Pafos FC in European football

Pafos in European football
ClubPafos
Most appearancesVlad Dragomir (32)
Top scorerJajá (6 goals)
First entry2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Latest entry2025–26 UEFA Champions League

Pafos is a Cypriot football club based in Paphos, Cyprus.

History

2020s

Pafos first qualified for European competition in 2024 after winning the 2023–24 Cypriot Cup against AC Omonia, qualifying for the First qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League where they were defeated by IF Elfsborg and dropped into the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League. Pafos went on to reach the league stage, where they finished 12th and advanced to the Knockout phase play-offs where they would beat AC Omonia before being eliminated by Djurgården at the Round of 16 stage.

In 2025, Pafos won the Cypriot First Division for the first time, and as a result qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time, entering at the Second qualifying round stage against. Here they defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv before going on to face Dynamo Kyiv.

Matches

As of match played 28 January 2026
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2024–25 UEFA Europa League 1Q Sweden IF Elfsborg 2–5 0–3 2–8
UEFA Conference League 2Q Lithuania Žalgiris 3–0 (a.e.t.) 1–2 4–2
3Q Bulgaria CSKA 1948 4–0 (a.e.t.) 1–2 5–2
PO Romania CFR Cluj 3–0 0–1 3–1
LP Moldova Petrocub Hîncești N/a 4–1 12th place
Germany 1. FC Heidenheim 0–1 N/a
Kazakhstan Astana 1–0 N/a
Italy Fiorentina N/a 2–3
Slovenia Celje 2–0 N/a
Switzerland Lugano N/a 2–2
KPO Cyprus Omonia 2–1 1–1 3–2
R16 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 1–0 0–3 1–3
2025–26 UEFA Champions League 2Q Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 1–0 2–1
3Q Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 1–0 3–0
PO Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1–1 2–1 3–2
LP Greece Olympiacos N/a 0–0 26th place
Germany Bayern Munich 1–5 N/a
Kazakhstan Kairat N/a 0–0
Spain Villarreal 1–0 N/a
France Monaco 2–2 N/a
Italy Juventus N/a 0–2
England Chelsea N/a 0–1
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 4–1 N/a
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round
  • LP: League Phase
  • KPO: Knockout phase play-offs
  • R16: Round of 16

Player statistics

Appearances

As of match played 21 January 2026
Rank Player Years UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League Total Ratio
1 Romania Vlad Dragomir 2021– 14 (1) 2 (1) 16 (2) 32 (4) 0.13
2 Brazil Bruno Felipe 2023– 13 (1) 2 (0) 16 (1) 31 (2) 0.06
3 Spain David Goldar 2023– 12 (0) 2 (0) 15 (2) 29 (2) 0.07
Brazil Jajá 2024–2025
2025–
13 (2) 2 (0) 14 (4) 29 (6) 0.21
Brazil Anderson Silva 2024–2025
2025–
13 (2) 0 (0) 16 (3) 29 (5) 0.17
Netherlands Derrick Luckassen 2024– 14 (1) 0 (0) 15 (1) 29 (2) 0.07
7 Portugal Pêpê 2023–2024
2024–
14 (1) 0 (0) 14 (0) 28 (1) 0.04
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Šunjić 2024– 13 (0) 0 (0) 14 (0) 27 (0) 0
9 Cyprus Kostas Pileas 2024– 13 (0) 2 (0) 11 (0) 26 (0) 0
10 Cape Verde João Correia 2024– 9 (2) 2 (0) 13 (3) 24 (5) 0.21
11 Sweden Muamer Tanković 2022–2025 5 (0) 2 (0) 16 (4) 23 (4) 0.17
12 Brazil Jairo 2021–2025 - (-) 2 (0) 16 (1) 18 (1) 0.06
Portugal Domingos Quina 2024– 11 (0) 0 (0) 7 (0) 18 (0) 0
Croatia Mislav Oršić 2025– 14 (3) 0 (0) 4 (1) 18 (4) 0.22
15 Croatia Ivica Ivušić 2023–2025 - (-) 2 (0) 15 (0) 17 (0) 0
16 Sweden Ken Sema 2025– 11 (0) 0 (0) 4 (0) 15 (0) 0
17 Cyprus Neofytos Michail 2024– 12 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 13 (0) 0
18 Senegal Moustapha Name 2022–2025 0 (0) 2 (0) 10 (1) 12 (1) 0.08
19 Mozambique Bruno Langa 2025–2026 11 (0) - (-) - (-) 11 (0) 0
20 Republic of the Congo Mons Bassouamina 2025– 9 (1) - (-) - (-) 9 (1) 0.11
21 Argentina Jonathan Silva 2024–2025 - (-) 0 (0) 7 (1) 7 (1) 0.14
Finland Onni Valakari 2020–2025 - (-) 2 (0) 5 (0) 7 (0) 0
Cyprus Marios Ilia 2024–2025 1 (0) 2 (0) 4 (0) 7 (0) 0
Brazil David Luiz 2025– 7 (1) - (-) - (-) 7 (1) 0.14
25 Portugal Pedro Pelágio 2023–2025 - (-) 2 (0) 4 (0) 6 (0) 0
Belgium Landry Dimata 2025– 6 (0) - (-) - (-) 6 (0) 0
27 Brazil Léo Natel 2024–2025 - (-) 0 (0) 5 (0) 5 (0) 0
28 Argentina Matías Melluso 2023–2024 - (-) 1 (0) 3 (0) 4 (0) 0
Croatia Zvonimir Šarlija 2025 - (-) 0 (0) 4 (0) 4 (0) 0
30 Brazil Rafael Pontelo 2024–2025 - (-) 0 (0) 3 (0) 3 (0) 0
31 Brazil Diogo Dall'Igna 2022–2025 - (-) 1 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 0
Netherlands Jay Gorter 2025– 2 (0) - (-) - (-) 2 (0) 0
33 Ghana Patrick Twumasi 2023–2025 - (-) 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0
Czech Republic Josef Kvída 2020–2024 - (-) 1 (0) - (-) 1 (0) 0
Brazil Pedrão 2025– 1 (0) - (-) - (-) 1 (0) 0
Cyprus Georgios Michael 2026– 1 (0) - (-) - (-) 1 (0) 0

Goalscorers

As of match played 28 January 2026
Rank Player Years UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League Total Ratio
1 Brazil Jajá 2024–2025
2025–
2 (13) 0 (2) 4 (14) 6 (29) 0.21
2 Cape Verde João Correia 2024– 2 (9) 0 (2) 3 (13) 5 (24) 0.21
Brazil Anderson Silva 2024–2025
2025–
2 (13) 0 (0) 3 (16) 5 (29) 0.17
Own goals 2024– 1 (12) 1 (2) 3 (16) 5 (30) 0.17
5 Sweden Muamer Tanković 2022–2025 0 (5) 0 (2) 4 (16) 4 (23) 0.17
Romania Vlad Dragomir 2021– 1 (14) 1 (2) 2 (16) 4 (32) 0.13
Croatia Mislav Oršić 2025– 2 (13) 0 (0) 1 (4) 4 (18) 0.22
8 Spain David Goldar 2023– 0 (12) 0 (2) 2 (15) 2 (29) 0.1
Netherlands Derrick Luckassen 2024– 1 (14) 0 (0) 1 (15) 2 (29) 0.07
Brazil Bruno Felipe 2023– 1 (13) 0 (2) 1 (16) 2 (31) 0.06
11 Argentina Jonathan Silva 2024–2025 - (-) 0 (0) 1 (7) 1 (7) 0.14
Senegal Moustapha Name 2022–2025 0 (0) 0 (2) 1 (10) 1 (12) 0.08
Brazil Jairo 2021–2025 - (-) 0 (2) 1 (16) 1 (18) 0.06
Republic of the Congo Mons Bassouamina 2025– 1 (9) - (-) 0 (-) 1 (9) 0.11
Portugal Pêpê 2023–2024
2024–
1 (14) 0 (0) 0 (14) 1 (28) 0.04
Brazil David Luiz 2025– 1 (7) - (-) - (-) 1 (7) 0.14

Clean sheets

As of match played 28 January 2026
Rank Player Years UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League Total Ratio
1 Croatia Ivica Ivušić 2023–2025 - (-) 0 (2) 6 (15) 6 (17) 0.35
Cyprus Neofytos Michail 2024– 6 (12) 0 (0) 0 (1) 6 (13) 0.46
3 Netherlands Jay Gorter 2025– 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (2) 0

Overall record

By competition

As of match played 28 January 2026
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 14 6 5 3 16 14
UEFA Europa League 2 0 0 2 2 8
UEFA Conference League 16 8 2 6 27 17
Total 32 14 7 11 45 39

By country

As of match played 28 January 2026
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
 Cyprus 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
 Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 England 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
 France 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Germany 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 000.00
 Greece 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 Israel 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
 Italy 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 000.00
 Kazakhstan 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 050.00
 Lithuania 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
 Moldova 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Romania 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
 Serbia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
 Slovenia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
 Spain 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Sweden 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 025.00
 Switzerland 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Ukraine 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00

By club

As of match played 28 January 2026
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Ratio
Kazakhstan Astana 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Germany Bayern Munich 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 000.00
Slovenia Celje 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
England Chelsea 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Romania CFR Cluj 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
Bulgaria CSKA 1948 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 050.00
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
Sweden Elfsborg 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 000.00
Italy Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Germany 1. FC Heidenheim 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Italy Juventus 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Kazakhstan Kairat 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Switzerland Lugano 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
France Monaco 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
Greece Olympiacos 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Cyprus Omonia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Moldova Petrocub Hîncești 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
Spain Villarreal 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Lithuania Žalgiris 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00

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