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The 2009–10 season was APOEL's 70th season in the Cypriot First Division and 82nd year in existence as a football club.
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Pre-season and friendlies
The first training session for the season took place on June 10, 2009, at the GSP Stadium and on June 21, the team left to Obertraun in Austria, to perform the main stage of their pre-season training. On July 3, the team moved to Leogang to continue their pre-season preparation. APOEL returned to Cyprus on July 9. During the pre-season training stage in Austria, APOEL played three friendly matches.
LTV Super Cup
APOEL started the season by winning the 2009 Cypriot Super Cup, beating APOP Kinyras 2–1 on 9 August 2009. Sebastián González opened the score for APOP Kinyras in the 4th minute and APOEL equalised with Boban Grnčarov in the 49th minute. The winner came from Nektarios Alexandrou in the 85th minute.
Marfin Laiki League
APOEL finished 2nd in the 2009–10 Cypriot First Division with 65 points, behind champions Omonia which had 74 points. So, APOEL won a place for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Cypriot Cup
APOEL reached the final of the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup by eliminating Ethnikos Achna (4–2 agg.), Ermis Aradippou (6–0 agg.) and Aris Limassol (2–0 agg.). In the Cup final which held at GSZ Stadium on 15 May 2010, APOEL lost from Apollon Limassol by 2–1. Apollon took the lead in the 1st minute with a goal from Moustapha Bangura and APOEL equalised in the 23rd minute with a header from Marcin Żewłakow. Apollon scored the winner with Giorgos Merkis in the 72nd minute with a header from close range.
UEFA Champions League
The team was the current holders of the Cypriot championship and as such entered the UEFA Champions League qualifying stages. A successful campaign saw them through to the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stages by eliminating EB/Streymur (5–0 agg.), FK Partizan (2–1 agg.) and F.C. Copenhagen (3–2 agg.). APOEL were drawn in Group D against Chelsea F.C., F.C. Porto and Atlético Madrid.
On matchday 1, APOEL drew 0–0 against Atlético Madrid at the first game at Vicente Calderón Stadium and won its first ever point in group stages. On matchday 2, APOEL faced up English giants Chelsea F.C. and the Cypriot team was beaten 0–1 by Nicolas Anelka's goal in the 18th minute. On matchday 3, APOEL played against F.C. Porto at Dragão. APOEL took the lead on 22’ from Álvaro Pereira's own goal but Hulk scored two goals on 33’ and 48’ with a penalty and finally lost 2–1. Then followed another match against F.C. Porto in Nicosia for matchday 4. APOEL stood well but lost 1–0 after Radamel Falcao's goal in the 84th minute. On matchday 5, APOEL drew 1–1 with Atlético Madrid at GSP Stadium. APOEL took the lead in the game in the 5th minute after Nenad Mirosavljević scored, but Atlético Madrid equalised with the Portuguese international Simão Sabrosa on 62 minutes. For matchday 6, on December 8, 2009 APOEL travelled to London to play against Chelsea F.C. At Stamford Bridge the team had the support of 6,000 fans who traveled from Cyprus. APOEL took the lead on 6th minute with Marcin Żewłakow, but Chelsea scored two goals with Michael Essien on 19’ and Didier Drogba on 26' to make it 2–1. APOEL equalised after Nenad Mirosavljević scored in the 87th minute and the match ended 2–2.
APOEL finished fourth in the group having equal points with Atlético Madrid, but failed to qualify to UEFA Europa League, because of the away goal that Atlético Madrid had scored in Nicosia. At the end of the season Atlético became the eventual winner of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
Current squad
Last Update: February 13, 2010
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2009.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2009–10.
Squad Changes
In:
Total expenditure: €385K
Out:
Total income: €80K
Last updated: February 2, 2010
Squad stats
Last updated: May 20, 2010
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.
Captains
- Marinos Satsias
- Chrysis Michael
- Constantinos Charalambides
- Christos Kontis
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Other information
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Overall
Last updated: May 15, 2010
Source: Competitions
Classification
Updated to games played on March 25, 2010.
Source: soccerway.com
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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results summary
Last updated: May 9, 2010.
Source: soccerway.com
Results by round
Last updated: May 9, 2010.
Source: apoelfc.com.cy
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Playoffs Table
The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.
Group A
Updated to games played on May 9, 2010.
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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Matches
All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET
Qualifying phase
Second qualifying round
APOEL won 5–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
APOEL won 2–1 on aggregate.
Play-off round
APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.
Group stage
Group D standings and fixtures
Matches
LTV Super Cup
APOEL won the 2009 Cypriot Super Cup (11th title).
APOEL won 4–2 on aggregate.
APOEL won 6–0 on aggregate.
APOEL won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
Apollon won the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup (6th title).