2011–12 APOEL F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was APOEL's 72nd season in the Cypriot First Division and 84th year in existence as a football club.

APOEL
2011–12 season
ChairmanPhivos Erotokritou
ManagerIvan Jovanović
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division2nd
Cypriot Cup2nd round
LTV Super CupWinners
Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Esteban Solari (11)
All:
Esteban Solari (13)
Highest home attendance22,701 vs Olympique Lyonnais
(7 March 2012)
Lowest home attendance1,837 vs Akritas Chlorakas
(11 January 2012)
Average home league attendance12,126 (all competitions)

Season review

Pre-season and friendlies

The first training session for the season took place on 8 June 2011 at GSP Stadium. On 19 June 2011, the team flew to Obertraun in Austria to perform the main stage of their pre-season training. APOEL returned to Cyprus on 2 July 2011. During the pre-season training stage in Austria, APOEL participated in Salzburg Airport Cup and played in total four friendly matches.

Laiki Bank League

APOEL completed the regular season of the 2011–12 Cypriot First Division having 17 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, scoring 39 goals and conceding 13 goals. So, APOEL entered championship play-offs from the third place with 56 points, four points behind leaders AEL Limassol (60 points) and one point behind second placed Omonia (57 points).

In the first championship play-off match, APOEL won Omonia by 2–1, with a last-minute winner from Gustavo Manduca and moved up to the second place, only two points behind leaders AEL Limassol who on the same day drew 1–1 at Anorthosis. In the second play-off match, APOEL suffered a 2–1 home loss from Anorthosis and leaders AEL Limassol (who at the same day won Omonia by 2–0) gained a five-points advantage. In the next play-off match, Ivan Tričkovski's last-minute winner helped APOEL beat AEL Limassol 1–0 at home, to reduce AEL's lead to just two points. Another match between AEL Limassol and APOEL followed one week later, but the two teams drew 0–0 in Limassol and AEL remained two points clear of APOEL, with only two matches remaining. On 5 May 2012, APOEL lost from Omonia at home by 2–1 and at the same day AEL Limassol crowned champions by beating Anorthosis 1–0 at Limassol. In the last match of the season, APOEL won Anorthosis at Larnaca by 2–1 and secured the second place in the league.

LTV Super Cup

On 7 August 2011, APOEL won the 2011 Cypriot Super Cup by beating Omonia 1–0 in the GSP Stadium. The winner came from Christos Kontis in the 81st minute.

Cypriot Cup

In the first round of the 2011–12 Cypriot Cup, APOEL eliminated Akritas Chlorakas by winning 9–1 in a knock-out match which was held at GSP Stadium. In the last 16 of the Cup, APOEL faced up AEL Limassol in a two-legged tie and lost 0–1 on aggregate. In the first match at GSP Stadium, APOEL lost 0–1 from a Patrick Vouho's goal in the 40th minute. On the return leg, APOEL was held to a 0–0 draw, and so eliminated very early from the competition.

UEFA Champions League
APOEL fans celebrating at GSP Stadium after eliminating Wisła Kraków in the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

The team won the Cypriot championship last season and as such entered the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. A successful campaign saw them through to the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stages by eliminating Skënderbeu Korçë (6–0 agg.), Slovan Bratislava (2–0 agg.) and Wisła Kraków (3–2 agg.). APOEL drawn in Group G, alongside F.C. Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and Zenit St. Petersburg.

On 13 September 2011, APOEL hosted Zenit St. Petersburg in GSP Stadium and secured its first ever victory in the UEFA Champions League group stage proper with a 2–1 comeback victory against the Russian side. Konstantin Zyryanov put Zenit ahead in the 63rd minute but APOEL was rewarded for its attacking play 10 minutes later when Gustavo Manduca pounced on a loose ball in the box and slotted the ball into the Zenit net. The winner came two minutes later when Brazilian striker Aílton evaded the Zenit defense and shot into the far corner past goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev. In its second match in the group, APOEL held Shakhtar Donetsk to a 1–1 draw at the Donbass Arena and stayed in first place in the group. APOEL took the lead when the striker Ivan Tričkovski finished off a counterattack in the 61st minute. Shakhtar equalised three minutes later when Jádson scored. Another away match followed against F.C. Porto and APOEL drew 1–1 at Dragão to extend its unbeaten start and keep them on the top of Group G. Brazilian forward Hulk put F.C. Porto ahead after 13 minutes with a curving free-kick from distance and APOEL levelled six minutes later when Aílton received the ball close to the Porto area, dribbled past Fernando and sent a diagonal shot that gave the goalkeeper Helton no chance to block. However, on the last minute of added time APOEL could have won the match, but substitute Aldo Adorno was denied the winner by a block from Helton. On 1 November 2011, APOEL hosted F.C. Porto in GSP Stadium and Gustavo Manduca's last-minute winner meant APOEL remained unbeaten at the top of Group G, securing at least a place in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League knockout phase. On 42nd minute, Aílton was tripped by Eliaquim Mangala and the referee immediately signaled a penalty. The Brazilian striker stepped up and sent Helton the wrong way, scoring his third goal in the competition. On the 89th minute F.C. Porto won a penalty and Hulk made no mistake from the spot, equalizing for the visitors. It looked like the Portuguese side had salvaged a draw, but in the 90th minute Constantinos Charalambides fired in an accurate cross and found Gustavo Manduca in the box, whose left-footed strike from close range sealed the win for APOEL.

APOEL's 2011–12 UEFA Champions League starting lineup that managed to beat Lyon 1–0 (4–3 pen.) at home and reached the quarter-finals.[1]

On 23 November 2011, APOEL made history and became the first Cypriot team to reach the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League by holding Zenit St. Petersburg to a 0–0 draw in Petrovsky Stadium.[2] APOEL eventually reached the last 16 as a group winner, despite losing its unbeaten record after a 0–2 home defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk on the final match day. Luiz Adriano (who had in the first half a penalty saved by Urko Pardo) and Yevhen Seleznyov scored second-half goals for Shakhtar to win its first group stage match that season, but APOEL stayed top of Group G after Zenit St. Petersburg drew 0–0 at F.C. Porto.

In its first participation to the UEFA Champions League last 16, APOEL drawn against French side Olympique Lyonnais. The first leg was held at Stade de Gerland on 14 February 2012, in front of over 5,000 travelling APOEL supporters. Lyon overcame APOEL's tight defense with a second-half goal by Alexandre Lacazette and secured a slender advantage by winning 1–0. In the second leg which was held at GSP Stadium on 7 March 2012, Gustavo Manduca's ninth-minute opener levelled the tie 1–1 on aggregate. After 90 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time the game remained 1–0 for APOEL and went to a penalty shoot-out. On the penalty shoot-out, Dionisis Chiotis made two saves by diving to his left to block penalties from Alexandre Lacazette and Michel Bastos, while APOEL converted all four of its own spot kicks and won 4–3, reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time.[1]

APOEL has been drawn to face Spanish giants Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. In the first leg which was held at GSP Stadium on 27 March 2012, APOEL stood well for 74 minutes, but Real Madrid ran out 3–0 winners thanks to late goals from Karim Benzema (74', 90') and Kaká (82'). In the return leg which was held at Santiago Bernabéu on 4 April 2012, Real Madrid took a 2–0 lead in the first half by Cristiano Ronaldo's (26') and Kaká's (37') goals. Gustavo Manduca scored a goal for APOEL in the 67th minute after an excellent through ball from Aílton, but Ronaldo scored his second goal with a free-kick in the 75th minute to make it 3–1 for Real Madrid. Substitute José Callejón scored in the 80th minute but two minutes later APOEL won a penalty after Hamit Altıntop brought down Aldo Adorno and Esteban Solari beat Iker Casillas from the spot to make it 4–2. Finally, another goal scored by Ángel Di María in the 84th minute and Real Madrid won by 5–2, reaching the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 8–2 and giving an end to APOEL's impressive run in the competition.

Current squad

Last Update: 19 January 2012[3]

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 Panos Constantinou
3 DF  POR Paulo Jorge
4 DF  BRA Kaká (on loan from Hertha BSC)
5 MF  BIH Sanel Jahić
6 DF  BRA Marcelo Oliveira
7 MF  GRE Savvas Poursaitides
8 FW  BRA Aílton
9 FW  ARG Esteban Solari
10 MF  CYP Constantinos Charalambides (vice-captain)
11 FW  MKD Ivan Tričkovski
14 MF  TUN Tijani Belaïd
15 DF  CYP Marios Antoniades
17 MF  CYP Marinos Satsias (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  CYP Marios Elia
20 MF  PAR Aldo Adorno
21 MF  BRA Gustavo Manduca
22 GK  GRE Dionisis Chiotis
23 MF  POR Hélio Pinto
25 DF  CYP Andreas Christofides
26 MF  POR Nuno Morais
29 FW  CYP Nektarios Alexandrou
31 MF  POR Hélder Sousa
77 DF  CYP Athos Solomou
78 GK  ESP Urko Pardo
81 MF  BRA Marcinho
88 GK  CYP Tasos Kissas
98 DF  BRA William Boaventura

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2011.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2011–12.

International players

Foreign players

Squad changes

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
20 RW Adorno 29EU Apollon Limassol Transfer Y Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
6 CB Oliveira 29Non-EU Atromitos Transfer Y Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
5 DM Jahić 29EU AEK Athens Transfer Y Summer 2013 Free apoelfc.com.cy
78 GK Pardo 28EU Rapid București Transfer Y Summer 2013 Free sigmalive.com
4 CB Kaká 30Non-EU Hertha BSC Loan Summer 2012 €250K herthabsc.de
14 AM Belaid 23EU Hull City Transfer Y Summer 2013 Free sigmalive.com
31 AM Hélder Sousa 34EU Olympiakos Nicosia Transfer Y Winter 2013 €90K apoelfc.com.cy

Total expenditure: €340K

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 CF Sikora 31EU Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała End of contract N Summer Free ts.podbeskidzie.pl
60 GK Ioannou 20EU Doxa Katokopias Mutual consent N Summer Free kerkida.net
14 CB Broerse 32EU Excelsior End of contract N Summer Free joostbroerse.nl
30 CF Mirosavljević 33Non-EU Olympiakos Nicosia End of contract N Summer Free olympiakos.com.cy
33 DM Michael 34EU Enosis Neon Paralimni End of contract N Summer Free enpfc.com
5 CB Grnčarov 28Non-EU Lierse End of contract N Summer Free lierse.com
6 DM Kyriakou 24EU Anagennisi Deryneia End of contract N Summer Free anagennisis1920.net
18 LW Vasiliou 20EU Doxa Katokopias Loan Summer Free —
24 CB Kontis 36EU Retirement Retirement Summer — apoel.net
14 AM Belaid 24EU Union Berlin Contract termination N Winter Free fc-union-berlin.de
5 DM Jahić 30EU Kardemir Karabükspor Transfer Y Winter €300K kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr

Total income: €300K

Last updated: 31 January 2012

Club

Other information
Chairman Phivos Erotokritou
Ground (capacity and dimensions) GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Squad stats
Total Cypriot First Division Cypriot CupLTV Super CupUEFA Champions League
Country
 N
 P
 Name
 GS
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
 A
 Mins.
 Gls.
 Y
 R
A
Mins.
Gls.
Y
R
A
Mins.
Gls.
Y
R
1 GK Constantinou
3 CB Paulo Jorge 33 33 2931 1 9 18 1551 1 7 1 90 141290 2
4 CB Kaká 22 25 2025 2 20 1588 1 1 90 4347 1
5 DM Jahić 9 22 1019 7 11 671 5 190 1 10258 1
6 CB Oliveira 33 34 2931 1 9 21 1808 1 5 3 270 2 190 9763 2
7 RB Poursaitides 35 36 3077 1 8 19 1543 1 3 2 180 1 190 141264 4
8 CF Aílton 27 36 2513 11 3 21 1422 4 1 1 25 14106672
9 CF Solari 20 46 1987 13 7 31 1393 11 4 2 107 1 190 1239722
10 RM Charalambides 32 49 2944 8 7 30 1723 7 4 3 46 179 15109613
11 CF Tričkovski 33 41 3024 7 2 24 1825 6 3 152 111 13103612
12 AM Panayiotou
14 AM Belaid 4 9 425 1 1 8 395 1 1 130
15 LB Antoniades
17 DM Satsias 1 11 192 2 7 126 1 1 45 11 220 1
19 RB Elia 3 6 343 1 1 5 298 1 145 1
20 RW Adorno 16 31 1375 4 1 20 818 1 3 251 3 189 72171
21 LM Manduca 36 40 2808 12 8 1 23 1614 4 2 2 137 2 1 151057651
22 GK Chiotis 31 31 2782 -23 1 16 1440 -12 1 2 180 -2 190 121072-9
23 CM Pinto 42 50 3736 1 6 32 2355 1 2 3 158 1 111 141212 3
24 CB Kontis 9 9 810 1 1 2 180 1 1901 6540
25 CB Christofides
26 DM Morais 477 48 4160 4 11 1 28 2330 1 6 1 3 270 2 2 190 1 16147012
27 CM Antoniou
29 LB Alexandrou 23 38 2238 1 5 26 1730 1 2 3 201 1 190 8217 2
31 AM Hélder Sousa 12 17 1108 1 2 13 824 1 2 1 73 3211
77 RB Solomou 18 22 1670 1 2 16 1284 1 2 1 90 5296
78 GK Pardo 19 20 1748 -14 1 14 1260 -6 1 1 90 5398-8
81 AM Marcinho 34 40 3001 3 4 25 2009 2 2 3 245 1 179 11668 2
88 GK Kissas 2 2 180 -1 2 180 -1
98 LB Boaventura 32 32 2868 2 8 16 1403 1 7 3 270 1 131195 1
Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, apoelfc.com.cy
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for more extended name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); GS = Game Started; A = Appearances.

Top scorers
R Player Position League Cup Super Cup Champ. League Total
1 Solari CF 11 0 0 2 13
2 Manduca LW 4 2 0 6 12
3 Aílton CF 4 0 0 7 11
4 Charalambides RW 7 0 0 1 8
5 Tričkovski RW 6 0 0 1 7
6 Morais DM 1 2 0 1 4
Adorno RW 0 3 0 1 4
8 Marcinho AM 2 1 0 0 3
9 Boaventura LB 1 1 0 0 2
10 Oliveira CB 1 0 0 0 1
Elia RB 1 0 0 0 1
Belaid AM 1 0 0 0 1
Pinto CM 1 0 0 0 1
Solomou RB 1 0 0 0 1
Alexandrou LB 1 0 0 0 1
Poursaitides RB 1 0 0 0 1
Paulo Jorge CB 1 0 0 0 1
Hélder Sousa AM 1 0 0 0 1
Kontis CB 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1 2
TOTAL 46 9 1 20 76

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Captains
  1. Marinos Satsias
  2. Constantinos Charalambides
  3. Marios Elia
  4. Hélio Pinto

Pre-season friendlies
21 June 2011 Friendly SV Grödig 0 – 2 APOEL Obertraun, Austria
19:00 EET (Report) Pinto  7'
Aílton  82'		 Referee: Oliver Drachta
24 June 2011 Friendly APOEL 3 – 2 Tatran Prešov Obertraun, Austria
18:00 EET Pinto  6'
Adorno  48', 83'		 (Report) Petráš  27'
Bernardo  80'
27 June 2011 Salzburg Airport Cup APOEL 0 – 2 CFR Cluj Eugendorf, Salzburg
19:30 EET (Report) Bud  3'
Peralta  19' (pen.)		 Referee: Bernd Hirschbichler
1 July 2011 Salzburg Airport Cup APOEL 1 – 1 Sparta Prague Eugendorf, Salzburg
19:30 EET Adorno  65' (Report) Matějovský  50' Referee: Michael Pointner

Mid-season friendlies
5 October 2011 Friendly APOEL 5 – 2 PAEEK Archangelos Training Centre, Nicosia
17:30 EET Oliveira (1-0)
Morais (2-0)
Jahić (3-0)
Adorno (4-1)
Solari (5-1)		 (Report) Georgiou (3-1)
Pedras (pen.) (5-2)

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — 2nd 29 August 201112 May 2012
UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying Quarter-finals 13 July 20114 April 2012
Cypriot Cup 1st round 2nd round 11 January 201223 February 2012
LTV Super Cup Final Winners 7 August 2011

Updated to match played 12 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Laiki Bank League
Main article: 2011–12 Cypriot First Division

Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEL Limassol 26 18 6 2 33 7 +26 60 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 17 6 3 47 16 +31 57
3 APOEL 26 17 5 4 39 13 +26 56
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 7 4 30 12 +18 52
5 AEK Larnaca 26 11 9 6 33 21 +12 42 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 20 6 6 46 19  +27 66 10 3 3 20 8  +12 10 3 3 26 11  +15

Last updated: 12 May 2012.
Source: UEFA

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultDWWWWLWDLWWWWWLDWWDWLWWWWDWLWDLW
Position64111333333311344332333333222222
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2012. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AEL Limassol (C) 32 20 8 4 37 10 +27 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 20 6 6 46 19 +27 66[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Omonia Nicosia 32 20 6 6 56 23 +33 66[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 17 8 7 36 21 +15 59 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. APOE: 7pts; OMO: 4pts
  2. The 2011–12 Cypriot Cup winners, Omonia, qualified for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.

Matches

Kick-off times are in EET.

Regular season
29 August 2011 Matchweek 1 AEK Larnaca 0 – 0 APOEL GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 (Report) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
9 September 2011 Matchweek 2 APOEL 3 – 1 Alki Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Oliveira  3'
Elia  60'
Solari  90+3'		 (Report) Firţulescu  85' Attendance: 6,946
Referee: Marios Panayi
18 September 2011 Matchweek 3 Olympiakos Nicosia 1 – 4 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Soteriou  71'
Pina  67' 		 (Report) Charalambides  49', 90+2'
Solari  64' (pen.), 69'		 Attendance: 6,423
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
24 September 2011 Matchweek 4 APOEL 1 – 0 Aris Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Boaventura  86' (Report) Attendance: 6,345
Referee: Leontios Trattos
2 October 2011 Matchweek 5 Apollon Limassol 0 – 2 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:00 (Report) Solari  71' (pen.)
Aílton  87'		 Attendance: 6,392
Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou
15 October 2011 Matchweek 6 APOEL 0 – 1 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 (Report) Monteiro  56' Attendance: 9,835
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
23 October 2011 Matchweek 7 Ethnikos Achna 0 – 3 APOEL Dasaki Stadium, Achna
18:00 Milutinović  61'  (Report) Charalambides  35'
Tričkovski  55'
Simov  71' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
28 October 2011 Matchweek 8 APOEL 0 – 0 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (Report) Laban  90+2'  Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Leontios Trattos
6 November 2011 Matchweek 9 Nea Salamina 1 – 0 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 León  16' (Report) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marios Panayi
19 November 2011 Matchweek 10 APOEL 2 – 0 Ermis Aradippou GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Manduca  79'
Belaid  82'		 (Report) Attendance: 5,192
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
27 November 2011 Matchweek 11 Enosis Neon Paralimni 0 – 2 APOEL Tasos Markou, Paralimni
17:00 (Report) Marcinho  76'
Pinto  82'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
2 December 2011 Matchweek 12 APOEL 2 – 0 Anagennisi Dherynia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Solari  16'
Charalambides  58'		 (Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
11 December 2011 Matchweek 13 Omonia 1 – 3 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 Avraam  9'
Bouzón  31' 		 (Report) Solomou  42'
Solari  74', 78'		 Attendance: 16,419
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
19 December 2011 Matchweek 14 APOEL 3 – 0 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Tričkovski  32', 80', 90+2' (Report) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
8 January 2012 Matchweek 15 Alki Larnaca 2 – 1 APOEL GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 Conde  36', 90+3' Tričkovski  3' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
16 January 2012 Matchweek 16 APOEL 0 – 0 Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (Report) Attendance: 5,313
Referee: Leontios Trattos
21 January 2012 Matchweek 17 Aris Limassol 0 – 1 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
17:00 (Report) Alexandrou  77' Attendance: 2,842
Referee: Demetris Masias
29 January 2012 Matchweek 18 APOEL 2 – 1 Apollon Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 Poursaitides  69'
Charalambides  90+2'		 (Report) Núñez  42' Attendance: 7,327
Referee: Marios Panayi
5 February 2012 Matchweek 19 AEL Limassol 0 – 0 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 (Report) Attendance: 8,160
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
10 February 2012 Matchweek 20 APOEL 2 – 1 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Charalambides  23', 41' (Report) Vattis  80' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
19 February 2012 Matchweek 21 Anorthosis 2 – 0 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
15:00 Zairi  11'
Roncatto  14'		 (Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Leontios trattos
26 February 2012 Matchweek 22 APOEL 1 – 0 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 Manduca  26' (Report) Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Vasilis Demetriou
3 March 2012 Matchweek 23 Ermis Aradippou 1 – 4 APOEL Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 Papathanasiou  84' (Report) Solari  6', 53'
Morais  21'
Paulo Jorge  50'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Savvas Zafiris
12 March 2012 Matchweek 24 APOEL 1 – 0 Enosis Neon Paralimni GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Aílton  85' (Report) Faria  83'  Attendance: 16,300
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
17 March 2012 Matchweek 25 Anagennisi Dherynia 1 – 2 APOEL Tasos Markou, Paralimni
18:00 Kolokoudias  5' (Report) Aílton  32' (pen.)
Solari  71'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kostas Psevdiotis
27 March 2012 Matchweek 26 APOEL 0 – 0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 (Report) Aloneftis  45'  Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Demetris Masias
Play-offs
31 March 2012 Matchweek 1 Omonia 1 – 2 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Christofi  56' (Report) Hélder Sousa  45+1'
Manduca  90+3'		 Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Thomas Mouskos
8 April 2012 Matchweek 2 APOEL 1 – 2 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Manduca  68' (Report) Rezek  6'
Laborde  50'		 Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis
22 April 2012 Matchweek 3 APOEL 1 – 0 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Tričkovski  90+4' (Report) Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
28 April 2012 Matchweek 4 AEL Limassol 0 – 0 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
17:00 Monteiro  62'  (Report) Attendance: 8,295
Referee: Marios Panayi
5 May 2012 Matchweek 5 APOEL 1 – 2 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Aílton  40'
Morais  90+3' 		 (Report) Avraam  21'
Christofi  80'		 Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Leontios Trattos
12 May 2012 Matchweek 6 Anorthosis 1 – 2 APOEL Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
17:00 Okkas  62' (Report) Marcinho  37'
Solari  60'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Antonis Christodoulou

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
13 July 2011 First Leg Skënderbeu Korçë 0 – 2 APOEL Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë
20:00 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Morais  52'
Manduca  56'		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ján Valášek
20 July 2011 Second Leg APOEL 4 – 0 Skënderbeu Korçë GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET Solari  59'
Aílton  66'
Adorno  80'
Charalambides  86'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 11,271
Referee: Andrea De Marco

APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
26 July 2011 First Leg APOEL 0 – 0 Slovan Bratislava GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 14,774
Referee: Pol van Boekel
3 August 2011 Second Leg Slovan Bratislava 0 – 2 APOEL Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava
20:15 CET Grendel  60'  (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Aílton  58'
Manduca  90+4'		 Attendance: 9,318
Referee: Peter Sippel

APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round
17 August 2011 First Leg Wisła Kraków 1 – 0 APOEL Stadion Miejski, Kraków
20:45 CET Małecki  71' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 22,545
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
23 August 2011 Second Leg APOEL 3 – 1 Wisła Kraków GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Pareiko  29' (o.g.)
Aílton  54', 87'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Wilk  71' Attendance: 21,665
Referee: Viktor Kassai

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Group stage
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage
Group G standings and fixtures
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 Advance to knockout phase
2 Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9
3 Porto 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5
Source:
Matches
13 September 2011 Match Day 1 APOEL 2 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Manduca  73'
Aílton  75'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Zyryanov  63'
Bruno Alves  76' 		 Attendance: 21,269
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
28 September 2011 Match Day 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 – 1 APOEL Donbass Arena, Donetsk
20:45 CET Jádson  64' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Tričkovski  61' Attendance: 47,014
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
19 October 2011 Match Day 3 Porto 1 – 1 APOEL Estádio do Dragão, Porto
20:45 CET Hulk  13' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Aílton  19' Attendance: 32,512
Referee: Antony Gautier
1 November 2011 Match Day 4 APOEL 2 – 1 Porto GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Aílton  42' (pen.)
Manduca  90'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Hulk  89' (pen.) Attendance: 22,301
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
23 November 2011 Match Day 5 Zenit St. Petersburg 0 – 0 APOEL Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
18:00 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Felix Brych
6 December 2011 Match Day 6 APOEL 0 – 2 Shakhtar Donetsk GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Luiz Adriano  62'
Seleznyov  78'		 Attendance: 22,537
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan

Knockout phase
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
14 February 2012 First Leg Lyon 1 – 0 APOEL Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 CET Lacazette  58' (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 32,010
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
7 March 2012 Second Leg APOEL 1 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		 Lyon GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET Manduca  9',  115'  (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Attendance: 22,701
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Penalties
Aílton
Morais
Alexandrou
Tričkovski 		Källström
Lisandro
Gomis
Lacazette
Bastos

1–1 on aggregate. APOEL won 4–3 on penalties.

Quarter-finals
27 March 2012 First Leg APOEL 0 – 3 Real Madrid GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 CET (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Benzema  74', 90'
Kaká  82'		 Attendance: 22,385
Referee: Felix Brych
4 April 2012 Second Leg Real Madrid 5 – 2 APOEL Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:45 CET Ronaldo  26', 76'
Kaká  37'
Callejón  80'
Di María  84'		 (Report 1)
(Report 2)		 Manduca  67'
Solari  82' (pen.)		 Attendance: 54,627
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Real Madrid won 8–2 on aggregate.

LTV Super Cup
Main article: LTV Super Cup
7 August 2011 Final APOEL 1 – 0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 EET Kontis  81' (Report) Attendance: 9,752
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

APOEL won the 2011 Cypriot Super Cup (12th title).

Cypriot Cup
Main article: 2011–12 Cypriot Cup

First round
11 January 2012 Knock-out APOEL 9 – 1 Akritas Chlorakas GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Manduca  7', 14'
Adorno  19', 71', 90'
Morais  57', 70'
Marcinho  64'
Boaventura  82'		 (Report) Forbes  89' Attendance: 1,837
Referee: Demetris Chrysostomou

Second round
25 January 2012 First Leg APOEL 0 – 1 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET (Report) Vouho  40' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
23 February 2012 Second Leg AEL Limassol 0 – 0 APOEL Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 EET (Report) Attendance: 5,675
Referee: Marios Panayi

AEL Limassol won 1–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Lyon stunned as APOEL fairy tale continues". UEFA. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. "APOEL boss Ivan Jovanovic ecstatic after qualifying". ESPN soccernet. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. "APOEL Roster". APOEL FC. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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