# 2018–19 Pafos FC season

The 2018–19 season was Pafos's 5th year in existence, and second season in the Cypriot First Division.

## Season review

In June, Pafos announced the signings of former Dundee defender Kevin Holt, and Evgenios Petrou from Ethnikos Assia.
In July, Pafos sign goalkeeper Joël Mall, defenders Lorran, Andreas Panayiotou, Radek Dejmek and Henrique, and midfielders Jens Cools and Zdeněk Folprecht.
In August, Matija Širok, Lulinha, Kostas Giannoulis, Federico Rasic, Diego Živulić, Pavel Lelyukhin and Adam Nemec all signed for Pafos. Whilst Andreas Karo and Luca Polizzi joined on loan from Apollon Limassol for the season, Patrick Banggaard from Darmstadt 98 and Brayan Angulo from América de Cali on similar loan deals.
Pafos finished off their summer signings in September by signing Simo Choukoud, Jander from Apollon Limassol and Giannis Angelopoulos from Olympiacos.
On 11 December, Deniss Rakels returned to Pafos following his loan spell at Riga.
On 22 January, Radek Dejmek left Pafos to join GKS Katowice.
On 1 February, Pafos announced the signing of Abdisalam Ibrahim after he'd left Vålerenga, and the signing of Artūrs Karašausks from FK RFS.
On 26 February, Kévin Bérigaud was sent on loan to Riga.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Evgenios Petrou | Ethnikos Assia | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Kevin Holt | Dundee | Free |
| 4 July 2018 | DF | Andreas Panayiotou | AC Omonia | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2018 | DF | Sotiris Zantis | Apollon Limassol | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2018 | MF | Zdeněk Folprecht | Slovan Liberec | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2018 | DF | Radek Dejmek | Korona Kielce | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2018 | DF | Lorran | Santo André | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2018 | FW | Deniss Rakels | Reading | Free |
| 21 July 2018 | DF | Henrique | Boavista | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2018 | MF | Jens Cools | Waasland-Beveren | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2018 | GK | Joël Mall | Darmstadt 98 | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2018 | DF | Matija Širok | Domžale | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2018 | DF | Kostas Giannoulis | Asteras Tripolis | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2018 | FW | Federico Rasic | Arsenal Tula | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2018 | FW | Adam Nemec | Dinamo București | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2018 | DF | Pavel Lelyukhin | Dynamo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2018 | MF | Lulinha | Sharjah | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2018 | MF | Diego Živulić | Viktoria Plzeň | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2018 | MF | Simo Choukoud | Feyenoord | Free |
| 5 September 2018 | GK | Giannis Angelopoulos | Olympiacos | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2018 | DF | Jander | Apollon Limassol | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | MF | Abdisalam Ibrahim | Vålerenga | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | FW | Artūrs Karašausks | FK RFS | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 10 August 2018 | DF | Patrick Banggaard | Darmstadt 98 | 30 June 2019 |
| 14 August 2018 | DF | Andreas Karo | Apollon Limassol | 30 June 2019 |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Luca Polizzi | Apollon Limassol | 30 June 2019 |
| 25 August 2018 | MF | Brayan Angulo | América de Cali | 30 June 2019 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 22 January 2019 | DF | | Radek Dejmek | GKS Katowice | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 17 July 2018 | FW | Deniss Rakels | Riga | 11 December 2018 |
| 8 February 2019 | FW | Artūrs Karašausks | Riga | 31 December 2019 |
| 26 February 2019 | FW | Kévin Bérigaud | Riga | 30 June 2019 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 5 September 2018 | DF | Kostas Giannoulis | OFI Crete | 1 January 2019 |
| 12 September 2018 | DF | Henrique | L.F.C. Lourosa | 26 October 2018 |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Giannis Angelopoulos | Levadiakos | 9 January 2020 |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Jan Koprivec | Kilmarnock | 10 September 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Joël Mall | Apollon Limassol | 1 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Lorran | Serra Macaense | 8 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Sotiris Zantis | Karmiotissa | 28 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | Arsenal Tula | 16 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Kevin Holt | Queen of the South | 1 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Diego Živulić | Śląsk Wrocław | 3 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Simo Choukoud | | |

## Squad

    As of match played 17 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Joël Mall | GK | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 28) | Darmstadt 98 | 2018 | | 32 | 0 |
| 12 | Evgenios Petrou | GK | (1997-09-06)6 September 1997 (aged 21) | Ethnikos Assia | 2018 | | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | Jan Koprivec | GK | (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 30) | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2017 | | | |
| 98 | Giannis Angelopoulos | GK | (1998-04-03)3 April 1998 (aged 21) | Olympiacos | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Andreas Karo | DF | (1996-09-09)9 September 1996 (aged 22) | loan from Apollon Limassol | 2018 | 2019 | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Kevin Holt | DF | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 26) | Dundee | 2018 | | 28 | 0 |
| 6 | Lorran | DF | (1996-01-08)8 January 1996 (aged 23) | Santo André | 2018 | | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Matija Širok | DF | (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 27) | Domžale | 2018 | | 33 | 0 |
| 15 | Kyriakos Antoniou | DF | (2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Jander | DF | (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 30) | Apollon Limassol | 2018 | | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Andreas Panayiotou | DF | (1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 23) | AC Omonia | 2018 | | 23 | 1 |
| 26 | Patrick Banggaard | DF | (1994-04-04)4 April 1994 (aged 25) | loan from Darmstadt 98 | 2018 | 2019 | 34 | 0 |
| 47 | Sotiris Zantis | DF | (2001-01-24)24 January 2001 (aged 18) | Apollon Limassol | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Pavel Lelyukhin | DF | (1998-04-23)23 April 1998 (aged 21) | Dynamo Moscow | 2018 | | 11 | 0 |
| 90 | Aleksandr Dovbnya | DF | (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 23) | Ethnikos Achna | 2018 | | 17 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | Lulinha | MF | (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 29) | Sharjah | 2018 | | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | Abdisalam Ibrahim | MF | (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 28) | Vålerenga | 2019 | | 9 | 0 |
| 24 | Jens Cools | MF | (1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 28) | Waasland-Beveren | 2018 | | 28 | 7 |
| 25 | Zdeněk Folprecht | MF | (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 28) | Slovan Liberec | 2018 | | 34 | 1 |
| 40 | Ektoras Stefanou | MF | (2001-04-12)12 April 2001 (aged 18) | AEK Larnaca | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Diego Živulić | MF | (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 (aged 27) | Viktoria Plzeň | 2018 | | 31 | 0 |
| 53 | Simo Choukoud | MF | (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 20) | Feyenoord | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Brayan Angulo | MF | (1993-07-19)19 July 1993 (aged 25) | loan from América de Cali | 2018 | 2019 | 34 | 10 |
| 96 | Luca Polizzi | MF | (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 22) | loan from Apollon Limassol | 2018 | 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Panagiotis Zachariou | FW | (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 23) | AE Pafos | 2014 | | | |
| 19 | Federico Rasic | FW | (1992-03-24)24 March 1992 (aged 27) | Arsenal Tula | 2018 | | 32 | 8 |
| 77 | Adam Nemec | FW | (1985-09-02)2 September 1985 (aged 33) | Dinamo București | 2018 | | 33 | 19 |
| 92 | Deniss Rakels | FW | (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 26) | Reading | 2018 | | 21 | 1 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 74 | Kévin Bérigaud | FW | (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 31) | Montpellier | 2018 | | | |
| | Artūrs Karašausks | FW | (1992-01-29)29 January 1992 (aged 27) | FK RFS | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 18 | Kostas Giannoulis | DF | (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 31) | Asteras Tripolis | 2018 | | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Radek Dejmek | DF | (1988-02-02)2 February 1988 (aged 31) | Korona Kielce | 2018 | | 4 | 0 |
| | Henrique | DF | (1986-10-19)19 October 1986 (aged 32) | Boavista | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |

### Out 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 |
| 74 | FW | FRA | Kévin Bérigaud (at Riga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | LVA | Artūrs Karašausks (at Riga) |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GRE | Kostas Giannoulis (at OFI Crete) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | CZE | Radek Dejmek (at GKS Katowice) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Cyta Championship | 1 September 2018 | 17 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 037.50 |
| Cypriot Cup | 5 December 2018 | 27 February 2019 | First round | Quarterfinal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 037.84 |
Last updated: 17 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Cyta Championship
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Pafos FC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ Head to head record: Omonia 3–1 Nea Salamis, Nea Salamis 1–0 Omonia.
* ↑ Anorthosis were deducted six points for use of unregistered player on a game against Apollon on 2 February 2019.
* ↑ Pafos FC were deducted six points for use of unregistered player on a game against AEK Larnaca on 2 January 2019.
* ↑ Head to head record: Paralimni 2–0 Alki, Alki 1–2 Paralimni.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 February 2019. Source: Results

##### Results by results

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

##### Results
#### Relegation round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 41 | |
| 8 | Pafos FC | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 38 | |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 35 | |
| 10 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 35 | |
| 11 | Alki Oroklini (R) | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 35 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division |
| 12 | Ermis Aradippou (R) | 32 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 13 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division |
* ↑ Anorthosis were deducted six points for use of unregistered player on a game against Apollon on 2 February 2019.
* ↑ Pafos FC were deducted six points for use of unregistered player on a game against AEK Larnaca on 2 January 2019.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 May 2019. Source: Results

##### Results by results

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |

##### Results
### Cypriot Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 9 March 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Cyta Championship | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Cypriot Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Joël Mall | 32 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CYP | Andreas Karo | 24 | 3 | 16+3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kevin Holt | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lorran | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SVN | Matija Širok | 33 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lulinha | 22 | 1 | 2+16 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CYP | Panagiotis Zachariou | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | CYP | Evgenios Petrou | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CYP | Kyriakos Antoniou | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Federico Rasic | 32 | 8 | 18+10 | 3 | 3+1 | 5 |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Jander | 21 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CYP | Andreas Panayiotou | 23 | 1 | 8+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Jens Cools | 28 | 7 | 23+2 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Zdeněk Folprecht | 34 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Patrick Banggaard | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | CYP | Ektoras Stefanou | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | CRO | Diego Živulić | 31 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | CYP | Sotiris Zantis | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | NED | Simo Choukoud | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Pavel Lelyukhin | 11 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | COL | Brayan Angulo | 34 | 10 | 25+4 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | SVK | Adam Nemec | 33 | 19 | 27+1 | 16 | 5 | 3 |
| 90 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 17 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | LVA | Deniss Rakels | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | BEL | Luca Polizzi | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 98 | GK | GRE | Giannis Angelopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 74 | FW | FRA | Kévin Bérigaud | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Pafos but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | GRE | Kostas Giannoulis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CZE | Radek Dejmek | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 77 | Adam Nemec | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | | 70 | Brayan Angulo | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | | 19 | Federico Rasic | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 24 | Jens Cools | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | | 2 | Andreas Karo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 90 | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 25 | Zdeněk Folprecht | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 92 | Deniss Rakels | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Andreas Panayiotou | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 10 | Lulinha | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 13 | 52 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Joël Mall | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Evgenios Petrou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Cyta Championship | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Cypriot Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Joël Mall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | | DF | Andreas Karo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Kevin Holt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Lorran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Matija Širok | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Lulinha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Panagiotis Zachariou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Federico Rasic | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 21 | | DF | Jander | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Andreas Panayiotou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Jens Cools | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Zdeněk Folprecht | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | | DF | Patrick Banggaard | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | | MF | Diego Živulić | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 47 | | DF | Sotiris Zantis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | | MF | Pavel Lelyukhin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | | MF | Brayan Angulo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 77 | | FW | Adam Nemec | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 90 | | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | | FW | Deniss Rakels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | | MF | Luca Polizzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 74 | | FW | Kévin Bérigaud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Pafos during the season: ||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 92 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 101 | 5 |