APOEL FC

APOEL ( Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias - Greek: Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας - Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Lefkosia) is a Cypriot football club founded on November 8, 1926 in a Lefkosia patisserie by a group of 40 sports-minded Cypriots.

• Colours: Yellow and Blue
• Stadium: New GSP Stadium (capacity 23,700)
• President: Prodromos Petridis
• Coach: Ivan Jovanovic

The club was among the founding members of the Cyprus Football Association and has participated in the First Division of the Cyprus league since its inception with the exception of 1974 when it participated in the Greek Football A Division. That year, APOEL became the only Cypriot team not to be relegated however, due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, they were unable to compete again, returning to the Cypriot League.

Europe

APOEL were the first Greek (Cypriot or mainland) football club to advance in a European competition as they eliminated Lin of Norway in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963 (6-0, 1-0).

In 2009, APOEL advanced to the Group Stages of the Champions' League for the first time in their history.

Titles

Championships

1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1947 1948

1949 1952 1965 1973 1980 1986 1990

1992 1996 2002 2004 2007 2009

Cyprus Cup

1937 1941 1947 1951 1963 1968

1969 1973 1976 1978 1979 1984

1993 1995 1996 1997 1999

Players (1973-74)

• Giorgos Pantziaras
• Nikos Pantziaras
• Irodotos Koupanos
• Charalambos Menelaou
• Michalis Kolokasis
• Odysseus Athanatos
• Lefteris Poulias
• Totis Kyprianidis
• Michalis Stefanis
• Andreas Stylianou
• Takis Timotheou
• Antros Miamiliotis
• Markos Markou
• Petrakis Hadjithoma
• Takis Antoniou
• Nikos Kritikos
• Leonidas Leonidou

Site

APOEL Official site

Did you know?

• Omonia Lefkosia was founded by officials of APOEL who broke away on account of political differences in 1948 - the time of the Greek Civil War.