2011–12 AC Omonia season

The 2011–12 season is Omonia's 57th season in the Cypriot First Division and 63rd year in existence as a football club. On 22 June, the first training session for the season took place at GSP Stadium. The pre-season tour this season was in Poland. The team entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round on 28 July and won the first leg in Cyprus against ADO Den Haag. One week later, they eliminated the Dutch team and were drawn against Red Bull Salzburg in the play-off round. A comeback and a 2–1 win and the team still had the chance to advance to the group stages. Omonia lost 0–1 in Austria and were eliminated on the away goals rule. Omonia won the Cypriot Cup last season and therefore played in the Cypriot Super Cup on 7 August against the rivals APOEL but the team lost 0–1.

AC Omonia
2011–12 season
ChairmanCyprus Miltiades Neophytou
ManagerCyprus Neophytos Larkou
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division3rd
LTV Super CupRunners-up
Cypriot CupWinners
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Angola Freddy (17)

All:
Angola Freddy (18)
Highest home attendance16,419 vs APOEL
(11 December 2011)
Lowest home attendance0 vs APOEL (March 31, 2012)
Average home league attendance8,921
← 2010–11

Current squad edit

Last Update: January 28, 2012

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   MNE Dragoslav Jevrić
2 DF   NGA Rasheed Alabi
5 DF   GRE Christos Karipidis (1st Vice-Captain)
6 MF   SUI Vero Salatić
7 MF   CYP Georgios Efrem
8 MF   FRA Bryan Bergougnoux (on loan from Lecce)
10 MF   POR Bruno Aguiar
11 MF   CYP Andreas Avraam
13 MF   CYP Constantinos Makrides (Captain)
15 GK   CYP Giorgos Loizou
16 MF   ZIM Noel Kaseke
17 FW   CYP Theodosis Kyprou
18 DF   CYP Christoforos Charalambous
19 DF   ISR David Ben Dayan
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   ALG Sofiane Cherfa
24 DF   ISR Yuval Spungin
25 FW   BRA Andre Alves
26 FW   CYP Ioannis Chadjivasilis
28 DF   POR Margaça
29 DF   ESP Iago Bouzón
30 GK   CYP Antonis Georgallides
32 GK   GRE Makis Giannikoglou
40 MF   CYP Charalambos Kyriakou
44 MF   BRA Leandro (2nd Vice-Captain)
46 MF   CYP Stathis Aloneftis
77 FW   CYP Demetris Christofi
99 FW   ANG Freddy

For recent transfers, see List of Cypriot football transfers summer 2011.
Also, see List of Cypriot football transfers winter 2011–12.

Squad changes edit

In:

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
9 MF   Alexandre 27 EU Enosis Neon Paralimni Transfer Summer 2013 €150,000 omonoianews.com
21 GK   Frascarelli 26 Non-EU APOP Kinyras Transfer Summer 2013 Free kifines.com
55 FW   Tadić 23 EU Arminia Bielefeld Transfer Summer 2013 Free omonoianews.com
28 LB   Margaça 25 EU AEK Larnaca Transfer Summer 2013 €170,000 omonoianews.com
6 DM   Salatić 25 EU Grasshopper Club Zürich Transfer Summer 2013 Free supermpala.com
20 CB   Cherfa 26 EU Châteauroux Transfer Summer 2013 Free kerkida.net
99 FW   Freddy 32 Non-EU AEL Limassol Transfer Summer 2013 €50,000 omonoia.com.cy
19 LB   Ben Dayan 33 EU Hapoel Tel Aviv Transfer Winter 2013 Free kifines.com

Out:

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK   Asprogenous 31 EU AEP Paphos Transfer Summer Free sportnetcy.com
33 LB   Charalambous 30 EU Alki Larnaca Released Summer N/A omonoianews.com
32 FW   LuaLua 30 EU Blackpool   Released Summer N/A omonoia.com.cy
N/A MF   Katsis 21 EU Alki Larnaca Loan Summer Free sportnetcy.com
N/A DF   Espasandín 26 EU Released Summer N/A supermpala.com
6 MF   Panagi 24 EU Alki Larnaca Transfer Summer Free sport-fm.com.cy
4 CB   Wenzel 33 EU Kerkyra End of contract Summer Free omonoia.com.cy
9 MF   Alexandre 27 EU AEK Larnaca Transfer Winter N/A

Last updated: 2011-07-30

Club edit

Captains edit

  1.   Constantinos Makrides
  2.   Christos Karipidis
  3.   Leandro Marcolini Pedroso de Almeida

Competitions edit

Pre-season edit

04-07-2011 Friendly Polonia Środa   1 – 2   Omonia
18:00 CET Przybyłek   66' Rengifo   6'
Christofi   72'
05-07-2011 Friendly Arka Gdynia   0 – 1   Omonia
18:00 CET Aguiar   39'
08-07-2011 Friendly Lechia Gdańsk   2 – 2   Omonia
18:30 CET   53'
  56'
Salatić   19'
Christofi   28'
11-07-2011 Friendly Zagłębie Lubin   2 – 1   Omonia
18:00 CET Małkowski   33'
Pawłowski   42'
Aguiar   50' (pen.)
14-07-2011 Friendly Widzew Łódź   3 – 4   Omonia
18:00 CET Panka   8'
Dudu   47' (pen.)
Radzio   82'
Efrem   10'   17'
Tadić   31'
Christofi   34'
04-09-2011 Friendly Ermis   1 – 3   Omonia Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
18:00 UTC+2 González   10' Leandro   36'
Rengifo   39'
Freddy   52'

Laiki Bank League edit

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEL Limassol 26 18 6 2 33 7 +26 60 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 17 6 3 47 16 +31 57
3 APOEL 26 17 5 4 39 13 +26 56
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 15 7 4 30 12 +18 52
5 AEK Larnaca 26 11 9 6 33 21 +12 42 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored

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
29 17 6 6 49 22  +27 57 9 2 4 24 12  +12 8 4 2 25 10  +15

Last updated: April 23, 2012.
Source: UEFA

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWDWWWDWWWWDDLWWWLWWLWWDWWDLLLWWW
Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 2012. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Disciplinary records edit

No. Pos. Nat. Player      
1 GK   Jevrić 0 0 0
30 GK   Georgallides 0 0 0
2 DF   Alabi 1 0 0
5 DF   Karipidis 3 0 0
11 DF   Avraam 2 1 0
16 DF   Kaseke 4 0 0
19 DF   Ben Dayan 1 0 0
20 DF   Cherfa 7 1 0
24 DF   Spungin 3 0 0
28 DF   Margaça 5 0 0
29 DF   Bouzón 2 1 0
6 MF   Salatić 4 0 0
7 MF   Efrem 6 1 0
8 FW   Bergougnoux 0 0 0
10 MF   Aguiar 5 0 0
13 MF   Makrides 2 0 0
25 MF   Alves 0 0 0
44 MF   Leandro 4 0 0
46 MF   Aloneftis 3 0 0
77 FW   Christofi 3 0 0
99 FW   Freddy 2 0 0

Matches edit

Kick-off times are in UTC+2.

29-08-2011 Matchweek 1 Omonia 4 – 1 Alki Larnaca GSP Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Efrem   7'
Efrem   32'
Freddy   39'
Bouzón   61'
Christofi   90'
report Aspas   10'
Dobrašinović   37'
David Solari   53'
Fusco   82'
Attendance: 6.732
Referee:  Stelios Trifonos
11-09-2011 Matchweek 2 Aris Limassol 1 – 1 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
19:00 UTC+2 Vasiliou   27'
Ioannou   35'
Kerkez   88'
report Margaça   85'
Karipidis   87'
Attendance: 5.162
Referee:  Vasilis Dimitriou
02-11-2011 Matchweek 3 Omonia 1 – 0 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium
16:00 UTC+2 Kaseke   21'
Freddy   71'
report Airosa   28'
Júnior   36'
Monteiro   90'
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Stelios Trifonos
24-09-2011 Matchweek 4 Anorthosis 0 – 1 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Roncatto   65'
Rezek   74'
Angelov   77'
report Freddy   45'   45'
Margaça   47'
Bouzón   71'
Aguiar   89'
Attendance: 10.500
Referee:  Marios Nikolaidis
01-10-2011 Matchweek 5 Omonia 2 – 0 Ermis Aradippou GSP Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Aguiar   48'
Freddy   55'
report Dante Formica   32'
Charara   37'
Angelis Charalambous   61'
Héctor González   71'
Attendance: 5.103
Referee:  Thomas Mouskos
15-10-2011 Matchweek 6 Anagennisi Dherynia 1 – 1 Omonia Tasos Markou Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Spungin   20'o.g.
Robert Alviž   24'
Giorgos Giannakou   43'
Georgios Tofas   65'
Athanasios Pindonis   79'
Guzmán   85'
report Alex da Silva   45'
Efrem   50'  
Aloneftis   90'
Cherfa   90'
Attendance: 5.800
Referee:  Christos Elia
22-10-2011 Matchweek 7 Omonia 2 – 0 AEK Larnaca GSP Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Freddy   20'
Aguiar   22'
Christofi   44'
Kaseke   75'
Spungin   79'
report G.García   6'
J.Demetriou   42'
Priso   46'
Dimech   56'
Attendance: 6.500
Referee:  Leontios Trattou
29-10-2011 Matchweek 8 Olympiakos Nicosia 0 – 2 Omonia GSP Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Paulinho   14'
Mércio   39'
report Aguiar   14' pen.
Kaseke   36'
Margaça   43'
Salatić   51'
Avraam   72'
Cherfa   77'   78'
Attendance: 2.696
Referee:  Vasilis Demetriou
05-11-2011 Matchweek 9 Omonia 2 – 0 Apollon Limassol GSP Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Freddy   69'
Freddy   72'
Freddy   89'
report Hamdani   78' Attendance: 10.800
Referee:  Christos Nikolaides
19-11-2011 Matchweek 10 Ethnikos Achna 0 – 1 Omonia Dasaki Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Wender   47' report Aguiar   45'
Christofi   59'
Christofi   67'
Karipidis   90'
Attendance: 1.200
Referee:  Kostas Pseudiotis
26-11-2011 Matchweek 11 Omonia 2 – 2 Nea Salamina GSP Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Freddy   45'
Freddy   69'
Leandro   77'
Kaseke   90'
report Gray   20'
Dickson   49'
Roque   80'
Attendance: 10.266
Referee:  Dimitris Masias
03-12-2011 Matchweek 12 Enosis 1 – 1 Omonia Tasos Markou Stadium
18:00 UTC+2 Semedo   23'
Burchill   29'
Semedo   30'
Alivodić   59'
Moukouri   87'
Petkov   90'
report Cherfa   46'
Alex da Silva   59'
Cherfa   62'
Efrem   65'
Attendance: 800
Referee:  Leontios Trattou
11-12-2011 Matchweek 13 Omonia 1 – 3 APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:30 Avraam   9'
Bouzón   31'  
report Solomou   42'
Solari   74', 78'
Attendance: 16,419
Referee:  Marios Tsaggaris
17-12-2011 Matchweek 14 Alki Larnaca 0 – 3 Omonia GSZ Stadium
18:00 David Solari   3'
Cierzniak   31'
Fusco   61'
Santamaria   67'
B.Fernandes   82'
report Avraam   28'
Leandro   30'
Leandro   57'
Makrides   61'
Cherfa   82'
Attendance: 1.200
Referee:  Marios Panagi
08-01-2012 Matchweek 15 Omonia 3 – 0 Aris Limassol GSP Stadium
18:00 Alex da Silva   5' pen.
Efrem   10'
Efrem   55'
Freddy   73'
report Charalampous   43'
Markou   53'
A.Theofanous   71'
Attendance: 5.834
Referee:  Vasilis Dimitriou
14-01-2012 Matchweek 16 AEL Limassol 0 – 3 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
14:30 Bebê   31'
Ouon   77'
report Freddy   18'
Avraam   31'
Makrides   41'
Makrides   47'
Efrem   79'
Salatić   83'
Efrem   85'
Attendance: 12.000
Referee:  Marios Panagi
21-01-2012 Matchweek 17 Omonia 0 – 1 Anorthosis GSP Stadium
14:30 Spungin   29'
Cherfa   61'
Alex da Silva   89'
Andić
Angelov   45'
Marquinhos   45'
Laborde   62'
Roncatto   84'
Attendance: 12.358
Referee:  Stelios Trifonos
28-01-2012 Matchweek 18 Ermis Aradippou 0 – 2 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium
18:00 Demetriou   62' report Margaça   61'
Efrem   63'
Freddy   83' (pen.)
Aloneftis   87'
Attendance: 2.500
Referee:  Antonis Christodoulou
05-02-2012 Matchweek 19 Omonia 2 – 0 Anagennisi Dherynia GSP Stadium
18:00 Freddy   63' (pen.)
Efrem   76'
Freddy   89' (pen.)
report Bangura   25'
Gogolos   63'
Spyrou   88'
Attendance: 5.835
Referee:  Savvas Zafiris
11-02-2012 Matchweek 20 AEK Larnaca 2 – 1 Omonia GSZ Stadium
18:00 Mrdaković   45'
Mrdaković   45'
Mrdaković   58'
Linssen   62'
Serrán   64'
Alex da Silva   70'
de Cler   77'
report Cherfa   55'  
Salatić   90'
Attendance: 6.500
Referee:  Vasilis Dimitriou
18-02-2012 Matchweek 21 Omonia 1 – 0 Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium
18:00 Efrem   53'
Freddy   57'
Salatić   85'
report Rodriguez   10'
Aurélio   45'
Paulinho   61'
Mércio   65'
Kučuković   90'
Attendance: 3.822
Referee:  Dimitris Chrisostomou
25-02-2012 Matchweek 22 Apollon Limassol 2 – 5 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
15:00 Merkis   31'
Bangura   54' (pen.)
report Christofi   19'
Aguiar   25'
Spungin   31'
Freddy   41'
Aguiar   55'
Avraam   85'
Salatić   85'
Alves   90'
Attendance: 6.850
Referee:  Charalambos Skapoullis
04-03-2012 Matchweek 23 AC Omonia 1 – 1 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium
18:00 Ben Dayan   63'
Aloneftis   88'
Makrides   90'
Karipidis   98'
report Vattis   30'
Pincelli   36'
Elia   70'
Nuredinoski   78'
Simov   89'
Attendance: 6.172
Referee:  Marios Panayi
10-03-2012 Matchweek 24 Nea Salamina 1 – 4 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium
18:00 Gray   6'
Oper   53'
García   88'
report Freddy   21'
Cherfa   23'
Makrides   35'
Makrides   39'
Margaça   74'
Leandro   76'
Freddy   88'(pen.)
Attendance: 3.500
Referee:  Leontios Ttrattou
17-03-2012 Matchweek 25 Omonia 1 – 0 Enosis GSP Stadium
18:00 Bouzón   43'
Alves   77'
Bergougnoux   88'
report Sade   10'
Zulu   82'
Trenson   90'
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Vasilis Dimitriou
23-03-2012 Matchweek 26 APOEL 0 – 0 Omonia GSP Stadium
16:00 Boaventura   24'
Poursaitidis   43'
Jorge   71'
Manduca   75'
report Cherfa   40'
Aloneftis   45'  
Karipidis   75'
Efrem   82'
Attendance: 18.000
Referee:  Dimitris Masias

Second round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AEL Limassol (C) 32 20 8 4 37 10 +27 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 20 6 6 46 19 +27 66[a] Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Omonia 32 20 6 6 56 23 +33 66[a] Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 17 8 7 36 21 +15 59 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[b]
Source: [citation needed]
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b APOE: 7pts; OMO: 4pts
  2. ^ a b The 2011–12 Cypriot Cup winners, Omonia, qualified for the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
Matches edit
31-03-2012 Matchweek 1 Omonia 1 – 2 APOEL GSP Stadium
17:00 Christofi   56'
Salatić   79'
Karipidis   85'
report Sousa   44'
Sousa   45'
Morais   89'
Manduca   90'
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Thomas Mouskos
08-04-2012 Matchweek 2 AEL Limassol 2 – 0 Omonia Tsirion Stadium
17:00 Bebê   15'
Monteiro   23'
Vouho   35' (pen.)
Airosa   51'
Dédé   79'
report Salatić   11'
Cherfa   40'
Bouzón   59'
Spungin   86'  
Attendance: 9.890
Referee:  Vasilis Dimitriou
21-04-2012 Matchweek 3 Omonia 1 – 2 Anorthosis GSP Stadium
17:00 Aloneftis   84' Marquinhos   60'
Laborde   77'  
Roncatto   90'
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Leontios Trattos
28-04-2012 Matchweek 4 Anorthosis 0 – 4 Omonia Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
17:00 Janício   16'
Sprockel   83'
report Ben Dayan   20'
Spungin   22'
Aloneftis   36'
Karipidis   53'
Ben Dayan   43'
Alves   67'
Alves   75'
Bergougnoux   89'
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Dimitris Chrisostomou
05-05-2012 Matchweek 5 APOEL 1 – 2 Omonia GSP Stadium
17:00 Almeida   40'
Morais   90'  
report Ben Dayan   20'
Avraam   22'
Cherfa   65'
Christofi   78'
Alabi   79'
Attendance: 14.000
Referee:  Leontios Trattou
12-05-2012 Matchweek 6 Omonia 1 – 0 AEL Limassol GSP Stadium
16:00 A.Kyriakou   88'(o.g.) report Attendance: 0
Referee:  Leontios Trattou

UEFA Europa League edit

Third qualifying round edit

28-07-2011 First leg Omonia   3 – 0   ADO Den Haag GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:30 CET Alexandre   38' (pen.)
Leandro   53'
Rengifo   58'
Aguiar   73'
Christofi   76'
Karipidis   87'
report Kum   37'
Verhoek   37'
Lukšík   55'
Attendance: 12,326
Referee:   Carlos Xistra
04-08-2011 Second leg ADO Den Haag   1 – 0   Omonia Kyocera Stadion, The Hague
20:00 CET Verhoek   18'
Chery   42'
Immers   50'
Derijck   53'
report Alex   8'
Efrem   12'
Alabi   64'
Christofi   88'
Attendance: 13,268
Referee:   Marco Borg
  • Omonia won 3-1 on aggregate.

Play-off round edit

18-08-2011 First leg Omonia   2 – 1  Red Bull Salzburg GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CET Efrem   20'
Freddy   35'
Leandro   45+3'
Cherfa   60'
Margaça   90+1'
report Alan   3' ,   77'
Leitgeb   29'
Hierländer   34'
Hinteregger   45+2'
Leonardo   90+1'
Attendance: 11,858
Referee:   Lee Probert
25-08-2011 Second leg Red Bull Salzburg   1 – 0  Omonia Red Bull Arena, Salzburg
21:05 CET Alan   31'
Hinteregger   51'
Pasanen   59'   71'
report Avraam   23'   71'
Kaseke   73'
Attendance: 9,100
Referee:   Gediminas Mažeika
  • Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Omonia on aggregate. Red Bull Salzburg won on away goals.

LTV Super Cup edit

07-08-2011 Final APOEL 1 – 0 Omonia GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:00 CET Kontis   81' report Attendance: 9,752
Referee:  Demetris Chrysostomou

Cypriot Cup edit

Second round edit

01-02-2012 First leg Omonia 2 – 0 Nea Salamis GSP Stadium
18:00 EET García (o.g.)   16'
Aguiar   78'
Attendance: 3.353
Referee:  Dimitris Chrysostomou
08-02-2012 Second leg Nea Salamis 1 – 8 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium
18:00 EET Adamou   79' Avraam   11'
Aloneftis   17'
Salatić   34'
Aloneftis   45'
Aloneftis   65' (pen.)
Alves   77'
Bergougnoux   81'
Aguiar   88' (pen.)
Attendance: 700
Referee:  Dimitris Masias
  • Omonia won 10-1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

14-03-2012 First leg Omonia 6 – 0 Ermis Aradippou GSP Stadium
18:00 EET Alves   27'
Alves   47'
Fassotte   55'(o.g.)
Efrem   60'
Bergougnoux   65'
Avraam   73'
Attendance: 2.559
Referee:  Stelios Trifonos
28-03-2012 Second leg Ermis Aradippou 0 – 3 Omonia Ammochostos Stadium
19:00 EEST Christofi   18'
Charalambous   82'
Cherfa   91'
Attendance: 500
Referee:  Marios Stamatis
  • Omonia won 9-0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

11-04-2012 First leg Omonia 3 – 0 Ethnikos Achna GSP Stadium
18:00 EEST Margaça   38'
Salatić   57'
Efrem   72'
Simov   90' Attendance: 4.347
Referee:  Dimitris Chrisostomou
02-05-2012 Second leg Ethnikos Achna 1 – 0 Omonia Dasaki Stadium
17:00 EEST Wender   31' (pen.) Attendance: -
Referee:  Charalampos Skapoulis
  • Omonia won 3-1 on aggregate.

Final edit

16-05-2012 Final AEL Limassol 0 – 1 Omonia GSP Stadium
19:00 EEST Ouon   30' Alves   16' Attendance: 18.407
Referee:  Felix Brych