# 2017–18 AC Omonia season

The 2017–18 season is Omonia's 64th season in the Cypriot First Division and 69th year in existence as a football club.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Mamadu Candé | Free Agent | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Kanu | Free Agent | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CB | Kay | CSU Craiova | Free |
| 3 July 2017 | CM | Alex Soares | C.S. Marítimo | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | RW | Leandro González | Atlético Tucumán | Free |
| 10 July 2017 | CF | Rafael Lopes | G.D. Chaves | Free |
| 17 July 2017 | GK | Piet Velthuizen | Hapoel Haifa | Free |
| 20 July 2017 | CM | Hedwiges Maduro | Groningen | Free |
| 21 July 2017 | CB | Borja Ekiza | Zirka | Free |
| 27 July 2017 | RW | Jarchinio Antonia | Go Ahead Eagles | Free |
| 29 July 2017 | CB | William Ribeiro Soares | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Free |
| 2 August 2017 | CB | Fabrício | F.C. Ashdod | Free |
| 7 September 2017 | ST | Jonathan Benteke | Free Agent | Free |
| 15 December 2017 | GK | Nikolay Mihaylov | Free Agent | Free |
| 15 January 2018 | GK | John Alvbåge | IFK Göteborg | Free |
| 19 January 2018 | ST | Nikolai Kipiani | Ethnikos Achna | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 1 August 2017 | RB | | Jaílson Araújo | Grêmio Anápolis | 30 June 2018 | |
| 31 January 2018 | RW | | Theophilus Solomon | Rijeka | 30 June 2018 | |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 31 May 2017 | CM | Cleyton | Ümraniyespor | Released |
| 16 June 2017 | ST | Dimos Chantzaras | Anagennisi Karditsa | Released |
| 13 July 2017 | LB | Aristidis Soiledis | Kerkyra | Released |
| 14 July 2017 | CB | Kári Árnason | Aberdeen | Free |
| 5 September 2017 | CB | Pantelis Konomis | — | Released |
| 18 December 2017 | RW | Leandro González | Quilmes | Released |
| 18 December 2017 | GK | Piet Velthuizen | — | Released |
| 11 January 2018 | CB | Fabrício | Aktobe | Released |
| 15 January 2018 | ST | Jonathan Benteke | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 17 January 2018 | CM | Blati Touré | AFC Eskilstuna | Released |
* ↑ Cleyton joined Ümraniyespor following his release.
* ↑ Dimos Chantzaras joined Anagennisi Karditsa following his release.
* ↑ Aristidis Soiledis joined Kerkyra following his release.
* ↑ Leandro González joined Quilmes following his release.
* ↑ Fabrício joined Aktobe following his release.
* ↑ Jonathan Benteke joined Oldham Athletic following his release.
* ↑ Blati Touré joined AFC Eskilstuna following his release.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 24 July 2017 | CM | | Gerasimos Fylaktou | Pafos FC | 31 May 2018 | |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Constantinos Panagi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | William Soares | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | Marios Demetriou | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Alex Soares | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nikolai Kipiani | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kanu | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Jaílson Araújo | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jarchinio Antonia | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Theophilus Solomon | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Andreas Panayiotou | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Rafael Lopes | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Hedwiges Maduro | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Mamadu Candé | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Andreas Christodoulou | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Loukas Vyntra | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Matt Derbyshire | 33 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Renato Margaça | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | John Alvbåge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Borja Ekiza | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | Giorgos Kakoullis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Fanos Katelaris | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | Stavros Christoforou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | Alexandros Antoniou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | FW | Andreas Katsantonis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | Andreas Fragkeskou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | Nicandro Breeveld | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | Marinos Tzionis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | Hristian Foti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Demetris Christofi | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | Nikolay Mihaylov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players left but featured this season |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Fabrício | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Leandro González | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Piet Velthuizen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Jonathan Benteke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Stephane Aziz Ki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of 13 May 2018.

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.
    Correct as of matches played on 13 May 2018
| No. | Player | Cypriot First Division | Cypriot Cup | TOTAL |
| 1 | Andreas Christodoulou | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Nikolay Mihaylov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Piet Velthuizen | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Cypriot First Division
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Omonia | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 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 |

##### 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: CFA

##### Results by matchday

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | P | P | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

##### Matches
#### Championship Round
##### Championship Round table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | APOEL (C) | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Apollon Limassol | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 90 | 26 | +64 | 82 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 58 | |
| 6 | Omonia | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 47 | |
* ↑ AEK Larnaca qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cypriot Cup.

##### 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: CFA

##### Results by matchday

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