2015–16 AC Omonia season

AC Omonia

2015–16 season
Chairman	Doros Serafim
Manager	Vladan Milojević
Stadium	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division	4th
Cypriot Cup	Final
Europa League	Third Qualifying round
Top goalscorer	Cillian Sheridan (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2015–16 season is Omonia's 61st season in the Cypriot First Division and 67th year in existence as a football club.

Current squad

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	CYP	Constantinos Panagi
4	DF	CPV	Carlitos
5	DF	CIV	Romaric
7	MF	CYP	Marios Demetriou
8	FW	CYP	Onisiforos Roushias
9	FW	IRL	Cillian Sheridan
10	MF	BRA	Luciano Bebê
13	FW	NGA	Eze Vincent
16	MF	POR	Cristóvão Ramos
19	DF	CYP	Andreas Panayiotou
20	MF	CYP	Gerasimos Fylaktou
21	MF	POR	Nuno Assis (Captain)
23	MF	CYP	Giorgos Economides
24	DF	GRE	Anastasios Kantoutsis

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	MLT	Andre Schembri
28	MF	CYP	Renato Margaça (vice-captain)
30	MF	SVN	Andraž Kirm
31	GK	ROU	Laurențiu Brănescu (on loan from Juventus)
33	GK	CYP	Antonis Georgallides
39	MF	BEL	Ziguy Badibanga
40	MF	ROU	George Florescu
45	DF	EGY	Karim Hafez (on loan from Lierse)
48	DF	CRO	Marin Oršulić
49	MF	CYP	Fanos Katelaris
77	FW	CYP	Demetris Christofi
88	MF	BEL	Faysel Kasmi (on loan from Lierse)
90	DF	CRO	Ivan Runje

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
—	DF	CYP	Demetris Moulazimis (at Ermis Aradippou until 31 May 2016)
—	DF	CYP	Pantelis Konomis (at Omonia Aradippou until 31 May 2016)
—	MF	CYP	Constantinos Louvaris (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 31 May 2016)
—	MF	CYP	Andreas Frangeskou (at PAEEK FC until 31 May 2016)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CYP	Andreas Loizou (at Chalkanoras Idaliou until 31 May 2016)
—	MF	CYP	Giorgos Ivanov (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2016)
—	FW	CYP	Panayiotis Therapontos (at PAEEK FC until 31 May 2016)
—	FW	CYP	Apollonas Vasiliou (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2016)

Source: omonoia.com.cy

Active internationals

Andre Schembri Andraž Kirm

Onisiforos Roushias Antonis Georgallides Constantinos Panagi

Demetris Moulazimis (U-21) Marios Demetriou (U-21) Christoforos Charalambous (U-19) Pantelis Konomis (U-19) Constantinos Louvaris (U-19) Andreas Panayiotou (U-19) Andreas Sofokelous (U-19) Fanos Katelaris (U-17)

Foreign players

EU Nationals Nuno Assis Cristóvão Ramos Cillian Sheridan Anastasios Kantoutsis Andre Schembri Andraž Kirm Laurențiu Brănescu Ziguy Badibanga George Florescu Marin Oršulić Faysel Kasmi Ivan Runje

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Renato Margaça Carlitos

Non-EU Nationals Romaric Karim Hafez Luciano Bebê Eze Vincent

Squad stats

Top scorers

R	Player	Position	Nat.	League	Cup	Europe	Total
1	Cillian Sheridan	FW		15	1	3	19
2	André Schembri	FW		15	1	1	17
3	Nuno Assis	MF		9	1	0	10
4	Ziguy Badibanga	FW		6	2	0	8
5	Andraž Kirm	MF		5	2	0	7
6	Onisiforos Roushias	FW		2	1	0	3
7	Luciano Bebê	MF		2	0	0	2
TOTAL				54	8	4	66

Last updated: 27 April 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, omonoia.com.cy

Captains

1. Nuno Assis
2. Renato João Inácio Margaça
3. André Schembri

Pre-season and friendlies

Lovech v Omonia

15-06-2015 Friendly	Lovech	3−2	Omonia
17:00		Report

Ermis v Omonia

13-08-2015 Friendly	Ermis	2-2	Omonia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report

Doxa v Omonia

16-08-2015 Friendly	Doxa	0-0	Omonia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00		Report

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Cypriot First Division	—	—		1 September 2014	TBD
UEL	Second qualifying round	—	Play-off round	17 July 2014	28 August 2014
Cypriot Cup	1st round	—		TBD	TBD

Updated to match played 1 September 2014
Source: Competitions

Cypriot First Division

Main article: 2015–16 Cypriot First Division

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
26	14	7	5	46	24	+22	49	8	5	0	32	13	+19	6	2	5	14	11	+3

Last updated: 26 April 2016.
Source: UEFA

Matches

Omonia v Nea Salamina

22-08-2015 Matchweek 1	Omonia	5–3	Nea Salamina	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00	Sheridan 20', 90+4' (pen.) Assis 49', 68' Schembri 90'	Report	Pavlou 6' Ćurjurić 41' Adorno 45+1'	Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Kostas Nikolaou

Ethnikos v Omonia

29-08-2015 Matchweek 2	Ethnikos	1–0	Omonia	Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas
17:00	Chadjivasilis 37'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Christos Elia

Omonia v Doxa

12-09-2015 Matchweek 3	Omonia	1–1	Doxa	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00	Schembri 36'	Report	Leandro 90+5'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thomas Mouskos

Omonia v Anorthosis

19-09-2015 Matchweek 4	Omonia	0–0	Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
17:00		Report		Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

Ayia Napa v Omonia

27-09-2015 Matchweek 5	Ayia Napa	1–2	Omonia	Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
16:00	Maatsen 62'	Report	Badibanga 21', 28'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Omonia v Apollon

03-10-2015 Matchweek 6	Omonia	0–0	Apollon	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		Report		Attendance: 10,010 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Ermis v Omonia

18-10-2015 Matchweek 7	Ermis	0–1	Omonia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report	Roushia 53'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Omonia v Pafos

24-10-2015 Matchweek 8	Omonia	6–0	Pafos	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00	Assis 13' (pen.) Economides 32' Kirm 54' Schembri 76', 90+1' Eze 84'	Report	Kvaskhvadze  9'	Attendance: 6,103 Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

AEK Larnaca v Omonia

01-11-2015 Matchweek 9	AEK Larnaca	2–1	Omonia	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
16:00	Alves 42', 62'	Report	Schembri 37'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Omonia v APOEL

09-11-2015 Matchweek 10	Omonia	2–2	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00	Margaça 2' Sheridan 78' (pen.)	Report	Cavenaghi 15', 52'	Attendance: 10,297 Referee: Demetris Masias

Aris Limassol v Omonia

22-11-2015 Matchweek 11	Aris Limassol	0–1	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00		Report	Sheridan 44' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,132 Referee: Nikolas Athanasiou

Omonia v Enosis Neon Paralimni

29-11-2015 Matchweek 12	Omonia	2–2	Enosis Neon Paralimni	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00	Schembri 22' Roushias 83'	Report	Bojović 16' Dickson 34'	Attendance: 6,218 Referee: Kostas Nikolaou

AEL Limassol v Omonia

06-10-2015 Matchweek 13	AEL Limassol	2–1	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00	Sardinero 60' Sema 75' (pen.)	Report	Sheridan 87'	Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Nea Salamina v Omonia

13-12-2015 Matchweek 14	Nea Salamina	0–2	Omonia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00		Report	Kirm 12' Assis 90+4'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Omonia v Ethnikos

19-12-2015 Matchweek 15	Omonia	2–1	Ethnikos	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00	Sheridan 8' (pen.) Schembri 33'	Report	Grigalashvili 48'	Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Loukas Soterioi

Doxa v Omonia

22-12-2015 Matchweek 16	Doxa	0–1	Omonia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00		Report	Assis 10'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kostas Nikolaou

Anorthosis v Omonia

2-01-2016 Matchweek 17	Anorthosis	0–0	Omonia	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Omonia v Ayia Napa

09-01-2015 Matchweek 18	Omonia	4–0	Ayia Napa	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00	Sheridan 3' Assis 21' Schembri 89', 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Demetris Masias

Apollon v Omonia

16-01-2016 Matchweek 19	Apollon	0–0	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,664 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Omonia v Ermis

23-01-2016 Matchweek 20	Omonia	1–0	Ermis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00	Sheridan 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 4,590 Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

Pafos v Omonia

31-01-2016 Matchweek 21	Pafos	2–1	Omonia	Pafiako Stadium, Pafos
14:00	Ibson 28' Maachi 89'	Report	Sheridan 25'	Attendance: 1,853 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

Omonia v AEK Larnaca

06-02-2016 Matchweek 22	Omonia	3–1	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00	Bebê 12' Schembri 56' (pen.)	Report	Catala  21'  64' Tete 45+2'	Attendance: 7,545 Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

APOEL v Omonia

13-02-2016 Matchweek 23	APOEL	2–0	Omonia	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
13:00	Efrem 8', 42'	Report		Attendance: 12,017 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Omonia v Aris Limassol

20-02-2016 Matchweek 24	Omonia	2–1	Aris Limassol	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00	Assis 28', 44'	Report	Ranos 75'	Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Enosis Neon Paralimni v Omonia

27-02-2016 Matchweek 25	Enosis Neon Paralimni	1–4	Omonia	Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
14:00	Bukorac 39'	Report	Runje 22' Badibanga 27' Sheridan 49' Kirm 88'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Omonia v AEL Limassol

03-03-2016 Matchweek 26	Omonia	4–2	AEL Limassol	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00	Kirm 43', 57' Badibanga 59', 86'	Report	Piech 31' Aganović 75'	Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Play-offs Table

Results

Omonia v Anorthosis

06-03-2016 Matchweek 27	Omonia	3–0	Anorthosis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00	Badibanga 2' Sheridan 7', 51'	Report		Attendance: 7,660 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

APOEL v Omonia

12-03-2016 Matchweek 28	APOEL	2–1	Omonia	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00	Efrem 42' Vieira 84'	Report	Bebê 34'	Attendance: 10,264 Referee: Demetris Masias

Nea Salamina v Omonia

19-03-2016 Matchweek 29	Nea Salamina	1–2	Omonia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00	Makriev 83'	Report	Schembri 36' Sheridan 73'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Loukas Soteriou

AC Omonia v AEK Larnaca

03-04-2016 Matchweek 30	AC Omonia	0–1	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		Report	Tričkovski 27'	Attendance: 7,728 Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

Apollon v Omonia

09-04-2016 Matchweek 31	Apollon	1–2	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00	Freire 13'	Report	Schembri 77', 88'	Attendance: 3,442 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Anorthosis v Omonia

16-04-2016 Matchweek 32	Anorthosis	0–3	Omonia	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00		Report	Assis 49' Ramos 58' Sheridan 73'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

Omonia v APOEL

23-04-2016 Matchweek 33	Omonia	0–2	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		Report	Gianniotas 23', 44'	Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

Omonia v Nea Salamina

27-04-2016 Matchweek 34	Omonia	2–0	Nea Salamina	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00	Sheridan 82' Schembri 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

AEK Larnaca v Omonia

07-05-2016 Matchweek 35	AEK Larnaca	1-3	Omonia	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
17:00	Alves 60' (p.g)	Report	O.Roushias 17' D.Christofi 37' Assis 82'	Attendance: 900 Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou

Omonia v Apollon

14-05-2016 Matchweek 36	Omonia	1-2	Apollon	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		[1]		Attendance: 2,316 Referee: Leontios Trattos

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Dinamo Batumi v Omonia

02-07-2015 First Leg	Dinamo Batumi	1-0	Omonia	David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi
18:00 EET	Gabedava 40'	Report		Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Omonia v Dinamo Batumi

09-07-2015 Second Leg	Omonia	2-0 (2–1 agg.)	Dinamo Batumi	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Goulon 56' Schembri 62'	Report		Attendance: 13,532 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Second qualifying round

Jagiellonia Białystok v Omonia

16-07-2015 First Leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	0-0	Omonia	City Stadium, Białystok
20:30 EET		Report		Attendance: 16,067 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

Omonia v Jagiellonia Białystok

23-07-2015 Second Leg	Omonia	1-0 (1-0 agg.)	Jagiellonia Białystok	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Sheridan 8'	[2]		Attendance: 17,481 Referee: Danilo Grujić

Third qualifying round

Brøndby v Omonia

30-07-2015 First Leg	Brøndby	0-0	Omonia	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
20:00 EET		Report		Attendance: 7,427 Referee: Libor Kovařík

Omonia v Brøndby

06-08-2015 Second Leg	Omonia	2-2 (2-2 agg.)	Brøndby	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Sheridan 16' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Pukki 2', 39'	Attendance: 17,943 Referee: Harald Lechner

Cypriot Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Cypriot Cup

First round

Omonia v PAEEK FC

28-10-2015	Omonia	2−0	PAEEK FC	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET	Sheridan 17' Kirm 90+1'			Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nicolas Neocleous

Second round

Omonia v Ethnikos Achna

06-01-2016 First Leg	Omonia	2−0	Ethnikos Achna	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET	Iacob 51' (o.g.) Margaça 55'	Report		Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Andreas Orthodoxou

Ethnikos Achna v Omonia

20-01-2016 Second Leg	Ethnikos Achna	1−3 (1–5 agg.)	Omonia	Dasaki Stadium, Achna
19:00 EET	Poutziouris 45'	Report	Assis 18' Roushias 70', 88'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Thomas Mouskos

Quarter-Finals

Omonia v Pafos FC

03-02-2016 First Leg	Omonia	4−0	Pafos FC	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET	Schembri 26' Badibanga 29', 64' Christofi 79'	Report		Attendance: 3,529 Referee: Giorgos Nicolaou

Pafos FC v Omonia

17-02-2016 Second Leg	Pafos FC	0−4 (0–8 agg.)	Omonia	Pafiako Stadium, Pafos
17:00 EET		Report	Kasmi 40' Okeuhie 42' Hafez 64' Kirm 68'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Semi-Finals

AEK Larnaca v Omonia

06-04-2016 Fisrt Leg	AEK Larnaca	0−0	Omonia	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 EET		Report		Attendance: 3,584 Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Omonia v AEK Larnaca

20-04-2016 Second Leg	Omonia	0−0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (5–3 p)	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET		Report		Attendance: 13,068 Referee: Demetris Masias
	Penalties
	Sheridan Hafez Runje Badibanga Schembri		Boljević Alves Tomàs Ninu

Final

Apollon v Omonia

18-05-2016	Apollon	2−1	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:30 EEST	Papoulis 5' Angeli 72'	Report	Margaça 54'	Attendance: 12076 Referee: A.Vučemilović