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| manager = [[Sofronis Avgousti]]
| owner = Apollon Football (Public) Ltd
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'''Apollon Limassol FC''' ({{langx|el|Απόλλων Λεμεσού}}, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[sports club]], based in [[Limassol]]. It has [[Association football|football]], [[Apollon Limassol B.C.|basketball]] and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the [[Cypriot First Division]] and has won the championship title four times, the cup nine times and the Super Cup four times.

==History==
At the end of 1953, a team of young men placed as a dream and objective, the foundation of an association with national and athletic aims based on promoting the education and social skills of its young members. On 14 April 1954, the general assembly of these members with leader Mr Christakis Pavlides proposes the foundation of an athletic association called "APOLLON LIMASSOL".<ref name="Apollon's official webpage" >{{cite web|url=http://www.apollon.com.cy/founded.php|title=Apollon FC|work=apollon.com.cy|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821195325/http://www.apollon.com.cy/founded.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The assembly approved the proposal and thus from that date "APOLLON was born". The first administrative council of the team included: Charalambos Lymbourides (Secretary), Andreas Psyllides (Cashier), Antonakis Fourlas (Adviser), Melis Charalampous (Adviser), Andreas Theoharous (Adviser) Andreas Aggelopoulos (Adviser) and Kostas Panayiotou (Adviser).{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

In its first year, Apollon had eight defeats in eight matches in the second division. Just before the next season (1956–57), Apollon won the regional group in the second division and subsequently the play-offs and then was promoted to the first division.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

This took place in 1957 and ever since Apollon has been competing in the first division. Through its history, Apollon won four Championships (1991, 1994, 2006, 2022), nine Cups (1966, 1967, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017), three Super Cup (2006, 2016, 2017) and also had some very successful participation in European competitions, winning several important games and at the same time, the respect of many European football clubs during the several participations in the Group Stage of the Europa League.<ref name="UEFA - Apollon FC Europe"/>

===1954–1955: early years===
In its first year, Apollon suffered eight defeats in eight matches in the second division. Just before the next season (1956–57), Apollon won the regional group in the second division and subsequently the play-offs and then was promoted to the first division. This took place in 1957 and ever since Apollon has been competing in the first division. Things were not easy however for the newly promoted club. Apollon couldn't reach a satisfactory position in the rankings and was struggling in the middle of the table for many years. But in the mid-60's things changed.<ref name="Apollon's official webpage" />

===1964–1967: the first distinctions===
In 1965 Apollon reached the Cup Final. However, Omonia won the title with a score of 5–1.<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA" /> A year later, Apollon was in the Final again, and won the Cup by defeating Nea Salamina with the score of 4–2 (Scorers: Panikos Yiolitis, Andros Konstantinou, Panikkos Krystallis, Antonis Panayides), and triumphantly took the trophy to Limassol.<ref name="UEFA - Apollon FC Europe"/> Apollon managed to maintain its Cup title in 1967, by beating Alki 1–0 thanks to the goal of Antonis Panayides.<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA" /> After celebrating these titles, Apollon had to wait another 15 years to start making history once again.

===1981–1987: back to the Cup final after 20 fallow years===
In the football season 1981–82 Apollon managed to reach once again the Cup final however in double games [[AC Omonoia|Omonia]] won the Cup. In the 1985–86 season, after 20 years of "drought" Apollon won once again the Cup in [[Tsirion Stadium]], overcoming [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] with a score of 2–0.<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA" /> Scores were Kenny and Sokratous.<ref name="UEFA - Apollon FC Europe">{{cite web|url=http://www.apollon.com.cy/europe.php|title=Apollon FC Europe|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620173349/http://www.apollon.com.cy/europe.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1990–1999: 10 years of glory===
[[File:Diethelm Ferner.jpg|thumb|alt=A Apollon former coach|Diethelm Ferner]]

In these years, it emerged clearly that absent was this "something" that could make the difference for the team to lead in the Championship. This "something" therefore was non-other than the German coach named [[Diethelm Ferner]] who, upon arriving in Cyprus was determined to win. The German, with his discipline and hard work accomplishes "links" between young talented footballers with older more experienced footballers creating a team ready for the big time. Thus in the season 1990–91 the team entered the championship "marathon" wanting to write the biggest and most glorious page in its history book. After a frantic and impressive season, offering both substance and spectacle in its game, Apollon was finally crowned Champion of Cyprus!<ref name="Apollon Championships">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/page/285/111|title=Cyprus Football Association&nbsp;– Championship record|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720192432/http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/page/285/111|archive-date=20 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
From that year and for a five-year period the team gained the admiration of all Cypriot football fans after playing modern football.
In 1991–92 season Apollon won the Cup for the fourth time, overcoming [[AC Omonoia|Omonia]] in final with a final score of 1–0.<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA" /> The scorer was Evgenio Ptak. However, in the next season of 1992–93 Apollon lost both titles.
The team returned strongly and gained the club's second Championship one year later in the 1993–94 season, later after a hard duel with [[Anorthosis]] where the title was judged on the last day of the season.<ref name="Apollon Championships"/>
In the 1994–95 season Apollon reached the Cup final losing to [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] with 2–4 while the same happened also in the 1997–98 season with "executioner" this time the almighty Anorthosis, that accomplishes and gains the cup with a final score 1–3. In that five-year period Apollon was accomplished in the European ties, winning enough games and at the same time the respect of many European football clubs. However, the game, in which Apollon wrote his own unique history is non-other than with the big opponent of [[Inter Milan]] in the [[UEFA Cup]]! The 1–0 in "[[San Siro|Stadio Giuseppe Meazza]]" ([[San Siro]]) left margins for Apollon to believe in a miracle, against the Italians for the second leg game of 3 November 1993. The Cup Champions, staffed with a squad of international players led by Dutchman [[Dennis Bergkamp]] talked for a walkover in [[Cyprus]] against "fishermen" (thus called the footballers of Apollon the goalkeeper of Inter, [[Walter Zenga]] before the game) and that the game in Milan was just a bad game for their team. However, the Inter team was found in [[Limassol]], losing in the first ten minutes with a 0–2 score and only finally managed to recover and to finish another historic tie with 3–3, leaving at the end the great Italian goalkeeper speechless!. Scorers for the Apollon team were [[Milenko Špoljarić]], [[Slađan Šćepović]] and [[Giorgos Iosifidis]].<ref name="UEFA - Apollon in 1993-94">{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/52741--apollon/|title=UEFA Europa League UEFA.com|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806161232/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1993/clubs/club=52741/matches/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2000–2010: 1 championship, 2 cups and 1 super cup===
[[File:Apollon supporters during a match in 2005..jpg|thumb|Apollon supporters during a match in 2006]]

In the 2000–01 season Apollon won the cup against [[Nea Salamis Famagusta FC|Nea Salamis Famagusta]] in the [[GSP stadium]], with final score 1–0. Scorer was the unforgettable [[Viktor Zubarev]].<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/page/286/124|title=Τελικοί Κυπέλλου Κύπρου&nbsp;– Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720170111/http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/page/286/124|archive-date=20 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the middle of the football season (2004–05) and after enough failed attempts for glory after the final of 2001, German manager [[Bernd Stange]] took the responsibility, accomplishing late but regularly he brought back the lost glamour of the team. In the season, 2005–06 Apollon won the league title undefeated and earned a club record of 64 points.<ref name="Apollon Championships"/> Apollon had 19 wins and 7 draws in 26 matches and this went down in Cypriot Football history, due to fact that it was the fourth team in the [[Cyprus]] Championship that won the title unbeaten (*Apollon was the only undefeated team in Europe, running an unbeaten streak since 12 March 2005 (30 games). The next year Apollon won for the first time in his history the Super Cup beating [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] 1–3 at home.

In 2010 Apollon won the Cup after 9 years (2001 Final Cup), beating [[APOEL Nicosia]] in [[GSZ Stadium]]. The final score was 2–1.<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA" />

===2010–11: cup finalists===
The following year (2011), Apollon reached the final of the Cypriot Cup for the second consecutive year, but lost to [[AC Omonia|Omonia]] on penalties, after a 1–1 draw following extra time<ref name="Apollon Limassol CFA" />

===2012–13: Cypriot Cup winners===
On 22 May 2013, Apollon won the Cup after three years (last Cup won in 2010). Apollon won in the final by beating 1–2 [[AEL Limassol]] at [[Tsirion Stadium]] in extra time, achieving the club's 7th Cypriot Cup title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfa.com.cy/En/news/14598|title=Apollon Limassol win Cyprus Coca&nbsp;– Cola Cup|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202308/http://www.cfa.com.cy/En/news/14598|url-status=live}}</ref> Apollon fans are very demanding and loyal to the Club and after 3 years they celebrated the Cup by singing, drinking, celebrating the whole week.

===2013–14: gold history and big dreams===
Apollon Limassol skipper [[Giorgos Merkis]] implored his team-mates not to rest on their laurels after securing a famous 2–0 victory against [[OGC Nice]] in the first leg of their [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]] play-off.
Christakis Christoforou's men were billed as overwhelming underdogs going into the tie, but a second-half double from Argentinian forward [[Gaston Sangoy]] has put them in a commanding position ahead of the 29 August decider at [[Stade Municipal du Ray]]. The next week Apollon travelled to Nice and the dream came true. Apollon lost 1–0 from OGC-Nice but qualified at the group stage of Europa League for the first time in the team's history. In the group stage Apollon will play with: [[SS Lazio|Lazio]], [[Trabzonspor]] and [[Legia Warsaw]]. At the debut match at GSP stadium in [[Nicosia]] in the group stage of [[Europa League]] Apollon Limassol defeated by [[Trabzonspor]] 1–2 and the scorer was the team's star [[Gaston Sangoy]]. On 26 September Apollon became the first Cypriot side to win a game in Poland on matchday two, ending a seven-game losing streak away from home in Europe to beat [[Legia Warsaw]] 1–0. Scorer against [[Poland|Polish]] side was again [[Gaston Sangoy]]. It is the first away victory for a Cypriot side in a [[UEFA]] club competition group stage in their last 16 attempts. In the third match on 24 October, Apollon claimed a 0–0 draw against [[Serie A]] side [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] in [[Nicosia]] to keep alive their chances of qualifying from [[UEFA]] [[Europa League]] Group J.

===2014–15: Europa league gold dreams===
After finishing 3rd in the [[2013–14 Cypriot First Division]], Apollon entered the [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League]] play-off round, where they faced [[Russian Premier League]] club [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]. The first leg was held in Cyprus and ended with a 1–1 draw. The second leg, held in [[Moscow]], ended with a 4–1 win to the guests and brought Apollon to the group stage of the competition. Apollon became the first team in Cyprus to qualify for a European competition by winning in an away game in the play-off round for two consecutive years as well as joining [[UEFA Europa League]] for two consecutive seasons.

Apollon, having three points, were out of the competition after losing to [[FC Zürich]] in a replay match.

===2015–20: striving for success===
In the period between 2015 and 2020, the team had some highs and lows, as they fought for supremacy in the [[Cypriot First Division]] and tried to make a mark in the [[UEFA Europa League]].

During the 2015–2016 season, the team's league performance was relatively disappointing as Apollon finished in the 5th place. However they were able to make up for this by having a strong run in the [[Cypriot Cup]]. The team managed to reach the final. Apollon faced off against [[AC Omonoia|Omonia]] in a closely contested match. The game was tied 1-1 and Apollon was able to score the winning goal in the 72nd minute with a header of [[Angelis Charalambous|Angelis Angeli]].

Apollon's next season started poorly after being eliminated from the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League]] third qualifying round by [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]] and a series of bad results in the league. Manager [[Pedro Emanuel]] was eventually sacked. Former goalkeeper of the team [[Sofronis Avgousti]] was then appointed as the caretaker manager for the remaining of the season. The team then went on to achieve an incredible 10 games winning streak in both league and cup. Albeit the hard-fought efforts to win the championship, the team was faced with the complication of the not so good start to the season, which made their task all the more difficult. Despite the fact that Apollon could not manage to win the title, the team reached the [[2016–17 Cypriot Cup]] final against [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] and won it for a second year in a row, while also playing with 10 men. This remarkable effort by the team earned [[Sofronis Avgousti]] the permanent manager position at the club.

The [[2017–18 Cypriot First Division]] season was spectacular for the team, even though the team could not win any title. Apollon finished in 2nd place, behind only the dominant [[APOEL FC|APOEL]], who won the league for the sixth consecutive season. Apollon Limassol had a strong campaign, winning 25 of their 36 matches and earning a record-breaking total (for the team) 82 points. The team's success was largely due to their strong attacking play, as they scored 90 goals throughout the season. The top scorer was [[Emilio Zelaya]], who found the back of the net 17 times in the league. [[Anton Maglica]] and [[Fotis Papoulis]] also had a great contribution to Apollon's attacking play after scoring 16 and 15 goals respectively. The fact that five players of Apollon ([[João Pedro (footballer, born 1986)|João Pedro]], [[Valentin Roberge]], [[Esteban Sachetti]], [[Alef (footballer, born 1995)|Alef]], [[Fotis Papoulis]]) were voted for the Best 11 of the season is a strong statement of the team's overall performance. Manager [[Sofronis Avgousti]] was also voted as the Manager of the Season. This particular 2017–2018 team is widely regarded as one of the best of all time in the club's history, as well as Cyprus football in general.
In addition to their strong performance in the league, Apollon  also had a successful run in the [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League]]. The team started their campaign in the second qualifying round and managed to qualify for the group stage for the 3rd time in the club's history. In the group stage, Apollon Limassol faced off against [[Olympique Lyonnais]], [[Atalanta B.C.]] and [[Everton F.C.]] but failed to progress to the knockout stage.

In the following seasons, the team continued to fight and compete for silverware while also playing in Europe, but had mixed fortunes.

In 2018–2019 season Apollon qualified once again for the [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League]] group stage after surprisingly knocking out [[FC Basel]] in the play-off round. In the group stage, they were drawn in a tough group alongside [[S.S. Lazio]], [[Eintracht Frankfurt]], and [[Olympique de Marseille]]. Despite a strong performance, Apollon Limassol ultimately finished in third place in the group, missing out on qualification for the knockout stages of the competition. Nonetheless, their run was widely praised, as they put in a series of impressive performances against some of the top teams in Europe.

The [[2020–21 Cypriot First Division]] season was a rollercoaster for Apollon. After a slow start to the season, the team gradually picked up momentum and went on an impressive winning streak. They were neck-and-neck with [[AC Omonoia|Omonia]] for the top spot in the league throughout the season. However, in the second to last game of the season, Apollon suffered a heartbreaking 2–2 draw to [[Olympiakos Nicosia]], while Omonia won their game against [[AEK Larnaca FC|AEK Larnaca]] and as a result, Omonia were crowned champions. It was a bitter pill to swallow for Apollon Limassol, who had come so close to winning their first league title since the [[2005–06 Cypriot First Division]] season.

===2021–22: champions again===
The [[2021–22 Cypriot First Division]] season was a historic one for Apollon Limassol, as they won their first [[Cypriot First Division]] title in 16 years and 4th in total under the guidance of coach [[Alexander Zorniger]]. The team got off to a strong start to the season, winning their first four games and establishing themselves as early contenders for the title. As the season progressed, Apollon Limassol continued to put in strong performances, and soon found themselves to the top of the table.
One of the defining moments of the season came on 8 May 2022, 3 games before the end of the championship, when Apollon faced off against [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] in a crucial top-of-the-table clash. Apollon came into this game with a 9-game winless streak which helped APOEL catch up, making this game the most crucial of the season. The game was closely contested, but Apollon Limassol emerged as 3–2 winners thanks to goals from [[Ioannis Pittas]], [[Charalampos Mavrias]] and [[Rangelo Janga]]. This victory ended Apollon's winless streak and gave the team a four-point lead at the top of the table, and they never looked back from there. As the season drew to a close, Apollon eventually clinched the league title with one game to spare after winning 1–4 against [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]]. After a long 16-year wait, Apollon Limassol's fans were understandably overjoyed at their team's [[Cypriot First Division]] title win. Fans took over the streets to celebrate, waving flags, setting off flares, and singing and dancing in celebration of their team's success. The team's victory parade through [[Anexartisias Street]] of Limassol was a highlight of the celebrations, with thousands of fans lining the route to cheer on their heroes. The players were greeted with loud cheers and applause as they made their way through the street, holding aloft the championship trophy and displaying their winners' medals. Fans also gathered at Enaerios street to celebrate, with many lighting flares and singing songs into the early hours of the morning.

==Crest and colours==
The team' s emblem represents the olympian God [[Apollo]] from the [[Greek mythology]]. [[Apollo]] was considered the god of sun, poetry and music. The colours of the team are blue and white. They represent the colours of the [[Greek flag]] as the creation of the team was well connected with the struggles of Cypriot people for unification with [[Greece]]. The away colours are white and the home kit blue.

==Other teams==

===Basketball team===
{{see also|Apollon Limassol BC}}

The Basketball team of Apollon was founded in 1967 and is one of the founding members of [[Cyprus Basketball Federation]].{{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=August 2011}} From then the team participated regularly in the championship of 1st Division. The unique titles in the history of department, are two cups in 2002 and 2014 and a Super Cup in 2004. While it finished many times in second places.

===Volleyball team===
A Founding member of the [[Cyprus Volleyball Federation]], the women's team participated in several Championship finals (1999, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and in eight Cup finals (1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013) .
Apollon won:	6 National Championships (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2022), 5 National Cups (2014– AEK Larnaca 3–0, 2015– AEK Larnaca 3–0, 2016– AEL Limassol 3–0, 2017-Anorthosis Famagusta 3–1,2021-Olympiada Neapolis 3–0), 6 Super Cups (2003– AEL 3–0, 2013– Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0, 2014– AEK Larnaca 3–0, 2015– AEK Larnaca 3–2, 2016– AEL 3–2, 2021-olympiada Neapolis 3–2)

===Women's football team===
{{see also|Apollon Limassol (women)}}
The women's team has won the [[Cypriot First Division (women)|Cypriot First Division]] as well as the [[Cypriot Women's Cup]] four consecutive times from 2009 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2017. The team also reached the [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] round of 32 in 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 and 2016.

On 15 October 2013, Apollon Limassol girls win the first Super Cup Beating Anorthosis 3–0 in the final, Anorthosis had won the double the previous year and played Apollon Limassol in the cup final.

==Stadium==
'''Football'''

The team's stadium was the 13,331 seater [[Tsirio Stadium]] until 2022. It was also the home ground of [[AEL Limassol]] and [[Aris Limassol FC|Aris Limassol]]. The stadium was built in 1975.

The construction of the [[Alphamega Stadium]] replaced Tsirio Stadium as the home ground of Apollon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sigmalive.com/sports/football/cyprus/a-league/1037500/live-ta-egkainia-tou-alphamega-stadium|title=Ολοκληρώθηκαν τα εγκαίνια του "Alphamega Stadium"|date=2022-11-25|language=el|website=sigmalive.com|access-date=2022-12-15|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125223951/https://www.sigmalive.com/sports/football/cyprus/a-league/1037500/live-ta-egkainia-tou-alphamega-stadium|url-status=live}}</ref> The capacity of the new stadium is 10,700 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/athlitismos/kypros-spor/apollonas/gipedo-lemesoy-parathyraki-gia-ayxisi-xoritikotitas|title=Γήπεδο Λεμεσού: "Παραθυράκι" για αύξηση χωρητικότητας|date=2022-10-20|language=el|website=kathimerini.com.cy|access-date=2022-12-15|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125140202/https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/athlitismos/kypros-spor/apollonas/gipedo-lemesoy-parathyraki-gia-ayxisi-xoritikotitas|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Basketball/Volleyball'''

Apollon has its own indoor hall, the PrimeTel Apollon Stadium, with a capacity of 2,800 seats.

==Supporters==
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In 1981, the organised portion of the supporters of the club, elected council members and began organising themselves, in a tiny room of the clubhouse (where it now houses the offices of the football Company) the membership fee was then 10 Cypriot cents. Later on in 1982 after the positive response in enlisting new members of the fan club, the cost of registration was increased to 2 Cyprus pounds. At a time when no other team had yet an organised group of fans on the island, a new fan club was registered. The registration was triggered after a game in Paphos where the followers of Apollon made an organised excursion something that had not been done previously. On their return, everyone was happy with the experience, that they agreed to set up formally and officially the Sy.Fi Association (Apollon Limassol)-Apollon Limassol Fan club. In 1982 Costas Katafygiotis was elected first president of the Apollon Sy.Fi in September 1982. The next year the fan club worked in an official manner. Chaired by Dino it opened in parallel a souvenir shop on the street and gained its Independence from the football club and became a housing association for the fans. Later, the Apollon Sy.Fi renamed itself to PA.SY.FI Apollon (Apollon Cyprus Association of Supporters) and much later PAN.SY.FI APOLLON (Pan Hellenic Supporters Association of Apollon) to show the bond of our association with Greece.

From 1996 onwards PAN.SY.FI became synonymous with GATE-1 a designation which originated from the entrance gate in the West Tsireio stadium stand, where members gather.

PAN.SY.FI Apollon Gate 1 is the name of the supporters fan club.

Apollon is amongst the most popular football teams in Cyprus. The fans are very demanding and loyal to the club.
More than 14,000 Apollon fans traveled from Limassol for the 2001 Cup Final that took place in Nicosia (16,828 tickets). This number also beat the previous top record for a team traveling for an away game to Nicosia. Celebrations for winning the League championship for the 1993–94 season following the victory against Omonoia FC More than 20,000 fans overflowed the Stadium to see Apollon clinch the title in the final game of the season. Celebrations following the victory against Omonoia FC at the 1992 FA Cup Final in Tsirio, stadium. More than 20,000 fans attended the game.

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|30 June 2025|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.apollon.com.cy/en/apollon-roster/ |title=Roster |work=Apollon FC |publisher=apollon.com.cy |access-date=14 August 2024|archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202005553/https://www.apollon.com.cy/en/apollon-roster/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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{{Fs player|no=3|nat=FIN|pos=DF|name=[[Thomas Lam]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=[[Zacharias Adoni]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=CZE|pos=MF|name=[[Jaromír Zmrhal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=CPV|pos=FW|name=[[Garry Rodrigues]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=[[Babacar Dione (footballer)|Babacar Dione]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=[[Giorgos Malekkides]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=CYP|pos=MF|name=[[Danilo Špoljarić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=[[Philipp Kühn]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Gaétan Weissbeck]]}}
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{{Fs player|no=41|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=[[Peter Leeuwenburgh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=43|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=[[Pedro Marques (footballer, born April 1998)|Pedro Marques]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=CZE|pos=DF|name=[[Josef Kvída]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=TUN|pos=FW|name=[[Ali Youssef]]}}
{{Fs player|no=84|nat=CYP|pos=MF|name=Christos Charalambous}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Morgan Brown (footballer, born 1999)|Morgan Brown]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=AUT|pos=MF|name=[[Ivan Ljubic|Ivan Ljubić]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=[[Sergio Castel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Andreas Shikkis}}
{{fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=GK|name=Konstantinos Stylianou|other=at [[APEA Akrotiri]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CYP|pos=DF|name=Nearchos Zinonos|other=at [[Doxa Katokopias FC|Doxa Katokopias]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs end}}

==Club officials==

===Board of directors===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!align=left|Position
!align=left|Staff
|-
|align=left|President
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Nicos Kirzis
|-
|rowspan="3" align=left|Vice-president
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Marinos Efstathiou
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Antonis Glykis
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Fanos Kinnis
|-
|rowspan="9" align=left|Committee Member
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Charalambos Antoniou
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Panagiotis Georgakis
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Evros Evripidou
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ISR}} Moshe (Hiko) Rajczyk
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Nicos Ioannou
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Socrates Ellinas
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Vassilios Demetriades
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Petros Demosthenous
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Giorgos Athinis
|}
<ref>[https://www.apollon.com.cy/en/board/ apollon.com.cy]</ref>

===Staff===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!align=left|Position
!align=left|Staff
|-
|align=left|General Director
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} George Papagiannis
|-
|align=left|Accounting Department
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Despoina Panayi
|-
|align=left|Football Operations Department
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Ioannis Kyriakides
|-
|align=left|Press Officer
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Fanourios Constantinou
|-
|align=left|Social Media Manager
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Panicos Frangoudis
|-
|align=left|Press Office Department
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Panos Costa
|-
|align=left|Sales Manager
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Giorgos Georgiades
|-
|align=left|Marketing Department
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Koulla Stavrinidou
|-
|align=left|Ticketing Department
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Adamos Papadamou
|-
|align=left|Sports Material Department
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Kyriakos Vassiliou
|-
|rowspan=2 align=left|Apollon Official Store
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Panagiotis Vassias
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Marina Kyriacou
|-
|rowspan=2 align=left|Secretary
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Stella Ignatiou
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Dorita Georgiou
|-
|}
<ref>[https://www.apollon.com.cy/en/staff/]</ref>

===Technical and medical staff===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Technical staff
|-
| Sports Director
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Makis Papaioannou]]
|-
| Football Director
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Giorgos Vasiliou (footballer)|Giorgos Vasiliou]]
|-
| Head Coach
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Sofronis Avgousti]]
|-
| rowspan=2|Assistant Coach
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Ioakim Ioakim
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Christos Panteli
|-
| Team Manager
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Socratis Socratous
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{flagicon|CYP}} George Nicolaou
|-
| Analyst
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Stelios Antoniou
|-
| Assistant Analyst
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Petros Hadjinikolaou
|-
| rowspan=2|Caregiver
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Panayiotis Theofanous
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Nektarios Stavrou
|-
! colspan="2"|Medical staff
|-
| Head of Medical
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Kyriakos Kakavelakis
|-
| Rehabilitation coach
|  
|-
| rowspan=3|Physiotherapist
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Alexandros Solomonides
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Andreas Theofanous
|-
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Christos Toumpas
|-
| Nutritionist
| 
|-
|}
<ref>[https://www.apollon.com.cy/en/technical-staff/ apollon.com.cy]</ref>

==Sponsorship==

=== Main sponsors ===
* Major Sponsor&nbsp;– Stoiximan
* Official Sponsors:
** [[Puma SE|Puma]]
** [[Petrolina (company)|Petrolina]]
** Columbia Restaurants
** Conercon Energy Solutions 
** Lamberts
** Dimco
** GVD Markets
** BBF
<ref>[https://www.apollon.com.cy/en/sponsors/ apollon.com.cy]</ref>

==Honours==

===Domestic===
*'''[[Cypriot First Division]]'''
**'''Champions (4)''': [[1990–91 Cypriot First Division|1990–91]], [[1993–94 Cypriot First Division|1993–94]], [[2005–06 Cypriot First Division|2005–06]], [[2021–22 Cypriot First Division|2021–22]]
**Runners-up (6): [[1983–84 Cypriot First Division|1983–84]], [[1988–89 Cypriot First Division|1988–89]], [[1992–93 Cypriot First Division|1992–93]], [[1996–97 Cypriot First Division|1996–97]], [[2017–18 Cypriot First Division|2017–18]], [[2020–21 Cypriot First Division|2020–21]]
*'''[[Cypriot Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (9)''': [[1965–66 Cypriot Cup|1965–66]], [[1966–67 Cypriot Cup|1966–67]], [[1985–86 Cypriot Cup|1985–86]], [[1991–92 Cypriot Cup|1991–92]], [[2000–01 Cypriot Cup|2000–01]], [[2009–10 Cypriot Cup|2009–10]], [[2012–13 Cypriot Cup|2012–13]], [[2015–16 Cypriot Cup|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Cypriot Cup|2016–17]]
**Runners-up (8): [[1964–65 Cypriot Cup|1964–65]], [[1981–82 Cypriot Cup|1981–82]], [[1986–87 Cypriot Cup|1986–87]], [[1992–93 Cypriot Cup|1992–93]], [[1994–95 Cypriot Cup|1994–95]], [[1997–98 Cypriot Cup|1997–98]], [[2010–11 Cypriot Cup|2010–11]], [[2017–18 Cypriot Cup|2017–18]]
*'''[[Cypriot Super Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (4)''': [[LTV Super Cup#2006|2006]], [[Cypriot Super Cup#2016|2016]], [[Cypriot Super Cup#2017|2017]], [[Cypriot Super Cup#2022|2022]]
*'''[[Cypriot Second Division]]'''
**'''Winners (1)''': [[1956–57 Cypriot Second Division|1956–57]]

==European competition history==
''{{As of|2022|11|3}}''

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|-
! Competition
! App.
! Pld
! W
! D
! L
! GF
! GA
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League]]||3||8||2||1||5||7||13
|-
|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup]]||16||85||32||18||35||126||136
|-
|[[UEFA Europa Conference League]]||2||8||2||2||4||8||12
|-
|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]||6||16||3||2||11||16||50
|-
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|'''Total'''||'''27'''||'''117'''||'''39'''||'''23'''||'''55'''||'''157'''||'''211'''
|-
|}

===Matches===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
!
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| '''[[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966–67]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Standard Liège]]
| align="center"| 0–1<sup>'''1'''</sup>
| align="center"| 1–5
| align="center"| '''1–6'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| '''[[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup|1967–68]]'''
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| [[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Győri ETO FC|Győri ETO]]
| align="center"| 0–4<sup>'''2'''</sup>
| align="center"| 0–5
| align="center"| '''0–9'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| '''[[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|1982–83]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| 0–8
| align="center"| '''1–9'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| '''[[1984–85 UEFA Cup|1984–85]]'''
| [[UEFA Cup]]
| [[1984–85 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Bohemians 1905|Bohemians]]
| align="center"| 2–2
| align="center"| 1–6
| align="center"| '''3–8'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| '''[[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|1986–87]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
| align="center"| 2–1
| align="center"| 0–6
| align="center"| '''2–7'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| '''[[1989–90 UEFA Cup|1989–90]]'''
| [[UEFA Cup]]
| [[1989–90 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Zaragoza]]
| align="center"| 0–3
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| '''1–4'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"|'''[[1991–92 European Cup|1991–92]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1991–92 European Cup#First round|1R]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|ROU}} [[FC U Craiova 1948|Universitatea Craiova]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 0–2
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''3–2'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1991–92 European Cup#Second round|2R]]
| {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Red Star Belgrade]]
| align="center"| 0–2
| align="center"| 1–3
| align="center"| '''1–5'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| '''[[1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup|1992–93]]'''
| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
| [[1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| align="center"| 1–2
| align="center"| 1–6
| align="center"| '''2–8'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| '''[[1993–94 UEFA Cup|1993–94]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| [[UEFA Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1993–94 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Dunakanyar-Vác FC|Vác]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 0–2
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''4–2'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1993–94 UEFA Cup#Second round|2R]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
| align="center"| 3–3
| align="center"| 0–1
| align="center"| '''3–4'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''[[1994–95 UEFA Cup|1994–95]]'''
| rowspan="2"| [[UEFA Cup]]
| [[1994–95 UEFA Cup#Preliminary round|PR]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|ALB}} [[KF Teuta Durrës|Teuta]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–2
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''8–3'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[1994–95 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Sion|Sion]]
| align="center"| 1–3
| align="center"| 3–2 ([[extra time|aet]])
| align="center"| '''4–5'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| '''[[1997–98 UEFA Cup|1997–98]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| [[UEFA Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1997–98 UEFA Cup#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[MYPA]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''4–1'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[1997–98 UEFA Cup#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[R.E. Mouscron|RE Mouscron]]
| align="center"| 0–0
| align="center"| 0–3
| align="center"| 0–3
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| rowspan="3"| '''[[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998–99]]'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Cup Winners' Cup]]
| [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup#Qualifying round|QR]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[FK Ekranas]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–3
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–4'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup#First round|1R]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[FK Jablonec|Baumit Jablonec]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–2 ([[extra time|aet]])
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''3–3''' (4–3 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup#Second round|2R]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]]
| align="center"| 0–1
| align="center"| 2–3
| align="center"| 2–4
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| '''[[2001–02 UEFA Cup|2001–02]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="2"| [[UEFA Cup]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[2001–02 UEFA Cup#Qualifying round|QR]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|ALB}} [[KF Tirana|Tirana]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–3
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–4'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[2001–02 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| align="center"| 0–3
| align="center"| 0–2
| align="center"| '''0–5'''
| align="center" |[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| '''[[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|2006–07]]'''
| [[UEFA Champions League]]
| [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| 0–1
| align="center"| '''1–2'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1"|
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| '''[[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|2010–11]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[FC Sibir Novosibirsk|Sibir Novosibirsk]]
| align="center"| 2–1
| align="center"| 0–1
| align="center"| '''2–2''' ([[away goals rule|a]])
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| rowspan="4"| '''[[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]]'''
| rowspan="4"| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|PO]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[OGC Nice|Nice]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 0–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''2–1'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Group J|Group J]]
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Trabzonspor]]
| align="center"| 1–2
| align="center"| 2–4
| rowspan="3" align="center"|  '''3rd place'''
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Legia Warsaw]]
| align="center"| 0–2
| align="center"| 1–0
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
| align="center"| 0–0
| align="center"| 1–2
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=4| '''[[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=4| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa"| [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Playoff round|PO]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–2'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=3| [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Group A|Group A]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Zürich]]
| align="center"| 3–2
| align="center"| 1–3
| rowspan="3" align="center"|'''4th place'''
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]
| align="center"| 0–2
| align="center"| 0–4
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| align="center"| 0–2
| align="center"| 0–5
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| rowspan="3"| '''[[2015–16 UEFA Europa League|2015–16]]'''
| rowspan="3"| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|MDA}} [[FC Saxan|Saxan]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''4–0'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[FK Trakai|Trakai]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 0–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''4–0'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Gabala FK|Gabala]]
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| 0–1
| align="center"| '''1–2'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1"|
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| '''[[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|2016–17]]'''
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper]]
| align="center"| 3–3 ([[extra time|aet]])
| align="center"| 1–2
| align="center"| '''4–5'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| rowspan="6"| '''[[2017–18 UEFA Europa League|2017–18]]'''
| rowspan="6"| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|MDA}} [[FC Zaria Bălți|Zaria Bălți]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–1'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–2
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''3–2'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|PO]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–2
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''4–3'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#Group E|Group E]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]]
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| 0–4
| rowspan="3" align="center"|'''4th place'''
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| align="center"| 0–3
| align="center"| 2–2
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| 1–3
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=7| '''[[2018–19 UEFA Europa League|2018–19]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=7| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|LIT}} [[FC Stumbras|Stumbras]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 0–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''2–1'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|BIH}} [[FK Željezničar Sarajevo|Željezničar]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–2'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|BLR}} [[FC Dynamo Brest|Dynamo Brest]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 0–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''4–1'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|PO]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Basel|Basel]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–3
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''3–3'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa" rowspan="3" | [[2018–19 UEFA Europa League#Group H|Group H]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 1–0
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 1–2
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|'''3rd place'''
| rowspan="3"|[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 2–2
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 3–1
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 2–3
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 0–2
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''[[2019–20 UEFA Europa League|2019–20]]'''
| rowspan="4" |[[UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|LTU}} [[FK Kauno Žalgiris|Kauno Žalgiris]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 4–0
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''6–0'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–1 ([[extra time|aet]])
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 1–2
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"|'''4–3'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 3–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| 2–1
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–2'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|PO]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 0–4
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| 0–3
| style="background-color:#CFF" style="text-align:center"| '''0–7'''
| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=3| '''[[2020–21 UEFA Europa League|2020–21]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan=3| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|1Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|GEO}} [[FC Saburtalo Tbilisi|Saburtalo Tbilisi]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''5–1'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| —
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| —
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| —
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| '''1–0'''
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| —
| style="background-color:#CFC" align="center"| [[File:Symbol keep vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Lech Poznań]]
| align="center"| '''0–5'''
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1"|
|-
| '''[[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League|2021–22]]'''
| [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League#Second qualifying round|2Q]]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[MŠK Žilina|Žilina]]
| align="center"| 1–3
| align="center"| 2–2
| align="center"| '''3–5'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" | '''[[2022–23 UEFA Champions League|2022–23]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" | [[UEFA Champions League]]
| style="background-color:#e6e6fa"| [[2022–23 UEFA Champions League#Third qualifying round|3Q]]
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| align="center"| 2–0
| align="center"| 0–4
| align="center"| '''2–4'''
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| '''[[2022–23 UEFA Europa League|2022–23]]'''
| [[UEFA Europa League]]
| [[2022–23 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|PO]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| align="center"| 1–1
| align="center"| 1–1 ([[extra time|aet]]) 
| align="center"| '''2–2''' (1–3 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
| align="center"| [[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="white" |
|-
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="3" | '''[[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League|2022–23]]'''
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="3" | [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
| style="background:#e6e6fa" rowspan="3"| [[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League#Group E|Group E]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[AZ Alkmaar|AZ]]
| align="center"| 1–0
| align="center"| 2–3
| rowspan="3" align="center"|'''3rd place'''
| rowspan="3"|[[File:Symbol delete vote.svg|17px]]
|-
| {{flagicon|LIE}} [[FC Vaduz|Vaduz]]
| align="center"| 1–0
| align="center"| 0–0
|-
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[SC Dnipro-1|Dnipro-1]]
| align="center"| 1–3
| align="center"| 0–1
|}

'''Notes'''
* '''QR''': Qualifying round
* '''PR''': Preliminary round
* '''1R''': First round
* '''2R''': Second round
* '''1Q''': First qualifying round
* '''2Q''': Second qualifying round
* '''3Q''': Third qualifying round
* '''PO''': Play-off round
* <sup>'''1'''</sup>: Both matches played in Belgium.
* <sup>'''2'''</sup>: Both matches played in Netherlands.<ref>[https://www.uefa.com UEFA.com]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Limassol derby]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{official website|http://www.apollon.com.cy}}
* [http://www.apollonladies.com Apollon Ladies FC]

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