides
Portugal 26 DM Morais 477 48 4160 4 11 1 28 2330 1 6 1 3 270 2 2 1 90 1 16 1470 1 2
Cyprus 27 CM Antoniou
Cyprus 29 LB Alexandrou 23 38 2238 1 5 26 1730 1 2 3 201 1 1 90 8 217 2
Portugal 31 AM Hélder Sousa 12 17 1108 1 2 13 824 1 2 1 73 3 211
Cyprus 77 RB Solomou 18 22 1670 1 2 16 1284 1 2 1 90 5 296
Spain 78 GK Pardo 19 20 1748 -14 1 14 1260 -6 1 1 90 5 398 -8
Brazil 81 AM Marcinho 34 40 3001 3 4 25 2009 2 2 3 245 1 1 79 11 668 2
Cyprus 88 GK Kissas 2 2 180 -1 2 180 -1
Brazil 98 LB Boaventura 32 32 2868 2 8 16 1403 1 7 3 270 1 13 1195 1
Last updated: 13 May 2012
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[edit]

R Player Position League Cup Super Cup Champ. League Total
1 Argentina Solari CF 11 0 0 2 13
2 Brazil Manduca LW 4 2 0 6 12
3 Brazil Aílton CF 4 0 0 7 11
4 Cyprus Charalambides RW 7 0 0 1 8
5 North Macedonia Tričkovski RW 6 0 0 1 7
6 Portugal Morais DM 1 2 0 1 4
Paraguay Adorno RW 0 3 0 1 4
8 Brazil Marcinho AM 2 1 0 0 3
9 Brazil Boaventura LB 1 1 0 0 2
10 Brazil Oliveira CB 1 0 0 0 1
Cyprus Elia RB 1 0 0 0 1
Tunisia Belaid AM 1 0 0 0 1
Portugal Pinto CM 1 0 0 0 1
Cyprus Solomou RB 1 0 0 0 1
Cyprus Alexandrou LB 1 0 0 0 1
Greece Poursaitides RB 1 0 0 0 1
Portugal Paulo Jorge CB 1 0 0 0 1
Portugal Hélder Sousa AM 1 0 0 0 1
Greece Kontis CB 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1 2
TOTAL 46 9 1 20 76

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Captains[edit]

  1. Cyprus Marinos Satsias
  2. Cyprus Constantinos Charalambides
  3. Cyprus Marios Elia
  4. Portugal Hélio Pinto

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

21 June 2011 Friendly SV Grödig Austria 0–2 Cyprus APOEL Obertraun, Austria
19:00 EET (Report) Pinto 7'
Aílton 82'		 Referee: Austria Oliver Drachta
24 June 2011 Friendly APOEL Cyprus 3–2 Slovakia Tatran Prešov Obertraun, Austria
18:00 EET Pinto 6'
Adorno 48', 83'		 (Report) Petráš 27'
Bernardo 80'
27 June 2011 Salzburg Airport Cup APOEL Cyprus 0–2 Romania CFR Cluj Eugendorf, Salzburg
19:30 EET (Report) Bud 3'
Peralta 19' (pen.)		 Referee: Austria Bernd Hirschbichler
1 July 2011 Salzburg Airport Cup APOEL Cyprus 1–1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Eugendorf, Salzburg
19:30 EET Adorno 65' (Report) Matějovský 50' Referee: Austria Michael Pointner

Mid-season friendlies[edit]

5 October 2011 Friendly APOEL Cyprus 5–2 Cyprus PAEEK Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
17:30 EET Oliveira (1-0)
Morais (2-0)
Jahić (3-0)
Adorno (4-1)
Solari (5-1)		 (Report) Georgiou (3-1)
Pedras (pen.) (5-2)

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — 2nd 29 August 2011 12 May 2012
UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying Quarter-finals 13 July 2011 4 April 2012
Cypriot Cup 1st round 2nd round 11 January 2012 23 February 2012
LTV Super Cup Final Winners 7 August 2011

Updated to match played 12 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Laiki Bank League[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 Cypriot First Division

Classification[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEL Limassol 26 18 6 2 33 7 +26 60 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 17 6 3 47 16 +31 57
3 APOEL 26 17 5 4 39 13 +26 56
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 7 4 30 12 +18 52
5 AEK Larnaca 26 11 9 6 33 21 +12 42 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: UEFA
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[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 20 6 6 46 19  +27 66 10 3 3 20 8  +12 10 3 3 26 11  +15

Last updated: 12 May 2012.
Source: UEFA

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultDWWWWLWDLWWWWWLDWWDWLWWWWDWLWDLW
Position64111333333311344332333333222222
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2012. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs[edit]

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

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AEL Limassol (C) 32 20 8 4 37 10 +27 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 20 6 6 46 19 +27 66[a] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Omonia 32 20 6 6 56 23 +33 66[a] Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 17 8 7 36 21 +15 59 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[b]
Source: [citation needed]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b APOE: 7pts; OMO: 4pts
  2. ^ a b The 2011–12 Cypriot Cup winners, Omonia, qualified for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

Matches[edit]

Kick-off times are in EET.

Regular season[edit]
29 August 2011 Matchweek 1 AEK Larnaca 0–0 APOEL GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 (Report) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
9 September 2011 Matchweek 2 APOEL 3–1 Alki Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Oliveira 3'
Elia 60'
Solari 90+3'		 (Report) Firţulescu 85' Attendance: 6,946
Referee: Marios Panayi
18 September 2011 Matchweek 3 Olympiakos Nicosia 1–4 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Soteriou 71'
Pina Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card		 (Report) Charalambides 49', 90+2'
Solari 64' (pen.), 69'		 Attendance: 6,423
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
24 September 2011 Matchweek 4 APOEL 1–0 Aris Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Boaventura 86' (Report) Attendance: 6,345
Referee: Leontios Trattos
2 October 2011 Matchweek 5 Apollon Limassol 0–2 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:00 (Report) Solari 71' (pen.)
Aílton 87'		 Attendance: 6,392
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou
15 October 2011 Matchweek 6 APOEL 0–1 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 (Report) Monteiro 56' Attendance: 9,835
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
23 October 2011 Matchweek 7 Ethnikos Achna 0–3 APOEL Dasaki Stadium, Achna
18:00 Milutinović Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card (Report) Charalambides 35'
Tričkovski 55'
Simov 71' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
28 October 2011 Matchweek 8 APOEL 0–0 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (Report) Laban Yellow card 90+2' Yellow-red card Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Leontios Trattos
6 November 2011 Matchweek 9 Nea Salamina 1–0 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 León 16' (Report) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marios Panayi
19 November 2011 Matchweek 10 APOEL 2–0 Ermis Aradippou GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Manduca 79'
Belaid 82'		 (Report) Attendance: 5,192
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
27 November 2011 Matchweek 11 Enosis Neon Paralimni 0–2 APOEL Tasos Markou, Paralimni
17:00 (Report) Marcinho 76'
Pinto 82'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
2 December 2011 Matchweek 12 APOEL 2–0 Anagennisi Dherynia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Solari 16'
Charalambides 58'		 (Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
11 December 2011 Matchweek 13 Omonia 1–3 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 Avraam 9'
Bouzón Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card		 (Report) Solomou 42'
Solari 74', 78'		 Attendance: 16,419
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
19 December 2011 Matchweek 14 APOEL 3–0 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Tričkovski 32', 80', 90+2' (Report) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
8 January 2012 Matchweek 15 Alki Larnaca 2–1 APOEL GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 Conde 36', 90+3' [1] Tričkovski 3' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
16 January 2012 Matchweek 16 APOEL 0–0 Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (Report) Attendance: 5,313
Referee: Leontios Trattos
21 January 2012 Matchweek 17 Aris Limassol 0–1 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
17:00 (Report) Alexandrou 77' Attendance: 2,842
Referee: Demetris Masias
29 January 2012 Matchweek 18 APOEL 2–1 Apollon Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 Poursaitides 69'
Charalambides 90+2'		 (Report) Núñez 42' Attendance: 7,327
Referee: Marios Panayi
5 February 2012 Matchweek 19 AEL Limassol 0–0 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 (Report) Attendance: 8,160
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
10 February 2012 Matchweek 20 APOEL 2–1 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Charalambides 23', 41' (Report) Vattis 80' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
19 February 2012 Matchweek 21 Anorthosis 2–0 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
15:00 Zairi 11'
Roncatto 14'		 (Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Leontios trattos
26 February 2012 Matchweek 22 APOEL 1–0 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Manduca 26' (Report) Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou
3 March 2012 Matchweek 23 Ermis Aradippou 1–4 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 Papathanasiou 84' (Report) Solari 6', 53'
Morais 21'
Paulo Jorge 50'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
12 March 2012 Matchweek 24 APOEL 1–0 Enosis Neon Paralimni GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Aílton 85' (Report) Faria Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card Attendance: 16,300
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
17 March 2012 Matchweek 25 Anagennisi Dherynia 1–2 APOEL Tasos Markou, Paralimni
18:00 Kolokoudias 5' (Report) Aílton 32' (pen.)
Solari 71'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis
27 March 2012 Matchweek 26 APOEL 0–0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 (Report) Aloneftis Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Demetris Masias
Play-offs[edit]
31 March 2012 Matchweek 1 Omonia 1–2 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Christofi 56' (Report) Hélder Sousa 45+1'
Manduca 90+3'		 Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
8 April 2012 Matchweek 2 APOEL 1–2 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Manduca 68' (Report) Rezek 6'
Laborde 50'		 Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
22 April 2012 Matchweek 3 APOEL 1–0 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Tričkovski 90+4' (Report) Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
28 April 2012 Matchweek 4 AEL Limassol 0–0 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
17:00 Monteiro Yellow card 62' Yellow-red card (Report) Attendance: 8,295
Referee: Marios Panayi
5 May 2012 Matchweek 5 APOEL 1–2 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Aílton 40'
Morais Yellow card 90+3' Red card		 (Report) Avraam 21'
Christofi 80'		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Leontios Trattos
12 May 2012 Matchweek 6 Anorthosis 1–2 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
17:00 Okkas 62' (Report) Marcinho 37'
Solari 60'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Antonis Christodoulou

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round[edit]
13 July 2011 First Leg Skënderbeu Korçë Albania 0–2 Cyprus APOEL Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë
20:00 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Morais 52'
Manduca 56'		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Slovakia Ján Valášek
20 July 2011 Second Leg APOEL Cyprus 4–0 Albania Skënderbeu Korçë GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET Solari 59'
Aílton 66'
Adorno 80'
Charalambides 86'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 11,271
Referee: Italy Andrea De Marco

APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round[edit]
26 July 2011 First Leg APOEL Cyprus 0–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 14,774
Referee: Netherlands Pol van Boekel
3 August 2011 Second Leg Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 0–2 Cyprus APOEL Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava
20:15 CET Grendel Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Aílton 58'
Manduca 90+4'		 Attendance: 9,318
Referee: Germany Peter Sippel

APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round[edit]
17 August 2011 First Leg Wisła Kraków Poland 1–0 Cyprus APOEL Stadion Miejski, Kraków
20:45 CET Małecki 71' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 22,545
Referee: France Stéphane Lannoy
23 August 2011 Second Leg APOEL Cyprus 3–1 Poland Wisła Kraków GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Pareiko 29' (o.g.)
Aílton 54', 87'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Wilk 71' Attendance: 21,665
Referee: Hungary Viktor Kassai

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage
Group G standings and fixtures[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cyprus APOEL 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9
3 Portugal Porto 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5
Source: Soccerway
Matches[edit]
13 September 2011 Match Day 1 APOEL Cyprus 2–1 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Manduca 73'
Aílton 75'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Zyryanov 63'
Bruno Alves Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 21,269
Referee: Spain Eduardo Iturralde González
28 September 2011 Match Day 2 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–1 Cyprus APOEL Donbass Arena, Donetsk
20:45 CET Jádson 64' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Tričkovski 61' Attendance: 47,014
Referee: Austria Robert Schörgenhofer
19 October 2011 Match Day 3 Porto Portugal 1–1 Cyprus APOEL Estádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45 CET Hulk 13' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Aílton 19' Attendance: 32,512
Referee: France Antony Gautier
1 November 2011 Match Day 4 APOEL Cyprus 2–1 Portugal Porto GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Aílton 42' (pen.)
Manduca 90'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Hulk 89' (pen.) Attendance: 22,301
Referee: Italy Gianluca Rocchi
23 November 2011 Match Day 5 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 0–0 Cyprus APOEL Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
18:00 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Germany Felix Brych
6 December 2011 Match Day 6 APOEL Cyprus 0–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Luiz Adriano 62'
Seleznyov 78'		 Attendance: 22,537
Referee: Romania Ovidiu Alin Hategan

Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16[edit]
14 February 2012 First Leg Lyon France 1–0 Cyprus APOEL Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 CET Lacazette 58' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 32,010
Referee: Italy Paolo Tagliavento
7 March 2012 Second Leg APOEL Cyprus 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 France Lyon GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Manduca 9', Yellow card 115' Yellow-red card (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 22,701
Referee: Spain Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Penalties
Aílton soccer ball with check mark
Morais soccer ball with check mark
Alexandrou soccer ball with check mark
Tričkovski soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Källström
soccer ball with check mark Lisandro
soccer ball with check mark Gomis
soccer ball with red X Lacazette
soccer ball with red X Bastos

1–1 on aggregate. APOEL won 4–3 on penalties.

Quarter-finals[edit]
27 March 2012 First Leg APOEL Cyprus 0–3 Spain Real Madrid GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Benzema 74', 90'
Kaká 82'		 Attendance: 22,385
Referee: Germany Felix Brych
4 April 2012 Second Leg Real Madrid Spain 5–2 Cyprus APOEL Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:45 CET Ronaldo 26', 76'
Kaká 37'
Callejón 80'
Di María 84'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Manduca 67'
Solari 82' (pen.)		 Attendance: 54,627
Referee: Italy Gianluca Rocchi

Real Madrid won 8–2 on aggregate.

LTV Super Cup[edit]

Main article: LTV Super Cup
7 August 2011 Final APOEL 1–0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET Kontis 81' (Report) Attendance: 9,752
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

APOEL won the 2011 Cypriot Super Cup (12th title).

Cypriot Cup[edit]

Main article: 2011–12 Cypriot Cup

First round[edit]

11 January 2012 Knock-out APOEL 9–1 Akritas Chlorakas GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Manduca 7', 14'
Adorno 19', 71', 90'
Morais 57', 70'
Marcinho 64'
Boaventura 82'		 (Report) Forbes 89' Attendance: 1,837
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

Second round[edit]

25 January 2012 First Leg APOEL 0–1 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET (Report) Vouho 40' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
23 February 2012 Second Leg AEL Limassol 0–0 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 EET (Report) Attendance: 5,675
Referee: Marios Panayi

AEL Limassol won 1–0 on aggregate.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lyon stunned as APOEL fairy tale continues". UEFA. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ^ "APOEL boss Ivan Jovanovic ecstatic after qualifying". ESPN soccernet. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. ^ "APOEL Roster". APOEL FC. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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