# 2007–08 APOEL FC season

The 2007–08 season was APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division and 80th year in existence as a football club.
The club won the championship the previous season so it played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.
Manager Marinos Ouzounidis left the club by mutual consent on 6 January 2008, due to the club's lower-than-expected performance in the Cypriot First Division and two days later he was replaced by Ivan Jovanović who managed to help the club to win the Cypriot Cup at the end of the season.

## Squad

Last update: 16 April 2008
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CYP | Michalis Morfis |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Michalis Kapsis |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Daniel Florea |
| 7 | MF | CYP | Constantinos Charalambides |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Bark Seghiri |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Nikos Machlas |
| 11 | MF | CYP | Marios Louka |
| 12 | GK | MKD | Jane Nikolovski |
| 14 | DF | NED | Joost Broerse |
| 15 | DF | CYP | Marios Antoniades |
| 17 | MF | CYP | Marinos Satsias (captain) |
| 18 | DF | CYP | Demetris Daskalakis |
| 20 | MF | CYP | Constantinos Makrides |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | POR | Helio Pinto |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Christos Kontis |
| 26 | DF | POR | Nuno Morais |
| 30 | FW | SRB | Nenad Mirosavljević |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Zé Carlos |
| 32 | DF | ALB | Altin Haxhi |
| 33 | MF | CYP | Chrysis Michael |
| 40 | MF | CYP | Giorgos Economides |
| 60 | GK | CYP | Kyriacos Ioannou |
| 69 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Corović |
| 71 | MF | CYP | Marios Theodorou |
| 77 | DF | CYP | Panayiotis Panayiotou |
| 88 | GK | CYP | Tasos Kissas |

### Squad changes

In:
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 26 | DM | Morais | 23 | EU | Chelsea | Transfer Y | Summer | 2009 | Free | reuters.com |
| 12 | GK | Nikolovski | 33 | Non-EU | Slaven Belupo | Transfer Y | Summer | 2009 | Free | — |
| 6 | DM | Emerson | 35 | EU | AEK Athens | Transfer Y | Summer | 2008 | Free | uefacup.com |
| 21 | LW | Tavares | 23 | Non-EU | Porto Alegre | Transfer Y | Summer | 2010 | Free | — |
| 14 | CF | Evilasio | 27 | Non-EU | Porto Alegre | Transfer Y | Summer | 2008 | Free | — |
| 31 | CF | Zé Carlos | 32 | EU | Braga | Transfer Y | Summer | 2009 | Free | uefa.com |
| 7 | RW | Rubens | 22 | Non-EU | Villa Rio | Loan → | Summer | 2008 | Free | — |
| 69 | CF | Corović | 31 | Non-EU | AEL Limassol | Loan → | Summer | 2008 | Free | — |
| 32 | LB | Haxhi | 32 | EU | Ergotelis | Transfer Y | Winter | 2009 | Free | — |
| 14 | CB | Broerse | 28 | EU | Utrecht | Transfer Y | Winter | 2009 | Free | nu.nl |
| 30 | CF | Mirosavljević | 30 | Non-EU | Smederevo | Transfer Y | Winter | 2009 | Free | — |
| 7 | RW | Charalambides | 26 | EU | Carl Zeiss Jena | Transfer Y | Winter | 2010 | Free | — |
Total expenditure: €0
Out:
| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | LW | Gómez | 32 | Non-EU | Deportivo Saprissa | Loan return → | Summer | — | — |
| 99 | CF | Neophytou | 30 | EU | AEK Larnaca | End of contract N | Summer | Free | — |
| 22 | LB | Sampson | 25 | EU | AEL Limassol | End of contract N | Summer | Free | — |
| 29 | CF | Solari | 26 | EU | UNAM | Transfer Y | Summer | €200K | — |
| 6 | CB | Okkarides | 29 | EU | Apollon Limassol | End of contract N | Summer | Free | — |
| 12 | GK | Kythreotis | 26 | EU | ASIL Lysi | End of contract N | Summer | Free | — |
| 7 | RW | Barreto | 24 | Non-EU | Universidad San Martín | Mutual consent N | Summer | Free | — |
| 14 | CF | Evilasio | 27 | Non-EU | Pelita Bandung Raya | Contract termination N | Winter | Free | — |
| 19 | RB | Elia | 28 | EU | Ethnikos Achna | Loan → | Winter | Free | — |
| 7 | RW | Rubens | 23 | Non-EU | Villa Rio | Loan return → | Winter | — | — |
| 21 | LW | Tavares | 23 | Non-EU | Maribor | Mutual consent N | Winter | Free | — |
| 22 | LM | Sapanis | 31 | EU | Ionikos | Mutual consent N | Winter | Free | — |
| 6 | DM | Emerson | 35 | EU | Madureira | Mutual consent N | Winter | Free | — |
| 10 | AM | Fernandes | 29 | EU | Metalurh Donetsk | Transfer Y | Winter | €200K | — |
Total income: €400K
Last updated: 31 January 2008

## Club
### Other information

| Chairman | Kyriakos Zivanaris |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m) |
Source: apoelfc.com.cy

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Marfin Laiki League | — | 2nd | 2 September 2007 | 10 May 2008 |
| UEFA Champions League | 1st qualifying | 1st qualifying | 17 July 2007 | 24 July 2007 |
| Cypriot Cup | 4th round | Winners | 24 October 2007 | 17 May 2008 |
| Cyprus FA Shield | Final | Runners-up | 25 August 2008 | 25 August 2008 |
Updated to match played 20 May 2008 Source: Competitions

### Marfin Laiki League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 2 | APOEL | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 53 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 3 | Omonia | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 48 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | Qualification for second round, Group A |
| 5 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 39 | Qualification for second round, Group B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2008. Source: soccerway.com

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L |

#### Playoffs table

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Anorthosis Famagusta (C) | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 72 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | APOEL | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 61 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Omonia | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |

### Matches

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

#### Playoffs
### UEFA Champions League
#### First qualifying round

BATE won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Cypriot Cup
#### Fourth round

APOEL won 9–0 on aggregate.

#### Group B

Final table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Anorthosis (A) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 14 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | APOEL (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Ayia Napa (B) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Aris Limassol (A) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |

#### Semi-finals

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Final

APOEL won the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup (19th title).