2015–16 AC Omonia season

AC Omonia

2015–16 season
Chairman	Doros Serafim
Manager	Vladan Milojević
Stadium	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division	3rd
Cypriot Cup	Final
Europa League	Third Qualifying round
Top goalscorer	Cillian Sheridan (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15

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

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Constantinos Panagi 4 DF Carlitos 5 DF Romaric 7 MF Marios Demetriou 8 FW Onisiforos Roushias 9 FW Cillian Sheridan 10 MF Luciano Bebê 13 FW Eze Vincent 16 MF Cristóvão Ramos 19 DF Andreas Panayiotou 20 MF Gerasimos Fylaktou 21 MF Nuno Assis (Captain) 23 MF Giorgos Economides 24 DF Anastasios Kantoutsis

No. Position Player 27 FW Andre Schembri 28 MF Renato Margaça (vice-captain) 30 MF Andraž Kirm 31 GK Laurențiu Brănescu (on loan from Juventus) 33 GK Antonis Georgallides 39 MF Ziguy Badibanga 40 MF George Florescu 45 DF Karim Hafez (on loan from Lierse) 48 DF Marin Oršulić 49 MF Fanos Katelaris 77 FW Demetris Christofi 88 MF Faysel Kasmi (on loan from Lierse) 90 DF Ivan Runje

On loan

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

No. Position Player DF Demetris Moulazimis (at Ermis Aradippou until 31 May 2016) DF Pantelis Konomis (at Omonia Aradippou until 31 May 2016) MF Constantinos Louvaris (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 31 May 2016) MF Andreas Frangeskou (at PAEEK until 31 May 2016)

No. Position Player MF Andreas Loizou (at Chalkanoras Idaliou until 31 May 2016) MF Giorgos Ivanov (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2016) FW Panayiotis Therapontos (at PAEEK until 31 May 2016) FW Apollonas Vasiliou (at MEAP Nisou until 31 May 2016)

Source: omonoia.com.cy

Active internationals

Andre Schembri Andraž Kirm

Onisiforos Roushias Antonis Georgallides Constantinos Panagi

Demetris Moulazimis (U-21) Marios Demetriou (U-21) Christoforos Charalambous (U-19) Pantelis Konomis (U-19) Constantinos Louvaris (U-19) Andreas Panayiotou (U-19) Andreas Sofokelous (U-19) Fanos Katelaris (U-17)

Foreign players

EU Nationals Nuno Assis Cristóvão Ramos Cillian Sheridan Anastasios Kantoutsis Andre Schembri Andraž Kirm Laurențiu Brănescu Ziguy Badibanga George Florescu Marin Oršulić Faysel Kasmi Ivan Runje

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Renato Margaça Carlitos

Non-EU Nationals Romaric Karim Hafez Luciano Bebê Eze Vincent

Squad Changes

Squad stats

Top scorers

R	Player	Position	Nat.	League	Cup	Europe	Total
1	Cillian Sheridan	FW		15	1	3	19
2	André Schembri	FW		15	1	1	17
3	Nuno Assis	MF		9	1	0	10
4	Ziguy Badibanga	FW		6	2	0	8
5	Andraž Kirm	MF		5	2	0	7
6	Onisiforos Roushias	FW		2	1	0	3
7	Luciano Bebê	MF		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. Nuno Assis
2. Renato João Inácio Margaça
3. André Schembri

Pre-season and friendlies

Lovech v Omonia

15-06-2015 Friendly	Lovech	3−2	Omonia
17:00		Report

Ermis v Omonia

13-08-2015 Friendly	Ermis	2-2	Omonia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report

Doxa v Omonia

16-08-2015 Friendly	Doxa	0-0	Omonia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00		Report

Competitions

Overall

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

Last updated: 1 September 2014
Source: Competitions

Cypriot First Division

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 to Championship round
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	26	15	7	4	48	22	+26	52
4	Omonia	26	14	7	5	46	24	+22	49[lower-alpha 1]
5	Apollon Limassol	26	14	7	5	41	24	+17	49[lower-alpha 1]
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. Head-to-head record: Omonia 0–0 Apollon, Apollon 0–0 Omonia.

Results summary

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	2	7	5	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4

Last updated: 26 April 2016.
Source: omonoia.com.cy
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Omonia v Nea Salamina

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: Kostas Nikolaou

Ethnikos v Omonia

29-08-2015 Matchweek 2	Ethnikos	1–0	Omonia	Dasaki Stadium, Dasaki Achnas
17:00	Chadjivasilis  37'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Christos Elia

Omonia v Doxa

12-09-2015 Matchweek 3	Omonia	1–1	Doxa	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
17:00	Schembri  36'	Report	Leandro  90+5'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thomas Mouskos

Omonia v Anorthosis

19-09-2015 Matchweek 4	Omonia	0–0	Anorthosis	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca
17:00		Report		Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

Ayia Napa v Omonia

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: Giorgos Nikolaou

Omonia v Apollon

03-10-2015 Matchweek 6	Omonia	0–0	Apollon	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		Report		Attendance: 10,010 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Ermis v Omonia

18-10-2015 Matchweek 7	Ermis	0–1	Omonia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report	Roushia  53'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Giorgos Nikolaou

Omonia v Pafos

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  9'	Attendance: 6,103 Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

AEK Larnaca v Omonia

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: Vasilis Demetriou

Omonia v APOEL

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: Demetris Masias

Aris Limassol v Omonia

22-11-2015 Matchweek 11	Aris Limassol	0–1	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00		Report	Sheridan  44' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,132 Referee: Nikolas Athanasiou

Omonia v Enosis Neon Paralimni

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: Kostas Nikolaou

AEL Limassol v Omonia

06-10-2015 Matchweek 13	AEL Limassol	2–1	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00	Sardinero  60' Sema  75' (pen.)	Report	Sheridan  87'	Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Nea Salamina v Omonia

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: Leontios Trattou

Omonia v Ethnikos

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: Loukas Soterioi

Doxa v Omonia

22-12-2015 Matchweek 16	Doxa	0–1	Omonia	Makario Stadium, Nicosia
17:00		Report	Assis  10'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kostas Nikolaou

Anorthosis v Omonia

2-01-2016 Matchweek 17	Anorthosis	0–0	Omonia	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Avraam Tsoukkas

Omonia v Ayia Napa

09-01-2015 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: Demetris Masias

Apollon v Omonia

16-01-2016 Matchweek 19	Apollon	0–0	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,664 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Omonia v Ermis

23-01-2016 Matchweek 20	Omonia	1–0	Ermis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
15:00	Sheridan  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 4,590 Referee: Charalambos Skapoullis

Pafos v Omonia

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: Christos Nikolaides

Omonia v AEK Larnaca

06-02-2016 Matchweek 22	Omonia	3–1	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium,Nicosia
15:00	Bebê  12' Schembri  56' (pen.)	Report	Catala  21', 64' Tete  45+2'	Attendance: 7,545 Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

APOEL v Omonia

13-02-2016 Matchweek 23	APOEL	2–0	Omonia	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
13:00	Efrem  8', 42'	Report		Attendance: 12,017 Referee: Vasilis Demetriou

Omonia v Aris Limassol

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: Giorgos Nikolaou

Enosis Neon Paralimni v Omonia

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: Vasilis Demetriou

Omonia v AEL Limassol

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: Leontios Trattou

Play-offs Table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (C, Q)	34	26	4	4	89	23	+66	82	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	AEK Larnaca (Q)	34	23	6	5	58	28	+30	75	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Omonia (Q)	34	19	7	8	59	31	+28	64
4	Apollon Limassol	34	17	11	6	58	35	+23	62
5	Anorthosis Famagusta	34	16	9	9	54	38	+16	57
6	Nea Salamis Famagusta	34	8	9	17	40	69	−29	33

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2016. 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]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Since both finalists of the 2015–16 Cypriot Cup (Apollon Limassol and Omonia) are currently in top four, the fourth-placed team currently qualifies for at least Europa League first qualifying round. This because if one of the top three teams would win the cup, their spot in first qualifying round would be given to the fourth-placed team. The winners of the cup will qualify for Europa League second qualifying round.

Results

Omonia v Anorthosis

06-03-2016 Matchweek 27	Omonia	3–0	Anorthosis	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00	Badibanga  2' Sheridan  7', 51'	Report		Attendance: 7,660 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

APOEL v Omonia

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: Demetris Masias

Nea Salamina v Omonia

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: Loukas Soteriou

AC Omonia v AEK Larnaca

03-04-2016 Matchweek 30	AC Omonia	0–1	AEK Larnaca	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		Report	Tričkovski  27'	Attendance: 7,728 Referee: Giannis Anastasiou

Apollon v Omonia

09-04-2016 Matchweek 31	Apollon	1–2	Omonia	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
16:00	Freire  13'	Report	Schembri  77', 88'	Attendance: 3,442 Referee: Leontios Trattou

Anorthosis v Omonia

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: Christos Nikolaides

Omonia v APOEL

23-04-2016 Matchweek 33	Omonia	0–2	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00		Report	Gianniotas  23', 44'	Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Christos Nikolaides

Omonia v Nea Salamina

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: Giorgos Nikolaou

AEK Larnaca v Omonia

07-05-2016 Matchweek 35	AEK Larnaca	–	Omonia	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
17:00		Report		Referee:

Omonia v Apollon

14-05-2016 Matchweek 36	Omonia	–	Apollon	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
16:00				Referee:

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Dinamo Batumi v Omonia

02-07-2015 First Leg	Dinamo Batumi	1-0	Omonia	David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi
18:00 EET	Gabedava  40'	Report		Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Omonia v Dinamo Batumi

09-07-2015 Second Leg	Omonia	2-0 (2–1 agg.)	Dinamo Batumi	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Goulon  56' Schembri  62'	Report		Attendance: 13,532 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo

Second qualifying round

Jagiellonia Białystok v Omonia

16-07-2015 First Leg	Jagiellonia Białystok	0-0	Omonia	City Stadium, Białystok
20:30 EET		Report		Attendance: 16,067 Referee: Bojan Pandžić

Omonia v Jagiellonia Białystok

23-07-2015 Second Leg	Omonia	1-0 (1-0 agg.)	Jagiellonia Białystok	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Sheridan  8'			Attendance: 17,481 Referee: Danilo Grujić

Third qualifying round

Brøndby v Omonia

30-07-2015 First Leg	Brøndby	0-0	Omonia	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
20:00 EET		Report		Attendance: 7,427 Referee: Libor Kovařík

Omonia v Brøndby

06-08-2015 Second Leg	Omonia	2-2 (2-2 agg.)	Brøndby	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
18:00 EET	Sheridan  16' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Pukki  2', 39'	Attendance: 17,943 Referee: Harald Lechner

Cypriot Cup

First round

Omonia v PAEEK

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

Second round

Omonia v Ethnikos Achna

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

Ethnikos Achna v Omonia

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

Omonia v Pafos FC

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

Pafos FC v Omonia

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

AEK Larnaca v Omonia

06-04-2016 Fisrt Leg	AEK Larnaca	0−0	Omonia	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
19:00 EET		Report		Attendance: 3,584 Referee: Christos Nicolaides

Omonia v AEK Larnaca

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 Hafez Runje Badibanga Schembri		Boljević Alves Tomàs Ninu

Final

Omonia v Apollon

18-05-2016	Omonia	−	Apollon	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
18:30 EEST

References

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