# 2020–21 APOEL FC season

The 2020–21 season was APOEL's 81st season in the Cypriot First Division and 93rd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, APOEL participated in this season's editions of the Cypriot Cup and the Europa League. The season covered the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players

    As of 11 September 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Miguel Silva |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Kostas Apostolakis |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Paulo Vinícius |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael Santos (on loan from Flamengo) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Carlos Dias |
| 6 | DF | POR | Artur Jorge |
| 7 | MF | CYP | Georgios Efrem |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Marius Lundemo |
| 9 | FW | KOS | Atdhe Nuhiu |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Tomás De Vincenti |
| 12 | GK | CYP | Dimitris Priniotakis |
| 14 | FW | ISR | Ben Sahar (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Anuar Tuhami (on loan from Valladolid) |
| 16 | FW | CYP | Andreas Katsantonis |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| 18 | MF | CYP | Giannis Satsias |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | BEL | Victor Klonaridis |
| 22 | DF | EQG | Emilio Nsue |
| 23 | GK | NGA | Francis Uzoho |
| 25 | MF | CYP | Stavros Gavriel |
| 27 | MF | ISR | Omer Atzili |
| 29 | MF | IRL | Jack Byrne |
| 30 | DF | CYP | Giorgos Merkis |
| 31 | MF | DEN | Mike Jensen |
| 40 | MF | CYP | Marios Kokkinoftas |
| 42 | DF | CYP | Christos Wheeler |
| 55 | DF | CYP | Christos Shelis |
| 75 | GK | GRE | Apostolos Tsilingiris |
| 77 | MF | COD | Dieumerci Ndongala |
| 80 | GK | CYP | Charis Hadjigavriel |
| 89 | FW | CYP | Nikolas Koutsakos |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JOR | Omar Hani (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | CYP | Neofytos Michael (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | SRB | Vujadin Savić (at Olimpija Ljubljana until 30 June 2021) |

## Competitions
### Cypriot First Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Pafos FC | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | APOEL | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Doxa Katokopias | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: APOEL +1, Doxa -1
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation | PAF | APOE | ETH | DOX | NSF | ERM | ENP | KAR |
| 7 | Pafos FC | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 63 | | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 8 | APOEL | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 60 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 52 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 10 | Doxa Katokopias | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 51 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis Famagusta (R) | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 43 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 12 | Ermis Aradippou (R) | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 38 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 7–1 |
| 13 | Enosis Neon Paralimni (R) | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 34 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 14 | Karmiotissa (R) | 40 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 98 | −62 | 24 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division | 0–6 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 September 2020. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | | | | |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 12 September 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | First Division | Cypriot Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 41 | FW | | Joe Garner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Rafael Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | 7 | MF | | Georgios Efrem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | 14 | FW | | Ben Sahar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | 77 | MF | | Dieumerci Ndongala | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |