# 2017–18 APOEL FC season

The 2017–18 season was APOEL's 78th season in the Cypriot First Division and 90th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, APOEL participated in this season's editions of the Cypriot Cup, the Cypriot Super Cup and UEFA Champions League.

## Squad

    As of 8 March 2018
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 | MEX | Raúl Gudiño |
| 2 | DF | EQG | Emilio Nsue |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Roberto Lago |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Jesús Rueda |
| 6 | MF | NED | Lorenzo Ebecilio |
| 7 | MF | CYP | Georgios Efrem |
| 8 | FW | BEN | Mickaël Poté |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Igor de Camargo |
| 11 | MF | CYP | Nektarios Alexandrou |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Nauzet Pérez |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Vinícius |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Zhivko Milanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | CYP | Minas Antoniou |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Denis Polyakov |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Agustín Farías |
| 26 | MF | POR | Nuno Morais |
| 29 | DF | GRE | Praxitelis Vouros |
| 30 | DF | CYP | Giorgos Merkis |
| 33 | MF | CYP | Andreas Makris |
| 44 | DF | CYP | Nicholas Ioannou |
| 46 | MF | CYP | Efstathios Aloneftis |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Dellatorre |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Carlão |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Lucas Souza |
| 98 | GK | CYP | Andreas Paraskevas |
| 99 | GK | NED | Boy Waterman |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Raúl Gudiño (on loan from Porto B) |
| 2 | DF | CYP | Kypros Christoforou (from Aris Limassol, previously on loan) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Jesús Rueda (from Beitar Jerusalem) |
| 8 | FW | BEN | Mickaël Poté (from Adana Demirspor) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Nauzet Pérez (from Osasuna) |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar (from Brisbane Roar) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Ghayas Zahid (from Vålerenga) |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai (from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 22 | FW | CYP | Minas Antoniou (from Aris Limassol) |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Agustín Farías (from Palestino) |
| 29 | DF | GRE | Praxitelis Vouros (from Olympiacos) |
| 30 | GK | VEN | Rafael Romo (from AEL Limassol) |
| 33 | FW | CYP | Andreas Makris (from Walsall) |
| 50 | DF | BRA | Carlão (on loan from Torino) |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Lucas Souza (from AEL Limassol) |
| 93 | GK | CYP | Neofytos Michael (from Nea Salamina) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | CYP | Kostakis Artymatas (on loan to Kerkyra) |
| 17 | FW | ESP | David Barral (to Cádiz CF) |
| 20 | FW | CYP | Pieros Sotiriou (to Copenhagen) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Iñaki Astiz (to Legia Warsaw) |
| 25 | DF | CYP | Rafael Anastasiou (to AEK Larnaca) |
| 30 | GK | VEN | Rafael Romo (on loan to Beerschot Wilrijk) |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Aretas (to Alki Oroklini) |
| 45 | MF | CYP | Georgios Christodoulou (on loan to Pafos) |
| 55 | MF | CYP | Christos Kallis (to Alki Oroklini, previously on loan) |
| 70 | MF | GRE | Giannis Gianniotas (loan return to Olympiacos) |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Vander Vieira (to Sharjah FC) |
| 78 | GK | ESP | Urko Pardo (to Alki Oroklini) |
| 80 | MF | COL | Roger Cañas (loan return to Astana) |
| 90 | DF | CTA | Cédric Yambéré (loan return to Bordeaux) |
| 93 | GK | CYP | Neofytos Michael (on loan to Aris Limassol) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | EQG | Emilio Nsue (from Birmingham City) |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Dzyanis Palyakow (from BATE Borisov) |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Dellatorre (from Atlético Paranaense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## 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 % |
| Cypriot First Division | 9 September 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 075.00 |
| Cypriot Cup | 10 January 2018 | 25 April 2018 | Second round | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Cypriot Super Cup | 9 August 2017 | 9 August 2017 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 12 July 2017 | 6 December 2017 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 116 | 62 | +54 | 061.82 |
Source: Competitions

### Cypriot First Division
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitions

#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | APOEL | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 67 | 15 | +52 | 61 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 56 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 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 |

##### Matches
#### Championship round
##### League 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.

##### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Third qualifying round
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | RMA | DOR | APO |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | APOEL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 2 | | 0–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).