# 2017–18 Pafos FC season

The 2017–18 season was Pafos's 4th year in existence, and first season back in the Cypriot First Division following their relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season. Pafos finished the season in 10th position and reached the Semifinals of the Cypriot Cup where they were knocked out by Apollon Limassol.

## Season review

On 14 December, Pafos announced the signing of Dmitri Torbinski on a contract starting 1 January.

## Squad

    As of match played 13 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 78 | Léonard Aggoune | GK | (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 20) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2017 | | |
| 88 | Jan Koprivec | GK | (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 29) | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2017 | | |
| 90 | Andreas Vassiliou | GK | (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 21) | Ermis Aradippou | 2017 | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Biel Company | DF | (1992-02-16)16 February 1992 (aged 26) | RCD Mallorca | 2017 | | |
| 3 | Savvas Pikramenos | DF | (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 31) | AEZ Zakakiou | 2016 | | |
| 4 | Lucas Domínguez | DF | (1989-10-27)27 October 1989 (aged 28) | Unión Española | 2017 | | |
| 6 | Kenan Horić | DF | (1990-09-13)13 September 1990 (aged 27) | on loan from Antalyaspor | 2017 | | |
| 13 | Vladislavs Gabovs | DF | (1987-07-13)13 July 1987 (aged 30) | Korona Kielce | 2017 | | |
| 28 | Nicolas Taravel | DF | (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 23) | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 2017 | | |
| 64 | Erik Janža | DF | (1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (aged 24) | on loan from Viktoria Plzeň | 2017 | | |
| 93 | Hérold Goulon | DF | (1988-06-12)12 June 1988 (aged 29) | Doxa Katokopias | 2017 | | |
| 96 | Aleksandr Dovbnya | DF | (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 22) | Ethnikos Achna | 2018 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Georgios Christodoulou | MF | (1997-08-17)17 August 1997 (aged 20) | on loan from APOEL Nicosia | 2017 | | |
| 7 | Diego Poyet | MF | (1995-04-08)8 April 1995 (aged 23) | Godoy Cruz | 2017 | | |
| 12 | Boy Deul | MF | (1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 30) | Stal Kamianske | 2017 | | |
| 15 | Kyriakos Antoniou | MF | (2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2017 | | |
| 20 | Andreas Stavrou | MF | (1988-10-27)27 October 1988 (aged 29) | Karmiotissa | 2017 | | |
| 21 | Rafael Yiangoudakis | MF | (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 27) | Athens Kallithea | 2017 | | |
| 23 | Gerasimos Fylaktou | MF | (1991-07-24)24 July 1991 (aged 26) | on loan from AC Omonia | 2017 | | |
| 27 | Ante Roguljić | MF | (1996-03-11)11 March 1996 (aged 22) | Red Bull Salzburg | 2017 | | |
| 33 | Jeff Callebaut | MF | (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 21) | Mechelen | 2017 | | |
| 82 | Mehdi Mostefa | MF | (1983-08-30)30 August 1983 (aged 34) | Unattached | 2017 | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Daniel Sikorski | FW | (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 30) | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2017 | | |
| 10 | Christian Brüls | FW | (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 29) | Eupen | 2017 | | |
| 11 | Panagiotis Zachariou | FW | (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 22) | AE Pafos | 2014 | | |
| 31 | Valdo | FW | (1988-02-08)8 February 1988 (aged 30) | Air Force United | 2017 | | |
| 56 | Charalambos Demosthenous | FW | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 28) | Aris Limassol | 2015 | | |
| 74 | Kévin Bérigaud | FW | (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 30) | Montpellier | 2018 | | |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Mitja Lotrič | FW | (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 23) | Rudar Velenje | 2017 | | |
| 14 | Prosper Chiluya | DF | (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 20) | on loan from Kafue Celtic | 2017 | | |
| 16 | Artem Filimonov | MF | (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 24) | on loan from Karpaty Lviv | 2017 | | |
| 30 | Abel Camará | FW | (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 (aged 28) | Belenenses | 2017 | | |
| 34 | Antonijs Černomordijs | DF | (1996-09-26)26 September 1996 (aged 21) | on loan from Riga | 2017 | | |
| 80 | Dmitri Torbinski | MF | (1984-04-28)28 April 1984 (aged 34) | Unattached | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | Bohdan Kovalenko | FW | (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 21) | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | 2017 | | |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Daniel Sikorski | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Boy Deul | Stal Kamianske | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Mitja Lotrič | Rudar Velenje | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2017 | GK | Andreas Vasiliou | Ermis Aradippou | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2017 | DF | Vladislavs Gabovs | Korona Kielce | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2017 | GK | Jan Koprivec | Anorthosis Famagusta | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2017 | DF | Nicolas Taravel | Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Hérold Goulon | Doxa Katokopias | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | MF | Jeff Callebaut | Mechelen | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2017 | MF | Andreas Stavrou | Karmiotissa | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2017 | MF | Ante Roguljić | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2017 | GK | Léonard Aggoune | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2017 | FW | Christian Brüls | Eupen | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2017 | FW | Bohdan Kovalenko | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2017 | FW | Abel Camará | Belenenses | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Diego Poyet | Godoy Cruz | Undisclosed |
| 6 September 2017 | DF | Biel Company | RCD Mallorca | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2017 | DF | Lucas Domínguez | Unión Española | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2017 | MF | Mehdi Mostefa | Unattached | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | MF | Dmitri Torbinski | Unattached | Free |
| 17 January 2018 | FW | Kévin Bérigaud | Montpellier | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | Ethnikos Achna | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Valdo | Air Force United | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Artem Filimonov | Karpaty Lviv | 31 December 2017 |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Erik Janža | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 June 2018 |
| 15 July 2017 | DF | Kenan Horić | Antalyaspor | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 July 2017 | DF | Antonijs Černomordijs | Riga | 31 December 2017 |
| 24 July 2017 | MF | Gerasimos Fylaktou | AC Omonia | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 August 2017 | DF | Prosper Chiluya | Kafue Celtic | 31 December 2017 |
| 24 August 2017 | MF | Georgios Christodoulou | APOEL | 30 June 2018 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 10 January 2018 | FW | | Mitja Lotrič | NK Celje | Undisclosed | |
| 20 March 2018 | FW | | Bohdan Kovalenko | Riga | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Abel Camará | Cremonese | 1 March 2018 |
| 12 February 2018 | MF | Dmitri Torbinski | Baltika Kaliningrad | 12 February 2018 |
| 1 June 2018 | FW | Valdo | Thai Honda | 1 June 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Léonard Aggoune | US Créteil-Lusitanos | 1 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Andreas Vassiliou | Akritas Chlorakas | 1 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Biel Company | Hermannstadt | 12 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Savvas Pikramenos | | |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Lucas Domínguez | Everton | 7 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Vladislavs Gabovs | Riga | 1 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Nicolas Taravel | Grenoble | 1 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Hérold Goulon | Ermis Aradippou | 23 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Diego Poyet | Retired | 23 January 2020 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Boy Deul | Volendam | 16 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Andreas Stavrou | Alki Oroklini | 12 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Rafael Yiangoudakis | Aris Limassol | 12 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Ante Roguljić | AS Trenčín | 14 September 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Jeff Callebaut | SC Dikkelvenne | 2 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Mehdi Mostefa | AS Béziers | 18 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Daniel Sikorski | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 1 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Christian Brüls | Westerlo | 6 February 2019 |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Charalambos Demosthenous | Akritas Chlorakas | 1 July 2018 |

## 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 | 10th | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 030.56 |
| Cypriot Cup | 13 December 2017 | 25 April 2018 | First round | Semifinal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 032.56 |
Last updated: 17 May 2018 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Ermis Aradippou | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Pafos FC | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Alki Oroklini | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 February 2018. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 48 | |
| 8 | Ermis Aradippou | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 46 | |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 | |
| 10 | Pafos FC | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 42 | |
| 11 | Alki Oroklini | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 39 | |
| 12 | Olympiakos Nicosia (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 81 | −47 | 24 | Relegation to the Cypriot Second Division |
* 1 2 Head to head record: Doxa 2–1 Ermis, Ermis 1–2 Doxa, Doxa 2–3 Ermis, Ermis 2–1 Doxa.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2018. Source: Results

##### Results by results

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

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

    As of match played 13 May 2018

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Biel Company | 24 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CYP | Savvas Pikramenos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CHI | Lucas Domínguez | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CYP | Georgios Christodoulou | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BIH | Kenan Horić | 22 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | URU | Diego Poyet | 22 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Daniel Sikorski | 28 | 7 | 18+10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Christian Brüls | 29 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CYP | Panagiotis Zachariou | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NED | Boy Deul | 32 | 6 | 22+10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | LVA | Vladislavs Gabovs | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CYP | Andreas Stavrou | 16 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CYP | Rafael Yiangoudakis | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CYP | Gerasimos Fylaktou | 28 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Ante Roguljić | 22 | 2 | 15+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Taravel | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Valdo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BEL | Jeff Callebaut | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | CYP | Charalambos Demosthenous | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | SVN | Erik Janža | 33 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | FW | FRA | Kévin Bérigaud | 16 | 7 | 15+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | FRA | Léonard Aggoune | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Mostefa | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | SVN | Jan Koprivec | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | FRA | Hérold Goulon | 26 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Pafos but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | SVN | Mitja Lotrič | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | GNB | Abel Camará | 13 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | LVA | Antonijs Černomordijs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Torbinski | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Kovalenko | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Daniel Sikorski | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | | 74 | Kévin Bérigaud | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | | 12 | Boy Deul | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 31 | Valdo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | 64 | Erik Janža | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 10 | Christian Brüls | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 23 | Gerasimos Fylaktou | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 27 | Ante Roguljić | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 93 | Hérold Goulon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 4 | Lucas Domínguez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 96 | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 30 | Abel Camará | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 21 | Rafael Yiangoudakis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 12 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 88 | Jan Koprivec | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | GK | | 78 | Léonard Aggoune | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 0 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Cyta Championship | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Cypriot Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Biel Company | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Lucas Domínguez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Georgios Christodoulou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Kenan Horić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Diego Poyet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Daniel Sikorski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Christian Brüls | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Panagiotis Zachariou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Vladislavs Gabovs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Gerasimos Fylaktou | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 27 | | MF | Ante Roguljić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | | DF | Nicolas Taravel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | | FW | Valdo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | | DF | Erik Janža | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 74 | | FW | Kévin Bérigaud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | | MF | Mehdi Mostefa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | | GK | Jan Koprivec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 93 | | DF | Hérold Goulon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 96 | | DF | Aleksandr Dovbnya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Pafos during the season: ||||||||||
| 30 | | FW | Abel Camará | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | | MF | Dmitri Torbinski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 97 | | FW | Bohdan Kovalenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 83 | 2 |