An apparatus for synchronizing a sampling signal on a communication signal, the communication signal comprising communication symbols, the sampling signal indicating sampling time instants of the communication signal, the apparatus comprising: a sampler being configured to sample the communication signal at the sampling time instants indicated by the sampling signal to obtain a sampled communication signal; a filter being configured to filter the sampled communication signal using a first filtering transfer function to obtain a first filtered sampled communication signal, and to filter the sampled communication signal using a second filtering transfer function to obtain a second filtered sampled communication signal; a phase detector being configured to determine a first phase detection signal upon the basis of the first filtered sampled communication signal, and to determine a second phase detection signal upon the basis of the second filtered sampled communication signal, the first phase detection signal indicating a position of a sampling time instant within a communication symbol of the first filtered sampled communication signal, the second phase detection signal indicating a position of a sampling time instant within a communication symbol of the second filtered sampled communication signal; characterized by the apparatus further comprising: a determiner being configured to determine a first synchronicity measure upon the basis of the first phase detection signal, and to determine a second synchronicity measure upon the basis of the second phase detection signal, the first synchronicity measure and the second synchronicity measure indicating a synchronicity between the sampling signal and the communication signal; a selector being configured to select the first filtering transfer function or the second filtering transfer function of the filter for filtering the sampled communication signal upon the basis of the first synchronicity measure and the second synchronicity measure for synchronizing the sampling signal on the communication signal; and a sampling signal generator being configured to generate the sampling signal upon the basis of the first phase detection signal, or to generate the sampling signal upon the basis of the second phase detection signal. a sampler being configured to sample the communication signal at the sampling time instants indicated by the sampling signal to obtain a sampled communication signal; a filter being configured to filter the sampled communication signal using a first filtering transfer function to obtain a first filtered sampled communication signal, and to filter the sampled communication signal using a second filtering transfer function to obtain a second filtered sampled communication signal; a phase detector being configured to determine a first phase detection signal upon the basis of the first filtered sampled communication signal, and to determine a second phase detection signal upon the basis of the second filtered sampled communication signal, the first phase detection signal indicating a position of a sampling time instant within a communication symbol of the first filtered sampled communication signal, the second phase detection signal indicating a position of a sampling time instant within a communication symbol of the second filtered sampled communication signal; characterized by the apparatus further comprising: a determiner being configured to determine a first synchronicity measure upon the basis of the first phase detection signal, and to determine a second synchronicity measure upon the basis of the second phase detection signal, the first synchronicity measure and the second synchronicity measure indicating a synchronicity between the sampling signal and the communication signal; a selector being configured to select the first filtering transfer function or the second filtering transfer function of the filter for filtering the sampled communication signal upon the basis of the first synchronicity measure and the second synchronicity measure for synchronizing the sampling signal on the communication signal; and a sampling signal generator being configured to generate the sampling signal upon the basis of the first phase detection signal, or to generate the sampling signal upon the basis of the second phase detection signal. a determiner being configured to determine a first synchronicity measure upon the basis of the first phase detection signal, and to determine a second synchronicity measure upon the basis of the second phase detection signal, the first synchronicity measure and the second synchronicity measure indicating a synchronicity between the sampling signal and the communication signal; a selector being configured to select the first filtering transfer function or the second filtering transfer function of the filter for filtering the sampled communication signal upon the basis of the first synchronicity measure and the second synchronicity measure for synchronizing the sampling signal on the communication signal; and a sampling signal generator being configured to generate the sampling signal upon the basis of the first phase detection signal, or to generate the sampling signal upon the basis of the second phase detection signal.