2023–24 AC Omonia season

AC Omonia
2023–24 season
President	Stavros Papastavrou
Head coach	Sofronis Avgousti
Stadium	GSP Stadium
Cypriot First Division	3rd
Cypriot Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round

The 2023–24 season was Omonia's 69th season in the Cypriot First Division and 74th year in existence as a football club. The season covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.^[1]

Kits

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor:: Giantheart.gr

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Management team

Coaching staff

As of 11 July 2023

Position	Name
Sport Director	Jesper Jansson
Head of Scouting	Simos Tarapoulouzis
Head coach	Sofronis Avgousti
Assistant coaches	Marios Nicolaou, Miguel Bedoya
Physical fitness coaches	Savvas Lithraggomitis, Giorgos Georgiou, Ioakeim Ioakeim
Goalkeeping coach	Andreas Lougrides
Performance Analyst	Athanasios Aggeli
Football Analyst	Kyriakos Panagiotou

Team Staff

As of 11 July 2023

Position	Name
Team Manager	Isavella Panaretou
Team Officer	Takis Kofteros
Doctor	Andreas Petrou
Physiotherapists	Evaggelos Nicolaou, Marios Paraskeva, Costas Piponas
Chiropractor	Giorgos Oxinos
Nutritionist	Elina Grigoriou
Masseur	Nicolai Temelkov
Scouters	Rainer Rauffmann, Nicolas Theodosiou
Plant Administrator	Andreas Papastavrou
CaregiverS	Giorgos Karagiannis, Giorgos Hadjievaggelou, Giorgos Hadjievaggelou

Source: omonoiafc.com.cy

Players

Current squad

No.	Player	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Constantinos Panagi	GK	(1994-10-08) 8 October 1994	2014	Olympiakos Nicosia	2026
23	Francis Uzoho	GK	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998	2021	APOEL	2024
40	Fabiano	GK	(1988-02-29) 29 February 1988	2019	Porto	2024
98	Charalambos Kyriakides	GK	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998	2019	Aris Limassol	2026
Defenders
2	Paris Psaltis	RB	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996	2021	Olympiakos Nicosia	2024
3	Adam Matthews	RB	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992	2022	Olympiakos Nicosia	2024
5	Senou Coulibaly	CB	(1994-09-04) 4 September 1994	2023	Dijon	2025
6	Marquinhos Cipriano	LB	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999	2023	Avaí	2025
17	Jan Lecjaks	LB	(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990	2019	Dinamo Zagreb	2024
22	Ádám Lang	CB	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993	2019	CFR Cluj	2025
30	Nikolas Panayiotou	CB	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000	2019	Anorthosis Famagusta	2025
73	Nemanja Miletić	CB	(1991-01-16) 16 January 1991	2022	Partizan	2024
82	Nikolas Kyriakides	CB	(2004-09-20) 20 September 2004	2022	Youth Sector	2025
Midfielders
8	Moreto Cassamá	MF	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	2022	Reims	2025
19	Fouad Bachirou	DM / MF	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990	2021	Nottingham Forest	2024
24	Novica Eraković	DM / MF	(1999-11-12) 12 November 1999	2023	Sutjeska	2026
31	Ioannis Kousoulos (c)	DM / MF	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996	2018	Nea Salamina	2024
76	Charalampos Charalampous	MF	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002	2019	Youth Sector	2026
90	Roman Bezus	AM	(1990-09-26) 26 September 1990	2022	Gent	2024
Forwards
7	Willy Semedo	RW	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994	2023	Al Faisaly	2026
9	Andronikos Kakoullis	CF	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001	2018	Youth Sector	2026
10	Loizos Loizou	RW	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003	2019	Youth Sector	2026
18	Karim Ansarifard	CF	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990	2022	AEK Athens	2024
20	Panagiotis Zachariou	LW	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996	2021	Olympiakos Nicosia	2025
21	Veljko Simić	LW	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995	2023	Vojvodina	2025

Transfers

In

Squad #	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref.
5	CB	Senou Coulibaly	Dijon	Free Transfer	5 July 2023	^[2]
6	LB	Marquinhos Cipriano	Avaí	Free Transfer	1 July 2023	^[3]
7	RW	Willy Semedo	Al Faisaly	Free Transfer	1 July 2023	^[4]
21	LW	Veljko Simić	Vojvodina	Free Transfer	17 July 2023	^[5]
24	MF	Novica Eraković	Sutjeska	Free Transfer	1 July 2023	^[6]

Out

Squad #	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Ref.
6	CB	Héctor Yuste	Free agent	End of contract	30 June 2023
13	AM	Fotis Papoulis	Retired	End of contract	30 June 2023
14	GK	Fotis Kitsos	Olympiacos	End of loan	30 June 2023
28	LW	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	Minnesota United	Free Transfer	30 June 2023	^[7]
41	ST	Artem Besedin	Dynamo Kyiv	End of loan	30 June 2023	^[8]
42	MF	Mix Diskerud	Free Agent	End of contract	30 June 2023	^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

7 July 2023 Friendly	Górnik Łęczna	0–0	AC Omonia	Kielce
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Sportowy Nowiny Koło Kielc
Note: 90-minute match

11 July 2023 Friendly	AC Omonia	1–1	AS Trenčín	Kielce
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Semedo 11'	Report	Soares 31'	Stadium: Venue Stadion Korona
Note: 90-minute match

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Cyta Championship	21 August 2023	11 May 2024	Matchday 1	3rd	36	20	9	7	62	37	+25	055.56
Cypriot Cup	18 January 2024	18 May 2024	Second round	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	060.00
Cypriot Super Cup	21 July 2023	21 July 2023	Finals	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	27 July 2023	17 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	3	0	1	9	8	+1	075.00
Total					46	26	10	10	80	51	+29	056.52

Last updated: 18 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Cyta Championship

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	AEK Larnaca	26	15	7	4	44	26	+18	52	Qualification for the Championship round
4	Pafos	26	15	5	6	48	20	+28	50
5	Omonia	26	14	7	5	49	30	+19	49
6	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	14	5	7	38	23	+15	47
7	Apollon Limassol	26	10	8	8	37	27	+10	38	Qualification for the Relegation round

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).^[10]

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C)	36	22	7	7	63	24	+39	73^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	AEK Larnaca	36	21	10	5	57	31	+26	73^[a]	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Omonia	36	20	9	7	62	37	+25	69
4	Aris Limassol	36	20	5	11	63	34	+29	65
5	Pafos	36	18	8	10	60	33	+27	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[b]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if deciding championship round, relegation round or relegation).^[10]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head points: APOEL 8, AEK 2.
^ Pafos qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Cypriot Cup.

Cypriot Football Cup

18 January 2024 Second round	Omonia	3–0	Ypsonas	Strovolos
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kakoullis 24' Lecjaks 26' Khalek 48' (o.g.)			Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 2,865

28 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Omonia	3–1	AEZ Zakakiou	Strovolos
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Semedo 26' Stępiński 30', 41'		Diguiny 90' (pen.)	Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Marios Christoforou

10 April 2024 Semi-finals – First leg	Aris Limassol	0–3	Omonia	Kolossi
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Caju 42' Bengtsson 52' Brown 63' Nikolić 76' Sané 90+4'		Bezus 29' Semedo 50' Panagiotou 82' Alioum 90'	Stadium: Limassol Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andrea Colombo

17 April 2024 Semi-finals – Second leg	Omonia	0–0 (3–0 agg.)	Aris Limassol	Strovolos
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Uzoho 80' Kousoulos 85'		Matysik 41' Urošević 48'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 11,511 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

18 May 2024 Final	Omonia	0–3	Pafos	Strovolos
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Coulibaly 7' 87'		Tanković 8' (pen.) Dragomir 36' Pêpê 40' Jairo 76' Dimitriou 90+2'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Cypriot Super Cup

21 July 2023 Final	Aris Limassol	2–0	Omonia	Kolossi
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mayambela 21' 45+1' Špoljarić 41' Stępiński 90+2'		Cassamá 26' Semedo 38'	Stadium: Limassol Stadium

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

27 July 2023 First leg	Gabala	2–3	Omonia	Qabala, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)	Allach 4', 62' 86' Musayev 80'	Report	Coulibaly 24' Bezus 45+1', 50', 82' (pen.) 57' Kakoullis 87' Semedo 90+3'	Stadium: Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 1,957^[11] Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Romania)

3 August 2023 Second leg	Omonia	4–1 (7–3 agg.)	Gabala	Nicosia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bezus 5', 30' (pen.) Lang 38' Semedo 59'	Report	Atangana 29' Safarov 40' Isaiah 56'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

Third qualifying round

10 August 2023 First leg	Omonia	1–0	Midtjylland	Nicosia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bezus 38'	Report	Cho Gue-sung 60'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 14,571 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad (Norway)

17 August 2023 Second leg	Midtjylland	5–1 (5–2 agg.)	Omonia	Herning, Denmark
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cho Gue-sung 27' (pen) Şimşir 34' Djú 43' (Olsson) 45+3' (Paulinho) 64' (Kaba) Olsson 52' Martínez 77' Gigović 80' (Fossum)	Report	Matthews 17' Kousoulos 24' Bachirou 25' Kakoullis 31' Bezus 34' Ansarifard 76' Simić 90+2'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,008 Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 17 July 2023

No.	Pos	Player	League		Play-offs		Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Constantinos Panagi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Francis Uzoho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Fabiano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	GK	Charalambos Kyriakides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Paris Psaltis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Adam Matthews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Senou Coulibaly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Marquinhos Cipriano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Jan Lecjaks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Ádám Lang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Nikolas Panayiotou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	DF	Nemanja Miletić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	DF	Nikolas Kyriakides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	Moreto Cassamá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Fouad Bachirou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Novica Eraković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Ioannis Kousoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	MF	Charalampos Charalampous	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	MF	Roman Bezus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Willy Semedo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Andronikos Kakoullis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Loizos Loizou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Karim Ansarifard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Panagiotis Zachariou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Veljko Simić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Cyprus - Participations per club at Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Dijon FCO για τον Senou Coulibaly!". 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Marquinhos Cipriano!". 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Al-Faisaly για τον Willy Semedo!". 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Veljko Simic!". 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Novica Erakovic!". 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Δεν θα εξασκηθεί το δικαίωμα ανανέωσης του Ismael Tajouri-Shradi". 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ "Ολοκλήρωση συνεργασίας με Artem Besedin". 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^ "Ολοκλήρωση συνεργασίας με τον Mix Diskerud". 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "Gabala vs. Omonia" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[table_hth_APE0.38765043410829-11] Head to head points: APOEL 8, AEK 2.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.38765043410829-12] Pafos qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Cypriot Cup.

[1] "Cyprus - Participations per club at Cypriot First Division". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[2] "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Dijon FCO για τον Senou Coulibaly!". 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[3] "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Marquinhos Cipriano!". 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[4] "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Al-Faisaly για τον Willy Semedo!". 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[5] "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Veljko Simic!". 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[6] "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Novica Erakovic!". 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[7] "Δεν θα εξασκηθεί το δικαίωμα ανανέωσης του Ismael Tajouri-Shradi". 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

[8] "Ολοκλήρωση συνεργασίας με Artem Besedin". 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

[9] "Ολοκλήρωση συνεργασίας με τον Mix Diskerud". 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[soccerway-10] "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[13] "Gabala vs. Omonia" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

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