2024–25 Pafos FC season

Pafos
2024–25 season
Owner	Pavel Gognidze
Manager	Juan Carlos Carcedo
Stadium	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium
Cyta Championship	Preseason
Cypriot Cup	Preseason
UEFA Europa League	First Qualifying Round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Pafos's 11th year in existence, and eighth season in the Cypriot First Division. They will also compete in the Cypriot Cup, where they are reigning champions, and enter the UEFA Europa League for the first time.

Season review

On 11 June, Pafos announced the signing of João Correia from Chaves.^[1]

On 12 June, Pafos announced that they had signed a new contract with Muamer Tanković.^[2]

On 14 June, Pafos announced that they had signed a professional contracts with academy graduates George Kolotas and Christos Evzonas.^[3]^[4]

On 16 June, Pafos announced the signing of Neofytos Michail from Anorthosis Famagusta.^[5]

On 17 June, Pafos announced the signing of Kostas Pileas from Panserraikos.^[6]

On 26 June, Pafos announced the signing of Marios Ilia from Ethnikos Achna.^[7]

On 10 July, Pafos announced the loan signing of Rafael Pontelo from Sporting CP.^[8]

Squad

As of match played 11 July 2024

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ivica Ivušić	GK	(1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29)	NK Osijek	2023^[9]		62	0
55	Antonio Cikač	GK	(2005-09-27) 27 September 2005 (age 18)	Sesvete	2023		0	0
93	Neofytos Michail	GK	(1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 30)	Anorthosis Famagusta	2024^[5]		0	0
Defenders
2	Kostas Pileas	DF	(1998-12-11) 11 December 1998 (age 25)	Panserraikos	2024^[6]		1	0
3	Matías Melluso	DF	(1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 (age 26)	Gimnasia y Esgrima	2023^[10]		14	0
4	Josef Kvída	DF	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 27)	NEC Nijmegen	2020^[11]	2026^[12]	136	4
5	David Goldar	DF	(1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 (age 29)	Burgos	2023^[13]		34	4
45	Rafael Pontelo	DF	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 21)	on loan from Sporting CP	2024^[8]		0	0
77	João Correia	DF	(1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 (age 27)	Chaves	2024		1	0
	Mattheos Konstantinou	DF	(2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2023		0	0
Midfielders
6	Pedro Pelágio	MF	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)	Marítimo	2023^[14]		35	0
8	Mamadou Kané	MF	(1997-01-22) 22 January 1997 (age 27)	Olympiacos	2023^[15]		54	3
24	Onni Valakari	MF	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999 (age 24)	Tromsø	2020	2026^[16]	152	46
25	Moustapha Name	MF	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)	Paris FC	2022^[17]		67	6
30	Vlad Dragomir	MF	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25)	Virtus Entella	2021^[18]		95	8
34	Diogo Dall'Igna	MF	(2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 20)	Internacional	2022	2026 (+1)^[19]	9	1
49	Bruno Tavares	MF	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 22)	Sporting CP	2022^[20]		18	0
80	Christos Evzonas	MF	(2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 (age 19)	Academy	2024^[4]		0	0
81	George Kolotas	MF	(2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2024^[3]		0	0
Forwards
7	Bruno Felipe	FW	(1994-05-26) 26 May 1994 (age 30)	Omonia	2023^[21]		49	4
10	Jairo	FW	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32)	Hajduk Split	2021^[22]		104	45
11	Jajá	FW	(2001-04-15) 15 April 2001 (age 23)	on loan from Athletico Paranaense	2024^[23]	2024^[23]	19	3
22	Muamer Tanković	FW	(1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 (age 29)	AEK Athens	2022^[24]		74	24
27	Patrick Twumasi	FW	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30)	Maccabi Netanya	2023^[25]		24	3
70	Marios Ilia	FW	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28)	Ethnikos Achna	2024^[7]		1	0
Out on loan
	Khetag Kochiyev	DF	(1999-12-18) 18 December 1999 (age 24)	Alania Vladikavkaz	2023		0	0
Left during the season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2024	GK	Neofytos Michail	Anorthosis Famagusta	Undisclosed	^[5]
17 June 2024	DF	Kostas Pileas	Panserraikos	Undisclosed	^[6]
26 June 2024	FW	Marios Ilia	Ethnikos Achna	Undisclosed	^[7]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 January 2024	FW		Jajá	Athletico Paranaense		^[23]
10 July 2024	DF		Rafael Pontelo	Sporting CP		^[8]

Friendlies

23 June 2024	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Pafos	Wörgl, Austria
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Koljić 6'	Report	Pelágio 12' Twumasi 81'	Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl

28 June 2024	Pafos	5–0	Ilirija 1911	Austria
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Jairo 14', 41' Twumasi 45+2' Bruno 49' Tanković 55' (pen.)	Report

30 June 2024	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Pafos	Austria
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Jairo 30'

3 July 2024	Pafos	0–0	Panathinaikos	Austria
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Cyta Championship				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cypriot Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	11 July 2024		First Qualifying Round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total				1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00

Last updated: 11 July 2024
Source: Competitions

Cyta Championship

Regular season

League table

2024–25 Cypriot First Division

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: July 2024.
Source: Results

Results by results

Matchday	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on July 2024. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Results

		–
EEST (UTC+3)

Cypriot Cup

		–
EEST (UTC+3)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

11 July 2024 First qualifying round 1st leg	Elfsborg	3-0	Pafos	Borås Sweden
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	B.Zeneli 9' Ouma 13' A.Zeneli 59' Hult 59' Frick 82' Baldursson 90+5'	Report	Melluso 26' 57' Jairo 38'	Stadium: Borås Arena Attendance: 5,011^[26] Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson (Iceland)

18 July 2024 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Pafos	v	Elfsborg	Limassol, Cyprus
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Referee: Gai Leibovitz (Israel)
Note: Pafos played their home match at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol, instead of their regular stadium, the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, in Paphos, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Squad statistics

As of match played 11 July 2024

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Cyta Championship		Cypriot Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CRO	Ivica Ivušić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	CYP	Kostas Pileas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ARG	Matías Melluso	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	CZE	Josef Kvída	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	ESP	David Goldar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	POR	Pedro Pelágio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	BRA	Bruno Felipe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	BRA	Jairo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	BRA	Jajá	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	FW	SWE	Muamer Tanković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	FIN	Onni Valakari	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	SEN	Moustapha Name	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	ROU	Vlad Dragomir	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
70	FW	CYP	Marios Ilia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
77	DF	CPV	João Correia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who appeared for Pafos but left during the season:

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Cyta Championship		Cypriot Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
3		DF	Matías Melluso	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
10		FW	Jairo	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Pafos during the season:
Total				0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1

References

^ "Official: Joao Correia joins Pafos FC". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "It's official: Muamer Tanković stays at Pafos FC". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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^ ^a ^b ^c "Official: Pafos FC announces the agreement with experienced Cypriot international goalkeeper Neofytos Michael". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pafos FC announce the agreement with the Cypriot international player, Kostas Pileas". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pafos FC announce the agreement with the Cypriot international player, Marios Elia". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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[João_Correia-1] "Official: Joao Correia joins Pafos FC". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[2] "It's official: Muamer Tanković stays at Pafos FC". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[George_Kolotas-3] "Our team announces the signing of a professional contract with the young player of our Academy and U19 team, George Kolotas". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[Christos_Evzonas-4] "Young player of our Academy and U19 team, Christos Evzonas, signs a professional contract with the first team". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[Neofytos_Michail-5] "Official: Pafos FC announces the agreement with experienced Cypriot international goalkeeper Neofytos Michael". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[Kostas_Pileas-6] "Pafos FC announce the agreement with the Cypriot international player, Kostas Pileas". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[Marios_Ilia-7] "Pafos FC announce the agreement with the Cypriot international player, Marios Elia". facebook.com/pafosfc. Pafos FC Facebook. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[Rafael_Pontelo_Loan-8] "RAFAEL PONTELO – FROM SPORTING CP TO PAFOS FC!". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[9] "PAFOS FC is pleased to announce the agreement with the experienced,international, Croatian goalkeeper Ivica Ivušić". facebook.com/pafosfc/. Pafos FC Facebook. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

[10] "Matías Germán Melluso, joins Pafos FC". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[Josef_Kvída-11] "PAFOS FC WELCOME JOSEF KVIDA!". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "JOSEF KVIDA: THE CASTLE OF PAFOS FC STAYS HOME". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[13] "DAVID GOLDAR SIGNS FOR PAFOS FC!". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[14] "Pedro Pelágio SIGNS WITH PAFOS FC". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[15] "Agreement With Mamadou Kané…". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[16] "PAFOS FC EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH ONNI VALAKARI". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[17] "PAFOS FC announce the signing of the experienced, international Senegalese player Moustapha Name". facebook.com/fcpafos/. FC Pafos Facebook. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

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[20] "RIGHT-WINGER BRUNO TAVARES JOINS PAFOS FC". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

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[Jajá_Loan-23] "Transfer: Jaja is Blue and White!!!". pafosfc.com.cy/. Pafos FC. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

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