# 2019–20 Pafos FC season

The 2019–20 season was Pafos's 6th year in existence, and third season in the Cypriot First Division.

## Season review

On 1 July, Pafos announced the signings of Artur Rudko from Dynamo Kyiv, Mickaël Panos from Saint-Étienne and Giorgos Valerianos from Aris Thessaloniki.
On 3 July, Brazilian defender, Jander, was sold to Red Star Belgrade for a club-record fee.
On 6 July, Pafos signed Nigerian International midfielder Sunny, who'd last played for Real Salt Lake, with Alex Konstantinou joining from Olympiakos Nicosia on 10 July, and Panagiotis Zachariou leaving the club by mutual agreement to join Olympiakos Nicosia on 11 July 2019.
On 16 July, Pafos sold Belgium midfielder to KAS Eupen for an undisclosed fee, and new club-record fee.
On 31 July, Angolan forward, Vá joined Pafos from Petro de Luanda.
In August, Pafos signed Nahir Besara from Al-Fayha, Paulus Arajuuri from Brøndby, and the season-long loan signing of Reinis Reinholds from Pisa.
On 1 September Cy Goddard joined on a season-long loan deal from Benevento, with Kevin Lafrance joining the next day from APOEL on a similar deal.
On 5 September Gerasimos Fylaktou returned to Pafos from Ermis Aradippou, having previously played for the club on loan during the 2017–18 season.
On 6 September, Pafos signed former Crystal Palace winger Bakary Sako and former Huddersfield Town midfielder Danny Williams on free-transfers, with Jerson Cabral joining the following day on a free-transfer having last played for Levski Sofia.
On 6 November, Željko Kopić left his role as head coach of Pafos, with sporting director Jeremy Steele being placed in temporary charge. On 13 December, Cameron Toshack was announced as Pafos' new permanent head coach.
In January, Lulinha left Pafos after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement, whilst Deniss Rakels and Zdeněk Folprecht returned to the club following loan stints away during the first half of the season.
On 24 January, Brayan Angulo signed permanently for Pafos from Independiente Medellín having previously played for the club during the 2018–19 season.
On 30 January, Pafos signed Onni Valakari from Tromsø for an undisclosed fee.
On 15 May, the Cyta Championship was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Artur Rudko | Dynamo Kyiv | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Mickaël Panos | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Giorgos Valerianos | Aris Thessaloniki | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2019 | MF | Sunny | Unattached | Free |
| 10 July 2019 | FW | Alex Konstantinou | Olympiakos Nicosia | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2019 | FW | Vá | Petro de Luanda | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2019 | MF | Nahir Besara | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2019 | DF | Paulus Arajuuri | Brøndby | Undisclosed |
| 5 September 2019 | MF | Gerasimos Fylaktou | Ermis Aradippou | Undisclosed |
| 6 September 2019 | MF | Bakary Sako | Unattached | Free |
| 6 September 2019 | MF | Danny Williams | Unattached | Free |
| 7 September 2019 | MF | Jerson Cabral | Unattached | Free |
| 24 January 2020 | MF | Brayan Angulo | Independiente Medellín | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2020 | MF | Onni Valakari | Tromsø | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 23 August 2019 | GK | Reinis Reinholds | Pisa | End of Season |
| 1 September 2019 | MF | Cy Goddard | Benevento | End of Season |
| 4 September 2019 | DF | Joaquín Varela | Fénix | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 July 2019 | DF | | Jander | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed | |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | | Jens Cools | KAS Eupen | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Deniss Rakels | Riga | 31 December 2019 |
| 8 September 2019 | MF | Zdeněk Folprecht | Fastav Zlín | 31 December 2019 |
| 6 March 2020 | MF | Brayan Angulo | Riga | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 11 July 2019 | FW | Panagiotis Zachariou | Olympiakos Nicosia | 11 July 2019 |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Lulinha | Júbilo Iwata | 10 January 2020 |
| 27 January 2020 | FW | Federico Rasic | Sona Calcio | 5 February 2021 |
| 19 May 2020 | MF | Danny Williams | Retired | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Andreas Panayiotou | Apollon Limassol | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Andreas Tsokkas | Akritas Chlorakas | 7 July 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Matija Širok | Gorica | 25 September 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Zdeněk Folprecht | Příbram | 22 September 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Bakary Sako | Saint-Étienne | 30 December 2021 |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Sunny | | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Alex Konstantinou | Karmiotissa | 6 July 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Adam Nemec | Dinamo București | 29 August 2020 |

## Squad

    As of match played 9 March 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Artur Rudko | GK | (1992-05-07)7 May 1992 (aged 28) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2019 | | 23 | 0 |
| 12 | Evgenios Petrou | GK | (1997-09-06)6 September 1997 (aged 22) | Ethnikos Assia | 2018 | | 8 | 0 |
| 52 | Reinis Reinholds | GK | (1997-09-26)26 September 1997 (aged 22) | loan from Pisa | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Andreas Theokli | GK | (2001-07-23)23 July 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Joaquín Varela | DF | (1998-06-27)27 June 1998 (aged 21) | loan from Fénix | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kyriakos Antoniou | DF | (2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 17 | 1 |
| 8 | Matija Širok | DF | (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 28) | Domžale | 2018 | | 56 | 1 |
| 13 | Kevin Lafrance | DF | (1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 30) | loan from APOEL | 2019 | 2020 | 17 | 1 |
| 15 | Giorgos Valerianos | DF | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 28) | Aris Thessaloniki | 2019 | | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | Mickaël Panos | DF | (1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 23) | Saint-Étienne | 2019 | | 23 | 0 |
| 20 | Andreas Tsokkas | DF | (2000-07-25)25 July 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Andreas Panayiotou | DF | (2001-05-03)3 May 2001 (aged 19) | Omonia | 2018 | | 42 | 2 |
| 23 | Paulus Arajuuri (Captain) | DF | (1988-06-15)15 June 1988 (aged 31) | Brøndby | 2019 | | 20 | 2 |
| 66 | Pavel Lelyukhin | DF | (1998-04-23)23 April 1998 (aged 22) | Dynamo Moscow | 2018 | | 24 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Sunny | MF | (1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 31) | Real Salt Lake | 2019 | | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Danny Williams | MF | (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 31) | Huddersfield Town | 2019 | | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | Gerasimos Fylaktou | MF | (1991-07-24)24 July 1991 (aged 28) | Ermis Aradippou | 2019 | | | |
| 16 | Abdisalam Ibrahim | MF | (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 (aged 29) | Vålerenga | 2019 | | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | Nahir Besara | MF | (1991-02-25)25 February 1991 (aged 29) | Al-Fayha | 2019 | | 24 | 1 |
| 21 | Cy Goddard | MF | (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 23) | loan from Benevento | 2019 | 2020 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Onni Valakari | MF | (1999-08-18)18 August 1999 (aged 20) | Tromsø | 2020 | | 6 | 5 |
| 26 | Bakary Sako | MF | (1988-04-26)26 April 1988 (aged 32) | Crystal Palace | 2019 | | 6 | 1 |
| 31 | Zdeněk Folprecht | MF | (1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 29) | Slovan Liberec | 2018 | | 44 | 1 |
| 42 | Jason Puncheon | MF | (1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 33) | Crystal Palace | 2019 | 2021 | 16 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Kévin Bérigaud (Vice-captain) | FW | (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 32) | Montpellier | 2018 | | | |
| 11 | Alex Konstantinou | FW | (1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 28) | Olympiakos Nicosia | 2019 | | 9 | 1 |
| 28 | Vá | FW | (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 22) | Petro de Luanda | 2019 | | 18 | 2 |
| 32 | Marcelo Torres | FW | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 22) | loan from Boca Juniors | 2019 | 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 77 | Adam Nemec | FW | (1985-09-02)2 September 1985 (aged 34) | Dinamo București | 2018 | | 48 | 22 |
| 87 | Nikita Dubov | FW | (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Jerson Cabral | FW | (1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (aged 29) | Levski Sofia | 2019 | | 14 | 3 |
| 92 | Deniss Rakels | FW | (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 27) | Reading | 2018 | | 30 | 2 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 70 | Brayan Angulo | MF | (1993-07-19)19 July 1993 (aged 26) | América de Cali | 2020 | | 36 | 10 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | Lulinha | MF | (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 30) | Sharjah | 2018 | | 29 | 2 |
| 19 | Federico Rasic | FW | (1992-03-24)24 March 1992 (aged 28) | Arsenal Tula | 2018 | | 36 | 9 |

### 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 |
| 70 | MF | COL | Brayan Angulo (at Riga) |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lulinha (to Júbilo Iwata) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Federico Rasic |

## 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 | 23 August 2019 | 9 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 034.78 |
| Cypriot Cup | 27 November 2019 | 29 January 2020 | First round | Second Round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 032.00 |
Last updated: 9 March 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | AEL Limassol | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Pafos FC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 24 | 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: 29 February 2020. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Pafos FC | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 30 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 26 |
| 9 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 25 |
| 10 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 23 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 21 |
| 12 | Doxa Katokopias | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 14 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 March 2020. Source: Results

##### Results by results

| Matchday | 1 |
| Ground | A |
| Result | L |
| Position | 7 |

##### 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 | UKR | Artur Rudko | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CYP | Kyriacos Antoniou | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Sunny | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Danny Williams | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | SVN | Matija Širok | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Kévin Bérigaud | 7 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CYP | Alex Konstantinou | 9 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | CYP | Evgenios Petrou | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | HAI | Kevin Lafrance | 17 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CYP | Gerasimos Fylaktou | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Valerianos | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Abdisalam Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Nahir Besara | 24 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Mickaël Panos | 23 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Cy Goddard | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CYP | Andreas Panayiotou | 19 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FIN | Paulus Arajuuri | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Onni Valakari | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MLI | Bakary Sako | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ANG | Vá | 18 | 2 | 13+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | CZE | Zdeněk Folprecht | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Torres | 6 | 2 | 2+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Jason Puncheon | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Pavel Lelyukhin | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SVK | Adam Nemec | 15 | 3 | 12+2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 | FW | CPV | Jerson Cabral | 14 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | LVA | Deniss Rakels | 9 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 70 | MF | COL | Brayan Angulo | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Pafos but left during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | BRA | Lulinha | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Federico Rasic | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 24 | Onni Valakari | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 91 | Jerson Cabral | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | 77 | Adam Nemec | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | 23 | Paulus Arajuuri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 28 | Vá | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Kévin Bérigaud | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | 32 | Marcelo Torres | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 17 | Nahir Besara | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 13 | Kevin Lafrance | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 5 | Kyriacos Antoniou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 22 | Andreas Panayiotou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 92 | Deniss Rakels | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 10 | Lulinha | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 26 | Bakary Sako | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 19 | Federico Rasic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 11 | Alex Konstantinou | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 8 | Matija Širok | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 4 | 30 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Artur Rudko | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 6 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Cyta Championship | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Cypriot Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Artur Rudko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Kyriacos Antoniou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Danny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Matija Širok | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | | FW | Kévin Bérigaud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Kevin Lafrance | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Gerasimos Fylaktou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Giorgos Valerianos | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | | MF | Nahir Besara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Mickaël Panos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Andreas Panayiotou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Paulus Arajuuri | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | | MF | Onni Valakari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Vá | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | | MF | Zdeněk Folprecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | | FW | Marcelo Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | | MF | Jason Puncheon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 66 | | DF | Pavel Lelyukhin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | | FW | Adam Nemec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | | FW | Jerson Cabral | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | | FW | Deniss Rakels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Pafos during the season: ||||||||||
| 10 | | MF | Lulinha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Federico Rasic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 3 |