2023–24 AC Omonia season

AC Omonia
2023–24 season
President	Stavros Papastavrou
Head coach	Sofronis Avgousti
Stadium	GSP Stadium
Cypriot First Division	Pre-season
Cypriot Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

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Management team

Coaching Staff

As of 11 July 2023

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

Team Staff

As of 11 July 2023

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

Source: omonoiafc.com.cy

Players

Current squad

No.	Player	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Contract until
Goalkeepers
1	Constantinos Panagi	Cyprus	GK	(1994-10-08) 8 October 1994 (age 30)	2014	Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia	2026
23	Francis Uzoho	Nigeria	GK	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 26)	2021	Cyprus APOEL	2024
40	Fabiano	Brazil	GK	(1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 (age 36)	2019	Portugal Porto	2024
98	Charalambos Kyriakides	Cyprus	GK	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 26)	2019	Cyprus Aris Limassol	2026
Defenders
2	Paris Psaltis	Cyprus	RB	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	2021	Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia	2024
3	Adam Matthews	Wales	RB	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 32)	2022	Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia	2024
5	Senou Coulibaly	Mali	CB	(1994-09-04) 4 September 1994 (age 30)	2023	France Dijon	2025
6	Marquinhos Cipriano	Brazil	LB	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 25)	2023	Brazil Avaí	2025
17	Jan Lecjaks	Czech Republic	LB	(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 34)	2019	Croatia Dinamo Zagreb	2024
22	Ádám Lang	Hungary	CB	(1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 31)	2019	Romania CFR Cluj	2025
30	Nikolas Panayiotou	Cyprus	CB	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24)	2019	Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta	2025
73	Nemanja Miletić	Serbia	CB	(1991-01-16) 16 January 1991 (age 33)	2022	Serbia Partizan	2024
82	Nikolas Kyriakides	Cyprus	CB	(2004-09-20) 20 September 2004 (age 20)	2022	Cyprus Youth Sector	2025
Midfielders
8	Moreto Cassamá	Guinea-Bissau	MF	(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26)	2022	France Reims	2025
19	Fouad Bachirou	Comoros	DM / MF	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34)	2021	England Nottingham Forest	2024
24	Novica Eraković	Montenegro	DM / MF	(1999-11-12) 12 November 1999 (age 25)	2023	Montenegro Sutjeska	2026
31	Ioannis Kousoulos (c)	Cyprus	DM / MF	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 28)	2018	Cyprus Nea Salamina	2024
76	Charalampos Charalampous	Cyprus	MF	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 22)	2019	Cyprus Youth Sector	2026
90	Roman Bezus	Ukraine	AM	(1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34)	2022	Belgium Gent	2024
Forwards
7	Willy Semedo	Cape Verde	RW	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 30)	2023	Saudi Arabia Al Faisaly	2026
9	Andronikos Kakoullis	Cyprus	CF	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23)	2018	Cyprus Youth Sector	2026
10	Loizos Loizou	Cyprus	RW	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)	2019	Cyprus Youth Sector	2026
18	Karim Ansarifard	Iran	CF	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34)	2022	Greece AEK Athens	2024
20	Panagiotis Zachariou	Cyprus	LW	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28)	2021	Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia	2025
21	Veljko Simić	Serbia	LW	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)	2023	Serbia Vojvodina	2025

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

7 July 2023 Friendly	Górnik Łęczna Poland	0–0	Cyprus 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 Cyprus	1–1	Slovakia AS Trenčín	Kielce
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Semedo File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'	Report	Soares File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Stadium: Venue Stadion Korona
Note: 90-minute match

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Cyta Championship	Matchday 1	TBD					!—
Cypriot Cup	Round of 18	TBD					!—
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 01 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Cyta Championship

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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]

Cypriot Football Cup

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	Cyprus Constantinos Panagi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Nigeria Francis Uzoho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Brazil Fabiano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	GK	Cyprus Charalambos Kyriakides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Cyprus Paris Psaltis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Wales Adam Matthews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Mali Senou Coulibaly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Brazil Marquinhos Cipriano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Czech Republic Jan Lecjaks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Hungary Ádám Lang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Cyprus Nikolas Panayiotou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	DF	Serbia Nemanja Miletić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	DF	Cyprus Nikolas Kyriakides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	Guinea-Bissau Moreto Cassamá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Comoros Fouad Bachirou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Montenegro Novica Eraković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Cyprus Ioannis Kousoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	MF	Cyprus Charalampos Charalampous	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	MF	Ukraine Roman Bezus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Cape Verde Willy Semedo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Cyprus Andronikos Kakoullis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Cyprus Loizos Loizou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Iran Karim Ansarifard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Cyprus Panagiotis Zachariou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Serbia Veljko Simić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	Play-offs	Cup	Total

Notes

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.
↑ "1. Division 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[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.

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