2015–16 AC Omonia season

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AC Omonia
2015–16 season
ChairmanCyprus Doros Serafim
ManagerSerbia Vladan Milojević
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division4th
Cypriot CupFinal
Europa LeagueThird Qualifying round
Top goalscorer
Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan (14)

The 2015–16 season is Omonia's 61st season in the Cypriot First Division and 67th year in existence as a football club.

Current squad[edit]

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 Cyprus CYP Constantinos Panagi
4 DF Cape Verde CPV Carlitos
5 DF Ivory Coast CIV Romaric
7 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Demetriou
8 FW Cyprus CYP Onisiforos Roushias
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Cillian Sheridan
10 MF Brazil BRA Luciano Bebê
13 FW Nigeria NGA Eze Vincent
16 MF Portugal POR Cristóvão Ramos
19 DF Cyprus CYP Andreas Panayiotou
20 MF Cyprus CYP Gerasimos Fylaktou
21 MF Portugal POR Nuno Assis (Captain)
23 MF Cyprus CYP Giorgos Economides
24 DF Greece GRE Anastasios Kantoutsis
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Malta MLT Andre Schembri
28 MF Cyprus CYP Renato Margaça (vice-captain)
30 MF Slovenia SVN Andraž Kirm
31 GK Romania ROU Laurențiu Brănescu (on loan from Juventus)
33 GK Cyprus CYP Antonis Georgallides
39 MF Belgium BEL Ziguy Badibanga
40 MF Romania ROU George Florescu
45 DF Egypt EGY Karim Hafez (on loan from Lierse)
48 DF Croatia CRO Marin Oršulić
49 MF Cyprus CYP Fanos Katelaris
77 FW Cyprus CYP Demetris Christofi
88 MF Belgium BEL Faysel Kasmi (on loan from Lierse)
90 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Runje

On loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Cyprus CYP Demetris Moulazimis (at Ermis Aradippou until 31 May 2016)
— DF Cyprus CYP Pantelis Konomis (at Omonia Aradippou until 31 May 2016)
— MF Cyprus CYP Constantinos Louvaris (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 31 May 2016)
— MF Cyprus CYP Andreas Frangeskou (at PAEEK FC until 31 May 2016)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Cyprus CYP Andreas Loizou (at Chalkanoras Idaliou until 31 May 2016)
— MF Cyprus CYP Giorgos Ivanov (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2016)
— FW Cyprus CYP Panayiotis Therapontos (at PAEEK FC until 31 May 2016)
— FW Cyprus CYP Apollonas Vasiliou (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2016)

Source: omonoia.com.cy

Active internationals[edit]

Foreign players[edit]

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

Squad changes[edit]


Squad stats[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

R Player Position Nat. League Cup Europe Total
1 Cillian Sheridan FW Republic of Ireland 15 1 3 19
2 André Schembri FW Malta 15 1 1 17
3 Nuno Assis MF Portugal 9 1 0 10
4 Ziguy Badibanga FW Belgium 6 2 0 8
5 Andraž Kirm MF Slovenia 5 2 0 7
6 Onisiforos Roushias FW Cyprus 2 1 0 3
7 Luciano Bebê MF Brazil 2 0 0 2
TOTAL 54 8 4 66

Last updated: 27 April 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches, omonoia.com.cy

Captains

  1. PortugalNuno Assis
  2. CyprusRenato João Inácio Margaça
  3. MaltaAndré Schembri

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

15-06-2015 Friendly Lovech Bulgaria 3−2 Cyprus Omonia
17:00 Report
13-08-2015 Friendly Ermis Cyprus 2-2 Cyprus Omonia Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 Report
16-08-2015 Friendly Doxa Cyprus 0-0 Cyprus Omonia Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Report

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Cypriot First Division — — 1 September 2014 TBD
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round — Play-off round 17 July 2014 28 August 2014
Cypriot Cup 1st round — TBD TBD

Updated to match played 1 September 2014
Source: Competitions

Cypriot First Division[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Cypriot First Division

Classification[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 AEK Larnaca 26 19 4 3 47 17 +30 61 Qualification for the championship round
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 7 4 48 22 +26 52
4 Omonia 26 14 7 5 46 24 +22 49[a]
5 Apollon Limassol 26 14 7 5 41 24 +17 49[a]
6 Nea Salamis Famagusta 26 8 9 9 37 52 −15 33
Source: UEFA, CFA, 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).[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Omonia 0–0 Apollon, Apollon 0–0 Omonia.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 14 7 5 46 24  +22 49 8 5 0 32 13  +19 6 2 5 14 11  +3

Last updated: 26 April 2016.
Source: UEFA

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLDDWDWWLDWDLWWWDWDWLWLWWW
Position27596655555665555554555554
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2016. Source: omonoia.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

22-08-2015 Matchweek 1 Omonia 5–3 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Sheridan 20', 90+4' (pen.)
Assis 49', 68'
Schembri 90'		 Report Pavlou 6'
Ćurjurić 41'
Adorno 45+1'		 Attendance: 8,124
Referee: Cyprus Kostas Nikolaou
29-08-2015 Matchweek 2 Ethnikos 1–0 Omonia Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas
17:00 Chadjivasilis 37' Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cyprus Christos Elia
12-09-2015 Matchweek 3 Omonia 1–1 Doxa GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Schembri 36' Report Leandro 90+5' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cyprus Thomas Mouskos
19-09-2015 Matchweek 4 Omonia 0–0 Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
17:00 Report Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Cyprus Christos Nikolaides
27-09-2015 Matchweek 5 Ayia Napa 1–2 Omonia Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
16:00 Maatsen 62' Report Badibanga 21', 28' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cyprus Giorgos Nikolaou
03-10-2015 Matchweek 6 Omonia 0–0 Apollon GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Report Attendance: 10,010
Referee: Cyprus Vasilis Demetriou
18-10-2015 Matchweek 7 Ermis 0–1 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 Report Roushia 53' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cyprus Giorgos Nikolaou
24-10-2015 Matchweek 8 Omonia 6–0 Pafos GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Assis 13' (pen.)
Economides 32'
Kirm 54'
Schembri 76', 90+1'
Eze 84'		 Report Kvaskhvadze Red card 9' Attendance: 6,103
Referee: Cyprus Charalambos Skapoullis
01-11-2015 Matchweek 9 AEK Larnaca 2–1 Omonia GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 Alves 42', 62' Report Schembri 37' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cyprus Vasilis Demetriou
09-11-2015 Matchweek 10 Omonia 2–2 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Margaça 2'
Sheridan 78' (pen.)		 Report Cavenaghi 15', 52' Attendance: 10,297
Referee: Cyprus Demetris Masias
22-11-2015 Matchweek 11 Aris Limassol 0–1 Omonia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 Report Sheridan 44' (pen.) Attendance: 2,132
Referee: Cyprus Nikolas Athanasiou
29-11-2015 Matchweek 12 Omonia 2–2 Enosis Neon Paralimni GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 Schembri 22'
Roushias 83'		 Report Bojović 16'
Dickson 34'		 Attendance: 6,218
Referee: Cyprus Kostas Nikolaou
06-12-2015 Matchweek 13 AEL Limassol 2–1 Omonia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 Sardinero 60'
Sema 75' (pen.)		 Report Sheridan 87' Attendance: 3,348
Referee: Cyprus Avraam Tsoukkas
13-12-2015 Matchweek 14 Nea Salamina 0–2 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 Report Kirm 12'
Assis 90+4'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cyprus Leontios Trattou
19-12-2015 Matchweek 15 Omonia 2–1 Ethnikos GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00 Sheridan 8' (pen.)
Schembri 33'		 Report Grigalashvili 48' Attendance: 3,177
Referee: Cyprus Loukas Soterioi
22-12-2015 Matchweek 16 Doxa 0–1 Omonia Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 Report Assis 10' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Cyprus Kostas Nikolaou
02-01-2016 Matchweek 17 Anorthosis 0–0 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cyprus Avraam Tsoukkas
09-01-2016 Matchweek 18 Omonia 4–0 Ayia Napa GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00 Sheridan 3'
Assis 21'
Schembri 89', 90+2'		 Report Attendance: 5,086
Referee: Cyprus Demetris Masias
16-01-2016 Matchweek 19 Apollon 0–0 Omonia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,664
Referee: Cyprus Leontios Trattou
23-01-2016 Matchweek 20 Omonia 1–0 Ermis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00 Sheridan 90+2' (pen.) Report Attendance: 4,590
Referee: Cyprus Charalambos Skapoullis
31-01-2016 Matchweek 21 Pafos 2–1 Omonia Pafiako Stadium, Pafos
14:00 Ibson 28'
Maachi 89'		 Report Sheridan 25' Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Cyprus Christos Nikolaides
06-02-2016 Matchweek 22 Omonia 3–1 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00 Bebê 12'
Schembri 56' (pen.)		 Report Catala Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 64'
Tete 45+2'		 Attendance: 7,545
Referee: Cyprus Giannis Anastasiou
13-02-2016 Matchweek 23 APOEL 2–0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
13:00 Efrem 8', 42' Report Attendance: 12,017
Referee: Cyprus Vasilis Demetriou
20-02-2016 Matchweek 24 Omonia 2–1 Aris Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Assis 28', 44' Report Ranos 75' Attendance: 4,450
Referee: Cyprus Giorgos Nikolaou
27-02-2016 Matchweek 25 Enosis Neon Paralimni 1–4 Omonia Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
14:00 Bukorac 39' Report Runje 22'
Badibanga 27'
Sheridan 49'
Kirm 88'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Cyprus Vasilis Demetriou
03-03-2016 Matchweek 26 Omonia 4–2 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 Kirm 43', 57'
Badibanga 59', 86'		 Report Piech 31'
Aganović 75'		 Attendance: 4,063
Referee: Cyprus Leontios Trattou

Regular season[edit]

Play-offs table[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 AEK Larnaca 36 23 6 7 61 34 +27 75 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Apollon Limassol 36 19 11 6 61 36 +25 68 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Omonia 36 20 7 9 63 34 +29 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Anorthosis Famagusta 36 16 11 9 57 41 +16 59
6 Nea Salamis Famagusta 36 9 10 17 44 72 −28 37
Source: UEFA, CFA, 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 champion or UEFA competitions).[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Apollon Limassol qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup.
Results[edit]
06-03-2016 Matchweek 27 Omonia 3–0 Anorthosis GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Badibanga 2'
Sheridan 7', 51'		 Report Attendance: 7,660
Referee: Cyprus Christos Nikolaides
12-03-2016 Matchweek 28 APOEL 2–1 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Efrem 42'
Vieira 84'		 Report Bebê 34' Attendance: 10,264
Referee: Cyprus Demetris Masias
19-03-2016 Matchweek 29 Nea Salamina 1–2 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 Makriev 83' Report Schembri 36'
Sheridan 73'		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Cyprus Loukas Soteriou
03-04-2016 Matchweek 30 AC Omonia 0–1 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Report Tričkovski 27' Attendance: 7,728
Referee: Cyprus Giannis Anastasiou
09-04-2016 Matchweek 31 Apollon 1–2 Omonia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00 Freire 13' Report Schembri 77', 88' Attendance: 3,442
Referee: Cyprus Leontios Trattou
16-04-2016 Matchweek 32 Anorthosis 0–3 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
16:00 Report Assis 49'
Ramos 58'
Sheridan 73'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Cyprus Christos Nikolaides
23-04-2016 Matchweek 33 Omonia 0–2 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 Report Gianniotas 23', 44' Attendance: 12,928
Referee: Cyprus Christos Nikolaides
27-04-2016 Matchweek 34 Omonia 2–0 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 Sheridan 82'
Schembri 90+2'		 Report Attendance: 2,875
Referee: Cyprus Giorgos Nikolaou
07-05-2016 Matchweek 35 AEK Larnaca 1-3 Omonia GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
17:00 Alves 60' (p.g) Report O.Roushias 17'
D.Christofi 37'
Assis 82'		 Attendance: 900
Referee: Cyprus Yiannis Anastasiou
14-05-2016 Matchweek 36 Omonia 1-2 Apollon GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 [1] Attendance: 2,316
Referee: Cyprus Leontios Trattos

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round[edit]

02-07-2015 First leg Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 1-0 Cyprus Omonia David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi
18:00 EET Gabedava 40' Report Attendance: 3,589
Referee: Slovenia Mitja Žganec
09-07-2015 Second leg Omonia Cyprus 2-0
(2–1 agg.)		 Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Goulon 56'
Schembri 62'		 Report Attendance: 13,532
Referee: Portugal Fábio Veríssimo

Second qualifying round[edit]

16-07-2015 First leg Jagiellonia Białystok Poland 0-0 Cyprus Omonia City Stadium, Białystok
20:30 EET Report Attendance: 16,067
Referee: Sweden Bojan Pandžić
23-07-2015 Second leg Omonia Cyprus 1-0
(1-0 agg.)		 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Sheridan 8' Report Attendance: 17,481
Referee: Serbia Danilo Grujić

Third qualifying round[edit]

30-07-2015 First leg Brøndby Denmark 0-0 Cyprus Omonia Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
20:00 EET Report Attendance: 7,427
Referee: Czech Republic Libor Kovařík
06-08-2015 Second leg Omonia Cyprus 2-2
(2-2 agg.)		 Denmark Brøndby GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET Sheridan 16' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.) Report Pukki 2', 39' Attendance: 17,943
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner

Cypriot Cup[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Cypriot Cup

First round[edit]

28-10-2015 Omonia 2−0 PAEEK FC GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET Sheridan 17'
Kirm 90+1'		 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nicolas Neocleous

Second round[edit]

06-01-2016 First leg Omonia 2−0 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00 EET Iacob 51' (o.g.)
Margaça 55'		 Report Attendance: 4,646
Referee: Andreas Orthodoxou
20-01-2016 Second leg Ethnikos Achna 1−3
(1–5 agg.)		 Omonia Dasaki Stadium, Achna
19:00 EET Poutziouris 45' Report Assis 18'
Roushias 70', 88'		 Attendance: 800
Referee: Thomas Mouskos

Quarter-finals[edit]

03-02-2016 First leg Omonia 4−0 Pafos FC GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00 EET Schembri 26'
Badibanga 29', 64'
Christofi 79'		 Report Attendance: 3,529
Referee: Giorgos Nicolaou
17-02-2016 Second leg Pafos FC 0−4
(0–8 agg.)		 Omonia Pafiako Stadium, Pafos
17:00 EET Report Kasmi 40'
Okeuhie 42'
Hafez 64'
Kirm 68'		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Semi-finals[edit]

06-04-2016 First leg AEK Larnaca 0−0 Omonia GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 EET Report Attendance: 3,584
Referee: Christos Nicolaides
20-04-2016 Second leg Omonia 0−0 (a.e.t.)
(0–0 agg.)
(5–3 p)		 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 EET Report Attendance: 13,068
Referee: Demetris Masias
Penalties
Sheridan soccer ball with check mark
Hafez soccer ball with check mark
Runje soccer ball with check mark
Badibanga soccer ball with check mark
Schembri soccer ball with check mark		 Boljević soccer ball with red X
Alves soccer ball with check mark
Tomàs soccer ball with check mark
Ninu soccer ball with check mark

Final[edit]

18-05-2016 Apollon 2−1 Omonia Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:30 EEST Papoulis 5' Angeli 72' Report Margaça 54' Attendance: 12076
Referee: A.Vučemilović

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "1. Division 2015/2016 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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