| Club: | Pafos |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Owner: | Pavel Gognidze |
| Manager: | Cameron Toshack Dmytro Mykhaylenko Stephen Constantine |
| League Result: | 7th |
| League Topscorer: | Two Players (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Onni Valakari (15) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season was Pafos's 7th year in existence, and fourth season in the Cypriot First Division.
On 15 July, Pafos signed Rushian Hepburn-Murphy from Aston Villa.[1]
On 4 August, Pafos signed Josef Kvída from NEC Nijmegen,[2] with Camilo Saiz joining on a season-long loan deal from Independiente Medellín on 6 August.[3]
On 13 August, Will Mannion joined Pafos after being released by Hull City.[4]
On 24 August, Pafos announced the signing of Mukwelle Akale from Villarreal B.[5] with João Aurélio joining Pafos from Moreirense the following day.[6]
On 3 September, Danila Yanov joined Pafos on a season-long loan from Riga.[7]
On 5 September, Orest Kuzyk signed for Pafos from PAS Giannina.[8]
On 9 September, Jack Evans joined Pafos on a season-long loan from Swansea City.[9]
On 13 September, Pafos confirmed the signings of Navarone Foor from Al-Ittihad Kalba,[10] and Marcelo Torres from Boca Juniors after a successful loan stint in the previous season.[11]
On 21 September, Pafos signed Sam Hutchinson on a free transfer from Sheffield Wednesday.[12]
On 20 October, Cameron Toshack's contract as Head Coach of Pafos was terminated by mutual consent,[13] with Dmytro Mykhaylenko being appointed as his replacement on the same day.[14]
On 21 December, Artur Rudko signed a one-year extension to his Pafos contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2022.[15] On 24 December, Pafos confirmed that Jack Evans' loan deal had been ended.[16] Four days later, 28 December, the club confirmed that Sam Hutchinson had left Pafos by mutual agreement.[17]
On 28 December, Pafos announced the singing of Stefan Panić from Riga.[18]
On 4 January, Mickaël Panos moved on loan to Enosis Neon Paralimni until the end of the season.[19]
On 28 January, Pafos announced the signing of Víctor Álvarez.[20]
On 31 January, Dmytro Mykhaylenko left his role as Head Coach.[21]
On 4 February, recently appointed Chief of Football Operations Stephen Constantine,[22] became the new Head Coach of Pafos, with Míchel Salgado becoming taking the role previously held by Constantine on 5 February.[23]
On 14 February, Pafos announced that Brayan Angulo had left the club by mutual agreement.[24]
On 10 March, Danila Yanov's loan with Pafos was ended early and he returned to Riga.[25]
At the end of the season, Pafos announced that they had signed new one-year contracts, with the option of an additional year, with Jason Puncheon and Kévin Bérigaud.[26] [27]
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2020 | FW | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | Aston Villa | Undisclosed | |||
| 4 August 2020 | DF |  | Josef Kvída | NEC Nijmegen | Undisclosed | ||
| 13 August 2020 | GK | Will Mannion | Hull City | Free | |||
| 24 August 2020 | MF |  | Mukwelle Akale | Villarreal B | Undisclosed | ||
| 25 August 2020 | DF | João Aurélio | Moreirense | Undisclosed | |||
| 5 September 2020 | MF |  | Orest Kuzyk | PAS Giannina | Undisclosed | ||
| 13 September 2020 | MF |  | Navarone Foor | Al-Ittihad Kalba | Undisclosed | ||
| 13 September 2020 | FW |  | Marcelo Torres | Boca Juniors | Undisclosed | ||
| 21 September 2020 | DF | Sam Hutchinson | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | |||
| 28 December 2020 | MF |  | Stefan Panić | Riga | Undisclosed | ||
| 28 January 2021 | DF |  | Víctor Álvarez | Unattached | Free |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | DF | Joaquín Varela | Fénix | 3 April 2021 | [28] | ||
| 6 August 2020 | DF |  | Camilo Saiz | Independiente Medellín | End of season | ||
| 3 September 2020 | MF |  | Danila Yanov | Riga | 10 March 2021 | ||
| 9 September 2020 | MF | Jack Evans | Swansea City | 24 December 2020 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 December 2020 | DF | Sam Hutchinson | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 January 2021 | [29] | ||
| 14 February 2021 | MF | | Brayan Angulo | Once Caldas | |||
| 30 June 2021 | DF |  | Paulus Arajuuri | Anorthosis Famagusta | 1 July 2021 | [30] | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF |  | Mickaël Panos | Vllaznia Shkodër | |||
| 30 June 2021 | DF |  | Giorgos Valerianos | Ionikos | 1 July 2021 | [31] | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | | Pavel Lelyukhin | Yessentuki | |||
| 30 June 2021 | DF | | Víctor Álvarez | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Mukwelle Akale | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Orest Kuzyk | Rukh Lviv | 1 July 2021 | ||
| 30 June 2021 | FW |  | Jerson Cabral | Ionikos | 10 July 2021 | [32] | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Deniss Rakels | RFS | 2 July 2021 | [33] |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Artur Rudko | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Dynamo Kyiv | 2019[34] | 2022 | 62 | 0 | |
| 12 | Evgenios Petrou |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Ethnikos Assia | 2018 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Will Mannion | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Hull City | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 88 | Andreas Theokli | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Camilo Saiz | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Independiente Medellín | 2020 | 2021 | 38 | 3 | |
| 4 | Josef Kvída | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | NEC Nijmegen | 2020 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Kyriakos Antoniou | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Giorgos Valerianos | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Aris Thessaloniki | 2019[35] | 35 | 0 | ||
| 20 | João Aurélio | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Moreirense | 2020 | 39 | 1 | |||
| 23 | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Brøndby | 2019 | 49 | 2 | |||
| 27 | Víctor Álvarez | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2021 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 66 | Pavel Lelyukhin | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Dynamo Moscow | 2018 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Mukwelle Akale | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Villarreal B | 2020 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Orest Kuzyk | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | PAS Giannina | 2020 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Navarone Foor | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Al-Ittihad Kalba | 2020 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 21 | Gerasimos Fylaktou | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Ermis Aradippou | 2019[36] | 2021[37] | |||
| 24 | Onni Valakari | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Tromsø | 2020 | 44 | 20 | ||
| 28 | Stefan Panić | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Riga | 2020 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 42 | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Crystal Palace | 2019[38] | 2022 | 47 | 4 | |||
| 73 | Manolis Charalambous | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 86 | Alexandros Spontas | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Vá | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Petro de Luanda | 2019 | 43 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Kévin Bérigaud | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Montpellier | 2018 | 2022 | |||
| 10 | Marcelo Torres | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Boca Juniors | 2020 | 36 | 9 | ||
| 11 | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Aston Villa | 2020 | 23 | 5 | |||
| 26 | Jerson Cabral | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Levski Sofia | 2019[39] | 31 | 4 | ||
| 33 | Lysandros Papastylianou | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 58 | Pavlos Charidimou | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 92 | Deniss Rakels | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Reading | 2018 | 56 | 3 | |||
| Out on loan | ||||||||||
| 18 | Mickaël Panos | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Saint-Étienne | 2019[40] | 27 | 0 | ||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 3 | Joaquín Varela | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Fénix | 2019 | 2021[41] | 9 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Sam Hutchinson | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sheffield Wednesday | 2020 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Danila Yanov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Riga | 2020 | 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 34 | Jack Evans | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | loan from Swansea City | 2020 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 70 | Brayan Angulo | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Independiente Medellín | 2020[42] | 50 | 11 | ||
See main article: 2020–21 Cypriot First Division.
See main article: 2020–21 Cypriot Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Pafos but left during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Cyta Championship | width=80 | Cypriot Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 24 | Onni Valakari | 13 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Kévin Bérigaud | 13 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 10 | Marcelo Torres | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 4 | FW | 11 | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| FW | 7 | Vá | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | 42 | Jason Puncheon | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 2 | Camilo Saiz | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 70 | Brayan Angulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | | 17 | Orest Kuzyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 19 | Navarone Foor | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | 92 | Deniss Rakels | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 28 | Stefan Panić | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 23 | Paulus Arajuuri | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | 20 | João Aurélio | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 5 | Kyriakos Antoniou | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 4 | Josef Kvída | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 26 | Jerson Cabral | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 58 | 5 | 63 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Cyta Championship | width=80 | Cypriot Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Artur Rudko | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Cyta Championship | Cypriot Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Artur Rudko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | DF | Camilo Saiz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | DF | Josef Kvída | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 5 | | DF | Kyriakos Antoniou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 7 | FW | Vá | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Kévin Bérigaud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | FW | Marcelo Torres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 11 | FW | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | DF | Giorgos Valerianos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | MF | Navarone Foor | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 20 | DF | João Aurélio | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | MF | Gerasimos Fylaktou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | DF | Paulus Arajuuri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | MF | Onni Valakari | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 27 | | DF | Víctor Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 28 | | MF | Stefan Panić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 42 | MF | Jason Puncheon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 66 | | DF | Pavel Lelyukhin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Players away on loan: | ||||||||||||
| Players who left Pafos during the season: | ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | Sam Hutchinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | | MF | Danila Yanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 34 | MF | Jack Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 70 | | MF | Brayan Angulo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 92 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 5 | ||||||